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September 14, 1988 recap Jun 25, 2022 12:42:44 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jun 25, 2022 12:42:44 GMT -5

Airdate: September 14, 1988

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A $35,000 Okanagan van!
A $39,000 diamond bow clip!
A Cadillac Seville!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $173,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Pat plugs the home viewer contest.

Today's contestants:
Teri Brunelle: Mother and full-time student, majoring in accounting; from Loveland, ID OH
Debra Cad: Inside sales representative for a distributor of supplies for the motor repair industry, from Highland Springs, VA
Mike Busby: Sales representative for a major computer services company, from Aurora, CO

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

Round 1

PHRASE

TERI	Debra	Mike
$750: S (DUD!)	$500: N $400: T (DUD!)	$500: T (Repeat)
	$500
$800: G $1,000: H (DUD!)	$400: L (x2) -$250: A $500: C (DUD!)	$300: R $250: D (DUD!)
$800	$1,050	$300
-$250: E (x3) $400: M (DUD!)	$350: P (x2) Solve: Correct!
$550	$1,750

PHRASE

Debra solves KEEPING A LOW PROFILE.

Teri	Debra	Mike
	$1,750

After keeping a low profile for the first few minutes, our prize is ready. It's time for somebody to win a Pearl Graceland solid oak and brass grandfather clock (labeled CLOCK) worth $5,000!

No matter what happened, the $2,500 space was going to draw a lot of attention.

Round 2

SAME NAME

Teri	DEBRA	Mike
	$200: T $200: N (x3) -$250: A (x4) $700: D (x2) -$250: E (x4) $700: R (x2) $300: L (x2) $200: B (DUD!)	$200: H $800: G (x2) $150: M Solve: Correct!
	$3,700	$1,950

SAME NAME

Mike solves ALEXANDER AND GEORGE HAMILTON.

Teri	Debra	Mike
	$1,750	$1,950

It shouldn't kill Mike to keep spinning, because the $3,500 space will be waiting patiently for him.

Round 3

PERSON

Teri	Debra	MIKE
		$200: R $200: T $600: N $700: G $800: M $250: B (x2) Solve: Correct!
		$3,000

PERSON

Perfection! Mike solves BRYANT GUMBEL.

Teri	Debra	Mike
	$1,750	$4,950

Things are improving, and maybe we can finally give away a Wheel prize. Let's throw in a Scat recreational hovercraft (labeled BOAT) worth $6,695.

And since it's getting better, Teri should naturally hit the $5,000 space and solve this puzzle:

Round 4

THING

TERI	Debra	Mike
$900: T (x2) $900: N (DUD!)	$1,500: S (x2) -$250: E (x5) $350: R (x3) $900: L (DUD!)	$350: V $200: D (x2) $600: C (x2) Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$1,800	$3,800	$1,950

THING

Mike solves VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER. We're all out of tape.

Teri	Debra	Mike
	$1,750	$6,900

Teri had her screen time, but no money to show for it. She's leaving with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Let's see if we can record Mike winning a nice prize in Bonus Land! We have...

Cadillac 5-passenger luxury sedan ($32,370)

Johnson Matthey precious metals

Van ($35,000)

Gold and diamond clip ($39,000)

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

Mike wants to play for...

"The green folding stuff" ($25,000)

We only have one more puzzle for him:

Bonus Puzzle

PLACE

The usual SLRNTE helps more on the top row.

PLACE

He gets TOMBSTONE, but then he says TOUCHSTONE and TOMBSTONE PIZZA. Mike does not solve TOMBSTONE ARIZONA, so he leaves with $6,900 in cash.