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February 22, 1989 recap Jul 26, 2022 22:14:14 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jul 26, 2022 22:14:14 GMT -5

Airdate: February 22, 1989

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A 20-foot mini motorhome with all the latest extras!
A sports coupe!
A $7,000 shopping spree in Beverly Hills!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $225,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Bo Lozoff: Writer as well as a director of a "non-major" non-profit foundation, and works with prisoners ("So I want to say hello to all the convicts out there!"); from Durham, NC
Brad Law: Accountant for a major manufacturer of electrical products, from Florissant, MO
Margaret Siraki: Student at Brock University also working part-time, and has an animal mascot named Sammy with her; from Hamilton, ON

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

Round 1

PHRASE

BO	Brad	Margaret
$200: T (DUD!)	$150: S Free Spin! $500: R (DUD!)	$450: R (Repeat)
	$150
$300: N (x3) -$250: E (x2) $400: D (DUD!)	$500: B (x2) $800: G (x2) -$250: I (x2) -$250: A (DUD!) (Free Spin used) $900: L -$250: O (DUD!)	$300: M -$250: U $400: H Solve: Correct!
$650	$2,900	$450

After Margaret repeated the R, she tried to change to S, which still would've been a repeat.

PHRASE

Margaret reads what's on the board.

Bo	Brad	Margaret
		$450

No convicts were involved in our search for prizes. We'll just say that we have a Fred Joaillier gift certificate featuring a swirl-design diamond and gold bangle bracelet (labeled BANGLE) worth $5,850.

We could take you from a humble beginning to a happy ending with our $2,500 space!

Round 2

SAME NAME

Bo	BRAD	Margaret
	$300: N (x4) $400: D (x2) -$250: A (x2) $500: T $200: K (x2) $800: G (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$4,250

SAME NAME

Perfection! Brad solves OLD KING AND NAT KING COLE.

Bo	Brad	Margaret
	$4,250	$450

By no means an "old" soul, Margaret could be a "merry" soul after hitting the $3,500 space.

Round 3

PHRASE

Bo	Brad	MARGARET
		$250: T (x3) $300: H (x2) $600: R -$250: E (x2) -$250: U $500: S (DUD!)
		$1,450
$600: W $700: B $700: F $150: K $900: N (x2) Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$3,950

PHRASE

Bo solves IF THE TRUTH BE KNOWN.

Bo	Brad	Margaret
$3,950	$4,250	$450

Let it be known that we've still got another prize for our Wheel! We've added a Fred Hayman Beverly Hills shopping spree (labeled SPREE) worth $7,500.

If Bo truly has guts, he won't stop until he hits the $5,000 space at least once.

Round 4

PERSON

BO	Brad	Margaret
$500: N $250: S $250: T (DUD!)	$5,000: R -$250: A (DUD!)	$200: H $600: L (x2) -$250: A (Repeat)
$750	$4,750	$1,150
$700: C (DUD!)	-$250: O -$250: I (x2) -$250: E Solve: Correct!
$750	$4,000

PERSON

Brad solves DOWNHILL SKIER. This game can only go downhill if we don't stop now.

Bo	Brad	Margaret
$3,950	$8,250	$450

Margaret tossed her little animal mascot away because of her bad luck with the game.

BONUS ROUND:

Brad takes the leap to Bonus Land, and he's now ready to win one of these nice prizes:

Custom-built Exotic Dream Machines car (almost $60,000)

Mexican charter cruise (over $39,000)

Motorhome (over $39,000)

Necklace ($49,500)

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

Brad is playing for...

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

Let's stare at the puzzle board one more time:

Bonus Puzzle

PLACE

RSTLNE gives him:

PLACE

CPBI all make it up there, but he probably knew that.

PLACE

Yeah, he solves PUBLIC LIBRARY to keep the cash. Brad goes home with $33,250 in total!

In the post-game chat, Vanna has to tell Pat something, because she didn't have a microphone on during the last commercial. She tried to talk into Pat's chest because of that, but now she's wearing her own one. Should she show the audience? Vanna pulls up her dress to reveal a band on her right leg with a microphone attached to it. "You never thought all this technical talk could be so much fun, did you?"