Wheel of Fortune Recap: 10/4/1989

Not much to be won tonight, as only over...



...in most likely fabulous cash and prizes are just waiting to be won... on Wheel of Somewhat Fortune!

Mark Buffellini: He works for a residential design company.
Judy Matsit: She happily tells Pat that she's a happy homemaker.
Allison Cox: Allion is back again, last time she won $51,483 in cash, motorcycle, and car!

And these contestants are here to play, so here we go...



There's a high pink wedge on the wheel, that's our top dollar, $1,000 and these three contestants will play for cash this first round. The category is Place.



Mark won the draw backstage and he's the Red player, so he will go first. He puts up the T and then FOUR Rs, on the yellow $500. Mark gets more letters up there...



...and gives us an early perfect round by solving CORNER DRUG STORE! He won $2,750 with that solve.

Mark: $2,750
Judy:
Allison:

EARLY PERFECTION!

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 0
Missolves: 0



So far, it's a flawless game, and now $1,000 has been upgraded to $2,500 and it's the top dollar. A prize has been added to the wheel, it's a trip to Mexico worth $2,287 (marked MEXICO on wheel, on $150 (the future $500)). Phrase caught up with us, it's the Round 2 category.



Judy gets to start the round and she wants Mexico... but Lose a Turn wants her, so it's over to Allison. She gets a $250 S up there before dudding with an N on the orange $400. Mark puts up the Rs before spinning up the Mexico trip! He grabs it off the wheel, but calls a bad T. Back to Judy, who calls the Ls on $150, but then duds with a D on $800. Allison gets the Cs up after filling in the second word...



It's not really a MIRACLE OF MIRACLES, but Allison does rack up $1,900 by solving this!

Mark: $2,750
Judy:
Allison: $1,900

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 1 (Judy - $0)
Duds: 3 (Mark - T - $1,600 + Mexico), (Judy - D - $300), (Allison - N - $250)
Missolves: 0



Heading right into Round 3, this pink $3,500 wedge is now on the wheel and the category this time is People.



Allison will start this round and she starts it by calling a bad F on the orange $900. Mark gets two spins in there and racks up $1,300 before he LATs. Judy has a turn and she gets two Ss and two As in the puzzle before her $350 is taken out by Bankrupt. Allison lights up the quadruple amount of Ts...



And solves this miscategorized puzzle, GEORGE C SCOTT AS PATTON.

Mark: $2,750
Judy:
Allison: $4,100

Bankrupts: 1 (Judy - $350)
Lose a Turns: 1 (Mark - $1,300)
Duds: 1 (Allison - F - $0)
Missolves: 0



The$3,500 wedge is here to stay, but a prize is moving in, it's a pedestal ring weighing in at 1.76 carats, from Prestige, $5,200 (marked RING on wheel, on pink $300)! Now, Phrase is the category for this Round 4.



Red, Yellow, and Blue have each started the round, so it's back to Mark. He puts the S and N up there before he surrenders his earnings to Bankrupt. Judy puts three Ts and three Rs in the puzzle, as well as three Es before having to give her money back to Bankrupt. Allison gets the three Hs in the puzzle and a couple more letters before Lose a Turn stops her. Mark immediately hits Bankrupt, so it's back to Judy. She hits $3,500 and calls the Y! She's in a gambling mood...



...and fills in the rest of the consonants before telling Pat "YOUR HEART'S IN THE RIGHT PLACE" for $4,450 and the lead!

Mark: $2,750
Judy: $4,450
Allison: $4,100

Bankrupts: 2 (Mark - $1,600), (Judy - $2,750)
Lose a Turns: 1 (Allison - $1,350)
Duds: 0
Missolves: 0



$5,000 is now on the wheel and the next puzzle is Before & After.



Judy starts this round, but doesn't keep her turn for long by calling a dud T on the purple $350. Allison also duds with an S on the blue $200. Mark puts up three Ts at $900 a piece, but then he calls a bad V on the red $500. Judy has a turn, but ends it quickly on the red $300 by calling D as in dud. Allison then calls N as in no on the orange $900, so it's back to Mark. He passes his turn to Judy since he hit Lose a Turn. Judy is finally able to put up a letter in this puzzle, two Ls worth $1,100. But before she can do anything else, Speedup commences.



Time for Pat to give the wheel a final spin!



Mark: $2,700
Judy: $1,100
Allison:

Final Spin Result:
$800

Not a bad amount, vowels are worth nothing and consonants are $800 for every time they appear.



Time for the table!





Allison squeezes out another win by solving JOLLY ROGER MOORE for $800!

Mark: $2,750
Judy: $4,450
Allison: $4,900

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 1 (Mark - $2,700)
Duds: 6 (Mark - V - $2,700), (Judy (2) - T, D - both with $0), (Allison (3) - S, N, B - all with $0)
Missolves: 0

Medium Maingame Winnings: $12,100



Allison racked up $56,383 in cash & prizes so far in two days and now she will attempt to win even more. The Vacation of a Lifetime, the sports car, and the $25,000 cash are available to be won today and three cards are left. She's going for...



...the H card. And the puzzle she must solve to win the Bonus prize is an Event. Or so Pat claims. The real category is Phrase.



After Pat realizes his mistake and corrects himself, RSTLNE are shown.



Two out of 10 to begin with. Time for Allison to choose 3C and 1V. DMCA is what she hopes will appear a lot in this puzzle.



Well... that still leaves one word completely unrevealed. can she solve this puzzle?



Allison is far from HIGH AND DRY, she won $25,000 by solving the puzzle! And altogether, she has won $81,383 in cash and prizes, that's her two-day total! She'll return on the next episode facing tw new opponents!