Post by whammy007 on Dec 12, 2011 21:12:11 GMT -5
Nighttime Wheel of Fortune: "Wheel Across America" - Original Airdate 5/2/1997 (Season 14)
We've brought back the three best players from the last four episodes - it's the Friday Finals on America's Game, WHEEL! OF! FORTUNE!
Here are the week's top three winners:
Ardis Hansberry, winner of $62,134 including a convertible in the Bonus Round
Sherry Arne, who won $42,636 but not the Bonus Round
Ryan Vickers, yesterday's big winner with $22,400
ROUND 1:
$1,000 is the top dollar value for the first round. The Surprise is surprisingly absent today, and we'll see why in Round 3.
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PLACE
Ardis drew number 1 backstage (and coincidentally, our players ended up ordered by winnings), so she will spin first and find a $600 R. Her next spin is a pair of T's on $550, which brings her total up to $1,700... which is lost to BANKRUPT right after that. On to Sherry, whose second spin is the FREE SPIN, and she picks it up with a single L. She comes very close to being buzzed out, but in the end decides to solve...
_ _ _ _ - S T _ R
H _ T _ L
PLACE
and she's right with FIVE-STAR HOTEL for $1,300!
Bankrupt: Ardis ($1,700)
Ardis: unlucky untimely Bankrupt
Sherry: $1,300 + Free Spin
Ryan: hasn't had a turn yet
ROUND 2 - $10,000 ROUND:
The golden Oreo wedge is on the wheel this round, plus our first prize of the night:
it's a trip to Maui valued at $5,750!
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_ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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TITLE/AUTHOR
Sherry has the lead, the Free Spin, and the right to start... but she's landing on the right side of the Oreo wedge (which is Bankrupt). She elects to hold the Free Spin and so Ryan gets his first chance of the night. He gets the obvious B for $400 and the Y for $550 more to kick off his turn. Then he really gets things going, with quadruplets of T's and E's, the former being worth $900 each! After a couple more letters, he's had his fill of cash...
_ _ N E / _ _ T H
T H E / _ _ N _
B Y / _ _ _ _ _ _ E T
_ _ T _ H E _ _
TITLE/AUTHOR
and it's GONE WITH THE WIND BY MARGARET MITCHELL that gives him $5,850 and the lead!
Bankrupt: Sherry (loss of turn - Free Spin not used)
Ardis: waiting to get back in the game
Sherry: $1,300 + Free Spin
Ryan: $5,850
ROUND 3 - JACKPOT ROUND:
The Jackpot starts at $10,000 for the Friday Finals, and somebody could win it, or maybe this prize:
a love note written by Elvis Presley and worth $8,500!
This appears to be why the Surprise was not used today - far as I know, that's just a one-off occurrence.
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THINGS
Ryan is now the leader that is spinning first, and he does better than Sherry did... his first spin hits the ELVIS note which he bags with the S! Unfortunately, his spin power puts him into LOSE A TURN right after that. Ardis gets her second turn of the night, and she hits the exact same place as Ryan does, so we go to Sherry again. After hitting $250 three times in a row and $300 once, she comes within one spoke of the Jackpot but instead makes our first dud - an F on $600. She uses her Free Spin though and almost gets buzzed out - in fact, she just barely beats the buzzer this time by buying the two U's. A little later, her flipper drops into the center slot on the HAWAII trip and she gets it with a C! After buying the last vowel with the O, the lightbulb goes on:
_ U _ B O / S _ R I _ _
I N / _ A R L I C
B U T T E R
THINGS
She solves JUMBO SHRIMP IN GARLIC BUTTER for $1,100 and the trip to Maui!
Duds: F (Sherry - Free Spin used)
Lose a Turn: Ryan, Ardis
Unclaimed Jackpot: $11,900
Ardis: gooseegg alert
Sherry: $8,150 cash and trip
Ryan: $5,850
ROUND 4:
$5,000 is glittering away in its normal place, ready to go!
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_ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
EVENTS
Ardis would really like to get into the match at this point, but she's too strong for $5,000 and the wheel goes by it to $600 for the single R. She puts up several letters (and nearly gets buzzed out once - in fact, there's a camera shot where the crew has advanced the podium lights to Sherry, seemingly following an edit) before finding a $5,000 F! After buying out the last of the vowels, she solves...
R A N _ O _ / A _ T S
O F / _ I N _ N E S S
EVENTS
and RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS give her $8,850 and the game! That's right, no speedup, no Round 5, just the end of the game!
PERFECT ROUND!
Ardis: $8,850 cash (total so far: $70,984)
Sherry: $8,150 cash and trip (2-day total: $50,786)
Ryan: $5,850 cash (2-day total: $28,250)
Ardis would like to add to her already massive winnings in Bonusland!
BONUS ROUND:
From the WHEE letters, Ardis would like the H.
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PERSON
RSTLNE will give her two of the eight letters...
S _ _ E _ _ _ _
PERSON
Ardis picks GWPA and they give her... nothing. She mutters under her breath but makes no guesses at this PERSON, which is also an OCCUPATION... a SIDEKICK. The Jeep Wrangler does not get added to her winnings, but at the end of the week, she's the one on top with a 2-day total of $70,984 in cash and prizes!
