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December 1, 1988 recap Jul 4, 2022 9:20:06 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jul 4, 2022 9:20:06 GMT -5

Airdate: December 1, 1988

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A pair of Van Cleef & Arpels diamond and sapphire earclips!
A yacht party!
A baby grand piano!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $205,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Rick DeLisi: Does a morning radio show, a news show on a local Long Island station; from Amityville, NY
Diane Hughes: Buyer for a manufacturing company, from Reading, OH
Pamela Hayden: Actress, and she's also learning sign language; from southern California (originally from Chicago, but moved from Dallas)

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

Pat: Just before the show, we drew numbers- The Wheel is really dirty! There's junk all over this Wheel. There's gunk on it. We gotta clean this later.

Round 1

THINGS

RICK	Diane	Pamela
$300: S $300: T -$250: E (x3) $500: R (DUD!)	$700: N (x3) -$250: A (x2) $450: D -$250: I (x3) $400: M (x3) -$250: O (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! ($0)
$350	$3,000
$150: K $200: P (x3) Solve: Correct!
$1,100

THINGS

Rick solves PUMPKIN AND MINCEMEAT PIES.

Rick	Diane	Pamela
$1,100

Made in one city, but shipped to another, and finally here. Maybe you'll do the traveling with a T. Anthony luggage set and a holiday at Radisson Puerto Plata Resort Dominican Republic (labeled TRIP) worth $4,152.

Pat might want to call in a guy with a leaf blower so that the spot for the $2,500 space is clean.

Round 2

THING

Rick	DIANE	Pamela
	$450: R (x3) Lose A Turn!	$350: S (x2) -$250: I (x3) $200: N -$250: E (x3) -$250: A $300: L $400: "Buy a B." (x2) $900: P -$250: O (x2) BANKRUPT! ($1,900)
	$1,350
$400: H TRIP! $150: V Solve: Correct!
$550+

THING

Rick reads what's on the board to keep the trip.

Rick	Diane	Pamela
$5,802

It's time for us to do the responsible thing and upgrade the Wheel with a $3,500 space.

Round 3

PHRASE

Rick	Diane	PAMELA
		$450: R $1,000: T (x3) -$250: O (x2) $500: H $400: N (x2) $3,500: F -$250: A -$250: I -$250: U -$250: E $500: S $400: M Solve: Correct!
		$7,900

PHRASE

Perfection! Pamela solves NOT A SMIDGEN OF TRUTH.

Rick	Diane	Pamela
$5,802		$7,900

Well, look. The Wheel's dirty again. Let's clean it up so that we can add a Schafer & Sons California baby grand piano (labeled PIANO) worth $9,629.

Vanna does a great job modeling for the piano! How well can she hold the $5,000 space?

Round 4

PHRASE

RICK	Diane	Pamela
$600: N (x2) BANKRUPT! ($1,200)	$400: S (DUD!)	PIANO! $300: R $1,500: T (x3)
		$4,800+

PHRASE

DING DING! DING DING!

That wasn't the piano. That was the bell ringing at Pat to give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $600 a piece.

Pamela: M ($5,400+)
Rick: C ($600)

PHRASE

Rick gets NO ADMITTANCE, but he can't think of what the first word would be.

Diane: D ($600)
Pamela: A (x3) ($5,400+)
Rick: B (DUD!)
Diane: P ($1,200)

PHRASE

Diane solves PRIVATE NO ADMITTANCE to sneak in some cash at the last moment.

Rick	Diane	Pamela
$5,802	$1,200	$7,900

BONUS ROUND:

Pamela couldn't get the piano, but she could get something even better in Bonus Land! We look at...

Mercedes (over $47,000)

Boat party for 200 friends

Picasso etchings (over $31,000)

Earclips ($37,000)

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

Pamela admits that she's gonna play for...

Mercedes 300E ($47,699)

We don't know if this will be an easy puzzle...

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives her:

THING

She thinks MDHA will fill in the rest...

...but it leaves the rest untouched.

She says JEEP, HEEP, BEEP, and WEEP. Pamela does not solve BEEF JERKY, so she's leaving with $7,900 in cash.

In the post-game chat, Vanna says that Pat loves beef jerky. It's not something you should eat on a date, but he loves it. Also, it's not good for a puzzle, as we saw here.