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October 27, 1988 recap Jul 1, 2022 12:29:10 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jul 1, 2022 12:29:10 GMT -5

Airdate: October 27, 1988

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A $47,000 Jaguar XJ6 sedan!
A 10-karat $41,000 diamond necklace!
A collection of home furniture!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $212,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Gary Emberson: Real estate auctioneer, from Nowata, OK
Michele Jenkinson: Secretary for an insurance company in Toronto, from Richmond Hill, ON
Alejandro Lerma: "Freelance video production type person"

As Gary is an auctioneer, Pat asks for a prop so that Gary can do his "chant". He auctions off a stuffed toy raccoon...which Pat promptly throws away.

Coincidentally, Michele also has a stuffed animal! Hers is a lucky koala.

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

Round 1

THINGS

GARY	Michele	Alejandro
$400: N (x2) $1,000: R (DUD!)	$200: S Lose A Turn!	$700: T (DUD!)
$800	$200
$300: L (DUD!)	$200: G (DUD!)	$400: C $750: D (DUD!)
$800	$200	$400
$250: P (DUD!)	$350: F (DUD!)	$250: H -$250: E (x2) -$250: O (x4) $700: J $200: M -$250: I $250: V -$250: A $200: Y (x2) Solve: Correct!
$800	$200	$1,200

THINGS

Alejandro solves JOHN WAYNE COWBOY MOVIES.

Gary	Michele	Alejandro
		$1,200

Be thankful that you won't need to call J's, W's, and V's (or Q's, X's, and Z's) to pick up a Snark Suncatcher Sailboat with holiday at Sonesta Beach Biscayne Bay in Florida (labeled TRIP) worth $4,049.

You might need to call weird letters if you hit the $2,500 space...or you might get something easy!

Round 2

SAME NAME

Gary	MICHELE	Alejandro
	Lose A Turn!	$700: N (x2) $400: D -$250: A (x2) -$250: E (DUD!)
		$1,300
$750: R (x2) BANKRUPT! ($1,500)	$300: G $400: S (x2) -$250: I (x2) -$250: O (x3) $400: T (x2) $200: H $450: C Solve: Correct!
	$2,050

SAME NAME

Michele solves ROCK AND SHOOTING STAR.

Gary	Michele	Alejandro
	$2,050	$1,200

Just before the break starts, Michele offers her stuffed koala to Pat who gives it a ride on the Wheel.

We have to stop the Wheel at some point so that the $3,500 space can hitch a ride.

Round 3

PHRASE

Gary	Michele	ALEJANDRO
		$250: N (DUD!)

$1,000: R (x2) $600: T (x3) -$250: E (x2) $1,000: S -$250: A (x3) $300: L (x2) $600: W (x2) Lose A Turn!	$200: H $500: G (x2) Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$6,100	$1,200

PHRASE

Michele solves GARGLE WITH SALT WATER.

Gary	Michele	Alejandro
	$3,250	$1,200

Pat wouldn't feel salty about having this as a prize, would he? We have a Fred Joaillier gift certificate featuring sparkling diamond earclips (labeled JEWELS) worth $10,000.

To make up for that last round, Gary now has a shot at the $5,000 space.

Round 4

THING

GARY	Michele	Alejandro
$200: N (x2) $5,000: R (DUD!)
$400

THING

DING DING! DING DING!

Somebody here is feeling salty towards Gary. Now that Pat must give the Wheel a Final Spin, consonants will be worth... $300 a piece.

Michele: T ($300)
Alejandro: C (x2) ($600)

THING

Alejandro says CANTEEN LOCK.

Gary: S (DUD!)
Michele: F (DUD!)
Alejandro: D (DUD!)
Gary: E (DUD!)
Michele: G (DUD!)
Alejandro: H (DUD!)
Gary: I (x2) ($400)
Michele: L ($600)
Alejandro: B ($900)

THING

Alejandro now solves COMBINATION LOCK.

Gary	Michele	Alejandro
	$3,250	$2,100

What could've been if Gary had better luck. He can't "auction" his way out of some nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Can we unlock something better for Michele in Bonus Land? We have plenty of prizes that can be won!

We take a break, then Michele will play for...

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

Time for one last puzzle!

Bonus Puzzle

THING

Let's give her RSTLNE right away!

THING

HGVI suggests that she's onto something!

THING

Obviously, she solves THE RIGHT TO VOTE to keep the cash! Michele goes back home with $28,250!