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April 20, 1989 recap Aug 6, 2022 13:46:02 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Aug 6, 2022 13:46:02 GMT -5

Airdate: April 20, 1989

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A Hydra-Sports boat!
A pair of his-and-hers automobiles!
A 34-karat topaz and diamond ring!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

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

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Carrie Collins: Mother and student at Rutgers University, where she's studying social work, and she's also working for the state of New Jersey; from Burlington
Steven Dudak: Aspiring actor (though being a contestant is his biggest part so far), living in California but originally from LaPorte, IN
Richard Bangan: Graphic artist who has done some album covers, has won some awards for his design, and he'd like to design a game show someday; from Silver Spring, MD

Pat is now wondering if the contestants just come to the show for work instead of play.

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

Round 1

BEFORE & AFTER

CARRIE	Steven	Richard
$200: T $1,000: N (x3) -$250: E (x2) $500: R (x3) $500: S (DUD!)	$350: M (x2) $150: L $500: D Solve: Correct!
$4,450	$1,350

BEFORE & AFTER

Steven solves MARILYN MONROE DOCTRINE.

Carrie	Steven	Richard
	$1,350

You're just itching for a prize, aren't you? If so, you could take home a Van Cleef & Arpels gift certificate featuring an 18-karat gold necklace with lapis and diamond bow (labeled JEWEL) worth $5,500.

Or if they just want the work, the $2,500 space has an assignment for the contestants.

Round 2

THING

Carrie	STEVEN	Richard
	$800: T (DUD!)	$800: N $350: L (DUD!)
		$800
$900: R $250: W BANKRUPT! ($1,150)	$200: K (x2) $300: Y -$250: E (x5) -$250: O $300: M (DUD!)	$2,500: C (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$200	$5,800

THING

Richard solves NEW YORK CHEESECAKE.

Carrie	Steven	Richard
	$1,350	$5,800

Isn't it delicious? The cheesecake, that is. The $3,500 space only looks delicious.

Round 3

PHRASE

"It is, as we like to say, apostrophic in nature."

Carrie	Steven	RICHARD
		$900: S (x2) $250: T (DUD!)
		$1,800
$200: N (x2) $900: D $250: R -$250: E (DUD!)	$900: M $550: L (DUD!)	$400: G -$250: A (x3) $200: K -$250: I (x2) Solve: Correct!
$1,300	$900	$1,900

PHRASE

Richard solves PAID A KING'S RANSOM.

Carrie	Steven	Richard
	$1,350	$7,700

Fortunately, you don't have to pay a ransom for our next prize. We want you to take a holiday at Singapore's Holiday Inn Park View and Hong Kong's Holiday Inn Harbour View (labeled TRIP) worth $6,278.

In case you did have to pay a ransom, we were always gonna add a $5,000 space.

Round 4

SAME NAME

CARRIE	Steven	Richard
$250: N (x3) TRIP! $300: D -$250: A (x2) $300: R (x2) -$250: E $900: T (DUD!)	$500: S (DUD!)	$400: L (x2) $550: M (DUD!)
$1,150+		$800
BANKRUPT! ($7,428)	$5,000: P (DUD!)	$5,000: G
		$5,800

SAME NAME

DING DING! DING DING!

(It sounds like Richard asks to buy a vowel after the bell sounds.)

We can't pay our way to some extra time, so Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... BANKRUPT!

Well, we can "pay" for something, or we can ask Pat to spin again. Consonants are worth... $350 a piece.

(The bell sounds a second time after the spin ends. "Thank you. We get the point! Time's running out!")

Richard: C ($6,150) (The "ding" sounds.)

SAME NAME

Richard says SADDLE AND CURLING IRON just after the buzzer.

Carrie: U

SAME NAME

Carrie repeats the guess before the buzzer, then she says PADDLE AND CURLING IRON.

Steven: I (x2)

SAME NAME

Steven tries BATTLE AND CURLING IRON.

Richard: W ($6,500)

SAME NAME

Richard solves WAFFLE AND CURLING IRON.

Carrie	Steven	Richard
	$1,350	$14,200

Not much can be done if the common letters aren't there and the Wheel misbehaves. Consequently, Carrie is now stuck with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Richard could just call it a day if he wanted, but he wants to stay a little longer to win one of our bonus prizes!

We take a break, then Richard picks...

Peugeot 405 DL sedan for him and 505 8-passenger wagon for her ($39,309)

It's time to chew through one more puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

RSTLNE gives him:

PHRASE

He calls T second (and it shows on the chyron), but CDMA fills in one of the words and provides another extra letter.

PHRASE

He solves ACT YOUR AGE to keep the cars! Richard speeds towards the cars, and he'll be leaving with $53,509 in cash and prizes! We hope he'll act his age after all this.