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March 5, 2002 recap Jan 28, 2023 15:35:45 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jan 28, 2023 15:35:45 GMT -5

Airdate: March 5, 2002

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! Welcome to Desert Oasis Week!

You'd better solve this Toss-Up, or there will be no drinks today...

$1,000 Toss-Up

EVENT

Go!

EVENT

Debi solves WISHING ON A STAR.

Debi	Cleve	Min Hee
$1,000

Wishing to win big on our show:
Debi Jordan: Music is her life as she plays guitar, used to have a singing telegram service, and writes songs (she even wrote one about the show); from Brooklyn, MI
Cleve Walton III: There are four Cleve's, and this one is a father of three; from Hampton, VA
Min Hee Kim: Recent graduate who majored in communication studies, and is looking for a career in broadcasting; from Los Angeles, CA

Debi sings her song for the show, and Pat gives her 10 seconds for it:

Three players will have a chance

to buy a vowel a pick a letter

Of the three of us, I hope

and pray I'm the one who plays better

Everyone's about to get

fifteen minutes of fame but I'll

probably get so nervous I'll

forget my own first name

They said that California

is the place you ought to be!

With Pat Sajak and Vanna

'cause they're real good company!

Oh, I hope I come home with

cash and a truck

and I hope that I have good luck!

Pat: That's very nice! You're like a lot of auto mechanics. It'll just take about two days. Don't worry, Mr. Sajak.

Debi: I'm still on Eastern Time.

Pat wishes for another Toss-Up, and here it is! He only has two wishes left, though.

$2,000 Toss-Up

PHRASE

Go!

PHRASE

Debi solves STOP BY ANYTIME, and the solve cue starts to play- Actually, she's not correct!

PHRASE

Min Hee solves DROP BY ANYTIME. The solve cue plays in full.

Debi	Cleve	Min Hee
$1,000		$2,000

After an easy mistake, it could be easy for Min Hee to forget she has to start spinning...but she remembered.

Round 1

RHYME TIME

Debi	Cleve	MIN HEE
		$300: R (x3) -$250: A (DUD!)
		$650
$600: S (x2) $300: C -$250: E (x6) Solve: Correct!
$1,250

RHYME TIME

Debi solves JEEPERS CREEPERS.

Debi	Cleve	Min Hee
$2,250		$2,000

Don't scare our players like that! We'll take some time to breathe, and then we'll start spinning for an ExOfficio travel clothing gift certificate (labeled TRAVEL) worth $2,500.

You can stop by the Jackpot space anytime, but you must solve on that space if you want the money.

Round 2

BEFORE & AFTER

DEBI	Cleve	Min Hee
$800: R (DUD!)	$600: T (DUD!)	Gift Tag: N (x4) $800: D -$250: A (x4) $600: D (Repeat)
		$550+
$600: V (DUD!)	$900: L (x4) Lose A Turn!	$800: G (DUD!)
	$3,600	$550+
$400: W (x2) $500: Y -$250: E (x4) Solve: Correct!
$1,050

Debi tries to buy an E on her third turn despite having no money, but her call is ignored.

BEFORE & AFTER

Debi solves YOU'LL FEEL LIKE A NEW MAN AND WOMAN.

Debi	Cleve	Min Hee
$3,300		$2,000

Do you feel like winning another one of our prizes? Because we felt like adding a holiday at La Quinta Resort and Club near Palm Springs (labeled PALM SPRINGS) worth $4,600.

The $10,000 prize doesn't feel so good being trapped in the darkness like that.

Round 3

SHOW BIZ

Debi	CLEVE	Min Hee
	$800: N (DUD!)	$500: T (x2) $900: R (x2) -$250: E (x3) $700: L (x2) -$250: I (x2) $300: G $300: B -$250: A (x2) $600: C $500: S (x4) Solve: Correct!
		$6,650

SHOW BIZ

Min Hee solves ACTRESS MELISSA GILBERT.

Debi	Cleve	Min Hee
$3,300		$8,650

Cleve shouldn't feel down, as this next Toss-Up can put him right back in this if he solves.

$3,000 Toss-Up

ON THE MAP

Go!

ON THE MAP

Cleve solves THE POCONO MOUNTAINS to jump back into this game!

Debi	Cleve	Min Hee
$3,300	$3,000	$8,650

Oh! Maybe he has to split the wealth with three others. The $5,000 space should help cover the rest of it.

Round 4

AROUND THE HOUSE

Debi	CLEVE	Min Hee
	$600: N (DUD!)	$900: T $450: N (Repeat)
		$900
$700: S -$250: E (x3) $300: R (x2) $500: L (x2) $300: D (DUD!)	$600: G TRAVEL: Y (x2) -$250: O $5,000: C $800: F (DUD!)	$600: K Solve: Correct!
$2,050	$5,350+	$1,500

The O reveal is accidentally replayed when Cleve calls the C, but the next shot of the board is correct.

AROUND THE HOUSE

Min Hee solves WEEKLY GROCERY LIST.

Debi	Cleve	Min Hee
$3,300	$3,000	$10,150

The prize wedge is not removed from Cleve's arrow.

And next on our list of puzzles, since we have time...

Round 5

PEOPLE

DING DING! DING DING!

...just not much time, so Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth $600 + $1,000 for $1,600 a piece. Min Hee plays!

Min Hee: T (x2) ($3,200)
Debi: R ($1,600)
Cleve: S (x3) ($4,800)
Min Hee: A ($3,200)

Debi: N (x2) ($4,800)

Only vowels left!

PEOPLE

Debi solves TENNIS STARS.

Debi	Cleve	Min Hee
$8,100	$3,000	$10,150

BONUS ROUND:

The last thing on Min Hee's list of things to do is win a prize in Bonus Land. It could be a car or the cash...or if she's really lucky, it could be the $100,000!

Quickly to the Bonus Wheel, where Min Hee will give it a spin and stop at the 1,000's digit. We slowly walk to face the puzzle board:

Bonus Puzzle

ON THE MAP

RSTLNE gives her:

ON THE MAP

GHMI lights up a helpful consonant.

ON THE MAP

Not helpful enough. She says FRIDGE, FRADGE, and KRADGE. After time runs out, Pat reminds her of the category. She does not solve PRAGUE...

...and the $25,000 flies away. Pat takes one more look at the Bonus Wheel just for fun, and the $100,000 was hidden under the 10's digit, three spaces clockwise.

Min Hee is still happy with $10,150 in cash.

In the post-game chat, Pat says he likes Vanna's dress. It looks like her spleen exploded.