September 23, 1999 recap

Airdate: September 23, 1999

From Universal Studios Florida, it's America's game!

Today's contestants:
Mary Ibby Moultrie: 4th-grade teacher and church worker, from Clermont, CA *SLAP!* ...I mean Clermont, FL
David Wilson: Married, is a programmer analyst for a casual dining company, from Poinciana, FL (...phew.)
Jessica Salvatori: student at Daytona Beach Community College, plans to go to University of Central Florida, from Daytona Beach

TDV on the Wheel $1,000 and go! Round 1:


Jessica solves SWIMMERS. Have those lessons paid off? Will she dive to $3,000, or just dive?

At the last second, she solves BACKSTROKE. Oddly, she only got 4 seconds before the buzzer.


Out of the water. We add a Latin Quarter and Dominican Republic trip (labeled TRIP) worth $3,200.

From our locker, we bring out a $2,500 and a one-third $10,000 space!


David rests the Free Spin token on the arrow instead of the railing.

David solves GINGER MARY ANN & THE PROFESSOR.

Sound the chimes! This puzzle has a $2,000 bonus for answering this question...

What was the name of the charter boat that they went out on?

He correctly identifies the S.S. Minnow.


With contestants who have difficulty negotiating over the prizes, I don't know what to do. But we'll still add a Global Electric golf car (labeled GOLF) worth $7,890.

You can understand cash though. We add the $3,500 and Jackpot spaces for this round:


Pat references a "null" cycle by saying "Try again, Mary." after the R call despite no aired turns from Mary this round.

Mary solves TO HAVE AND TO HOLD BUTTON.


A very close match. The $5,000 space wants to change things in Round 4:

(Oddly, the second BANKRUPT is not on the Wheel despite Round 4 beginning as a "regular" round.)


DING DING! DING DING!

We're coming a bit close for time, so Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants will be worth...$5,000 a piece!

(Whoever solves this puzzle will win the game no matter what thanks to the $500 house minimum.)

Mary: T (DUD!)
David: D (DUD!)
Jessica: L (DUD!)
Mary: S (x2) ($10,500)
David: P ($5,000)
Jessica: H ($5,000)

Jessica solves SOUVENIR SHOP for the aforementioned victory.






BONUS ROUND:

After a close, it's up to Jessica to make us proud. One of our prizes is Dodge Intrepid (over $22,000).

Now after a look, it's the W. The final puzzle washes up on shore...

RSTLNE gives her...

She takes PGMI:

Before the timer starts, she solves NAPKIN...

...and in the envelope is a pair of Dodge Neons worth $28,240! She proudly leaves with $37,440!