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00:00From Sony Pictures Studios, it's America's Game!
00:07Wheel of Fortune!
00:13Ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show.
00:17Nancy Jack and Edda White.
00:21That's us. Well, thanks Jim. Thanks everybody.
00:25Celebrating teachers this week.
00:27Good to see you all.
00:29Have a good time.
00:31Well, how are you doing?
00:33We look happy to be here.
00:35We're all happy to have you.
00:36Get ready, we're going to do our first toss-up of the night.
00:38It's worth $1,000.
00:40The category is the ever-popular Rhyme Time.
00:42Here we go.
00:53Elaine.
00:54Believe and achieve.
00:56That is it, yes.
01:00And this is Elaine Dolenski.
01:02Yes.
01:03Who just won $1,000.
01:04Hi.
01:05San Clemente, California.
01:06Kindergarten teacher.
01:07Talk about that a bit.
01:08Yes.
01:09I am a kindergarten teacher at the amazing Community Roots Academy.
01:12I love my school so much.
01:14This is a second career for me.
01:16I've only been teaching one year.
01:18I just finished my first year.
01:20Wow.
01:21Of kindergarten.
01:22Yeah.
01:23Only you had some enthusiasm.
01:25I know, I know.
01:26I love it so much.
01:27I can't wait to go back.
01:28Good luck to you.
01:29Chante, how are you doing?
01:30I'm fine.
01:31How are you?
01:32I'm well, thank you.
01:33Chante Robinson, Chicago, all right?
01:34Yes.
01:35Let's hear about your teaching career.
01:37I am an eighth grade reading and writing teacher.
01:40I teach at Dixon Elementary.
01:42We call it the City of Dixon.
01:45I am entering into my 16th year of teaching.
01:49Wow.
01:50So I definitely enjoy it.
01:52I've taught grades second through eighth, but eighth is definitely my favorite.
01:56You're a step team coach, right?
01:58Yeah.
01:59You've done real well with that.
02:00I do do really well.
02:01So actually, Pat, I was really reluctant, and each year I don't want to start it up,
02:05but each year I go in with enthusiasm.
02:08I get my girls together, and we win first place all the time.
02:11Good to have you here.
02:12Hi, Richard.
02:13Hey, Pat.
02:14This is Richard Nolan from Las Vegas.
02:16Talk about teaching with you.
02:17Yes, Pat.
02:18I'm a special education teacher.
02:19I teach sixth, seventh, and eighth grade special education children.
02:23I primarily dealt in the past with socially, emotionally challenged children,
02:27which challenges me every day.
02:29Yeah.
02:30Well, I don't know about the gameplay.
02:31I'm sure it'll be great, but we've never had a happier group on here.
02:34I'm happy to say.
02:35That's great.
02:36So get ready.
02:37We'll do another toss-up.
02:38This is worth $2,000, and the category is Events.
02:42Richard?
02:53The Gold Rush.
02:54That'll help his happiness.
02:55Yes.
02:58So he gets his $2,000.
03:00He'll be spending it in just a moment, right after Jim finishes this important message.
03:04Now, take notes, Pat, because this is gonna be good.
03:06Here's tonight's featured prize.
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03:29$11,500!
03:32Movie title is the category for this first round.
03:35Richard, you got that last toss-up. You get to spin first.
03:38$650.
03:45N.
03:46There's one N, yep.
03:48$650.
03:56T.
03:57Well, there must be a T or two or three or more.
04:01There you go. You have almost $4,000 already.
04:05I'm going to buy a vowel.
04:06Okay.
04:07I like the E.
04:08There are six E's.
04:21$900.
04:22S.
04:23Okay, five S's.
04:27$8,150.
04:29We're getting them in bunches.
04:31What now?
04:32I'll buy the A, please.
04:35Three of the A's there.
04:42$600.
04:45I'll buy the C.
04:47Yes, there's a C.
04:51I'll go ahead and buy the O.
04:54Two O's.
05:00I'll go ahead and buy the U, please.
05:05Yes, one U.
05:14$800.
05:15F, please.
05:16F, he says. There are two of them.
