Post by mechamind on Apr 4, 2023 23:53:27 GMT -5
Airdate: March 21, 1995
From Hollywood, It's America's game! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Mike Cain: Works for a special effects studio in Glendale and is an actor, from Burbank, CA
Lisa Rovner: Computer programmer, also bakes for her family restaurant; from Philadelphia, PA
Sharlene Andrews (returning with a 1-day total of $33,000)
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
Lisa solves HAMBURGER & MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER.
Lisa solves YOU CAN REALLY SINK YOUR TEETH INTO IT. She'll keep her teeth off that SURPRISE wedge, but she'll win an RCA 35-inch TV with broadcast stereo and universal remote worth $2,499.
Turn that TV off, and you'll miss out on Sharlene capitalizing with the $3,500 or one-third $10,000 space. She's already a big returning champ, so she has no excuse to stop early.
Mike will need to ask for fifties or hundreds so he can carry all that cash from a $5,000 spin. He must be careful not to burn the PARIS space if he picks it up.
Perfection! Mike solves WALL STREET INVESTORS.
We wish that was the opening bell, but it's really our way of telling Pat to give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $400 a piece.
Lisa: G (x2) ($6,550)
Lisa says GREAT BIGS. She then repeats the first word after the buzzer.
Sharlene: N (DUD!)
Mike: E (x2)
Mike guesses GREAT LEGS. Turns out to be correct, but it only nets him the house minimum.
BONUS ROUND:
RSTLNE gives her:
CMPA leaves only one space untouched.
From Hollywood, It's America's game! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Mike Cain: Works for a special effects studio in Glendale and is an actor, from Burbank, CA
Lisa Rovner: Computer programmer, also bakes for her family restaurant; from Philadelphia, PA
Sharlene Andrews (returning with a 1-day total of $33,000)
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and here's our first puzzle:
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MIKE | Lisa | Sharlene |
| Lose A Turn! | $250: S $200: T (x3) -$250: E (x5) $200: L (x3) -$250: I $450: R (x4) $400: H (x3) -$250: O $250: M (x2) Solve: Correct! | |
$4,200 |
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Lisa solves HAMBURGER & MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER.
Mike | Lisa | Sharlene |
$4,200 |
One of Merv's little helpers will hand control over to another helper in the background, because we're ready to add a vacation at Malibu Beach Inn Southern California (labeled MALIBU) worth $3,108!
We must now ask for some big help from the $2,500 space.
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Mike | LISA | Sharlene |
| $250: S $2,500: T (x4!) SURPRISE: H Lose A Turn! | $900: N (x3) $750: L (x2) -$250: A (x2) $400: M (DUD!) | |
$10,250+ | $3,950 | |
| Free Spin: G (DUD!) | $300: R (x2) Solve: Correct! | |
$10,850+ |
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Lisa solves YOU CAN REALLY SINK YOUR TEETH INTO IT. She'll keep her teeth off that SURPRISE wedge, but she'll win an RCA 35-inch TV with broadcast stereo and universal remote worth $2,499.
Mike | Lisa | Sharlene |
$17,549 |
Turn that TV off, and you'll miss out on Sharlene capitalizing with the $3,500 or one-third $10,000 space. She's already a big returning champ, so she has no excuse to stop early.
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Mike | Lisa | SHARLENE |
| $900: R (x2) BANKRUPT! ($1,800) | ||
| $200: T (x3) $700: H (DUD!) | $200: N (x3) $500: W -$250: E (x3) $800: Y -$250: I (x2) -$250: O (x2) $600: L (x4) Solve: Correct! | |
$600 | $3,550 | |
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Lisa solves PRESIDENT ON TWENTY-DOLLAR BILL. We can throw in 25 of them adding up to $500 if she answers the clue!
Thinking about it, she guesses Hamilton. Sharlene could score a bonus this time!
Or she can stay silent a second time. Back around to Mike...
...who guesses Franklin for a triple stumper. Pat reaches into his pocket, but he doesn't have a twenty in there. Anyway, it was Jackson.
Mike | Lisa | Sharlene |
$21,099 |
Pat: And after three rounds, you- Charlie, you know, you don't have to be out here on camera! You can just sit there and laugh!
Charlie: And watch you go...down in flames.
Mike will need to ask for fifties or hundreds so he can carry all that cash from a $5,000 spin. He must be careful not to burn the PARIS space if he picks it up.
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MIKE | Lisa | Sharlene |
| $300: S (x3) $900: T (x3) $250: R (x2) -$250: E (x3) $350: N -$250: O Solve: Correct! | ||
$3,950 | ||
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Perfection! Mike solves WALL STREET INVESTORS.
Mike | Lisa | Sharlene |
$3,950 | $21,099 |
We've still got some money to spend and some time for another round.
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Mike | LISA | Sharlene |
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DING DING! DING DING!
We wish that was the opening bell, but it's really our way of telling Pat to give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $400 a piece.
Lisa: G (x2) ($6,550)
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Lisa says GREAT BIGS. She then repeats the first word after the buzzer.
Sharlene: N (DUD!)
Mike: E (x2)
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Mike guesses GREAT LEGS. Turns out to be correct, but it only nets him the house minimum.
Mike | Lisa | Sharlene |
$4,150 | $21,099 |
Sharlene still has an all-cash total of $33,000 from her last game.
BONUS ROUND:
If Lisa wants another great prize, you can't get much greater than this! The cash is gone, but everything else remains:
Land Rover (over $35,000)
Private villa holiday in the West Indies (over $15,000)
Precious metals package ($30,000)
Watches (over $24,000)
Private villa holiday in the West Indies (over $15,000)
Precious metals package ($30,000)
Watches (over $24,000)
Only one of those envelopes can help Lisa boost her score, and she's going with the H. She'll have fun with this puzzle!
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CMPA leaves only one space untouched.
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She instantly solves PANTRY, not even letting the clock start...
...because she'll have to hurry to the Land Rover Discovery worth $35,100! Lisa suddenly has $56,199 in cash and prizes! She could drive away now, but we need her back for the next show. 
In the post-game chat, Pat says he's getting old. Either his arms or getting short, or he can't read as well. Vanna's still feeling okay, though she's not as old as Pat. It's a point of fact, she's not, and she'll never be...though if Pat gets hit by a bus tonight, she'll catch up eventually. Pat wouldn't even see it coming, because he couldn't read the license.