Post by mechamind on Aug 7, 2022 16:08:13 GMT -5
Airdate: May 22, 1989 (possibly)
Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:
Tickets to all the sporting events!
A sparkling diamond squirrel pin!
A $34,000 Cadillac Seville!
Plus thousands of dollars in cash!
Over $176,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Michelle Roberts: Secretary at Scripps Memorial Hospital ("And you work?"), and she's a married mother of one ("Do you have any children?"); from Vista, CA
Bettye Fry: In the real estate business, and is a pilot who has done cross-country/international/border-to-border races in small planes
Andy Lawrence: MC/host of a tour show that travels all over the country, eventually the world, and does male burlesque for ladies only; from Yonkers, NY
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
Michele solves ANDY ROONEY for the house minimum. There will be no burlesque from that Andy.
Perfection! Bettye solves GETTING A HEAD START.
Andy couldn't get the head start that he wanted earlier, but it won't matter if he can hit the $3,500 space!
Bettye solves TRANSATLANTIC VOYAGE.
Bettye: N (DUD!)
Andy: S ($300)
Michelle: R (x2) ($600)
Bettye: L ($300)
Andy: T (x2) ($900)
Michelle: M ($900)
Michelle solves ULTERIOR MOTIVES.
BONUS ROUND:
RSTLNE gives him:
CDMA gets him over the halfway mark.
Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:
Tickets to all the sporting events!
A sparkling diamond squirrel pin!
A $34,000 Cadillac Seville!
Plus thousands of dollars in cash!
Over $176,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Michelle Roberts: Secretary at Scripps Memorial Hospital ("And you work?"), and she's a married mother of one ("Do you have any children?"); from Vista, CA
Bettye Fry: In the real estate business, and is a pilot who has done cross-country/international/border-to-border races in small planes
Andy Lawrence: MC/host of a tour show that travels all over the country, eventually the world, and does male burlesque for ladies only; from Yonkers, NY
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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MICHELLE | Bettye | Andy |
| $400: S (DUD!) | $350: N (x2) $1,000: M (DUD!) | $300: Y (x2) $350: D -$250: A $150: M (Repeat) |
$700 | $700 | |
| $150: R Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! | ||
$150 | ||
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Michele solves ANDY ROONEY for the house minimum. There will be no burlesque from that Andy.
Michelle | Bettye | Andy |
$200 |
The TV audience will never see what Charlie is going. We don't even know if he's been wearing a Jules Jurgensen 14-karat yellow gold cased lady's quartz watch with 28 diamonds (labeled WATCH) worth $2,920.
You won't be able to strip the $2,500 space off the Wheel, but take as much money as you can!
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Michelle | BETTYE | Andy |
| $400: T (x4) $250: R $300: S -$250: A (x3) $400: N $200: G (x2) -$250: E (x2) $200: H Solve: Correct! | ||
$2,650 |
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Perfection! Bettye solves GETTING A HEAD START.
Michelle | Bettye | Andy |
$200 | $2,650 |
Andy couldn't get the head start that he wanted earlier, but it won't matter if he can hit the $3,500 space!
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Michelle | Bettye | ANDY |
| $500: N (x2) -$250: E $800: T (x3) -$250: A (x4) -$250: I $250: D (DUD!) | ||
$2,650 | ||
| $500: R BANKRUPT! ($500) | $900: S $500: L -$250: O $800: V $300: Y $600: G Solve: Correct! | |
$2,850 | ||
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Bettye solves TRANSATLANTIC VOYAGE.
Michelle | Bettye | Andy |
$200 | $5,500 |
As if this game wasn't already nuts, this prize might be. We've got a Van Cleef & Arpels gift certificate featuring a diamond squirrel pin (labeled PIN) worth $11,500!
"Oh! Get it? You'll go nuts! It's a squirrel pin!"
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MICHELLE | Bettye | Andy |
| Lose A Turn! | $300: T $600: R $200: N (x2) -$250: E (x3) $900: M (DUD!) | $500: L PIN! $150: D (x2) -$250: O -$250: A -$250: I $3,500: C $700: B $200: S $800: G (x2) Solve: Correct! |
$1,050 | $6,050+ |
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After a "guess of the century" G, Andy reads what's on the board to keep the pin.
Pat: Alright. Keep your pants up- Oh, that was a bad choice of words.
Michelle | Bettye | Andy |
$200 | $5,500 | $17,550 |
Isn't this nuts? We're back from break, and Pat already has to give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $300 a piece. Bettye begins!
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Bettye: N (DUD!)
Andy: S ($300)
Michelle: R (x2) ($600)
Bettye: L ($300)
Andy: T (x2) ($900)
Michelle: M ($900)
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Michelle solves ULTERIOR MOTIVES.
Michelle | Bettye | Andy |
$1,100 | $5,500 | $17,550 |
BONUS ROUND:
We really shouldn't think about what was Andy's secret to getting here. All we care is that he could win one of our bonus prizes:
Cadillac Seville (over $34,000)
Tea service ($34,500)
Grand piano (over $31,000)
Sports events package (over $36,000)
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)
Just so Andy doesn't have to dance anymore, he'd like to win...
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)
Can he pull off a "solve of the century" here?
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CDMA gets him over the halfway mark.
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He says SAURCAT and BAURCUT, but then he pulls it off with HAIRCUT to keep the money! All his friends gather on the stage to celebrate. "He won." $42,550 is his final total. "Quiet!"
In the post-game chat, Pat has only one thing to say: "Woo!"