Nighttime Wheel Recap: 10/13/2006

Err... I don't know what game that is. Must be Wheel of Fortune! Anyway, let's get to the first toss-up.



Movie Title is the first category of the night!



*Steve pushes the buzzer*



Steve quickly solves REMEMBER THE TITANS for $1,000.

Steve: $1,000
Lauren:
Renate:

Missolves: 0



Let's meet our players who will be playing the game tonight!

Steve McClellan: Basketball & football referee, as well as a baseball & softball umpire.
Lauren Shrodka: She's about to be a teacher, almost her first year of teaching.
Renate Armstrong: High school physical education teacher and volleyball coach.

Two sports contestants and two teachers! Let's find out who will be able to have it all, but first, a $2,000 toss-up will be played.



Here comes a puzzle that's Around the House!



*Renate rings in*



Renate receives the $2,000 with QUILTED BLANKET!

Steve: $1,000
Lauren:
Renate: $2,000

Missolves: 0

Prize on the Wheel: The prize on the wheel is a vacation to Chicago, where the contestant who wins this will see a Chicago Bulls game, that's a value of $5,135!



The light blue $2,500 wedge is out on the wheel along with the $10,000 triple-slice wedge, big money can potentialy be won! On the Map is the first category tonight.



Renate has earned her way into starting Round 1 and she will with a T. That gives her $550 and her next spin enters the red $900, but she's dudding with an S. Steve gets the wheel half way around to the purple $600 and he uncovers three Ns followed by a triple E. He spins for the R & G giving him $900 more and then he lands on $2,500! He calls the K and he will have two! Next...



Steve solves BOWLING GREEN KETUCKY for $7,950!

Steve: $8,950
Lauren:
Renate: $2,000

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 1 (Renate - S - $550)
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 1
$10,000 Wedge Hits: 0



There's a wedge that's eye candy, it's the $3,500 glitter wedge and that's the top dollar amount for these next two rounds. The Jackpot wedge is also on the wheel, that increases with every time a player hits money! Now we have a People puzzle plus a Prize Puzzle!



Steve will begin the Jackpot Round, but that beginning is a bad one thanks to Lose a Turn. Lauren spins the wheel and after an obvious edit, she hits Bankrupt. Renate gives the wheel a push and it heads into the Chicago trip and she'll pick it up with a pair of Ns! She doesn't have any cash at that moment, but then she hits the purple $600 to cash in on two Ds. She completes the third word with the A, there's also one more. She does another purchase and there are three Es. She escapes Bankrupt and gets a trio of Rs for $1,800 more, followed by $250 spent on an I. She goes one more time for two pairs of Ss...



Renate will find some SCUBA DIVERS AND SNORKELERS at the Cayman Islands, that Prize Puzzle vacation is valued at $8,600! She also has $4,450 in cash and the Chicago trip, this will give her quite a nice total...

Steve: $8,950
Lauren:
Renate: $20,185

Bankrupts: 1 (Lauren - $0)
Lose a Turns: 1 (Steve - $0)
Duds: 0
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 0
Unclaimed Jackpot: $6,750
Jackpot Hits: 0

Edit Note: Three turns have been lost in some way or another, the edited turns was most likely due to a dud T and two Bankrupts/Lose a Turns.



Two mystery wedges are on this wheel, one is very costly and the other costs ABC, it has $10,000! Event's the Mystery Round category.



Looks like a good sized puzzle that Lauren gets to have first. She gives the wheel a spin and it lands on the mystery wedge over the blue $500! She finds two Ss and you know she's flipping it...



The risk pays off, it's $10,000! Lauren eventually has to solve this puzzle to claim it, however, so she's spinning again. She lands on $350, but there are no Rs. Renate begins by calling a trio of Ts, followed by a quadruple A. She spins again and calls the two Hs and then a single E, completing the second to last word. She also takes a pair of Is before she receives two Cs and three Ns! Then after all that, Renate hits Bankrupt to lose $4,550... that works well for Steve since he spins twice for the G and a triple L...



Steve can't be CATCHING A FOUL BALL IN THE STANDS if he's an umpire, but he can have $2,900 since he solved this puzzle!

Steve: $11,850
Lauren:
Renate: $20,185

Bankrupts: 1 (Renate - $4,550)
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 1 (Lauren - R - ($10,000))
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 0
Mystery Wedge Placements: $10,000 covering the blue $500 and Bankrupt covering the green $500.
Green $500 Mystery Wedge Hits: 0
Blue $500 Mystery Wedge Hits: 1



A lot has been won so far today, just how we like it, and now $3,000 more can be won with a Thing!



*Steve pushes the ringer*



Steve incorrectly solves with ENERGY STRIKE.

*Lauren buzzes in*



Lauren gets on the board by solving ENERGY SOURCE!

Steve: $11,850
Lauren: $3,000
Renate: $20,185

Missolves: 1 (Steve - ENERGY STRIKE)



Now there's a $5,000 silver glitter wedge on the wheel and let's move right on to a Phrase.



Lauren has won the third toss-up, so she'll start this time. She puts up a T for $550, but then she hits the purple $600 and strikes out with an N. Renate also duds with an S on $350. Steve starts by filling in the only consonant multiple of three Rs and then three Es. He does a lot more spinning around the wheel...



Steve solves RELATED BY MARRAIGE for $4,050 more!

Steve: $15,900
Lauren: $3,000
Renate: $20,185

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 2 (Lauren - N - $550), (Renate - S - $0)
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 0



There's enough time for a fifth round, $5,000 remains on the wheel and the next puzzle is Place.



Renate will begin, but with a Bankrupt. So Steve has his turn again and he makes the most of it with two Ts... on $5,000! He takes a bit out of it to buy the Es, but then Speedup starts.



Pat's going to give the wheel a final spin imagine if it hits $5,000!



Steve: $9,750
Lauren:
Renate:

Final Spin Result:
$600

Not the big one, vowels aren't anything and consonants are $1,600 a piece.



Time for the table!





Just before the buzzer, Steve wins the game by solving FREIGHT ELEVATOR!

Steve: $28,850
Lauren: $3,000
Renate: $20,185

Bankrupts: 1 (Renate - $0)
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 0
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 1

High Maingame Winnings: $52,035



All Steve ha won so far is cash and a whole lot of it, $28,850! Now he'll play the Bonus Round for possibly even more, including a brand new car or $100,000!



Steve gives the Bonus Wheel a spin and it ends up on the dollar sign. Pat is handed the envelope and Phrase is the BR category.



Package up and ready to be shipped is RSTLNE.



A lot of help already! He may need some more help though, so he goes for an interesting combination of GBFO.



That produces a single letter. It looks hard at this point...



Stee is able to solve it, WAFER-THIN! Let's see how much more he'll be piling on...



A lot more! That added on to his $28,000+ gives him a total of $78,850 for this episode! Very nice amount!