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April 4, 1989 recap Jul 10, 2022 14:34:09 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jul 10, 2022 14:34:09 GMT -5

Airdate: April 4, 1989

Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:

A $14,700 sedan!

A $3,500 gold chain!

A $1,300 rider/mower!

Over $79,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants (all male):
Jim Polder: Sells real estate, and formerly a traffic patrolman (until a drunk driver ended that); from Apple Valley, CA
Tom Marino: In California on a temporary work assignment for 5 months so far, and currently working for Boys Clubs of America; from Brooklyn, NY
Grant Cunningham (returning with a 2-day total of $33,629)

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!

Round 1

PHRASE

JIM	Tom	Grant
$750: T (x2) $250: N -$250: O (x6) $400: D (x2) $250: L $250: R (x2) $100: Y (x3) Solve: Correct!
$3,350

PHRASE

Perfection! Jim solves YOU DON'T LOOK A DAY OVER FORTY.

$3,350 to spend

Homelite Jacobsen lawn mower (-$1,300)
Vivitar TEC 155 camera (-$430)
Prism Entertainment videos (-$359)
Meade binoculars (-$320)
Hatteras hand-woven cotton hammock (-$209)
Sheffield his-and-hers watches (-$395)
Multicolored butterfly box (-$140)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$197)

Jim	Tom	Grant
$3,350

Has Grant met his match? Can Tom top that? Could either of them hit the $1,000 space that we just added?

Round 2

PLACE

Jim	TOM	Grant
	$400: T $200: R (x2) $400: S $550: M (x3) $1,000: N Solve: Correct!
	$3,850

PLACE

Double perfection! Tom solves MUSEUM OF MODERN ART.

$3,850 to spend

Acapulco holiday (-$1,762)
Krementz his-and-hers rings (-$1,000)
Landes Silver service set (-$700)
Brass plant stand (-$297)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$91)

Jim	Tom	Grant
$3,350	$3,850

No, this isn't the part where we laugh at the champ. It's just his first spin, and naturally, he's attracted to the $2,000 space.

Round 3

BEFORE & AFTER

Jim	Tom	GRANT
		BANKRUPT! ($0)

$700: N (x3) $900: S (x2) -$250: E (x3) -$250: I $300: R (x3) -$250: A (x5) Solve: Correct!
$4,050

The "ding" does not sound on the I.

BEFORE & AFTER

Jim solves BARBARA HERSHEY PENNSYLVANIA.

$4,050 to spend

Costa Rica holiday (-$1,970)
Murrieta Hot Springs holiday (-$1,455)
Allister garage door system (-$320)
Ray-Ban Tortuga sunglasses (-$210)
Remainder on a gift certificate (-$95)

Jim	Tom	Grant
$7,400	$3,850

We wish we could play another "normal" round, but Rolf now has to give the Wheel a Final Spin. We'll play for a gift certificate, and consonants are worth... $300 a piece. Jim starts!

Round 4

PHRASE

Jim: T ($300)
Tom: S (DUD!)
Grant: N ($300)
Jim: R ($600)

PHRASE

Jim guesses CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING.

Tom: L (x2) ($600)
Grant: P (DUD!)
Jim: D (DUD!)
Tom: V (DUD!)
Grant: E (x2) ($300)
Jim: W (x2) ($1,200)

PHRASE

Jim now says WENT LIKE GANGBUSTERS.

Tom: K (x3) ($1,500)

PHRASE

Tom solves WENT LIKE CLOCKWORK for a $1,500 Lynne Deutch gift certificate.

Jim	Tom	Grant
$7,400	$5,350

Grant still has his $33,629 from the last two games.

BONUS ROUND:

Can Jim carry over his puzzle solving skills to Bonus Land? If so, he will win the following prize...

Trip to Tennessee and stay at Radisson Read House Chattanooga ($4,420)

Here comes that puzzle!

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

RSTLNE gives him:

PHRASE

He may be expecting odd letters, so he picks BKWA.

PHRASE

He guesses MILK SHAKE and ROLL SHAKE, but he does not solve HOLY SMOKE. Jim still has $7,400 in prizes and is coming back tomorrow.