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Australia - May 26, 2000 recap Aug 10, 2022 19:08:37 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Aug 10, 2022 19:08:37 GMT -5

Airdate: May 26, 2000

Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Marcelle Ghettis (returning with around $3,500 in prizes)
Nick Roach
Meg Macintosh

Rob accidentally addressed Marcelle as Meg before catching himself.

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 750, and here's our first puzzle.

Round 1

EVENT

MARCELLE	Nick	Meg
Lose A Turn!	110: S (DUD!)	Free Spin! 150: T 110: N 250: M BANKRUPT! (510) (Free Spin used) 120: R Free Spin! 150: H Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
		270

Meg teases Rob with her Free Spin, moving it all around so he can't take it. Maybe it was an accident.

EVENT

Meg solves MARATHON.

She only tripped once, but Meg won this round. Let's show her an essential oils package, a Roger David $400 men's clothing voucher, and a Dorling Kindersley book collection!

Meg accepts the men's clothing voucher.

Marcelle	Nick	Meg (FS)
		270
		Men's clothing

Here's a Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?

Puzzler A

PHRASE

The answer is TO BE AS FIT AS A FIDDLE.

Will this BONUS prize be a fit for the Wheel? We have a Nachtmann kitchen glassware decor collection!

The top-dollar value is increased to 1,500.

Round 2

STAR AND TITLE

Marcelle	NICK	Meg (FS)
	310: T BONUS: R (+180 value) 150: M (x2) 660: N 180: S 230: L 430: H (DUD!)	660: C 180: P (DUD!) (Free Spin used) 230: B (DUD!)
	1,710	660
450: K (DUD!)	-50: E -50: U -50: O (x2) -50: I (x2) 610: D (DUD!)	Lose A Turn!
	1,510	660
660: Y (DUD!)	230: G Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
	1,740

STAR AND TITLE

Nick solves TOM CRUISE MAGNOLIA.

We were thinking that a solve would be impossible. Nick put an end to this and will be rewarded with a Zepter fat-free cookware collection, a fixed car racing seat, or a Fujifilm camera package.

Nick takes the cookware.

Marcelle	Nick	Meg
	1,740	930
	Glassware Cookware	Men's clothing

We begin our next round.

Round 3

PLACE

Marcelle	Nick	MEG
		660
		230: T (DUD!)
		660
145: S (x2) 230: N (x2) 385: R (x2) -50: E (x2) 310: P (DUD!)	310: M
710	310

"Oh, good start!" Meg says to herself after starting with a dud T. Rob notes that she's doing her own commentary!

PLACE

RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!

This is an impossibly slow week. Once again, Rob will give the Wheel a spin, and consonants are worth... BANKRUPT!

"It's no good", Rob's own commentary. He'll try again, and consonants are worth 450.

Nick: D (x2) (760)

PLACE

Nick solves MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.

Rob can now tell Nick about something that is good. We look at a Victory curtains and blinds selection, a Trevor Opray painting, and a Tommy Armour golf club set.

Nick picks the golf clubs.

Marcelle	Nick	Meg
710	2,500	930
	Glassware Cookware Golf clubs	Men's clothing

Here's another Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?

Puzzler B

SLANG

The answer is BEEN THROUGH THE MILL.

The top-dollar value is now 2,500!

Round 4

BEFORE & AFTER

Rob will give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 385, and Marcelle starts.

Marcelle: S (DUD!)
Nick: N (DUD!)
Meg: T (1,045)
Marcelle: R (x2) (Lucky R!) (1,480)
Nick: L (x2) (385)
Meg: M (DUD!)
Marcelle: P (x2) (1,865)
Nick: E (x2) (385)

Meg: W (1,430)

Only vowels left!

BEFORE & AFTER

Meg solves PAPER TOWEL RAIL.

Not quite enough to win ("It's no good"), but Meg still gets one more prize. She might like a Whirlpool washing machine, an 32-volume Encyclopedia Britannica set, or 4 Pierre Cardin watches.

Meg ends with a washing machine.

Marcelle	Nick	Meg
1,865	2,885	1,700
	Glassware Cookware Golf clubs	Men's clothing Washing machine

The consolation prizes are an Omni phone system and Parker Pens.

Marcelle leaves with the prizes from her previous show.

BONUS ROUND:

Nick doesn't want to go off the rails now. He wants a major prize, and it could be...

A white appliance package
A bathroom fitout
Mount Buffalo Chalet ski holiday ($4,500)
Englefield Bathroomware collection ($8,388)
Proton Persona XLI ($18,690)
He also has a chance at a $4,600 Jackpot!

With 2,885, Nick picks three consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...

Mount Buffalo Chalet ski holiday

Here's his final puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

We might have needed more than just STR, and E.

PHRASE

He says TO HAVE and TO LIKE, and does not solve TO MAKE AN HONEST PENNY. But Nick already has more than pennies worth of prizes, $2,094 to be exact. Also, he'll be playing again next week.