Post by mechamind on Jul 10, 2022 12:53:10 GMT -5
Airdate: March 31, 1989
Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:
Over $90,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Mary Kay Weiss: Student at Cal State Fullerton studying international business, also arranges internships for foreign students; originally from Bellevue, WA
Grant Cunningham: Investment broker with an investment management company, from Oklahoma City, OK
Katie Sinclair (returning with a 2-day total of $32,398)
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $750. Try not to hit Bankrupt, or you will lose all your cash, but once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep. Here's our first puzzle!
Grant solves RETRACE YOUR STEPS.
Right now, Grant doesn't have to retrace anything. Just look forward, though make sure to hit the $1,000 space!
Grant solves COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO. That quickly became his favorite city.
Will this puzzle become one of Katie's favorite things? It's a biggie, and so is the $2,000 space!
Grant solves THE CAISSONS GO ROLLING ALONG.
BONUS ROUND:
RSTLNE gives him:
CDFA gives him a few important letters.
Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:
A $14,000 bedroom!
A pair of $8,200 diamond leaf earclips!
A $7,500 rug!
Over $90,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Mary Kay Weiss: Student at Cal State Fullerton studying international business, also arranges internships for foreign students; originally from Bellevue, WA
Grant Cunningham: Investment broker with an investment management company, from Oklahoma City, OK
Katie Sinclair (returning with a 2-day total of $32,398)
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $750. Try not to hit Bankrupt, or you will lose all your cash, but once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep. Here's our first puzzle!
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MARY KAY | Grant | Katie |
| $150: T (x2) $450: N (DUD!) | $600: S (x2) $350: R (x3) -$250: E (x3) $200: P $200: Y $200: C Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! | |
$300 | $2,600 |
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Grant solves RETRACE YOUR STEPS.
$2,600 to spend |
| Zenith portable computer (-$2,399) Oneida floral crystal vase (-$100) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$101) |
Mary Kay | Grant | Katie |
$2,600 |
Right now, Grant doesn't have to retrace anything. Just look forward, though make sure to hit the $1,000 space!
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Mary Kay | GRANT | Katie |
| $800: N Lose A Turn! | $150: T (DUD!) | |
$800 | ||
| $200: S (x2) BANKRUPT! ($400) | $250: D (x2) $400: L (x2) -$250: O (x6) $300: P $200: C (x2) $600: R (x3) Solve: Correct! | |
$4,350 |
The slide whistle does not sound on Mary Kay's BANKRUPT.
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Grant solves COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO. That quickly became his favorite city.
$4,350 to spend |
| Baldwin grandfather clock (-$2,650) Bassett secretary desk (-$900) Majorica pearl necklace and bracelet (-$272) Legends eagle sculpture (-$350) Colonial Heirlooms parlor basket (-$57) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$121) |
Mary Kay | Grant | Katie |
$6,950 |
Will this puzzle become one of Katie's favorite things? It's a biggie, and so is the $2,000 space!
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Mary Kay | Grant | KATIE |
| $900: T $250: H -$250: E $250: N (x3) $200: G (x3) -$250: I (x2) $400: L (x3) -$250: A (x2) Solve: Wrong! | ||
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| $350: D (DUD!) Commercial break! | ||
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Katie suddenly screeches to a halt, guessing THE CAISSONS GO FALLING ALONG.
(No more letters are revealed before the mid-round break.)
Mary Kay | Grant | Katie |
$2,950 | ||
| We're back! $2,000: S (x3) Solve: Correct! | ||
$6,000 |
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Grant solves THE CAISSONS GO ROLLING ALONG.
$6,000 to spend |
| 3-day San Francisco holiday (-$926) Hitachi 20-inch color TV (-$470) Ashley queen bed set (-$1,499) Stearns & Foster mattress (-$1,000) Singer sewing machine (-$900) Harris Marcus crystal lamps (-$300) Allen-Edmonds man's shoes (-$200) Fred Hayman perfume (-$185) Viva purses (-$400) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$120) |
No more rolling along in our game...
...and Grant has swept the game!
Mary Kay | Grant | Katie |
| $12,950 |
The others just got left in the dust, and Mary Kay leaves with the nice parting gifts.
Katie leaves with the $32,398 from her earlier games.
BONUS ROUND:
It's been a big day for Grant so far, but let's make it bigger with one more prize of his choice...
Van Cleef & Arpels 3-karat diamond double leaf earclips ($8,200)
He'll make it a sweep with this puzzle:
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RSTLNE gives him:
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CDFA gives him a few important letters.
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He says MADE TO CALL and nothing else, breaking the sweep. Grant does not solve WAKE UP CALL, so he stays at $12,950 and will try again next time.