Wheel of Fortune Recap: 10/6/1989

Well, I cannot find the October 5th episode, unfortunately. But Pat did mention that Allison was an undefeated champion and she's retired.

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Nighttime Wheel of Fortune is treading dangerously close to Daytime's totals, as the alternate opening dialogue is announced, which means that less than...



...in cash and prize(s) can be won tonight, on Nighttime Wheel of Fortune with an Empty Stock! And these three contestants don't have much to go for, but they're going for it.

Stu Winer: Not much to say here and I couldn't understand what his occupation was, so he's a mystery.
Donna Eidelson: Domestic coordinator.
Alan Miller: Manager consultant?

Well... three players whose interviews were simple and to the point. Little is known, at least for now, let's get to the game and see if more is waiting.



The four digit pink wedge known as $1,000 is the top dollar amount for Round 1, these three players are playing for cash and the first category of the night is Before & After.



Stu has the right to start Round 1 and he starts it by calling a T and surprisingly, there are no Ts! Donna then calls FOUR Ns, but on the little $150. Her next spin is the neighboring $250, where she won't get an R. Alan does spinning and a little buying before Bankrupting his $1,200 away. Stu hits the Free Spin wedge and he receives the chip. After that, he puts up the Ms...



It's an interesing puzzle that Stu solves, HOMOGENIZED MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS for $1,500 and that Free Spin chip is in his hands.

Stu: $1,500 (Free Spin)
Donna:
Alan:

Bankrupts: 1 (Alan - $1,200)
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 2 (Stu - T - $0), (Donna - R - $600)
Missolves: 0



There's a blue sparkly thing on the wheel, that's $2,500 and there's also a watch on this wheel. From Jaegar-Lecoultre, it combines the then-latest technology along with Swiss craftsmanship, a fine piece of armwear valued at $3,500! That prize, marked WATCH on the wheel, might be won as we head into Round 2. The category is something we know today as Star & Role.



Donna will start this second round and she starts it off by picking up that Watch! She does a lot more spinning and some buying before she spends $250 on a dud I. Play won't return to her, since Alan has the puzzle all to himself...



From way back in 1976, Alan knew that one of the people in the film, Rocky, was SYLVESTER STALLONE AS ROCKY, and he won
$3,400!

Stu: $1,500 (Free Spin)
Donna:
Alan: $3,400

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 1 (Donna - I - $3,950 + Watch)
Missolves: 0



$3,500 is now on this wheel, waiing to be landed on, and here's the next puzzle, it's a Thing.



Alan will start Round 3, but the first half of this round is cut-off. The game continues with Donna putting an S in the puzzle, then buying a good E and a bad A. Alan controls the rest of this round...



Alan solves OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING for an additional $1,400.

Stu: $1,500 (Free Spin)
Donna:
Alan: $4,800

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 1 (Donna - A - Unknown Amount)
Missolves: 0

2+ unknown lost turns have occurred this round.



Low scoring game at the moment, but the $5,000 wedge in it's silver presence will try to rectify this situation. But first, we need a puzzle, and this puzzle is a Place.



Stu is the first to spin this round, but loses his turn very quickly with a dud N on the blue $200. Donna's also dudding with a T on $550. Alan puts up a few letters before Lose a Turn makes him surrender his turn. Back to Stu now and he calls a quadruple amount of Cs! Though it's only on $350. After some more work...



Stu solves PICCADILLY CIRCUS, a place I've never heard of, for $2,050 more.

Stu: $3,550 (Free Spin)
Donna:
Alan: $4,800

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 1 (Alan - $600)
Duds: 2 (Stu - N - $0 + FS), (Donna - T - $0)
Missolves: 0



There's enough room for another round, so here we go. The category for this round is Person, which is hyphenated and this category does not mean Proper Name.



Donna will start this fifth round and gets the R up there before a bad N on the red $250 stops her from getting any more. Alan loses his turn also, with a dud D on that same wedge. Stu lands on the blue $250 and duds with a T, but his Free Spin is handed to Pat. The bells ring right after he calls the S...



And it's time for Speedup!



Stu: $200
Donna: $500
Alan:

Final Spin Result:
$800

Pat must really like that wedge. Vowels worth zero and consonants again are worth $800!



Here comes the chart.





Alan decides to try a guess, but MUSTARD-MAKER isn't going to make him the winner yet.





Donna gets to cash in, with MISCHIEF-MAKER for $2,900!

Stu: $3,550
Donna: $2,900
Alan: $4,800

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 4 (Stu (2) - T, L - $0, $200), (Donna - N - $500), (Alan - D - $0)
Missolves: 1 (Alan's MUSTARD-MAKER - $800)

Low-Medium Maingame Winnings: $11,250



Allison left a few prizes for Alan to possibly win tonight, and they include a Vacation of a Lifetime and the sports car! Two cards are left, he has a 50/50 shot of picking either prize.



He grabs the E card and here we go. Tonight's category for te BR is a Thing.



Bringing out the RSTLNE package.



And just that one letter. Time for Alan to do some letter picking, he will try a cross breed of two letter strategies, it's BCGA.



That's... very little help. But it's solvable, it can be done, but can he do it?



No guesses from Alan, so there's no solve. And he lost out on the Sports Car. But there will be 5 brand new prizes on Monday and maybe he can have one of those! His one day total right now is $4,800 in cash.