Post by ultimaganon on Nov 4, 2013 22:03:51 GMT -5
Well, this is my first attempt at a recap, I've gotten inspiration from around the forum, so I thought I'd try to do one.
(Video cuts in mid-intro): “-fabulous and exciting merchandise! Including a kids room! A delicate blue topaz star pendant! A pair of chip and dale loveseats! Over 36,000 Dollars (White Graphic) Just waiting to be won today on Wheel of Fortune! And now here's your host: Pat Sajak!
Pat Welcomes everyone, and before he asks Susan to walk out, Pat says that the show often gets a question of whether there is a live audience or not to which Pat asks “Are you live, audience?” to which the audience responds “YEAH!!”
Pat cues Susan to walk out, and today Susan is wearing a weird Purple..... um.... outfit?
Introductions:
Nancy Conwell - An exercise specialist from Birmingham, Alabama who is expecting a child in 3 weeks. One-day Total $4,300 dollars.
Beverly Atkins - A watch commander in the communications department of the San Jose Police Department in San Jose, California. Married with three children, and loves to play bingo.
Karen Langley - An Insurance salesperson who graduated from UCLA who likes decorating and needlework and is getting married 8 days following the taping date. (No place of residence is mentioned, just that she is a “local lady”).
Opening Spiel:
Pat: “$750 dollars top dollar value for this round, try not to hit bankrupt, if you do you lose your cash but not your merchandise because once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep.”
ROUND ONE
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PLACE
SPIN 1 - Nancy drew number one, so she is the first player to spin. Nancy's first spin lands on the $200 space right next to the Free Spin. Nancy calls a P, and there is a P.
SPIN 2- Nancy spins again, and makes a perfect rotation around the wheel to land on $200 again. This time she calls a T and this time there are two, bringing her total to $600. This time, Nancy buys an E. There is only one E and that brings her down to $350, but it keeps her turn going.
SPIN 3- Nancy Spins again and it lands smack in the middle of Free Spin after a near perfect rotation!
SPIN 4- Nancy takes another spin and it lands on the $200 next to Free Spin. I believe we can see a pattern developing with Nancy's spins. She calls an N, but there is none. Pat asks if she would like to use her Free Spin and after pausing a second, she decides to use it.
SPIN 5- Unsuprisingly, Nancy's spin lands on the $200 next to Free Spin. She called a G, and her free spin did her no good because there is no G!
SPIN 6- Beverly takes her first spin and it lands on $450 next to Lose a Turn. She calls an M, but there are none.
SPIN 7- Pat asks Karen to spin. Karen lands on $250 two spaces before Lose a Turn. Karen asks for an R, and there are $500 dollars worth of R's.
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SPIN 8- Karen Spins again and lands on the blue $150. She asks for a Y, and why did she do that, because there are no Y's.
SPIN 9- It has come full circle back to Nancy. She spins and lands on $200 three spaces before Lose a Turn and calls a D. There are none. Back to Beverly.
SPIN 10- Beverly spins and lands on Bankrupt. No money lost, but she loses her turn. Back to Karen.
SPIN 11- Karen lands on the minimum $100 and asks for an L, but can't even cash in on the minimum.
SPIN 12- Nancy spins and lands on the $175 next to the big $750. She calls a B, and continues a bad streak of letters not in the puzzle.
SPIN 13- Beverly lands on $100. She asks for an S, and amazingly, there is one S. That will give her the first $100 dollars of her round.
SPIN 14- Beverly spins again and lands on the $200 right next to the $100 she landed on last time. She calls an H, and adds another $200 to her score bringing her to $300.
SPIN 15- Beverly spins once again and lands on $100. She calls a C and there is one C. She now has $400.
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
All the consonants are gone.
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PLACE
Beverly solves the puzzle ORCHESTRA PIT for a modest $400.
Pat Quips “Wheel of Fortune might be an overstatement but you have $400 and that's nice.”
Now it's time to shop in the kids room. For $170 Dollars, she buys the answering machine, she has $230 left. For $230 exactly she buys a Stereo. That leaves her with an even $0, which Pat jokes that they can put on a gift certificate.
Pat promises that in the next round they will hit something higher than $200 on the wheel, “Maybe”.
