Charlie: “Look at this studio, filled with lots of exciting prizes including…
- a new $5K cash bonus
- sporty little compact car
- wonderfully romantic Caribbean cruise
Over $41K waiting to be won. From Television City in Hollywood, it’s “WHEEL of Fortune”. And now, here’s your host, Bob Goen!”
Bob’s very first players…
Fay Sinclair: graduate of San Diego State like Bob and accountant for a construction company in Carlsbad from San Diego
Rick DePiro: keyboard player (he did a lot of studio work and demonstration work for some companies) and former organist for the Cleveland Indians from Buffalo, NY
Lou Sipher (female): director of investor communications for a real estate company who enjoys ballroom dancing and listening to music from Columbus, OH
Round 1: THING
Top Dollar Amount for this Round: $500 (and the minimum is $50, which explains why everything is so cheap)
Fay: $75 S, R for rats
Rick: BANKRUPT
Lou: $200 T, L for lost turn
Fay: $250 N, one E (vowels costed $200 and would later shrink to $100 in Bob’s run), $50 P, VERY FOOLISH CHOICE OF J — was she thinking the first word was JUG?
Rick: $75 B, $75 G, $150 F (NMC), solve…
B _ G / _ F
P E _ N _ T S
Rick got a $300 BAG OF PEANUTS.
FEATURED PRIZE: 2n TRIP to Caesars Tahoe in Lake Tahoe worth $916
Round 2: PHRASE
Rick: Free Spin, $150 T trio, $250 H, $150 W trio, four A’s, LaT
Lou: $150 S pair, $200 L, $200 N, $200 D, solve…
_ _ S T / W H A T
_ / A L W A _ S
W A N T _ D
This is JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED — a player like Lou solving for $750.
Fay: NIL/Rick: $300 FS/Lou: $750
FEATURED PRIZES #2 and #3: Carson’s of High Point SOFA worth $1,350 and a Fred Joaillier GC used to buy a mother-of-Pearl and a diamond butterfly suspended on a gold chain worth $1,450 (JEWEL)
Round 3: PERSON/FICTIONAL CHARACTER
Top Dollar Value: $1K (the minimum is $100)
Lou: $200 R pair, $2K S pair, three O’s and two A’s, $1K L, one E, $100 D, E repeat ($2,500 at risk; Bob didn’t realize it at first)
Fay: $800 N pair, no H on $1K
Rick: $200 P, $200 M pair, JEWEL acquired and a $200 Y, solve…
L E O N A R D
N _ M O Y / A S
M R / S P O _ _
He solved the late LEONARD NIMOY AS MR. SPOCK for $600 and the JEWEL.
Fay: NIL/Rick: $2,350 cash & jewel FS/Lou: $750
Pat stopped by to wish Bob success.
FEATURED PRIZE #4: Lloyd Flanders wicker furniture worth $1,850 (PATIO)
Round 4: PHRASE
Top Dollar Value: $1,250
Fay: $200 T pair, H for halt
Rick: also missed w/ R
SPEED-UP
T _ _ T / _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Consonants were worth $150 apiece.
Lou: N (DUD)
Fay: F
Rick: P (DUD)
Lou: 2 L’s
Fay: M (DUD)
Rick: 2 S’s (he couldn’t get the last word)
Lou: W (NMC)
T _ S T / _ F
W _ L L S
In this TEST OF WILLS, Lou passed for $450.
| PENALTY BOX | DUDS | LaTs | BANKRUPTS | DQs |
| Round 1 | R, J (Fay) L (Lou) | Rick | ||
| Round 2 | Rick | |||
| Round 3 | H (Fay) | Lou’s E repeat | ||
| Round 4 | H, M (Fay) R, P (Rick) N (Lou) | Rick‘s incomplete solve |
FINAL SCORES
Fay: PARTING GIFTS/Rick: $2,350 cash & jewel FS/Lou: $1,200
GT: $3,550
NO BANKRUPT TRASH
Bonus Round
Rick played for the five grand.
Category: PLACE
San Francisco has at least one of these…
_ _ S _ _ N _
_ _ E R
CMPA only added…
_ _ S _ _ N _
P _ E R
He only got the second word of FISHING PIER.
MY RATING: 3
WHEEL of FORTUNE with Andy Nguyen 