Wheel of Fortune Recap: 12/29/1989

It's family week on Wheel of Fortune and today, these three family duos are planning on taking home a lot of money & merchandise, over...



...has been given away so far on Family Week! Now, here are today's family teams, they've all won a fortune this week, but they want more!

Dave & Carol Abraham: Had a good run it seems, $43,555 in cash and cars!
Bill Ollivan & Lynn Clair: Won the most out of the these family teams, $46,350, all cash!
Rich & Mike Cullinan: Won the least out of the teams, but $37,450 in cash and prizes is a very good deal!

Three teams looking to pile more money onto their totals, take a look below!

Free Spin Location: $300



Cash is what's being played for this first round and one wedge is worth a lot of it, that $1,000. Thing is the first category of the night, comes with an apostrophe.



Our Red team won the draw backstage, so they'll be spinning first. They do a pretty good job too...



This is a Thing? Dave & Carol solve this miscategorized puzzle, IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS for $3,550!

Dave & Carol: $3,550
Bill & Lynn:
Rich & Mike:

EARLY PERFECTION!

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 0
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 0



There's this green wedge on the wheel covering the other $150, it's called LEARN. Well, I guess you can learn on a Software City computer and these six Encyclopaedia Britannica encyclopedias, that package is a $4,849 value! Also on the wheel is $2,500. There's a Thing on the puzzleboard and this time, it better be a Thing.



Bill & Lynn finally have a chance at the wheel and their first spin is a good one, the Free Spin! They pick that up and calls the Ts for what's underneath it. They next go for the H and E, the E appearing SIX times! Their next spin is the top dollar, $2,500, but there aren't any Rs to cash in on. However, Bill hands Pat the Free Spin so their turn is still going. Bill & Lynn's next spin hits that Learn package, they'll pick that up and call the Ns for what's underneath it. They put the Ds up and then hit the top dollar for a C! Only the A left...



Bill & Lynn solve the then near-future THE DECADE OF THE NINETIES for $4,250 and that encyclopedia collection & computer!

Dave & Carol: $3,550
Bill & Lynn: $9,099
Rich & Mike:

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 1 (Bill & Lynn - R - $1,150)
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 2



Rich & Mike haven't done anything this game, now they have a chance! A chance to score big, with that $3,500 wedge on the wheel. Thing is the category, here we go.



Rich & Mike land on the pink $600 and their first attempt of T... is a dud. Dave & Carol have a turn again and light up a lot of letters including a quadruple P on the small $150, but then Bankrupt it all away, their $3,400. Back to Bill & Lynn, they want to go for every consonant, but Lose a Turn stops them. Rich & Mike want to win something and something is a lot, when they hit $3,500! The G is what they call and after that...



Rich & Mike solve OLD NEWSPAPER CLIPPING for that $3,500!

Dave & Carol: $3,550
Bill & Lynn: $9,099
Rich & Mike: $3,500

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 1 (Dave & Carol - $3,400)
Duds: 1 (Rich & Mike - T - $0)
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 1
$1,000 Hits: 0



Green wedge covering the red $300, what can it be? Savings bonds worth $10,000 at maturity! Also on the wheel is that silvery, big $5,000 wedge. The Round 4 category is something no Famly Week can be without... Family!



Dave & Carol will start and they start with a very good first spin of $1,500, good for two Ns! Their next spin is even better... that $5,000 wedge for a single D. They buy the five As, but then LAT to leave $7,750 on the table. Before anyone can d any more spinning, the bells are ringing!



Time for Pat to give one of his lucky spins!



Dave & Carol: $7,750
Bill & Lynn:
Rich & Mike:

Final Spin Result:
$5,000

Big money this time around, vowels are worth zero cents and consonants are $5,000!



This is going to be a big table, I know it.





Rich slowly reads through the puzzle and even after the buzzer sounds, they get HARRY S BESS AND MARGARET TRUMAN for $10,000!

Dave & Carol: $3,550 (2-day total: $47,105)
Bill & Lynn: $9,099 (2-day total: $55,499)
Rich & Mike: $13,500

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 1 (Dave & Carol - $7,750)
Duds: 0
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 2
$1,500 Hits: 1

High Maingame Winnings: $26,149



Rich & Mike fought back and they've won the Maingame! There are two prizes left in the Bonus Round, just two.



And out of the five cars, only the first E and L stand.



The guys choose the L. It contains either one of those prizes, but they must solve this Place to win it.



For starters, RSTLNE will be filled in.



Now Rich & Mike have to do a bit more work. They need to choose three more consonants and a vowel, HDMI is chosen.



The amount of help looks good here and Mike is able to solve TAMPA FLORIDA!



It's eiter the room addition or the annuity, let's see what they win...

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The $40,000 annuity, that prize brings their total all the way up to $90,950 in cash and prizes! They did a very good job winning all of the dough and they won not only the $90,000+, they also won a replica of the Wheel of Fortune Family Week trophy! Why a replica? The other one's too huge for you.