Post by mechamind on Aug 7, 2022 9:17:21 GMT -5
Airdate: April 4, 1989
Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:
A $40,000 full-length chinchilla coat!
A $47,000 custom-designed Kellogg Touring Coach!
A furniture showcase!
Plus thousands of dollars in cash!
Over $198,000 just waiting to be won on...
Today's contestants:
Wendy Wurtz: Bartender at a very small bar and restaurant, from Coatesville, PA
Denise Sanchez: Caseworker for Human Resources Administration, from Queens, NY
Mark Miller: Cartoonist for a children's series, and has a 450-pound Bengal tiger in Vegas that keeps him busy in his spare time
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
Mark solves IT'S MY FIRM BELIEF.
Wendy takes a shot with VESTED INTERESTS...and she takes the lead!
Taking a shot is what it's about, and that Free Spin token gives Mark an extra excuse to think about the $3,500 space.
Denise solves BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER.
DING DING! DING DING!
Mark: C (x2) ($3,000)
Mark solves CINCO DE MAYO. "A lot of food for the tiger."
BONUS ROUND:
RSTLNE gives her:
DMFA fills in more than just the obvious.
Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:
A $40,000 full-length chinchilla coat!
A $47,000 custom-designed Kellogg Touring Coach!
A furniture showcase!
Plus thousands of dollars in cash!
Over $198,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Speaking of "furniture", that wooden thing is in Pat's spot again. 
Today's contestants:
Wendy Wurtz: Bartender at a very small bar and restaurant, from Coatesville, PA
Denise Sanchez: Caseworker for Human Resources Administration, from Queens, NY
Mark Miller: Cartoonist for a children's series, and has a 450-pound Bengal tiger in Vegas that keeps him busy in his spare time
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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WENDY | Denise | Mark |
| $200: S $150: N (DUD!) | $400: T $150: R $250: L -$250: I (x3) -$250: O (DUD!) | $150: H (DUD!) |
$200 | $300 | |
| Lose A Turn! | $250: M (x2) $200: Y Lose A Turn! | $200: F (x2) Free Spin! $300: B Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! |
$200 | $1,000 | $700 |
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Mark solves IT'S MY FIRM BELIEF.
Wendy | Denise | Mark (FS) |
$700 |
We kept this prize well guarded, though not by a Bengal tiger. Now we're ready to give someone a Van Cleef & Arpels gift certificate featuring a diamond band ring with blue sapphire flower (labeled RING) worth $4,400.
It's our belief that the show needs that Big Money, which includes a $2,500 space.
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| RING! $150: R $450: L (DUD!) | Lose A Turn! | |
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| $200: T (x3) -$250: E (x4) $400: S (x3) $2,500: N $2,500: D Solve: Correct! | ||
$6,550 | ||
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Wendy takes a shot with VESTED INTERESTS...and she takes the lead!
Wendy | Denise | Mark (FS) |
$6,550 | $700 |
Taking a shot is what it's about, and that Free Spin token gives Mark an extra excuse to think about the $3,500 space.
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Wendy | Denise | MARK (FS) |
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| $200: T (x2) $1,000: S (DUD!) | $550: R (x4) $200: L -$250: E (x4) -$250: I $3,500: G $250: D (x2) -$250: O (x2) -$250: U -$250: A Solve: Correct! | |
$400 | $5,150 | |
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Denise solves BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER.
Wendy | Denise | Mark (FS) |
$6,550 | $5,150 | $700 |
With a very good game, Pat expects a very good prize. How good is a Hi-Lo FunLite travel trailer (labeled CAMPER) worth $10,424?
(Safe and easy to tow...just like Pat likes his women, apparently.)
Throw in some very good money with a $5,000 space, and it's still anybody's game!
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WENDY | Denise | Mark (FS) |
| $400: N $550: F (DUD!) | $250: R (DUD!) | $550: T (DUD!) |
$400 | ||
| $250: S (DUD!) | Lose A Turn! | $250: L (DUD!) |
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| $500: D -$250: O (x2) $500: G (DUD!) | $5,000: M -$250: E $300: P (DUD!) | |
$650 | $4,750 |
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DING DING! DING DING!
How many more wrong letters can we take? Pat must now take the time to give the Wheel a Final Spin, consonants are worth... BANKRUPT!
Pat just wanted to join in, but we're gonna make him give it another spin. Consonants are worth... $1,500 a piece.
Mark: C (x2) ($3,000)
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Mark solves CINCO DE MAYO. "A lot of food for the tiger."
Wendy | Denise | Mark (...) |
| $6,550 | $5,150 | $3,700 |
Free Spins are safe and easy to forget. We wish people would remember that they had them.
BONUS ROUND:
Probably five minutes left for Wendy to choose any of five nice prizes in Bonus Land:
Car with computer and phone (over $33,000)
Decorators' showcase with appliances, cookware, rugs, china, crystal, silver, you name it (over $37,000)
Chinchilla coat ($40,000)
Grand Touring Coach ($47,000)
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)
Wendy likes...
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)
This puzzle is more than five letters.
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(Wendy is visible in the shot of the puzzle board.)
RSTLNE gives her:
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DMFA fills in more than just the obvious.
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But the answer wasn't obvious enough for her. She says ADIAN, AMIAN, AFIAN, and ALAIN, but she does not solve AGAIN AND AGAIN. "Oh, give me another shot! I could get that!" Wendy must stick to $6,550 in cash.
In the post-game chat, Pat knows that the show doesn't attract such a large Spanish speaking population, but Cinco de Mayo is the 5th of May. When Pat first moved to the area, he got involved in a shady business deal involving 3,000 T-shirts to celebrate the 4th of May. He feels silly about this.