March 17, 1988 recap

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March 17, 1988 recap Mar 14, 2021 13:57:05 GMT -5

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Airdate: March 17, 1988

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A great boat!
A BMW convertible!
A pair of diamond ear clips!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $184,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants (all female):
Lori Visante: Customer service representative for a magazine subscription company, from Bay Shore, NY
Marion Martinetto: Secretary at Shriners Hospital for crippled children, from Tampa, FL
Becky Christy: Mother who works for a local police department (Pat thought her husband did, making him briefly feel sexist about it), from Cedar Falls, IA

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

Round 1

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LORI	Marion	Becky
$900: S (DUD!)	$500: T (x2) $150: N (x2) $400: R $800: D (x2) -$250: O (x2) -$250: A (x2) Free Spin! $400: W Solve: Correct!
	$3,200

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Marion solves WATER AND OIL DON'T MIX.

Lori	Marion (FS)	Becky
	$3,200

How about we mix a prize into our big Wheel of cash? We have a den with Pine Factory table and seating, plus Soundesign center with 19-inch color TV, VCR, stereo, stereo, AM/FM, cassette and record player (labeled DEN) totaling $2,798.

How would you like to try for the $2,500 space on the Wheel? The Big Money will not be watered down.

Round 2

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THING

Lori	MARION (FS)	Becky
	$400: N (DUD!)	$250: S BANKRUPT! ($250)

$900: T (DUD!)	$2,500: R (x2) $700: D (DUD!)	$450: F (x2) $250: C $250: P (x2) $400: H Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
	$5,000	$2,050

Marion thought her first spin landed on Lose A Turn, so she was silent. "Suspended in space and time there, for a moment."

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Becky solves PROOF OF PURCHASE.

Lori	Marion (FS)	Becky
	$3,200	$2,050

Make sure you don't end up "suspended in space and time" if you simply look at the $3,500 space.

Round 3

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Lori	Marion (FS)	BECKY
		$500: N (x3) $800: K -$250: O $300: T (DUD!)
		$2,050
$800: S $1,000: W -$250: I $200: L (DUD!)	$900: D $800: P Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$1,550	$1,700

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Marion solves KNEE-DEEP IN SNOW.

Lori	Marion (FS)	Becky
	$4,900	$2,050

"Mr. Jewelry" brings us another prize. It's a Van Cleef & Arpels gift certificate featuring 4-karat diamond neck tie ear clips (labeled DIAMONDS) worth $14,000!

Maybe this time, Lori will be knee-deep in cash. There's a $5,000 space on the Wheel!

Round 4

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LORI	Marion (FS)	Becky
$900: R (x3) BANKRUPT! ($2,700)	$350: D (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$700

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Marion quickly solves RICHARD THE LION-HEARTED.

Lori	Marion (FS)	Becky
	$5,600	$2,050

Was that defensive strategy worth it? We'll see as we play another round.

Round 5

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Pat almost forgets the apostrophe before Marion spins.

Lori	MARION (FS)	Becky
	$350: T (DUD!)	$1,500: L BANKRUPT! ($1,500)

$1,500: R $800: Y (x3) $500: N (x3) Solve: Correct!
$5,400

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Lori solves YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE to get on the board.

Lori	Marion (FS)	Becky
$5,400	$5,600	$2,050

(Oddly, there's a commercial break before another puzzle is played.)

Marion might have some regrets now. We still have time for an extra round!

Round 6

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PHRASE

DING DING! DING DING!

And time is running out, so Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... BANKRUPT!

And now we have even less time. Pat will spin again, and consonants are worth... $900 a piece. Could Becky catch up?

Becky: T ($900)
Lori: N (DUD!)
Marion: S ($900)
Becky: R (DUD!)
Lori: W (DUD!)
Marion: L ($1,800)
Becky: M (DUD!)
Lori: K (DUD!)
Marion: D (DUD!)
Becky: C (x2) ($1,800)
Lori: P ($900)
Marion: H (DUD!)
Becky: G (DUD!)
Lori: J (DUD!)
Marion: B (DUD!)
Becky: V (DUD!)
Lori: F (x2) ($2,700)

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Lori says OFFICE POLICY, but then solves OFFICE POLITICS...and she's the big winner!

Lori	Marion (...)	Becky
$8,100	$5,600	$2,050

Marion probably could've won if she remembered her Free Spin...

BONUS ROUND:

Even though she was a bit late, Lori's the big winner! Now she's going to play for...

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

Here's one more puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

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She'd better hope NRSTDE does something...

...and she didn't reveal anything?!

Unsurprisingly, she's silent and does not solve L A LAW. Lori is leaving with $8,100 in prizes.

Last Edit: Jan 13, 2023 0:04:13 GMT -5 by mechamind

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March 17, 1988 recap Mar 14, 2021 15:05:04 GMT -5 via mobile

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Post by logicman27 on Mar 14, 2021 15:05:04 GMT -5

...was this the only letter strikeout using the 5 and a vowel rules?

Jan 18, 2019 16:31:06 GMT -5 wheelinganddealing said:

This is why we watch. Not only for the gut punch, but the random acts of insanity that make you cheer for total strangers, the brothers doing "YMCA," or the wife jumping into her husbands arms which led to the greatest ad lib between Pat & Vanna, etc, etc, etc).

There's a reason this show has been on so long.

I'll never quit watching. Hopefully, you won't either.

mechamind VIP Wheel! Archivist! Aspiring recappers just need a little spark. Posts: 5,215	March 17, 1988 recap Mar 14, 2021 15:17:58 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mechamind on Mar 14, 2021 15:17:58 GMT -5 It's the only one I'm aware of. I know of two other instances of a oontestant getting only one letter, but not a total strikeout.
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