Post by mechamind on Apr 5, 2022 22:31:21 GMT -5
Airdate: December 8, 1995
From Sony Pictures Studio, It's America's game! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Virginia Tyson: Freelance writer and editor, formerly a copy editor at a newspaper, now working on her first novel...about a trashy newspaper; from Los Angeles, CA
Stephen Boon: Works for a major safety equipment manufacturer about a mile from the studio, from Los Angeles, CA (originally from Trevose, PA)
Todd McCormick: Waiter/musician (Pat knows the drill, you gotta get some money), plays bass and is a vocalist for a rock band, also an actor and "kind of a living cliché"; from Sherman Oaks, CA
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
Todd reads what's on the board.
Now Todd knows he'll get a turn, and it just got better, because he has a shot at the $3,500 space and $10,000 prize!
This game has been dragging a little long, and Pat must give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $200 a piece. "A spin only a Sony accountant could love." Virginia will start.
Virginia: T (x3) ($600) (The "ding" sounds all three times.)
Stephen: N ($200)
Todd: O (x2)
Virginia: R ($800)
Stephen: Y ($400)
Todd: B (DUD!)
Virginia: D (x2) ($1,200)
Stephen: M (DUD!)
Todd: U (x2)
Virginia: W (DUD!)
Stephen: S (x3) ($1,000)
Todd...
BONUS ROUND:
RSTLNE gives him:
From Sony Pictures Studio, It's America's game! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Virginia Tyson: Freelance writer and editor, formerly a copy editor at a newspaper, now working on her first novel...about a trashy newspaper; from Los Angeles, CA
Stephen Boon: Works for a major safety equipment manufacturer about a mile from the studio, from Los Angeles, CA (originally from Trevose, PA)
Todd McCormick: Waiter/musician (Pat knows the drill, you gotta get some money), plays bass and is a vocalist for a rock band, also an actor and "kind of a living cliché"; from Sherman Oaks, CA
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
Round 1 | ||||||||||||||
| | | | ||||||||||||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |||
| | | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | | | | | ||
| | | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | | | | ||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
| | ||||||||||||||
PERSON | ||||||||||||||
VIRGINIA | Stephen | Todd |
| BANKRUPT! ($0) | $450: R (x2) $800: T $250: S (DUD!) | $500: N (DUD!) |
$1,700 | ||
| $300: L (x2) $700: D (DUD!) | $300: M (DUD!) | $400: P (DUD!) |
$600 | $1,700 | |
| -$250: E (x3) $400: C -$250: O $150: H (x2) Solve: Correct! | ||
$800 | ||
| | | | ||||||||||||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |||
| | | H | E | _ | T | H | E | R | | | | | ||
| | | L | O | C | _ | L | E | _ | R | | | | ||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
| | ||||||||||||||
PERSON | ||||||||||||||
Virginia solves HEATHER LOCKLEAR.
Pat: And I don't like to use the show for personal announcements, but Heather, we are both married now. It's over. Stop calling! These anguished late night calls are getting to be too much. It's disrupting my family life. Thank you very much.
Virginia | Stephen | Todd |
$800 |
While Pat was getting personal, he gave us extra time to prepare a trip to Costa Rica and stay at Cariari Hotel & Country Club (labeled COSTA RICA) worth $2,432.
Todd knows money is a priority in his position, and so does the $2,500 space. But will he get a turn?
Round 2 | ||||||||||||||
| | | | ||||||||||||
| | | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | | | |||
| | | _ | _ | _ | _ | | _ | _ | | | | | ||
| | | _ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ||
| | | _ | _ | _ | | _ | _ | _ | _ | | | | ||
| | ||||||||||||||
BEFORE & AFTER | ||||||||||||||
Virginia | STEPHEN | Todd |
| $300: T (x3) $400: S $500: R (x2) -$250: O (DUD!) | BANKRUPT! ($0) | |
$2,050 | ||
| $250: H (x2) -$250: E (x4) $350: L (DUD!) | COSTA RICA: N (x3) -$250: A (x2) -$250: I (x2) $400: W $250: G $400: Y (x2) $900: P (DUD!) | $500: M Solve: Correct! |
$250 | $3,000+ | $500 |
| | | | ||||||||||||
| | | A | M | E | T | H | Y | S | T | | | |||
| | | R | I | N | G | | I | N | | | | | ||
| | | T | H | E | | | | | | | | | ||
| | | N | E | W | | Y | E | A | R | | | | ||
| | ||||||||||||||
BEFORE & AFTER | ||||||||||||||
Todd reads what's on the board.
