April 27, 1990 recap

NOTE: There was a video with the title date of 10/5/88 that I was working on yesterday, only to realize the video's date was 10/3/88 (1st day of the new BR, already recapped on BAV). Thanks YouTube.

Air Date: 4-27-90

Wheel! Of! Fortune!
We have money to give away! Over $138,000 waiting to be won! These contestants might end the week with a lot of money...

Kathy Weeks
Info: 1-day champ w/ $2,800 in cash

Laurie Powell
Info: from LA (originally from Minnesota), psychologist, enjoys skydiving and jigsaw puzzles

Beverly Robertson
Info: Student at Cal State Dominguez Hills, actress, one daughter

Let's get this started. We have a $1,000 package for negotiating, we're playing for cash, and we have this puzzle:

Round 1: Phrase
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D O N ' T
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F O R / M E

Laurie says DON'T WAIT UP FOR ME for $1,500.

Kathy: only round 1
Laurie: $1,500
Beverly: same as Kathy

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PRIZE: Lake Tahoe trip (4 nights, 5 days, stay at Caesars Tahoe, luggage from Ricardo of Beverly Hills) worth $2,686 (marked TRIP)
We upgrade our package to $2,500, so that you can keep negotiating with it.

Round 2: Quotation
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Kathy	Laurie (START)	Beverly
	$400: T (4) $250: H (2) E (3) $300: R (1) O (4) I (2) $200: C (1) $450: V (1) $400: L (2) $900: B (1) $800: N (1) $400: G (1) Solve attempt...
$0	$5,200

T O / T H E
V I C T O R
B E L O N G / T H E
_ _ O I L _

I don't know where it's from, but Laurie says TO THE VICTOR BELONG THE SPOILS for $5,200 and a perfect round!

Kathy: nada
Laurie: $6,700
Beverly: nein

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More negotiating comes with the $3,500 deluxe package! It's a big deal!

Round 3: Husband & Wife
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Kathy	Laurie	Beverly (START)
		$450: S
$0	$0	$0
$300: D (1) $500: N (4) A (2) $900: Y (1) $400: R (1) $450: M (1) U (2) E (1) I (2) $500: B	$3,500: C (3!) Solve attempt...
$3,050	$10,500

M A U R Y
_ _ _ I C _ / A N D
C _ N N I E / C _ U N _

Laurie IDs MAURY POVICH AND CONNIE CHUNG for an astonishing $10,500. Guess the negotiating worked.

Kathy: GOOSE ALERT
Laurie: $17,200
Beverly: GOOSE ALERT

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PRIZE: Royal Prestige china and crystal set + Oneida Silversmiths damask rose silverware worth $5,420 (marked DINE)

Round 4: Thing
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Kathy (START)	Laurie	Beverly
$350: T (1) $800: N (1) LOSE A TURN	$900: S (2) E (1) $350: R	LOSE A TURN
$1,150	$1,550	$0
$200: C	$900: L	$300: D (2) A (1) $600: R repeat*
$1,150	$1,550	$350
BANKRUPT (-$1,150)	$350: P (1) I (1) U (1) $300: X (1) O (1) (NMV) BANKRUPT (-$1,450)	$350: B (1) $300: Y (1) Solve attempt...
$0	$0	$1,000

*The R call by Beverly was never acknowledged as a repeat.

Beverly reads
S P A N D E X
B O D Y S U I T
to get off the mark and collect her only $1,000.

Final Tally
Kathy: GOOSED (left with $2,800)
Laurie: $17,200 *WINNER*
Beverly: $1,000

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Laurie gets a massive win and gets into BonusLand! Can she end the week with a win?

_ H E E L

Bonus Round: Thing
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RSTLNE might make her memory fade...
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CDMA is what she picks...
A M N E S _ A

...and it's a good thing she doesn't have AMNESIA, as she wins...













































...the Jaguar XJ6 worth $40,610! She has a 1-day total of $57,810 cash and car!

MY REVIEW: A solid game overall, dominated by Laurie. I'll give it a 7/10. I'll be back with more big wins!