Post by whammy007 on Jan 18, 2012 20:45:35 GMT -5
Nighttime Wheel of Fortune: "College Week in Denver" - Original Airdate 5/17/2006 (Season 23)
We're back in time, back to school, and back in the mountains with this 2006 episode... on location in Denver, it's College Week on WHEEL! OF! FORTUNE!
$1,000 TOSS-UP:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
OCCUPATION
Our yellow player, Alex, is the first on the button...
_ _ I V _ _ _ I T Y
_ R _ S _ D _ N _
OCCUPATION
and he identifies the UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT for his first thousand dollars!
Here are tonight's trio of scholarly spinners:
Alex Braun, sophomore business major from Mizzou with a massive Wheel memorabilia collection
Dustin Wright, a junior finance student at Oklahoma University
Amanda Hong, a junior majoring in economics at the University of Colorado at Boulder
$2,000 TOSS-UP:
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
FUN & GAMES
Alex is first again...
_ O N _
_ L A _ _ _ A _ _ _ N
FUN & GAMES
and $2,000 more is more than enough for a SONY PLAYSTATION... he's two for two!
ROUND 1 - $10,000 ROUND:
The golden Oreo wedge adorns the first round's wheel, as does tonight's featured prize:
Contiki Holidays offers a trip to the Greek islands worth $6,500!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ / _ _
_ _ _ _ _
BEFORE & AFTER
Alex starts the spinning by virtue of winning the second toss-up, and he does so by hitting $300 for a pair of T's. He keeps on spinning, just missing the trip, the $2,500 wedge, and the gift tags at one point or another, before running afoul of BANKRUPT to lose $1,800. Dustin's first spin is a good one - no money, but instead the FREE SPIN is his with the F! A few more spins take us down to just one letter left, and it's a vowel:
B A T H I N G
S _ I T / O F
A R M O R
BEFORE & AFTER
Dustin completes BATHING SUIT OF ARMOR for $2,050 in cash!
Bankrupt: Alex ($1,800)
Amanda: hasn't had a turn yet
Alex: $3,000
Dustin: $2,050 + Free Spin
ROUND 2 - JACKPOT ROUND & PRIZE PUZZLE:
The Eggland's Best Jackpot wedge is out there now, plus it's time for tonight's Prize Puzzle!
_ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / &
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
SHOW BIZ (PP)
Dustin won the last round, plus he holds the Free Spin... we'll find out if either of these things can help him gain some momentum in the match. He finds a trio of R's to kick things off, even if the wheel only gives him $300 each for them. However, he calls for the E, which just like the previous round is a bad vowel; he elects to hold the Free Spin and pass control to Amanda for the first time. She finds a trio (N's) of her own, again on $300. That's the beginning of a nice run for her, during which she picks up the ORBITZ gift tag (two round-trip domestic airline tickets) with a C. After a couple buys and one last spin, she solves it...
R O C _ / S T A R / &
_ _ M A N I T A R I A N
_ O N O
SHOW BIZ (PP)
and it's ROCK STAR & HUMANITARIAN BONO that gets her $2,850, the gift tag, and the Prize Puzzle reward - it's a trip to Ireland courtesy of LastMinuteTravel.com worth $4,000 more!
Sole Dud: E (Dustin - Free Spin not used)
Unclaimed Jackpot: $7,400
Amanda: $7,850 cash, tickets, and trip
Alex: $3,000
Dustin: $2,050 + Free Spin
ROUND 3 - MYSTERY ROUND:
Tonight's mystery prize is a cash scholarship... $10,000!
_ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ / _
_ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _
PHRASE
Amanda has a small lead and the chance to extend it as she starts the third round with the $1,000 Mystery wedges on the wheel. She'll do so with four $400 T's and follow them with the logical $300 H. With no N's in the puzzle, Alex gets an opportunity to make up ground but it slips away as he spins BANKRUPT again. Dustin takes a crack at it and immediately hands in his Free Spin to stave off a Bankrupt of his own. He avoids trouble by just missing Lose a Turn for an $800 S but then duds the R on the next go-around. Amanda finds the E's left over from the last couple of rounds - SEVEN of them in this puzzle! Two M's and three D's later, she's all done with this puzzle:
_ T / S E E M E D
_ _ _ E / _
_ _ _ D / _ D E _
_ T / T H E / T _ M E
PHRASE
and she remarks that IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME to solve for $3,450 more in cash!
