"Wheel of Fortune" 10/25

Intro Flashback Moment (Nov. '94): After Gary solved the puzzle for $1,550 from The Fourties, GERMAN OCCUPATION OF PARIS (R, M, U, T, N & A were the letters for that episode's Red, White & Blue Sweepstakes- that solution was TRUMAN), Pat said he's forced to do odd things like repeat that puzzle solution

$1K T-U: Thing

R _ _ B E R

C _ _ E N _

Justin doesn't have a clue.

R U _ B E R

C E _ E N _

Lillian doesn't get covered by RUBBER CEMENT. The teachers ready to play this evening:

Lillian Hart (Conway, AR)- A McDermott ES Music teacher who writes self-help books
Maegan Kovach (Grindstone, PA)- An 8th Grade Math teacher at Lafayette MS married to Freddy for three yrs. who's almost gotten her Master's Degree in School Psychology
Justin Morgan (Seattle)- A Math & Computer Science teacher at The Overlake School w/ a large cat named Mufasa

$2K T-U: On the Map

_ U _ _ _ _

A R _ Z O N A

Maegan gets TUCSON, ARIZONA.

Featured Trip: WorldStrides Casterbridge Tour of Italy ($6.5K)

Eggland's Best Jackpot Round: Show Biz

She starts w/ three $300 S's (one at the beginning of each of the first of two out of four words), a $400 T & two E's, then she subsequently says quad N's for an additional $2,800, the same amount of A's & I's, two G's for $1,800 more & the O to clean the vowels out, but she then calls L for lose. After Justin's D dud while on the 1/2 CAR next to $900, Lillian lights the $700 M...

S I N G I N G

S E N S A T I O N

M A _ I A _ / _ A _ E _

...& IDs future "American Idol" judge & SINGING SENSATION MARIAH CAREY for the other $300.

DUDS: $500 D (Justin), $900 L (Maegan)
LEFT BEHIND IN JACKPOT: $9,400

Current Scores:

Lillian: $2K/Maegan: $2K/Justin: $0

Mystery Round: Before & After (three words)

Justin goes Bankrupt automatically next to top dollar. Lillian secondly calls three T's for 21 bills, buys five E's (one at the beginning of both the first & third words) & takes two $650 N's, a $500 S for the Wild Card but then a dud vowel of O. Third, Maegan finds the $900 V to finish the third & final word (EVENTS) but also duds out in the vowel department by trying A. On his third spin of the wheel, Justin hits the other normal Bankrupt. Lillian then calls out a $450 L, buys an I & lands three C's for $1.5K extra & the Mrs. Prindable's package, then she spins Lose a Turn. That gives Maegan a chance to spin, but she Bankrupts out of $650 on the left side of the MDW. Justin's fourth spin lands on $550 & he calls for the last remaining consonant, three $550 R's...

E L E C T R I C

C _ R R E N T

E V E N T S

...prior to solving ELECTRIC CURRENT EVENTS.
 
DUDS: A (Maegan), O (Lillian)
SOLE LaT: Lillian
BANKRUPTS: 3 (two by Justin, Maegan)

Current Scores:

Lillian: $2K WC/Maegan: $2K/Justin: $1,650

Bonus Puzzle Blast from the Past #29 ('89 during the last season in the NBC studios)(Place)(she called CHMI):

T I M _ _ _ T _

A: TIMBUKTU (not solved)

Prize Puzzle Round: What Are You Doing?

Lillian leads the way by putting in a couple $550 G's, an E & an A pair prior to Bankrupting next to $650 to lose that WC & $600. Second for Maegan are triple the N's for $10.5K, the other valid vowels (two I's & an O), the $350 W, trip R's to add 15 $100 bills & a $2,100 S set...

_ R _ I N G / O N

A / N E W

G R A S S / S _ I R _

...she's got another $13,950 & will be TRYING ON A NEW GRASS SKIRT in the middle of her vacation to the Outrigger Reef on the Beach w/ a price of $6,535.

SOLE BANKRUPT: Lillian

Current Scores:

Lillian: $2K/Maegan: $22,485 in cash & trip/Justin: $1,650

$3K T-U: Place

_ H E A T _ R

D I _ T R I C T

Maegan solves THEATER DISTRICT.

Speed-Up: Living Thing

Consonants are all worth...$1.5K a pop. She starts w/ three R's, then Justin calls two T's...

_ R _ _ _ _ R _ _ T

T R _ _

...& he steals GRAPEFRUIT TREE to add $4.5K to his cash stash.

Final Scores:

Lillian: $2K/Maegan: $25,485 in cash & travel/Justin: $6,150
GT: $33,635

TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding WC): $1,250

Maxwell House Regular BR #27: Maegan takes hold of the envelope from the second A in AMERICA'S.

Subject: Thing

A couple letters in the middle to start:

_ _ L _

_ _ T _ _

DMBA should add at least one letter...

_ _ L D

_ _ T _ _

...but no more. She says GOLD at first & gets closer w/ WILD; she doesn't catch this $40K WILD PITCH & goes away w/ $25,485 in cash & HI.

$5K SPIN ID #29: ML5353859

EPISODE RATING: 7