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June 8, 1998 recap May 16, 2021 16:07:30 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on May 16, 2021 16:07:30 GMT -5

Airdate: June 8, 1998

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! It's time for an Endless Summer!

Today's contestants:
Tiana Patterson: Programs at a radio station in Jackson, Mississippi; also a pediatric psych nurse
Lolita Azero: Nursing home administrator for 9 years and counting, from Northridge, CA
Jeff Bowles: Paralegal, from North Las Vegas, NV

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. That will get us started as we prepare some prizes...before the contestants strip the studio bare. Are you ready for this?

Round 1

BEFORE & AFTER

TIANA	Lolita	Jeff
$900: R (DUD!)	$600: N (x5) -$250: O (x3) Lose A Turn!	$450: T $700: H $300: G $1,000: L (DUD!)
	$2,750	$1,450
$600: S (x2) -$250: E (x2) BANKRUPT! ($950)	-$250: I (x2) $250: M (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$3,000

BEFORE & AFTER

Lolita solves NOTHING IN COMMON SENSE.

Tiana	Lolita	Jeff
	$3,000

Let's get to one of those prizes that's probably gonna be "stripped" from the Wheel. We start with a dude ranch holiday at Lazy K Bar Ranch in Arizona (labeled DUDE RANCH) worth $3,758.

What the contestants have in common is that they'll love some cash. We have a $2,500 space and $10,000 prize to meet their needs.

Round 2

SHOW BIZ

Tiana	LOLITA	Jeff
	$400: N (x2) $700: T (x2) -$250: E (x5) Free Spin: H -$250: A (x2) $250: R -$250: O (x3) $250: L (x3) -$250: I (x4) $500: S (x3) Solve: Correct!
	$3,700

SHOW BIZ

Perfection! Lolita solves THE LAST ORIGINAL EPISODE OF SEINFELD. "I got my paycheck for the day!"

Tiana	Lolita (FS)	Jeff
	$6,700

It's time for Jeff to get his paycheck, maybe with the help of the $3,500 and Jackpot spaces.

("Put down that Viagra espresso" for the Jackpot round?)

Round 3

PHRASE

Tiana	Lolita (FS)	JEFF
		$250: N $500: R (DUD!)
		$250
$550: T BANKRUPT! ($550)	$250: D Dude Ranch: R (Repeat)	$250: L (DUD!)
	$250	$250
BANKRUPT! ($0)	-$250: A Dude Ranch: S (DUD!)	$250: M (x3) $500: Y -$250: E -$250: O $250: G $400: B $250: H Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
		$1,900

After Lolita declines using her Free Spin the first time by saying "Let Jeff spin", Pat calls it a "pity spin".

PHRASE

Jeff solves ME AND MY BIG MOUTH.

Tiana	Lolita (FS)	Jeff
	$6,700	$1,900

Tiana is thinking about the $5,000 space right now- Whoops, I said too much. Let's just start our next round.

Round 4

SAME NAME

TIANA	Lolita (FS)	Jeff
$600: L (DUD!)	$800: N (DUD!) (Free Spin used) $900: R $300: T (DUD!)	$250: C $300: M (DUD!)
	$900	$250

SAME NAME

DING DING! DING DING!

Tiana has had enough bad luck, so Pat should probably give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... ~~BANKRUPT~~ $500 a piece.

(Pat accidentally says 5 seconds to solve, but corrects himself to 3 seconds after the "good" spin.)

Tiana: S ($500)
Lolita: W ($1,400)
Jeff: H ($750)
Tiana: E (x4) ($500)
Lolita: B (DUD!)
Jeff: K (DUD!)
Tiana: P (x2) ($1,500)
Lolita: D ($1,900)

SAME NAME

Lolita says CHEESE & POWDER...but stops after the buzzer sounds.

Jeff: F (x2) ($1,750)

SAME NAME

Jeff solves CHEESE & POWDER PUFF.

Tiana	Lolita	Jeff
	$6,700	$3,650

Tiana was just unlucky with the common letters and her spins. That leaves her with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

It's just Pat and Lolita in Bonus Land now. She could win a trip, a sport boat, a car, or the $25,000.

After Pat forgets what to do ("Where's Ben Stein when you need him?"), Lolita will take the L, and then she will try this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

PLACE

RSTLNE gives her:

PLACE

What can she find with DPMA?

PLACE

She guesses GREAT FIELD, and she was very close. It was WHEAT FIELD...

...so she's not getting the convertible. Lolita finishes with $6,700, but maybe it will be enough for Friday?

It has been a week of shows, but Vanna's not feeling any better than last time. Pat advises putting some more clothes on, so he takes off his jacket and gives it to her.