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November 11, 1988 recap Jul 2, 2022 14:22:07 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jul 2, 2022 14:22:07 GMT -5

Airdate: November 11, 1988

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A full-length fur coat!
A Schafer & Sons concert grand piano!
A Jaguar XJ6 sedan!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

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

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Dave Jolly: Supervisor for a major manufacturer of jukeboxes and Coke can vending machines, from Chicago, IL
Susan Barnes: Dress maker, from Davis, CA
Dede Binder: Theatre agent, from West Los Angeles, CA

Pat announces that contestant interviews are available on videocassette. "You call an 800 number and you can get 'em. They're worth collecting!"

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

DAVE	Susan	Dede
$350: N $250: D Free Spin! $250: S (DUD!)	$400: T (x2) -$250: A (x2) $400: R (x2) -$250: E (x3) Lose A Turn!	$400: G $150: L (x2) $150: B (x3) Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$600	$1,100	$1,150

SAME NAME

Dede solves GARTER AND BIBLE BELT. "I never thought you'd say that on national television."

Pat: I would like to announce, for those of you sitting down to write letters now, neither Vanna nor I makes up the puzzles, nor do we approve them.

Dave (FS)	Susan	Dede
		$1,150

Who says these Wheel prizes aren't worth collecting? Don't miss your chance for Softouch designer fashion/fitness bodywear, an Excel exercise machine, and Healthwave Industries toning table (labeled GYM) worth $3,045!

(With Vanna doing the exercises, Pat notes that it would be a good time to test the "freeze frame" on your VCR.)

Pat and Vanna both approve the addition of a $2,500 space to our Wheel!

Round 2

PHRASE

Dave (FS)	SUSAN	Dede
	$300: N (x3) $500: G -$250: I (x2) -$250: A (x2) $300: T (DUD!)	$2,500: F -$250: O (x3) -$250: E (DUD!)
	$900	$2,000
$250: H $250: V $2,500: R Lose A Turn! (Free Spin used) $400: Y $250: W Solve: Correct!
$3,650

PHRASE

Dave solves HAVING A MIND OF YOUR OWN. With his face, Pat would hate to play Poker against him.

Dave	Susan	Dede
$3,650		$1,150

The Wheel might have a mind of its own. Now that we have a $3,500 space, Dede wants it to work in her favor, especially with a lot of letters on the board.

Round 3

PLACE

Dave	Susan	DEDE
		BANKRUPT! ($0)

$600: T BANKRUPT! ($600)	$3,500: N (x3!) -$250: I (x4) -$250: O (x2) $900: R (x3) $200: M -$250: A (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$12,650

PLACE

Susan solves CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM to take the lead. "Look at that number!"

Dave	Susan	Dede
$3,650	$12,650	$1,150

Look at Vanna! She's wrapped in the next prize, which is a Dicker & Dicker Stone Marten stroller coat (labeled FUR) worth $15,000!

Look at that number! It says $5,000 on it, and it's all wrapped in silver!

Round 4

THING

DAVE	Susan	Dede
$350: T (x4) Lose A Turn!	$250: H (x2) -$250: E (x3) -$250: A $800: N $350: L (x2)
$1,400	$1,500

THING

DING DING! DING DING!

Look at that clock! We need Pat to give the Wheel a Final Spin! Consonants will be worth... $600 a piece.

Susan: C ($2,100)

THING

Susan solves THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY.

Dave	Susan	Dede
$3,650	$14,750	$1,150

BONUS ROUND:

It's the same old studio for just one more puzzle, and the same great prizes to pick from.

1989 Jaguar XJ6 ($47,912)

Decorators' showcase (over $49,000)

Piano ($35,000)

Diamond necklace ($41,000)

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

Susan is looking at...

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

Time for that last puzzle before we head to New York.

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

She takes RSTLNE from us...

PHRASE

...and we take GDYO from her.

PHRASE

She instantly solves DRINK YOUR MILK to take the cash! Susan leaves with a final total of $39,750!

So this is it. The show is headed to New York for two weeks. Vanna's movie Goddess of Love airs this month. Pat also bought some new socks.

Radio City Music Hall seats about 6,000 people, though Pat doesn't think they could make as much noise as the folks in our home audience. We'll see...