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February 28, 1995 recap Mar 28, 2023 22:43:00 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Mar 28, 2023 22:43:00 GMT -5

Airdate: February 28, 1995

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

Today's contestants:
Tom Lamond: Going to attend culinary school and recently graduated from University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in liberal arts, and he wants to be a restaurant owner; from Houston
Nancy Palk: Mother of three, from Orlando
Renae Whatley-Williams (returning with a 1-day total of $9,900)

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and let's start this game with a Red Letter Puzzle:

Round 1

PHRASE

TOM	Nancy	Renae
$800: N (x2) -$250: E (x2) BANKRUPT! ($1,350)	$200: T (x3) Free Spin: H (x3) -$250: O $350: G (x2) -$250: I $1,000: R (DUD!)	$700: S (DUD!)
	$800
$300: D (DUD!)	$700: L (x3) Solve: Correct!
	$2,900

PHRASE

Nancy solves LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK. Try not to laugh right now, as we need silence so that Nancy can score $1,000 by unscrambling the letters.

She can't get anything from those. The word was OBEY. She was actually thinking "boey".

Tom	Nancy (FS)	Renae
	$2,900

Charlie will now obey Pat and present us a prize. Our crew knows it's time for someone to win a pair of Hammerman Compatibles rings, half with diamonds and half with gold and platinum (labeled JEWELRY) worth $7,300.

And with the extra token, Nancy will obey our orders to hit the $2,500 space on the Wheel.

Round 2

PHRASE

Tom	NANCY (FS)	Renae
	$750: T (x2) $400: N (DUD!)	Lose A Turn!
	$1,500
$300: R (x2) $400: S (DUD!)	Lose A Turn!	$250: L (x3) -$250: E -$250: A -$250: I (x2) $800: Y $500: F (DUD!)
$600	$1,500	$800
$750: C (x3) Solve: Correct!
$2,850

PHRASE

Tom stumbles with the first word, but he solves POLITICALLY CORRECT.

Tom	Nancy (FS)	Renae
$2,850	$2,900

Last time was just plain wrong when Renae filled in a whole puzzle without hitting $3,500 or the one-third $10,000 space. This time could be different.

Round 3

CLUE

Tom	Nancy (FS)	RENAE
		$250: S (x4) $400: T (DUD!)
		$1,000
$900: R -$250: E (x3) -$250: A (DUD!)	$700: L $500: D (x2) -$250: U $500: C $700: M (x2) SURPRISE: B -$250: O (x3) Solve: Correct!
$400	$3,100+

CLUE

Nancy solves SYMBOLS USED IN MORSE CODE. She don't need no Free Spin, though she may need a $500 bonus that she can score by answering the clue.

Nancy says dots, but that's not good enough. Renae can grab a little cash.

She's just silent. Tom is our last one.

He says lights on the buzzer to make it a triple stumper. The answer to the clue is dots & dashes.

But the lights are back on Nancy who's holding the SURPRISE wedge...because we're giving her a trip to Mexico and stay at Krystal Cancun worth $2,483.

Tom	Nancy (FS)	Renae
$2,850	$8,483

Our crew got the message to add a $5,000 space and a trip to BALI to the Wheel.

Round 4

PLACE

TOM	Nancy (FS)	Renae
$350: R (DUD!)	$200: N (DUD!)	$700: S $5,000: T (x2) -$250: E (x2)
		$10,450

PLACE

DING DING! DING DING!

Renae simply knows how to excite us. Now comes Pat giving the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants will be worth... BANKRUPT!

Pat simply knows how to make us laugh. He'll give it another spin, and consonants will be worth... $900 a piece.

Renae: L ($11,350)

PLACE

Renae solves BUDDHIST TEMPLE for her come-from-behind victory!

Tom	Nancy (...)	Renae
$2,850	$8,483	$11,350

Maybe if Nancy remembered that it could be her last chance to recover, she would've handed in her Free Spin token.

BONUS ROUND:

Well, Renae did hit the Big Money this time and now has $21,250 in cash and prizes. Now she can hit something bigger in Bonus Land, with a trip to Italy, motor home, convertible, document, and the $25,000 to give away.

Time to win something tonight! Renae grabs the H this time, and back to her spot for another bonus puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

RSTLNE gives her:

PHRASE

YCDO are helpful enough.

PHRASE

Maybe not. She says LOW ON, LOW IN, and LOOK, and she does not solve LOW IN CALORIES. If it's the $25,000, she doesn't want to look. It's not. If it's the car...

...Pat will just close the envelope, because it's the convertible (which he never clearly shows us). Renae remains at $21,250 but has one more day to play.

In the post-game chat, Vanna cannot believe that it's the last day of the month. It's not a leap year this year. The leap year is next year in 1996. Pat is fascinated that they're every 4 years, but not when a new century comes. 1900 wasn't a leap year, but 2000 will be, as it's a year divisible by 400. "Look, you're holding remotes. If you want to go do somethin' else, go ahead. I'm tryin'! I'm doin' my best, here! We don't just entertain! We try to educate." Vanna asks where Pat learned that, and he just doesn't know.