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S16, EPISODE #3007: WHEEL INTO 1999
Airdate: 12/29/98
Tuesday's contestants:
Rachel Joseph: Reno, NV. Student at the University of Nevada studying business marketing who;s hoping to work in advertising. She enjoys, painting, skiing and traveling.
Sheila Jarvis: San Francisco (orig. from England). Retired exec. assistant who produced 3 TV programs as a student. She has a son and a grandson back in England
Dammika Karunaratne (male): Sioux Falls, SD (orig. from Sri Lanka; came to the USA in 1975). Public relations worker.
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, Dammika should've spun for the last consonant instead of solving for the house minimum.
DUD: A (Rachel)
LOSE A TURN: Sheila
1ST PRIZE ADDED TO WHEEL: trip to Stratton Mountain Resort (marked Vermont), $4,900
43 letters in total.
Dammika...says the wrong proposition of WATCHING THE NEW YEAR'S EVE BALL DROP ON TIMES SQUARE.
Rachel corrects that mistake with WATCHING THE NEW YEAR'S EVE BALL DROP IN TIMES SQUARE. Now to add a 3 in front of her score...
And before the timer even starts, she knows that's CONFETTI.
DUD: F (Dammika)
LOSE A TURNS: 2 (Sheila, Rachel)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Dammika, Sheila)
DQ: Dammika’s blown solve
2ND PRIZE ADDED TO WHEEL: Gibson Les Paul special edition bass guitar + Roland E-500 keyboard (MUSIC), $5,600
JACKPOT ROUND
Sheila solves AGE BEFORE BEAUTY SHOP.
DUDS: N (Dammika), L & W (Rachel), N (Sheila), M (Dammika)
LLOSE A TURNS: 2 (Dammika, Rachel)
DQ: Sheila’s R repeat
LEFT BEHIND IN POT: $11,100
Thanks to a couple of lengthy rounds, Pat has to give it a Final Spin with consonants worth...$5,000 apiece! Now that should make up for lost time!
Dammika says PLUSH CARPETING for the title.
DUD: M (Sheila)
DQ: Rachel's missolve
FINAL SCORES
WINNINGS SO FAR: $15,300
BANKRUPT TRASH: $5,400
BONUS ROUND
LETTER PICKED: H
RSTLNE gives Dammika a third of this hyphenated answer:
GMDI...also yields a strikeout and LOW-MEIN, LOW-MAN, LAY-BED and LIT-NET are all wrong. Kind of a LOW-KEY affair so far this week as Dammika loses the Infiniti G20.
DAMMIKA'S FINAL TOTAL: $10,500 (all cash)
The End
OVERALL THOUGHTS: The $5K Final Spin makes this episode a better experience...but not by much. And it's probably not a good thing when the end chat was pretty much sniped out. 5/10
S16, EPISODE #3007: WHEEL INTO 1999
Airdate: 12/29/98
Tuesday's contestants:
Rachel Joseph: Reno, NV. Student at the University of Nevada studying business marketing who;s hoping to work in advertising. She enjoys, painting, skiing and traveling.
Sheila Jarvis: San Francisco (orig. from England). Retired exec. assistant who produced 3 TV programs as a student. She has a son and a grandson back in England
Dammika Karunaratne (male): Sioux Falls, SD (orig. from Sri Lanka; came to the USA in 1975). Public relations worker.
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| RACHEL | Sheila | Dammika |
| $800: 2 R's $600: T $550: H -$250: 3 E's $250: 3 N's -$250: A | $500: Y $250: V $500: F LOSE A TURN! | $250: M FS: B Solve Attempt... |
| $3,000 | $1,250 | $250 |
| FREE SPIN |
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FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, Dammika should've spun for the last consonant instead of solving for the house minimum.