05:19And I'll buy the last vowel, the I.
05:23And that is the last vowel. It's down there somewhere.
05:27It's around there somewhere.
05:34I'll go for the M, please, Pat.
05:37And do we have an M?
05:45$500.
05:46I'd like the R, please.
05:48Yeah, that's fine. You're doing fine.
05:52Keep plugging away. You have over $11,000.
05:58$500.
05:59B.
06:01Two B's.
06:09$650.
06:10I will take the H, please.
06:13Uh-huh, there's an H.
06:18I'm going to spin it.
06:21You're going to use some logic and figure out a letter.
06:23Which one would that be?
06:24Like the D.
06:25There you go.
06:30I like to solve, Pat.
06:32Well, that would be nice.
06:34Fantastic Beasts, the Secrets of Dumbledore.
06:39Yeah, that's it.
06:43That was murder.
06:47It's a very popular documentary.
06:50That was a $15,000 round for you.
06:53Pretend you didn't know it.
06:57You have $17,000 now. Big lead.
06:59We'll catch our breath.
07:02$10,000.
07:06That's what.
07:12Welcome back.
07:14We're going to do a Wheel of Fortune crossword here.
07:16The clue is blank talker.
07:19Elaine, it's your turn to start.
07:20Come on.
07:22Let's go.
07:27T.
07:29Do we have a T up there?
07:30We do.
07:31We have two of them.
07:33Pat, I'm going to buy a vowel, an A.
07:37B.
07:42The wheel got you there.
07:44I'm sorry, Elaine.
07:46Chantel, your turn.
07:50One more now.
07:52The wheel got you too.
07:54Richard.
07:59B.
08:02T.
08:07I'll take an S.
08:09Yeah, two S's.
08:13You can pick up that gift tag, please.
08:15That's $500 cash and a $500 gift certificate.
08:18What do you want to do next?
08:20I'll buy a vowel, an E.
08:22Let's see.
08:23There are two E's.
08:30$800.
08:31F.
08:32Yes.
08:38I'll buy a vowel, an O.
08:42Two O's.
08:43Yeah, you're just fine.
08:49$700.
08:50H.
08:52One H.
08:59$650.
09:00M.
09:01Yeah, there is an M.
09:03Getting closer.
09:10W.
09:12Is there a W up there somewhere?
09:13I believe there is.
09:15One right there and one right there.
09:17Pick up that million-dollar wedge, please.
09:20There you go.
09:21Pick it up.
09:22Turn it around so we can see the million.
09:24Now put it down.
09:25Oh, my gosh.
09:27You just picked up a million dollars.
09:29All right.
09:30What are you going to do here?
09:31Are you going to spin or solve?
09:32I think I'll solve.
09:33All right.
09:34Say everything.
09:35Be careful not to add anything.
09:36Go ahead.
09:37Fast, smooth, low, sweet.
09:40You got it.
09:41Yes, ma'am.
09:44Well, $3,650.
09:47Hold up that little green dealie back there.
09:50She has control of that million-dollar wedge.
09:52Now all she has to do is make it to the bonus round with that thing.
09:55I hope you can.
09:56We'll see.
09:57It could get pretty darn exciting around here.
10:00Welcome back.
10:01Places is the category for our next round.
10:03It's a prize puzzle round with a million-dollar wedge in play out here.
10:06Pretty exciting stuff.
10:07Sean Tate, you're going to start.
10:08Come on.
10:09Well, you just had no luck at all with that wheel.
10:17I'm sorry.
10:18Just keep smiling.
10:19I hope it'll get better for you.
10:20Richard.
10:22$850.
10:23T.
10:24Three Ts.
10:25What letter would you like?
10:26B.
10:27Yeah, two Bs.
10:28Pick up that wild card for us, if you would.
10:29No, no, no, no, no.
10:30This is not optional.
10:31All right.
10:32You have that and over $3,500.
10:33Richard.
10:34$3,500.
10:35Richard.
10:36$3,500.
10:37Richard.
10:38$3,500.
10:39Richard.
10:40$3,500.
10:41Richard.
10:42$3,500.
10:43Richard.
10:44$3,500.
