Post by mechamind on Mar 13, 2021 11:13:17 GMT -5
Airdate: September 1984
Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:
A $6,200 jewel-studded strand of pearls!
A $6,300 mini electric car!
A $14,000 4-wheeler!
Over $85,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Joe Caprio: Touring bus driver (He works for tourists, he's not taking his own tour by bus, which confused Pat), from Everett, MA
Gloria Berry: Store manager for a major retail clothing company, from San Francisco, CA
Lisa Davis: Homemaker and mother of two, from St. Charles, MO
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!
Lisa solves ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES.
Think you can steal this prize from the Wheel? It's a trip to Hawaii and stay at Kauai Surf Resort (labeled TRIP) worth $1,834.
Lisa solves WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS.
...wait a minute. Where did our time go? Now Pat must give the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants are worth... $500 a piece. Lisa starts.
Lisa: R (x2) ($1,000)
Joe: M (DUD!)
Gloria: S (DUD!)
Lisa: T (DUD!)
Joe: Y (DUD!)
Gloria: N (DUD!)
Lisa: L (DUD!)
Joe: C (DUD!)
Gloria: B (DUD!)
Lisa: D ($1,500)
Lisa: E (x3) ($1,500)
Joe: P (x3) ($1,500)
Joe solves GEORGE PEPPARD.
BONUS ROUND:
Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:
A $6,200 jewel-studded strand of pearls!
A $6,300 mini electric car!
A $14,000 4-wheeler!
Over $85,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Joe Caprio: Touring bus driver (He works for tourists, he's not taking his own tour by bus, which confused Pat), from Everett, MA
Gloria Berry: Store manager for a major retail clothing company, from San Francisco, CA
Lisa Davis: Homemaker and mother of two, from St. Charles, MO
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!
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JOE | Gloria | Lisa |
| $500: T (x3) $200: H (x2) -$250: E (x3) $400: R $200: S -$250: A (x4) BANKRUPT! ($1,900) | $300: G (DUD!) | $300: B (x2) -$250: I (x2) $300: L $400: N $500: D $1,000: V $1,000: F Solve: Correct! |
$3,550 |
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Lisa solves ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES.
$3,550 to spend |
| Samsung microwave with hutch and cookware (-$1,052) Lane upholstered top chest (-$552) Hamilton man's quartz watch (-$490) Classic wall telephone (-$599) Simmons Beautyrest mattress (-$700) Ceramic doll (-$150) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$7) |
Joe | Gloria | Lisa |
$3,550 |
Think you can steal this prize from the Wheel? It's a trip to Hawaii and stay at Kauai Surf Resort (labeled TRIP) worth $1,834.
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THING | ||||||||||||||
Joe | GLORIA | Lisa |
| $500: T $500: S (x2) $500: G (DUD!) | Lose A Turn! (She tries to call R.) | |
$1,500 | ||
| $200: N (DUD!) | $200: B -$250: E $200: R (x2) -$250: A (x2) $400: C $250: H $150: F $700: M (DUD!) | $200: P $1,000: W Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! |
$2,400 | $1,200 |
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THING | ||||||||||||||
Lisa solves WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS.
$1,200 to spend |
| Round Trampoline (-$758) Wimbledon his-and-hers tennis rackets (-$400) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$42) |
Joe | Gloria | Lisa |
$4,750 |
...wait a minute. Where did our time go? Now Pat must give the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants are worth... $500 a piece. Lisa starts.
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Lisa: R (x2) ($1,000)
Joe: M (DUD!)
Gloria: S (DUD!)
Lisa: T (DUD!)
Joe: Y (DUD!)
Gloria: N (DUD!)
Lisa: L (DUD!)
Joe: C (DUD!)
Gloria: B (DUD!)
Lisa: D ($1,500)
Joe: H (DUD!)
Gloria: G (x2) ($1,000)Lisa: E (x3) ($1,500)
Joe: P (x3) ($1,500)
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Joe solves GEORGE PEPPARD.
$1,500 to spend |
| RCA 25-inch portable color TV (-$1,189) Olympia electric typewriter (-$275) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$36) |
Joe | Gloria | Lisa |
$1,500 | $4,750 |
Joe was lucky. Gloria, not so much. She'll be taking home the nice parting gifts.
BONUS ROUND:
Lisa takes the final walk to look at some bonus prizes! Now she'll play for...
Gucci gift certificate featuring matinee-length pearl necklace ($6,200)
Can she solve one more puzzle?
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Lisa will be picking the usual TLRSNE (though the chyron briefly displays F).
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She's silent and does not solve LIMA PERU. Lisa leaves with $4,750 in prizes.
Vanna mentions that she likes wearing all the beautiful jewelry and things. Pat enjoys watching her wear it.
