Post by mechamind on Jul 2, 2022 16:41:15 GMT -5
Airdate: November 16, 1988
From Radio City Music Hall in New York, it's America's #1 game show! Wheel of Fortune!
On the lake or on the sea, it's a Regal boat!
Be as dazzling as any star on Broadway with dangling diamond earrings!
Or drive away in a Toyota Supra!
Over $342,000 in cash and prizes just waiting to be won as the Wheel takes Manhattan!
Today's contestants:
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
Perfection! Regina solves CHARLTON HESTON.
If you spin the Wheel just right, you might hit the $3,500 space. If you know this category, you might actually solve this puzzle!
David solves JULIUS AND SID CAESAR.
DING DING! DING DING!
Regina: C ($2,750)
Donna: H (DUD!)
David: G (DUD!)
Regina: K (DUD!)
Donna: F (DUD!)
David: B (x2) ($700)
Regina: P (DUD!)
Donna: Y ($1,450)
Donna solves BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE.
BONUS ROUND:
RSTLNE gives him:
From Radio City Music Hall in New York, it's America's #1 game show! Wheel of Fortune!
On the lake or on the sea, it's a Regal boat!
Be as dazzling as any star on Broadway with dangling diamond earrings!
Or drive away in a Toyota Supra!
Over $342,000 in cash and prizes just waiting to be won as the Wheel takes Manhattan!
Today's contestants:
Regina Scruggs: Has been a radio announcer for 10 years, but currently works at a Staten Island children's museum; from the Bronx
Donna Feelen (?): Computer programmer for a major telecommunications company, also sells lingerie; from Indianapolis, IN
David Melton: Just finished a program at Harvard in theological studies, is doing some teaching and also working part-time for a major airline; from Cambridge, MAThe top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
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REGINA | Donna | David |
| $300: R $700: N (x2) -$250: E $200: T (x2) -$250: A Free Spin! Free Spin! $200: S -$250: O (x2) Solve: Correct! | ||
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Perfection! Regina solves CHARLTON HESTON.
Regina (2 FS) | Donna | David |
$1,550 |
It's the middle of the week, but Don can still hit a home run by announcing a Krementz Big Apple pendant in 18-karat gold with diamond shadow, plus topaz and diamond ring (labeled JEWELRY) totaling $4,725!
Donna is just getting started. We now have a $2,500 space and a bigger puzzle!
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Regina (2 FS) | DONNA | David |
| $400: N (DUD!) | $400: T $900: R (x3) $400: S -$250: O (x2) $250: L -$250: U (x2) $150: Y (x3) $400: F -$250: I (x2) $400: G $350: H -$250: A (x2) Solve: Correct! | |
$4,350 |
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David solves IF YOU PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT.
Pat: By the way, we get a lot of mail from people who say "Why do they buy vowels when they know it?"; you didn't know it when you bought the vowel, and that helped you. See? There's the answer. We just answered your mail. You saved a stamp.
Regina (2 FS) | Donna | David |
$1,550 | $4,350 |
If you spin the Wheel just right, you might hit the $3,500 space. If you know this category, you might actually solve this puzzle!
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Regina (2 FS) | Donna | DAVID |
| $900: N $500: D (x2) -$250: A (x3) $250: L $500: R $250: S (x3) -$250: I (x2) Solve: Correct! | ||
$2,900 | ||
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David solves JULIUS AND SID CAESAR.
Regina (2 FS) | Donna | David |
$1,550 | $7,250 |
We came back to the Wheel and we saw Vanna in a Dicker & Dicker angle-length natural umber mink cape (labeled FUR) worth $15,000!
We conquered this game by hitting the $5,000 space! Or so we think. Someone can make that a reality.
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REGINA (2 FS) | Donna | David |
| $900: T $1,500: N (DUD!) | $200: R $900: S $700: D (DUD!) | $800: L (DUD!) |
$900 | $1,100 | |
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DING DING! DING DING!
Regina did not see this coming, did she? Her time is limited as Pat gives the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants are worth... BANKRUPT!
"It's not that funny! You get up and try it!" Pat gets another chance, and consonants are worth... $350 a piece.
Regina: C ($2,750)
Donna: H (DUD!)
David: G (DUD!)
Regina: K (DUD!)
Donna: F (DUD!)
David: B (x2) ($700)
Regina: P (DUD!)
Donna: Y ($1,450)
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Donna solves BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE.
Regina (...) | Donna | David |
$1,550 | $1,450 | $7,250 |
Everybody wins so far...except for the Free Spin tokens.
BONUS ROUND:
It's time for David to conquer a bonus puzzle and win a nice prize!
We'll take our break, and then David will play for...
Porsche 911 Cabriolet ($64,431)
He's got a shorter puzzle this time:
He's got a shorter puzzle this time:
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He picks ADGM, but it only lights up a vowel.
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He only guesses AIRPORT, and he does not solve APRICOT. Don can be heard groaning at the puzzle, and the audience boos after that. The staff might need to go into hiding!
David still leaves with $7,250 in cash.
In the post-game chat, Pat unwraps a "Happy Birthday" balloon. How nice!