Post by mechamind on Sept 15, 2022 18:36:15 GMT -5
Airdate: December 26, 1988
Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants are Alan, Amanda King, and Amy!
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $750. Try not to hit Bankrupt, or you will lose all your cash, but once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep. Here's our first puzzle!
Amanda solves BOX OFFICE HIT.
Time marches on, and the $1,000 space marches in!
Alan solves ENCHILADAS RICE AND BEANS.
We're starving the players here! We need a $2,000 space on the Wheel right now! Will a bigger puzzle help?
DING DING! DING DING!
A miracle for Amy? We will have Pat give the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants are worth... $300 a piece.
Alan: L (x3) ($1,500)
Alan solves HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS.
BONUS ROUND:
And here's that puzzle!
RSTLNE gives him:
(The intro and interviews are cut from the source video.)
Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants are Alan, Amanda King, and Amy!
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $750. Try not to hit Bankrupt, or you will lose all your cash, but once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep. Here's our first puzzle!
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ALAN | Amanda | Amy |
| $400: T Free Spin! $150: S (DUD!) | $150: D (DUD!) | $750: R (DUD!) |
$400 | ||
| $600: L (DUD!) | $300: N (DUD!) | $200: P (DUD!) |
$400 | ||
| $300: M (DUD!) | $450: G (DUD!) | $150: C $250: B -$250: E $750: K (DUD!) |
$400 | $150 | |
| $400: J (DUD!) | $500: H $200: F (x2) $150: Q (DUD!) | $400: Y (DUD!) |
$400 | $900 | $150 |
| -$250: O (x2) $400: W (DUD!) | Solve: Correct! | |
$150 | $900 |
Amanda asks to buy a vowel before calling the F.
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Amanda solves BOX OFFICE HIT.
$900 to spend |
| Paul & Associates stuffed bears (-$349) Sharp watches (-$515) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$36) |
Alan (FS) | Amanda | Amy |
$900 |
Time marches on, and the $1,000 space marches in!
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Alan (FS) | AMANDA | Amy |
| $150: T (DUD!) | $1,000: S (x2) $300: R -$250: E (x3) $200: L $200: N (x3) $400: D (x2) Commercial break! | |
$3,650 |
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Alan (FS) | Amanda | Amy |
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| We're back! -$250: A (x4) Lose A Turn! | ||
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$900 | ||
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Alan solves ENCHILADAS RICE AND BEANS.
$900 to spend |
| Emerson portable cassette player (-$150) Songtech singing system (-$350) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$400) |
Alan (FS) | Amanda | Amy |
$900 | $900 |
We're starving the players here! We need a $2,000 space on the Wheel right now! Will a bigger puzzle help?
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Alan (FS) | Amanda | AMY |
| $300: T (x3) $350: S (x3) -$250: A (x3) $700: R (x4) $800: C $500: M (x2) -$250: E (x4) Lose A Turn! | ||
$6,050 | ||
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DING DING! DING DING!
A miracle for Amy? We will have Pat give the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants are worth... $300 a piece.
Alan: L (x3) ($1,500)
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Alan solves HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS.
$1,500 to spend |
| MCE answering machine and phone (-$418) H.H. Scott VCR (-$400) Suzuki stringless guitar (-$309) Random House dictionary (-$100) Olympia desktop calculator (-$189) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$84) |
Alan (...) | Amanda | Amy |
| $2,400 | $900 |
So the Christmas spirit died after this game, huh? The Wheel couldn't be nice to Amy, and she leaves with the nice parting gifts.
The Free Spin token is also lost after this game.
BONUS ROUND:
Have yourself a nice Bonus prize, Alan! Just solve the puzzle, and you'll win...
Trip to St. Thomas and stay at Frenchman's Reef ($8,292)
And here's that puzzle!
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RSTLNE gives him:
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He says DGCA (after accidentally picking E last).
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He instantly solves WORLD'S RECORD to keep the trip! Alan finishes with $10,692 in prizes, and he may be back on Friday!
