Nighttime Wheel of Fortune: 10/23/2006

Found this Season 24 episode, which is notable and you'll see what I mean when the toss-ups are completed.

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Tonight, three college students are competing to win it all!



Thing is the category for this first toss-up puzzle of the night.



*Jessica hits the buzzer*



Jessica takes an EDUCATED GUESS and that gives her $1,000!

Jessica: $1,000
Tim:
Elizabeth:

Missolves: 0



Now let's meet today's college students.

Jessica Swallman: Senior at the University of Arizona, majoring in marketing.
Tim Shauntell: A senior at Pepperdine studying psyhology.
Elizabeth Hatfield: A junior at the University of Maryland, majoring in elementary education.

We've met the college students and now they'll be playing some more!



This one's worth double the value of the first toss-up, it will also determine who will start Round 1 and Around the House is this puzzle's category.



* rings in*



Tim makes a guess and BEDTIME TABLE is incorrect.



Jessica's two out of two in toss-ups with BEDSIDE TABLE!

Jessica: $3,000
Tim:
Elizabeth:

Missolves: 1 (Tim - BEDTIME TABLE)

Prize on the Wheel: It's an Orlando trip to the Capital One Bowl valued at $6,500!



The light blue $2,500 is the top dollar for Round 1, there's also a $10,000 slice on the wheel surrounded by two Bankrupt thirds. Also, starting this episode, there's a Wild Card on the wheel and you still see it today, so you know how that works. However, there are still two Gift Tags out on the wheel, one on the yllow $400, the other on the pink $300. This first puzzle is Food & Drink.



Jessica solved both of those toss-ups, so she'll be spinning and dudding too with R on the blue $600. Tim puts up a pair of Ts along with the S, followed by a purchase of E. He makes a close call with the Bankrupt slice, but clings on to $550 long enough for Tim to dud via N. Elizabeth makes a close call with the full Bankrupt, but her pointer goes right in. Back to Jessica and he grabs the AstraZenica gift tag off the wheel with two Ls. Then she puts up HALF a dozen Cs for a sale price of $600 a piece! She spins one more time for a quarter of a dozen Hs...



Jessica solves CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES for $4,800 plus the Gift Tag!

Jessica: $8,800
Tim:
Elizabeth:

Bankrupts: 1 (Elizabeth - $0)
Lose a Turns: 0
Duds: 2 (Jessica - R - $0), (Tim - N - $950)
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 0
$10,000 Wedge Hits: 0



$3,500 is the top dollar value for Round 2 in its new design and so is the silvery Jackpot that increases every time a cash amount is spun! College Life is the category for this puzzle and this puzzle's a Prize Puzzle!



Tim will begin this round and he lights up a couple Ss before Lose a Turn stops him. Elizabeth gives it a spin and it clings onto the orange $300 where she calls a bad T. Jessica puts up the R, followd by a triple N on the Jackpot which has a value of $6,400...



...but it's a bit early to solve, so she's spinning again. She picks up the Free Spin with a G and hands it in immediately after when she duds with C on the red $800. She decides to buy a vowel and E costs her her turn. Tim hits Lose a Turn for the second time in a row, so it's back to Elizabeth and she picks H, P, & buys the A completing the vowels. Next comes a Jackpot hit with $8,450 in it...



Elizabeth chooses L and it's a dud, so it's Jessica's turn and she reveals the M...



Jessica may have to be MAJORING IN SPANISH to understand the citizens in Spain, that vacation's brought to you by LastMinuteTravel.com and the value of it is $4,500! That gets combined with her $2,100 in cash.

Jessica: $15,400
Tim:
Elizabeth:

Bankrupts: 0
Lose a Turns: 2 (Tim (2) - both with $600)
Duds: 3 (Jessica (2) - C, E - $1,550 + FS, $1,300), (Elizabeth - T - $0)
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 0
Unclaimed Jackpot: $9,250
Jackpot Hits: 2



$3,500 is still the top dollar and it's still looking good, but now there are two mystery wedges on the wheel and one of them has, in the words of Charlie O'Donnell, a loaded gift card. That's valued at $10,000! Wordplay has arrived late, Before & After.



Elizabeth will start this round and she begins with a bad T on $400. Jessica calls a pair of Rs, two pairs of Es plus a pair of Ss before she LATs. Now it's Tim's turn and he chooses H or that Capital One Bowl trip, but he hands it right back over to Bankrupt. Elizabeth tries again and she immediately lands on the mystery wedge on the green $500, she picks N...



...and there's one of them, so she has $1,000 and that could be risked for the $10,000 card... but she doesn't flip it (). She just spins again and she uncovers a duo of Cs, as well as two As and a U with her next two purchases. She hits the other mystery wedge for a D...



Just like last time, no risk, she takes the money. She makes contact with Bankrupt next, but she avoids it for a $600 L, followed by a dud I buy. Jessica calls a bad M, while Tim puts up the Gs...



Tim denies a maingame sweep with GOOGLE SEARCH AND RESCUE for $800, bumped to the house minimum.

Jessica: $15,400
Tim: $1,000
Elizabeth:

Bankrupts: 1 (Tim - Orlando)
Lose a Turns: 1 (Jessica - $2,650)
Duds: 3 (Jessica - M - $2,650), (Elizabeth (2) - T, I - $0, $2,650)
Missolves: 0
Top Dollar Hits: 0
Mystery Wedge Placements: $10,000 card covering the blue $500 and Bankrupt underneath the green $500.
Green $500 Mystery Wedge Hits: 1
Blue $500 Mystery Wedge Hits: 1



$3,000 will be given away to the solver of an Occupation.



*Tim pushes the ringer*



Tim grabs the $3,000 with SUSPENSE NOVELIST.

Jessica: $15,400
Tim: $4,000
Elizabeth:

Missolves: 0



Now the top dollar is upgraded to a shiny $5,000 wedge and Person is the category this time.



Right off the bat, it's Speedup time!



Let's see if Pat can hit the big one or not.



Jessica:
Tim: Will begin the round.
Elizabeth:

Final Spin Result:
$600

Not that bad, vowels are worth nothing and consonants have a $1,600 value.



Let's see who will grab the game!





Jessica solves THREE-SPORT ATHLETE for $3,200 more!

Jessica: $18,600
Tim: $4,000
Elizabeth: Unlucky ($1,000)

LATE PERFECTION!

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

Low-Medium Maingame Winnings: $23,600



Jessica nearly swept the maingame, winning $18,600 in cash and trip up to this point and now she'll spin the Bonus Wheel for $100,000!



She grabs the S card off the wheel and now she'll have to solve a Place.



Now RSTLNE will be shown...



Only a couple letters out of it. Jessica will choose three more consonants and a vowel, the CDMA combo...



Not much more help... let's see if she can solve it...



She very quickly figures out PUMPKIN PATCH!



That solve gives Jessica an additional $25,000, giving her $43,600 in cash & prizes!