January 23, 1989 recap

January 23, 1989 recap Mar 20, 2021 12:25:06 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Mar 20, 2021 12:25:06 GMT -5

Airdate: January 23, 1989

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A $45,000 vacation to Europe on the QE2!
A 34-karat topaz ring!
A pair of his-and-hers minks!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $239,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Hal Morrison: Branch manager at a post office, and started collecting stamps; from Freemansburg, PA
Joy Wise: Mother of four; also a talent agent, playwright, and writer; from Dallas, TX
Sherril Wilson: Instructional aide for an elementary school, from Frazier Park, CA

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

Round 1

PHRASE

HAL	Joy	Sherril
$200: T $250: S (DUD!)	$800: N (x3) -$250: O (x3) $1,000: H Solve: Correct!
$200	$3,150

PHRASE

Joy solves OH NO NOT AGAIN.

Pat notices that Joy's daughter in the audience is cheering. He jokes that she's delivering a child, and Joy sure hopes not because the daughter isn't married. The camera then points to her in the audience.

Hal	Joy	Sherril
	$3,150

Oh, yes. It's time to put a prize on the Wheel. This is a Lucien Piccard lady's 40-diamond watch made of 14-karat gold and with quartz movement (labeled WATCH) worth $3,590.

Why would you say no to Big Money? Is the $2,500 space too sparkly?

Round 2

PHRASE

Hal	JOY	Sherril
	WATCH! $150: T (x3) $150: H (x2) -$250: E -$250: I (x2) $200: N (x4) $700: S Solve: Correct!
	$1,750+

PHRASE

Perfection! Joy solves TAKING THE LAW INTO YOUR OWN HANDS.

Hal	Joy	Sherril
	$8,490

Now that Sherril gets a turn, it's up to her to prove she can hit the $3,500 space.

Round 3

OCCUPATION

Hal	Joy	SHERRIL
		$900: S $900: T (x2) -$250: E (x2) -$250: A (DUD!)
		$2,200
$600: R (x3) -$250: I $150: W BANKRUPT! ($1,700)	$500: Y (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$1,000

OCCUPATION

Joy solves MYSTERY WRITER.

Hal	Joy	Sherril
	$9,490

Our next prize...was it ever a mystery? We now reveal a pair of Edwards Lowell jackets, his a reversible with leather and fur, hers a natural tourmaline and pastel mink (labeled FUR), totaling $8,950.

Round 4

PHRASE

HAL	Joy	Sherril
$550: T (DUD!)	$900: N (DUD!)	$250: R $200: S $550: L (x2) -$250: A (x4) $200: Y -$250: E BANKRUPT! ($1,250)

FUR! $150: W $500: H (DUD!)	$400: Q $400: D Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$150+	$800

PHRASE

Joy solves ALL SQUARED AWAY.

Hal	Joy	Sherril
	$10,290

The way things are going, Joy might as well just run away with the $5,000 space.

Round 5

PEOPLE

Hal	JOY	Sherril
	$5,000: S $250: N (x2) -$250: E -$250: I (x4) Lose A Turn!	$200: D $350: R
	$5,000	$550

PEOPLE

DING DING! DING DING!

Last chance to cash in, and Pat gives the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $300 a piece.

Sherril: T ($850)

PEOPLE

Sherrill ends the sweep and solves SIOUX INDIAN TRIBE.

Hal	Joy	Sherril
	$10,290	$850

Not much, but it's something. On the other side, Hal is leaving with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Joy is having a great time, especially now that she's our big winner! She'll now look at...

Toyota Cressida and Supra (over $51,000)

Vacation of a lifetime (over $45,000)

Boat ($60,000)

Jewelry ($45,000)

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

How will Joy finish a good game? She's going to play for...

Toyota Cressida luxury sedan for her, and Supra open-air for him ($51,789)

She's probably going to solve this puzzle, too.

Bonus Puzzle

PLACE

RSTLNE gives her:

PLACE

She'll get a few good letters with CKMA.

PLACE

She instantly solves DARKROOM to keep the cars! Joy leaves with $62,079 in total!

As it's for mother and daughter, and the Supra is labeled "his", they decide to switch both signs. Joy is getting the Supra...and she finds a Free Spin token on the driver's seat.

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