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Post by mechamind on Mar 22, 2023 23:07:03 GMT -5

Airdate: January 26, 1995

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

Today's contestants (all male):
Paul Lane (returning with a total of $46,025)
Benjamin Dunn: Sophomore at Alderman University studying English journalism, wants to be an automotive journalist; from Hampton, VA
Don Lowe: Works for a major corporation in the nuclear industry field, from Metropolis, IL

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

Round 1

BEFORE & AFTER

PAUL	Benjamin	Don
$500: T (x3) Lose A Turn!	$500: H $1,000: L $350: G (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! ($0)
$1,500	$1,500
BANKRUPT! ($1,500)	$400: S $200: F -$250: E (x4) $800: R (x2) Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
	$3,450

BEFORE & AFTER

Benjamin solves TRUE OR FALSE TEETH.

Paul	Benjamin	Don
	$3,450

True or False? Vanna White is included with our Wheel prize: Jacques Moret fashion bodyware with a Symphony Exercycle (labeled EXERCISE) worth $3,645.

We regret to tell you that's false. But it's true that the $2,500 space could lead you to an easy victory early on!

Round 2

PHRASE

Paul	BENJAMIN	Don
	$500: T $800: S Free Spin: R (x5) $200: H (DUD!)	$200: N (x5) -$250: O (x3) $200: D (x3) -$250: A (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$1,300	$1,100

Benjamin tries to pick up the Free Spin token before calling a letter.

PHRASE

Don solves SWING YOUR PARTNER ROUND AND ROUND.

Paul	Benjamin (FS)	Don
	$3,450	$1,100

They can at least swing their arms without falling from their spots. That should be a sufficient workout before spinning the $3,500 and/or one-third $10,000 spaces.

Round 3

CLUE

Paul	Benjamin (FS)	DON
		$200: T (x2) $600: R (x4) -$250: O (x2) $700: S $450: H -$250: U (x3) Lose A Turn!
		$3,450
Lose A Turn!	$500: M $550: C (x3) $600: N EXERCISE: F (DUD!)	$300: B $600: G -$250: I BANKRUPT/$10K! ($4,100)
	$2,750
BANKRUPT/$10K! ($0)	-$250: A (x4) $200: J (DUD!)	BANKRUPT/$10K! ($0)
	$2,500
$10,000!: X Solve: Correct!
+

CLUE

Paul solves SOUTH AMERICAN BIG CAT OR LUXURY CAR for the gold prize. Here's a bit more non-spendable cash for him: a $500 bonus if he can answer the clue.

He knows for sure that it's a Jaguar.

Paul	Benjamin (FS)	Don
$10,500	$3,450	$1,100

Something small can lead him to a big win. Now for a few more biggies, a $5,000 space and a golf trip to VIRGINIA...before a special kind of small puzzle.

Round 4

MEGAWORD

PAUL	Benjamin (FS)	Don
$600: T $200: N -$250: E (DUD!)	$500: M (DUD!)	SURPRISE: R
$550		+

MEGAWORD

DING DING! DING DING!

Surprised by a different sound, Pat now knows he has to give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $500 a piece.

Don: C ($500+)
Paul: H (DUD!)
Benjamin: S (DUD!)
Don: L ($1,000+)

MEGAWORD

Don solves CLAIRVOYANT. Just to be safe, he should take the $500 bonus by using the word in a sentence.

"The lady clairvoyant told my fortune." We couldn't foresee anything being dropped in the background (there was a loud noise during his sentence), but we did know he would cash in.

Did anybody predict this for a SURPRISE? Don takes a Mall of America shopping spree holiday worth $4,192.

(Pat accidentally shortchanges Don by $500 when reading his total, but is quickly corrected from offstage.)

Paul	Benjamin (...)	Don
$10,500	$3,450	$6,792

Some of us could see a future where the Free Spin token ended up like this.

BONUS ROUND:

Paul knows the prizes, but he doesn't know how to pick specifically the one he wants. To his $68,275 in cash and prizes, he'll be playing for an annuity, a watch, or the $25,000.

Maybe he can foresee which envelope is which, but we'll never know. All we see is that he picks the W and will attempt this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

RSTLNE gives him:

PHRASE

To this generous help, Paul will throw in DCFA.

PHRASE

He instantly says BREAK THE BAND, and the solve cue plays before cutting off (along with the timer). No worries, as he solves BREAK THE BANK two seconds later, and the cue plays fully.

His second guess was obviously fast enough to take the watch, a Hammerman with diamonds and a caramel-colored crocodile strap, a prize worth $17,500! Paul now has $85,775 and plays one more game!

Again, Pat's been calling some winners of the Sweepstakes, and we have another clip of him calling Lynne Sayles to tell her she's won a 1995 Ford Ranger Splash pickup! Vanna shouts from a distance to congratulate her.