Post by mechamind on Mar 21, 2023 22:41:41 GMT -5
Airdate: January 5, 1988
Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:
A $23,000 wide-body motorhome!
A diamond and emerald choker!
A 190-E Mercedes-Benz sedan!
Plus thousands of dollars in cash!
Over $194,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Cather Mannis: Civil service secretary currently working on a degree in computer science, also decorates cakes and spends time with her two girls; from San Antonio, TX
Kevin Burke: Works for the New York City Department of Finance
Diane Jezerski: Part-time substitute teacher with a son and another child on the way, from Warren, MI
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
Diane solves GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER.
Kevin solves PUPPET SHOW.
Finding a "multiple" is only half of it. The other half is being able to do so on the Big Money. The $3,500 space is on the Wheel, and a bigger puzzle will surely have a double, a triple, or something like that.
(Sort of) Perfection! Diane solves IT'S YOUR WORD AGAINST MINE.
It's Cather against an uncooperative Wheel. Maybe she'll only spin good things from now on, including a Reynaud Ceralene dinner service for 8 with Sterling Silver service, plus Orrefors crystal stemware (labeled DINING) worth $7,236.
Kevin solves LIVERPOOL ENGLAND to speed into first place.
Kevin solves THE GIFT OF GAB.
Another very quick game, so we have time for another round!
But time is running out, so even though the "dings" don't sound, Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $400 a piece. Diane starts.
Diane: T ($400)
Cather: D ($400)
Kevin: N ($400)
Diane: G (x2) ($1,200)
Cather: H ($800)
Kevin: L ($800)
Kevin solves LIGHT READING.
BONUS ROUND:
Kevin didn't come here for some "light" prizes. He wants the good stuff from Bonus Land, and we could give him any of these:
Look at this studio filled with fabulous bonus prizes including:
A $23,000 wide-body motorhome!
A diamond and emerald choker!
A 190-E Mercedes-Benz sedan!
Plus thousands of dollars in cash!
Over $194,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Cather Mannis: Civil service secretary currently working on a degree in computer science, also decorates cakes and spends time with her two girls; from San Antonio, TX
Kevin Burke: Works for the New York City Department of Finance
Diane Jezerski: Part-time substitute teacher with a son and another child on the way, from Warren, MI
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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CATHER | Kevin | Diane |
| BANKRUPT! ($0) | BANKRUPT! ($0) | $200: T $400: S (x3) -$250: O (x3) $800: R -$250: E (x2) Free Spin! $150: N (x3) Solve: Correct! |
$2,150 |
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Diane solves GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER.
Cather | Kevin | Diane (FS) |
$2,150 |
Guess what made it into the studio? Jack says hello to a Fred Joaillier gift certificate featuring a pair of white gold cuff links (labeled DIAMONDS) worth $4,100.
None of us were ready for a short puzzle, but the $2,500 space can guide us through this.
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Cather | KEVIN | Diane (FS) |
| $200: N (DUD!) | BANKRUPT! ($0) | |
| BANKRUPT! ($0) | $600: L (DUD!) | $400: R (DUD!) |
| $400: G (DUD!) | $200: S $350: T -$250: E $250: P (x3) Solve: Correct! | |
$1,050 |
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Kevin solves PUPPET SHOW.
Cather | Kevin | Diane (FS) |
$1,050 | $2,150 |
Finding a "multiple" is only half of it. The other half is being able to do so on the Big Money. The $3,500 space is on the Wheel, and a bigger puzzle will surely have a double, a triple, or something like that.
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Cather | Kevin | DIANE (FS) |
| $700: T (x2) $200: S (x2) -$250: I (x3) $250: R (x2) $600: Y -$250: O (x2) $200: W Lose A Turn! (Free Spin used) Solve: Correct! | ||
$2,600 | ||
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(Sort of) Perfection! Diane solves IT'S YOUR WORD AGAINST MINE.
Cather | Kevin | Diane |
$1,050 | $4,750 |
It's Cather against an uncooperative Wheel. Maybe she'll only spin good things from now on, including a Reynaud Ceralene dinner service for 8 with Sterling Silver service, plus Orrefors crystal stemware (labeled DINING) worth $7,236.
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CATHER | Kevin | Diane |
| DINING! $150: G $300: W (DUD!) | $800: S (DUD!) | $500: R $3,500: T (DUD!) |
$150+ | $500 | |
| $3,500: N (x2) -$250: E (x2) $900: D -$250: E (Repeat) | $3,500: L (x3!) Solve: Correct! | |
$7,550+ | $10,500 |
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Kevin solves LIVERPOOL ENGLAND to speed into first place.
Cather | Kevin | Diane |
$11,550 | $4,750 |
There's no rule against hitting the Big Money twice! Kevin can do it again, but with an even better $5,000 space!
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Cather | KEVIN | Diane |
| $600: N (DUD!) | $5,000: T (x2) $300: H -$250: E Lose A Turn! | |
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| $500: S (DUD!) | $800: F (x2) -$250: O -$250: A -$250: I $700: G (x2) Solve: Correct! | |
$2,250 |
Somehow, $5,000 was placed in the wrong spot (normally where $3,500 would've been in the previous round), putting the $2,000 space from the daytime show into play.
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Kevin solves THE GIFT OF GAB.
Cather | Kevin | Diane |
$13,800 | $4,750 |
Another very quick game, so we have time for another round!
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But time is running out, so even though the "dings" don't sound, Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $400 a piece. Diane starts.
Diane: T ($400)
Cather: D ($400)
Kevin: N ($400)
Diane: G (x2) ($1,200)
Cather: H ($800)
Kevin: L ($800)
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Kevin solves LIGHT READING.
Cather | Kevin | Diane |
| $14,600 | $4,750 |
Cather must have thought she had it easy before repeating a letter, an easy mistake to make. She now leaves with the nice parting gifts.
BONUS ROUND:
Kevin didn't come here for some "light" prizes. He wants the good stuff from Bonus Land, and we could give him any of these:
Around the World trip
Mercedes
Motorhome
Emerald and diamond choker
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)
Kevin will play for...
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)
Here's one more "light" puzzle:
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He's no different from the rest, as he picks NRSTLE.
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He says VALENTINE SCENE, then BULLETIN SCREEN. Kevin does not solve ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, so he leaves with $14,600 in total.