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November 4, 1988 recap Jul 2, 2022 9:32:15 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jul 2, 2022 9:32:15 GMT -5

Airdate: November 4, 1988

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A chinchilla jacket!
A $41,000 diamond necklace!
A Jaguar sports car!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $216,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants (all female):
Wendy Holden: Sales manager for a title insurance company in southern California
Michele Dougherty: Account executive for a major telecommunications company, from Norris, TN
Laura DeMarco: Works with a temp agency as a temp secretary and is now temping with a major corporation, from Stamford, CT

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

Round 1

SAME NAME

WENDY	Michele	Laura
$800: D (x3) $750: N (x2) -$250: A (x3) BANKRUPT! ($3,650)	$300: V -$250: I (x2) $200: R $400: T (x2) -$250: E (x2) $400: L (x2) $500: M $400: S $400: H (x3) Solve: Correct!
	$3,700

SAME NAME

Michele solves DAVID AND HIGH SCHOOL LETTERMAN.

Wendy	Michele	Laura
	$3,700

It would be rather unusual for the letterman to accessorize with this prize, wouldn't it? We offer a Fred Joaillier gift certificate featuring an emerald center ring surrounded by diamonds (labeled RING) worth $5,650.

Something shiny might look great. Try on that jacket in front of the $2,500 space!

Round 2

THING

Wendy	MICHELE	Laura
	$450: T $200: R (DUD!)	RING! $150: S (x2) $450: L (DUD!)
	$450	$300+
$300: N (DUD!)	$200: D $700: M (DUD!)	-$250: E (x3) $450: G $450: H -$250: A (DUD!)
	$650	$700+
$300: W -$250: I $200: C $300: X -$250: O $400: B Solve: Correct!
$700

THING

Wendy solves EXCESS BODY WEIGHT.

Wendy	Michele	Laura
$700	$3,700

That's twice in a row that Pat has to apologize for a puzzle, but he won't have to apologize for a $3,500 space.

Round 3

PHRASE

Wendy	Michele	LAURA
		BANKRUPT! ($0)

$200: T (DUD!)	$900: R (x2) BANKRUPT! ($1,800)	$500: S (DUD!)

$900: M $900: L (x2) -$250: O -$250: E $900: N -$250: A (x2) $3,500: F (x2) Solve: Correct!
$9,850

PHRASE

Wendy solves FALLING FROM GRACE.

Wendy	Michele	Laura
$10,550	$3,700

Wendy won't have to worry about such a fall...unless she'd be embarrassed to win a Wheel prize. We've added a Dicker & Dicker chinchilla jacket (labeled TV) worth $12,500!

More realistically, Wendy would have to worry about someone else hitting the $5,000 space.

Round 4

THING

WENDY	Michele	Laura
$900: T (x3) $400: R (x2) -$250: E (x3) -$250: A (x2) $400: N (x4) $400: S (x2) Solve: Correct!
$5,400

THING

Perfection! Wendy solves UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL. End of story!

Wendy	Michele	Laura
$15,950	$3,700

We didn't get the full story, however. Laura barely had a chance outside of Round 2, and she leaves with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Wendy's on a roll! She only missed the first puzzle but perfected the fourth, and she might perfect our bonus puzzle for a nice prize...

Jaguar (over $47,000)

Decorators' showcase (over $49,000)

Schafer & Sons 9'1" grand piano ($35,838)

Diamond necklace ($41,000)

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

Wendy already had her eye on one prize, and it's gonna be...

1989 Jaguar XJ6 ($47,912)

Just solve this puzzle!

Bonus Puzzle

EVENT

We have some RSTLNE to give her.

EVENT

She might have CDMA to give us.

EVENT

She thinks MAN and MARN, and she does not solve HONEYMOON. Wendy goes home with $15,950 in cash.