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Post by mechamind on Apr 15, 2023 20:00:05 GMT -5

Airdate: May 9, 1995

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

Today's contestants:
Lenora Cox: Works for a major insurance trade organization, from Arlington, VA (originally from Liberia)
J.T. Nelson (Again, nice hat!): Works for a mineral development company, also a horse rider/trainer; from Queen Creek, AZ
Kathleen Spring: Recent graduate from Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY, soon to go to graduate school at Southern Illinois University, and planning to work in speech communication; from Southington, CT

Pat likes J.T. in a hat, while the host would look like a geek in one.

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

Round 1

NEXT LINE PLEASE

LENORA	J.T.	Kathleen
Free Spin: T $900: F (x2) $350: R (DUD!)	$750: N (DUD!)	$500: S (x2) $300: L (x3) Solve: Correct!
$1,800		$1,900

NEXT LINE PLEASE

Kathleen quickly solves LIFE IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES. Life will be beautiful for her if she can take $500 by giving us the next line.

Life is beautiful. She answers "You never know what you're gonna get."

Lenora (FS)	J.T.	Kathleen
		$2,400

You never know what you're gonna get from our prize department. Today's surprise, besides a sparkly magenta thing, is a French Limoges Bordelaise patterned porcelain set (labeled CHINA) worth $3,032.

You never know what letter you're gonna find on the $2,500 space.

Round 2

PHRASE

Lenora (FS)	J.T.	Kathleen
	$450: T (x3) -$250: A (x3) $450: S (x2) $200: N (x2) -$250: E (x3) $250: C CHINA: M Solve: Correct!
	$2,400+

PHRASE

Perfection! J.T. solves A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY to keep the porcelain.

Lenora (FS)	J.T.	Kathleen
	$5,432	$2,400

We could've easily mistaken the aforementioned sparkly magenta thing with the $3,500 space. You can't confuse a lot of things with the one-third $10,000 space.

Round 3

LANDMARK

Lenora (FS)	J.T.	KATHLEEN
		$200: T $3,500: H -$250: E (x2) BANKRUPT! ($3,450)

$3,500: D (DUD!)	$3,500: S (DUD!)	$250: R $150: L (x3) -$250: O (x2) -$250: A $450: M (x2) $300: N (x2) Solve: Correct!
		$1,700

LANDMARK

Kathleen solves THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL.

Lenora (FS)	J.T.	Kathleen
	$5,432	$4,100

Life has been cruel to Lenora, but there's still hope with a $5,000 space and a GOLF trip to North Carolina on the Wheel.

Round 4

PERSON

LENORA (FS)	J.T.	Kathleen
$250: T (DUD!)	$900: R (DUD!)	$700: S (DUD!)

$350: G (x3) $1,500: L $500: H (DUD!) (Free Spin used) (Stopped spin) (Reset to $500) $800: D (x2) $250: N (x2) $600: F (DUD!)	$500: J Lose A Turn!	SURPRISE: Y Solve: Correct!
$4,650	$500	+

Lenora reached for her Free Spin token just before J.T. starts to spin, and even though she picked it up after J.T. started, Pat resets the Wheel from $400 (Lenora's arrow at Pat's grab) to the $500 she was on.

PERSON

Kathleen solves YANKEE LEGEND JOE DIMAGGIO for the sparkly magenta thing...which awards her a Curtis Mathes big screen projection TV worth $2,299.

Lenora	J.T.	Kathleen
	$5,432	$6,399

J.T. is going to need a home run in this round if he wants to win the game.

Round 5

PHRASE

Lenora	J.T.	Kathleen
	$300: T (x3) BANKRUPT! ($900)

PHRASE

DING DING! DING DING!

This might not last too long, because Kathleen has the first call after Pat gives the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth... $200 a piece.

Kathleen: S (x3) ($600)

PHRASE

Kathleen solves FIRST THINGS FIRST.

Lenora	J.T.	Kathleen
	$5,432	$6,999

We could guess that somebody was in trouble with Kathleen solving in every round she could play. Lenora is leaving with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

That's the first step completed for Kathleen. Next is to win her first bonus prize, and it could be from any of these:

Castles & Country vacation ($19,000)
His-and-hers 1995 Mustangs (over $40,000)
Loaded GM Mastercard ($20,000)
"Good ol' American cash" ($25,000)

First things first over here, Kathleen takes the second E from the envelope holder. Vanna's first step is to introduce her to this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives her:

THING

She's thinking of a few things with FCPA.

THING

She's silent, until she suddenly solves FLOWER halfway through...

...and a future graduate school student will need the $25,000! Kathleen has taken $31,999 in cash and prizes, and she's playing again!

In the post-game chat, Pat brings up that Mother's Day is coming up on Sunday. This will be Vanna's first as a true mother, so Pat set up a surprise for her. Her husband George and little Nicholas are in the studio! The three of them hug and kiss...while Pat knows how "thrilled" Nico is to see the host.

Pat asks George how he would rate Vanna as a mom... "Well, thank you for putting me on the spot." He says a "20" would be appropriate, but simply put, she's the best mom in the world with the best baby. Nico is 10 months old, and he's already said his first words. He also says "Uncle Pat" very well.