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September 29, 1994 recap Feb 21, 2023 23:43:53 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Feb 21, 2023 23:43:53 GMT -5

Airdate: September 29, 1994

From Hollywood, It's America's game! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Larry Burrish: "Mister mom" of one while his wife works hard, also plays the Wheel game on Nintendo; from Honolulu, HI
Amy Fortgang (returning with a 2-day total of $59,415)
Ben Crumpton: Postal clerk, and a father of two with "one more under construction"; from St. Petersburg, FL

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

Round 1

PHRASE

LARRY	Amy	Ben
$200: T (x4) $500: S (x2) -$250: O (x2) Free Spin: H (x2) $300: W -$250: A (x3) $1,000: B -$250: U (x2) $400: R (DUD!)	$200: P (DUD!)	SURPRISE: N (x2) $800: F Solve: Correct!
$2,350		$800+

PHRASE

Ben solves WHAT'S SO FUNNY ABOUT THAT. Will he be laughing when he hears about the surprise? It's a trip to Mexico and stay at the Sol Caribe Hotel worth $2,832!

Larry (FS)	Amy	Ben
		$3,632

There's nothing funny about a bare Wheel. Things will be all better when we throw in a Martin Lawrence Galleries limited-edition Morning Garden serigraph (labeled ART) worth $1,675.

Amy can only laugh about that last round. Now she can play for real, even taking some real cash from the $2,500 space.

Round 2

PHRASE

Larry (FS)	AMY	Ben
	BANKRUPT! ($0)	ART: T $200: S (DUD!)
		+
$450: N $200: H $500: R (x2) -$250: E (x3) -$250: A (x3) Lose A Turn! (Free Spin used) $200: D (x2) $500: L (x3) $200: P $300: B $500: C -$250: I (x3) Solve: Correct!
$3,800

PHRASE

Larry solves FILED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

Larry	Amy	Ben
$3,800		$3,632

Larry might wish that contestants were placed in alphabetical order right now, because he'd be the first one with a chance at the $3,500 space.

Round 3

CLUE

Larry	Amy	BEN
		$900: N (x3) $200: T (x3) $200: R -$250: O (x2) $600: S (DUD!)
		$3,250
BANKRUPT! ($0)	$300: L $500: D (x2) -$250: I -$250: E (x2) BANKRUPT! ($800)	$900: B -$250: A $400: K (x2) -$250: U Solve: Correct!
		$4,450

CLUE

Ben solves KNITTED BLANKET OR HOUND. Just one letter left, so if he wanted the extra money, he could simply take $500 more by answering the clue.

Which he does with Afghan.

Larry	Amy	Ben
$3,800		$8,582

Still searching for the big money, Larry is back in control and is looking forward to a $5,000 spin. Let's also throw in a FISH, which is actually a fishing trip to British Columbia.

Is Larry also searching for off-colored letters? Because this is a Red Letter Puzzle!

Round 4

THINGS

And there's an apostrophe. "Information overload!"

LARRY	Amy	Ben
$300: S (x3) $250: R (x3) -$250: E $500: N (DUD!)
$1,400

THINGS

DING DING! DING DING!

Speaking of overload, we could run overtime if Pat doesn't give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $800 a piece.

Amy: L ($800)

Ben: P (x2) ($1,600)

THINGS

Ben solves DOROTHY'S RUBY SLIPPERS. He's already won the game, but why turn away an extra $1,000 cash? Can he unscramble these letters?

He wastes no time. The word is BOLD.

Larry	Amy	Ben
$3,800		$11,182

Amy leaves with the $59,415 from her previous games.

BONUS ROUND:

There's no place like Bonus Land for Ben! We're sure he'd love one of these prizes:

Game room

Theatre tour of Broadway, London, and Paris (over $27,000)
Car ($22,000)

It's just him, an envelope from the L, and this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

SLANG

RSTLNE gives him:

SLANG

YBGA gives him a letter he probably wasn't thinking of.

SLANG

He guesses VOILA and BOELA (?), but he does not solve MOOLA. Cash, which wasn't available anyway...

...though he still might have wanted a car. Ben finishes with $11,182 in cash and trip, and he'll play our game again tomorrow.

Pat and Vanna talk about the slang term "moola". Cash, bread, cabbage, green, dollars. What else could they think of after saying goodbye to us?