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February 13, 1995 recap Mar 26, 2023 11:10:18 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Mar 26, 2023 11:10:18 GMT -5

Airdate: February 13, 1995

From Walt Disney World, It's America's game! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!

Today's contestants (all male):
Patrick Stone: Administers music, drama, and media at First Assembly of God; from Dothan, AL
Mike Mack: Restaurant manager at a major theme park, from Orlando
David Wine (returning with a 1-day total of $7,390)

Pat wanted to make sure he heard Mike's hobbies correctly: collecting junk mail and tinkering with player pianos.

Pat: Funny, the acoustics must have gone. I thought you said you collected junk mail.

Mike: I do. It's easy. It's fun. It's cheap.

Pat: Well, I can see where that would be. You must have thousands of pictures of Ed McMahon in your-

Mike: Oh, yeah. Stacked like this.

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

PATRICK	Mike	David
$400: T (DUD!)	Lose A Turn!	$500: N (DUD!)

$1,000: S (x3) $300: R -$250: A (x2) $250: H (DUD!)	$400: D (DUD!)	$450: Y (x2) -$250: E (x5) $200: G (x3) Solve: Correct!
$3,050		$1,250

BEFORE & AFTER

David solves EGGS OVER EASY COME EASY GO.

Patrick	Mike	David
		$1,250

We think of how these prizes were here for one round only and then we forgot about them. Today, you have all day to pick up a red suede coat with leather detailing (labeled COAT) worth $1,000.

It's still just a single round for the $2,500 space before the trio ends up with something even bigger.

Round 2

PHRASE

Patrick	MIKE	David
	SURPRISE: S $400: R (x2) $200: N (x2) -$250: I BANKRUPT! ($950) (Surprise lost)	$400: T (x2) Solve: Correct!
		$800

PHRASE

David solves LOOKS AREN'T EVERYTHING. "David is a showoff."

Patrick	Mike	David
		$2,050

Looks can occasionally be something. See those sparkles on the $3,500 and one-third $10,000 spaces? The more dangerous spaces will never sparkle.

Round 3

PHRASE

Patrick	Mike	DAVID
		$200: N $300: T (x2) $150: R (x2) -$250: O (x3) -$250: I (x2) -$250: A $500: L $250: S -$250: U -$250: E (x3) $550: F (x2) Solve: Correct!
		$1,700

PHRASE

Perfection! David solves A REFLECTION OF OUR TIMES.

Patrick	Mike	David
		$3,750

We need one of the others to get with the times and win something big. We're thinking $5,000 big, though a DINE package is also okay.

Round 4

THING

PATRICK	Mike	David
$900: S (DUD!)	DINE: R (x2) $400: N (DUD!)	$400: C -$250: E $500: T (DUD!)
	+	$150
$5,000: H (DUD!)	$800: G (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! ($150)
	+
$200: L (DUD!)	$550: B (x2) -$250: U (x2) $500: K Solve: Correct!
	$1,350+

Mike tries to buy another vowel after the U, but Pat tells him that the vowels are gone.

THING

Mike solves RUBBER DUCKY. He didn't think he'd say that on national TV, but doing that scored him a French Limoge porcelain dining set with Oneida stemware and Sterling Silver flatware worth $8,283!

Patrick	Mike	David
	$9,633	$3,750

You can play with that rubber ducky after we play with this puzzle.

Round 5

PLACE

DING DING! DING DING!

But I guess we really want that duck soon. so how about if Pat gives the Wheel a Final Spin? Consonants are worth... $200 a piece. Mike begins.

Mike: N (DUD!)
David: Y (DUD!)
Patrick: R (x2) ($400)
Mike: B ($200)
David: T (DUD!)
Patrick: S (DUD!)
Mike: G (DUD!)
David: D (DUD!)
Patrick: H (DUD!)
Mike: L (DUD!)
David: P (DUD!)
Patrick: M (DUD!)

Mike: K (x2) ($600)

PLACE

Mike solves KARAOKE BAR.

Patrick	Mike	David
	$10,233	$3,750

Patrick gets to play with the you-know-what first, because he'll need some comfort after ending up with the nice parting gifts.

David takes a short trip home with a 2-day total of $11,140.

BONUS ROUND:

We might also try and force Mike to sing about one of our bonus prizes if he wins it. We start with an around-the-world trip, a Corvette, a boat, a diamond watch, and the $25,000.

But we'll quiet down so that Mike can pick an envelope. He's taking the L, and he's taking on this puzzle.

Bonus Puzzle

PLACE

RSTLNE gives him:

PLACE

Right away, he starts with N (and it goes on the chyron), but he's really picking DPBA.

PLACE

"La...la la la la." After that, he solves LAGOON ...and it was right on the buzzer. Pat thinks he was beaten, but since we're not entirely sure, we'll check the tape during the break.

In the post-game, we reveal that Mike solved the puzzle just in time! For that, he's got a Chevrolet Corvette worth $39,429!

Mike's happy with $49,662 in cash and prizes, and he could excite us again!