Season 6 - (Gene/Bill/Pati) recap

Season 6 - (Gene/Bill/Pati) recap Aug 20, 2022 20:04:37 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Aug 20, 2022 20:04:37 GMT -5

Airdate: Sometime in June 1989

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A $49,000 Four Seasons greenhouse!
A $39,000 LeRoy Neiman oil painting!
A $63,000 Schafer & Sons grand piano!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $254,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Gene Sweet: Social worker at a school for emotionally disturbed children, from Chicago, IL
Bill Kopecki: Disc jockey at a hotel in Anaheim, CA (born in Chicago)
Pati Murdock: Homemaker and mother of one, also designs children's sweaters; from Albuquerque, NM

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

Round 1

PHRASE

GENE	Bill	Pati
$300: T (DUD!)	$200: S (DUD!)	$450: N (x2) $700: R $300: M (DUD!)
		$1,600
$800: S (Repeat)	$1,000: F -$250: O -$250: E (x3) $400: G $300: Y -$250: A (DUD!)	$700: B $150: D $200: L Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
	$950	$2,650

PHRASE

Pati solves BUNDLE OF ENERGY.

Gene	Bill	Pati
		$2,650

We have a bundle of prizes we need to give away, and first on our list is a trip to Jamaica and stay at Mallards Beach Hotel, plus Olympus special edition camera (labeled TRIP) worth $4,600.

Bill should feel energized again if he scores a bundle of cash from the $2,500 space.

Round 2

BEFORE & AFTER

Gene	BILL	Pati
	Lose A Turn!	$150: N (x2) $400: T (DUD!)
		$300
$300: R $300: S (DUD!)	TRIP! $150: L (x2) Lose A Turn!	-$250: E (x3) $200: M $450: D $450: C $200: H $300: G (x2) Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$300	$300+	$1,950

BEFORE & AFTER

Pati solves GEORGE MICHAEL LANDON.

Gene	Bill	Pati
		$4,600

That's probably gonna be the rule today. Hit the $3,500 space, but don't call a T or S. With another short puzzle, it wouldn't surprise.

Round 3

PHRASE

Gene	Bill	PATI
		$250: N (x3) -$250: I -$250: O (x2) $250: G (x2) $3,500: H -$250: A -$250: E (x2) $250: V Solve: Correct!
		$4,000

PHRASE

Perfection! Pati solves HANGING ON EVERY WORD.

Gene	Bill	Pati
		$8,600

We'll listen to Charlie and make sure he's correct on every detail when he reads about a Buick Skylark (labeled CAR) worth $14,870.

Gene and Bill don't want to be left hanging. One of them could use a moment with the $5,000 space.

Round 4

PHRASE

GENE	Bill	Pati
CAR! $300: T $250: N (DUD!)	$700: R (x2) -$250: O (DUD!)	$500: L (DUD!)
$300+	$1,150
$500: S (x2) -$250: E (x2) -$250: A $500: H (DUD!)	$500: B -$250: U -$250: "Purchase an I." $200: W $200: D (x2) Solve: Correct!
$800+	$1,750

PHRASE

Bill reads what's on the board. He's also saddened by our abrupt end.

Gene	Bill	Pati
	$1,750	$8,600

With common duds, nobody could blame Bill or Gene for missing out. Bill was lucky, but Gene takes the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

It would be wise for Pati to smile on her way to Bonus Land, and then we might just give her one of our prizes:

Plexiglas grand piano (over $63,000)

LeRoy Neiman painting (over $39,000)

Furniture ensemble (over $49,000)

Handcrafted Modena GT 250 (over $57,000)

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

Pat tries to tempt Pati with a cushion from the greenhouse...and he rips the tag off! He always wanted to do that.

Pati will play for "the other green stuff".

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

It would also be wise to solve this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

PERSON

RSTLNE gives her:

PERSON

With help from the used letter board, she picks MDCA.

PERSON

She instantly solves DIANE SAWYER to take the money! Pati leaves with $33,600 worth of "green stuff"!

In the post-game chat, Vanna is in disbelief that Pat ripped the tag off, but Pat insists she do the same with another tag...and she does. Pat remembers when he also used the descriptions and accounts of a Major League Baseball game without the express written consent of the commissioner, so he's just a wicked wild guy sometimes. Does Vanna feel better? No.