Post by mechamind on Oct 3, 2021 11:16:27 GMT -5
Airdate: October 26, 1995
From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Danita Oaks: Works for the Veterans' Affairs Medical Center in Indianapolis, IN
Tinku Siney: Environmental editor for a small business paper; from Bellevue, WA (originally from India)
Kieran Cramer (female) (returning with a 1-day total of $34,118)
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
Perfection! Danita solves GENE KELLY'S SINGIN' IN THE RAIN.
Danita guesses BEVELED GLASS JAR.
Danita reads what's on the board.
After we clean up some broken glass, we'll put a $3,500 and one-third $10,000 space on the Wheel.
The mid-game took a lot longer than we hoped, and now Pat has to give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $250 a piece. Danita starts this round.
Danita: N (x2) ($500)
Tinku: R (x2) ($500)
Kieran: T ($250)
Danita: S ($750)
Tinku: E (x3) ($500)
Kieran: P (x2) ($750)
Kieran beats the buzzer to solve TENOR SAXOPHONE PLAYER.
BONUS ROUND:
RSTLNE gives him:
From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Danita Oaks: Works for the Veterans' Affairs Medical Center in Indianapolis, IN
Tinku Siney: Environmental editor for a small business paper; from Bellevue, WA (originally from India)
Kieran Cramer (female) (returning with a 1-day total of $34,118)
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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DANITA | Tinku | Kieran |
| $400: S (x2) $1,000: T -$250: E (x4) $500: H -$250: I (x4) $200: R $300: N (x5) Solve: Correct! | ||
$3,500 | ||
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Perfection! Danita solves GENE KELLY'S SINGIN' IN THE RAIN.
Danita | Tinku | Kieran |
$3,500 |
Should we sing about our featured Wheel prize? It's a trip to SeaWorld California and Shamu's Happy Harbor, plus a stay at La Costa Resort & Spa (labeled SEA WORLD) totaling $3,508.
When the sun comes out, will it ever shine brighter than the $2,500 space again?
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Danita | TINKU | Kieran |
| $500: R (DUD!) | $450: T (DUD!) | |
| $400: S (x2) $500: G -$250: A (x2) $2,500: L (x2) -$250: E (x3) $500: D Solve: Wrong! | ||
$6,300 | ||
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Danita guesses BEVELED GLASS JAR.
Danita | Tinku | Kieran |
| $750: B Free Spin: V $400: N (DUD!) | $500: M (DUD!) | |
$6,300 | $750 | |
| $200: P (DUD!) | BANKRUPT! ($750) | $300: C (DUD!) |
$6,300 | ||
| BANKRUPT! ($6,300) | Lose A Turn! | $900: F (DUD!) |
| $250: W $250: ... J? Solve: Correct! | ||
$500 | ||
Pat couldn't resist joking with Danita when she got her turn back three times.
Danita took so long that after she called the J, the "wrong letter" buzzer could be faintly heard in the background.
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Danita reads what's on the board.
Danita | Tinku (FS) | Kieran |
$4,000 |
After we clean up some broken glass, we'll put a $3,500 and one-third $10,000 space on the Wheel.
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Danita | Tinku (FS) | KIERAN |
| $550: T Double Play: H (DUD!) | ||
$550 | ||
| $10,000!: S BANKRUPT! ($10,000) | $450: R (x2) $250: F (DUD!) | $700: L (DUD!) |
$900 | $550 | |
| $400: M BANKRUPT! ($400) | SURPRISE: N (x2) -$250: E (x3) -$250: I (x5) $1,000: D (x3) -$250: O -$250: A $450: W (x2) Sea World: P $800: G Solve: Correct! | |
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Tinku solves ? MAGIC ? TIE DINNER ? WIDOW SPIDER to keep the SeaWorld trip. Tinku deserved a break after the last round, but he can also earn a $500 bonus by filling in the blank.
He knows it's black.
What he doesn't know is what the Surprise is. It's a 7-day Regency Cruise to French Canada, New England, and Nova Scotia worth $6,718.
Danita | Tinku (FS) | Kieran |
$4,000 | $15,326 |
The mid-game took a lot longer than we hoped, and now Pat has to give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $250 a piece. Danita starts this round.
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Danita: N (x2) ($500)
Tinku: R (x2) ($500)
Kieran: T ($250)
Danita: S ($750)
Tinku: E (x3) ($500)
Kieran: P (x2) ($750)
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Kieran beats the buzzer to solve TENOR SAXOPHONE PLAYER.
Danita | Tinku (...) | Kieran |
$4,000 | $15,326 | $750 |
Kieran leaves with a 2-day total of $34,868.
In a strange game like this, we can easily forget about the Free Spin token.
BONUS ROUND:
Tinku doesn't really have enough prizes, does he? He wants one more from Bonus Land, possibly a car or the $25,000.
We have some great envelopes! Tinku reaches for the L (for "lovin' it"), and this is his puzzle:
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RSTLNE gives him:
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He quickly picks CHMA.
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He's silent and does not solve FORMULA...
...and he's not getting a Corvette. Tinku still has $15,326 in cash and prizes, and he's coming back.