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October 18, 1989 recap Oct 6, 2021 16:17:20 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Oct 6, 2021 16:17:20 GMT -5

Airdate: October 18, 1989

From Hollywood, it's America's most watched game show! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!

Over $213,000 just waiting to be won tonight!

Today's contestants:
Bruce Brown (Dis guy returns with $3,800.)
Susan Nukem: Freelance commercial artist; from Oklahoma City, OK
Maria Greenberg: Mother of one; from Orlando, FL

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

Round 1

THING

BRUCE	Susan	Maria
$300: T (DUD!)	$450: S $250: R (x2) -$250: E -$250: A (x2) $200: N (DUD!)	$500: L (DUD!)
	$450
$250: D (DUD!)	$800: M (DUD!)	$1,000: P (DUD!)
	$450
$250: W (DUD!)	$800: C -$250: O (x2) $1,000: G (DUD!)	$400: H -$250: I $300: V $700: B Only vowels left! -$250: U (x2) Solve: Wrong!
	$1,000	$450
Solve: Correct!

THING

Maria reads what's on the board ...but mispronounces the first word as "raushous". It isn't taken.

Bruce reads "raucous" properly with a K sound...and for the house minimum.

Bruce	Susan	Maria
$200

Should we just award this to the contestant who solves? We've got a trip to Phoenix and stay at Westin Arizona Biltmore (labeled TRIP) worth $2,536.

You know, one $2,500 space isn't enough, but that's all we've got in the studio right now.

Round 2

PHRASE

Bruce	SUSAN	Maria
	TRIP! $150: S (DUD!)	$900: T (x3) -$250: E (x2) $900: R -$250: O (x2) BANKRUPT! ($3,100)
	+
Lose A Turn!	$400: H (x2) -$250: A (x3) $400: N (x3) Solve: Correct!
	$1,750+

PHRASE

Susan solves NOT FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA to keep the trip. It's the first "regular" round since the 16th that wasn't fully revealed.

Bruce	Susan	Maria
$200	$4,286

Things are returning to normal. Now comes the $3,500 space so we can have a much better round.

Round 3

THING

Bruce	Susan	MARIA
		$900: S Lose A Turn!
		$900
$500: T BANKRUPT! ($500)	$250: R (x3) -$250: E (x3) Lose A Turn!	$300: N -$250: A $1,000: L (x2) -$250: O -$250: I $1,000: P $600: C -$250: U BANKRUPT! ($3,800)
	$500
$700: H $450: G $150: Y Solve: Correct!
$1,300

THING

Bruce reads what's on the board again.

Bruce	Susan	Maria
$1,500	$4,286

Luckily, we still have some time to add another prize, and it's a Keen Jewelry diamond tennis bracelet from the Ice On Ice collection (labeled JEWEL) worth $6,500.

Bruce actually has a chance to try and hit the $5,000 space.

Round 4

OCCUPATION

BRUCE	Susan	Maria
$200: R (x3) $5,000: T -$250: E (x2)
$5,350

OCCUPATION

DING DING! DING DING!

Well, Bruce had his turn. Now it's Pat's turn to give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $500 a piece.

Bruce: D (DUD!) (The buzzer sounds.)
Susan: S (x2) ($1,000)
Maria: N (x2) ($1,000)

OCCUPATION

Maria solves SINGER-SONGWRITER for some earnings.

Bruce	Susan	Maria
$1,500	$4,286	$1,000

Bruce leaves with a 2-day total of $5,300.

BONUS ROUND:

Can Susan get us out of our current mess? She's in Bonus Land to look at...

Avanti (over $51,000)

Trip to the Orient (over $36,000)

Volvo 760 (over $33,000)

Necklace ($58,000)

"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)

There's not much to think about, so Susan just picks the W (her nephew's favorite), and Pat grabs it. Susan just has to think about this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

PERSON

RSTLNE gives her:

PERSON

MCDA could lead her to a win.

PERSON

She instantly solves JACKIE MASON...

...and she scores the necklace, a Tiffany set with brilliant cut diamonds set in 14-karat white gold, total diamond weight of 12.19-karat and valued at $58,000!

Susan finishes with $62,286 and is coming back tomorrow!

In the post-game, Pat talks about the Free Spin token on the Wheel. Pat used to throw tokens all over the studio, but he can't do it anymore. Merv didn't mind, though.