Post by mechamind on Oct 29, 2022 15:39:08 GMT -5
Airdate: August 23, 1983
Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:
A cozy $8,900 old-fashioned bedroom!
An 18-karat gold Indian head ring!
A $5,200 Alaskan holiday!
Over $53,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Marie Renock (returning with a 1-day total of $7,700)
Monique Harrison: Homemaker and mother of three, from Livingston, TX
Fred Bernstein: Freelance writer soon traveling to Antarctica (so he doesn't need the Alaska trip), from New York City
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!
Monique solves TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME.
That's enough outs. You'll be in the money if you hit our $1,000 space!
Marie solves RED-BLOODED AMERICAN.
Our contestants have just been bleeding money to bad spins. Let's catch up to where we should be by hitting the $2,000 space we've added to the Wheel.
Monique solves HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE. Surprisingly, we didn't need to go to Speed-Up.
BONUS ROUND:
She deserves an easy puzzle!
Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:
A cozy $8,900 old-fashioned bedroom!
An 18-karat gold Indian head ring!
A $5,200 Alaskan holiday!
Over $53,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Marie Renock (returning with a 1-day total of $7,700)
Monique Harrison: Homemaker and mother of three, from Livingston, TX
Fred Bernstein: Freelance writer soon traveling to Antarctica (so he doesn't need the Alaska trip), from New York City
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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| $175: T (x4) BANKRUPT! ($700) | $400: K Lose A Turn! | $300: L (x2) BANKRUPT! ($600) |
$400 | ||
| $250: M (x2) $250: H $200: G Lose A Turn! | Solve: Correct! | |
$950 | $400 |
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Monique solves TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME.
$400 to spend |
| Oneida silver tankards (-$360) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$40) |
Marie | Monique | Fred |
$400 |
That's enough outs. You'll be in the money if you hit our $1,000 space!
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Marie | MONIQUE | Fred |
| $250: N $900: T (DUD!) | $300: L BANKRUPT! ($300) | |
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| $900: S (DUD!) | $300: R (x2) $150: Y (DUD!) | $250: M $300: D (x3) Lose A Turn! Commercial break! |
$850 | $1,150 |
Monique nearly "made up" for that early solve on her first spin, as her flipper was very close to clicking over to BANKRUPT. That's enough of that.
As for Fred's Lose A Turn, Pat suggested that it sometimes help to stop. Good idea, as we need to go to commercials. 
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$850 | $1,150 | |
| We're back! $550: C $900: B Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! | ||
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Marie solves RED-BLOODED AMERICAN.
$1,450 to spend |
| Casablanca ceiling fan light (-$500) Samsung 19-inch color TV (-$500) Hamilton lady's diamond watch (-$355) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$95) |
Marie | Monique | Fred |
$1,450 | $400 |
Our contestants have just been bleeding money to bad spins. Let's catch up to where we should be by hitting the $2,000 space we've added to the Wheel.
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Marie | Monique | FRED |
| $350: S (x2) $700: T BANKRUPT! ($1,400) | ||
| $2,000: N (DUD!) | BANKRUPT! ($1,500) | $550: R BANKRUPT! ($550) |
| $500: L -$250: E (x3) $800: H (x3) BANKRUPT! ($2,650) | $350: C (x2) $200: Y Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! | |
$900 | ||
Pat said he's just about run out of "I'm sorry's" to Fred after his $1,400 loss, then he didn't need to say it after Marie's $2,000 spin. He obviously wasn't expecting her to call a wrong letter.
Later, the buzzer and slide whistle both sounded on Monique's BANKRUPT spin.
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Monique solves HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE. Surprisingly, we didn't need to go to Speed-Up.
$900 to spend |
| Hitachi stereo system (-$360) Habersham Plantation "eterjey" (Étagère) (-$365) Giorgio Beverly Hills perfume (-$90) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$85) |
Marie | Monique | Fred |
$1,450 | $1,300 |
Well, Fred's about as far from winning the Alaska trip as he can get. Empty-handed, he'll go home with the nice parting gifts.
BONUS ROUND:
Marie had better pick a good prize after all those main game losses. We'll see if she can add to her $9,150 in prizes.
She's going for...
Tiffany & Co. gift certificate featuring a emerald-cut aqua-marine cocktail ring ($4,860)
She deserves an easy puzzle!
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Time to put the common TNRSLE on the board.
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(The letter reveals are ridiculously out-of-sync with the "dings", and two of the letters in the third row reveal well after Vanna walks back to her spot.)
She's silent ...until with two seconds left, she solves SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHER to win the ring! Marie finishes with $14,010 in prizes, and she'll be returning for one more day!
