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March 15, 1995 recap Apr 1, 2023 14:56:09 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Apr 1, 2023 14:56:09 GMT -5

Airdate: March 15, 1995

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

Today's contestants:
Kathy Rypkema: Full-time homemaker and registered nurse, from Colleyville, TX
Joe Berino, Jr.: Federal employee at the Treasury Department, from Mililani, HI
Glenn Yurata (returning with a 2-day total of $32,995)

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

Round 1

PHRASE

KATHY	Joe	Glenn
$300: T (x3) $500: H (x3) -$250: E (x3) $700: R -$250: A (x3) $500: D (DUD!)	$500: S (x2) $250: N (x2) -$250: O -$250: I (x2) $500: P $350: W (x2) SURPRISE: M Solve: Correct!
$2,600	$2,200+

PHRASE

Joe solves WHO WEARS THE PANTS IN THE FAMILY. He might dominate this game after winning the SURPRISE of a diver's vacation in...Hawaii. It's aboard the Kona Aggressor II and worth $7,092!

Pat: And you'll be picked up by bus at your home and- no. It's gonna be a lovely trip.

Kathy	Joe	Glenn
	$9,292

Pat and Charlie can fight over who rules the studio, but remember it's Charlie who introduces the duo and tells us about prizes like a Lalique Martinique vase (labeled CRYSTAL) worth $3,250.

And sure, just to prove his dominance, Joe will be the one hanging around the $2,500 space.

Round 2

THING

Kathy	JOE	Glenn
	$300: T (x2) Lose A Turn!	$500: S (x2) -$250: A (x3) -$250: E (DUD!)
	$600	$500
$500: R $200: M $200: P $500: H (x2) Solve: Correct!
$1,900

THING

Kathy solves HOT PASTRAMI SANDWICH.

Kathy	Joe	Glenn
$1,900	$9,292

Glenn was ready for a short puzzle, and by now he knows that the $3,500 and one-third $10,000 spaces can still put him in the lead. He was not prepared for this category...

Round 3

MEGAWORD

Kathy	Joe	GLENN
		$450: S (DUD!)

CRYSTAL: R (DUD!)	$250: L (DUD!)	$900: N (DUD!)

$400: T (DUD!)	$700: M (DUD!)	$400: H (DUD!)

BANKRUPT! ($0)	$400: P (DUD!)	$300: C (DUD!)

$700: D (x2) -$250: E -$250: A (DUD!)	$3,500: Y (DUD!)	$900: B (DUD!)
$900
$200: F (DUD!)	$300: G (DUD!)	$400: K (DUD!)
$900
BANKRUPT! ($900)	$500: V (DUD!)	CRYSTAL: Q (DUD!)

$450: W (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! ($0)	$900: X -$250: I (x2) $550: Z Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
		$1,200

There are two audio cuts in this round, one during Joe's BANKRUPT, and another before Glenn calls X. The applause machine and "slide whistle" would've been added in post, and chances are there was at least one obscenity that had to be edited out.

MEGAWORD

Glenn finally solves OXIDIZED. We don't even know if we have time for a $500 bonus, but we'll give it to Glenn if he can use the word in a sentence.

"When metal gets wet, it oxidizes." While not the exact word, we still gotta give him the cash.

Kathy	Joe	Glenn
$1,900	$9,292	$1,700

"Megaword!" The length of that last round means Pat's obviously giving the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants will be worth... $1,500 a piece. Kathy begins.

Round 4

PHRASE

Kathy: T (x2) ($3,000)
Joe: H (x2) ($3,000)
Glenn: G (x2) ($3,000)

PHRASE

Glenn spares the producer by quickly solving TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING.

Kathy	Joe	Glenn
$1,900	$9,292	$4,700

Glenn leaves with a 3-day total of $37,695.

BONUS ROUND:

Thanks to that quick Speed-Up round, we've actually made some time for prizes! Joe can win one of these:

European ski holiday ($17,000)

9-karat citrine ring with 4 karats of diamonds (over $18,000)

Porsche 968 (over $44,000)
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)

Maybe he already has the last one and can laugh about that as well. Anyway, Joe will take the L and face one extra puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

PHRASE

(Pat briefly forgets about the hyphen.)

