Daytime WoF Recap: April 27, 1987

Over $81K waiting to be won including…

• a $7K Jackpot
• $12K station wagon
• $3,900 diamond and sapphire ring
• $1,900 pine bookcase

Pete Gamerdinger: U.S. Navy lieutenant and anti-submarine warfare helicopter pilot who recently got engaged to Marie from San Diego

Carolyn Ritticher (sp?): 2-day total of $7,150 

Elaine Osowiecki: art director of a pharmaceutical advertising agency in Manhattan who blew out a fortune cookie and learned her message saying she would be a contest winner from West Orange, NJ

Round 1: PHRASE

Pete: $2K T quartet, $500 N pair, W for worthless

Carolyn: C for crud

Elaine: $200 R, C repeat

Pete: $300 D, $200 G (NMC)

D _ N ’ T / G _ T 
_ N T _ / _ / R _ T

Whenever you’re on stage, DON’T GET INTO A RUT, and he solved for $3K. To the kids’ room…

• $2,100: Cartier GC used to buy a diamond mask pin
• $400: Casio electric typewriter
• $370: Emerson color TV
• $130 on a Service Merchandise GC

Round 2: EVENT

Carolyn: BANKRUPT near $250 right away 

Elaine: $500 T, N for negative 

Pete: same BANKRUPT 

Carolyn: S for sorry

Elaine: $300 R pair, two E’s and two A’s, $200 L (close to $1K), one I, BANKRUPT near $300 (lost $250)

Pete: LaT

Carolyn: P for phooey 

Elaine: $200 D, $300 M

COMMERCIAL BREAK

Her Next Picks: $300 C, one O, $400 G, LaT

Pete: $600 H pair, $700 B, solve…

M E D I C A L 
B R E A _ T H R O _ G H

Pete solved MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH for $1,300 to spend in the home office library…

• $350: pair of Alsy lamps
• $600: 4 x 6 Chinese rug from Emser International 
• $314: Baldwin mantle clock
• $36 on a GC
  

Pete: $4,300/Ladies: $0 each

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($7K) Jackpot Round: PHRASE

Elaine: $700 T pair, $1,500 H, two E’s, $1,400 N pair, one I, A for awful

Pete: M for mistake

SPEED-UP

I N / T H E 
_ _ _ E _ _ _ N T 

Consonants were worth $250 each.

Carolyn: S (DUD)
Elaine: D (DUD)
Pete: 2 R’s
Carolyn: C (DUD)
Elaine: W (DUD)
Pete: 2 F’s

I N / T H E 
F _ R E F R _ N T 

Pete’s IN THE FOREFRONT to solve for a grand and sweep the game. The one item he bought from the pool room was a $956 Las Vegas weekend (Landmark Hotel & Casino), leaving $44 on a GC.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	W (Pete), C (Carolyn)			Elaine’s C repeat
Round 2	N (Elaine) S, P (Carolyn)	2 (Pete, Elaine)	3 (everybody)
Round 3	A, D, W (Elaine) M (Pete) S, C, (Carolyn)

FINAL SCORES
Pete: $5,300/Carolyn: SHUTOUT (left w/ $7,150)/Elaine: PARTING GIFTS

Elaine’s BANKRUPT TRASH: $250

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Bonus Round

Lt. Pete played for the Pontiac Fiero worth $11,478.

Category: PERSON

RSTLNE was his final combo and this is the person at a wedding…

_ E S T
_ _ N

He knew it’s the BEST MAN for the car and a 1-day total of $16,778. Marie the fiancée joined him.

MY RATING: 6 (ugly game, but nice car win)