Wheel of Fortune - Teacher's Week 1
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00:00From Sony Pictures Studios,
00:03here's some America's Games!
00:08Wheel...
00:09of...
00:10Fortune!
00:12Ladies and gentlemen,
00:14here are the stars of our show.
00:16That's Zig-Zach and...
00:18The White!
00:20Well, thanks, Jim.
00:22I see teachers.
00:24You're going to have them here all week.
00:26Us too.
00:27We can still have them.
00:29Well, hi, everybody.
00:30Good to see you.
00:32Hope you're ready for this.
00:33Hope you're ready too.
00:34We're going to do our first toss-up.
00:35It's worth $1,000.
00:36They are all set.
00:37Place is the category.
00:39Vanna, if you would, please.
00:52And it's Jeff.
00:53Language Lab?
00:54Yeah, that's it.
00:56It's a minor breed.
00:58Nice to have you here.
01:00Jeff Brocchetti, right?
01:01Yes.
01:02Fairfax, Virginia.
01:03Let's hear about your educational life here.
01:04Yeah, I teach at McLean High School.
01:06I teach 11th and 12th graders physics and astronomy.
01:08That sounds like interesting stuff.
01:09Yeah, it's a lot of fun.
01:10You're a married man?
01:11Yep, I'm married to my wife, Julie, for 21 years.
01:13I have two sons.
01:15Jacob is 14.
01:16He's a competitive gymnast.
01:17And Eric is 12.
01:19And he's working his way up the scouting ranks.
01:21There you go.
01:22And you sponsor the Astronomy Club,
01:23which kind of makes sense.
01:24Yes.
01:25The universe is really big, isn't it?
01:26It is.
01:27It's a lot bigger than we all think it is.
01:29It's huge, yeah.
01:30I mean, to put it in scientific terms, it's really big.
01:33It's really, really big, actually.
01:35Good to have you here, Jeff.
01:37Hi, Jen.
01:38Hi, Todd.
01:39Jen Hong is from Long Beach, right?
01:40That's right.
01:41A special ed teacher down there?
01:42Yes.
01:43Where is that?
01:44I'm a special education teacher at McAuliffe Middle School,
01:45home of the best students and teachers around.
01:47You're practicing, I'm sorry, I should know this, Muay Thai.
01:51Muay Thai, yes.
01:52Which is what?
01:53Is that some sort of self-defense thing?
01:55It's the martial art of eight limbs,
01:57because we use our hands, our feet, our knees, and our elbows.
02:01So these guys don't want to fight me.
02:03And by the way, that's how I eat dinner.
02:05Oh, great.
02:06Anyway, we wish you luck on our show.
02:08Thank you very much.
02:09That goes for you, too, Tracy.
02:10Tracy Oswalt is from Corona, California.
02:13Let's start with the teaching part of your life.
02:15Hi, Pat.
02:16Yeah, I'm a teacher.
02:17I teach junior high at the Academy of Innovation.
02:19I teach history.
02:20And you've been at it for a while.
02:21I have, 24 years.
02:22So I'm sure you've seen students grow up and have lives.
02:25I have, yes.
02:26That's pretty cool.
02:27It is cool.
02:28Talk about your family.
02:29I'm married to Scott.
02:30I've been married for 24 years, and we have three kids.
02:32They're all grown and out of the house.
02:34Our youngest is a junior at Boise State.
02:36Yeah, and we've heard about Muay Thai, but you're pickleball, right?
02:39I am a pickleballer, yes.
02:41Okay, good.
02:42Congratulations on that.
02:44Let's get ready for another toss-up.
02:45This one is worth $2,000, and the category is Movie Title.
02:51And the winner is...
02:57Tracey.
02:58Encanto.
02:59Yeah, there you go.
03:02So, she gets that second toss-up.
03:04She'll be spinning in a moment.
03:05Right now, Jim Thornton will be speaking.
03:08As only I can, Pat.
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03:40All right, boys and girls.
03:41The same letter is the category,
03:43and that means every word in the puzzle starts with the same letter,
03:46an extra $1,000 when you figure out what that is.
