Season 6 - (Debbie/Kim/Duncan) recap

Season 6 - (Debbie/Kim/Duncan) recap Jul 4, 2022 22:16:11 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jul 4, 2022 22:16:11 GMT -5

Airdate: Late 1988 (after November 28)

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A $49,000 yacht party!
A cocktail ring!
A Mercedes 300E!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $210,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Debbie Mars-Mills: Sales and marketing representative for "the best, most accurate, and efficient database service in California and the world"
Kim Martinez: Homemaker and mother of two girls, from Kahana Bay, HI
Duncan Fairweather: Works in marketing for "a major international software company", from New York City

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

Round 1

PHRASE

DEBBIE	Kim	Duncan
$500: T (DUD!)	$200: S (DUD!)	Lose A Turn!

$200: N (DUD!)	$150: R (x2) $250: F $750: L (DUD!)	$300: M (DUD!)
	$550
$300: D $1,000: C (x2) -$250: O (x2) $500: H (DUD!)	$200: K $200: V Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$2,050	$950

PHRASE

Kim solves DUCK FOR COVER.

Debbie	Kim	Duncan
	$950

Stop hiding, and start listening to M.G. read about a Parvizian Persian oriental rug (labeled RUG) worth $3,200.

That wasn't so bad, was it? That's a great prize! The $2,500 space is also great!

Round 2

SAME NAME

Debbie	KIM	Duncan
	$200: N (x2) Lose A Turn!	$200: D (x2) $200: R -$250: A RUG! $150: S -$250: E (x3) Solve: Correct!
	$400	$250+

SAME NAME

Duncan solves STEVIE AND BOY WONDER.

Debbie	Kim	Duncan
	$950	$3,450

As that "boy wonder" starts this round, he is wondering what color the $3,500 space is, just like Pat. Oh, wait. It's fuchsia.

Round 3

PHRASE

Debbie	Kim	DUNCAN
		$200: S $400: T (x2) -$250: A $200: R (x2) -$250: O (x4) $550: H (x2) -$250: E $400: Y (DUD!)
		$1,750
$200: M BANKRUPT! ($200)	$200: N (x2) $200: Z Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
	$600

PHRASE

Kim solves A STORM ON THE HORIZON.

Debbie	Kim	Duncan
	$1,550	$3,450

While we clean up the mess from that last round, M.G. could change the game with a Fred Joaillier 2.21-karat diamond ring with 3-karat sapphire (labeled RING) worth $16,000!

Debbie still wants to think of Wheel as the best game, but is the $5,000 space the best space right now?

Round 4

PHRASE

DEBBIE	Kim	Duncan
$200: N (DUD!)	$900: S $250: T -$250: O (x2) RING! $300: R (DUD!)	$300: C $250: H (DUD!)
	$900+	$300
$600: L (DUD!)	$500: M $500: Y (x2) -$250: I (x2)
	$2,150+

PHRASE

DING DING! DING DING!

Kim is really worried now, because Pat must now give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $300 a piece.

Kim: F (DUD!)
Duncan: D ($600)

PHRASE

Duncan solves MY ADVICE TO YOU IS.

Debbie	Kim	Duncan
	$1,550	$4,050

Debbie still knows she played the best game, even if she's now stuck with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Our advice to Duncan is to take his time looking at these prizes:

Mercedes Benz automobile

Shipboard party for 200 friends (almost ($50,000)

Picasso etchings ($31,500)

Earclips ($37,000)

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

We take a break, and Duncan plays for...

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

Now for his puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives him:

THING

CHDA isn't too helpful.

THING

He says POCKET LINER and ROCKET, but he does not solve POCKET MONEY. Duncan leaves with $4,050 in cash and rug. "Whatever you do on that rug, I want you to think of us, okay?"

In the post-game chat, we get another look at the Shipboard Party prize, which includes a display cake (but not a real cake). There are "horn things" and "hats", and the horns are $2,000 each.