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February 14, 1989 recap Jul 25, 2022 23:03:17 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jul 25, 2022 23:03:17 GMT -5

Airdate: February 14, 1989

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A $77,000 Multi-Bonus annuity!
A diamond and ruby checkered bow pin!
A Jaguar sedan!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

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

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Holly Stewart: Nursing student and working in a pharmacy at a major discount store, from Tulsa, OK
Ron Gauchin: Accountant for a trucking insurance company, from Indianapolis, IN
Susie Blum: Preschool teacher, from Scranton, PA

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

Round 1

PERSON

HOLLY	Ron	Susie
$350: T (DUD!)	$500: N (x2) -$250: A (x3) $200: S (DUD!)	$200: R (DUD!)
	$750
$200: L (x2) $900: B (DUD!)	$500: G -$250: I (x2) $700: D -$250: E (x2) $150: P $1,000: C (x2) Solve: Correct!
$400	$3,600

PERSON

Ron solves A WALKING ENCYCLOPEDIA.

Holly	Ron	Susie
	$3,600

We'll need a break from the things we learn on this show. Besides, we need some time to add a vintage style Sonata Jukebox (labeled MUSIC) worth $4,295.

Do you know this puzzle already? Good. Just call the right letter on $2,500, then solve if you're comfortable.

Round 2

PHRASE

Holly	RON	Susie
	$200: T (x3) $400: H -$250: E (x3) $800: N (x2) -$250: I (x3) $200: S Lose A Turn!	$150: R $350: L -$250: A (DUD!)
	$2,300	$250
BANKRUPT! ($0)	Solve: Correct!
	$2,300

PHRASE

Ron solves IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

Holly	Ron	Susie
	$5,900

The public would like to watch one of our contestants hit the $3,500 space and, with a puzzle this big, call the right letter.

Round 3

EVENT

Holly	Ron	SUSIE
		$250: T (x2) $450: R (x2) $1,000: S -$250: E (x3) $200: N (x3) -$250: A (x2) $900: Y -$250: I (x4) Solve: Correct!
		$3,150

EVENT

Perfection! Susie solves FIFTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

Holly	Ron	Susie
	$5,900	$3,150

It will take a lot less than fifty years for us to give away a Van Cleef & Arpels gift certificate featuring an old-fashioned ruby and diamond bow pin (labeled PIN) worth $14,000.

Round 4

PERSON

HOLLY	Ron	Susie
$300: T $550: R $250: S $400: N (DUD!)	Lose A Turn!	$600: W (DUD!)
$1,100
$600: L $400: C $500: B PIN! $150: Y Solve: Correct!
$2,750+

PERSON

Holly solves BOY SCOUT LEADER to take both the pin and the lead.

Holly	Ron	Susie
$16,750	$5,900	$3,150

That boy in the middle has some work to do. No expensive prize, but there's a $5,000 space waiting to be hit.

Round 5

THING

Holly	RON	Susie
	$250: N (DUD!)	$600: T $200: S (x2) $900: R (x4) -$250: E (x2) $900: P (x2) Solve: Correct!
		$6,150

THING

Susie solves PROGRESS REPORT.

Holly	Ron	Susie
$16,750	$5,900	$9,300

She's making progress, but Susie's going to need an extra round if she wants to win.

Round 6

THING

Holly	Ron	SUSIE
		$1,500: T (DUD!)

$700: R (x2) $250: L (DUD!)	$600: N $400: S (DUD!)
$1,400	$600

THING

DING DING! DING DING!

Extra rounds can lead to just that. With little time left, Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $250 a piece.

Susie: D (DUD!)
Holly: F ($1,650)
Ron: C ($850)

THING

Ron solves AIR FORCE ONE.

Holly	Ron	Susie
$16,750	$6,750	$9,300

BONUS ROUND:

Those were some great totals, but one prize helped Holly take the trip to Bonus Land! What other prizes can we look at?

Multi-Bonus Annuity ($77,000)

Jaguar (almost $48,000)

Precious Gems: Diamonds, pearls, rubies, and sapphires ($40,000)

Baldwin SD10 Piano ($31,500)

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

Holly will try to win...

7-year Multi-Bonus Annuity ($77,000)

Let's lock on to this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives her:

THING

MCGO reveals just a few more blanks.

THING

She thinks it's a MOMENT, but she does not solve SPRING BOUQUET. Holly leaves with $16,750 in cash and pin.

In the post-game chat, we find out what a "snood" is. Vanna's hairdresser told her about it tonight, and she's wearing it in the back of her hair, "a loose bag-like ornamental net in which a woman's hair is held at the back".