October 30, 1984 recap

Airdate: October 30, 1984

Look at this studio filled with glamorous and imaginative gifts! Fabulous merchandise including...

A $27,000 family game room
A $3,200 gold and diamond ring
A $28,000 van motorhome

Over $101,000 just waiting to be won on...

Wheel Of Fortune!

Today's contestants:
Father Rob Boursy (?): Catholic priest, Rochester, NY
Betty Krieger: Homemaker and grandmother, St. Louis, MO
Marla Bidstrup: Married, is a waitress, Hickory Hills, IL

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. Try not to hit Bankrupt, or you will lose all your cash, but once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep. Here's our first puzzle!


Perfection! Rob solves THE NEW TESTAMENT.

Pat is in shock, and he points out that the puzzles are selected at random.



Just to prove our point, we've added a prize that anybody might be happy to win. It's a trip to Arizona and stay at Lake Powell (labeled TRIP) worth $1,426, exclusive to Round 2:


Marla has been looking at the wrong arrow a few times.

Marla solves ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. to keep the trip and cash.



The $5,000 wedge shines brighter than all the rest!


As Marla's second spin just barely clicked from BANKRUPT to $700, the slide whistle sounded before cutting off abruptly.

Marla solves LET BYGONES BE BYGONES.



Time is almost gone, so Pat needs to give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are going to be...$500 a piece. Rob starts:

Rob: N (DUD!)
Betty: T ($500)
Marla: R ($500)
Rob: S (DUD!)
Betty: M ($1,000)
Marla: L ($1,000)
Rob: K ($500)
Betty: B (DUD!)
Marla: F ($1,500)

Marla solves FLEA MARKET.



Betty couldn't seal the deal with any of the puzzles. She's left with the nice parting gifts.





BONUS ROUND:

Marla now has one more decision to make. The prize will be...

Gucci 20-dollar goldpiece diamond gold chain ($9,000).

The final puzzle is...

She's destined to go with RTMSNE:

That hardly did anything, and she does not solve ALLIGATOR. Still, $9,726 in prizes is not too shabby.