Nancy - $0
Beverly - $400
Karen - $0
Duds: N (Nancy), G (Nancy), M (Beverly), Y (Karen), D (Nancy), L (Karen), B (Beverly)
Bankrupt: Beverly (Just her turn)
ROUND TWO
Top Dollar value is $1000. And a gigantic puzzle:
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PHRASE
SPIN 1- It's time for Beverly to spin. The first spin lands on $400. Three T's will start her out with $1200.
SPIN 2- This spin lands on the $400 next to Bankrupt. Beverly calls an R and there is one. $1600.
SPIN 3- Spin lands on $300. There is one H. $1900 now.
SPIN 4- Beverly opts to spin again instead of buying a vowel. She lands on the red $200 next to $900 and calls an S. She now has $2300.
SPIN 5- Beverly lands on the orange $200 on the other side of the $900. She calls an L, which there are three of. One hundred shy of three thousand. Beverly buys an E, which there are four of. Now she has $2650.
SPIN 6- This spin lands on the blue $400, two spaces from bankrupt. She calls an N and there are three N's for another $1200, added to the $2650 brings her to $3850.
SPIN 7- A perfect rotation lands Beverly back on $400. This time she calls a G, and there are three G's.
Serious money has built up, to the amount of $5050. Pat reminds Beverly the car is going for $7662 and then tells contestants to turn their backs for a commerical break.
MID-ROUND BREAK
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PHRASE
Wheel's back and looking for a Phrase. Beverly currently has $5050. She decides to Spin.
SPIN 8 – The fortune of fate has turned. This spin lands on $900! Beverly calls a D. And there is not only one, but two! $6850 for Beverly so far.
She might be within $1000 of the car, but she doesn't care because she is going to solve the puzzle.
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Beverly solves A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING for a whopping $6850 dollars.
PERFECTO ROUND.
It's off to the Library to spend that massive win.
Beverly starts by buying for $2406 the Chip and Dale Loveseats. Still $4400+ to go. For $850, she buys the man's sterling gold bracelet. Over $3500 to go. Next on the shopping spree is for $749 the Grandfather clock, but that only brings her down to over $2800. For $1262 she buys a nice vacation in Matzalan. Still $1500 plus to go. For $675 she buys the silver plate stemware. Over $900 to go. For $502, she buys the fan light. Just $406 left now. Finally, for $367, she buys the mirror. That leaves Beverly with a $39 dollar gift certificate and leaves Jack with a marathon of prizes to read off.
Nancy - $0
Beverly - $7250
Karen - $0
When the show returns, Susan is modeling the featured car on that day's show, a white Isuzu Sedan. And the gift certificates are furnished by Alden.
Top Dollar is the big $2000 for Round 3.
ROUND 3
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PERSON
Karen, who hasn't had much of a chance to play starts this round.
SPIN 1- Her first spin lands on $400. She calls an S, and there are two S's. One for the start of each word. $800 so far.
SPIN 2- This time it lands on the red $350. Karen calls a T. There is one. $1150.
*CHIMES*
FINAL SPIN
It's time for Pat to make his final spin of the day. He makes his best effort but it only lands on $250.
Karen calls an N, there is one, and she has $1400. Karen is a smart cookie, and knows the puzzle already.
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PERSON
Karen solves STEVEN SPIELBERG to avoid the gooseegg and pick up $1400.
PERFECT ROUND #2
It's time to go shopping in the Garden Patio.
To Start, for $500 she buys the blue topaz star pendant. Exactly $900 to go. For $197 she buys the cutlery. $703 left. For $302 she buys some serving ware. Now only $401. For $200 she buys some dinnerware. For $195 she finishes it out with a tennis raquet and bag. That leaves a $6 gift certificate (which probably went much further back in 1982 than it would now).
FINAL TALLY
Nancy - $0 ($4300 previously)
Beverly - $7250
Karen - $1400
All in all, nobody leaves empty-handed and that's always a good thing.
BONUS ROUND
Beverly is going for the Bedroom set, which includes a bunk bed, 3 drawer dresser and a bookcase with a desk and a chair. (No value is mentioned but the pricetag reads $3109, I think).
LIGHTS DIM
Before the bonus round Pat says he was trying to calm Beverly down but Beverly instead replied “Get off of my cord, you're choking me.” In response Pat said “Well, that will calm you down, if nothing else.”
Onto the puzzle-
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Beverly calls the tried and true N L T R S E. (albeit called in a different order).
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Beverly mumbles a little, but doesn't guess anything. The time runs out and the solution is STORMY WEATHER.
That leaves Beverly with a one-day total of $7,250 and a chance to return tommorow for more!