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October 12, 1988 recap Jun 30, 2022 9:17:36 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jun 30, 2022 9:17:36 GMT -5

Airdate: October 12, 1988

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A Range Rover!
A pair of diamond earclips!
A $34,000 Sebring Roadster!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $176,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Karen Nyberg: Manager for a women's retail company, from Foster City, CA
Jay Beadle: Sales manager for a men's clothing firm, from Boston, MA (originally from Maine, making him a "Mainiac")
Jim Cock: Father of three sons and soon-to-be grandfather, from Rialto, CA

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

Round 1

EVENT

KAREN	Jay	Jim
$1,000: T $300: N $300: S -$250: E $800: R $300: D (DUD!)	$750: G $350: B (DUD!)	$800: X $250: V $200: Z -$250: A (x5) $450: H (DUD!)
$2,150	$750	$1,000
$400: L -$250: I $400: P (DUD!)	$400: M $1,000: C Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$2,300	$2,150

EVENT

Jay solves MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA.

Karen	Jay	Jim
	$2,150

We see this prize in Jay's future...a ColorTyme 41-inch big screen television with stereo sound, remote control, and other features (labeled TV) worth $2,995.

Jay might feel like a maniac to aim for the $2,500 space even with just one consonant left.

Round 2

PHRASE

Karen	JAY	Jim
	$200: T (x4) $400: H -$250: E (x2) -$250: O (x2) $750: S $250: N (x2) $250: G (x2) $450: W -$250: I (x2) $300: L $300: M (DUD!)	$200: C $500: R $300: D Solve: Correct!
	$2,950	$1,000

PHRASE

Jim reads what's on the board. He feels weird for calling the last letter, but it happens.

Karen	Jay	Jim
	$2,150	$1,000

It is impossible for a sparkly $3,500 space to get lost in that crowded Wheel.

Round 3

PHRASE

Karen	Jay	JIM
		$250: T (x4) $400: S (x3) -$250: E (x5) $400: R (x2) $900: B -$250: A (x2) -$250: O $1,000: M $300: H Solve: Correct!
		$4,450

PHRASE

Perfection! Jim solves SOME THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNSAID. Some consonants are better left uncalled.

Karen	Jay	Jim
	$2,150	$5,450

None of our prizes should be left untouched! Someone here deserves to win a LeRoy Neiman serigraph called The 12th of Oakmont (labeled ART) worth $5,750.

Karen has been waiting long enough to regain control, and we see a $5,000 spin in her future!

Round 4

THING

Pat actually announced the category before the prize was plugged! He stopped when the prize music started playing.

KAREN	Jay	Jim
$500: T (DUD!)	$600: R (DUD!)	$500: N (DUD!)

$900: S
$900

THING

DING DING! DING DING!

We won't talk about how we got here. We'll just make Pat give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $900 a piece.

Karen: L (x2) ($2,700)
Jay: P ($900)
Jim: H (x3) ($2,700)

THING

Jim says HIGH SCHOOL EMPLOYEE, which is too long.

Karen: G ($3,600)

THING

Karen solves HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. She doesn't graduate to Bonus Land, but she's got some cash.

Karen	Jay	Jim
$3,600	$2,150	$5,450

BONUS ROUND:

Jim has a habit of revealing the last letter. Can this carry over to Bonus Land? If so, he'll win one of...

Custom-built Sebring 5000 ($34,744)

Decorators' showcase (over $41,000)

Station wagon (over $40,000)

Pair of diamond earclips ($26,000)

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

After the break, Jim picks...

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

We'll test him with this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

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He gets RSTLNE without having to do anything.

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With that, he will give us CDFA.

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Pat says 15 seconds before catching himself. From now on, it's 10 seconds.

He says RACE, and he does not solve JAILHOUSE ROCK. Jim leaves with $5,450 in cash.

He wasn't the only one with 10 seconds. Vanna just says let's do more of it tomorrow, or next week, or whenever.