Post by mechamind on Mar 20, 2021 17:33:47 GMT -5
Airdate: December 13, 1993
From Hollywood, it's America's game! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Mark Davis (returning with a 1-day total of $31,550)
Maryann Nolan: Retired and former food service manager, also a great grandmother; from Phoenix, AZ
Marcan McQueen: Works in the aerospace industry, from Hawthorne, CA
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
Marcan solves ICE BUCKET & TONGS. Pat comments that people don't do a lot of spinning in the first round, because they just want some money.
Marcan might be nervous about giving Mark a chance at the $3,500 space.
It's been a weird show, and now we're short on time. Pat gives the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants are worth... $300 a piece. Mark begins.
Mark: S (x3) ($900)
Maryann: T ($300)
Marcan: N (DUD!)
Mark: R (x3) ($1,800)
Maryann: L ($600)
Maryann solves CHRISTMAS CAROLERS.
Mark leaves with a 2-day total of $31,550.
BONUS ROUND:
RSTLNE gives him:
From Hollywood, it's America's game! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Mark Davis (returning with a 1-day total of $31,550)
Maryann Nolan: Retired and former food service manager, also a great grandmother; from Phoenix, AZ
Marcan McQueen: Works in the aerospace industry, from Hawthorne, CA
Pat: Mark! You're wearing our Wheel of Fortune pin that you get when you subscribe to the Wheel of Fortune newsletter, which is called "The Life and Times of Pat", or...what's it called?
Mark: "Off Camera".
Mark: "Off Camera".
Pat: "Off Camera". That's a nifty title.
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
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The ampersand doesn't light up for a few seconds, and Pat shouts "Turn the ampersand!" just after it lights up.
MARK | Maryann | Marcan |
| $500: T (x2) Free Spin: S -$250: E (x2) $300: R (DUD!) | $400: H (DUD!) | $250: N $250: M (DUD!) |
$750 | $250 | |
| $500: L (DUD!) | $750: O (Vowel Call) | $500: C (x2) -$250: I -$250: O Solve: Correct! |
$750 |
Maryann calls the H before her first spin, and she is held to it.
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Marcan solves ICE BUCKET & TONGS. Pat comments that people don't do a lot of spinning in the first round, because they just want some money.
Mark (FS) | Maryann | Marcan |
$750 |
Perhaps a prize will convince you to keep spinning? This is a red Olhausen Eclipse pool table (labeled POOL TABLE) worth $2,850.
But if you're serious about getting ahead, we also have a $2,500 space on the Wheel.
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Mark (FS) | MARYANN | Marcan |
| $800: S (x3) $700: T (x5) -$250: E $900: R (x3) -$250: A (x2) $2,500: L (DUD!) | $2,500: N (x2) -$250: O (x3) -$250: I (x2) $2,500: C $300: M (x2) $200: D $200: G (x2) $300: B $300: H Solve: Correct! | |
$8,100 | $8,800 |
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Marcan reads what's on the board. He gets stuck on GARMENT but starts over and reads it correctly.
There's still a bit more money to win. Can Marcan take a $500 bonus for saying where we are?
Marcan says Los Angeles. This gives Mark a chance at the money.
He knows! It's New York. Marcan was so nice to give Mark the money...even though he's a returning champion.
Mark (FS) | Maryann | Marcan |
$500 | $9,550 |
Marcan might be nervous about giving Mark a chance at the $3,500 space.
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Mark (FS) | Maryann | MARCAN |
| SURPRISE: T (x3) $250: N (x2) $500: C (x2) -$250: O (x6) $200: D (x2) -$250: E $400: L (x2) $900: S (x2) -$250: A Solve: Correct! | ||
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Perfection! Marcan solves DO NOT PASS GO DO NOT COLLECT ?. Can he collect a $500 bonus for filling in the blank?
He says 200 ...just after the buzzer. Well, it's Mark's turn.
Once again, Mark takes it. The blank is 200 dollars.
Pat notices that the staff accidentally added $200 to Mark's score in reference to the line, but this is quickly corrected to $500.
Why should Marcan care about any of this? He has the Surprise...which is a trip to Saint Thomas and stay at Stouffer Grand Beach Resort worth $7,250!
Mark (FS) | Maryann | Marcan |
$1,000 | $20,550 |
It's been a weird show, and now we're short on time. Pat gives the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants are worth... $300 a piece. Mark begins.
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Mark: S (x3) ($900)
Maryann: T ($300)
Marcan: N (DUD!)
Mark: R (x3) ($1,800)
Maryann: L ($600)
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Maryann solves CHRISTMAS CAROLERS.
Mark (...) | Maryann | Marcan |
$1,000 | $600 | $20,550 |
Mark leaves with a 2-day total of $31,550.
After the first round, Mark never got another turn, so his Free Spin wasn't going anywhere.
BONUS ROUND:
This was easily Marcan's game, and now he's in Bonus Land! We look at the following prizes:
Historic document signed by George Washington (over $22,000)
Car (over $28,000)
New York shopping spree ($19,000)
Regal Bowrider (over $19,000)
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)
It's time to pick an envelope! Marcan goes for the W, and here comes a bonus puzzle:
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RSTLNE gives him:
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Marcan will try CMHA.
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Of course, he instantly solves STEAM BATH...
...and he wins the car, a 1994 Volvo 940 Turbo worth $28,015! Marcan has $48,565 and there could be more coming to him!