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September 20, 1988 recap Mar 22, 2021 20:16:58 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Mar 22, 2021 20:16:58 GMT -5

Airdate: September 20, 1988

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A custom-design furniture showcase for your home!
A quality-crafted 6'9" concert grand piano!
A Jeep 4x4 open-body truck!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $186,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants (all female):
Kathleen Smith: Dining room manager for an Italian restaurant, from Gibsonton, FL
Addie Moore: Educator with an area school district, from Los Angeles, CA
Betsy King: Full-time mother, also a secretary for a major architectural interior design company; from Parma, OH

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

Round 1

TITLE

KATHLEEN	Addie	Betsy
BANKRUPT! ($0)	$800: T (DUD!)	$1,000: S (DUD!)

$900: R $900: L $400: N -$250: A (DUD!)	$900: F (DUD!)	$750: D (x3) Solve: Correct!
$1,950		$2,250

TITLE

Betsy solves CROCODILE DUNDEE.

Kathleen	Addie	Betsy
		$2,250

Think you can grab this prize in just one spin? We have a neon and acrylic TV and telephone (labeled NEON) worth $3,000.

You'll want to try and hit the $2,500 space more than once. It will be worth it.

Round 2

THING

Kathleen	ADDIE	Betsy
	NEON! $150: N $150: T (x2) $300: R -$250: O -$250: I (x4) $300: V Solve: Correct!
	$550+

THING

Perfection! Addie solves PRIME TIME TELEVISION to keep the neon electronics. "Neon!"

Kathleen	Addie	Betsy
	$3,550	$2,250

We could try and make the $3,500 space look better with some neon, but it's good as it is.

Round 3

QUOTATION

Kathleen	Addie	BETSY
		BANKRUPT! ($0)

$400: T (x2) $400: N (x3) $400: D -$250: A (x3) $550: S (x2) -$250: I -$250: E (x4) $400: L (DUD!)	$400: Y (x4) $500: H (x2) Solve: Correct!
$2,750	$2,600

QUOTATION

Addie solves YOU SAY NEETHER AND I SAY NYTHER. Pat tells viewers that the show just runs puzzles like that every now and then.

Kathleen	Addie	Betsy
	$6,150	$2,250

Will "either" of the others catch up? It would help to pick up a Jeep Wrangler 4WD open-body truck (labeled TRUCK) worth $12,793!

Round 4

PHRASE

KATHLEEN	Addie	Betsy
$250: N $250: T Lose A Turn!	$450: R (x2) Lose A Turn!	$700: H $1,000: S -$250: E (x2) $1,000: V -$250: I -$250: O (x2) $200: M (DUD!)
$500	$900	$1,950
$800: D (x2) TRUCK! $150: L Solve: Correct!
$2,250+

Betsy almost called a repeated R before the V. The first call was judged as incomplete, so the V was taken. The ding sounds, but the letter doesn't light up until later.

PHRASE

Kathleen solves SOLD DOWN THE RIVER to keep the truck!

Kathleen	Addie	Betsy
$15,043	$6,150	$2,250

Kathleen speeds ahead, but now Addie gets to try for a $5,000 spin.

Round 5

PHRASE

Kathleen	ADDIE	Betsy
	$500: T (DUD!)	$300: S (DUD!)

$300: L (x3) $200: R (DUD!)
$900

PHRASE

DING DING! DING DING!

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

Addie: N (DUD!)
Betsy: M (DUD!)
Kathleen: C (x3) ($1,950)
Addie: K ($350) (She whispers CLOCK to herself and a few other words.)
Betsy: D (DUD!)
Kathleen: M (Repeat)
Addie: P (DUD!)
Betsy: W (DUD!)
Kathleen: B ($2,300)
Addie: G ($700)

PHRASE

Addie solves BIOLOGICAL CLOCK.

Kathleen	Addie	Betsy
$15,043	$6,850	$2,250

BONUS ROUND:

What a difference a prize can make! Kathleen's the big winner and will now try for...

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

Here comes the bonus puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

She picks the usual RSTLNE.

THING

She thinks SURE and PURE FLARE, but she does not solve FIRE ALARM. Kathleen still leaves with $15,043 cash and truck.

(Recapper note: Corrected airdate.)