Wheel of Fortune Recap: 1/23/1990

A very numerical amount can be won tonight, over...



...in luxurious cash and prizes can be won, on Wheel of Numerical Fortune! Now, let's meet the players who will be playing.

Glade Culler: He isn't an air freshener, but Glade works for America's largest savings and loan company.
Andy Cerricino: He has his masters degree in finance and does some financial work.
Kathy Parks: One-day champion who has won $27,275 in cash and prizes on her first show!

Who will be able to win it all? Let's find out, take a look below!

Free Spin Location: $300



The Free Spin disc is stuck on the wheel along with the top dollar amount of the round, $1,000. Cash is what's on the wheel for the first round and the first puzzle is a Phrase.



Glade won the draw, he's going first. He'll take an S and then an L, but not an N on the orange $200, leaving $450 behind. Andy's first spin is the red $300 and his first dud is a T. No Ns and no Ts... strange puzzle. Kathy & Glade are dudding back to back with an F & M. Andy spins and he's wanting big money, which is what $800 is. He get a R, along with two purchases of O and U. He spins again and calls out for $900, he got it and there's a Y in the puzzle. Andy buys the Es an then solves...



He's nervous, but he solves KICK UP YOUR HEELS for $1,200.

Glade:
Andy: $1,200
Kathy:

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 4 (Glade (2) - N, M - both with $450), (Andy - T - $0), (Kathy - F - $0)
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 0



Now on the wheel is a wedge known as ORGAN, a Schafer & Sons organ valued at $4,185! Also sticking itself on here is a sparkly blue $2,500 wedge, the next category is the repeating Phrase.



Andy will begin Round 2, as the Free Spin nears, he wants to pick it up and he will, but he can't find any cash with an S. Kathy spins her second spin and she is able to get some money with an N, but R isn't going to hand her any cash. Glade's first spin hits that big $800 and a trio of Ts are uncovered. Next comes an L, but to the shock of Glade, his E call will cost him his turn. Andy is able to make a bit of money with a C and he'll spend it all with an A. As $800 gets more action, Andy fills in every other consonant...



Andy doubles his money with ON AUTOMATIC PILOT!

Glade:
Andy: $2,400 (Free Spin)
Kathy:

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 3 (Glade - E - $2,400) (Andy - S - FS), (Kathy - R - $300)
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 0



Pink is featured on this upgraded template, it's called $3,500 and the next puzzle is a category we don't see too often, but it's there, Quotation.



Round 3 is started by Kathy and she starts with two Ts and then she fills in the first word with N, D, and A. She makes another purchase, an E, and then she lands on that $1,000 wedge, but there are no Ss to be seen. Glade does some spinning and his first call is a trio of Ls. His next calls are F and R, those fill up the fifth word. After a $600 G, he spins again, but he duds with a W on the blue $400. Andy calls the remaining two multiples of M and I, but then he Bankrupts to lose $550, he'll pass his turn down to Kathy. She spins three more times for every consonant left, her third spin hangs on to the orange $900, avoiding $3,500.



Kathy gets on the board and takes the lead by quoting "AND JILL CAME TUMBLING AFTER", she has $2,850!

Glade:
Andy: $2,400 (Free Spin)
Kathy: $2,850

Bankrupts: 1 (Andy - $550 + FS)
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 2 (Glade - W - $1,850), (Kathy - S - $1,050)
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 0
$1,000 Hits: 1



A wedge on the wheel has a name of its own, HAWAII, and that prize is a vacation to Hawaii valued at $4,498! Silver is also being revealed on the wheel, that wedge is none other than $5,000! This fourth puzzle is a People puzzle.



Kathy started the last round, so it's back to Glade. He spins the wheel twice for an S and the R, but then lands on Bankrupt. Andy's first spin of the round glides out of Bankrupt and into $1,500 where he will... not get a T. He will receve his turn again since the Free Spin is handed in. He makes some money with the Ls and he will use some of his money to buy a pair of Es. Next comes the two Ns and a flawed purchase, I. Kathy is spinning, spinning, and spinning...



After every consonant is called, Kathy solves CLEVELAND BROWNS for an additional $2,650!

Glade: Unlucky
Andy: $2,400
Kathy: $5,500

Bankrupts: 1 (Glade - $700)
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 2 (Andy (2) - T, I - $0 + FS, $1,500)
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 0
$1,500 Hits: 1

Low Maingame Winnings: $7,900



No time for a fifth round, so that makes Kathy the big winner with $5,500 cash today and $32,775 in two days! She has already won one prize yesterday, so that leaves four prizes remaining.



Three prizes and a huge van concealed and a quartet of envelopes.



Kathy grabs the H card and now she'll work on a Bonus Round puzzle, the category is Thing.



The very common RSTLNE will pop up in the puzzle before anything else is done.



About a third of the puzzle complete, more can be done though, three more consonants and a vowel will be selected by Kathy, a mix of the favored strategy & the opposite, she chooses BCHA.



Just some more to work with in the first word. That is not enough for Kathy *or me*...



That was what the puzzle was and nothing can be more random than a clay pigeon. Let's see what she didn't win...

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The car. Well, that's the cheapest prize available and worth less than half of what she already has, Kathy has $32,775 in cash and prizes, she'll be returning one last time on her next episode!