Post by mechamind on Aug 4, 2022 22:11:30 GMT -5
Airdate: Mar-Apr 1989
Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:
A Chevrolet Corvette!
A Cabin Cruiser boat!
A San Juan 42-foot swimming pool with spa!
Plus thousands of dollars in cash!
Over $206,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Marcelle Dutton: Drives a truck for a living (usually a smaller one) and has done so for 15 years
Wendall Strottard: Employed as a corporate sales trainer for a chemical company on the east coast, from Palm Bay, FL
Donna Jackson: Administrator for a minor company and gymnastics coach for the Special Olympics, from McGuire Air Force Base, NJ (where her husband was stationed, and he's now in Iceland)
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
(Sort of) Perfection! Marcelle solves A WOMAN OF INDEPENDENT MEANS.
Wendall solves PENNY MARSHALL.
Donna is ready for more than just a few pennies, expecting to find the best letter in this puzzle on the $3,500 space.
Marcelle solves YOU LOOK LIKE SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW.
Wendall solves COURTROOM DRAMA.
DING DING! DING DING!
We need a verdict from Pat! Actually, we just need a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $350 a piece.
Wendall: T (DUD!)
Donna: G (x2) ($700)
Marcelle: M (DUD!)
Wendall: W (DUD!)
Donna: B (x2) ($1,400)
Donna says NELL AND BURNING BRIDGES followed by SELL AND BURNING BRIDGES.
Marcelle: S ($350)
Wendall: I (x2) ($2,300)
Donna: P (DUD!)
Marcelle: B (Repeat)
Wendall: C (DUD!)
Donna: L (DUD!)
Marcelle: V (DUD!)
Wendall: K (DUD!)
Donna: F (x2) ($2,100)
Donna solves JEFF AND BURNING BRIDGES.
BONUS ROUND:
RSTLNE gives him:
Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:
A Chevrolet Corvette!
A Cabin Cruiser boat!
A San Juan 42-foot swimming pool with spa!
Plus thousands of dollars in cash!
Over $206,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Marcelle Dutton: Drives a truck for a living (usually a smaller one) and has done so for 15 years
Wendall Strottard: Employed as a corporate sales trainer for a chemical company on the east coast, from Palm Bay, FL
Donna Jackson: Administrator for a minor company and gymnastics coach for the Special Olympics, from McGuire Air Force Base, NJ (where her husband was stationed, and he's now in Iceland)
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
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MARCELLE | Wendall | Donna |
| $200: N (x5) Free Spin! Free Spin! $200: G (DUD!) (Free Spin used) $400: T $400: M (x2) -$250: E (x4) -$250: A (x3) -$250: O (X2) Solve: Correct! | ||
$1,450 | ||
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(Sort of) Perfection! Marcelle solves A WOMAN OF INDEPENDENT MEANS.
Marcelle (FS) | Wendall | Donna |
$1,450 |
Maybe Marcelle could help us back a truck into the studio, so we can unload a Fred Joaillier gift certificate featuring a black-and-white mother-of-pearl diamond decorated dolphin pin (labeled PIN) worth $4,500.
Let's unload some cash from the Wheel with the aid of the $2,500 space.
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Marcelle (FS) | WENDALL | Donna |
| $800: N (x2) -$250: A (x2) Lose A Turn! | Lose A Turn! | |
$1,350 | ||
| $450: Y -$250: E $400: P $250: T (DUD!) | $300: R $800: L (x2) $200: S Solve: Correct! | |
$600 | $3,450 |
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Wendall solves PENNY MARSHALL.
Marcelle (FS) | Wendall | Donna |
$1,450 | $3,450 |
Donna is ready for more than just a few pennies, expecting to find the best letter in this puzzle on the $3,500 space.
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Marcelle (FS) | Wendall | DONNA |
| $3,500: T $900: N (x2) -$250: O (x7) $200: S (x2) $400: W -$250: U (x2) $400: Y $200: K (x3) BANKRUPT! ($6,600) | ||
| $300: M $300: D $700: L (x2) Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! | ||
$2,000 | ||
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Marcelle solves YOU LOOK LIKE SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW.
Marcelle (FS) | Wendall | Donna |
$3,450 | $3,450 |
Does this look like a prize we used to see here? It's an 8-day tour of Egypt including Cairo and the Pyramids, plus a 4-day Jolley's Cruise (labeled EGYPT) worth $7,140!
No fan of the nighttime show could ever forget about the $5,000 space!
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MARCELLE (FS) | Wendall | Donna |
| $200: N (DUD!) | $200: T $1,500: R (x3) -$250: E (DUD!) | $900: S (DUD!) |
$4,450 | ||
| $400: C -$250: A (x2) $550: L (DUD!) (Free Spin used) $550: H (DUD!) | Solve: Correct! | |
$150 | $4,450 |
Marcelle tries to buy a vowel after using her Free Spin, as Pat almost forgets that she doesn't have enough money.
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Wendall solves COURTROOM DRAMA.
Marcelle | Wendall | Donna |
$3,450 | $7,900 |
Another round is now in session!
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Marcelle | WENDALL | Donna |
| $300: D (x2) $400: N (x3) -$250: A $500: R (x2) -$250: E (x2) | ||
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DING DING! DING DING!
We need a verdict from Pat! Actually, we just need a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $350 a piece.
Wendall: T (DUD!)
Donna: G (x2) ($700)
Marcelle: M (DUD!)
Wendall: W (DUD!)
Donna: B (x2) ($1,400)
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Donna says NELL AND BURNING BRIDGES followed by SELL AND BURNING BRIDGES.
Marcelle: S ($350)
Wendall: I (x2) ($2,300)
Donna: P (DUD!)
Marcelle: B (Repeat)
Wendall: C (DUD!)
Donna: L (DUD!)
Marcelle: V (DUD!)
Wendall: K (DUD!)
Donna: F (x2) ($2,100)
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Donna solves JEFF AND BURNING BRIDGES.
Marcelle | Wendall | Donna |
$3,450 | $7,900 | $2,100 |
BONUS ROUND:
No turning back now for Wendall! He must take the walk to Bonus Land for one of our big prizes!
After the break, Wendall will try to win...
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)
He'll want to burn through this puzzle:
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RSTLNE gives him:
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How about more from CDMA?
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He instantly solves MEMORABILIA to keep the money! Wendall escapes with $32,900 in cash!
In the post-game chat, Pat and Vanna are at a table by the San Juan pool. They trade drinks to smell what they are. One of them is coffee, and one might be tea. Who knows? The trees on the set are not real, but everything else is.