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November 13, 1995 recap Oct 6, 2021 11:15:16 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Oct 6, 2021 11:15:16 GMT -5

Airdate: November 13, 1995

From the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, it's America's game! Let's begin College Week!

Our first class:
Jenny Lindburg: Nursing student at Chico State (and Jenny briefly plugs the Bachelor of Science Nursing Program)
Monina Murano: Junior at Loyola Marymount studying communications, also a school newspaper editor/writer, and plays drums in an all-girl band called "White Rice"
Mike Gagne (?): Junior at Arizona State studying computer information systems (and he mentions the 1996 Super Bowl at Sun Devil Stadium)

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

Round 1

TITLE/AUTHOR

JENNY	Monina	Mike
$250: N (x2) BANKRUPT! ($500)	$1,000: T -$250: E (x4) $200: H $700: R (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$2,350

TITLE/AUTHOR

Monina solves THE RAVEN BY EDGAR ALLAN POE.

Jenny	Monina	Mike
	$2,350

Nevermore! Nevermore! Never- ...sorry, we got distracted. We have a prize, and it's a Pendleton menswear gift certificate (labeled FASHION) worth $2,000.

"Oh, look!" It's a $2,500 space! You'd better try and score some big money!

Round 2

PHRASE

Jenny	MONINA	Mike
	$400: T $900: R (DUD!)	$900: S (DUD!)
	$400
$250: N $900: H (DUD!)	$300: L (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! ($0)
$250	$400
$900: D -$250: A (x2) $200: C (DUD!)	$200: M (x2) -$250: E $700: P (DUD!)	Double Play: K (x2) Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$900	$550

PHRASE

Mike solves A KODAK MOMENT for the house minimum.

Jenny	Monina	Mike (DP)
	$2,350	$200

Mike will have his moment soon, maybe after he picks up a Contiki Holidays 14-day holiday in Europe (labeled EUROPE) worth $5,128.

Or maybe he'll cash in with the $3,500 space and $10,000 prize. Anything can happen!

Round 3

WHO SAID IT?

Jenny	Monina	MIKE (DP)
		$300: T FASHION: N (x4) $500: R -$250: E (x2) $250: G Solve: Correct!
		$800+

WHO SAID IT?

Perfection! Mike solves ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND to keep the menswear. He can take one small step further with a $500 bonus if he knows who said it.

And he successfully identifies Neil Armstrong.

Jenny	Monina	Mike (DP)
	$2,350	$3,500

Jenny still has a chance to take a giant leap. There's a silvery $5,000 space just waiting for her!

Round 4

THINGS

JENNY	Monina	Mike (DP)
$250: S BANKRUPT/$10K! ($250)	$400: R (DUD!)	(Double Play!) Lose A Turn!

$350: N (DUD!)	Lose A Turn!	$250: T (DUD!)

$500: D (DUD!)	$200: L (x3) -$250: E (DUD!)
	$350

THINGS

DING DING! DING DING!

Enough of that. Let's just have Pat give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $5,000 a piece! Obviously, it's anybody's game.

Mike: C (DUD!)
Jenny: B (DUD!)
Monina: P ($5,350)
Mike: M (DUD!)
Jenny: F (x3!) ($15,000)

THINGS

Jenny solves FLUFFY PILLOWS to steal the victory!

Jenny	Monina	Mike
$15,000	$2,350	$3,500

BONUS ROUND:

What else can Jenny steal from the show now that she's in Bonus Land? We have a Mustang, a speedboat, a round-the-world trip, a career annuity, and the $25,000!

Jenny takes the L from the envelopes, and we give her this puzzle in return:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives her:

THING

Jenny picks L third (and it briefly appears on the chyron) before settling on CDMA.

THING

She whispers STACKER, and then she solves BUMPER STICKER ...but she said it during the buzzer, and we need to check with the producer.

...

It's a win! With maybe a millisecond to spare, she wins $25,000! Jenny finishes with an all-cash total of $40,000!

In the post-game, Pat talks about the band and cheerleaders. Vanna's not all that interested, but Pat was thinking that Vanna could hold him.