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November 10, 1988 recap Jul 2, 2022 13:13:27 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jul 2, 2022 13:13:27 GMT -5

Airdate: November 10, 1988

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A first-class 14-day vacation for four around the world!
A Winnebago!
A Chevrolet Corvette!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $218,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Jack Fetch: Sells real estate part-time, and is an assistant director of a ski school; from Blakeslee, PA
Dan Nguyen (?): High school teacher, from Louisville, KY
Ellen Lodge: Research assistant in mental retardation research at UCLA

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

Round 1

PHRASE

JACK	Dan	Ellen
$300: N $500: G (DUD!)	$300: R (x3) -$250: A (x2) $300: T $200: D -$250: E (x3) $400: L $200: F (x3) Solve: Correct!
$300	$1,900

PHRASE

Dan solves A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR.

Jack	Dan	Ellen
	$1,900

Yeah, the cardboard is a different color, but think about the prize. We want you to have a pair of Jules Jurgensen his-and-hers 14-karat gold watches (labeled WATCHES) worth $5,885.

Now that we've added a $2,500 space, that could really change this game.

Round 2

SAME NAME

Jack	DAN	Ellen
	$500: N (x2) $800: D (x2) -$250: A (x2) $900: T (x3) Lose A Turn!	BANKRUPT! ($0)
	$5,050
$150: S (x2) $400: L -$250: I $150: B $250: D (Repeat)	WATCHES! $150: F (x2) Solve: Correct!
$600	$5,350+

SAME NAME

Dan solves ISTANBUL AND STUFFED TURKEY to keep the watches.

Jack	Dan	Ellen
	$13,135

Yeah, that category was delightful. You know what Ellen would find delightful? The $3,500 space!

Round 3

PHRASE

Jack	Dan	ELLEN
		$150: T (x2) $200: H (x2) -$250: E (x2) $500: R (x2) -$250: A (x3) $900: S $450: N (x2) Solve: Correct!
		$3,000

PHRASE

Perfection! Ellen solves MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY.

Jack	Dan	Ellen
	$13,135	$3,000

Returning to Jack, he'd be happy to win some money before the day ends. There's also a Keller dining furniture group with Haviland porcelain and Orrefors stemware (labeled ROOM) totaling $9,165.

Round 4

THINGS

JACK	Dan	Ellen
$250: S $450: T $450: N (x3) -$250: E (DUD!)	$800: R -$250: O -$250: I (x2) $500: G (DUD!)	$600: K $500: P $250: C Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$1,800	$300	$1,350

THINGS

Ellen solves PINK CARNATIONS.

Jack	Dan	Ellen
	$13,135	$4,350

Not like Dan really needs the $5,000 space. It would help him, though he's probably wondering if the competition could steal the ticket to Bonus Land.

Round 5

PHRASE

Jack	DAN	Ellen
	$500: N (DUD!)	$200: T (x4) $550: R -$250: E $900: S -$250: A (x2) $500: D (DUD!)
		$1,750

PHRASE

DING DING! DING DING!

As soon as Jack plans his attack, the bell sounds. Pat gives the Wheel a final spin, and consonants are worth... $350 a piece.

Jack: L ($350)

PHRASE

Jack solves LOST WITHOUT A TRACE. It's not much, but he got something.

Jack	Dan	Ellen
$350	$13,135	$4,350

BONUS ROUND:

Dan only needed the first two rounds to get here, and it's time to be rewarded with one final prize:

Flexible Advantage Annuity ($35,000)

Corvette convertible (over $43,000)

Vacation of a lifetime

Motorhome (over $55,000)

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

Dan gives it some thought before he picks...

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

He stole the line from M.G., but he must solve the puzzle himself.

Bonus Puzzle

THING

Actually, not all by himself. We do give him RSTLNE.

THING

Having done that, he takes PMCA.

And...it's completely useless.

He's mostly silent and does not solve SQUIRT GUN. "And you didn't call a Q? What got into you?!" Dan leaves with $13,135 in cash and prizes.

New York City, here we come! But we have one more show at our studio before that. Vanna thanks the Doral Inn of NYC who took good care of the staff and gave Vanna a BIG room.