03:48And Tracey, you won the right to start. Come on.
03:56$850.
03:57T.
03:58Yes.
03:59Two Ts.
04:04Can I buy an E?
04:05Uh-huh.
04:06Let's see.
04:07There are three of those.
04:14$900.
04:15S.
04:17Well, you'll be happy to know that is the same letter,
04:19plus there are going to be some additional ones.
04:21So let's see how many are up there to begin with.
04:24Six of them.
04:25You throw in an extra $1,000, so that's very nice.
04:27You're up to $7,850.
04:30I will buy an I, please.
04:33There's no I. I'm sorry.
04:35Jeff.
04:36Thanks.
04:43$700.
04:44N.
04:46Come on.
04:48Can I buy a vowel?
04:49A U?
04:50Sure.
04:51You got a bunch of U's, actually.
04:53We rarely have four U's.
04:55It's a very exciting night for us.
04:56We live on the little things.
05:03Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Oh, boy.
05:05Oh, the wheel said no.
05:07Jen, there are no vowels left.
05:08You can spin it and cut some money.
05:10Cut some money.
05:15Oh.
05:16You know, Tracy, life is strange.
05:18You have $7,600.
05:20Are you going to spin or solve?
05:22I'm going to solve.
05:23Go ahead.
05:24Super successful student.
05:26That is it. You did it.
05:29Well, I never dreamed it would get back to you, but it did.
05:31And you have the $7,600.
05:33You had the toss-up earlier.
05:34So you have the early lead, $9,600.
05:37Congratulations.
05:38We'll keep it up.
05:39Teachers this week, we'll keep it up, right?
05:52My favorite teacher is Ms. Chapon.
05:54My favorite teacher is Mr. Alpert because he always, like, makes for fun to do.
05:58They're the best teachers in the world, and they're my teachers.
06:04$10,000.
06:09All right, thank you, sir.
06:11Character is the category for this next round.
06:14Quick look at the puzzle, and then we'll put Jeff to work.
06:24All right.
06:25Well, this could get interesting in a hurry.
06:27Let's have a letter.
06:28I have a T.
06:29One T.
06:30Well, that's $1,000 you'd be risking.
06:33But there are two of those out there, and one of them has a bankrupt.
06:35One of them has $10,000 behind it.
06:37Of course you do.
06:41Ooh.
06:43There you go.
06:44Just get rid of that as soon as you can.
06:45I'm sorry.
06:46Jen, your turn.
06:53$700.
06:54H.
06:55One H.
07:00I'll buy the E, please.
07:02Okay.
07:03A pretty good bet that there'll be at least one,
07:05and it looks like more than that.
07:07I'll go ahead and buy the I as well.
07:10Okay.
07:11Two I's.
07:18Close.
07:19$600.
07:20R.
07:21Yep.
07:22Two R's.
07:25I'll buy the A.
07:27But there is no A, I'm afraid.
07:29Tracy, your turn.
07:33$700.
07:38You got a bankrupt looking at you.
07:40But you've run the gamut of emotions.
07:42Jeff.
07:49$700.
07:50F.
07:51Mm-hmm.
07:52Two F's.
08:00Whoa.
08:01I know that one hurt.
08:02I'm sorry.
08:03Jen, it's your turn.
08:09Well, that one didn't hurt.
08:11D.
08:12Yeah.
08:13Three D's.
08:16Just like that, you have $11,650.
08:19I'd like to solve.
08:20Yeah?
08:21Clifford the Big Red Dog.
08:24Yeah, that's it.
08:28Very nice.
08:29And if you think he's big,
08:30have you ever seen the universe?
08:32It's enormous.
08:33You have $11,650.
08:35You have a lead at this point,
08:36but everybody's got some money.
08:37It is anybody's game.
08:38We'll be back for the prize puzzle.
08:51Hi.
08:52Fun and games, that's our category for this round,
08:54which is our prize puzzle round.
08:56Gonna be good news for one of these folks.
08:57Maybe Jen, she's gonna start.
09:01Okay.
09:08G.
