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October 13, 1988 recap Jun 27, 2022 9:37:47 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jun 27, 2022 9:37:47 GMT -5

Airdate: October 13, 1988

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A white diamond and ruby ring!
A 23-foot Eliminator boat!
A pair of his-and-hers Chevys!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $199,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Duane Clark: Food clerk for one of the major food chains in California, from Pittsburg
Ginni DuPont: Mother of two with another on the way, from Bellevue, KY
Pam Stevens: Pilot for a major international airline, from Jacksonville, FL

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

Round 1

PHRASE

DUANE	Ginni	Pam
$450: T (x2) $200: H (x2) -$250: E (x3) $500: P (DUD!)	$150: V $250: R (DUD!)	$300: S $200: Y Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$1,050	$150	$500

PHRASE

Pam solves THE AYES HAVE IT.

Duane	Ginni	Pam
		$500

Does this Wheel prize have the support of at least two of our players? They're looking at a LeRoy Neiman Left Bank Cafe serigraph (labeled ART) worth $3,500.

We can hope they unanimously support putting a $2,500 space on the Wheel.

Round 2

SAME NAME

Duane	GINNI	Pam
	$200: T (DUD!)	$800: N $300: D -$250: A $900: R (x3) $2,500: S -$250: E (x3) Lose A Turn!
		$5,800
$2,500: L -$250: I (DUD!)	$300: Y $200: B (x2) $250: H -$250: U (x2) $800: M $500: P (DUD!)	$200: G (x2) Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$2,250	$1,500	$6,200

SAME NAME

Pam solves GEORGE AND MULBERRY BUSH.

Duane	Ginni	Pam
		$6,700

Is a bird in the hand worth two in the bush? We'll see if our players really care about the $3,500 space.

Round 3

PHRASE

Duane	Ginni	PAM
		$300: T $200: R (x3) -$250: O (x3) Lose A Turn!
		$650
$500: N (DUD!)	$3,500: S -$250: E (x2) $400: B (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$4,050

PHRASE

Ginni solves BEG BORROW OR STEAL.

Duane	Ginni	Pam
	$4,050	$6,700

We beg that one of our players steal this prize: an Epirotiki 11-day Pegasus cruise to South America (labeled CRUISE) worth $5,540.

"Borrow" what you can from the $5,000 space. You're not expected to pay it back.

Round 4

PLACE

DUANE	Ginni	Pam
$250: T $500: S $300: N $5,000: G -$250: I (x2) -$250: E (x3) $800: R $500: C (x2) -$250: A Solve: Correct!
$7,100

PLACE

Perfection! Duane solves SECRET HIDING PLACE. He can't believe he's just won so much.

Duane	Ginni	Pam
$7,100	$4,050	$6,700

Ginni and Pam must now come out of hiding and play our next round if either one wants to win the game.

Round 5

QUOTATION

Duane	GINNI	Pam
	$900: T $300: N $350: S -$250: O (x2) $700: C $800: H (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$3,600

QUOTATION

Double perfection! Ginni solves TO EACH HIS OWN. And now the Wheel goes back into hiding.

Duane	Ginni	Pam
$7,100	$7,650	$6,700

BONUS ROUND:

We think Ginni will be rewarded for keeping an eye on those scores. Can she take one of these prizes?

Chevrolet Blazer for him and Beretta for her ($32,471)

Island vacation (over $41,000, cannonball not included)

Boat (over $44,000)

Pear shaped white diamond and red ruby set in white gold ($48,000)

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

Ginni will try for...

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

Time for a puzzle that is hers and only hers:

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

We reveal RSTLNE for free...

PHRASE

APCD in that order fills in the first word.

PHRASE

She doesn't even wait for the timer and solves SNAP YOUR FINGERS to keep the cash! Ginni leaves with an impressive total of $32,650!