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December 1, 1987 recap Mar 22, 2021 7:29:35 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Mar 22, 2021 7:29:35 GMT -5

Airdate: December 1, 1987

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A $34,000 BMW convertible!
A pair of his-and-hers mink coats!
A 26-foot $38,000 boat!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $179,000 just waiting to be won during our Big Bonanza of Cash on...

Wheel of Fortune!

(The interviews were cut out from the source video.)

Today's contestants are Joseph, Stacey, and Jennie.

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

Round 1

PERSON

JOSEPH	Stacey	Jennie
$400: T BANKRUPT! ($400)	Free Spin! $200: N (x2) $400: R (x2) BANKRUPT! ($1,200) (Free Spin used) $500: W (DUD!)	$450: S (DUD!)

$200: C (DUD!)	$150: L (DUD!)	$200: D (DUD!)

$300: M (DUD!)	$200: P (DUD!)	$200: H $350: G $1,000: B Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
		$1,550

PERSON

Jennie solves BARGAIN HUNTER.

Joseph	Stacey	Jennie
		$1,550

You can have this prize for free if you know how to spin. We add a Schafer and Sons organ (labeled ORGAN) worth $4,185.

For those who aren't good at saving money, we've added a $2,500 space to the Wheel.

Round 2

PHRASE

Joseph	STACEY	Jennie
	$300: T (x2) $700: H (x2) $400: N -$250: O (x2) $200: M (DUD!)	$450: S $900: R (DUD!)
	$2,150	$450
ORGAN! $150: F (x2) $900: D -$250: E (x3) -$250: I (x3) Solve: Correct!
$700+

PHRASE

Joseph solves THE FLIP SIDE OF THE COIN to keep the organ.

Joseph	Stacey	Jennie
$4,885		$1,550

Do you take a chance, or do you play it safe? The $3,500 space is tempting, isn't it?

Round 3

THING

Joseph	Stacey	JENNIE
		$250: T $450: R $1,000: S (DUD!)
		$700
$700: N $700: D (DUD!)	$550: L Lose A Turn!	$1,000: Y (DUD!)
$700	$550	$700
$450: G (DUD!)	$200: H $250: C (x2) -$250: E (x3) $200: M (DUD!)	$900: B (x2) Solve: Correct!
$700	$1,000	$2,500

THING

Jennie solves UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR.

Joseph	Stacey	Jennie
$4,885		$4,050

Is this an acceptable prize for you? It's a Greyhound Luggage ensemble, plus a trip to Hawaii and stay at Westin Kauai (labeled TRIP) worth $8,197.

We expect you to keep spinning, because someone could hit the $5,000 space!

Round 4

THING

JOSEPH	Stacey	Jennie
$250: T TRIP! $300: R (DUD!)	$500: N $200: L (DUD!)	$350: S $300: M (DUD!)
$250+	$500	$350
BANKRUPT! ($8,447)	$250: H (DUD!)	$500: C (DUD!)
		$350
$250: B $250: W $300: K Solve: Correct!
$800

THING

Joseph solves SUBWAY TOKEN. End of the line!

Joseph	Stacey	Jennie
$5,685		$4,050

With a few bad spins and some short puzzles, Stacey just couldn't go anywhere. She leaves with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Funny that an organ did it for Joseph. He's the big winner, and now he'll look at...

BMW convertible

His-and-hers mink coats

Fishing boat

Diamond and sapphire earclips

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

After some time, Joseph will now play for...

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

One more puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

Joseph is hoping that RSTDNE will work.

THING

He says RESERVATION and RESERVES, but he does not solve SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. Joseph leaves with $5,685 in total.

In the post-game, Pat says that Vanna always brings in some kind of fishing story. Pat actually went with Vanna to Hawaii, and he mostly sat around on the boat. Vanna was holding a reel, and she caught a 150-pound fish...only for it to let go right when it was getting into the boat! Ask the captain!