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April 4, 1995 recap Apr 8, 2023 13:56:48 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Apr 8, 2023 13:56:48 GMT -5

Airdate: April 4, 1995

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

Today's contestants:
Herb Hillend (returning with a 2-day total of $90,330)
Donna Davis: Morning show DJ (for a fairly "wacky" team), and has been saying good things about the show for a couple of weeks; from San Diego, CA
Amy Beatty: Likes to camp, travel, play Wheel, and just have a good time; from Phoenix, AZ

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

Round 1

CLUE

HERB	Donna	Amy
$500: R $400: N (DUD!)	$450: S $150: G (x2) -$250: I $350: T -$250: O (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! ($0)
$500	$600
-$250: E (x4) $500: N (Repeat)	$400: H (x2) -$250: A $350: K (x2) Solve: Correct!
$250	$1,850

CLUE

Donna solves HIGHEST GREEK PEAK. Is this all Greek to her, or will she win the $500 bonus for answering the clue?

"I want to kill myself, I don't know." Clearly, she doesn't know. We hope Amy knows.

She knows she'll live, but like Donna, she doesn't know the answer. Herb can't repeat any of their guesses, at least.

He can still copy their silence to make it a triple stumper. "And still another fascinating, exciting, dramatic clue round!" It's Mount Olympus. "I won $500!"

Herb	Donna	Amy
	$1,850

We really need Charlie to break the silence! He can do so right now, because the Wheel now has an RV Roncato satin/aluminum luggage set and Bausch & Lomb compact binoculars (labeled TRAVEL) worth $2,017.

We've added a $2,500 space so that Donna can keep climbing, but we would've liked a bigger puzzle than this.

Round 2

THING

Herb	DONNA	Amy
	$250: R $200: S (x3) SURPRISE: T (DUD!)	$700: N $500: F $750: W TRAVEL: M Solve: Correct!
	$850	$1,950+

THING

Amy solves SWISS ARMY KNIFE to keep the travel package.

Herb	Donna	Amy
	$1,850	$3,967

Be careful when touching that Wheel, because that $3,500 space could be "electrified". We also think about who could've sliced up the $10,000 prize to look like it does.

Round 3

PHRASE

Herb	Donna	AMY
		$200: L (DUD!)

$400: R (x4) -$250: E (x3) $900: N $900: D $550: S $1,000: T $900: Y Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$5,600

PHRASE

Herb solves YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.

Herb	Donna	Amy
$5,600	$1,850	$3,967

If Herb wins too much money with a $5,000 spin and picks up some DIAMONDS in the same round, he might be arrested. We'll still try to defend him if that happens.

Round 4

BEFORE & AFTER

HERB	Donna	Amy
$600: N (x3) -$250: O (x3) -$250: I (DUD!)	(Stopped spin) (Resume at $250) $600: S (DUD!)	Lose A Turn!
$1,300
$800: R (x2) $350: H (DUD!)	$500: C $500: F $250: M (DUD!)	$900: G (DUD!)
$2,900	$1,000
-$250: A (x2) -$250: E (x2) $350: L (DUD!)	$400: P Solve: Correct!
$2,400	$1,400

BEFORE & AFTER

Donna reads what's on the board. We'll end our game so they can learn what "corn pone" is.

Herb	Donna	Amy
$5,600	$3,250	$3,967

BONUS ROUND:

Two wins and a $95,930 total for Herb, but let's make it three Bonus Round wins! Another look at our prizes:

Shopping spree (over $21,000)

Cruise ($20,000)

United States Savings Bonds ($30,000)
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)

This is his chance to get to six digits. To do so, he must take an envelope, this time from the L, and then he must solve his final puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives him:

THING

It took him this long, but he said L third. After that, it's MCPO.

THING

What a way to finish! Herb reads what's on the board...

...to take yet another trip, the Orient Cruise to Asia including Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia, a prize worth $20,000! Herb retires with a grand total of $115,930!

In the post-game chat, Pat asks if Vanna has heard of corn pone. Being from the South...she actually hasn't! It's like corn bread, right? Pat thinks it's a funny word, because you don't go to a deli and order some "rye pone". Someone could tell them later, or Pat could go to "Pones 'R' Us" later to order a batch.