Wheel of Fortune - College Week Day 3
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00:00Hey, I'm Sophie Heimerl, a junior at Mizzou.
00:03Go Tigers!
00:05Hi, I'm Nadine Kuju, a junior at Santa Clara University.
00:08Go Broncos!
00:09Hey y'all, I'm Mason McClintock, a senior at the University of Georgia.
00:13Go Dawgs, baby!
00:14Wheel of Fortune!
00:19Ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of America's Game.
00:23Betsy Jack and Benna White.
00:26All right, well, we have the same problem.
00:28How do we follow this?
00:30It's impossible.
00:31I know.
00:32Well, we'll do our best.
00:34Thank you very much.
00:35Thank you, Jim.
00:36See you later.
00:37See ya.
00:38That was a good job, guys.
00:39Grab those devices now, and let's get to the task of winning money around here.
00:43$1,000, our first toss-up.
00:45The category is Fun and Games.
00:48Here we go.
00:56And it's Nadine.
00:57Paper airplanes.
00:58Yeah, that's it.
00:59Simple.
01:02Nadine Kuju, right, is from Tracy, California, Santa Clara University.
01:06She probably advertises there.
01:08Yes.
01:09A junior, right?
01:10Yes, I am.
01:11I'm a junior.
01:12I'm studying English with a double minor in creative writing and women's and gender study.
01:16Well, I hope that all works out for you.
01:17And have a really good night tonight, okay?
01:19Nice to have you here.
01:20Hey, Mason, how you doing?
01:21Hey, Pat.
01:22Mason McClintock, right?
01:23That's right.
01:24From Alma, Georgia.
01:25University of Georgia.
01:26A senior.
01:27I'm studying public relations.
01:28That's my major.
01:29And then I'm also studying fashion merchandising and music business.
01:32Well, that's an interesting combination.
01:33That's right.
01:34So what are you thinking about?
01:35You've got a whole life ahead of you here.
01:36I'm a singer-songwriter.
01:37I sing soul pop music.
01:38I've got two singles out right now.
01:40I model a little bit, too.
01:42I do some content creation.
01:43So definitely want to dive into entertainment for sure.
01:46All right.
01:47Good to have you here.
01:48Hello, Sophie.
01:49Hi.
01:50Sophie Heimerl is from Columbia, Missouri, University of Missouri.
01:52That's right.
01:53A junior.
01:54Yes.
01:55Talk more about that.
01:56So I'm a music education major, a vocal music education major.
01:59So I'm going to be a choir teacher.
02:01Wow.
02:02Probably middle school.
02:03We'll see.
02:04And I'm also in my school's music fraternity, SAI.
02:08Shout out.
02:09There you go.
02:10You've been on the dean's list forever, right?
02:11Yeah.
02:12Every semester.
02:13Good for you.
02:14Okay.
02:15Get ready for another toss-up.
02:16This is worth $2,000.
02:18The next category is person.
02:29And it's Nadine.
02:31Editor-in-chief.
02:32Yeah.
02:33She got both toss-ups.
02:34Nadine off to a good start with $3,000.
02:37She'll be spinning very shortly, but Jim has to earn his keep now.
02:41I certainly do hard work, but somebody has to do it bad.
02:44Next week's featured prize.
02:47Experience a haven for travelers on this epic northern Thailand adventure from Contiki.
02:52You'll wander through ancient palaces and rural waterfalls, cook a Thai feast of your own,
02:57splash around, and have fun in the sun, all with new friends from around the world.
03:02Contiki, the ultimate social travel experience for 18 to 35-year-olds.
03:08$9,400.
03:11Wow, what a nice prize that is.
03:14Things.
03:15That's the category for this first round.
03:17There's the puzzle.
03:18Nadine, you won the right to spin it first.
03:26$600.
03:27R.
03:28Two Rs, yeah.
03:33I'll buy a vowel, please.
03:34Mm-hmm.
03:35An A.
03:36Four As in the puzzle.
03:41Whoa, it did whoa.
03:49N.
03:50Well, good news, two Ns, $5,000 worth.
03:54And I'll buy another vowel.
03:56Right.
03:57An E.
03:58Two Es.
04:06$600.
04:07D.
04:08Yes, two Ds.
04:10Getting close to $7,000.
04:13I'll buy a vowel.
04:15Mm-hmm.
04:16An I.
04:17Yeah, four Is.
04:24Boy, you like close calls, don't you?
04:27That time it got you.
04:28I'm sorry.
04:29Mason, your turn.
04:31All righty.
04:37$600.
04:39T.
04:40Yeah, two Ts.
04:45$400.
04:46I'd like to buy a vowel.
04:48All right.
