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February 24, 1989 recap Jul 27, 2022 18:42:34 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jul 27, 2022 18:42:34 GMT -5

Airdate: February 24, 1989

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A necklace of precious stones: diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, and rubies!
A TransVan 20-foot mini motorhome!
An exotic California Countach sports car!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $221,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Jan Fisher: High school coordinator (And says hello to over 7,000 or 8,000 high school seniors watching!), from Tipp City, OH
Audrey Olson: Flight attendant for a major airline for a couple years ("it has its ups and downs"), from Chicago, IL
Bud Rolls: Consultant for a small engineering group on Cape Cod, also sings and does amateur theatre; from Orleans, MA

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

Round 1

PHRASE

JAN	Audrey	Bud
$250: T (x4) -$250: O -$250: I $250: H $350: K (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! ($0)	$750: L (x2) $350: J Solve: Correct!
$750		$1,850

PHRASE

Bud solves TELL IT TO THE JUDGE.

Jan	Audrey	Bud
		$1,850

Our search for prizes has its ups and downs, but in the end, it's all good as you could win Lane's America Collection bedroom including a cannonball bed and Norman's of Salisbury bed clothes (labeled ROOM) worth $3,709.

Be careful, as a lost turn on the $2,500 space could win you a trip to the courtroom.

Round 2

THING

Jan	AUDREY	Bud
	$200: N (x4) -$250: E $200: T (DUD!)	$200: G $400: C -$250: I (x2) $400: R -$250: E (Repeat)
	$550	$750
$200: D ROOM! $150: M (DUD!)	-$250: A -$250: O (x2) $450: Z Solve: Correct!
$200+	$500

THING

Audrey reads what's on the board.

Jan	Audrey	Bud
	$500	$1,850

It's time to "rezone" that Wheel for a little extra money, plus we'll add a $3,500 space that "glitters like the dew in the morning on a cow's nose" ...yeah.

Round 3

SAME NAME

Jan	Audrey	BUD
		$250: N (x2) $900: D (x2) -$250: A (x3) $400: T $200: R $600: S (DUD!)
		$2,650
$450: L (x2) -$250: E (DUD!)	$700: M $300: P (DUD!)	$700: Y (DUD!)
$650	$700	$2,650
Lose A Turn!	$450: B (DUD!)	$150: C (x2) Lose A Turn!
$650	$700	$2,950
$500: W $3,500: H $900: F -$250: I (x2) Solve: Correct!
$5,300

SAME NAME

Jan solves MAX AND WIND CHILL FACTOR.

Jan	Audrey	Bud
$5,300	$500	$1,850

Is someone feeling a chill? The door's open because we're ready to send someone on a 14-day Epirotiki Cruises European cruise and Ricoh XR-M 35 mm camera (labeled CRUISE) worth $5,790.

We're close to the end of the day, but the $5,000 space can still glitter like the moonlight.

Round 4

PHRASE

JAN	Audrey	Bud
$350: T (x3) $350: H (x3) CRUISE! $300: R (x2)
$2,700+

PHRASE

DING DING! DING DING!

That could send a chill down her spine. Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants are worth... $300 a piece.

Jan: N (DUD!)
Audrey: G (x2) ($600)
Bud: S ($300)

PHRASE

Bud solves THROUGH THE PEARLY GATES.

Jan	Audrey	Bud
$5,300	$500	$2,150

BONUS ROUND:

Jan can't believe that she is cruising over to Bonus Land! We have the best prizes right here:

Custom-made sports car (over $58,000)

10-day private Gulf of California charter (almost $40,000, as Charlie almost forgot)

Motorhome (over $39,000)

Necklace ($49,500)

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

Jan is playing for...

Exotic Dream Machines custom-built car ($58,843)

Time to break through with one more puzzle solve:

Bonus Puzzle

THINGS

RSTLNE gives her:

THINGS

Let's try to work on the top word with GCDI.

THINGS

She says LINES but quickly notices there's no E. Jan does not solve CUFF LINKS, and she's going home with $5,300 in cash.

In the post-game, Pat talks about coupons. He used to be goofy about them and carried about 500 of them, but people behind him got upset, so he stopped using them. Vanna hardly ever goes to the grocery store, but obviously, she still eats.