Season 6 - (Diana/Judy/Dan) recap

Season 6 - (Diana/Judy/Dan) recap Jun 30, 2022 22:21:15 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jun 30, 2022 22:21:15 GMT -5

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

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A $48,000 white diamond and red ruby ring!
An Eliminator cabin cruiser!
A pair of his-and-hers Chevys!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

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

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Diana Novello: Systems consultant for a major communications company, from Phillipsburg, NJ
Judy Wallace: Mother of three, from Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Dan Domenico: Manager of the major fitness center in Toronto, from Willowdale, ON

While chatting with Pat, Dan points out that Canadian football fields are bigger than American fields.

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

Round 1

THING

DIANA	Judy	Dan
$200: T $450: S (DUD!)	$400: N (x2) $900: R (DUD!)	$900: L (DUD!)
$200	$800	$900
Lose A Turn!	$250: D -$250: A (x2) -$250: I (x5) $150: M $150: G $400: V (x2) Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$200	$1,650

THING

Judy solves VIVID IMAGINATION.

Diana	Judy	Dan
	$1,650

Perhaps Dan spins a smaller Wheel, but he's playing for big prizes such as a Fred Joaillier gift certificate featuring a pair of cuff links (labeled CUFF LINKS) worth $3,500.

What happens to the money you earn from the $2,500 space is up to your imagination.

Round 2

PHRASE

Diana	JUDY	Dan
	$200: N (x2) CUFF LINKS! $150: L (DUD!)	$500: R (x2) $800: Y (x2) -$250: E -$250: O (x3) BANKRUPT! ($2,100)
	$400+
$250: D Lose A Turn!	$350: G Solve: Correct!
$250	$750+

PHRASE

Judy solves YOU'RE ON SHAKY GROUND to keep the cuff links, and she screams in excitement.

Diana	Judy	Dan
	$5,900

So...what's the dollar exchange rate? We have a $3,500 space for this round, but would that be like a Bonus Round win for Dan?

Round 3

SAME NAME

Diana	Judy	DAN
		$900: "I'll take the N." $3,500: "The D." (x2) -$250: "An A." (x3) $200: S -$250: E $900: R (x3) -$250: O $900: L (x3) $900: Y (x2) BANKRUPT! ($14,550)

$150: C $700: T (x2) Solve: Correct!
$1,550

SAME NAME

Diana solves WATERFORD AND BILLY CRYSTAL.

Diana	Judy	Dan
$1,550	$5,900

Will Diana scream even louder than Judy if she wins our next prize? We've added a Skyway luggage set and trip to the Caribbean Islands (labeled TRIP) worth $6,146.

Let's see if we can spin the $5,000 space and actually keep the money. Let's not repeat what happened in the last round.

Round 4

PHRASE

DIANA	Judy	Dan
BANKRUPT! ($0)	$250: N (x3) BANKRUPT! ($750)	$5,000: R (x2) -$250: E (x3) $5,000: V -$250: A (x2) -$250: I (x3) $5,000: D (DUD!)
		$14,250
$1,500: T (DUD!)	$300: Y
	$300

PHRASE

DING DING! DING DING!

One more spin from Judy, and she might have spun the Wheel out of the studio. It's Pat's turn to spin, and consonants are worth... $700 a piece.

Judy: L (x2) ($1,700)

PHRASE

Judy solves NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS.

Diana	Judy	Dan
$1,550	$7,600

Never in his life did Dan want to end up in a spot like this. He's now taking home the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Did Judy every think she would make it all the way here? We're sure she did, and now she'll try for one of...

His-and-hers Chevys (over $32,000)

Private jet to Jamaica for an island vacation ($41,440)

Boat (over $43,000)

Ring ($48,000)

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

We were sure that Judy would pick this prize...

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

She's not sure what's behind these blanks:

Bonus Puzzle

OCCUPATION

She's getting RSTLNE from us...

OCCUPATION

...and she's giving us CDMA.

OCCUPATION

She says CAMP and MANAGER, but she can't go all the way to solve CAMPAIGN MANAGER. Judy leaves with $7,600 in cash and prizes.

In the post-game chat, Pat talks about one of the trips the staff have taken, which was to Honolulu. "Artwork shows up! It's just a magical medium, this television is." Aloha!