Season 2 - (Laverne/Michael/Suzanne) recap

Season 2 - (Laverne/Michael/Suzanne) recap Mar 10, 2021 9:11:23 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Mar 10, 2021 9:11:23 GMT -5

Airdate: December 1984?

Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:

A $21,000 Toronado!
An $11,000 Calais!
A two-wheeler Harley-Davidson!

Over $94,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Laverne Carr: X-Ray technician (who likes collecting "curious items")
Michael Rossio: Restaurant bartender, from Worcester, MA

Suzanne Buchema: Sales manager for telecommunications/long distance

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. Try not to hit Bankrupt, or you will lose all your cash, but "once you buy a curious item", it's yours to keep. Here's our first puzzle!

Round 1

PHRASE

LAVERNE	Michael	Suzanne
$150: R $350: T (x2) $250: H (DUD!)	$250: N Lose A Turn!	Lose A Turn!
$850	$250
$700: S $200: F (x2) $700: L -$250: I (x2) $150: J (DUD!)	$1,000: G $300: D $150: M $700: P (DUD!)	$200: K $1,000: C Only vowels left! Solve: Wrong!
$2,400	$1,700	$1,200
Solve: Incomplete.	Solve: Correct!
$2,400	$1,700

Laverne tries to buy a vowel before calling the L.

PHRASE

Suzanne says MAKING A FEDERAL CASE OF IT ...but forgets a word.

Laverne says MAKING A FEDERAL CASE...then gets buzzed out.

Michael solves MAKING A FEDERAL CASE OUT OF IT.

$1,700 to spend

Yamaha Riva motor scooter (-$860)
Du Pont Cordura Pegasus Tahoe luggage (-$408)
Quasar portable black-and-white TV (-$135)
Yamaha Portasound keyboard (-$279)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$18)

Laverne	Michael	Suzanne
	$1,700

We choose to follow a strange round with a normal prize. It's a Harley-Davidson American-made Sportster street bike (labeled BIKE) worth $5,524. (Vanna not included.)

Round 2

PHRASE

Laverne	MICHAEL	Suzanne
	$600: T (x2) BIKE! $150: R (x2) $200: S (DUD!)	$200: N $600: L -$250: I -$250: O (x4) $600: P (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$1,500+	$1,500

PHRASE

Suzanne solves ZERO POPULATION GROWTH.

$1,500 to spend

Tiffany & Co. 18-karat gold teddy bear pin * (-$955)
Hitachi cassette match AM/FM music system (-$420)
Old English dartboard set (-$123)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$2)

(Suzanne may choose the pin as part of a gift certificate.)

Laverne	Michael	Suzanne
	$1,700	$1,500

You'd better grow that score, and the $5,000 space could help you do it!

Round 3

PERSON

Laverne	Michael	SUZANNE
		$500: R (DUD!)

$200: N (DUD!)	$350: R (Repeat)	$350: S (DUD!)

$1,500: T (x2) $700: P (DUD!)
$3,000

PERSON

DING DING! DING DING!

Laverne's still in this, but Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $5,000 a piece!

Michael: M (DUD!)
Suzanne: C (DUD!)
Laverne: B (DUD!)
Michael: D ($5,000)
Suzanne: V (DUD!)
Laverne: K (DUD!)
Michael: G ($10,000)

PERSON

Michael solves ELLIOTT GOULD to be the big winner! It's time to take a commercial break...

$10,000 to spend

Dicker & Dicker ranch and white mink jacket! (-$4,000)
Golden West Billiards solid oak bar (-$1,344)
Antique pine cabinet with 25-inch color TV (-$1,329)
Quasar VCR (-$1,200)
Pearl Kensington grandfather clock (-$850)
Simmons Hide-A-Bed sofa (-$799)
Queen carpet (-$453)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$25)

Laverne	Michael	Suzanne
	$11,700	$1,500

Laverne could've been the one to do all this, but she's leaving with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Can Michael follow one big win with another? He's here to play for...

Oldsmobile Toronado Brougham ($21,201)

Another puzzle for him:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

This time, it's TSRMLE (Pat misheard the M as an N.)

THING

After repeating his answer, he instantly solves FIRE ESCAPE to keep the car! Michael leaves with $32,901 in prizes!