Virginia | Stephen | Todd |
$800 | $500 |
During the break, Vanna politely explained that Amethyst is her birth stone. "It's purple, stupid!"
Now Todd knows he'll get a turn, and it just got better, because he has a shot at the $3,500 space and $10,000 prize!
Round 3 | ||||||||||||||
| | | | ||||||||||||
| | _ | _ | _ | | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | | | |||
| | _ | _ | | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ' | _ | | | ||
| | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | | | | ||
| | _ | _ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ||
| | ||||||||||||||
CLUE | ||||||||||||||
Virginia | Stephen | TODD |
| $800: T (x2) -$250: E (x2) $400: H $450: S (x4) $3,500: N (x2) BANKRUPT/$10K! ($10,550) | ||
| $1,000: L (DUD!) | BANKRUPT! ($0) | $550: D -$250: O (x4) -$250: U (x2) $150: F $3,500: M (x3!) -$250: A -$250: I (x2) $400: C (x2) Solve: Correct! |
$11,000 | ||
| | | | ||||||||||||
| | T | H | E | | S | O | U | N | D | | | |||
| | O | F | | M | U | S | I | C | ' | S | | | ||
| | C | O | M | _ | O | S | I | N | _ | | | | ||
| | T | E | A | M | | | | | | | | | ||
| | ||||||||||||||
CLUE | ||||||||||||||
Todd solves THE SOUND OF MUSIC'S COMPOSING TEAM. Fittingly, he's one step closer to just being a musician, and we can throw in a $500 bonus if he answers the clue.
Just before the buzzer...he guesses Anthrax. The audience laughs, and we'll check with Virginia.
She takes the money with Rodgers & Hammerstein.
Virginia | Stephen | Todd |
$1,300 | $11,500 |
This game has been dragging a little long, and Pat must give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $200 a piece. "A spin only a Sony accountant could love." Virginia will start.
Round 4 | ||||||||||||||
| | | | ||||||||||||
| | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | | | | | | |||
| | _ | _ | _ | ' | _ | | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
| | _ | _ | _ | _ | | _ | _ | _ | | | | | ||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
| | ||||||||||||||
PHRASE | ||||||||||||||
Virginia: T (x3) ($600) (The "ding" sounds all three times.)
Stephen: N ($200)
Todd: O (x2)
Virginia: R ($800)
Stephen: Y ($400)
Todd: B (DUD!)
Virginia: D (x2) ($1,200)
Stephen: M (DUD!)
Todd: U (x2)
Virginia: W (DUD!)
Stephen: S (x3) ($1,000)
Todd...
| | | | ||||||||||||
| | _ | _ | _ | _ | S | _ | | | | | | |||
| | D | O | N | ' | T | | _ | D | _ | U | S | T | ||
| | Y | O | U | R | | S | _ | T | | | | | ||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
| | ||||||||||||||
PHRASE | ||||||||||||||
...simply solves PLEASE DON'T ADJUST YOUR SET for the house minimum. "You got through it, and you had the presence of mind not to call another letter and cost us any more money."
Virginia | Stephen | Todd |
$1,300 | $11,700 |
Sadly, it's not a set issue. Stephen's board is blank, and he's leaving with the nice parting gifts.
BONUS ROUND:
Somehow, Todd is in Bonus Land. All he cares about now is that he's playing for a Southwestern trip, a Jeep, or the $25,000.
Todd's taking the H for "Hi, mom!", so "move your butt and go get it". He then moves back to his spot for this puzzle:
Bonus Puzzle | ||||||||||||||
| | | | ||||||||||||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |||
| | | | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | | | | ||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
| | ||||||||||||||
THING | ||||||||||||||
RSTLNE gives him:
| | | | ||||||||||||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |||
| | | | _ | E | E | _ | E | N | _ | | | | ||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
| | ||||||||||||||
THING | ||||||||||||||
He'll try to fill in the rest with GMDA.
| | | | ||||||||||||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |||
| | | | _ | E | E | _ | E | N | D | | | | ||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
| | ||||||||||||||
THING | ||||||||||||||
He says SEEVEND and LEEVEND...and at the last second, he solves WEEKEND!
He did it just in time for the Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo worth $25,549! Todd finishes with $37,249 and is playing again!