04:49O.
04:50There is an O right down there.
04:58All right, a letter.
04:59S.
05:00Yeah, one S.
05:01Pick up that gift tag.
05:02That's a $1,000 Dick's Sporting Goods gift certificate.
05:05You got that.
05:07No vowels left, so you have to spin or solve here.
05:14$500.
05:15A G?
05:16No, there's no G to do.
05:18Sophie.
05:23$700.
05:24H.
05:25Yes, one H.
05:26There you go.
05:32$500.
05:33P.
05:34Mm-hmm.
05:35Three Ps, which should help.
05:43Oh, my.
05:44Look at that.
05:45L.
05:46Yes, one L.
05:49Pick up that trip to Thailand.
05:51Jim just talked about it.
05:52You can put it right down there.
05:53You have that, and you have $2,700.
05:56What do you want to do?
05:57I'd like to solve.
05:58Go ahead.
05:59Leadership and participation.
06:01That's it.
06:02You got it.
06:03Well, that extra spin was a good one.
06:06You got the tour of Thailand.
06:08You got the cash.
06:09Big round for it.
06:10$12,100.
06:11Nice going.
06:12Congratulations.
06:13And we'll look at that as a sign of things to come for the rest of the show.
06:18That is a big winnings.
06:19We'll be back.
06:20Do you hear what I hear?
06:21Yes.
06:22I hear that this year's Secret Santa holiday giveaway is going to be full of merry magic.
06:27I could be your Secret Santa.
06:29Everything I win?
06:30You could win.
06:31Watch Wheel December 5th through 16th for your spin ID.
06:34You could win everything the contestants win, from cash to magical Disney vacations.
06:39Because it's Christmas time.
06:40Happy holidays and good luck.
06:42Best, $10,000.
06:46Actually, two mystery wedges on the wheel.
06:48One with that $10,000, the other with the dreaded bankrupt.
06:51We'll try to stay away from that if we can.
06:53Phrase is the category for this next round.
06:55And Mason, your turn to start.
06:57All righty.
07:01All right.
07:06$700.
07:07T.
07:08There's one T.
07:17$550.
07:19H.
07:20Sure.
07:21Two Hs.
07:27I'd like to buy a vowel.
07:29O.
07:30How many Os up there?
07:31A couple of them, I think.
07:32Yeah.
07:33There's one, two, and that's it.
07:34I know.
07:35I'm always disappointed.
07:36I'm sorry.
07:37Sophie, your turn.
07:38Well, well, well.
07:39Let's call a letter first.
07:40N.
07:41There are four Ns.
07:42That's $4,000.
07:43That might complicate your decision.
07:44But I can tell from the last round, you're a bit of a gambler.
07:45I don't know.
07:46You want to do it again?
07:47I don't know.
07:48I think I'm going to do it.
07:49Okay.
07:50Let's see what we got.
07:51Oh, no.
07:52Oh, no.
07:53No, don't put it down there.
07:54We don't want to ever see that again.
07:55I'm sorry.
07:56Nadine, it's your turn.
07:57Oh, no.
07:58Oh, no.
07:59Oh, no.
08:00Oh, no.
08:01Oh, no.
08:02Oh, no.
08:03Oh, no.
08:04Oh, no.
08:05Oh, no.
08:06Oh, no.
08:07Oh, no.
08:08Oh, no.
08:09Oh, no.
08:10Oh, no.
08:11Oh, no.
08:12Oh, no.
08:13Oh, no.
08:14Oh, no.
08:15Oh, no.
08:16Oh, no.
08:17$700.
08:18C?
08:19One C.
08:20And I'll buy a vowel, please.
08:27I.
08:28There's an I. Actually, three of them.
08:31There you go.
08:33And I'll buy another vowel please.
08:36Sure.
08:37A.
08:38You got that as well.
08:39Two A's.
08:41No problem there, 500.
08:48K.
08:49One K.
08:50All right.
08:51I'll buy a vowel.
08:52E.
08:53Yes.
08:54Four Es.
08:55650.
08:56D.
08:57Yeah.
08:58Two Ds.
08:59And I'll buy the U, please.
09:16The last of the vowels.
09:17We know it's up there somewhere.
09:18And there it is.
09:19Oh, man.
09:20It's a lot of work to be done, and I've got to lose a turn looking at you.
09:29I'm sorry.
09:30Mason, break for U.
09:31900.
09:32M.
09:33Yeah.
09:34Three M's.
09:35$2,700.
09:36I'm going to spin.
09:37All right.
09:39650.
09:44R.
09:45Two Rs.
09:46$4,000.
09:51500.
09:52L.
09:53One L.
09:54$4,500.
