Wheel of Fortune Recap: 1/12/1990

Lots has been given away this week, cash and prizes totaling over...



...on Wheel of Fortune! Today's contestants include a champion who can play this game very, very well.

Louise Meuller: She's the champion on her last and third appearance with $51,467 in cash, prizes, and a car to her name!
Sherri Olsen: A student studying accounting. What better way to learn accounting then to try to win dollars?
Pat Bern: Almost a grandmother, just a few more days according to her.

These are the players, an all female group today and they want to play, so here we go!

Free Spin Location: $400

It looked a bit strange next to $900.



We're starting out with a warm up template, $1,000 is the top dollar amount for the first round and the wheel is all cash! The first puzzle of the night is, well, you know it's Phrase.



Louise won the draw for the second time in a row, so she starts. Her first spin is $350 and she calls a quarter of a dozen Ts. She spins again and her peg hits the top dollar of $1,000 and Louise calls three Ls! She's going to shop for two Is and a pair of Es before spinning the puzzle. Or at least that's what she says, she's really spinning the wheel! She calls the R for $200 more and two more spins later...



Louise makes an early perfect round by solving A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME for $4,550!

Louise: $4,550
Sherri:
Pat:

EARLY PERFECTION!

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 0
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 1



Two wedges are valued at $2,500 this time, one being glittery and the other one named SUITS covering the second $150, that's a Shopping Spree to a clothes shop in Beverly Hills! This round displays yet another Phrase.



Sherri's going to start Round 2... with an LAT hit. Pat has her turn now and she Bankrupts it away on her first spin! Louise is profitting from her opponents' bad luck with two Ts for $300. She spins again and calls her first dud, an H on the orange $400. Sherri spins and her luck is very bad, she hits Bankrupt! Pat land on the red $200 and calls the R and then two Ss for $400 more. She'll buy the E before picking F on $800. Another purchase is made by her, an I and that drops he down to $900. After buying all of the vowels and calling the N...



Pat solves LAST NAME FIRST for a $1,400 start.

Louise: $4,550
Sherri:
Pat: $1,400

Bankrupts: 2 (Sherri - $0), (Pat - $0)
Lose a Turns: 1 (Sherri - $0)
Duds: 1 (Louise - H - $300)
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 0



There's pink glitter on the wheel, a wedge we all love, it's $3,500! Today's episode features wordplay, with Before & After.



Pat will start Round 3 with a $600 N. Next come three Ts and three Ss for $3,000 more! She buys two thirds of a dozen Es and As next. She spins the wheel again, but she hits Bankrupt to lose $3,100. Over to Louise, who starts with two Ps for $400. She spins again and her small spin is a big amount, the glittery $3,500! She wants an R... and she'll get not one... not two...



...but FOUR of them, adding up to $14,000! She's going to solve and for $14,400, she's successful with PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT STRANGERS!

Louise: $18,950
Sherri:
Pat: $1,400

Bankrupts: 1 (Pat - $3,100)
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 0
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 1
$1,000 Hits: 0



Heading right into Round 4, the $3,500 wedge remains on the wheel, but something is added, a grand piano valued at $11,269! The wedge containing it is marked PIANO and the next puzzle is Eventful.



Louise will start thing up and she does it with two Ts totalling $1,600. She then fills in the H and the Es, completely filling in THE first word. Her next spin is on the Piano, so she'll pick that up and call the S for the $150 under it. She spins again for the R and then buys the A. She calls an L on the blue $200... to find none of them! Sherri uncovers a triple, three Ns for $1,200. However, her I buy isn't a very good one, none of them in the puzzle. Pat spins and her turn is ended by Lose a Turn quickly. Back to Louise and she calls the C...



Her quest for big cash & prizes isn't over, Louise solves THE NORMAN CONQUEST for $2,250 and the piano! That brings her total to over $30,000 and that is just for tonight!

Louise: $32,469
Sherri:
Pat: $1,400

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 1 (Pat - $0)
Duds: 2 (Louise - L - $1,800 + Piano), (Sherri - I - $950)
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 0
$1,000 Hits: 0



Silver and sparkles. That's the $5,000 wedge in two words, it's the top dollar amount for Round 5! Place is the category this time.



Sherri started Round 2, so she's starting Round 5. First comes the T and then the N. She spins again and just misses $1,500, but there's still an R. She makes a purchase, an E, and then spins again. She just misses $5,000 and calls the G. Sherri fills in every last consonant and then...



Sherri gets on the board with WATERING HOLE! She earned $2,100 this round, but the great news is that there's enough time for a sixth round!

Louise: $32,469
Sherri: $2,100
Pat: $1,400

PERFECTION!

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 0
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 0
$1,500 Hits: 0



The $5,000 wedge will remain on the wheel and this time around, the category is... Phrase.



It's the sixth round, glad there is a sixth round, and Blue started Round 3, so Blue's starting Round 6. Pat spins the wheel and starts with two Rs for a quick grand. She spins again and hits the blue $200 for an N, but then duds with an L on the pink $200. The bells are ringing after that dud, so now...



The other Pat has to give the wheel a spin!



Louise:
Sherri:
Pat: $1,200

Final Spin Result:
$5,000

Now it is anybody's game! Vowels are worth a lot of dust and consonants are $5,000 for each one found!



Time for the first table in days!





Louise knew it before the Ts, she solves IN RETROSPECT for $10,000 more!

Louise: $42,469
Sherri: $2,100
Pat: $1,400

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 1 (Pat - L - $1,200)
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 1
$1,500 Hits: 0

Huge Maingame Winnings: $45,969



Louise's breaking the budget and breaking her wallet here, her three day total stands at $93,936 in cash, prizes, pianos, trips, car, a whole lot of it! She's an undefeated champion now and there are three prizes she can win left.



Those same three cards are available for grabbing, which one will Louise grab?



She wants the other E again, maybe she can win what's inside tonight! This Bonus Round puzzle is a People puzzle and People doesn't mean Proper Name in this one.



First and foremost, RSTLNE will be given.



Not much help. Not much help yet, that is. Louise will pick three more consonants and a vowel for help, CDMO is what she selects.



Three more letters revealed. She's a good player and she could do this, does she?



Yes she does! A lot more will be won now, it's probably something good.

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Very, very good! $25,000 in cash is a lot more for her total, $118,932 in cash, prizes, and a Cadillac, she's done on Wheel! No more episodes, she's an undefeated champion and I'll admit, I will miss seeing Louise play this game!