Season 2 - (Tom/Beth/Joady) recap

Season 2 - (Tom/Beth/Joady) recap Mar 19, 2021 9:40:37 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Mar 19, 2021 9:40:37 GMT -5

Airdate: October 1984?

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

A pair of $8,500 multi-jeweled flower earrings!
A $13,000 motorcycle with side car!
A $19,000 ski boat!

Over $97,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Tom DiLorenzo: Loan officer, from Mesa, AZ
Beth Raybine: Contract negotiator with the USAF
Joady Wood: Reservation sales agent for an airline, from Greenfield, IN

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

TOM	Beth	Joady
$300: R (DUD!)	$200: N (DUD!)	$400: T $600: S $400: M (DUD!)
		$1,000
$200: L (x2) Free Spin! $1,000: D -$250: E (x3) $250: H $150: B (x2) $500: V Solve: Correct!
$1,700

PHRASE

Tom solves SAVED BY THE BELL.

$2,200 to spend

Hawaiian holiday (-$1,654)
Jules Jurgensen lady's watch (-$350)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$196)

Tom (FS)	Beth	Joady
$2,200

You'll want to grab this prize while you have the chance! This is a Dicker & Dicker man's ranch mink and cloth lumber jacket (labeled FUR) worth $3,750.

Round 2

LANDMARK

Tom (FS)	BETH	Joady
	$550: S (DUD!)	FUR! $150: F $300: N (DUD!)
		$150+
$300: R (x3) $1,000: T -$250: O (x2) $400: L $900: K $250: C Solve: Correct!
$3,200

LANDMARK

Tom solves ROCK OF GIBRALTAR.

$3,200 to spend

Admiral refrigerator "a la mode" (-$1,299)
Sharp 13-inch portable color TV (-$399)
Dessert of the Month desserts (-$236)
Regal Seal-O-Matic cookware (-$500)
Rogar brass wine opener (-$275)
Newcor dinnerware service for 8 (-$370)
Oneida Silversmiths wine cooler (-$100)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$21)

Pat presents Tom with one of the monthly desserts after the prize copy...and it's from last month.

Tom (FS)	Beth	Joady
$5,400

Tom doesn't have a solid victory just yet! Anyone can hit the $5,000 space on the Wheel!

Round 3

PERSON

Tom (FS)	Beth	JOADY
		Lose A Turn!

$500: R $900: T (DUD!) (Free Spin used) $200: S (x2) $1,500: N $300: D Lose A Turn!	$500: C (DUD!)	$600: L (DUD!)
$2,700

PERSON

DING DING! DING DING!

We're almost out of time, so Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $350 a piece.

Tom: B (DUD!)
Beth: G ($350)

PERSON

Beth guesses GRANDPA MOSES, but corrects it to GRANDMA MOSES.

$350 to spend

Habersham Plantation end tables (-$275)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$75)

Tom	Beth	Joady
$5,400	$350

That's how it sometimes goes with short puzzles like this. Joady is leaving with only the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

It was easily Tom's day, and he's the big winner. Now it's time to play for...

Harley-Davidson FLHTC motorcycle with side car ($13,616)

One more puzzle to go!

Bonus Puzzle

THING

Tom thinks the usual RSTLNE will do it.

THING

He instantly solves EXTENSION CORD to keep the motorcycle! Tom is leaving with $19,016 in prizes!

In the post-game, Tom and the whole family are on the motorcycle. Pat says it seats 8. Have you ever seen anything like that?

Vanna mentions that Grandma Moses was a painter, starting when she was 76 years old.