Season 6 - (Sandy/Ginger/Dave) recap

Season 6 - (Sandy/Ginger/Dave) recap Jul 23, 2022 22:02:28 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jul 23, 2022 22:02:28 GMT -5

Airdate: Jan-Feb 1989

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A 25-foot Hydra-Sports boat!
A pair of Toyotas!
A $5,000 entertainment center!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $239,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Sandy Tallinger: Fundraiser for a major chocolate manufacturer, helps schools and organizations raise money by selling chocolate; from Delton, MI
Ginger Mendenhall: Elementary teacher currently substituting and looking for a job, also teaches baton twirling classes; from Afton, OK
Dave Tut (?): Works for the major airline at Dallas-Fort Worth where he flies a Boeing 767 to Madrid and Paris

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

Round 1

PEOPLE

SANDY	Ginger	Dave
$200: S (x2) Lose A Turn!	$250: T (x2) $800: R (x2) $500: N (x2) -$250: E (x2) -$250: I (x4) $200: H (x2) Solve: Correct!
$400	$3,000

PEOPLE

Ginger solves NOTRE DAME'S FIGHTING IRISH.

Sandy	Ginger	Dave
	$3,000

Our crew prepares to land while holding our first Wheel prize: a Customcraft armoire entertainment center with Emerson 25-inch stereo color TV (labeled VIDEO) worth $5,180.

Here's a way to raise some funds! How about you hit the $2,500 space on the Wheel?

Round 2

PHRASE

Sandy	GINGER	Dave
	$200: N $400: T -$250: E (x2) $300: H -$250: O $300: S (x2) -$250: I (DUD!)	$300: R $800: H (Repeat)
	$750	$300
$350: L $350: D (DUD!)	$200: M $200: B Lose A Turn!	-$250: I (DUD!)
$350	$1,150	$50
$300: K Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$650

PHRASE

Sandy solves SLAM ON THE BRAKES.

Sandy	Ginger	Dave
$650	$3,000

Let's take it from 0 to 100 with a big puzzle, a $3,500 spin, and a great letter!

Round 3

QUOTATION

Sandy	Ginger	DAVE
		$3,500: T (x4!) -$250: E (x6) $200: H (x3) $450: N -$250: A $250: S $200: R (DUD!)
		$14,800
$300: D $450: L (x2) Lose A Turn!	$200: C $400: V -$250: O (x4) BANKRUPT! ($350)	Solve: Correct!
$1,200		$14,800

QUOTATION

Dave asks to solve, and after some silence...he solves HOW DO I LOVE THEE LET ME COUNT THE WAYS for all that money!

Sandy	Ginger	Dave
$650	$3,000	$14,800

One of the ways we love our contestants is with our extra Wheel prizes, like a Fred Joaillier gift certificate featuring a man's heavy white and yellow gold chain link bracelet (labeled GOLD) worth $7,200.

But does anything top what the $5,000 space can do for us?

Round 4

SAME NAME

SANDY	Ginger	Dave
$200: N BANKRUPT! ($200)	$900: D $700: T (x2) -$250: A (x3) -$250: E $350: H $600: K $200: S
	$2,950

Ginger asks to solve after the H, but she changes her mind.

SAME NAME

DING DING! DING DING!

We've changed our mind. We're gonna make Pat give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $200 a piece.

Ginger: M ($3,150)
Dave: R (DUD!)
Sandy: B (x3) ($600)

SAME NAME

Sandy solves KATE AND BUBBA SMITH.

Sandy	Ginger	Dave
$1,250	$3,000	$14,800

BONUS ROUND:

Now that Dave has won the game, let us count the number of Bonus Prizes that he can choose from!

Toyota Cressida and Supra (over $51,000)

Vacation of a lifetime including Concorde and QE2

Boat ($60,000)

Topaz and diamond ring ($45,000)

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

Dave's choice will be...

Toyota Cressida for her and Supra for him ($51,789)

Let's count the letters to this last puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

RSTLNE gives him:

PHRASE

DYBA fills in the top row.

PHRASE

He instantly solves EBB AND FLOW to keep the cars! With the cash from the main game, Dave leaves with an impressive total of $66,589!