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March 10, 1997 recap Feb 28, 2021 13:56:47 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Feb 28, 2021 13:56:47 GMT -5

Airdate: March 10, 1997

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! Let's begin South America week!

Today's contestants:
Jennifer Higbee: Just got her real estate license this week, from Manhattan Beach, CA
Ed Herschel: Sales and leasing consultant for a local automotive dealership, from Lemoore, CA
Ira Hertzoff: Sports publicist for the Arizona Community College athletic association, from Scottsdale

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. Try not to hit BANKRUPT, or this game may go south in a way that it shouldn't.

Round 1

CLASSIC TV

JENNIFER	Ed	Ira
$600: T $550: R (x3) -$250: E (x2) BANKRUPT! ($2,000)	$250: D (DUD!)	$250: B $250: L $250: P Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
		$750

CLASSIC TV

Ira solves ROB & LAURA PETRIE.

Jennifer	Ed	Ira
		$750

We move quickly to this prize: A Kroy professional labeling system with Panasonic 5-in-1 multifunction fax machine and Motorola Startac cellular phone (labeled HI TECH) worth $3,498.

Pat jokes that he took a shower during the announcement.

Now, why not shower yourself with cash from the $2,500 space and bring a $10,000 prize with you?

Round 2

WHO IS IT?

Jennifer	ED	Ira
	$500: T (x3) $250: R (x2) $250: S (x3) -$250: I (x3) $600: F (x2) $2,500: H (x2) -$250: O -$250: E (x2) $600: L (x2) -$250: A (x2) $2,500: N $2,500: G -$250: U (x2) $250: C $2,500: B Solve: Correct!
	$16,650

WHO IS IT?

Perfection! Ed solves STAR OF LAUGH-IN & THE FIRST WIVES CLUB. He feels like a star already, but he can still take $2,000 more for telling us who it is.

He guesses Rowan & Martin. That only covers half of it. The answer was Goldie Hawn.

Jennifer	Ed	Ira
	$16,650	$750

From the Big Money club, we introduce the $3,500 space! It can easily get along with the Jackpot space.

Round 3

PLACE

Jennifer	Ed	IRA
		$600: N (x3) $250: T (DUD!)
		$1,800
$3,500: S -$250: E $500: L (x2) $300: R (DUD!)	$250: C (DUD!)	$900: D -$250: A -$250: O (DUD!)
$4,250		$400
BANKRUPT! ($4,250)	$300: F $400: H $250: K Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
	$950

PLACE

Ed solves HELSINKI FINLAND.

Jennifer	Ed	Ira
	$17,600	$750

It may look like Ed has already won, but we still have a $5,000 space and a bigger puzzle ahead!

Round 4

PHRASE

JENNIFER	Ed	Ira
$600: T (x4) $5,000: H -$250: E (x5) $500: R -$250: O (x2) $250: G BANKRUPT! ($7,650)	$300: C (DUD!)	$500: N $700: L $600: D $550: P $900: S (x2) $350: M (x2) -$250: I (x2) Solve: Correct!
		$4,600

PHRASE

Ira solves SPEND SOME QUALITY TIME TOGETHER. If only he and Jennifer could spend more time...

Jennifer	Ed	Ira
	$17,600	$5,350

There's not much worse than being a Bankrupt magnet. Jennifer is left with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Ed's good second round gives him a trip to Bonus Land, and now he can win one of...

Trip to Rio de Janiero and party ($16,000)

Chevrolet (over $31,000)

Yacht cruise to Grenada (over $24,000)

Gold and silver package ($20,000)

"The cash" ($25,000)

Ed spends a little quality time with the envelopes, and he picks the middle E. Here's his final puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives him:

THING

He'll try to fill in the rest with CMPA...

...and it does nothing.

But he didn't need anything! He instantly solves BUGLE, and he's the proud winner of a "Patdown"!

After that, he has won a Grenada cruise for 7 nights with The Moorings on a 76-foot luxury yacht, a prize totaling $24,915!

Ed finishes with $42,515 in cash and cruise, and he's probably gonna come back on Friday!

In the post-game, Vanna said that solve was impressive! Pat thought Ed was just going to stare in silence, but the first thing out of his mouth...you'll never know.