Post by mechamind on May 2, 2022 23:39:35 GMT -5
Airdate: April 2, 1991
Exciting prizes just waiting to be won, including...
Ski holiday for 4 to Falls Creek ($7,222)
Eagle camper trailer ($9,547)
Nova Hatch ($17,240)
It's the greatest Wheel around, Wheel of Fortune!
Before the game, Burgo comments that people used to want to climb the job ladder. Now, people just want a nice little job where nobody worries them. Are people afraid of success? If so...they could always become game show hosts.
Today's contestants:
Frances Vitari (returning with a total of $1,298)
Mark Pajich: Sales executive, enjoys listening to...music, and wants to visit all 32 of his pen friends; from Eden Hill in Perth
Narelle Smith: Once wrote an autobiography on herself...and once found a scorpion in her underwear. She went camping, and found a baby scorpion on the way back.
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $400, and here's our first puzzle:
Narelle solves NEWSAGENT.
To get that picture of Burgo out of our minds, let's raise the top-dollar value to $750.
Narelle solves TO MISS THE BUS.
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is up to $2,000, and one spin could win!
RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
Time to speed it up, and Burgo will give the Wheel a Spin. Consonants are worth $340.
Mark: H (1,775)
Mark solves DARYL BRAITHWAITE.
BONUS ROUND:
However, his total of 1,775 isn't so major, so Mark is stuck with two consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
His-and-hers Symphony bracelets ($5,400)
He faces a big puzzle:
Exciting prizes just waiting to be won, including...
Ski holiday for 4 to Falls Creek ($7,222)
Eagle camper trailer ($9,547)
Nova Hatch ($17,240)
It's the greatest Wheel around, Wheel of Fortune!
Before the game, Burgo comments that people used to want to climb the job ladder. Now, people just want a nice little job where nobody worries them. Are people afraid of success? If so...they could always become game show hosts.
Today's contestants:
Frances Vitari (returning with a total of $1,298)
Mark Pajich: Sales executive, enjoys listening to...music, and wants to visit all 32 of his pen friends; from Eden Hill in Perth
Narelle Smith: Once wrote an autobiography on herself...and once found a scorpion in her underwear. She went camping, and found a baby scorpion on the way back.
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $400, and here's our first puzzle:
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FRANCES | Mark | Narelle |
| $270: S $180: T $250: L (DUD!) | $250: N (x2) -$50: E (x2) $180: C (DUD!) | $180: W $250: G Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! |
450 | 200 | 430 |
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Narelle solves NEWSAGENT.
$430 to spend |
| Swiss pearl watch (-$350) Raquel Welch beauty and fitness video (-$60) $20 remaining |
Burgo jokes about the fitness video being the secret of his success.
Frances | Mark | Narelle |
450 | 200 | 430 |
Locked in: $410 spent $20 remainder |
To get that picture of Burgo out of our minds, let's raise the top-dollar value to $750.
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Frances | MARK | Narelle |
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| $280: S (x3) $110: T (x2) -$50: E -$50: O -$50: A (DUD!) | $110: M Lose A Turn! | |
450 | 440 | 110 |
| $390: L (DUD!) | $165: H $210: N (DUD!) | $340: B Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! |
450 | 605 | 450 |
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Narelle solves TO MISS THE BUS.
$450 to spend |
| Stainless steel preserving kit (-$378) Dura-Vac thermos vacuum (-$55) $17 remaining |
Frances | Mark | Narelle |
450 | 605 | 880 |
Locked in: $843 spent $37 remainder |
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is up to $2,000, and one spin could win!
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Frances | Mark | NARELLE |
| $165: T (x2) -$50: A (x3) $165: S (DUD!) | ||
450 | 605 | 115 |
| $525: N (DUD!) | $540: R (x2) -$50: E $340: D | |
450 | 1,435 | |
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RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
Time to speed it up, and Burgo will give the Wheel a Spin. Consonants are worth $340.
Mark: H (1,775)
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Mark solves DARYL BRAITHWAITE.
$1,775 to spend |
| York home gym (-$1,160) Executive diary and pin (-$285) Pillow package (-$159) Men's wallet and keycase (-$94) Stainless steel electric knife (-$39) $38 remaining |
Frances | Mark | Narelle |
450 | 1,775 | 995 |
Locked in: $1,737 spent $38 remainder | Locked in: $843 spent $37 remainder |
Frances leaves with the $1,298 in prizes that she won earlier.
All contestants receive the Wheel of Fortune board game.
BONUS ROUND:
A few good spins for Mark, and he's the big winner! It's time to win a major prize...
China package ($5,100)
Bracelets ($5,400)
Library of books ($6,000)
Lady's watch ($7,000)
Ski holiday for 4 to Falls Creek ($7,200)
Eagle camper trailer ($9,500)
Nova Hatch ($17,200)
Eagle camper trailer ($9,500)
Nova Hatch ($17,200)
However, his total of 1,775 isn't so major, so Mark is stuck with two consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...
His-and-hers Symphony bracelets ($5,400)
He faces a big puzzle:
Bonus Puzzle | ||||||||||||||
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Not much can be filled in with SD, and A.
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"Sorry, John. I have no idea." He does not solve TO TREAT SOMEONE WITH KID GLOVES. Mark finishes this game with $1,737 in prizes and comes back on our next show.