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September 12, 1988 recap Jun 25, 2022 10:51:51 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jun 25, 2022 10:51:51 GMT -5

Airdate: September 12, 1988

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A $35,000 Okanagan van!
A precious metals package!
A dining room furniture set!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $175,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Pat plugs a home viewer contest for a trip to New York.

Today's contestants:
Pam Barnes: Group leader in the publications department at "America's most admired" pharmaceutical corporation, from Highland Park, NJ
Steve Kegel: Insurance agent for a major insurance company, from Carrollton, TX
Kay Carson: "Homemaker and jack-of-all-trades", also has a lot of old things (Pat wonders if she has anything new); from Memphis, TN

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

Round 1

TITLE

PAM	Steve	Kay
$150: T (x2) $450: N $450: S (DUD!)	$250: H $400: G $200: L (DUD!)	$250: C $250: R Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$750	$650	$500

TITLE

Kay solves NIGHT COURT.

Pam	Steve	Kay
		$500

Eventually, Kay will have to own something new...or maybe she could just win a trip to Vanuatu and stay at Port Vila Inter-Continental (labeled TRIP) worth $3,000.

She could buy a lot of new things if she cashes in with the $2,500 space.

Round 2

PERSON

Pam	STEVE	Kay
	$300: S (DUD!)	$700: R (x4) -$250: E (x2) $300: N -$250: I $300: L (DUD!)
		$2,600
$200: T (x3) $400: Y Solve: Correct!
$1,000

PERSON

Pam solves FRATERNITY BROTHER.

Pam	Steve	Kay
$1,000		$500

We think Kay wants to graduate with more money than that, so why not pair up with the $3,500 space?

Round 3

PHRASE

Pam	Steve	KAY
		$3,500: T $250: R $200: N (x2) -$250: I (x2) -$250: A (DUD!)
		$3,650
$200: Y $500: L (DUD!)	$1,000: S $450: W (x2) -$250: E (x2) -$250: O (x2) $400: P (DUD!)	$500: J Solve: Correct!
$200	$1,400	$4,150

PHRASE

Kay solves STEW IN YOUR OWN JUICE.

Pam	Steve	Kay
$1,000		$4,650

"Hot off the presses", we have a Fremarc antique white country French dining room furniture set with glass pedestal table, chairs, and china closet (labeled DINE) worth $10,268!

Don't worry about taking one spin too many, because you always have a shot at the $5,000 space! And check out this big puzzle!

Or better yet, we celebrate our relatively new category.

Round 4

SAME NAME

PAM	Steve	Kay
$200: N (x3) $250: D $550: T (x4) -$250: A (x2)
$2,800

SAME NAME

DING DING! DING DING!

AND...guess what? Pat has to give the Wheel a Final Spin! Consonants will be worth... $350 a piece.

Pam: S (DUD!)
Steve: H (x2) ($700)
Kay: J ($350)
Pam: L ($3,150)
Steve: M ($1,050)
Kay: C (x2) ($1,050)
Pam: R ($3,500)
Steve: Y ($1,400)

SAME NAME

Steve solves MICHAEL J AND TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX.

Pam	Steve	Kay
$1,000	$1,400	$4,650

BONUS ROUND:

Would Kay like to win a 21st century prize in Bonus Land? We're not quite there yet, but we have some good stuff to win!

Just a quick break, and then Kay will play for...

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

"Okay, Kay." Time to look at the puzzle board one more time:

Bonus Puzzle

PLACE

She fills in half the puzzle with RSTNLE...

PLACE

...but she's silent and does not solve EMPTY SEAT. $4,650 is still a pretty good half hour's work.