Duds: N (Amanda), R (Dustin)
Bankrupt: Alex (loss of turn), Dustin (loss of turn - Free Spin used)
Amanda: $11,300 cash, tickets, and trip
Alex: $3,000
Dustin: $2,050
$3,000 TOSS-UP:
_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
RHYME TIME
Alex goes for the sweep...
_ N _ _ K
_ _ E K
RHYME TIME
and completes it with SNEAK PEEK!
Amanda: $11,300 cash, tickets, and trip
Alex: $6,000
Dustin: $2,050
ROUND 4 (Partial Speedup):
$5,000 flaunts its silvery goodness!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ _
COLLEGE LIFE
Alex is down by $5,300 but one good spin could change that, and he'll get his chance... we have time left! Unfortunately, he can't earn $400 with a T, so Dustin gets a chance too - $900 and a pair of R's, but he loses his turn on a dud S, and we lose the last of our time! Here's the board as the wheel turns:
_ R _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ R
_ _ / _ _ _ _
COLLEGE LIFE
The red flipper drops in on $900, and the red player will be first to call a letter for $1,900 each. Everyone comes up with a good letter - Amanda a pair of N's, Alex a G, and Dustin a trio of M's... upon which he is able to solve (even before the M's are fully revealed):
_ R _ M M _ N G / _ _ R
_ N / _ _ _ M
COLLEGE LIFE
He's not CRAMMING FOR AN EXAM, but he crams $7,500 into his bank account!
Duds (pre-speedup): T (Alex), S (Dustin)
Amanda: $11,300 cash, tickets, and trip
Alex: $6,000 cash
Dustin: $9,550 cash
Despite Dustin's late solve, Amanda is our winner! She'll play for $100,000 in Bonusland!
BONUS ROUND:
Amanda's bonus spin hits the H in CASH.
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
PLACE
RSTLNE give her a quarter of the puzzle...
_ _ _ E
S _ _ _
PLACE
PMCA get Amanda just one more letter...
_ _ _ E
S _ _ P
PLACE
But in no time at all, she nails BIKE SHOP! We'll be adding a Jeep Grand Cherokee valued at $30,245 to her winnings, meaning that with the car, the airline tickets, the Greece trip, and the cash, Amanda has won $41,545!
We're back in time, back to school, and back in the mountains with this 2006 episode... on location in Denver, it's College Week on WHEEL! OF! FORTUNE!
$1,000 TOSS-UP:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
OCCUPATION
Our yellow player, Alex, is the first on the button...
_ _ I V _ _ _ I T Y
_ R _ S _ D _ N _
OCCUPATION
and he identifies the UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT for his first thousand dollars!
Here are tonight's trio of scholarly spinners:
Alex Braun, sophomore business major from Mizzou with a massive Wheel memorabilia collection
Dustin Wright, a junior finance student at Oklahoma University
Amanda Hong, a junior majoring in economics at the University of Colorado at Boulder
$2,000 TOSS-UP:
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
FUN & GAMES
Alex is first again...
_ O N _
_ L A _ _ _ A _ _ _ N
FUN & GAMES
and $2,000 more is more than enough for a SONY PLAYSTATION... he's two for two!
ROUND 1 - $10,000 ROUND:
The golden Oreo wedge adorns the first round's wheel, as does tonight's featured prize:
Contiki Holidays offers a trip to the Greek islands worth $6,500!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ / _ _
_ _ _ _ _
BEFORE & AFTER
Alex starts the spinning by virtue of winning the second toss-up, and he does so by hitting $300 for a pair of T's. He keeps on spinning, just missing the trip, the $2,500 wedge, and the gift tags at one point or another, before running afoul of BANKRUPT to lose $1,800. Dustin's first spin is a good one - no money, but instead the FREE SPIN is his with the F! A few more spins take us down to just one letter left, and it's a vowel:
B A T H I N G
S _ I T / O F
A R M O R
BEFORE & AFTER
Dustin completes BATHING SUIT OF ARMOR for $2,050 in cash!
Bankrupt: Alex ($1,800)
Amanda: hasn't had a turn yet
Alex: $3,000
Dustin: $2,050 + Free Spin
ROUND 2 - JACKPOT ROUND & PRIZE PUZZLE:
The Eggland's Best Jackpot wedge is out there now, plus it's time for tonight's Prize Puzzle!
_ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / &
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
SHOW BIZ (PP)
Dustin won the last round, plus he holds the Free Spin... we'll find out if either of these things can help him gain some momentum in the match. He finds a trio of R's to kick things off, even if the wheel only gives him $300 each for them. However, he calls for the E, which just like the previous round is a bad vowel; he elects to hold the Free Spin and pass control to Amanda for the first time. She finds a trio (N's) of her own, again on $300. That's the beginning of a nice run for her, during which she picks up the ORBITZ gift tag (two round-trip domestic airline tickets) with a C. After a couple buys and one last spin, she solves it...
R O C _ / S T A R / &
_ _ M A N I T A R I A N
_ O N O
SHOW BIZ (PP)
and it's ROCK STAR & HUMANITARIAN BONO that gets her $2,850, the gift tag, and the Prize Puzzle reward - it's a trip to Ireland courtesy of LastMinuteTravel.com worth $4,000 more!
Sole Dud: E (Dustin - Free Spin not used)
Unclaimed Jackpot: $7,400
Amanda: $7,850 cash, tickets, and trip
Alex: $3,000
Dustin: $2,050 + Free Spin
ROUND 3 - MYSTERY ROUND:
Tonight's mystery prize is a cash scholarship... $10,000!
_ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ / _
_ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _
PHRASE
Amanda has a small lead and the chance to extend it as she starts the third round with the $1,000 Mystery wedges on the wheel. She'll do so with four $400 T's and follow them with the logical $300 H. With no N's in the puzzle, Alex gets an opportunity to make up ground but it slips away as he spins BANKRUPT again. Dustin takes a crack at it and immediately hands in his Free Spin to stave off a Bankrupt of his own. He avoids trouble by just missing Lose a Turn for an $800 S but then duds the R on the next go-around. Amanda finds the E's left over from the last couple of rounds - SEVEN of them in this puzzle! Two M's and three D's later, she's all done with this puzzle:
_ T / S E E M E D
_ _ _ E / _
_ _ _ D / _ D E _
_ T / T H E / T _ M E
PHRASE
and she remarks that IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME to solve for $3,450 more in cash!
Duds: N (Amanda), R (Dustin)
Bankrupt: Alex (loss of turn), Dustin (loss of turn - Free Spin used)
Amanda: $11,300 cash, tickets, and trip
Alex: $3,000
Dustin: $2,050
$3,000 TOSS-UP:
_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
RHYME TIME
Alex goes for the sweep...
_ N _ _ K
_ _ E K
RHYME TIME
and completes it with SNEAK PEEK!
Amanda: $11,300 cash, tickets, and trip
Alex: $6,000
Dustin: $2,050
ROUND 4 (Partial Speedup):
$5,000 flaunts its silvery goodness!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ _
COLLEGE LIFE
Alex is down by $5,300 but one good spin could change that, and he'll get his chance... we have time left! Unfortunately, he can't earn $400 with a T, so Dustin gets a chance too - $900 and a pair of R's, but he loses his turn on a dud S, and we lose the last of our time! Here's the board as the wheel turns:
_ R _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ R
_ _ / _ _ _ _
COLLEGE LIFE
The red flipper drops in on $900, and the red player will be first to call a letter for $1,900 each. Everyone comes up with a good letter - Amanda a pair of N's, Alex a G, and Dustin a trio of M's... upon which he is able to solve (even before the M's are fully revealed):
_ R _ M M _ N G / _ _ R
_ N / _ _ _ M
COLLEGE LIFE
He's not CRAMMING FOR AN EXAM, but he crams $7,500 into his bank account!
Duds (pre-speedup): T (Alex), S (Dustin)
Amanda: $11,300 cash, tickets, and trip
Alex: $6,000 cash
Dustin: $9,550 cash
Despite Dustin's late solve, Amanda is our winner! She'll play for $100,000 in Bonusland!
BONUS ROUND:
Amanda's bonus spin hits the H in CASH.
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
PLACE
RSTLNE give her a quarter of the puzzle...
_ _ _ E
S _ _ _
PLACE
PMCA get Amanda just one more letter...
_ _ _ E
S _ _ P
PLACE
But in no time at all, she nails BIKE SHOP! We'll be adding a Jeep Grand Cherokee valued at $30,245 to her winnings, meaning that with the car, the airline tickets, the Greece trip, and the cash, Amanda has won $41,545!
I remember watching your episode online just a few years ago and thought, "A true Wheel junkie, eh? Man, it would be great to have him on the site someday." And here you are! 
Congrats on your winnings. Bet a decade goes by really fast.
