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December 5, 1988 recap Jul 6, 2022 9:27:53 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jul 6, 2022 9:27:53 GMT -5

Airdate: December 5, 1988

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A chinchilla coat!
A 6.9 acre estate in Maine!
A bangle bracelet!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $215,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Todd Slagle: Dental technician for "a maybe not-quite-so-major dental company", from Bristol, TN
Pam Hamilton-Sanders: 4-month newlywed and looking to adopt a baby, from Beaverton, OR
Lydia Jalbert: Happy homemaker, also a mother of two and stepmother of two, from up San Francisco way

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

Round 1

PHRASE

"And just before the show, we all got together. Photographers were here, it was very exciting, we drew numbers to see who would start the game..."

TODD	Pam	Lydia
$250: N (DUD!)	$300: T (x2) $300: H -$250: E (x2) $200: R (DUD!)	$200: L (x2) -$250: O Free Spin! $200: Y (DUD!)
	$650	$150
$350: S -$250: I $400: M (DUD!)	$750: D -$250: A $800: G $750: P $350: C Solve: Correct!
$100	$3,050

The slide whistle sounds early...before Todd's second spin just clicks over to $350! This is why you wait!

PHRASE

Pam solves PACKED TO THE GILLS.

Todd	Pam	Lydia (FS)
	$3,050

Those photographers are here for a real exciting moment! They discover that we have a Trafalgar Tours tour of Europe with Sony Handycam 8-mm video camcorder (labeled TRIP) worth $5,202.

We now add a $2,500 space to the Wheel...though you won't be able to fit all that cash in your mouth.

Round 2

SAME NAME

Todd	PAM	Lydia (FS)
	$300: N $400: D (x2) -$250: A (x2) $300: R -$250: E $800: S -$250: I (x3) BANKRUPT! ($1,450)	$2,500: T (DUD!)

$400: L (x2) -$250: O (x2) -$250: U (x2) Lose A Turn!	TRIP! $150: J $200: P $2,500: C (x3) Solve: Correct!
$300	$7,850+

SAME NAME

Pam solves PRECOCIOUS AND JULIA CHILD to keep the trip.

Todd	Pam	Lydia (FS)
	$16,102

You'll feel like a child again while playing our game! Perhaps Lydia's wealth could grow precociously if she makes friends with the $3,500 space.

Round 3

PHRASE

Todd	Pam	LYDIA (FS)
		$400: T $250: H $250: S (x2) -$250: E -$250: I $250: N $250: G -$250: O (x4) $250: W $400: R (x3) BANKRUPT! ($2,350) (Free Spin used) $250: Y $250: C $900: L Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
		$1,400

PHRASE

Lydia solves SHOWING YOUR TRUE COLORS.

Todd	Pam	Lydia
	$16,102	$1,400

We show our true colors...because it's only a 30-minute show! We need Pat to give the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants are worth... $350 a piece. Todd starts.

Round 4

PHRASE

Todd: N (x2) ($700)
Pam: T (x2) ($700)
Lydia: S ($350)
Todd: L ($1,050)
Pam: P ($1,050)

PHRASE

Pam solves LIKE PUTTY IN MY HANDS.

Todd	Pam	Lydia
	$17,152	$1,400

And that's a "maybe not-quite-so-major" finish for Todd. He's going home with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Pam makes her way to bonus land, but she must win a bonus prize before she can feel it!

We need to take a break, then Pam will play for...

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

Let's move right along! Our puzzle is:

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

RSTLNE gives her:

PHRASE

CDPO makes the second word easier.

PHRASE

She instantly solves IN ADDITION to keep the money! Pam leaves with $42,152 in cash in prizes!

In the post-game chat, Pat and Vanna only have enough time to say goodbye.