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April 21, 1989 recap Aug 13, 2022 22:17:37 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Aug 13, 2022 22:17:37 GMT -5

Airdate: April 21, 1989

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A Regal Ambassador Cabin Cruiser!
A $50,000 Jumbo Annuity!
A pair of his-and-hers Chevys!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $215,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Steve Bachian: 2nd year medical student at East Tennessee State University, from Johnson City
Nilou Fazeli: Business student in west L.A. majoring in advertising
Nancy Klein: Works at Michigan State University as a customer service representative, from Fowler

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

Round 1

PHRASE

STEVE	Nilou	Nancy
$400: R $200: S $200: F (DUD!)	$450: T $250: H (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! ($0)
$600	$450
$200: P $200: M (DUD!)	$400: D -$250: O $250: C -$250: I $250: L (x2) Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$800	$1,100

PHRASE

Nilou solves PRICED TO SELL.

Steve	Nilou	Nancy
	$1,100

For you, this prize is free. It's a La-Z-Boy sleep sofa, plus Colonial Heirlooms desk/hutch, waterfowl accents and red basket (labeled ROOM) worth $3,348.

But before Nilou can relax, there's a $2,500 space waiting for her to give it her best effort.

Round 2

BEFORE & AFTER

Steve	NILOU	Nancy
	$700: T (x2) $300: H (x2) -$250: E (x2) $700: S (x2) $700: C (x2) -$250: I -$250: A (x3) $700: N $200: L $700: D $700: W -$250: O (DUD!)	Lose A Turn!
	$6,100
$500: M (DUD!)	$200: R -$250: U Solve: Correct!
	$6,050

BEFORE & AFTER

Nilou solves THE BREAKFAST CLUB SANDWICH.

Steve	Nilou	Nancy
	$7,150

We think we ought to lock away those bad spaces until Nancy can hit the $3,500 space. She deserves better!

Round 3

QUOTATION

Steve	Nilou	NANCY
		$400: T (DUD!)

$550: S $1,000: L (x3) -$250: O (x2) $150: D (x4) -$250: E (x3) -$250: A (x2) $900: R (x2) Solve: Correct!
$5,200

QUOTATION

Steve solves DEAR OLD GOLDEN RULE DAYS.

Steve	Nilou	Nancy
$5,200	$7,150

Dear old Charlie has another prize to offer us, and fittingly, it's a Fred Joaillier gift certificate featuring a gold tie necklace with heart motif (labeled HEART) worth $12,000!

As one of this show's golden rules, our players are expected to go for that silver $5,000 space.

Round 4

PHRASE

STEVE	Nilou	Nancy
$600: R (x2) $500: T (x4) -$250: O -$250: I (x4) $900: S Lose A Turn!	$200: H (x2) -$250: A (x5) Lose A Turn!	BANKRUPT! ($0)
$3,600	$150
Solve: Correct!
$3,600

PHRASE

Steve just plays it safe and solves THAT HAS A FAMILIAR RING TO IT.

Steve	Nilou	Nancy
$8,800	$7,150

We've got another round, and maybe a familiar sound.

Round 5

SAME NAME

DING DING! DING DING!

We didn't say right away! But now that we heard it, Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $350 a piece. Nilou begins.

Nilou: N (x4) ($1,400)
Nancy: D ($350)
Steve: A (x2)
Nilou: R ($1,750)
Nancy: T ($700)
Steve: S (DUD!)
Nilou: M ($2,100)
Nancy: V ($1,050)
Steve: G (DUD!)
Nilou: O (x2) ($2,100)
Nancy: L (DUD!)
Steve: H (DUD!)
Nilou: P (DUD!)
Nancy: B (DUD!)
Steve: C ($350)
Nilou: F (DUD!)
Nancy: K ($1,400)

SAME NAME

Nancy says YACKER AND MOUNT VERNON, plus ZACKER, WACKER, and JACKER for the first word.

Steve: J ($700)

SAME NAME

Steve solves JACKIE AND MOUNT VERNON.

Steve	Nilou	Nancy
$9,500	$7,150

It was worth guessing after failing to light up her scoreboard earlier, but Nancy couldn't take the cash. She leaves with some nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Steve's ready to climb to the top of this mountain by winning one of our prizes in Bonus Land!

Time for a break, and then he'll pick...

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

Quickly to this puzzle!

Bonus Puzzle

PERSON

RSTLNE gives him:

PERSON

CDPA help with the first word.

PERSON

He says CARD TURNER, and he does not solve HARD WORKER. Steve goes home with $9,500 in cash.