10:45Richard.
10:46$3,500.
10:47Richard.
10:48$3,500.
10:49Richard.
10:50$3,500.
10:51I'll buy a vowel, please.
10:52I'd like the A.
10:53All right.
10:54There are two As.
10:55And I'd like the E.
10:56Mm-hmm.
10:57There are four Es.
10:58And I'll buy the I.
10:59One I.
11:00Richard.
11:01$3,500.
11:02Richard.
11:03$3,500.
11:04Richard.
11:05$3,500.
11:06Richard.
11:07$3,500.
11:08Richard.
11:09$3,500.
11:10Richard.
11:11$3,500.
11:12Richard.
11:13$3,500.
11:14Richard.
11:15$3,500.
11:16Richard.
11:17$3,500.
11:18Richard.
11:19$3,500.
11:20Richard.
11:21$3,500.
11:22$3,500.
11:23I'd like the Y.
11:24No Y.
11:25Elaine, your turn.
11:26She has that million-dollar wedge.
11:27Stay away from trouble.
11:28That's for sure.
11:29Oh.
11:30Ooh.
11:31Okay.
11:32Well, let's have a letter first.
11:33H.
11:34There are two Hs.
11:35That's $2,000.
11:36Well, this gets interesting.
11:37You can do this express thing.
11:38$1,000 for consonants.
11:39You can buy vowels.
11:40You miss any letter, though, it's a bankrupt.
11:41And you do have that million-dollar wedge
11:42to express it.
11:43$1,000.
11:44$1,000.
11:45$1,000.
11:46$1,000.
11:47$1,000.
11:48$1,000.
11:49$1,000.
11:50$1,000.
11:51$1,000.
11:52$1,000.
11:53$1,000.
11:54$1,000.
11:55$1,000.
11:56$1,000.
11:57$1,000.
11:58$1,000.
11:59$1,000.
12:00$1,000.
12:01$1,000.
12:02$1,000.
12:03$1,000.
12:04$1,000.
12:05$1,000.
12:06$1,000.
12:07$1,000.
12:08$1,000.
12:09$1,000.
12:10$1,000.
12:11$1,000.
12:12$1,000.
12:13$1,000.
12:14$1,000.
12:15$1,000.
12:17Can I get the U?
12:27L
12:31So now what letter do you want?
12:33M
12:34Okay, you got it.
12:36Do you want to tell us what's up there?
12:38The Most Beautiful Beaches
12:42That's it, yes you got it.
12:46So, you won $7,750 and you're going to St. Croix?
12:52Oh my gosh!
12:53Thank you!
12:54Thank you so much!
12:56Elaine, splash in the waves
12:58and take in all that island beauty!
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13:24$11,150!
13:27Well, there's a big lead at this point.
13:31$23,550 and hold that up,
13:34we'll see why that's very important
13:35because if she makes it to the bonus round,
13:37she is going to take that with her.
13:40It doesn't matter, you can turn it upside down
13:43if you want, there you go.
13:44We'll be back before this all unfolds.
13:46Post-captioning sponsored by.
13:50Well, they all look ready for our triple toss-up here.
13:52Thing is the category for these three puzzles.
13:54Here is number one worth $2,000.
14:09Richard.
14:10Positive thinking.
14:11Yeah, that's it, well he's in line
14:13for the 10 grand, can he do it?
14:16Well, let's see what happens with number two first.
14:27Elaine.
14:28Practical thinking.
14:30No, everybody else now.
14:32Okay, Shantae.
14:33Critical thinking.
14:35There you go, good to see some money under your name.
14:39It's all right, maybe you get some more.
14:41Let's do number three.
14:44Elaine.
14:45Wishful thinking.
14:46Yeah, that's it, well everybody got one.
14:49So on a relative basis, scores remain the same.
14:52What are you doing is the category for this next round.
14:55And Elaine, you got that last toss-up.
15:00You're controlling the wheel, give it a final spin.
15:02She has that million dollar wedge sitting in front of her.
15:06Hoping to get to the bonus round.
15:08$1,500 for every constant that we find.
15:10What are you doing?
