Season 6 - (Rhonda/John/Carolyn) recap

Season 6 - (Rhonda/John/Carolyn) recap Jun 29, 2022 9:27:15 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jun 29, 2022 9:27:15 GMT -5

Airdate: Week of October 10, 1988 (Mon-Wed)

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A 2-week vacation for six in a private villa in Jamaica!
A 23-foot Eliminator boat!
A custom kitchen cabinet package!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $200,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Rhonda Cox: Licensed practical nurse in a dialysis center, from Jonesborough, TN
John Blackwell: Drives a concrete truck for the best concrete company in Tulsa, from Owasso, OK
Carolyn Rovner: Account executive at the finest hotel in San Francisco, CA

Tell America there's a $1,000 space out there on the Wheel. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:

Round 1

THING

RHONDA	John	Carolyn
$150: T (DUD!)	$150: R $200: N $300: P (DUD!)	$200: S (DUD!)
	$350
$900: L (x2) $400: B -$250: A (x4) $200: D BANKRUPT! ($2,150)	$500: M $800: G Solve: Correct!
	$1,650

THING

John solves AMERICAN BALD EAGLE.

Rhonda	John	Carolyn
	$1,650

Tell America that we have a nice prize on the Wheel! We'd like to give away a Lucien Piccard 40-diamond lady's watch with 14-karat gold and quartz movement (labeled WATCH) worth $3,590!

Also perched on the Wheel is a $2,500 space that the people must know about.

Round 2

THING

Rhonda	JOHN	Carolyn
	WATCH! $150: T (x4) $300: H (x3) $800: N (DUD!)	$300: C (DUD!)
	$1,500+
$700: N (Repeat)	$2,500: S (x2) -$250: E (x4) -$250: O (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$6,000+

Rhonda's repeated N was not acknowledged as a duplication.

THING

John solves THE SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR to keep the watch.

Rhonda	John	Carolyn
	$11,240

Carolyn still has plenty of time to finally call her first correct letter. Can she call a good one on the $3,500 space?

Round 3

THING

Rhonda	John	CAROLYN
		$450: T (DUD!)

$1,000: S $550: M (DUD!)	$900: P (x2) $900: R $500: L (x4) -$250: A (DUD!)	$900: N -$250: E (x2) Lose A Turn!
$1,000	$4,450	$650
$450: F (x3) Solve: Wrong!
$2,350

THING

Rhonda guesses SELF-FULFILLING PURPOSE.

Rhonda	John	Carolyn
	$4,450	$650
	$150: G Solve: Correct!
$2,350	$4,600

THING

John solves SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY. He really did have a little nerve to spin. It was just a $150 spin, after all.

Rhonda	John	Carolyn
	$15,840

We don't have the nerve to joke around with our Wheel prizes. We need another good one, like a Kraft Maid kitchen cabinetry gift certificate (labeled KITCHEN) worth $5,984.

John believes he can win it all, but Rhonda starts this round, and the $5,000 space could give her the lead.

Round 4

PHRASE

RHONDA	John	Carolyn
$350: T (x4) $500: R $5,000: S (DUD!)	$500: H (x2) $800: G (x2) -$250: O (x3) -$250: E (x2) Solve: Correct!
$1,900	$2,100

PHRASE

John solves WHEN YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO IT, and he still has all the money.

Rhonda	John	Carolyn
	$17,940

John has just one more round to worry about.

Round 5

THING

Rhonda	JOHN	Carolyn
	$500: F BANKRUPT! ($500)	(Stopped spin) (Resume at $900)

THING

DING DING! DING DING!

(Carolyn spins just after the bells sound, but Pat stops her.)

We're running out of time, so Pat has to give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $250 a piece.

Carolyn: L (DUD!)
Rhonda: T (DUD!)
John: N (DUD!)
Carolyn: S (DUD!)
Rhonda: M (DUD!)
John: P ($250)
Carolyn: R (x2) ($500)

THING

It was not to be for John, as Carolyn solves BIRD OF PREY.

Rhonda	John	Carolyn
	$17,940	$500

Another near sweep that ends up like this. Rhonda now goes home with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Well, John can't win it all, and just to confirm that, he can "only" take one of these bonus prizes:

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

Island vacation (over $41,000)

Boat (almost $44,000)

Ring ($48,000)

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

John is looking at...

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

He can certainly solve this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

We'll give him RSTLNE.

THING

He'll give us CMYA.

THING

He instantly solves ORAL EXAM to keep the cash! John leaves with $42,940 in cash and watch!

In the post-game chat, Pat says that there's going to be a new Wipeout Week next week. He doesn't know what it will be like, but the only hint is that one person could wipe them out.