RSTLNE gives him:

PHRASE

Now to throw in MDPA...

...and it looks like the impossible letters have struck again.

He's silent and does not solve FIFTY-FIFTY...

...and he couldn't even try for half a European ski holiday. Joe finishes with $9,292 in cash and prizes, but he'll be returning tomorrow.

In the post-game chat, Pat and Vanna talk about the helium balloons on the set, and eventually they'll have to stop floating. Pat's heard that if they stop floating, you can take a blow dryer and they'll start floating again. Vanna is fascinated.

March 15, 1995 recap Apr 1, 2023 15:01:20 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Apr 1, 2023 15:01:20 GMT -5

If anyone feels like transcribing Round 3, be my guest. I've been on the edge of a headache since the early morning, but thankfully it wasn't because of the Megaword (which I can only keep laughing about after rewatching).

Aside from that, it was funny to see a Hawaii contestant win a trip to Hawaii as a prize.

EDIT: Okay, my head's a little better, so here goes.

SPOILER: Click to show

There is a $10,000 space as promised on the Wheel, and our category this time is Megaword! *puzzle board chimes* Glenn, you'll start.

(Glenn spins) $450. S. Nope. *BUZZ* Kathy.

(Kathy spins) (hits CRYSTAL) Well, there's a nice prize. We need a letter. R? *BUZZ* Nope.

(Joe spins) (clicks off $3,500) Wow. $250. L! No L. *BUZZ* Glenn.

(Glenn spins) $900. N? No N. *BUZZ* It's Megaword. Kathy.

(Kathy spins) $400. T! No T. *BUZZ* Joe.

(Joe spins) $700. M! *BUZZ* No M. Glenn.

(Glenn spins) $400. H. Doing a *BUZZ* nice job, Vanna. Kathy?

(Kathy spins) (hits BANKRUPT) Oh. Eh, Bankrupt. *slide whistle* I'm sorry.

(Joe spins) $400. P! No P. *BUZZ* (Joe starts smiling after each lost turn) Glenn.

(Glenn spins) $300. C? No C. *BUZZ* Kathy.

(Kathy spins) $700. D. There are two D's. *ding* *ding*.

Uh, I'll buy a vowel. Okay. An E? One E, yeah. *ding*

I'll buy another vowel. Mm-hmm. An A? *BUZZ* No A. Sorry. Joe?

(Joe spins) $3,500! A Y? *BUZZ* A very good question. Ha ha ha! Glenn.

(Glenn spins) $900. B. *BUZZ* Nope. Kathy.

(Kathy spins) $200. F? No F. *BUZZ* Joe.

(Joe spins) $300. A G? *BUZZ* Nope. Glenn.

(Glenn spins) $400. K. No K. *BUZZ* Kathy.

(Kathy spins) (hits BANKRUPT) Well, it's... *slide whistle* Oh. -kind of akin to root canal here, isn't it? Uh, Joe.

(Joe spins) (stops before skinny BANKRUPT on right) Whoops. $500. V! No V. *BUZZ* Glenn.

(Glenn spins) (hits CRYSTAL) Well, there's that CRYSTAL worth over $3,200. Q. No Q. *BUZZ* Kathy.

(Kathy spins) Put down those remotes, you people! And- $450. W? Uh, no. *BUZZ* No W. Joe.

(Joe spins) *slide whistle* (silence) Glenn?

(Glenn spins) (hits $900 silently) Uh, Glenn, what letter? X! Yes, there is an X. *ding* Uh-huh. Now, you have $900.

What do you wanna do? I have to buy- Can I buy a vowel? Yeah, sure. I'd like to buy...an I? Mm-hmm. Two I's. *ding* *ding*

(Glenn spins) $550. Z! Yeah, there is a Z. *ding* *BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP*

Uh, $1,200, Glenn. What do we have? OXIDIZED. Yeah, that's it. *solve cue plays* Uh-huh.

Uh, $1,200, and a chance for $500 more merely by putting that into a sentence of some kind.

Um...when metal gets wet, it oxidizes.

I'll- I'll take that, sure. Absolutely. You'll take that? We'll take anything. $500 more.

$1,700 altogether for that round, and everybody's a winner...so far, and we'll play another round if- if we have time. We'll be back. *Changing Keys '94 plays*