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January 9, 1995 recap Feb 27, 2021 9:11:26 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Feb 27, 2021 9:11:26 GMT -5

Airdate: January 9, 1995

From Hollywood, it's America's game! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!

Today's contestants (all female):
Sheba Williams: Mother of three, from Cerritos, CA
Mary Jones: Grade 5 teacher, also mother of three; from Little Rock, AR
Ina Nozak (returning with a 2-day total of $46,945)

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:

Round 1

SAME NAME

SHEBA	Mary	Ina
$500: S $450: T $400: M -$250: O $150: L (DUD!)	$1,000: N $500: B (DUD!)	$750: R $500: Y -$250: E (x2) -$250: A (x2) $400: W Solve: Correct!
$1,100	$1,000	$1,150

SAME NAME

Ina solves DIANE & TOM SAWYER. "The story of Diane Sawyer & Huckleberry Thomasin".

Sheba	Mary	Ina
		$1,150

What will be your story about this prize? We have a Sanyo audio/video duo with 31-inch stereo closed captioned TV, plus home shelf system (labeled TV/STEREO) worth $1,750.

You don't have to suspect anything bad about the $2,500 space. It's there for your Big Money as usual.

Round 2

FILL IN THE BLANK

Sheba	MARY	Ina
	$250: T (x2) $300: R (x3) $400: N $500: S (x3) $700: D (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! ($0)
	$3,300
$250: C (DUD!)	-$250: E (x4) SURPRISE: B $200: P (DUD!)	$400: H $200: G -$250: O (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$3,050+	$350

FILL IN THE BLANK

Ina solves ? BERET ? HORNET ? OLIVES ? GRASS. It's time for her to fill in the blanks for a $500 bonus!

And just like that, she fills it in with green.

After that, Pat spins the Wheel just a little bit more to promote the new green color for the Prize Wedge. These new ideas keep the show popular!

Sheba	Mary	Ina
		$2,000

The classic $3,500 space is older but popular. The one-third $10,000 space is relatively new, but who knows if it will stay popular?

Round 3

QUOTATION

Sheba	Mary	INA
		$500: S $600: T -$250: I (x3) $400: R (x2) -$250: A (DUD!)
		$1,400
$500: L (DUD!)	$250: N (DUD!)	$700: C (DUD!)
		$1,400
$800: M (x2) -$250: O (x6) $800: F $300: H (x7) -$250: E (x4) $500: G (x3) Solve: Correct!
$5,500

QUOTATION

Sheba solves HEIGH-HO HEIGH-HO IT'S HOME FROM WORK WE GO.

Sheba	Mary	Ina
$5,500		$2,000

You gotta bring home some of that Big Money with the $5,000 space! You might also take a RING with you.

Round 4

PERSON

SHEBA	Mary	Ina
$800: S (x2) $800: T (DUD!)	$350: R $600: N (x3)
$1,600	$2,150

PERSON

DING DING! DING DING!

The work day is almost over, so Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $300 a piece.

Mary: K ($2,450)

PERSON

Mary solves KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN.

Sheba	Mary	Ina
$5,500	$2,450	$2,000

Ina leaves with a 3-day total of $48,945.

BONUS ROUND:

Time for Sheba to climb to the top! She's in Bonus Land to win one of...

4x4 automobile ($29,000)

Corvette convertible (over $40,000)

Kawasaki motorcycles plus $10,000 cash

Jayco Eagle motorhome (over $46,000)

"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)

It starts with an envelope! Sheba takes the second E, and it's up to this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

SLANG

RSTLNE gives her:

SLANG

She's picking OPMW (the O appears first but is erased, then it appears last):

SLANG

She instantly solves CUTIE PIE...

...which gives her the Kawasakis & cash! It's a Ninja 250R and KLR250, plus $10,000 for gas, travel, and maintenance, total value at $17,198!

Sheba finishes with $22,698 in cash and prizes, and she's coming back!

In the post-game, Pat thinks that because there's some metallic material on Vanna's dress, her microphone doesn't work. Pat tests it out by naming the seven dwarfs: Sneezy, Dopey, Grumpy...Curly?

Vanna corrects him to Happy and Doc, then Pat finishes with Bashful and Ed. They'll look it up.