Post by mechamind on Jul 23, 2022 12:36:37 GMT -5
Airdate: Jan-Feb 1989
Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:
A 25-foot boat!
An Emser pure silk and gold oriental rug!
A pair of Buicks!
Plus thousands of dollars in cash!
Over $236,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Sam Bargamian: Retired from the oriental rug business, from Tucson, AZ
Sharon Dranche: Assistant to the president of a large promotional sportswear firm and garment center, from New York City
Joanna Bendrejevsky (?): Recent graduate of UCLA, working as a full-time travel agent but hoping to go back to further a career in child psychology and get a Master's and Ph.D; from Los Angeles, CA
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
Sharon solves A CASE OF THE BLAHS.
Joanna solves THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME.
There's more to come for Joanna! She's looking at a $3,500 space and another good puzzle!
Joanna solves TWENTY-TWENTY VISION to take the lead.
DING DING! DING DING!
But we also need to keep an eye on the clock, so Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $500 a piece. Sharon begins.
Sharon: T ($500)
Joanna: R (DUD!)
Sam: S (DUD!)
Sharon: N (x2) ($1,500)
Joanna: G ($500)
Sam: H (x2) ($1,000)
Sharon: V ($2,000)
Joanna: C (x2) ($1,500)
Joanna says I COULD HAVE DANCED THE NIGHT.
Sam: L (x3) ($2,500)
Sam solves I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT. He's been waiting all night for some money.
BONUS ROUND:
Joanna picks...
RSTLNE gives her:
Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:
A 25-foot boat!
An Emser pure silk and gold oriental rug!
A pair of Buicks!
Plus thousands of dollars in cash!
Over $236,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Sam Bargamian: Retired from the oriental rug business, from Tucson, AZ
Sharon Dranche: Assistant to the president of a large promotional sportswear firm and garment center, from New York City
Joanna Bendrejevsky (?): Recent graduate of UCLA, working as a full-time travel agent but hoping to go back to further a career in child psychology and get a Master's and Ph.D; from Los Angeles, CA
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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SAM | Sharon | Joanna |
| $750: N (DUD!) | Free Spin! $400: T BANKRUPT! ($400) (Free Spin used) $400: H (x2) -$250: E (x2) $200: N (DUD!) | $200: R (DUD!) |
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| $450: G (DUD!) | $400: S (x2) $750: C -$250: A (x3) $500: B Solve: Correct! | |
$2,350 |
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Sharon solves A CASE OF THE BLAHS.
Sam | Sharon | Joanna |
$2,350 |
With some tough names, Pat is forever grateful for a name like M.G. Kelly. He now presents us a Broyhill living room with sofa, loveseat, pillows, and oak tables, plus Sunset floor and table lamps (labeled ROOM) worth $3,254.
We don't like seeing "blah" scores, so we threw in a $2,500 space and a bigger puzzle.
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Sam | SHARON | Joanna |
| $400: T (x3) -$250: E (x3) $900: H (x3) -$250: O (x3) BANKRUPT! ($3,400) | $400: F $300: L (DUD!) | |
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| $500: N -$250: A $400: L (Repeat) | $200: P Lose A Turn! | $150: G $350: S (x2) $200: M Solve: Correct! |
$250 | $200 | $1,450 |
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Joanna solves THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME.
Sam | Sharon | Joanna |
$2,350 | $1,450 |
There's more to come for Joanna! She's looking at a $3,500 space and another good puzzle!
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Sam | Sharon | JOANNA |
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| BANKRUPT! ($0) | $150: S (x2) $600: T (DUD!) | $550: N (DUD!) |
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| $1,000: R (x3) -$250: E (x4) $600: M $300: V (DUD!) | $200: Y $400: C (x2) -$250: A (x3) $250: H -$250: O $900: L Solve: Correct! | |
$3,350 | $1,950 | |
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Sharon solves YEARS OF MEDICAL RESEARCH.
Pat: That, by the way, is from our newest category, "A bunch of words strung together".
Sam | Sharon | Joanna |
$4,300 | $1,450 |
At least we have years of experience at finding prizes, such as a pair of Jules Jurgensen gold pocket watch for him and a gold/diamond watch for her (labeled WATCHES) worth $5,485.
Sam only has minutes to cash in, though he may only need seconds with the $5,000 space.
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SAM | Sharon | Joanna |
| $400: T (x4) -$250: E (x2) $200: R (DUD!) | $350: S BANKRUPT! ($350) | $5,000: N (x3!) Solve: Correct! |
$1,350 | $15,000 |
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Joanna solves TWENTY-TWENTY VISION to take the lead.
Sam | Sharon | Joanna |
$4,300 | $16,450 |
We can clearly see another puzzle on the board!
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DING DING! DING DING!
But we also need to keep an eye on the clock, so Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $500 a piece. Sharon begins.
Sharon: T ($500)
Joanna: R (DUD!)
Sam: S (DUD!)
Sharon: N (x2) ($1,500)
Joanna: G ($500)
Sam: H (x2) ($1,000)
Sharon: V ($2,000)
Joanna: C (x2) ($1,500)
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Joanna says I COULD HAVE DANCED THE NIGHT.
Sam: L (x3) ($2,500)
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Sam solves I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT. He's been waiting all night for some money.
Sam | Sharon | Joanna |
$2,500 | $4,300 | $16,450 |
BONUS ROUND:
Joanna has been waiting all night to take the walk to Bonus Land, and she's going to win one of our best prizes!
Joanna picks...
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)
Let's finish with this puzzle:
Bonus Puzzle | ||||||||||||||
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RSTLNE gives her:
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She will try DCPA, but it only gives her one letter.
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She guesses all kinds of SHAPE, and she does not solve MILK SHAKE. Joanna still goes home with $16,450 in cash.
In the post-game chat, Vanna says she's still feeling the stress. To relieve it, she "does that thing" with her neck. *CRACK!* Actually, Pat just scrunched a styrofoam cup as a joke while Vanna turned her head left. 
