Post by mechamind on Mar 23, 2021 8:57:27 GMT -5
Airdate: March 20, 1985
Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:
A $14,000 diamond accented choker!
A $5,000 Harley!
A $15,000 Mustang convertible!
Over $113,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Gene Genedevich: Owns a dry-cleaning store, from Sandusky, OH (originally from Joliet, IL)
Debi Carter-Maddingley: Administrative assistant with an import car manufacturer, from southern California
Barry Jaggers: Psychiatric security agent, from Waymart, PA
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. Try not to hit Bankrupt, or you will lose all your cash, but once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep. Here's our first puzzle!
Barry solves POPCORN POPPER.
(He's not shown in the corner during the shopping segment.)
When you aren't looking, a prize will suddenly appear on the Wheel. It's a Chinese hand-carved rose quartz-covered vase (labeled CARVING) worth $4,250.
Gene solves LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING to keep the carving.
Here, you can trust the sparkles! They can only be found on our much-loved $5,000 space!
Barry solves WICHITA KANSAS.
That's as far as Barry will go.
BONUS ROUND:
Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:
A $14,000 diamond accented choker!
A $5,000 Harley!
A $15,000 Mustang convertible!
Over $113,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Gene Genedevich: Owns a dry-cleaning store, from Sandusky, OH (originally from Joliet, IL)
Debi Carter-Maddingley: Administrative assistant with an import car manufacturer, from southern California
Barry Jaggers: Psychiatric security agent, from Waymart, PA
Pat says he was a bit late in coming out because he was making a wager on whether he could pronounce Gene's last name.
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. Try not to hit Bankrupt, or you will lose all your cash, but once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep. Here's our first puzzle!
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GENE | Debi | Barry |
| $250: R (x2) $200: S (DUD!) | $900: N BANKRUPT! ($900) | $800: T (DUD!) |
$500 | ||
| Lose A Turn! | $600: L (DUD!) | $600: D (DUD!) |
| $700: W (DUD!) | $250: B (DUD!) | $250: P (x5) Solve: Correct! |
$1,250 |
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Barry solves POPCORN POPPER.
(He's not shown in the corner during the shopping segment.)
$1,250 to spend |
| Mini component stereo system (-$600) Homestead ceiling fan (-$459) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$191) |
Gene | Debi | Barry |
$1,250 |
When you aren't looking, a prize will suddenly appear on the Wheel. It's a Chinese hand-carved rose quartz-covered vase (labeled CARVING) worth $4,250.
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Gene | DEBI | Barry |
| $700: N (x2) $600: S $250: T (DUD!) | $1,000: L $600: F (DUD!) | |
$2,000 | $1,000 | |
| CARVING! $150: R (DUD!) | $300: D $600: G -$250: I (x2) -$250: O (x2) $600: M (DUD!) | BANKRUPT! ($1,000) |
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| $400: C (x2) Solve: Correct! | ||
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Gene solves LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING to keep the carving.
$800 to spend |
| San Francisco weekend (-$566) Ceramic greyhound (-$232) $2 on account |
Gene | Debi | Barry |
$5,048 | $1,250 | |
OA: $2 |
Here, you can trust the sparkles! They can only be found on our much-loved $5,000 space!
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Gene | Debi | BARRY |
| $1,500: T $1,500: N -$250: E (DUD!) | ||
$2,750 | ||
OA: $2 | ||
| $200: R (DUD!) | $500: D (DUD!) | BANKRUPT! ($2,750) |
OA: $2 | ||
| $900: S (x2) BANKRUPT! ($1,800) (OA: $2 lost) | $300: K $700: M (DUD!) | $800: C $800: W $1,500: H Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! |
$300 | $3,100 | |
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Barry solves WICHITA KANSAS.
$3,100 to spend |
| Yamaha Riva CA 50 motor scooter (-$860) 4 Jetzon steel-belted tires (-$240) Skyway his-and-hers luggage (-$778) Bushnell astronomical telescope (-$459) Chinon 35F-A 35 mm compact camera (-$306) Serengeti Drivers his-and-hers sunglasses (-$280) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$177) |
That's as far as Barry will go.
Gene | Debi | Barry |
$5,048 | $4,350 |
Debi might be smiling, but we know she wanted something. There's nothing left, so she's getting the nice parting gifts.
BONUS ROUND:
Gene carved his gold medal with just one round! He's the big winner, and now he'll play for...
1985 Renault Alliance DL ($8,376)
We give him one more puzzle:
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Before the timer starts, he solves NATURAL RESOURCE to keep the car! Gene leaves with $13,424 in prizes!
In the post-game, Gene says he saw Vanna going to a bike-a-thon with one of the announcers in Cleveland. What happened was that he thought he saw this girl in a red sweatsuit without her parents...but it turned out to be Vanna.
