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September 28, 1988 recap Aug 22, 2022 22:51:39 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Aug 22, 2022 22:51:39 GMT -5

We finish off the available Season 6 shows...and this is also my 1,500th recap!

Airdate: September 28, 1988

Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:

A Schafer & Sons $35,000 concert grand piano!
A gold/diamond necklace, bracelet, and earclips!
A BMW convertible!

Plus thousands of dollars in cash!

Over $183,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Marianne Habey: Administrative manager for a financial institution, from Aliquippa, PA
Jon Basilone: Production artist for one of the largest advertising agencies in Phoenix, from Tempe, AZ
Kathy Bauer: Realtor, from Staten Island, NY (originally from New Orleans, LA)

As Jon had to list some of his interests, Pat points out that he likes softball, collecting baseball cards, and making cinnamon toast. Jon's parents got him started with a 4-slice toaster, and everyone starts laughing.

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

Round 1

PHRASE

MARIANNE	Jon	Kathy
Free Spin! $150: T (x2) $300: N (x2) -$250: E (x2) $700: R -$250: I (x2) $250: S (x2) -$250: O (x2) BANKRUPT! ($1,350)	$250: P Free Spin! $500: C $250: V $150: H (x2) $500: M (x3) Solve: Correct!
	$2,650

PHRASE

Jon solves HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION.

Marianne (FS)	Jon (FS)	Kathy
	$2,650

Pick up our special prize wedge that smells like cinnamon toast, and you might win a 5-day O.A.R.S. whitewater rafting trip and a Ricoh 35 mm camera (labeled TRIP) worth $5,860.

Keep in mind that our $2,500 space needs to smell like an ocean breeze, perhaps to remind us of that summer vacation.

Round 2

THINGS

Marianne (FS)	JON (FS)	Kathy
	$300: S (x3) $400: T (x3) -$250: A (x3) -$250: I (x3) $300: C $300: N $150: G $450: M Solve: Correct!
	$2,800

THINGS

Perfection! Jon solves ALARMING STATISTICS.

Marianne (FS)	Jon (FS)	Kathy
	$5,450

Don't be alarmed, Kathy! As unusual a sight as it is for Pat, you'll get your turn now. It wouldn't be that unusual to start with a $3,500 spin.

Round 3

THING

Marianne (FS)	Jon (FS)	KATHY
		$400: T (x3) $800: N (x2) -$250: I (x2) -$250: A (DUD!)
		$2,300
$800: R (DUD!) (Free Spin used) $700: D (DUD!)	$500: P (x2) -$250: O (x3) $900: M (DUD!) (Free Spin used) $600: S (x3) $150: H BANKRUPT! ($2,700)	$150: C $450: Y Solve: Correct!
		$2,900

THING

Kathy solves POSTHYPNOTIC SUGGESTION.

Marianne	Jon	Kathy
	$5,450	$2,900

Here's a suggestion from us! Hypnosis aside, you'll want to pick up a Fred Joaillier gift certificate featuring a man's heavy white and yellow gold chain link bracelet (labeled GOLD) worth "a mere" $7,200.

A little hypnosis from the big round thing could be enough for Marianne to pull off a $5,000 spin.

Round 4

PEOPLE

MARIANNE	Jon	Kathy
$350: S (x3) -$250: E $700: R (x2) -$250: O (x2) $500: N (x2) -$250: A (DUD!)	$250: T (x2)
$2,700	$500

PEOPLE

DING DING! DING DING!

Did that alarm you? With that bell, Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $350 a piece.

Jon: D ($850)

PEOPLE

Jon solves UNINSURED MOTORISTS.

Marianne	Jon	Kathy
	$6,300	$2,900

We couldn't insure Marianne against this outcome, and now she's one of the many who left us with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Jon is now on his own in Bonus Land! After a slice of cinnamon toast, he'll try to win:

Grand piano ($35,838)

Decorators' showcase (over $41,000)

BMW (over $35,000)

Diamond jewelry ($32,500)

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

Jon is playing for...

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

He parks in front of this short puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

The usual RSTLNE can only reveal so much.

PHRASE

He says IN A FRET, and he does not solve ON A DIET. Jon stays at a light $6,300 in cash.

In the post-game chat, cinnamon toast is the subject "du jour", and Vanna was a big fan. As a kid, she used to eat 6 pieces every morning...but not anymore! Still, she'll have half a piece every once in a while.

Also, the Bonus Round will be changing on Monday, but what exactly is changing? It's a secret to everybody...