DUD: A (Rachel)
LOSE A TURN: Sheila
| Rachel | Sheila | Dammika |
| $500 | ||
| FREE SPIN |
1ST PRIZE ADDED TO WHEEL: trip to Stratton Mountain Resort (marked Vermont), $4,900
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43 letters in total.
| Rachel | SHEILA | Dammika |
| FREE SPIN | ||
| $250: 3 R's $300 (LOSE A TURN): 3 T's $500: 2 H's -$250: 7 E's $300 (LOSE A TURN): 2 W's $500: 3 N's LOSE A TURN! | $550: C BANKRUPT! ($900) ($550 gone) (FS used) $450: Y $500: 3 S's $400 ($550): V $300: 2 L's $300 ($900): B $400 ($250): F | |
| $4,500 | $3,250 | |
| LOSE A TURN! | -$250: 4 A's $300: G $300: M BANKRUPT! ($900) ($4,850 gone) | $900: D Solve Attempt... |
| $4,150 | ||
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Dammika...says the wrong proposition of WATCHING THE NEW YEAR'S EVE BALL DROP ON TIMES SQUARE.
| Rachel | Sheila | Dammika |
| $4,150 | ||
| $250: P $700: Q No More Consonants! Solve Attempt... | ||
| $950 | ||
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Rachel corrects that mistake with WATCHING THE NEW YEAR'S EVE BALL DROP IN TIMES SQUARE. Now to add a 3 in front of her score...
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And before the timer even starts, she knows that's CONFETTI.
DUD: F (Dammika)
LOSE A TURNS: 2 (Sheila, Rachel)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Dammika, Sheila)
DQ: Dammika’s blown solve
| Rachel | Sheila | Dammika |
| $3,950 | $500 |
2ND PRIZE ADDED TO WHEEL: Gibson Les Paul special edition bass guitar + Roland E-500 keyboard (MUSIC), $5,600
JACKPOT ROUND
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| Rachel | Sheila | DAMMIKA |
| $300: N | ||
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| JACKPOT: T She PASSES on a $5,300 pot. $900: S $300 (LOSE A TURN): R -$250: 4 E's $600: L | $300 (LOSE A TURN): H $250: R (DUPE) | LOSE A TURN! |
| $950 | $300 | |
| $450: W | $300: P $600: N | $900: M |
| $950 | $600 | |
| $250: 2 B's $300 (LOSE A TURN): Y -$250: 2 A's $400: F LOSE A TURN! | $250: G No More Consonants! Solve Attempt... | |
| $1,200 | $850 | |
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Sheila solves AGE BEFORE BEAUTY SHOP.
DUDS: N (Dammika), L & W (Rachel), N (Sheila), M (Dammika)
LLOSE A TURNS: 2 (Dammika, Rachel)
DQ: Sheila’s R repeat
LEFT BEHIND IN POT: $11,100
| Rachel | Sheila | Dammika |
| $3,950 | $850 | $500 |
Thanks to a couple of lengthy rounds, Pat has to give it a Final Spin with consonants worth...$5,000 apiece! Now that should make up for lost time!
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| Rachel | R | $5,000 | |
| Sheila | T | $5,000 | |
| Dammika | N | $5,000 | |
| Rachel | S | $10,000 | |
| Sheila | G | $10,000 | |
| Dammika | I | $5,000 | |
| Rachel | E | $10,000 | HOUSE CARPETING is wrong. |
| Sheila | M | $10,000 | |
| Dammika | L | $10,000 |
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Dammika says PLUSH CARPETING for the title.
DUD: M (Sheila)
DQ: Rachel's missolve
FINAL SCORES
| Rachel | Sheila | Dammika |
| $3,950 | $850 | $10,500 |
WINNINGS SO FAR: $15,300
BANKRUPT TRASH: $5,400
BONUS ROUND
LETTER PICKED: H
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RSTLNE gives Dammika a third of this hyphenated answer:
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GMDI...also yields a strikeout and LOW-MEIN, LOW-MAN, LAY-BED and LIT-NET are all wrong. Kind of a LOW-KEY affair so far this week as Dammika loses the Infiniti G20.
DAMMIKA'S FINAL TOTAL: $10,500 (all cash)
The End
OVERALL THOUGHTS: The $5K Final Spin makes this episode a better experience...but not by much. And it's probably not a good thing when the end chat was pretty much sniped out. 5/10