09:09Yes.
09:10Pick up that gift tag if you will.
09:12That's $1,000 cash from Pilot Pen.
09:17Okay.
09:18I'd like to buy the eye.
09:20Uh, yes.
09:21There are three eyes.
09:25$250 left.
09:31$500.
09:33N.
09:35Uh, one N, yeah.
09:39I'd like to buy another vowel.
09:41E.
09:42Uh, let's see.
09:43I think we can do that too.
09:44There are two E's.
09:48I'd like to go out and buy the A as well.
09:51Okay.
09:52Two A's.
10:01And then that happens, I know.
10:03But you emoted very nicely there.
10:05Tracy, your turn.
10:11One more, please.
10:12There you go.
10:13Can I get a C, please?
10:15No, I'm afraid not.
10:17Uh, and Jeff, it's your turn.
10:25$900.
10:26T.
10:27Yeah.
10:28Two T's.
10:31$800.
10:38$800.
10:39H.
10:40And here comes an H.
10:44I'd like to buy an O.
10:46Yeah, we have three O's up there.
10:50All vowels are gone now, Jeff.
10:52Spin or solve?
11:00$650.
11:01F?
11:02Yeah.
11:03Three F's.
11:07You have $4,300.
11:09Spin or solve?
11:10That's right.
11:11You're making money.
11:12Look at that.
11:17You know, there's something about calling the F's and then hitting a bankrupt for you.
11:20I'm sorry.
11:21That happened again.
11:22Jen, it's your turn, and...
11:24I'd like to solve.
11:25Okay.
11:26Diving off the side of a boat.
11:28Yeah, that's it.
11:31And the boat is moored at Antigua.
11:39And this is Caribbean Paradise.
11:42Escape to a tranquil hideaway at Pineapple Beach Club, Antigua.
11:46Luxuriate in an all-inclusive adults-only resort overlooking white sand beaches
11:51with brilliant turquoise water, bountiful gardens, and seaside dining.
11:56$7,460.
12:01Wow.
12:03So, you got that gift tag.
12:04You got the trip.
12:05You got the cash.
12:06You won earlier up to $20,360.
12:09But believe it or not, gang, we're not through here.
12:11We're going to come back with a triple toss-up chance of something within $10,000.
12:25Post-captioning sponsored by...
12:27As promised, here comes our triple toss-up phrase of the category tonight.
12:30Here's the first of our three puzzles worth $2,000.
12:41Jeff.
12:42Only time will tell.
12:44Yeah, give him $2,000.
12:45He's been running for that ten grand now if he can get all three.
12:48Here's his second.
12:55Jeff.
12:56The time has come.
12:57Yeah, that's it.
12:58I think we're in his wheelhouse.
13:01It's the time-space continuum.
13:03Here's number three.
13:14Jen.
13:15Third time's the charm.
13:16It's for you, yeah.
13:20So, Jeff gets two of them.
13:22Jen gets the remaining one.
13:24And she still has a good-sized lead at this point.
13:26But we're going to play some more here.
13:27Vent is the category for this next round.
13:29There it is.
13:30Jen, you won the right to spin it first.
13:39$700.
13:40Tea.
13:41One tea.
13:46I'd like to buy the E.
13:49Let's see.
13:50There are some Es up there, four of them.
13:54I'd buy the A.
13:56Well, there's no A to buy.
13:57Tracy.
14:04$900.
14:05S, please.
14:07Yes, one S.
14:11Can I buy an I?
14:13That we have.
14:14Yeah, one I.
14:16$600.
14:17G.
14:18No G.
14:19And no time, at least not much.
14:21Jeff, it's your turn.
14:22Give the wheel a final spin for us.
14:24$11,000.
14:25If it lands on, that'll be the value of the consonants
14:28in the speed-up round.
14:29That'll be $1,900.
14:31Again, an event.
14:32And, Jeff, we start with you.
14:33Letter, please.
14:34R.
14:36Two R's.
14:38Two R's.
14:39Two R's.
14:40Two R's.
14:41Two R's.
14:42Two R's.
