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February 1, 1995 recap Mar 23, 2023 23:47:15 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Mar 23, 2023 23:47:15 GMT -5

Airdate: February 1, 1995

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

Today's contestants:
Verla Davis: Real estate broker, from Bald Knob, AR
Fred Kavanaugh: Retired deputy inspector after 28 years with the New York City Police Department, from Central Islip
Howard Lockhart (returning with a 1-day total of $29,040)

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

Round 1

SAME NAME

VERLA	Fred	Howard
$800: R $200: T (x3) $450: N (x2) $400: G (x2) $150: L (DUD!)	$250: D $350: S BANKRUPT! ($600)	$300: P -$250: O $500: H (x2) Solve: Correct!
$3,100		$1,050

SAME NAME

Howard solves HITCHING & TRADING POST.

Verla	Fred	Howard
		$1,050

We couldn't trade away this prize even if we wanted to. Give the Wheel just one spin, and in return, you may receive a cruise to Mexico on the Premier Cruise Lines Big Red Boat (labeled CRUISE) worth $4,800.

Also, "one of the players" (obviously Verla) tried to steal Pat's water.

Even though we've added a $2,500 space, we would still trade away this puzzle if we could, and there's a reason for that.

Round 2

MEGAWORD

Verla	FRED	Howard
	$400: R $200: N (DUD!)	$900: T BANKRUPT! ($900)
	$400
$800: L (DUD!)	$2,500: P (DUD!)	$500: C -$250: O $400: M $900: H (DUD!)
	$400	$650
$900: S -$250: I -$250: A (DUD!)	Solve: Correct!
$400	$400

MEGAWORD

Fred solves EROTICISM. So, that was another Megaword, and that is Fred's chance to score $500 by using the word in a sentence "suitable for the family hour".

He says "Sex magazines contain much eroticism." They certainly do, as Pat says, and Fred gets the extra cash.

Pat: The last two days, we've had sex magazines, and corns, and warts. I don't know what's going on here on this show.

Verla	Fred	Howard
	$900	$1,050

We're sure to get a family friendly reaction from someone hitting the $3,500 space, not so much from the $10,000 space when it's always a close call either way.

Round 3

FILL IN THE BLANK

Verla	Fred	HOWARD
		$500: R -$250: O (DUD!)
		$250
$500: S $3,500: T (DUD!)	$250: N (x2) $400: G $250: L (x2) -$250: I (x2) $250: D -$250: E (x4) $250: C Lose A Turn!	$600: P Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$500	$1,400	$850

FILL IN THE BLANK

Howard solves ? ENGINE ? ESCAPE ? DRILL. He can't escape this one! Well, maybe he could, but he wouldn't get the $500 bonus from filling in the blank.

Not even a guess. It's a chance for Verla to recover.

She can steal some money by answering fire. "Bring on the water!"

Verla	Fred	Howard
$500	$900	$1,900

If Verla lands on the $5,000 space, she can grab her own water. Furthermore, she's still not allowed to trade even a CHINA wedge for a drink.

Round 4

TITLE

VERLA	Fred	Howard
$350: L (x2) $500: D (DUD!)	$400: T $550: F -$250: A (x4) $600: W Solve: Correct!
$700	$1,300

TITLE

Fred solves A WHALE OF A TALE.

Verla	Fred	Howard
$500	$2,200	$1,900

He might have a tale to tell about this next round.

Round 5

PHRASE

DING DING! DING DING!

But he must keep it short, because Pat's ready to give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $350 a piece. Fred starts.

Fred: T (DUD!)
Howard: R ($350)

PHRASE

Howard says GET AROUND IT.

Verla: G (DUD!)
Fred: M (DUD!)
Howard: L (x2) ($1,050)

PHRASE

Howard now says ALL AROUND IT and ALL AROUND ME.

Verla: C (DUD!)
Fred: H (DUD!)
Howard: M (Repeat)
Verla: S (DUD!)
Fred: F (DUD!)
Howard: D ($1,400) (He repeats his last two guesses.)
Verla: N (DUD!)
Fred: B (DUD!)
Howard: P (x3) ($2,450)

Howard's repeated M was not acknowledged as a duplication.

PHRASE

Howard solves ALL WRAPPED UP to wrap this game up with a win!

Verla	Fred	Howard
$500	$2,200	$4,350

BONUS ROUND:

A somewhat weaker main game than the last one, but that won't stop him from adding another bonus prize to his $33,390 total! We still have the car, shopping spree, jewelry, and the $25,000.

Fortunately, nobody's spilling any water on these envelopes. Howard's just gonna take the L and solve another puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives him:

THING

He'll get some more good help with DMCA. (He said E last, and it briefly appeared on the chyron.)

THING

He instantly solves DIAGRAM in a "very manner-of-factly" way...

...and as a matter of fact, this one was for the 1995 Riviera by Buick worth $31,243! Howard's taken $64,633 in cash and prizes from us, and he's got one more show!

In the post-game chat, Vanna admits she's still writing 1994 on her checks every once in a while. A couple of months ago, Pat sat down and wrote a check dated to 1989. Don't ask him why he did that...