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Post by mechamind on Sept 5, 2022 15:03:27 GMT -5

Airdate: July 7, 2000

Australia's favourite game, Wheel of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Antoinette Birdsey (?)
Jim Hogg
Sharyn Burgess (returning with about $3,000 in prizes)

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 750, and here's our first puzzle.

Round 1

THING

ANTOINETTE	Jim	Sharyn
220: S (x2) Lucky S! BANKRUPT! (440)	310: T 230: R -50: A (x2) 300: B 275: L 165: C 310: N Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
	1,540

THING

Jim solves BASS CLARINET before Sophie can turn the N.

We can offer the Epoch violin, but no clarinets? And no musical instruments this time, as Jim starts with an Olympic video collection, a Yashica compact camera, or a Roger David $400 clothing voucher.

Jim picks the clothing.

Antoinette	Jim	Sharyn
	1,540
	$400 clothing

Here's a Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?

Puzzler A

RECREATION

The answer is WOOD CARVING.

Have we carved a nice BONUS prize for you? Not really, but you can do the carving with a Furitechnics kitchen knife set!

The top-dollar value is increased to 1,500.

Round 2

FILL IN THE BLANK

Antoinette	JIM	Sharyn
	375: T (x3) -50: A (DUD!)	230: S (x2) 610: R (x4) 430: H (DUD!)
	325	840
530: L 230: N 530: D (DUD!)	230: G 150: F Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
760	705

FILL IN THE BLANK

Jim solves ROULETTE ? FERRIS ? STEERING ?. If he can't score the extra 200 by filling in the blank, then what is he doing on this show?

He can score it. The blank is wheel.

He's spent enough time with our wheel, and now we take a minute to show Jim a Zepter skin care range, a Waterman pen set, and a Driza-Bone leathergoods set (not the jacket and hat).

Jim takes the skin care.

Antoinette	Jim	Sharyn
760	2,445	840
	$400 clothing Skin care

We begin our next round.

Round 3

TITLE

Antoinette	Jim	SHARYN
		840
		230: T (x2) -50: E (x2) Lose A Turn!
760		1,020
1,500: H 1,500: L (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! (0)	BANKRUPT! (1,020)
2,260
PROTON: S (DUD!)
2,260

"Don't do this" with a triple BANKRUPT, but "do this"...land on the PROTON wedge, but it's out of play since we're out of time. So call a wrong letter because it doesn't matter, but she does lose her turn. What's happening here?

TITLE

RRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!

All that spinning could make us dizzy, so Rob will "do this" to the Wheel. Consonants are worth 430.

Jim: R (430)
Sharyn: P (430)
Antoinette: O (DUD!)
Jim: S (Repeat)

Sharyn: C (x2) (860)

Only vowels left!

TITLE

Sharyn solves THE PRACTICE.

We need a little more practice with this game, but we'll rest and give Sharyn her choice of a Rado lady's watch, a JNL 68-cm colour TV, or a Zepter 8-person fondue set.

Sharyn wants the TV, even though her husband would want the fondue set (which we can't even give away).

Antoinette	Jim	Sharyn
2,260	2,875	430
	$400 clothing Skin care	Television

Here's another Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?

Puzzler B

ARTISTS & SONG

The answer is BACHELOR GIRL LUCKY ME.

The top-dollar value is now 2,500!

Round 4

PLACE

Rob will give the Wheel a spin. Consonants are worth 280, and Antoinette will play first.

Antoinette: T (DUD!)
Jim: S (710)
Sharyn: T (Repeat)
Antoinette: L (DUD!)
Jim: N (x2) (990)
Sharyn: P (DUD!)
Antoinette: R (DUD!)
Jim: H (DUD!)
Sharyn: M (DUD!)
Antoinette: A (x3) (2,260)
Jim: D (1,170)
Sharyn: C (280)

PLACE

Sharyn solves SCANDINAVIA.

And now that's as high as Sharyn will go. Her last prize is a Proteus treadmill, a 12-month United International movie pass, or a Brosnan golf club set.

Sharyn's final pick is the golf set.

Antoinette	Jim	Sharyn
2,260	3,715	1,140
	$400 clothing Skin care	Television Golf clubs

Antoinette made it exciting to watch, but she couldn't convert. She and Sharyn will take home an Encyclopedia Britannica CD-ROM package and Parker Pens as a consolation prize.

Sharyn leaves with $5,361 in prizes despite not winning a major prize.

BONUS ROUND:

There's just one more wheel that Jim has to think about, because it will help him win a major prize like these:

Above-ground pool
Ski holiday in the Victorian Alps
Hilton Vienna Plaza holiday ($10,813)
Proton Persona XLI ($19,490)
It could even help him win a $7,600 Jackpot!

With 3,715, Jim stays at three consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...

Landmark Resort Sunshine Coast holiday ($3,650)

No more spinning! Just winning!

Bonus Puzzle

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

Let's put NSL, and A into the puzzle.

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

He instantly solves HANSEL AND GRETEL to win the holiday! There's even more for Jim to win next week!