Season 6 - (Gwen/John/Billie) recap

Season 6 - (Gwen/John/Billie) recap Aug 7, 2022 21:59:27 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Aug 7, 2022 21:59:27 GMT -5

Airdate: May 2, 1989 (possibly)

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A Cadillac Seville!
A Baldwin cultured grand piano!
An $8,000 Beverly Hills shopping spree!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $175,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Gwen Schmidt: Mother of one, from Oakdale, CA
John McCutchen, Jr.: Resident manager at a boarding care facility, from El Cajon, CA
Billie Snyder: Bookkeeper for a major optometrist (?), from Beach Haven Terrace, NJ

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash ("Maybe Merv should start charging for that."), and here's our first puzzle:

Round 1

BEFORE & AFTER

GWEN	John	Billie
Lose A Turn!	$200: N Lose A Turn!	$1,000: T (DUD!)
	$200
$800: S (x2) $200: D -$250: E (DUD!)	$1,000: L $200: R (x2) $1,000: H (DUD!)	$250: M (DUD!)
$1,550	$1,600
$450: G $450: F $200: B Free Spin! Free Spin! $700: K (x3) Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$4,750

Pat misheard the M call as N, and Billie had to clear things up.

BEFORE & AFTER

Gwen solves KIRK DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS.

Gwen (2 FS)	John	Billie
$4,750

Maybe we should start charging for prizes again. You'd have to shop for a Van Cleef & Arpels gift certificate featuring an 18-karat gold and diamond cat pin (labeled PIN) worth $5,900.

Then again, you'd need money to shop. It would likely come from the $2,500 space. Regardless, the cash would legally come from the game.

Round 2

TITLE

Gwen (2 FS)	JOHN	Billie
	$200: T (x2) $400: H (x2) -$250: E (x4) $500: N (x2) $2,500: D -$250: A (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$4,200

TITLE

Perfection! John solves THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA.

Gwen (2 FS)	John	Billie
$4,750	$4,200

One contestant might not lose her turn. The other, Billie, must not her turn after hitting the $3,500 space.

Round 3

PHRASE

Gwen (2 FS)	John	BILLIE
		$1,000: N (x2) -$250: E (x2) $900: R -$250: O $1,000: D (x3) -$250: I (x2) Solve: Correct!
		$5,150

PHRASE

Double perfection! Billie solves BIDDING A FOND FAREWELL.

Gwen (2 FS)	John	Billie
$4,750	$4,200	$5,150

We will bid farewell our next prize after someone wins it. It's a Fred Hayman Beverly Hills shopping spree (labeled SPREE) worth $8,000.

You thought we'd bid farewell to Gwen? She's back, and she's looking at the $5,000 space!

Round 4

THING

GWEN (2 FS)	John	Billie
$900: T $350: S (DUD!) (Free Spin used) BANKRUPT! ($900)	$1,500: N $900: L -$250: E (x3) SPREE! $300: R $200: H -$250: A $400: D $200: F (DUD!)	$500: G $500: M (DUD!)
	$2,800+	$500
Lose A Turn!	$350: C -$250: I (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$2,900+

THING

John solves EPICUREAN DELIGHT to keep the spree! We'd be delighted to give Pat a break.

Gwen (...)	John	Billie
$4,750	$15,100	$5,150

That other Free Spin would've been delighted to come into play.

BONUS ROUND:

John will enjoy the walk to Bonus Land for one of our top prizes! After Pat remembers his "ad libs" at the podium, we'll see:

Cadillac Seville 5000 luxury sedan (over $34,000)

Silver tea set (over $34,000)

Baldwin grand piano (over $31,000)

Sporting events package ($36,300)

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

John will pick...

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

We'll pick this puzzle for John:

Bonus Puzzle

PEOPLE

RSTLNE gives him:

PEOPLE

HCDA provides just a vowel.

PEOPLE

He says FAIR and MAILERS, and he does not solve BABY BOOMERS. John leaves with $15,100 in cash and shopping spree.

In the post-game chat, Pat and Vanna sit down at the silver tea service. Remember, it's handcrafted! Oh, and one of the pots is for coffee.