14:43Two R's.
14:44Two R's.
14:48Three seconds.
14:53Jen.
14:54D.
14:56Two D's.
15:07Tracy.
15:09L.
15:11Two L's.
15:15Well deserved.
15:21Jeff.
15:22N.
15:24No, there's no N.
15:25Jen.
15:26V.
15:28Yes.
15:29Two V's.
15:40Tracy.
15:41Y.
15:42Huh?
15:45Well deserved victory.
15:47There you go.
15:48I will need to have something.
15:50Tracy, over $6,000 that round.
15:53Congratulations.
15:54You have $15,950.
15:57Thank you very much for being here.
16:00That's a great score, but not enough to beat you,
16:02and I'll be back to talk with you in a moment
16:04as soon as I congratulate Jeff.
16:05That all went pretty well, I'd say.
16:07$5,000.
16:08It was nice having you here.
16:09Thanks for having me.
16:10Thank you very much.
16:11The winner, $22,360.
16:14She's going down deeper.
16:15She's got a gift tag.
16:16She's got cash.
16:17And now she's going to pick a category, right,
16:19for the bonus round.
16:20Thing, event, and phrase.
16:22What do you like?
16:23Phrase.
16:24Good answer.
16:27Phrase it is.
16:28We'll come back.
16:29She'll inhale and solve the puzzle.
16:31Stay with us.
16:32Nice going.
16:36Stay tuned.
16:37Jim could drive home in a new Mini Cooper.
16:40The bonus round is next.
16:43Jen, it's going very well so far.
16:45Over $22,000, cash and prizes.
16:47Do you see this lovely little wheel here?
16:49I see it.
16:50It's our 40th year in the air,
16:51so the minimum amount is $40,000.
16:53Maximum amount here right now, $100,000.
16:55We have the car.
16:56Give it a spin.
17:03What a fine spin it is.
17:06And we end up in the middle of America's game,
17:08right here.
17:10All right, come on this way, Jen.
17:12That's your mark.
17:14I'll be close by.
17:15Watching you win, I hope.
17:16Phrase.
17:17It's a category.
17:18R, S, T, L, N, E.
17:20With those letters.
17:26Pretty good for a smallish puzzle.
17:29All right, your turn.
17:31Three more consonants, one more vowel.
17:36B.
17:39F.
17:40Yes.
17:43W.
17:44And a vowel.
17:46O.
17:49All right.
17:50The F has been a prominent part of the game tonight,
17:52for good and for bad.
17:54And this time,
17:56here we go.
17:57All right, it's a phrase.
17:58You have 10 seconds to tell us,
18:00don't burst, what it is.
18:02Good luck.
18:04Just for fun.
18:05I'll say.
18:08The F did it for you.
18:09Don't go anywhere.
18:10I gotta show you what you won.
18:12Do you have any need for a Mini Cooper?
18:16And head back to school in style
18:19in your all-new Mini Cooper.
18:21Turbocharged with superior engineering,
18:23world-famous handling,
18:24and a brand-new design.
18:26From Nick Alexander Imports.
18:28$37,410.
18:32Here she comes, Vanna.
18:33Look out.
18:34She's stronger than she looks.
18:37$59,770.
18:41Very nice.
18:42Vanna, I'll be right back.
18:43Want more Wheel?
18:44Join the Wheel Watchers Club on wheeloffortune.com.
18:48It's Teacher's Week.
18:49That's right.
18:50And let's address the annual punctuation controversy,
18:53because we hear from people saying,
18:54there's more than one teacher,
18:55and it should be a plural possessive,
18:56but they don't talk like that.
18:58And we know that,
18:59but we've chosen to sort of honor a teacher
19:02as a being, as a thing,
19:04kind of like Father's Day.
19:05There's more than one father,
19:06but we treat it as a singular possessive.
19:08Yes.
19:09That's all I've got.
19:10So don't worry.
19:11We'll see you next time.
19:13Bye.
19:14Leave us alone.
19:15Want to be a contestant?
19:17For virtual auditions,
19:18go to wheeloffortune.com.