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00:00Vanna, it's our 40th season, can you believe it?
00:02I can't believe it.
00:03And we want to thank you, the viewers,
00:05for having us in your homes for the past 40 years.
00:08Now it's time to celebrate in a big way.
00:11Season 40 starts now.
00:13Wheels of Fortune!
00:17It's Wheels' 40th season and we're going XL.
00:24That's a guarantee of $40,000 for it.
00:29You have the chance to win a fabulous vacation.
00:32Double the chance to win a million dollars.
00:34It's a big XL deal.
00:36Well, welcome to Season 40.
00:38We've got lots of new and exciting things
00:40happening this week.
00:40We have an XL wedge, double the chance
00:42to win a million dollars, a chance for you
00:44at home to win a vacation.
00:46Let's do our first toss-up.
00:47Showbiz is the category.
00:49It's worth $1,000.
00:51Players, here we go.
01:00["FUNNY SEASONS"]
01:10And Rashim.
01:12Funny Seasons on Television?
01:14Nope.
01:14Everybody else now.
01:2240 Seasons on Television.
01:25Yes, there you go.
01:29Obviously, they paid no attention to us when we were out there, but you got the money.
01:35Congratulations.
01:36Adriana Beals, right?
01:37Yes.
01:38From Menifee, California.
01:39You're married.
01:40Yes.
01:41To my amazing husband, Justin, of six years.
01:45You have three children.
01:46They're amazing.
01:47Yes.
01:48And they're young.
01:49Yep.
01:50I have Sabrina.
01:51She's four years old.
01:52Ellie, she's two.
01:53And Leo, he's three months old.
01:54You must be exhausted.
01:55Yeah, it's okay.
01:56It's nice to have you here and to win a lot more money, we hope.
02:00Yeah.
02:01Hi, Robin.
02:02Hi.
02:03Robin Cayetano, right?
02:04Yes.
02:05From right here in Culver City, California.
02:06Yes.
02:07You could have walked here.
02:08I know.
02:09What do you prefer doing to flying, right?
02:10That's right.
02:11Yes.
02:12No, I do not like to fly, but I will go anywhere to go on vacation.
02:13Oh, all right.
02:14Good.
02:15You're married.
02:16Yes.
02:17I have a wonderful husband, Bernie, of almost 20 years, and two amazing kids, Aaron, who's
02:2117, and Natalie, who's 14.
02:23All right.
02:24Good luck to you.
02:27Hi, Pat.
02:28Rasheem Donaldson, Comac, New York.
02:29Let's talk about your family.
02:31Yes, Pat.
02:32I have a lovely wife, Amanda.
02:33We've been married for five years.
02:35We have an amazing, adorable daughter, Emery.
02:37She's 20 months old.
02:38Yeah.
02:39And you're a word guy, quotation.
02:40Yes.
02:41Yes.
02:42I love quotations.
02:43I'm a lawyer.
02:44I spend a lot of time in court.
02:45I like speaking.
02:46I like making arguments.
02:47So anytime I see an interesting quotation or hear something, I write it down, commit
02:50it to memory, and try to incorporate it into a speech.
02:53And don't argue with me.
02:54That's all I am.
02:56Let's do another toss-up, okay?
02:57Get ready for it.
02:58Things is the category.
03:00Vanna, if you would, please.
03:18And it's Adriana.
03:19Elegance and style.
03:20Yeah.
03:21You were looking at Vanna.
03:22Well, you got them both.
03:23Well, you got them both, which means you're up to $3,000 already and we've hardly started
03:30this thing.
03:31Let's do our first round.
03:32Now, if you'll notice on the wheel, the million dollar wedge out there, it's not just that
03:35crummy little sliver we used to have, the entire wedge is a million dollars.
03:39And we have the XL wedge out there, we'll talk about that when we land on it.
03:43And by the way, if you get to the bonus round with that million dollar wedge, there will
03:46be two million dollar envelopes out there.
03:48We could have a big run on confetti this week.
03:52Same letter is the category.
