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March 22, 1990 recap Jul 14, 2022 22:26:35 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jul 14, 2022 22:26:35 GMT -5

Airdate: March 22, 1990

From Hollywood, It's America's most watched game show! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!

Over $133,000 just waiting to be won this week!

Today's contestants:
Tracey Williams: Student at Cal State Northridge studying computer science and philosophy, from Atlanta, GA
Cindy Gerstell: Medical management consultant who has been in California for 13 years
Van Schmidt (returning with a 1-day total of $17,240)

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

Round 1

PEOPLE

TRACEY	Cindy	Van
$200: N (DUD!)	$200: R (x4) $800: T $150: Y (DUD!)	Free Spin! $400: S (x2) -$250: O -$250: E (x4) $900: P $750: C $800: M Solve: Correct!
	$1,600	$2,750

PEOPLE

Van solves PREFERRED CUSTOMERS.

Tracey	Cindy	Van (FS)
		$2,750

One of our preferred contestants could be rewarded with a trip to Malaysia and stay at Pan Pacific Hotel Kuala Lampur, plus a Konica Z-Up 80 (labeled ASIA) totaling $3,783!

We prefer to add some shine to our Wheel, so let's throw a $2,500 space on there.

Round 2

THING

Tracey	CINDY	Van (FS)
	$400: R $500: T $400: S (DUD!)	$900: N (DUD!)
	$900
$350: H (DUD!)	$700: L (x3) $400: D (DUD!)	$750: C -$250: I (x4) -$250: A (x2) $300: V $2,500: F (x2) Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
	$3,000	$5,550

The audience begins to applaud the S before it is buzzed.

THING

Van solves ILLICIT LOVE AFFAIR.

Tracey	Cindy	Van (FS)
		$8,300

Don't let the $3,500 space know about what just happened. Just kidding! Everything's alright.

Round 3

PHRASE

Tracey	Cindy	VAN (FS)
		$400: T (x3) $800: H (x2) -$250: E (x3) $700: N (x2) -$250: I (DUD!) (Free Spin used) -$250: O (x3) $300: F $1,000: M (x2) -$250: I (Repeat)
		$5,750
$1,000: S $550: R Solve: Correct!
$1,550

PHRASE

Tracey solves ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT.

Tracey	Cindy	Van
$1,550		$8,300

You just happened to hit the prize wedge, and now you're under pressure to win a Schafer & Sons California baby grand piano (labeled PIANO) worth $9,629.

Round 4

THING

TRACEY	Cindy	Van
$450: T $1,000: R (x3) -$250: I (x3) $200: S (x2) $250: L -$250: E (x3) Lose A Turn!	$500: B $500: N (DUD!)	Lose A Turn!
$3,600	$500
PIANO! $150: M (DUD!)	$200: D (DUD!)	$900: G (DUD!)
$3,600+	$500
$900: C Solve: Correct!
$4,500+

THING

Tracey solves IRRESISTIBLE FORCE to keep the piano.

Tracey	Cindy	Van
$15,679		$8,300

Cindy must now force herself to hit the irresistible $5,000 space.

Round 5

THINGS

Tracey	CINDY	Van
	$500: S (x2) $350: T $350: R $200: N -$250: E $700: L (DUD!)	$500: F $250: C $5,000: G $300: K $800: Y Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
	$1,650	$6,850

THINGS

Van solves STICKY FINGERS. Take your hands off that Wheel!

Tracey	Cindy	Van
$15,679		$15,150

Cindy wanted to touch that Wheel one more time, but there's nothing left. She takes home the nice parting gifts.

Van leaves with a 2-day total of $32,390.

BONUS ROUND:

Tracey's the big winner, and it's time to force her off the podium to look at some irresistible prizes:

Nissan 300ZX 2+2 (over $32,000)
Camping package with car (over $24,000)
Precious metals package (over $29,000)
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)

It's tempting to look inside the envelopes, isn't it? Tracey will just pick the H before solving this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

EVENT

RSTLNE gives her:

EVENT

After trying to call both L and N second, she ends up at MFCA.

EVENT

She says FIRSTFRIGHT before backing into the answer of FISTFIGHT, and all's well that ends well...

...because she won the fight for the precious metals from Johnson Matthey: pure gold, silver, and platinum bars totaling $29,051! Tracey scored $44,730 and will be playing again!

In the post-game chat, Pat is just figuring out what prizes are left. It's the camping package, the car, and the $25,000.