Post by mechamind on Jul 17, 2022 17:21:33 GMT -5
Airdate: May 8, 1990
From Hollywood, It's America's most watched game show! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!
Over $179,000 just waiting to be won this week!
Today's contestants:
Melissa Cummings: Owns and operates an aquarium design business (any shape you want, she can make it), from Chula Vista, CA
Kamee Upton-Kinney (returning with a 1-day total of $3,850)
James Brown, Jr.: Real estate appraiser, from Bladensburg, MD (originally from Philadelphia)
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
James solves DAN AYKROYD.
Kamee solves JERRY LEE LEWIS AND CLARK.
Ready to let the $3,500 space guide you somewhere you've never gone before?
Kamee solves KEEP BOTH FEET ON THE GROUND.
Forget that! It's time for Melissa to get off the ground! Then again, she might just stay low with a 15-day Epirotiki cruise in South America (labeled CRUISE) worth $5,740.
Ready to take the lead...Melissa guesses THESE WALLS ARE LAYER-THIN. Oops.
Kamee takes it by solving THESE WALLS ARE PAPER-THIN.
DING DING! DING DING!
Since we've hit a brick wall, we'll have Pat give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $5,000 a piece!
Kamee: W (DUD!)
James: F (x2) ($10,000)
Melissa: L (x3!) ($15,000)
Melissa solves SHOE & FILLET OF SOLE to take the walk to Bonus Land!
BONUS ROUND:
RSTLNE gives her:
DCMA leaves only two blanks.
From Hollywood, It's America's most watched game show! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!
Over $179,000 just waiting to be won this week!
Today's contestants:
Melissa Cummings: Owns and operates an aquarium design business (any shape you want, she can make it), from Chula Vista, CA
Kamee Upton-Kinney (returning with a 1-day total of $3,850)
James Brown, Jr.: Real estate appraiser, from Bladensburg, MD (originally from Philadelphia)
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
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MELISSA | Kamee | James |
| $1,000: T (DUD!) | $150: N $150: B (DUD!) | $700: R $750: S (DUD!) |
$150 | $700 | |
| $200: C (DUD!) | BANKRUPT! ($150) | $200: D (x2) Solve: Correct! |
$1,100 |
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James solves DAN AYKROYD.
Melissa | Kamee | James |
$1,100 |
Who we gonna call for a great prize? None other than Charlie, who has a pair of Van Cleef & Arpels white coral flower earclips with 1.21-karat diamonds (labeled FLOWERS) worth $4,600!
Those evil spirits from last week are sticking around! Kamee and the $2,500 space could ward them off!
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Melissa | KAMEE | James |
| $400: N $250: D -$250: A (x2) $800: S Free Spin! $400: R (x3) $450: T (DUD!) | $300: Y $400: P (DUD!) | |
$2,400 | $300 | |
| $300: H (DUD!) | $450: L (x3) -$250: E (x4) Solve: Correct! | |
$3,500 |
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Kamee solves JERRY LEE LEWIS AND CLARK.
Melissa | Kamee (FS) | James |
$3,500 | $1,100 |
Ready to let the $3,500 space guide you somewhere you've never gone before?
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Melissa | Kamee (FS) | JAMES |
| $700: R $250: T (x3) -$250: E (x5) Lose A Turn! | ||
$1,200 | ||
| $900: H (x2) $550: N (x2) $500: D -$250: A (DUD!) | $500: P $450: G $600: K Solve: Correct! | |
$3,150 | $1,550 | |
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Kamee solves KEEP BOTH FEET ON THE GROUND.
Melissa | Kamee (FS) | James |
$5,050 | $1,100 |
Forget that! It's time for Melissa to get off the ground! Then again, she might just stay low with a 15-day Epirotiki cruise in South America (labeled CRUISE) worth $5,740.
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MELISSA | Kamee (FS) | James |
| $3,500: T (x2) $200: R (x2) -$250: A (x3) -$250: E (x4) $700: H (x2) $250: S (x2) $200: N $200: L (x2) Solve: Wrong! | ||
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Ready to take the lead...Melissa guesses THESE WALLS ARE LAYER-THIN. Oops.
Melissa | Kamee (FS) | James |
| $400: P (x2) $250: W Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! | ||
$9,400 | $1,050 |
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Kamee takes it by solving THESE WALLS ARE PAPER-THIN.
Melissa | Kamee (FS) | James |
$6,100 | $1,100 |
It's just a paper thin wall between the champ and a five-digit total. Why not punch through with a $5,000 spin?
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Melissa | KAMEE (FS) | James |
| $350: N (DUD!) | $900: R (DUD!) | |
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DING DING! DING DING!
Since we've hit a brick wall, we'll have Pat give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $5,000 a piece!
Kamee: W (DUD!)
James: F (x2) ($10,000)
Melissa: L (x3!) ($15,000)
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Melissa solves SHOE & FILLET OF SOLE to take the walk to Bonus Land!
Melissa | Kamee (...) | James |
$15,000 | $6,100 | $1,100 |
Kamee leaves with a 2-day total of $9,950.
Too bad for her that we can't trade her Free Spin token for an extra 50 bucks.
BONUS ROUND:
Melissa couldn't keep her feet on the ground after that solve, and she might have just as much trouble after winning one of...
Sport boat ($20,000)
Annuity ($35,000)
St. Moritz and Swiss Alps holiday (over $21,000)
Motorhome (over $33,000)
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)
Melissa will need to walk carefully to the envelopes for the second E, and then back to Pat for this puzzle:
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DCMA leaves only two blanks.
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She talks out YEAR MARKET before solving BEAR MARKET, and from our prize market...
...she's taking the sport boat, a Marlin Skier worth $20,000! Melissa finishes with $35,000 in cash and boat, but she won't be speeding off just yet! She must wait for another show!
In the post-game chat, Pat has a look the back of Vanna's dress. There's a microphone antenna on the back! "It's quite an adventure" to put such a device in Vanna's dress from show to show, and she has a woman who helps her put it on. Pat tried to apply for the job, but he was not accepted. 