10:00$4,500.
10:06$500.
10:10I'm gonna spin one more time.
10:11Let's see.
10:12$500.
10:17W.
10:19Yep, there's a W.
10:20I'm gonna go ahead and solve.
10:26All right, go ahead.
10:27Can I bring laundry home this weekend, Mom?
10:32Yep, that's it.
10:33All right, so he gets $5,000
10:38and gets you right in the thick of this game.
10:40Congratulations on that.
10:42And we'll take a break and come back
10:44and we're gonna do a prize puzzle.
10:45Stay with us.
10:48Welcome back, prize puzzle time here
10:49on the old wheel.
10:50Occupation is the category.
10:52And, Sophie, your turn to start.
11:00Well, that's pretty good.
11:02S.
11:03Let's see, is there an S?
11:04There are two of them.
11:05You can pick up that million-dollar wedge.
11:10Turn it around.
11:11We don't want to see the bankrupt.
11:12Oh, this side.
11:13That's important.
11:14Yes.
11:15Now down there.
11:16And you can't spend any of that,
11:17so you need to spin the wheel again.
11:21$900.
11:22R.
11:23Three R's.
11:27I'd like to buy a vowel.
11:29A.
11:30No A.
11:32$1,015.
11:36$600.
11:38T.
11:39T's we have.
11:40Two of them.
11:42And I'll buy a vowel.
11:43All right.
11:44E.
11:46No E.
11:47Mason.
11:53$900.
11:55D.
11:57No, I'm sorry.
11:58There's no D.
11:59Sophie, it's your turn again.
12:02$600.
12:03N.
12:04You have two N's.
12:06$3,650.
12:08And she has that million-dollar wedge.
12:10It's going to be a nice puzzle to solve at some point.
12:12What do you want to do next?
12:13I'd like to buy a vowel.
12:14O.
12:15One O.
12:20I'd like to buy another vowel.
12:21Yes.
12:22I.
12:23Uh-huh.
12:24Two I's.
12:26You have the same options open.
12:28You can buy a vowel or spin the wheel or turn the wheel.
12:30Do you want to spin the wheel or try to solve it?
12:32I'd like to buy the last vowel, U.
12:34It's always the thing to do if you don't know the puzzle,
12:36because you might get two of them,
12:37and it just might do the puzzle for you.
12:40What do you want to do, spin or solve?
12:42I'll solve.
12:43Okay.
12:44Surfing instructor.
12:46Yeah, that's it.
12:51You're going to Costa Rica.
12:52Listen to this.
12:57Sophie, have fun in the Gulf of Papagayo
13:00where you'll experience the ultimate beach life
13:02at El Mangrove Autograph Collection in Costa Rica
13:05with bohemian chic suites
13:07surrounded by lush rainforest and sun-kissed beaches.
13:11$7,500.
13:15Sophie, Sophie, you have $22,500.
13:18Reach down and grab that and show America
13:20your million-dollar wedge.
13:22And if you can hang on to that and get to the bonus round,
13:24you know, we might be having a big night of confetti.
13:27You feeling it?
13:28Yeah.
13:29There you go.
13:30We'll be back.
13:31Post-captioning sponsored by...
13:33Well, exciting night so far.
13:34Someone has that million-dollar wedge out there
13:36in the lead at this point,
13:37but we're going to do a triple toss-up.
13:39Food and drink is the category
13:41for all three of these puzzles.
13:42Here's number one.
13:52Sophie.
13:53Caramel popcorn.
13:54No.
13:55Everybody else, no.
13:56Nadine.
13:57Microwave popcorn.
13:58You need it.
13:59So, who'll get number two?
14:10Sophie.
14:11Microwave mac and cheese.
14:13Yeah, that's it.
14:15So that leaves $2,000 more up for grabs.
14:18Who'll get it?
14:19Let's see.
14:29Mason.
14:30Thanksgiving dinner.
14:32Yeah, that's it.
14:33Coming up tomorrow.
14:35Well, everybody got $2,000,
14:37and we'll move on to college life,
14:40which is the category for this next round.
14:42And, Mason, you have control of the wheel,
14:45so you're going to put that device down
14:47and give it a final spin.
14:49That'll set the amount for the continent
14:51in our speed-up round.
14:53We'll add it back up to $2,000.
14:55That'll set the amount for the continent
14:57in our speed-up round.
14:59We'll add 1,000 to whatever it lands on.
15:02And that will be...
15:04$1,600.
15:05Again, it's college life.
15:06Mason, start with your letter, please.
15:08S.
15:09Yes.
15:11Right there.
15:16Sophie.
15:17Just call the letter.
15:19T.
15:20Uh, no.
