"Wheel of Fortune" 9/24

International Intro Hello Greeting of the Night: Estonia

"WHEEL Around the World" this season takes place on the dips & columns set.

$1K T-U: On the Map

_ _ _ C _ H O _ M

_ _ _ _ _ _

Joe goofs w/ STOCKHOLM, GERMANY- right city, wrong country.

_ _ _ C _ H O _ M

_ _ _ D _ _

Kim blanks out.

_ _ O C _ H O _ M

_ W _ D _ N

Vickie gets the $1K steal on STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. Tonight's North American players:

Vickie Finch (Chattanooga, TN)- A site director for the Avondale Head Start program w/ three sons, 1.5 daughter-in-laws & a granddaughter
Joe Shuto (Issaquah, WA)- A second-year Philosophy college student who spent three yrs. as an Army paratrooper for the 173rd Airborne Brigade
Kim Spiecher (Williamsport, PA)- A Dental Hygiene teacher at Penn College married to Tom for two decades w/ a 10-yr.-old daughter named Katie
 
$2K T-U: Place

_ R A _ N

S _ _ _ I O N

Kim solves TRAIN STATION.
 
Monday's Featured Trip: cheapoair.com trip to Spain ($6.5K)
Mon./Wed./Fri. Gift Tag: TravelSmith
1/2 CAR of the Week: smart car

meineke Jackpot Round: Before & After (w/ that globe maingame wipe)

Kim Bankrupts on the spot next to $650. Secondly, Vickie calls two T's for $1K & the trip, buys three E's & an A but then calls a dud of S in sorry. Third, Joe calls three $300 R's but his subsequent vowel buy of U's a dud. Next, Kim spins Lose a Turn, then Vickie runs into the other regular Bankrupt to lose $7K in cash & vacation; the same thing then happens to Joe, costing him $950. On Kim's third spin, she lands on a pink $900 but says D for dud. After that, Vickie claims a $700 N, buys the last valid vowels of three O's & gets Vanna to light a $900 L, a $500 M for the 1/2 CAR in between $350 & $900 & an $800 C. But she then Bankrupts out on the Million Dollar Wedge's left side to surrender her plate & $2,650. After Joe's $350 F & $600 K...

R E M O T E

C O N T R O L

F R E A K

...he gets another 50 bucks just for saying REMOTE CONTROL FREAK.

DUDS: $900 D (Kim), $300 S (Vickie), U (Joe)
SOLE LaT: Kim
BANKRUPTS: 4 (two by Vickie)
LEFT BEHIND IN JACKPOT: $10,800

Current Scores:

Vickie: $1K/Joe: $1K/Kim: $2K

Mystery Round: The 90's (big puzzle alert)

Hoping for better luck in this round from everyone, Vickie starts off calling four S's for $1,600, purchasing three E's & an A & getting three $1K T's while on the Mystery Wedge in between Free PLAY & LaT, but she then gives back the $3K...& gets her third Bankrupt tonight (& the MW hidden wedge reveal has returned, at least for tonight). Second for Joe are an $800 B, three O's, two U's but then a LaT spin. Third, Kim's following letters are a $550 N, two I's to clean out the vowels, a $1,600 C pair & five R's for another five grand, then we have revealed...

_ O R R E S T / _ U _ _

_ I N S / O S C A R

_ O R / B E S T

_ I C T U R E

...she recalls "FORREST GUMP" WINS OSCAR FOR BEST PICTURE for another $6,900.

SOLE LaT: Joe
SOLE BANKRUPT: Vickie

Current Scores:

Vickie: $1K/Joe: $1K/Kim: $8,900

Bonus Puzzle Blast from the Past (10/23/03)(Things- Margaret tried CDMA):

_ _ M E

M _ _ _ E S

She solved HOME MOVIES for the $35K.

Prize Puzzle Round: Food & Drink

Joe gets this round going w/ two top dollar S's for $7K, triple E's, double A's & U's, trip O's & twin I's to buy out the vowel department in fell swoop, then coming his way are five D's for $17.5K extra, two $900 H's & C's but then THE SAME MDW BANRKUPT VICKIE HIT EARLIER TO CLEAN OUT $26,850. OUCH. Moving on, Kim says the two $800 R's but that same MDW Bankrupt gets her too, so she has to give back the 16 bills; that's her second of the night. Vickie then tries for the mystery vacation to Hawaii...

_ R U I _ / S A _ A D

_ O _ _ E D / _ I _ H

S H R E D D E D

C O C O _ U _

...& she wins it courtesy of a FRUIT SALAD TOPPED WITH SHREDDED COCONUT at the Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach worth $6,543.

BANKRUPTS: 2 (Joe & Kim)

Current Scores:

Vickie: $7,543 in cash & HI/Joe: $1K/Kim: $8,900

$3K T-U: Occupation

B A _ _

T _ L _ _ R

Kim gets another three thou from the nearby BANK TELLER, $11,900 total.

Speed-Up: What Are You Doing?

$1,900 per consonant, so there's a slight chance Joe could come back & win this ugly match. After three L's get spoken...

L _ S T _ N _ N G / T _

_ / _ L _ _ L _ S T

...Vickie's LISTENING TO A PLAYLIST worth $7,600 & the victory! Joe had half that & Kim left behind $9.5K.

Final Scores:

Vickie: $15,143 in cash & travel/Joe: $1K/Kim: $11,900
GT: $28,043

TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding cardboard): $43,150 in cash & trip

Maxwell House BR #5: The automobile here this week's a VW CC. Vickie spins that G.

Category: Thing

Starting w/ two letters on the bottom:

_ _ _ _

_ N _ _ _ E

HGMA's a good combination, but how good is it?...

H _ G H

_ N _ _ M E

...without the I's, not enough, because she says HIGH ANYTIME, HIGH ANYONE & HIGH GNOME. It was HIGH INCOME & she loses the VW, meaning she leaves w/ $15,143 in cash & vacation.
 
$5K SPIN ID: DS5281238

EPISODE RATING: 4