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May 17, 1990 recap Mar 21, 2021 11:45:45 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Mar 21, 2021 11:45:45 GMT -5

Airdate: May 17, 1990

From Hollywood, it's America's most watched game show! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!

Over $125,000 given away so far this week!

Today's contestants:
Misty Eberhart: Full-time pubtender at "the only pub in town", from Santa Maria, CA
Angelo Angeloci: Retired and former professor of speech pathology/audiology, from Dexter, MI
Tom Pitek (returning with a 2-day total of $64,766)

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

Round 1

BEFORE & AFTER

MISTY	Angelo	Tom
$700: N Lose A Turn!	Free Spin! $400: D $250: T $400: H $250: S (x2) -$250: E (x4) -$250: A (x2) $400: R (DUD!)	$500: L $200: W $300: G -$250: O (x3) $350: P (x2) Solve: Correct!
$700	$1,050	$1,450

BEFORE & AFTER

Tom solves MOM AND POP GOES THE WEASEL.

Misty	Angelo (FS)	Tom
		$1,450

A prize suddenly pops into our studio waiting to be won! It's a gift certificate for Carey Limousine service (labeled LIMO) valued at $3,500.

We've added a $2,500 space to the Wheel so we can get to the good stuff even sooner.

Round 2

TITLE

Misty	ANGELO (FS)	Tom
	LIMO! $150: T (x3) $150: H -$250: E (x2) $400: L (DUD!) (Free Spin used) $400: M (DUD!)	$500: N (DUD!)
	$350+
$500: S (DUD!)	$200: C $200: K -$250: O $700: B $500: F Solve: Correct!
	$1,700+

TITLE

Angelo solves BACK TO THE FUTURE to keep the limo service.

Misty	Angelo	Tom
	$5,200	$1,450

Time travel can't save you here! You have just one round to hit the $3,500 space!

Round 3

THINGS

Misty	Angelo	TOM
		$500: S (x2) $300: T (x2) Lose A Turn!
		$1,600
$500: N (DUD!)	$500: L $500: M (DUD!)	-$250: I (x2) -$250: A (x2) -$250: E (x4) -$250: O (x2) $900: C (x2) $1,000: H $150: R (x3) Solve: Wrong!
	$500	$3,850

THINGS

After some silence, Tom suddenly guesses CHOCOLATE-FILLED STRAWBERRIES. So much for the "bulb" lighting up.

Misty	Angelo	TOM
	$500	$3,850
$250: P (x2) $150: D (x2) Solve: Correct!
$800

THINGS

Misty solves CHOCOLATE-DIPPED STRAWBERRIES.

Misty	Angelo	Tom
$800	$5,200	$1,450

"Look, look, look!" We've brought in another prize! It's a Van Cleef & Arpels 18-karat yellow gold ring with emerald and diamond (labeled RING) worth $6,000.

Misty can dip herself in some Big Money courtesy of the $5,000 space! She could also fill up.

Round 4

PHRASE

MISTY	Angelo	Tom
$250: T (DUD!)	RING! $300: S (x3) $300: N (DUD!)	$400: R -$250: A (x2) $350: L (x2) -$250: O (x4) BANKRUPT! ($600)
	$900+
$300: Y (x2) $900: W (x2) Solve: Correct!
$2,400

PHRASE

Misty solves AS YOU SOW SO WILL YOU REAP. Our work is done here.

Misty	Angelo	Tom
$3,200	$5,200	$1,450

Tom's work is done, but he leaves with a 3-day total of $66,216.

BONUS ROUND:

Angelo only needed one round to win this, and now he's in Bonus Land to win a pair of cars or the $25,000!

Hoping for that win, Angelo picks the L. Here comes his bonus puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THINGS

RSTLNE gives him:

THINGS

He picks MCDA (though the chyron briefly displays N instead of M.)

THINGS

He gets LAMB, but he does not solve LAMB CHOPS. "That's too baaaaaaad."

That keeps Angelo from the his & hers cars, so he finishes with $5,200 and will try again next time.

In the post-game, Vanna mentions that the show often has contestant searches around the country. Recently, they were at Harrah's in Reno, Nevada.

Pat notes that the viewers don't miss anything. If the show does something wrong, someone will catch it. The show gave away an African safari, and the show included tigers on the set...but then they found out that there are no tigers in Africa. They're in India (and Detroit). The show has since removed the tigers, and Pat mentions that the show is always open for input. What did they screw up tonight?