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March 20, 1995 recap Apr 4, 2023 22:48:48 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Apr 4, 2023 22:48:48 GMT -5

Airdate: March 20, 1995

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

Today's contestants:
Mindy Stein: Speech pathologist currently "on hiatus" to care for her kids, from Teaneck, NJ
Sharlene Andrews: Secretary at a major accounting firm, from Duncanville, TX
Joe Gregory: Student at Pepperdine University in Malibu studying sports management and managing a basketball team, wants to get a front office job with a major team; from Alameda, CA

Pat: Would the plural of hiatus be "hiati", what do you think?

Mindy: Is that one of the puzzles?

Pat: Well, it could be. Boy, I hope I didn't give anything away.

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

Round 1

CLUE

MINDY	Sharlene	Joe
Lose A Turn!	$250: T (x3) $300: S $400: N -$250: E $700: R (x4) Lose A Turn!	$250: L (x2) $400: P (DUD!)
	$4,000	$500
$450: D (DUD!)	$250: F -$250: O $800: B (x3) Only vowels left! -$250: A (x4) Solve: Correct!
	$6,150

CLUE

Sharlene solves RABBIT'S TAIL OR NATURAL FIBER. A $500 bonus will more than cover that extra vowel purchase, but she must answer the clue.

She's silent. We could give the cash to Joe.

Good luck. Pat would say the same to him, but that's not correct. Good luck to Mindy!

A good answer from her! It's cotton.

Mindy	Sharlene	Joe
$500	$6,150

We had to be careful not to give away our prize- reveal the secret too early, that is. You know we'd like to give somebody a Wallace Silversmiths 5-piece tea set, Lazy Susan, and chafing dish (labeled SILVER) worth $2,937.

Rinse and repeat for Sharlene...except we need more of that $2,500 space and fewer bad spins.

Round 2

EVENT

Mindy	SHARLENE	Joe
	$350: T (DUD!)	$250: R $900: S SILVER: N Lose A Turn!
		$1,150+
$500: G (x3) -$250: I (x2) $400: F -$250: O $150: D -$250: E (DUD!)	$800: M -$250: A $500: L $500: C Solve: Correct!
$1,300	$1,550

EVENT

Sharlene reads what's on the board.

Mindy	Sharlene	Joe
$500	$7,700

Here comes another chance for Joe to dig for some cash with a $3,500 and one-third $10,000 space on the Wheel. He's hoping his mouth doesn't snap shut at the wrong time...

Round 3

BEFORE & AFTER

Mindy	Sharlene	JOE
		$1,000: T $700: R $150: S $400: N (x2) $250: L (DUD!)
		$2,650
$500: D (DUD!)	$450: M (DUD!)	$800: C $400: B -$250: E (x7) $200: P $600: H Lose A Turn!
		$4,900
$250: G Lose A Turn!	$300: Y Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$250	$300

BEFORE & AFTER

Sharlene solves BUY ONE GET ONE FREE SPEECH.

Mindy	Sharlene	Joe
$500	$8,000

Say what you want about where we are now, but no matter what, Pat's giving the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $800 a piece. Mindy starts.

Round 4

PERSON

Mindy: T (DUD!)
Sharlene: R ($800)
Joe: S (DUD!)

Mindy: D (x4) ($3,200)

PERSON

Mindy solves DEAR OLD DAD.

Mindy	Sharlene	Joe
$3,700	$8,000

This is Joe's best chance to speak freely, because it's just before he takes home some nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Once again, we were guaranteed a new contestant starting a new week with some new prizes. And here are those prizes.

1995 Land Rover Discovery (over $35,000)

West Indies trip (almost $16,000)
Precious metals package ($30,000)
Pair of watches with 18-karat gold and diamond dials (over $24,000)
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)

We pull out the dear old envelopes, and Sharlene wants the dear old second E. Is this just an old puzzle?

Bonus Puzzle

EVENT

RSTLNE gives her:

EVENT

The common CDMA leave only one column to fill in.

EVENT

She instantly solves BALL GAME...

...and it's a home run for $25,000! Sharlene finishes with $33,000 in cash, and she returns tomorrow!

In the post-game chat, Vanna admits she feels weird. Last night, she polished her nails red, but for the last several years, she's had the French manicure (the natural look). She feels weird having red nail polish on. Pat thinks it's amazing...that he has learned to sleep with his eyes open.