We've brought back the three best players from the last four episodes - it's the Friday Finals on America's Game, WHEEL! OF! FORTUNE!
Here are the week's top three winners:
Ardis Hansberry, winner of $62,134 including a convertible in the Bonus Round
Sherry Arne, who won $42,636 but not the Bonus Round
Ryan Vickers, yesterday's big winner with $22,400
ROUND 1:
$1,000 is the top dollar value for the first round. The Surprise is surprisingly absent today, and we'll see why in Round 3.
_ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
PLACE
Ardis drew number 1 backstage (and coincidentally, our players ended up ordered by winnings), so she will spin first and find a $600 R. Her next spin is a pair of T's on $550, which brings her total up to $1,700... which is lost to BANKRUPT right after that. On to Sherry, whose second spin is the FREE SPIN, and she picks it up with a single L. She comes very close to being buzzed out, but in the end decides to solve...
_ _ _ _ - S T _ R
H _ T _ L
PLACE
and she's right with FIVE-STAR HOTEL for $1,300!
Bankrupt: Ardis ($1,700)
Ardis: unlucky untimely Bankrupt
Sherry: $1,300 + Free Spin
Ryan: hasn't had a turn yet
ROUND 2 - $10,000 ROUND:
The golden Oreo wedge is on the wheel this round, plus our first prize of the night:
it's a trip to Maui valued at $5,750!
_ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _
_ _ _ / _ _ _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TITLE/AUTHOR
Sherry has the lead, the Free Spin, and the right to start... but she's landing on the right side of the Oreo wedge (which is Bankrupt). She elects to hold the Free Spin and so Ryan gets his first chance of the night. He gets the obvious B for $400 and the Y for $550 more to kick off his turn. Then he really gets things going, with quadruplets of T's and E's, the former being worth $900 each! After a couple more letters, he's had his fill of cash...
_ _ N E / _ _ T H
T H E / _ _ N _
B Y / _ _ _ _ _ _ E T
_ _ T _ H E _ _
TITLE/AUTHOR
and it's GONE WITH THE WIND BY MARGARET MITCHELL that gives him $5,850 and the lead!
Bankrupt: Sherry (loss of turn - Free Spin not used)
Ardis: waiting to get back in the game
Sherry: $1,300 + Free Spin
Ryan: $5,850
ROUND 3 - JACKPOT ROUND:
The Jackpot starts at $10,000 for the Friday Finals, and somebody could win it, or maybe this prize:
a love note written by Elvis Presley and worth $8,500!
This appears to be why the Surprise was not used today - far as I know, that's just a one-off occurrence.
_ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
THINGS
Ryan is now the leader that is spinning first, and he does better than Sherry did... his first spin hits the ELVIS note which he bags with the S! Unfortunately, his spin power puts him into LOSE A TURN right after that. Ardis gets her second turn of the night, and she hits the exact same place as Ryan does, so we go to Sherry again. After hitting $250 three times in a row and $300 once, she comes within one spoke of the Jackpot but instead makes our first dud - an F on $600. She uses her Free Spin though and almost gets buzzed out - in fact, she just barely beats the buzzer this time by buying the two U's. A little later, her flipper drops into the center slot on the HAWAII trip and she gets it with a C! After buying the last vowel with the O, the lightbulb goes on:
_ U _ B O / S _ R I _ _
I N / _ A R L I C
B U T T E R
THINGS
She solves JUMBO SHRIMP IN GARLIC BUTTER for $1,100 and the trip to Maui!
Duds: F (Sherry - Free Spin used)
Lose a Turn: Ryan, Ardis
Unclaimed Jackpot: $11,900
Ardis: gooseegg alert
Sherry: $8,150 cash and trip
Ryan: $5,850
ROUND 4:
$5,000 is glittering away in its normal place, ready to go!
_ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
EVENTS
Ardis would really like to get into the match at this point, but she's too strong for $5,000 and the wheel goes by it to $600 for the single R. She puts up several letters (and nearly gets buzzed out once - in fact, there's a camera shot where the crew has advanced the podium lights to Sherry, seemingly following an edit) before finding a $5,000 F! After buying out the last of the vowels, she solves...
R A N _ O _ / A _ T S
O F / _ I N _ N E S S
EVENTS
and RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS give her $8,850 and the game! That's right, no speedup, no Round 5, just the end of the game!
PERFECT ROUND!
Ardis: $8,850 cash (total so far: $70,984)
Sherry: $8,150 cash and trip (2-day total: $50,786)
Ryan: $5,850 cash (2-day total: $28,250)
Ardis would like to add to her already massive winnings in Bonusland!
BONUS ROUND:
From the WHEE letters, Ardis would like the H.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
PERSON
RSTLNE will give her two of the eight letters...
S _ _ E _ _ _ _
PERSON
Ardis picks GWPA and they give her... nothing. She mutters under her breath but makes no guesses at this PERSON, which is also an OCCUPATION... a SIDEKICK. The Jeep Wrangler does not get added to her winnings, but at the end of the week, she's the one on top with a 2-day total of $70,984 in cash and prizes!