15:22No T. Nadine.
15:23N.
15:25N's.
15:30College life.
15:33Buzzer.
15:34Mason.
15:35R.
15:37Two R's.
15:45Buzzer.
15:46Sophie.
15:47F.
15:48Yeah.
15:49F, she says.
15:50There are two of them.
15:52Three seconds.
15:57Buzzer.
15:58Nadine.
15:59L.
16:01One L.
16:05$4,800.
16:06Cramming for finals?
16:08Yeah, that's it.
16:10Whoo.
16:11You look surprised.
16:12I am surprised.
16:13Congratulations.
16:15You had a really good night.
16:16You finished in second place,
16:17but with a very nice total.
16:18All cash, $9,800.
16:21$9,800.
16:22Thank you very much.
16:23Yeah, not bad at all.
16:24You did all right, too, Mason.
16:26$7,000 for you.
16:27Wish you a lot of luck
16:28in whatever it is you decide to do.
16:29You got a lot of options.
16:30Appreciate it.
16:31Good to have you here.
16:33Who does Adelaide?
16:34Oh, it's you, eh?
16:35Yeah.
16:36Would you reach down and grab
16:37that million-dollar wedge for us?
16:38Yes, I would.
16:39She has $24,500,
16:40including two trips, right?
16:42Costa Rica and Thailand.
16:43That's right.
16:44Lots of money,
16:45but now you're gonna take a trip
16:46to the bonus round.
16:48She should be hosting this.
16:49I like it.
16:50Yeah.
16:51All right, let's pick a category here.
16:53Phrase, thing, and what are you wearing?
16:55What are you wearing?
16:56All right.
16:57We'll see how it goes,
16:58and I don't know,
16:59maybe it'll be a big night here.
17:01Come on back, see what happens.
17:02Why not?
17:04Oh, Sophie, Sophie, Sophie.
17:06She has $24,500,
17:08and look at that,
17:09that million-dollar wedge
17:10you brought over here.
17:11I'll take charge of that
17:12because you have other things to do.
17:14Let me start with who's with you here.
17:16You have some support, right?
17:17Yeah, my dad's here today.
17:19My dad's here tonight.
17:20There he is.
17:21Howdy.
17:25And so we took the $100,000 envelope,
17:28we took it out of there
17:29and replaced it with the million,
17:30so it's out there somewhere.
17:32Why don't you land on it?
17:33All right.
17:41Why not?
17:42Give me some excitement.
17:45All right.
17:46We're on the A,
17:47second A in America.
17:48Come on.
17:49All right.
17:50Right over there.
17:52Here we go.
17:53You chose what are you wearing
17:54as your category.
17:55R, S, T, L, N, E.
17:57Data, please.
18:04Hmm.
18:05All right, your turn to go to work.
18:06Three more consonants,
18:07one more vowel.
18:09C.
18:11Okay.
18:12K.
18:13Yes.
18:14A.
18:16And now we need one more consonant.
18:17M.
18:18All right.
18:25Well, unfortunately,
18:26all the help is below.
18:28Can she figure out above?
18:29Well, we'll know soon.
18:30What are you wearing?
18:31Ten seconds.
18:32There's a used letterboard
18:33that maybe can help you.
18:34Talk it out.
18:35Good luck.
18:36Jean jacket.
18:38Um...
18:40Uh...
18:41Yeah...
18:42Uh...
18:43Not jean jacket.
18:45Not jean jacket.
18:46I think we've eliminated jean jacket.
18:48It's a down.
18:49Oh, jean jacket.
18:50I'm sorry.
18:51Boy, when you get a word in your mind
18:52and you think that's gonna be it,
18:53it's not, it kind of throws you,
18:55and we couldn't do the Mini Cooper.
18:56Oh, no!
18:57I know.
18:58I feel bad.
18:59But listen,
19:00before you awe too much,
19:01you did really well.
19:02$24,500.
19:04Congratulations.
19:05Excuse me one minute.
19:07I want to show America
19:08where the million...
19:09You know, you weren't far from it, actually.
19:11You landed right here
19:12and just a few spaces away
19:14on the star.
19:15There's the million bucks.
19:16Well, we'll put it away for next time.
19:18Meantime, you had a great night.
19:19Congratulations to you.
19:20Stay right there.
19:21Vanna and I will be right back.
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19:33So, Thanksgiving tomorrow?
19:35I can't wait.
19:36Yeah, I hope you get to spend it
19:38with those you love
19:39and have a nice day,
19:40and I hope you can find room
19:41in your day for us,
19:42because we'll be here
19:43with more college students.
19:44Yes, we will.
19:45Bye-bye.
19:46Bye.
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19:48We're inside
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