WHEEL of FORTUNE with Andy Nguyen

Richard Corliss informed me in the comments of my Sept. 4, 1996 post that the last two episodes of S14 premiere week have finally been added in Adam S’s S14 YouTube playlist. Click HERE for footage of this one.

EPISODE #2539: CALIFORNIA ADVENTURES

Kelly Derscheid: drummer in a rock band called Starla the Nudie Dancer who had four turtles and a gecko from O’Neill, NE

Gus Envela: married man to Tamiko w/ a 2-yr.-old daughter Misako who’s been in four Olympic Games (he was a sprinter and in track & field) from L.A.

Lois Bruin: HS counselor at Muncie Central HS married to Tom w/ a daughter named Camala from Muncie, IN

Round 1: CLASSIC TV (NEW CATEGORY ALERT)

Kelly: insta-dud of R

Gus: BANKRUPT

Lois: $200 N, T for turnover

Kelly: C for crud

Gus: four S’s for $1,600, repeated the C

Lois: $2K M pair, $700 P, $400 L, solve…

M _ S S _ _ N
_ M P _ S S _ _ L _

She IDed the American espionage television series “MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE” for $3,300.

FEATURED PRIZE: Zodiac watch from the Sea Wolf collection worth $2,495 (WATCH)

Round 2: SLOGAN

Gus: $450 S (just dodged LaT), $1,500 T trio, $500 H, C’s no good again

Lois: $450 N, $10K’s right side

Kelly: exact same fate

Gus: one I, L for loss of turn

Lois: G for goof

Kelly: $1K R pair, D for dud

Gus: $200 B, five E’s, $300 V, $1,800 W pair, one A, $900 Y pair (NMC), solve…

I T ‘ S
E V E R Y W H E R E
Y _ _ / W A N T
T _ / B E

He solved “IT’S EVERYWHERE YOU WANT TO BE” for $4,900, but he caused the audience to laugh saying that slogan belonged to the Army; it was Visa.

Kelly: ZIP/Gus: $4,900/Lois: $3,300

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The last prize in the Friday super package was a trip to the Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs.

Round 3: SAME NAME

Lois: one N for WATCH, $1,500 R trio, two E’s, P for phooey

Kelly: BANKRUPT near pink $500

Gus: $250 S, $500 B, not-so-victorious V call on $1K

Lois: $250 D, $400 M, one U and two A’s, $700 K (complete board)

B R A K E / &
S N A R E
D R U M

Lois read the answer for $2,100 + the watch.

Kelly: ZILCH/Gus: $4,900/Lois: $7,895 cash & watch

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Round 4: THINGS

Kelly: $200 S, no T

Gus: $500 H, $500 R, five E’s, $3K C pair, two A’s, $550 M

SPEED-UP

_ _ _
_ A _ E _ / &
C R E A M / C H E E S E

Consonants were worth $250 each (Pat originally got the BANKRUPT near red $500).

Gus: O
Lois: 2 L’s

L O _
_ A _ E L / &
C R E A M / C H E E S E

Lois, it’s not LOCK, BAGEL & CREAM CHEESE. -__- Kelly’s next w/ the B…

L O _ 
B A _ E L / &
C R E A M / C H E E S E

Kelly also blew the top word w/ LOW.

Gus: S repeat
Lois: K (UGH!)
Kelly: G

L O _ 
B A G E L / &
C R E A M / C H E E S E

Kelly screwed up that top word again w/ LOY and LOD. After Gus foolishly said F (he nearly got buzzed out, too), Lois then said the X to complete the board…

L O X
B A G E L / &
C R E A M / C H E E S E

…and finally read the answer for $750.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	R (Kelly), T (Lois), C (Kelly)		Gus	Gus’s C repeat
Round 2	C, L (both by Gus), G (Lois), D (Kelly)		2 (Lois, Kelly)
Round 3	P (Lois), V (Gus)		Kelly
Round 4	T (Kelly), K (Lois), F (Gus)			5 (Lois’s blown solve, Kelly’s three blown solves, Gus’s S repeat)

FINAL SCORES
Kelly: DESERVING PARTING GIFTS/Gus: $4,900/Lois: $8,645 cash & watch

Kelly, I know you didn’t have much luck, but those guesses of yours in the S-U were just lousy. -___-

GT: $13,545
BANKRUPT TRASH: just $450

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Bonus Round

Still all five prizes remaining, Lois chose the H.

Category: THING

Looney Tunes character Tweety is this yellow bird…

_ _ N _ R _

She WIPED OUT w/ DMPI…or did she?! She nailed CANARY right away and won the trip to Fess Parker’s Red Lion Resort in Santa Barbara plus 1997 Acura 2.2 CL sport luxury coupe worth $27,647, giving her $36,292 cash & prizes and a spot in the Friday Finals. She took Tom the hubby and her lifelong friend Nancy to her new ride.

MY RATING: 5 (awful Speed-Up, penalties galore)