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January 25, 1995 recap Mar 22, 2023 18:42:19 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Mar 22, 2023 18:42:19 GMT -5

Airdate: January 25, 1995

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

Today's contestants (all male):

Sonny Kaona: Security officer at a major hotel, from Kilauea, HI

Paul Lane: Retired actor/theatre teacher/theatre manager, and involved at the Indiana University Art Museum; from Ellettsville, IN
Richard Mosier (returning with a 1-day total of $9,750)

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

Round 1

FILL IN THE BLANK

SONNY	Paul	Richard
$350: N (x2) $150: R (DUD!)	$800: T $1,000: L $300: S (x2) $500: H (x2) $500: D (DUD!)	$500: P $500: D (Repeat)
$700	$3,400	$500
BANKRUPT! ($700)	$200: G (DUD!)	$300: C -$250: E (x5) $350: W Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
	$3,400	$900

FILL IN THE BLANK

Richard solves ? SAUCE ? HOUSE ? ELEPHANT ? WINE. Is he prepared to win a $500 bonus by filling in the blank?

Clearly, yes. He fills in the blank with white.

Sonny	Paul	Richard
		$1,400

Pat can sneak in a sip of white wine while our crew sneaks in an AT&T Globalist 200 notebook computer with Microsoft Windows (labeled COMPUTER) worth $2,925.

We type up another puzzle onto the board, and we print a $2,500 space onto the Wheel.

Round 2

PHRASE

Sonny	PAUL	Richard
	$350: T (x2) $800: N (x2) -$250: E (x2) $800: L (x2) -$250: A (x2) $300: R -$250: I (x2) $500: B $500: S $2,500: G $200: V (DUD!)	$200: K (DUD!)
	$6,950
$250: D $250: W Solve: Correct!
$450

PHRASE

Sonny reads what's on the board.

Sonny	Paul	Richard
$450		$1,400

Anybody can win this battle. It's up to Richard to build an elephant-sized lead with the $3,500 space on an elephant-sized puzzle, though he can also take the lead with a mouse-sized $10,000 space.

Round 3

PERSON

Sonny	Paul	RICHARD
		$500: R (x2) $600: T -$250: E (x5) $300: N (x2) -$250: A (x3) $800: L (DUD!)
		$1,700
$900: D (DUD!)	$500: G (x3) -$250: O (x3) $3,500: H (x3!) Solve: Correct!
	$11,750

PERSON

Paul solves HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION GEORGE FOREMAN, and he finally delivers the knockout!

Sonny	Paul	Richard
$450	$11,750	$1,400

Maybe Sonny can deliver his own knockout, but with a $5,000 space and a trip to ST. THOMAS this time.

Round 4

BEFORE & AFTER

SONNY	Paul	Richard
$900: N (x2) $900: T $900: H -$250: E (x3) $250: Q ST. THOMAS: R (x2) -$250: A (x3) $550: F (x2) Solve: Corrrect!
$4,450+

BEFORE & AFTER

Perfection! Sonny solves AFRICAN QUEEN OF HEARTS for the cash, and he takes a 7-day British Virgin Islands holiday at the Point Pleasant Resort worth $5,224.

But now, it's too late for that knockout.

Sonny	Paul	Richard
$10,174	$11,750	$1,400

Richard leaves with a 2-day total of $11,150.

BONUS ROUND:

Not just a champion, but Paul beat the previous one in just one day. He's now ready to play for...

Bank Vault Annuity ($20,000)

Home improvement package (over $46,000)

Hammerman diamond watch (over $17,000)
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)

Pick an envelope. Any envelope! Paul takes the second E, and he'll soon pick some letters for this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives him:

THING

Now for his letters, and CDMI completes the last word.

THING

He thinks of LOG TIE, RAG TIE, and SUB TIE...before beating the buzzer with BOW TIE!

His dramatic act will give him a home improvement package, a Four Seasons Greenhouse Edition with wood and aluminum, plus Bob Mitchell wall coverings, and Ruegg heat-circulating fireplace, and $1,000 cash, all adding up to $46,025!

Paul ends the day with $57,775 in cash and prizes, but this is just the first day!

Vanna just loves to hear another phone call from a Sweepstakes winner. Here's another one, made to Burnell Bandfield who has just won an Alaskan cruise! "Well, great!" Another happy winner!