Post by mechamind on Apr 3, 2021 23:17:56 GMT -5
Airdate: October 1988?
Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:
A pair of diamond and sapphire ear clips!
A wonderful fur coat!
A Chevrolet Corsica LT!
Plus thousands of dollars in cash!
Over $211,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants (all female):
Nadia Rafi: Retired housewife, so she doesn't have to do housework anymore; from San Rafael, CA (originally from Beirut)
Cresia Davis: Owner of a daycare center in southern California, currently working on a major political campaign
Betty Adcock: Retired elementary teacher and full-time mom/homemaker, from Lubbock, TX
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
Cresia solves THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.
Betty solves IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS.
We expect you to hit the $3,500 space on the Wheel. We can't force you, but you still ought to try.
Nadia reads what's on the board.
DING DING! DING DING!
"Very interesting development here." Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants will be worth... $300 a piece.
Nadia: S ($1,900+)
Cresia: T (x2) ($900)
Cresia solves DOUBTING AND MARLO THOMAS. However, it's not enough for the win.
BONUS ROUND:
Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:
A pair of diamond and sapphire ear clips!
A wonderful fur coat!
A Chevrolet Corsica LT!
Plus thousands of dollars in cash!
Over $211,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants (all female):
Nadia Rafi: Retired housewife, so she doesn't have to do housework anymore; from San Rafael, CA (originally from Beirut)
Cresia Davis: Owner of a daycare center in southern California, currently working on a major political campaign
Betty Adcock: Retired elementary teacher and full-time mom/homemaker, from Lubbock, TX
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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| $400: T $200: H -$250: E (x3) $200: N (DUD!) | $800: F (x2) Free Spin! $400: L (x2) Solve: Correct! | ||
$350 | $2,400 | ||
Cresia looks at the wrong arrow and tries to hand in her Free Spin before calling the L.
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Cresia solves THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.
Nadia | Cresia (FS) | Betty |
$2,400 |
We offer actual wonderful valuable (your favorite adjective) prizes around here, such as a Dicker & Dicker full-length "sculptured" mink coat (labeled FUR) worth $5,500.
We think you'll fall in love with the $2,500 space on the Wheel, though it's just for one round...
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Nadia | CRESIA (FS) | Betty |
| $200: T (x2) $900: N (x4) -$250: O -$250: I (x2) $800: L (DUD!) (Free Spin used) $500: H (DUD!) | $200: S $300: R (x2) -$250: E (x2) $400: M $2,500: C Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! | |
$3,500 | $3,450 |
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Betty solves IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS.
Nadia | Cresia | Betty |
$2,400 | $3,450 |
We expect you to hit the $3,500 space on the Wheel. We can't force you, but you still ought to try.
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"It is apostrophic in nature." - Pat
Nadia | Cresia | BETTY |
| $3,500: S (x5!) -$250: E (DUD!) | ||
$17,250 | ||
| $900: R (DUD!) | $400: L (x2) -$250: A (x5) $150: W -$250: E (Repeat) | -$250: I (x3) $300: N $700: T (x2) $700: H $450: Y (DUD!) |
$450 | $19,400 | |
| $800: P (x2) $450: B $300: H (x3) Solve: Correct! | ||
$2,950 | ||
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Nadia reads what's on the board.
Nadia | Cresia | Betty |
$2,950 | $2,400 | $3,450 |
After a little cleanup around the studio, we bring in this shiny new prize! It's a Chevrolet Corsica LT (labeled CAR) worth $14,735!
Speaking of shiny, everyone wants to look at the $5,000 space on the Wheel!
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NADIA | Cresia | Betty |
| $250: N (x2) CAR! $300: D (x2) -$250: A (x3) $900: R -$250: I $350: G -$250: E (DUD!) | $300: B $200: J (DUD!) | BANKRUPT! ($0) |
$1,600+ | $300 |
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DING DING! DING DING!
"Very interesting development here." Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants will be worth... $300 a piece.
Nadia: S ($1,900+)
Cresia: T (x2) ($900)
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Cresia solves DOUBTING AND MARLO THOMAS. However, it's not enough for the win.
Nadia | Cresia | Betty |
$2,950 | $3,300 | $3,450 |
BONUS ROUND:
Betty was uncertain at first, but now we know she's the big winner! What could she try to win?
Mercedes 300E ($47,699)
Shipboard party (almost $50,000)
Signed/numbered Pablo Picasso etchings ($31,500)
Diamond ear clips (over $37,000)
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)
After holding her right arm up for the $25,000 sign, Betty will now play for...
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)
One more puzzle stands in the way...
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We will give her RSTLNE for free.
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She will give us CDHO.
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She almost says CROCHET, but she does not solve CROWBAR (and she's never used one). Betty leaves with $3,450 in total.
In the post-game, Pat thinks he accidentally locked the door to the "museum" containing the Picasso etchings. "Kinda like a cop show we're doing here."