15:11$1,500 for every constant that we find.
15:13What are you doing, the category?
15:15And we start with you, Elaine, the letter please.
15:16N.
15:19Three Ns.
15:29Shantae, the letter.
15:31G.
15:33One G.
15:39Richard.
15:40One R.
15:43One R.
15:51Elaine.
15:52B.
15:53There's no B, Shantae.
15:56S.
15:57Yeah, two Ss.
16:03Learning a lesson.
16:05Yeah.
16:07Ah, she came on, she came on strong.
16:10Good for you.
16:11Well, I'm glad that worked out for you.
16:13$4,500 that round.
16:14Pretty good night as it turned out.
16:15$6,500.
16:17Keep stepping, good to have you here.
16:18Thank you very much.
16:22Well, shut the front Dumbledore.
16:25$19,000, Richard.
16:27Nice job.
16:30But second place, because guess who's going to the bonus
16:33round?
16:34Elaine with $25,550.
16:36Are you going alone or do you have anything with you?
16:38Like a wedge?
16:39Oh, I see, I get it.
16:41I have this lovely thing.
16:44She solves, she models, she teaches, she does everything.
16:48Hey, we hope you get it.
16:49Let's pick a category.
16:50It's an important decision here.
16:52Phrase, things, what are you doing?
16:55What are you doing?
16:57Okay, right now she's modeling a million dollar wedge.
17:01What do you got?
17:02Oh, you still have that.
17:03She just kept it with her the whole time.
17:05You have over $25,000.
17:07What we've done is we've taken the $100,000 out of here.
17:09We've replaced it with the million.
17:11There's still lots of good cash out there.
17:13There's a car, but we'd love to see you get that million.
17:15I will take that and you will spin.
17:17Okay.
17:27And what do we got there?
17:31You take the E in America and you will come with me.
17:33Okay.
17:34And you will stop right over there.
17:35Yep.
17:37Now you chose what are you doing as your category.
17:40R, S, T, L, M, E.
17:41We'll get you those letters first.
17:54All right, now we need three more consonants
17:56and one more vowel.
17:58Okay.
18:03G.
18:05D.
18:07C.
18:09And a vowel.
18:10A.
18:11All right, let's see how those choices play out for you.
18:12Again, audience, very quiet as we go through this.
18:17Not much help.
18:18Oh boy.
18:19Yeah.
18:19Okay.
18:20Well, what are you doing as a category?
18:22They use letter board.
18:23Maybe that can help you.
18:24You got 10 seconds to try to talk it out.
18:26Good luck.
18:27Babbling like a,
18:31like a,
18:34hackling like a,
18:35mackling,
18:37magging, haggling, no.
18:38You're doing all those things.
18:39No.
18:40But you weren't howling.
18:41Oh, howling!
18:42Like a wolf.
18:43Yeah.
18:45I'm sorry.
18:45That's okay.
18:46We'll see what this is and we hope it's, wow.
18:48You know, here's the thing.
18:51Whatever's in here is not important.
18:53What is important is she,
18:53wait, I gotta show it.
18:55Man, do you believe that?
18:57Oh!
18:59I hate when this happens because now she's thinking,
19:02I didn't really hurt you on $25,550.
19:06You were terrific.
19:07That was a tough puzzle.
19:08I'm sorry that didn't work out for you,
19:09but you had a great night.
19:12I'll be right back.
19:15Puzzle about what to get your favorite wheel watcher?
19:17Go to shopwheeloffortune.com.
19:20Dag nabbit.
19:21Watch your mouth, young lady.
19:23What did you say?
19:25Is that what you used to say?
19:26Was that your idea of cussing when you were a kid?
19:27Yes.
19:27But that's very nice.
19:28And we all feel a little dag nabbit-y.
19:30That didn't work out, I'm so sorry.
19:32But, you know, again, shouldn't detract
19:34from a great night.
19:35She had over $25,000 and the season's just getting started
19:37and we're gonna do that lots of times, aren't we?
19:39Yes, we are.
19:40And we hope with even better results.
19:41Yes.
19:42Anyway, we'll see you next time.
19:43Bye-bye.
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