Post by mechamind on Jan 7, 2024 12:42:17 GMT -5
Airdate: April 16, 2004
From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! Time to come home from Wheel Around The World.
And guilty as charged, we really did use this as a Toss-Up. You'll see soon...or maybe it'll just be a normal puzzle.
Go!
Just a lucky trio today.
Wendy Simpson: Mother of three, from Normandy, MO
Maria Elena Baradatavalle (?): Also a mother of three, and a grandmother of six; from Miami, FL
Jason Mames: Student at ASU studying business management and planning to become a lawyer, from Las Vegas, NV
Go!
Jason solves THELMA & LOUISE.
Before we head home for the week, we want to see one of these players go home with a $10,000 prize.
Maria Elena solves CHESS PIECE OF CAKE. Finishing with that little money is harder than it seems, especially because we're bumping it up to the house minimum.
Wendy solves EVERYBODY'S GONE SURFIN' SURFIN' U.S.A.. The Prize Puzzle offer might not be obvious. What is it? It's an Orbitz trip to Hawaii worth $4,440!
Everybody's guessing which Mystery Wedge will be the correct one in this round. They might pick the BANKRUPT, or they might pick the worth $10,000.
Maria Elena solves CHURCHILL DOWNS IN KENTUCKY.
Go!
Maria Elena solves DENTAL FLOSS.
Getting closer, she even starts the next round.
DING DING! DING DING!
As as we're getting closer to the half hour mark, Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth $5,000 + $1,000 for $6,000 a piece! It only takes one consonant to win!
Maria Elena: S (DUD!)
Jason: R (x2) ($12,000)
Wendy: T ($6,000)
Maria Elena: L (DUD!)
Jason: M ($18,000)
Wendy: C (DUD!)
Maria Elena: P (DUD!)
Jason: H ($24,000)
Wendy: F (DUD!)
Maria Elena: G (DUD!)
Jason: D ($30,000)
Wendy: B (DUD!)
Maria Elena: N (x2) ($12,000)
Maria Elena guesses HUMANITARIAN BOARD.
Jason: K (DUD!)
Wendy solves HUMANITARIAN AWARD to remain the leader to the end!
BONUS ROUND:
RSTLNE gives her:
From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! Time to come home from Wheel Around The World.
And guilty as charged, we really did use this as a Toss-Up. You'll see soon...or maybe it'll just be a normal puzzle.
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Wendy solves JUST MY LUCK. She also tangled up the wire on her device, so Pat fixes it during the interviews.
Jason | Wendy | Maria Elena |
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Just a lucky trio today.
Wendy Simpson: Mother of three, from Normandy, MO
Maria Elena Baradatavalle (?): Also a mother of three, and a grandmother of six; from Miami, FL
Jason Mames: Student at ASU studying business management and planning to become a lawyer, from Las Vegas, NV
We'll start thinking about luck after this next Toss-Up is solved.
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Jason solves THELMA & LOUISE.
Jason | Wendy | Maria Elena |
$2,000 | $1,000 |
Before we head home for the week, we want to see one of these players go home with a $10,000 prize.
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JASON | Wendy | Maria Elena |
| $300: S (x2) $450: C (x3) $800: H -$250: E (x4) $350: P -$250: I -$250: O $800: D (DUD!) | $300: C (Repeat) | Free Spin: K $350: F Only vowels left! Solve: Correct! |
$2,050 | $350 |
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Maria Elena solves CHESS PIECE OF CAKE. Finishing with that little money is harder than it seems, especially because we're bumping it up to the house minimum.
Jason | Wendy | Maria Elena (FS) |
$2,000 | $1,000 | $500 |
Our king of game show announcers is ready with our next wheel prize! It's a Collette Vacations tour of Rome (labeled WHEEL AtW) worth $5,500!
Raising the Jackpot value is a piece of cake, but winning it is another challenge.
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* PRIZE PUZZLE! *
Gee, what else could it possibly be? 
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Wendy solves EVERYBODY'S GONE SURFIN' SURFIN' U.S.A.. The Prize Puzzle offer might not be obvious. What is it? It's an Orbitz trip to Hawaii worth $4,440!
Jason | Wendy | Maria Elena |
$2,000 | $6,350* | $500 |
And Wendy appears to have been shortchanged $40, but it is fixed after the break.
Everybody's guessing which Mystery Wedge will be the correct one in this round. They might pick the BANKRUPT, or they might pick the worth $10,000.
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Jason | Wendy | MARIA ELENA |
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| Prize?: M (DUD!) | $300: L (x2) $300: N (x3) -$250: A (DUD!) | $300: F (DUD!) |
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Maria Elena solves CHURCHILL DOWNS IN KENTUCKY.
Jason | Wendy | Maria Elena |
$2,000 | $6,390 | $1,500 |
Everybody's reaching for their Toss-Up devices...at least everyone who wants more money.
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Maria Elena solves DENTAL FLOSS.
Jason | Wendy | Maria Elena |
$2,000 | $6,390 | $4,500 |
Getting closer, she even starts the next round.
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DING DING! DING DING!
As as we're getting closer to the half hour mark, Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth $5,000 + $1,000 for $6,000 a piece! It only takes one consonant to win!
Maria Elena: S (DUD!)
Jason: R (x2) ($12,000)
Wendy: T ($6,000)
Maria Elena: L (DUD!)
Jason: M ($18,000)
Wendy: C (DUD!)
Maria Elena: P (DUD!)
Jason: H ($24,000)
Wendy: F (DUD!)
Maria Elena: G (DUD!)
Jason: D ($30,000)
Wendy: B (DUD!)
Maria Elena: N (x2) ($12,000)
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Maria Elena guesses HUMANITARIAN BOARD.
Jason: K (DUD!)
Wendy: W ($12,000)
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Wendy solves HUMANITARIAN AWARD to remain the leader to the end!
Jason | Wendy | Maria Elena |
$2,000 | $18,390 | $4,500 |
BONUS ROUND:
Wendy is now surfin', surfin' to Bonus Land. We're now thinking she should get a car or cash up to $100,000.
She has her cousin and aunt in the audience!
She'll now give that Bonus Wheel the last spin of the week, just barely stopping on the pink space (though it clicks to the S in BONUS after grabbing the envelope). Can she solve this bonus puzzle?
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RSTLNE gives her:
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Her picks of MFKA are only good for some vowels.
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She whispers some words, but she does not solve A GOOD LAUGH...
...and after seeing the Volkswagen Touareg, that's all she can really do. Wendy leaves with $18,390 in cash and trip.
In the post-game chat, we finish with one more look at international Wheel. Here's La Ruota della Fortuna in Italy! Mike Bongiorno is the host, and he's been doing that for a long time! Pat was over there once, and Mike used to carry a prop cane! He would whack players with it at times. 
