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February 25, 1985 recap Mar 12, 2021 10:28:41 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Mar 12, 2021 10:28:41 GMT -5

Airdate: February 25, 1985

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

A $30,000 diamond teardrop necklace!
A $31,000 Corvette!
A $7,000 baby grand piano!

Over $134,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Bob Skerritt: Clerk and freelance writer, from Escondido, CA
Kathy McGreevy: Banker in North Hollywood, trying to learn Spanish at night
Mike Brown: Security guard, former ambulance driver who wants to do it again, also wants to be a paramedic

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 prize, it's yours to keep. Here's our first puzzle!

Round 1

PHRASE

BOB	Kathy	Mike
$900: T (x2) $700: S (DUD!)	$450: R $400: N (x3) Solve: Correct!
$1,800	$1,650

PHRASE

Kathy solves RUNNING OUT OF TIME. Funny as she might be in a hurry, and Pat wonders if she's trying to get to seven rounds.

$1,650 to spend

Broyhill Le Chateau dining room group (-$1,637)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$13)

Bob	Kathy	Mike
	$1,650

Kathy didn't give us much time, but we have something good! It's a Dicker & Dicker chinchilla jacket (labeled FUR) worth $6,000.

Round 2

PEOPLE

Bob	KATHY	Mike
	$500: T $700: S $600: R (DUD!)	$400: N (DUD!)
	$1,200
$250: D (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! ($1,200)	$700: L (DUD!)

$200: M (DUD!)	$250: G (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! ($0)

BANKRUPT! ($0)	$800: B (x2) Lose A Turn!	$300: F $300: H (DUD!)
	$1,600	$300
$400: C (DUD!)	$800: Y $600: V Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
	$3,000

PEOPLE

Kathy solves A BEVY OF BEAUTIES.

$3,000 to spend

Van Cleef & Arpels gold and amethyst ear clips * (-$3,000)
All spent!

(Kathy may choose the ear clips as part of a gift certificate.)

Bob	Kathy	Mike
	$4,650

We ought to make up for vowel overload by hitting the $5,000 space on the Wheel.

(The $5,000 space is viewed from an unusual angle.)

Round 3

PHRASE

Bob	Kathy	MIKE
		$350: T $350: N $550: R -$250: E (x3) Lose A Turn!
		$1,000
$350: B $200: F $500: S $400: Y $600: H $5,000: K (x2) Solve: Correct!
$12,050

Bob almost called a repeated R before the F, but he caught himself in time.

PHRASE

Bob solves THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK for all that money! This might be a good time for a commercial break...

$12,050 to spend

6-night Hawaiian holiday (-$2,782)
Golden West Billiards Vermont pool table set (-$2,105)
Antique pine cabinet with 25-inch color TV (-$1,329)
Tiffany & Co. Stirling silver and turquoise bead necklace * (-$1,150)
Squaw Valley ski weekend (-$1,101)
Casablanca computerized ceiling fan (-$640)
Action Spoiler recliner (-$600)
Konica CV-301 color video camera (-$599)
Yamaha PCS-500 portable electronic keyboard (-$495)
Old English hand-colored horse print (-$390)
Jules Jurgensen lady's watch (-$350)
The Rug-Ery handmade New England braided rug (-$300)
Quaker 5-piece tray table set (-$150)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$59)

(Bob may choose the necklace as part of a gift certificate.)

"And now, for our Spanish speaking viewers, Jack would like to repeat that..." - Pat

(The prize copy ran for a total of 3:20 from the first words to the last digit.)

Let's call it a game now before we run overtime.

Bob	Kathy	Mike
$12,050	$4,650

Silence in Round 1 and a weird Round 2 certainly didn't help Mike, and now he leaves with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

So many prizes, but as the big winner, Bob could take one more! It's gonna be...

Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme ($15,092)

He just needs to solve one more puzzle...

Bonus Puzzle

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Back to the familiar sight of RSTLNE.

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He instantly solves BEER BARREL POLKA to keep the car! Bob is leaving with $27,142 in prizes!