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March 23, 1989 recap Aug 5, 2022 19:28:46 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Aug 5, 2022 19:28:46 GMT -5

Airdate: March 23, 1989

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A $38,000 Corvette!
A high-tech Cabin Cruiser with radar!
A diamond and sapphire jewelry collection!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $209,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Cindy Cheetwood: Mother of two who does church and community work, from Jacksonville, FL
Raynita Hanes: Accountant for a motion picture company, also an actress, and she likes watching Wheel ("A fine way to spend the evening.")
David Golson: Student at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga graduating in a few weeks with a degree in computer science, expecting a programming position in the future

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

Round 1

PERSON

CINDY	Raynita	David
$500: T $700: S $400: R (DUD!)	$150: N (x2) $250: D (x2) -$250: A (x2) $900: M Solve: Correct!
$1,200	$1,450

PERSON

Raynita solves STAND-UP COMEDIAN.

Cindy	Raynita	David
	$1,450

Someone might laugh about what we had to go through for this prize, but all that matters is that you can win a pair of Lazare Kaplan diamonds (labeled DIAMONDS) worth $5,000.

Your time with the $2,500 space might end up being a funny story thanks to a funny category.

Round 2

BEFORE & AFTER

Cindy	RAYNITA	David
	DIAMONDS! $150: N (DUD!)	$200: T $200: R $400: S (x3) -$250: O (x2) -$250: E BANKRUPT! ($1,100)
	+
$350: C (x2) $500: L (DUD!)	Solve: Wrong!
$700	+

BEFORE & AFTER

Raynita just wants to solve, but she says DISC JOCKEY SPORTS.

Cindy	Raynita	David

		$2,500: H Solve: Correct!
$700	+	$2,500

BEFORE & AFTER

David solves DISC JOCKEY SHORTS. "Gosh, it's amusing."

Cindy	Raynita	David
	$1,450	$2,500

Don't touch that Wheel, because the $3,500 space is next! (Actually, it's on the Wheel now, so you can keep spinning.)

Round 3

QUOTATION

Cindy	Raynita	DAVID
		$400: N (DUD!)

$400: T (x2) $150: H -$250: E (x4) $200: S (x2) -$250: O (x2) -$250: I (x2) $200: R (x2) $550: L BANKRUPT! ($1,550)	$400: M (x3) $500: D (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$2,200

QUOTATION

Raynita solves TO DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM.

Cindy	Raynita	David
	$3,650	$2,500

We don't always march into hell for a heavenly prize. You can do the traveling with a "city lights" New York holiday at the Drake Hotel and Paris holiday at the Hotel-Pullam-Saint Jacques Left Bank (labeled TRIP) worth $9,137!

Winning is not an impossible dream for Cindy if she can hit the $5,000 space!

Round 4

PHRASE

CINDY	Raynita	David
$900: T (DUD!)	$900: R -$250: E (x3) $900: L (DUD!)	$200: N (x2) $350: C $400: S Solve: Correct!
	$650	$1,150

PHRASE

David solves PRESENCE OF MIND.

Cindy	Raynita	David
	$3,650	$3,650

It doesn't matter who has the presence of mind for another round, as we need to break the tie.

Round 5

SAME NAME

Cindy	RAYNITA	David
	BANKRUPT! ($0)	$800: N (x2)
		$1,600

SAME NAME

DING DING! DING DING!

Don't even think about it. Try a different letter after Pat gives the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $1,500 a piece.

David: D ($3,100) (Applause is heard.)
Cindy: T (x2) ($3,000)
Raynita: S (DUD!)
David: R (x3) ($7,600)
Cindy: P ($4,500)
Raynita: C ($1,500)

SAME NAME

Raynita solves COLE AND TRAIN PORTER to break the tie!

Cindy	Raynita	David
	$5,150	$3,650

Cindy was hoping that she could break the tie, but it just wasn't her game. She leaves with some nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

As a reward for breaking the tie, Raynita can break away from the Wheel and try for a bonus prize!

Let's take a break, and after that, Raynita plays for...

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

Will she face the impossible puzzle?

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives her:

THING

Will CMGA make it possible?

THING

She says BATCHING, HATCHING, PATCHING, and MATCHING. Raynita does not solve WATCHDOG, so she leaves with $5,150 in cash.

In the post-game chat, Pat and Vanna talk about "those little trashy magazines you get when you check out". There's a lot of tension on the set.

But in 7 years, the duo has never been in one argument. Does Pat wants to start one?