03:54Every word in the puzzle starts with the same letter, you get an extra $1,000 when you figure
03:57out what that is.
03:58Adriana, you'll start.
03:59All right.
04:00T.
04:01Well, there are four T's and you can pick up that great tip.
04:02It's from Croatia.
04:03Wow.
04:04Worth over $11,000.
04:05Put that down there and tell us what you want to do next.
04:18I'd like to buy a vowel.
04:20Go ahead.
04:21E.
04:22There's one E.
04:24I'd like to buy another vowel.
04:27A.
04:28There are six A's, good for you.
04:41650.
04:42R.
04:43Yeah, two R's.
04:52700 G there are six G's at $700 a piece all of a sudden you have $7,000 so we
05:02had a thousand of that giving you $8,000 I'd like to solve great gigantic great
05:09I'm sorry giant gigantic great gargantuan yeah
05:19you went back and picked it up when you figured it out and what a round for you
05:24at 19,000 plus you have $22,000 hold up that prize and let's listen to Jim
05:31Ford and explain it all right you get to take in the beauty of the Balkans Adriana
05:37discover a treasure trove of enchantment on a tour of Croatia courtesy of road
05:41scholar with your own privately chartered cruiser explore rural
05:45villages seaside palaces and breathtaking national parks explore the
05:50world with Road Scholar the leader in educational travel for adults visit
05:54RoadScholar.org $11,610 Wow the paint is still wet on the set and she has
06:04$22,610 off to a great start we'll take a break and come back and see
06:09Keep it going!
06:22all right thank you sir boy you turn you back for a minute and there are two
06:26million dollar wedges on the wheel how does stuff like that happen it's amazing
06:29anything can happen during XL week song lyrics that's the category for this
06:34round there's a puzzle and Robin you'll start okay
06:44600 T no afraid not no T well the wheel did not cooperate there I'm sorry
06:58Adriana back to you
07:05800 R three R's another good start for this young lady $2,400 I'd like to buy a
07:15vowel okay E yes two E's I'd like to buy another vowel a and here come two
07:29A's
07:37Y yeah two Y's pick up that gift tag if you would that's $1,000 Peter Thomas
07:43Roth gift certificate for skin-care products you have that at almost $3,000
07:47what's next I'd like to buy a vowel okay O let's see there are two O's I'd like
07:58to buy another vowel you she's on a vowel buying binge and it's working out
08:04very nicely you can buy another if you want it's yes I'd like to buy the last
08:07one I it is the last one and there's one of them spin or solve
08:17oh no after all that look what happens Robin it's your turn what do you want to
08:24do I'd like to solve the puzzle oh okay baby you're a firework yeah that's it
08:32well during xxl week that was excess so you had to you got $1,000 that's our
08:39minimum for a round but you're on the board that's the important thing
08:42congratulations on that welcome back play some more prize puzzles gonna have
08:46a special prize
08:52don't go away our XL prize puzzle round is coming up next and you have the
08:57chance to win a fabulous vacation plus $5,000 cash to stay tuned show during
09:06our special XL week the prize puzzle is also special not only a nice prize but
09:10your $5,000 in cash along with it and a chance for someone at home to do the
09:14same living things is the category there it is
09:17Rasheem your turn to start come on
09:21$2,000,000 wedges on the wheel big ones
09:27okay R no not no R Adriana
09:39whoo 650 n yes 1n I'd like to buy a vowel all right a yep she's been a lot
09:53of vowels that helped her out still there's $400 and she's spinning
10:01700 s 2 s's I'd like to buy another vowel yeah e you got it 3 e's I'd like
10:20to buy a vowel Oh there she goes again two O's Adriana you have $1,300 there
10:29are the O's what's next
10:32500 f yeah 1f 500 P there is a P yeah you didn't seem real confident in that
10:50but you got it I'd like to buy another vowel go ahead
10:55I what I and all the vowels are gone
11:01and 800 d 1d 650 l mm-hmm 1l my goodness
11:25700 see no see Robin can I saw sure immense pod of whales yeah that's
11:43she's the no spin winner and she's going to the Bahamas
11:50Robin slide into a Caribbean adventure you're escaping the Bahamas awaits at
11:58Atlanta's Paradise Island unwind poolside or feel the thrills of the
