October 21, 1988 recap

October 21, 1988 recap Mar 18, 2021 20:35:56 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Mar 18, 2021 20:35:56 GMT -5

Airdate: October 21, 1988

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A $57,000 RV and Alaskan adventure package!
A $43,000 23-foot speed boat!
A pair of his-and-hers fur boats

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Only $113,000 still left to be won during Wipeout Week on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants (all female):
Myrna Gabriel: Mother of three, bookkeeper for her husband, and a sports coach; from Sonoma, CA
Anne Leong (returning with a total of $84,639 in cash and prizes)
Robbie Jean Robinson: Student at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos and majoring in elementary education, from San Antonio

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

Round 1

PHRASE

MYRNA	Anne	Robbie Jean
$250: T $150: R (x2) $250: N (DUD!)	$750: S (DUD!)	$500: N (Repeat)
$550
$350: L (DUD!)	$500: D (DUD!)	Free Spin! $200: Y (x2) -$250: O (x3) Lose A Turn! (Free Spin used) Lose A Turn!
$550		$150
$300: W (x2) Solve: Wrong!
$1,150

PHRASE

Myrna guesses WORK YOUR WAY OUT.

Myrna	Anne	Robbie Jean
		$150
	$200: M Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$1,150	$200

PHRASE

Anne solves WORM YOUR WAY OUT. Just one letter...

Myrna	Anne	Robbie Jean
	$200

A prize makes its way into the studio! It's a pair of his-and-hers Edwards fur jackets: leather and ranch mink for him, white fur for her (labeled FURS), totaling $5,000.

No excuses! You gotta win something big, and the $2,500 space could help you!

Round 2

THING

Myrna	ANNE	Robbie Jean
	$200: T (DUD!)	$400: R (DUD!)

FURS! $150: S $150: N (x2) $200: L $500: D Solve: Correct!
$1,150+

THING

Myrna solves CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP to keep the fur jackets! That's more like it!

Myrna	Anne	Robbie Jean
$6,150	$200

Now, we've got a game! You may need to hit the $3,500 space if you want to get ahead!

Round 3

QUOTATION

Myrna	Anne	ROBBIE JEAN
		$400: T (x2) Lose A Turn!
		$800
$200: S $400: H $550: R (x3) -$250: E (x4) $200: D (x2) -$250: A (x2) $400: N -$250: O $550: L $200: C $400: K $200: G Solve: Correct!
$3,650

QUOTATION

Myrna reads what's on the board.

Myrna	Anne	Robbie Jean
$9,800	$200

Myrna did it once, and she could do it again! We'll add a trip to Acapulco and 1-week stay at Radisson Paraiso Hotel, plus a Sitmar Cruises 10-day Panama Canal cruise (labeled CRUISE), totaling $6,844.

It's still anybody's game as we have a $5,000 space on the Wheel! Will Anne come from behind?

Round 4

THING

MYRNA	Anne	Robbie Jean
$550: T $200: R BANKRUPT! ($750)	$200: N (x2) $900: L (DUD!)	$700: M (x2) $800: P (DUD!)
	$400	$1,400
$250: S (DUD!)

THING

DING DING! DING DING!

We gotta go faster, so Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $900 a piece.

Anne: C ($1,300)
Robbie Jean: G ($2,300)

THING

Robbie Jean guesses GREENWICH MOON TIME, also pronouncing the W.

Myrna: D (DUD!)
Anne: H ($2,200)

THING

Anne solves GREENWICH MEAN TIME.

Myrna	Anne	Robbie Jean
$9,800	$2,400

A certain ugly yellow space likes Robbie Jean a lot. Partly from that, she's stuck with the nice parting gifts.

Anne leaves with a total of $87,039 in cash and prizes.

BONUS ROUND:

Well, it's the end of the week, and after this, Myrna's outta here. For now, she'll play for either of...

Motorhome and tour to Alaska (over $57,000)

Eliminator boat (almost $44,000)

Which will it be? After the break, Myrna will play for...

RV tour of Alaska and Leisure Craft motorhome ($57,940)

Here's the last puzzle of the week:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives her:

THING

She's going to try CDPA.

THING

She gets PAINTING, but she does not solve FINGER PAINTING. Myrna is leaving with $9,800 in cash and coats.

In the post-game, Pat and Vanna have to say goodbye to the W and O.

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