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 Gaskell: 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:
Tom solves ENLISTING IN THE ARMY.
The $2,500 space reports for duty, its mission to award big money!
Elsie solves WIDESPREAD SPECULATION. "You know how to play our little game."
If you know how to spin our big Wheel, you'll easily hit the $3,500 space! Elsie might know how to do it.
Kathy says CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ...which surprisingly isn't it.
Tom solves CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.
Elsie solves THE MIRACLE WORKER.
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)
Appropriately, Kathy solves A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL.
BONUS ROUND:
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 Gaskell: 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:
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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 |
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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!
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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 |
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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.
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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 | ||
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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 |
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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?
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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 |
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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.
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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)
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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?
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His picks of LNRSTE kinda work and kinda don't.
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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.
