Season 6 - (Lenore/Sissy/Randy) recap

Season 6 - (Lenore/Sissy/Randy) recap Jul 23, 2022 17:35:45 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jul 23, 2022 17:35:45 GMT -5

Airdate: Jan-Feb 1989

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A Buick Park Avenue and Reatta!
A precious gems collection!
A handsome bar!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $240,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Lenore Carnahan: In the real estate business, from Edgewater, NJ
Sissy Perez: Student at USC majoring in drama and wanting to be a famous actress, from southern California
Randy Kendall: Aerospace engineer for a major aerospace company in southern California

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

Round 1

PHRASE

LENORE	Sissy	Randy
$200: T Free Spin! $200: H (x3) -$250: E (x2) $750: R $500: N (x2) -$250: O (x2) $700: Y $150: G -$250: I (x2) $800: L Solve: Correct!
$3,450

PHRASE

Perfection! Lenore solves HAVING YOUR HEAD IN THE CLOUDS.

Lenore (FS)	Sissy	Randy
$3,450

Do you think that we had our head in the clouds when we decided to add a Princess Cruises Mexican Riviera cruise (labeled CRUISE) worth $3,600?

We can't forget about Sissy's chance to play, and we also remembered the $2,500 space.

Round 2

QUOTATION

Lenore (FS)	SISSY	Randy
	$700: T (x3) $300: H (x3) -$250: E $300: S $300: F (DUD!)	$400: W (x2) -$250: I (x2) -$250: O $200: R (x2) $200: L (x3) Solve: Correct!
	$3,050	$1,300

QUOTATION

Randy solves ALL'S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD.

Lenore (FS)	Sissy	Randy
$3,450		$1,300

Not all is right for Randy just yet. We'll try to give him a full round, and we've also added a $3,500 space.

Round 3

PEOPLE

Lenore (FS)	Sissy	RANDY
		$250: T (DUD!)

$900: R (x2) $250: N -$250: E $600: S -$250: A $250: D (x2) $150: Y (DUD!) (Free Spin used) -$250: O BANKRUPT! ($2,400)	$550: M $200: C $500: B $600: G Solve: Correct!
	$1,850

PEOPLE

Sissy solves DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS. She pronounced the P, but that's fine.

Lenore	Sissy	Randy
$3,450	$1,850	$1,300

Who exactly is M.G. without that M or G? At least he won't be silent about an Old English style bar from Customcraft (labeled BAR) worth $9,424.

We'd like some sound when someone hits the $5,000 space on the Wheel, please!

Round 4

THING

LENORE	Sissy	Randy
$900: R (x4) -$250: E (x3) BANKRUPT! ($3,350)	$700: S $700: M (DUD!)	$700: D -$250: A $400: C $200: T $250: B $200: H (x3) $400: G Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
	$700	$2,300

THING

Randy solves THOROUGHBRED RACEHORSE to race into the lead.

Lenore	Sissy	Randy
$3,450	$1,850	$3,600

And we're racing to our next puzzle!

Round 5

THING

DING DING! DING DING!

We're also racing against the clock, so Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $500 a piece. Sissy starts.

Sissy: T (x2) ($1,000)
Randy: S ($500)
Lenore: R (DUD!)
Sissy: N ($1,500)
Randy: M ($1,000)

THING

Randy solves HOT NEWS ITEM.

Lenore	Sissy	Randy
$3,450	$1,850	$4,600

BONUS ROUND:

The good news for Randy is that he's not finished! It's time to look at all our bonus prizes:

His-and-hers Buicks (over $52,000)

Precious gems: Pearls, emeralds, rubies, sapphires ($40,000)

Oriental rug (over $50,000)

Boat ($60,000)

"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)

Randy is interested in ~~the rug~~ this prize...

"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)

We find this puzzle on the board:

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

RSTLNE gives him:

PHRASE

HWCA gives him a very good chance.

PHRASE

He instantly solves AFTER THE FACT to keep the ~~rug~~ cash! Of course, he's "only" leaving with $29,600.

In the post-game chat, Pat and Vanna sit on the rug for the last minute. It's silk and gold...and Randy took the cash! HA HA HA! >:D