Post by mechamind on Apr 16, 2023 0:25:47 GMT -5
Airdate: May 11, 1995
From Hollywood, It's America's game! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Victor Hart: In the dog grooming business managing his own grooming salon for 17 years (and the "four-legged" ones are the hardest to groom), from Dallas, TX
Kathleen Spring (returning with a 2-day total of $68,349)
Chuck Reznik: Dentist, from New York
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and we like to try new things, so here's a new category!
Even if she was blue, there was nothing Kathleen could do then. At least she can hit the $2,500 space now.
Victor solves MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH.
Brunch, shopping, whatever Chuck can think of doing for his mother with a fortune from the $3,500 space. Our dentist could try to bite down on the $10,000 prize, but it will be a painful bite if he's even slightly off.
Victor solves THAN NEVER TO HAVE LOVED AT ALL. He pauses unexpectedly after LOVED, but he's able to finish for all that money.
He was thinking he might not solve at all, but look at Victor! He must remember that it's better to hit the $5,000 space at least once but without losing that money! By the way, has he played PIANO at all?
Kathleen solves FLORENCE ITALY, and she'll be playing a Samick digital piano worth $3,698.
DING DING! DING DING!
Better to have started a round and lost control to Pat than never to have started at all. He gives the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants are worth... $800 a piece.
Chuck: H (DUD!)
Victor: C ($800)
Kathleen: P ($800)
BONUS ROUND:
RSTLNE gives him:
From Hollywood, It's America's game! Wheeeeeel Of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Victor Hart: In the dog grooming business managing his own grooming salon for 17 years (and the "four-legged" ones are the hardest to groom), from Dallas, TX
Kathleen Spring (returning with a 2-day total of $68,349)
Chuck Reznik: Dentist, from New York
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. We are playing for cash, and we like to try new things, so here's a new category!
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WHO IS IT? | ||||||||||||||
VICTOR | Kathleen | Chuck |
| $400: T (x5) $1,000: H (x2) -$250: E (x2) -$250: A (x2) $250: S (x5) -$250: O (x3) $200: C (x2) $1,000: R (x2) Solve: Correct! | ||
$6,900 | ||
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Perfection! Victor solves OSCAR HOST LATE SHOW STUPID PET TRICKS. Sure, the pet groomer gets a puzzle that involves pets. 
He can probably guess what he has to do with this new category, and that is to win the $500 bonus by telling us who it is.
And it's a successful category debut as he answers David Letterman.
Victor | Kathleen | Chuck |
$7,400 |
By no means a "four-legged" one himself, Charlie is ready with a prize that is by no means stupid. He's got an RV Roncato aluminum/satin luggage set with Bausch & Lomb compact binoculars (labeled TRAVEL) worth $2,017.
Even if she was blue, there was nothing Kathleen could do then. At least she can hit the $2,500 space now.
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Victor | KATHLEEN | Chuck |
| $400: S $900: R (x2) -$250: E $250: L (DUD!) | $2,500: T $500: H (x2) -$250: A $400: M $800: Y $400: D -$250: O -$250: I (DUD!) | |
$1,950 | $4,350 | |
| $250: B $250: N $200: C Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! | ||
$700 | ||
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Victor solves MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH.
Victor | Kathleen | Chuck |
$8,100 |
Brunch, shopping, whatever Chuck can think of doing for his mother with a fortune from the $3,500 space. Our dentist could try to bite down on the $10,000 prize, but it will be a painful bite if he's even slightly off.
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QUOTATION | ||||||||||||||
Victor | Kathleen | CHUCK |
| $250: T (x3) BANKRUPT! ($750) | ||
| $250: N (x2) -$250: E (x4) $3,500: R -$250: A (x4) $3,500: H (x2) Solve: Correct! | ||
$10,500 | ||
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QUOTATION | ||||||||||||||
Victor solves THAN NEVER TO HAVE LOVED AT ALL. He pauses unexpectedly after LOVED, but he's able to finish for all that money.
Victor | Kathleen | Chuck |
$18,600 |
He was thinking he might not solve at all, but look at Victor! He must remember that it's better to hit the $5,000 space at least once but without losing that money! By the way, has he played PIANO at all?
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VICTOR | Kathleen | Chuck |
| $500: T $350: S (DUD!) | $600: R $500: N -$250: O $550: L (x2) -$250: E (x2) $400: C PIANO: F Solve: Correct! | |
$500 | $2,100+ |
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Kathleen solves FLORENCE ITALY, and she'll be playing a Samick digital piano worth $3,698.
Victor | Kathleen | Chuck |
$18,600 | $5,798 |
She's used to having the lead, but this time, she'll need to be the comeback queen in our next round!
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Victor | KATHLEEN | Chuck |
| TRAVEL: T $1,500: R (x2) BANKRUPT! ($5,017) | $200: S (x3) | |
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DING DING! DING DING!
Better to have started a round and lost control to Pat than never to have started at all. He gives the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants are worth... $800 a piece.
Chuck: H (DUD!)
Victor: C ($800)
Kathleen: P ($800)
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Kathleen solves SPIRAL STAIRCASE.
Victor | Kathleen | Chuck |
$18,600 | $6,598 |
Chuck had the money and then lost it, because he never solved a puzzle at all. All he gets now is the nice parting gifts.
Kathleen leaves with a 3-day total of $74,947.
BONUS ROUND:
We should've had a spiral staircase to Bonus Land for Victor, but he'll be okay with a simple walk there to win a pair of cars or a GM Mastercard.
Three rounds followed by a break from solving, and after that break, he picks the middle E and solves this puzzle. How does that sound to him?
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RSTLNE gives him:
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We think his picks of CDPI include the right vowel.
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He says ANICRIST and PANICRIST, which could've helped him. He does not solve MANICURIST...
...so he has to keep his hands off the his & hers Mustangs. Victor already has an all-cash total of $18,600, and he's gonna try it again tomorrow.
In the post-game chat, Pat is not very good with colors. Is Vanna wearing a light blue dress suit? She calls it "light aqua". Maybe "aqua marine"? Pat's suit is sort of gray, in keeping with his personality.
They also acknowledge that people have full-time jobs at paint companies to name the colors. He met one of the guys, and if the sales in a particular color drop, they can bump up the sales by changing the name of the paint.