Post by mechamind on Aug 14, 2022 10:20:02 GMT -5
Airdate: May 8, 1989
Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:
A 23-foot Wellcraft sports cruiser!
A Born Free motor coach!
A walking piano!
Plus thousands of dollars in cash!
Over $228,000 just waiting to be won as we begin Family Week on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Our first families of the week:
Lynda & Beverly (daughter/mother): Both are from California. Lynda is from Bell Gardens, and she's a mother of four with a zoo in her backyard. Beverly is from Big Bear, and she has 7 other children and 14 grandkids.
Scott & Ken (son/father): Scott is a junior student in UNLV and is majoring in finance, and he's planning to go to law school. Ken is formerly in the auto sales game.
Smitty & Andy (father/son): Smitty is a father of Andy and one daughter. Andy is a 10-year old student, and obviously too young to be married.
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
Pat: That's our best puzzle since "The reason I put down my groceries is cause they were very heavy".
Scott & Ken solve PUMPERNICKEL BREAD.
Smitty & Andy could probably just buy that walking piano for themselves if they land on the $3,500 space...or maybe they'd like the most expensive bread in the world?
Scott & Ken solve HALE AND HEARTY.
Scott & Ken solve EVEN STEVEN SPIELBERG. Isn't it odd that we must end right now?
BONUS ROUND:
It would be odd if we ended right now, because then we couldn't bring Scott & Ken to bonus land for one of these prizes:
RSTLNE gives them:
Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:
A 23-foot Wellcraft sports cruiser!
A Born Free motor coach!
A walking piano!
Plus thousands of dollars in cash!
Over $228,000 just waiting to be won as we begin Family Week on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Our first families of the week:
Lynda & Beverly (daughter/mother): Both are from California. Lynda is from Bell Gardens, and she's a mother of four with a zoo in her backyard. Beverly is from Big Bear, and she has 7 other children and 14 grandkids.
Scott & Ken (son/father): Scott is a junior student in UNLV and is majoring in finance, and he's planning to go to law school. Ken is formerly in the auto sales game.
Smitty & Andy (father/son): Smitty is a father of Andy and one daughter. Andy is a 10-year old student, and obviously too young to be married.
The biggest winner of the week will win a family vacation and a Wheel of Fortune trophy!
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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LYNDA & BEVERLY | Scott & Ken | Smitty & Andy |
| (Stopped spin) (Resume at $300) $150: S (x4) $150: T (x3) $200: H -$250: E (x4) $250: R (x2) $250: "N, Nancy!" (x2) $150: G $250: L $400: M Solve: Correct! | ||
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Perfection! Lynda & Beverly solve THE REASON I'M SO LATE IS WE RAN OUT OF GAS.
Pat: That's our best puzzle since "The reason I put down my groceries is cause they were very heavy".
Lynda & Beverly | Scott & Ken | Smitty & Andy |
$2,800 |
We had more than enough gas to ship this prize to the studio: a Remo Saraceni walking piano! Its "grandfather" is featured in Big, and this one (labeled PIANO) is worth $3,500.
(How in the world does Vanna play that walking piano in heels?)
We won't worry about running late, and we still have a $2,500 space since we won't out of cash this week.
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Lynda & Beverly | SCOTT & KEN | Smitty & Andy |
| $400: R (x2) $200: L $800: N $350: T (DUD!) | $350: S (DUD!) | |
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| $200: C $150: B $250: S (Repeat) | $900: P (x2) Solve: Correct! | |
$350 | $3,600 |
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Scott & Ken solve PUMPERNICKEL BREAD.
Lynda & Beverly | Scott & Ken | Smitty & Andy |
$2,800 | $3,600 |
Smitty & Andy could probably just buy that walking piano for themselves if they land on the $3,500 space...or maybe they'd like the most expensive bread in the world?
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Lynda & Beverly | Scott & Ken | SMITTY & ANDY |
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| $250: N $250: D $900: D (Repeat) | $250: R $550: L -$250: A (x3) $600: H (x2) $500: T Solve: Correct! | |
$500 | $2,250 | |
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Scott & Ken solve HALE AND HEARTY.
Lynda & Beverly | Scott & Ken | Smitty & Andy |
$2,800 | $5,850 |
You can bet our crew got a healthy workout after carrying in a Kraft Maid honey spice kitchen! Have a Kraft Maid gift certificate (labeled KITCHEN) worth $5,984!
You can also bet that the $5,000 space will help someone build a nice healthy lead.
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LYNDA & BEVERLY | Scott & Ken | Smitty & Andy |
| $550: N (x2) $500: J (DUD!) | $600: R $5,000: T -$250: E (x6) $500: V (x2) Solve: Correct! | |
$1,100 | $6,350 |
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Scott & Ken solve EVEN STEVEN SPIELBERG. Isn't it odd that we must end right now?
Lynda & Beverly | Scott & Ken | Smitty & Andy |
$2,800 | $12,200 |
Looks like Smitty & Andy ran out of gas, and they'll be carried home with some nice parting gifts.
BONUS ROUND:
It would be odd if we ended right now, because then we couldn't bring Scott & Ken to bonus land for one of these prizes:
Buick Park Avenue Electra and Century Wagon (over $42,000)
RBP Jumbo Annuity ($50,000)
Boat ($51,000)
Motor coach (over $50,000)
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)
They'll try for...
Buick Park Avenue Electra for her and Century Wagon for him ($42,639)
Two heads are better than one for this puzzle:
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RSTLNE gives them:
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"Hey! It's family week!" Maybe GCMA will do better?
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They're silent until says Ken says SHAMAN after the buzzer, and they do not solve CHIPMUNK. "Missed it by that much!" Scott & Ken leave with $12,200 in cash.
In the post-game chat, Pat and Vanna show us the Wheel of Fortune trophy, the "Family of the Year 1989". Only one family gets this once a year, and Pat announces that it's worth over $14.