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April 27, 1988 recap Apr 21, 2022 22:44:10 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Apr 21, 2022 22:44:10 GMT -5

Airdate: April 27, 1988

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A 26-foot Winnebago motor home!
A QE2 and Orient Express vacation!
A 1936-style Mercedes-Benz Roadster!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $225,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Kathy Gascol (?): Works for an insurance company associated with a major bank, from Boise, ID
Tom Saltarelli: Works for a resort and conference center in the audiovisual department, from Yonkers, NY
Elsie Puzio: Retired grandmother of two who just learned crocheting, from Spring Hill, FL

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

Round 1

EVENT

KATHY	Tom	Elsie
Lose A Turn!	$700: N (x3) $1,000: T (x2) $150: H -$250: E (x2) -$250: I (x3) $200: G -$250: A $500: R $400: M $200: Y $800: L Solve: Correct!
	$5,600

EVENT

Tom solves ENLISTING IN THE ARMY.

Kathy	Tom	Elsie
	$5,600

Oh, hi. We're just about to introduce this prize to the Wheel. It's a Krementz 14-karat yellow gold ring with 3 genuine oval topaz center stones and 4 full-cut diamonds (labeled RING) worth $2,725.

The $2,500 space reports for duty, its mission to award big money!

Round 2

PHRASE

Kathy	TOM	Elsie
	BANKRUPT! ($0)	$800: N $300: S (x2) $300: T $800: R -$250: I (x2) -$250: O -$250: E (x3) $300: L -$250: U -$250: A (x2) $750: P (x2) Solve: Correct!
		$3,050

PHRASE

Elsie solves WIDESPREAD SPECULATION. "You know how to play our little game."

Kathy	Tom	Elsie
	$5,600	$3,050

If you know how to spin our big Wheel, you'll easily hit the $3,500 space! Elsie might know how to do it.

Round 3

THING

Kathy	Tom	ELSIE
		$900: R (x3) $3,500: T (DUD!)
		$2,700
$3,500: N (x2) -$250: E (x2) -$250: O (x3) $500: S (x2) Solve: Wrong!
$7,500

THING

Kathy says CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ...which surprisingly isn't it.

Kathy	Tom	Elsie
		$2,700
	$200: C (x2) $700: D Solve: Correct!
$7,500	$1,100

THING

Tom solves CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

Kathy	Tom	Elsie
	$6,700	$3,050

Reporting on another prize, it's a Mazda 323 Hatchback (labeled CAR) worth $7,783.

We just feel bad for Kathy after that one, so how about we give her a shot at the $5,000 space?

Round 4

TITLE

KATHY	Tom	Elsie
$900: T $500: H -$250: E (x3) $300: S (DUD!)	$250: L $600: D (DUD!)	$500: N (DUD!)
$1,150	$250
$200: P (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! ($250)	$700: R (x3) -$250: A -$250: I Solve: Correct!
$1,150		$1,600

TITLE

Elsie solves THE MIRACLE WORKER.

Kathy	Tom	Elsie
	$6,700	$4,650

It might not require a miracle, but Kathy has one more chance, as we have time for another round.

Round 5

PHRASE

DING DING! DING DING!

Of course, she'll have to trust Pat to give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $1,500 a piece. Tom starts.

Tom: N (DUD!)
Elsie: L (x2) ($3,000)
Kathy: T ($1,500)
Tom: R (DUD!)
Elsie: M ($4,500)
Kathy: F (DUD!)
Tom: S ($1,500)
Elsie: D (x2) ($7,500) (She says I NEED TIME but stops.)
Kathy: W ($3,000)

PHRASE

Appropriately, Kathy solves A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL.

Kathy	Tom	Elsie
$3,000	$6,700	$4,650

BONUS ROUND:

Tom had the best time out of all of 'em, and now it's time for him to pick a bonus prize...

Classic Roadster (over $37,000)

Vacation of a Lifetime...first class for 4 people, QE2, Orient Express, Concord (over $45,000)

Motor home ($50,000)

Jewelry ($58,000)

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

We take a break, and Tom will have a good time with...

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

Pat: Oh, you coulda knocked me over with a feather. (Jack laughs through the copy.)

Will this puzzle play nice?

Bonus Puzzle

PLACE

His picks of LNRSTE kinda work and kinda don't.

PLACE

He gets STORE, but he does not solve CHAIN STORE. Tom leaves with $6,700 in cash.

Vanna plugs Eastern Airlines before the post-game chat. Jack and Pat are both impressed! Jack is inspired to turn the letters...but Pat doesn't even want to see him in a sequin gown.