Post by mechamind on Mar 6, 2023 0:00:10 GMT -5
Airdate: April 23, 1996
From the Fox Theater in Atlanta, it's America's game! Welcome to our early Olympic celebration!
Today's contestants:
Claude Brennan, Jr.: Student at Fort Valley State College, also made a little money at a major theme park; from Atlanta
Jessica Blasberg: Student at Colorado State University and tennis player for the campus, and has an identical twin studying in Spain; from Cincinnati, OH
Tracey Patton: Secretary for 16 years with a major insurance company, from Elizabeth, PA
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
Jessica solves AUTHOR HENRY DAVID THOREAU.
Perfection! Jessica solves FREE SPIN LOSE A TURN & BANKRUPT. Of course, all she has is a lousy Double Play and SURPRISE ...but the latter is a holiday at The St. George's Club Bermuda worth $6,893!
Couldn't we have thrown "top dollar" in that last puzzle? Like $5,000 top dollar?
This game is running long, but we have enough time for another puzzle.
DING DING! DING DING!
And to the surprise of nobody, Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $500 a piece. Claude starts.
Claude: T ($500)
Jessica: N (DUD!)
Tracey: L (x3) ($1,500)
Claude: S ($1,000)
Jessica: R ($500)
Tracey: C ($2,000)
Tracey only says PARTICULARLY before the buzzer.
Claude: P (DUD!)
Jessica: Y ($1,000)
Tracey: M ($2,500)
Claude: D ($1,500)
Jessica: A (x2) ($1,000)
Tracey: E (x4) ($2,500)
Claude: G (DUD!)
Jessica: H ($1,500)
Jessica solves HERMETICALLY SEALED and has swept the game!
BONUS ROUND:
RSTLNE gives her:
PBHA does give her one important consonant and a vowel.
From the Fox Theater in Atlanta, it's America's game! Welcome to our early Olympic celebration!
Today's contestants:
Claude Brennan, Jr.: Student at Fort Valley State College, also made a little money at a major theme park; from Atlanta
Jessica Blasberg: Student at Colorado State University and tennis player for the campus, and has an identical twin studying in Spain; from Cincinnati, OH
Tracey Patton: Secretary for 16 years with a major insurance company, from Elizabeth, PA
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
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CLAUDE | Jessica | Tracey |
| $250: T (x2) Lose A Turn! (He tries to call N.) | $900: N -$250: E (x2) $750: S (DUD!) | $500: R (x3) Lose A Turn! |
$500 | $650 | $1,500 |
| $800: L (DUD!) | $500: H (x3) $400: Y -$250: A (x3) -$250: U (x2) Solve: Correct! | |
$500 | $2,050 |
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Jessica solves AUTHOR HENRY DAVID THOREAU.
Claude | Jessica | Tracey |
$2,050 |
Don't tell Jessica that Charlie has an identical twin who also knows how to announce. He's ready with a Gap gift certificate (labeled GAP CLOTHING) worth $1,500.
Do tell Jessica that there's a $3,500 space on the Wheel! A $10,000 prize is nice, but nobody wants to hear that it's only one peg wide.
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Claude | JESSICA | Tracey |
| Double Play: N (x3) SURPRISE: R (x3) $400: S (x2) -$250: A (x2) -$250: E (x3) $600: F Solve: Correct! | ||
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Perfection! Jessica solves FREE SPIN LOSE A TURN & BANKRUPT. Of course, all she has is a lousy Double Play and SURPRISE ...but the latter is a holiday at The St. George's Club Bermuda worth $6,893!
Claude | Jessica (DP) | Tracey |
$9,843 |
Before the break, Pat plugs the Friday Finals prize that will be awarded to that day's winner: a Thomasville American Revival home theater system with Philips electronics worth $16,200.
Couldn't we have thrown "top dollar" in that last puzzle? Like $5,000 top dollar?
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Claude | Jessica (DP) | TRACEY |
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| $900: N $550: T -$250: E (x3) $350: R (x3) -$250: A $800: S (x2) -$250: O (x3) $900: C $200: G $250: L (DUD!) | (Double Play!) $600: W (+$600 D.P.) $250: F $800: M (DUD!) | $200: H (DUD!) |
$4,450 | $1,450 | |
| $500: V (DUD!) | $600: B (DUD!) | $550: D (DUD!) |
$4,450 | $1,450 | |
| Lose A Turn! | $250: J Solve: Correct! | |
$4,450 | $1,700 | |
The buzzer does not sound on Claude's V call.
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Jessica solves ? WATER ? JOKE ? FOR CONGRESS. It's no joke that she can score a $1,000 bonus by filling in the blank!
She answers run, but we can't accept that. The actual blank is running.
Claude | Jessica | Tracey |
$11,543 |
This game is running long, but we have enough time for another puzzle.
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DING DING! DING DING!
And to the surprise of nobody, Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $500 a piece. Claude starts.
Claude: T ($500)
Jessica: N (DUD!)
Tracey: L (x3) ($1,500)
Claude: S ($1,000)
Jessica: R ($500)
Tracey: C ($2,000)
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Tracey only says PARTICULARLY before the buzzer.
Claude: P (DUD!)
Jessica: Y ($1,000)
Tracey: M ($2,500)
Claude: D ($1,500)
Jessica: A (x2) ($1,000)
Tracey: E (x4) ($2,500)
Claude: G (DUD!)
Jessica: H ($1,500)
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Jessica solves HERMETICALLY SEALED and has swept the game!
Claude | Jessica | Tracey |
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Jessica's running away with everything. Claude and Tracey can only walk off with some nice parting gifts.
BONUS ROUND:
But really, Jessica can't run away before winning a bonus prize! We need to give away something good like a Taurus wagon, a trip to Greece, a Robert E. Lee document, or the $25,000.
All the prizes are sealed in envelopes, and Jessica wants the H. Maybe for hermetically. Maybe it's time to solve a puzzle.
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PBHA does give her one important consonant and a vowel.
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And she solves HALF-HOUR before the timer starts to COMPLETE THE SWEEP!
We only need a few seconds to see that she's won a 1996 Taurus wagon from Ford worth $21,665! Jessica finishes with $34,708 in cash and prizes, and she is likely to come back on Friday!