12:02waterpark enjoy miles of white sand beaches and azure blue waters and here's
12:07an extra-large upgrade $5,000 cash this XL prize package $12,000
12:1620s a crummy wheel she just stands up and somebody at home has a chance to win
12:22that great trip and $5,000 right Jim that's right Pat here's tonight's XL
12:27prize puzzle enter it at wheel of fortune comm for your chance to win a
12:31vacation to the Bahamas plus $5,000 cash in our XL vacay giveaway closed
12:39captioning is brought to you by the following it is triple toss-up time
12:46$2,000 for each of these three puzzles remember you get three of them one
12:49person does that they get 10,000 what are you doing here we go
13:01Adriana beating the odds yeah got the first 2,000 in the running for that 10
13:08here's the second
13:16Robin beating the buzzer yeah so one more to go
13:39I shame eating around the bush Oh give me some money well everybody got a piece
13:48of the action or I seem especially glad to be on the board we're happy about
13:51that everybody has some dough now just the way we like it you can put those
13:54devices down because we're going to our next round and the category is character
13:59and that sound means time is running short Rasheem you have control of the
14:03wheel you got that last toss-up
14:09glad a thousand where do you land on consciousness to be worth $1,650 again
14:15the category is character and Rasheem we start with you a letter please T once
14:21T character good luck with that at this point
14:28Viviana H mm-hmm two H's character
14:40and Robin and I thought I heard that sorry the Incredible Hulk yeah
14:55Wow congratulations Robin how you doing took you a while to get going but you
15:00got going in a big way one sixteen thousand six hundred fifty dollars
15:05enjoy the trip great to have you here I'm glad you came up with that two
15:09grand I wish it were more but I hope you had a good time we enjoyed having here
15:13and you have $2,000 thank you very much who's left who's left
15:17well the vowel Queen is here twenty four thousand six hundred ten dollars
15:23congratulations so you're gonna head over the bonus round now and try to win
15:29some more here's some categories to choose from thing phrase and around the
15:33house what do you like phrase okay we'll see how she does with her phrase
15:41stay tuned Adriana could drive home in a new BMW x3 the bonus round is next
15:49this young lady has almost $25,000 cash and prizes already and she seems pretty
15:53happy about it you know this is our 40th season as we've mentioned repeatedly and
15:58that means the minimum amount out here is $40,000 there's also a hundred
16:03thousand dollar space we have cars give it a spin let's see what happens
16:19follow me please you're gonna stop right on that mark there you go and I'll be
16:24close by phrase is the category tonight you chose that r-s-t-l-n-e the letters
16:30we start with that didn't change we'll get those up by the way a fan and I
16:36look a little different during the summer we were genetically modified the
16:41first GMO your turn three more consonants one more vowel W G C and
16:57about Oh all right any of those up there
17:11what to say I guess you ought to do the same 10 seconds phrase good luck hiding
17:17in plain sight Wow
17:20the Santa appeal to you
17:34Adriana here's an extremely large bonus $45,000 that means you have sixty nine
17:45thousand six hundred ten dollars try to cheer up Adriana if you can great way to
17:52start our XL we will be back
18:03have you ever dreamed about being a contestant standing at the wheel with
18:08Pat I mean who hasn't fulfill your dreams with our brand new virtual
18:13audition solve fun interactive puzzles from the comfort of your own home trying
18:17out has never been easier go to wheel of fortune calm you'll get all the details
18:23for a show of our 40th season that's right now in Roman numerals XL is 40 so
18:30when we do our 99th season we'll be doing IC weeks it'll be really fun
18:35be listening with hose hey it's exciting we thought we'd start with our XL week
18:40and do something special let's continue it every night especially her own wheel
18:44it's been that way for 40 years we'll see you soon
18:58mom what are you doing I'm doing the floss
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19:36join us again tomorrow night for more fun on America's Game