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May 19, 1989 recap Aug 15, 2022 18:51:34 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Aug 15, 2022 18:51:34 GMT -5

Airdate: May 19, 1989

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A Baldwin 9-foot concert grand piano!
A signed Andy Warhol acrylic for the art department!
A pair of vans!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $202,000 just waiting to be won as we conclude College Week on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Here are the three winning universities...

Notre Dame (just over $100,000!), with Sean playing for the team
Oklahoma ($6,450), with Gary playing
Miami ($56,900), with Jeff playing

Pat also thanks the University of Hawaii for their participation in the game.

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

Round 1

SAME NAME

SEAN	Gary	Jeff
$200: N (x3) $800: D -$250: A (x2) $400: R (x2) $200: T (DUD!)	$450: L (x2) -$250: E (x3) Free Spin! $200: K -$250: I (x3) $300: B (x2) Solve: Correct!
$1,950	$1,200

SAME NAME

Gary solves BILLIE JEAN AND BURGER KING.

Sean	Gary (FS)	Jeff
	$1,200

After the crew finishes those burgers, they'll add our next prize to the Wheel: an Intermark Amusements Competition Basketball set for the student union (labeled GAME) worth $2,995.

The players who hits the $2,500 space is paying for the next order. Please? Okay, fine. The money's just for the school.

Round 2

TITLE

Sean	GARY (FS)	Jeff
	$300: T (x2) $2,500: H (x2) -$250: E (x3) $300: N -$250: A (x2) $900: D -$250: I (x2) Lose A Turn! (Free Spin used) $700: L (x2) -$250: O (x2) $500: R $300: "The F." (x3) Solve: Correct!
	$8,600

TITLE

(Sort of) Perfection! Gary solves LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS.

Sean	Gary	Jeff
	$9,800

Sean plugs the University of Notre Dame after the first break.

You can't be rich and famous without that Big Money, can you? Jeff can finally have some from the $3,500 space!

Round 3

THING

Sean	Gary	JEFF
		$400: T (x3) BANKRUPT! ($1,200)

Lose A Turn!	$900: N $200: R (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! ($0)
	$900
$600: L $600: S (DUD!)	-$250: I (x2) -$250: O $700: D (DUD!)	Lose A Turn!
$600	$400
$900: F (DUD!)	$250: C -$250: A (x4) -$250: E (x2) $550: H Solve: Correct!
$600	$700

THING

Gary solves MATHEMATICAL EQUATION.

Sean	Gary	Jeff
	$10,500

Gary plugs the University of Oklahoma after another break.

Forget the math. Nothing else will do besides the $5,000 space! The next best thing is next to a deadly space.

Round 4

PHRASE

SEAN	Gary	Jeff
$350: R $250: T (x2) $200: L (x2) $550: N $350: D $5,000: S (x2) -$250: E (x3) -$250: A (x4) Solve: Correct!
$11,650

PHRASE

Perfection! Sean solves HAS A MIND LIKE A STEEL TRAP to steal the lead.

Sean	Gary	Jeff
$11,650	$10,500

Jeff plugs the University of Miami after one more break.

Nice plugs from the universities, but now we're running out of time. Pat gives the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants are worth... $500 a piece. Gary starts.

Round 5

THING

Gary: N ($500)
Jeff: T (DUD!)
Sean: R ($500)
Gary: S ($1,000)
Jeff: C (DUD!)
Sean: L ($1,000)
Gary: C (Repeat)
Jeff: P ($500)
Sean: F ($1,500)

THING

Sean solves FREUDIAN SLIP.

Sean	Gary	Jeff
$13,150	$10,500

BONUS ROUND:

We are playing for one more prize for the school. What will they like? Sean will pick...

Pair of Ford E350 Super Wagons ($50,322)

His school depends on him solving one more puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

PEOPLE

RSTLNE gives him:

PEOPLE

He may have figured it out, as he calls CDKO.

PEOPLE

He did. He instantly solves ROCK BAND to take the vans! Notre Dame has just scored $63,472 in cash and prizes!