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00:00From Sony Pictures Studios, it's America's Game!
00:08Wheel of Fortune!
00:12Ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show!
00:16Nancy Jack and Fanna White!
00:20Rebecca, I'm trying to sleep in here!
00:23Thank you, Jim!
00:25Thanks, everyone!
00:26Thank you!
00:27Ain't you nice?
00:28Yeah!
00:31Hi, guys! Good to see you all!
00:34Brad, those devices are good at following orders, you notice?
00:37We're going to do our first toss-up.
00:38$1,000, what are you doing?
00:40That's the category.
00:42Fanna, let's go!
00:52Wes!
00:53Waiting to exhale!
00:56Everybody else.
01:01And it's Levy.
01:03Leading by example!
01:05That's it!
01:08Levy, we're next!
01:10Right?
01:11You just won $1,000 from Seattle.
01:13Navy vet, five years in the Navy.
01:15What were your duties?
01:16Yeah, I was a boatswain mate, third class,
01:19stationed in Sasago, Japan,
01:21and I did a year also in Manama, Bahrain.
01:23You're from Haiti, right?
01:24Yes, I am, originally from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
01:26And you have four brothers,
01:28and they were all in the military?
01:30Yes, all in the military.
01:31In different...
01:32Different branches, yeah.
01:33Jimmy's Army, Cesar's Marine,
01:35Jason's in the Air Force,
01:37and I have another one, Al, who's also in the Army.
01:39Well, thank you, and thank them.
01:40Yes, I will.
01:41As a matter of fact, baking shows.
01:43You like the baking show?
01:44I like to do that.
01:45Do you watch the British baking show?
01:47Oh, Hollywood is my hero!
01:49One of my favorites.
01:50We've got to talk about that later.
01:51We'll talk over donuts.
01:52There we go.
01:54Hi, Tim.
01:55Do you have any idea what we're talking about here?
01:57No.
01:58I know what baking is.
02:00Oh, good.
02:01Tim Johnson, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota.
02:04Air Force, right?
02:05Yes, Air Force from 1998 to 2004.
02:08So let's talk about your family a little bit.
02:10Two daughters?
02:11Two daughters, Lydia is 16,
02:12Madeline is 12,
02:13and they're both super cool kids.
02:15Yeah, and you were a DJ for a while, huh?
02:17I was, actually.
02:18I moonlighted my last three years of my enlistment
02:20at a Top 40 station in Anchorage, Alaska,
02:23and then continued my radio career
02:25after I moved back to Minnesota.
02:27And you claimed once you've had really nice hair.
02:30It did exist.
02:32You've shared it with America.
02:34Look at that.
02:35It's good to have you.
02:36I went big.
02:37You look great.
02:38Hello, Wes.
02:39How you doing?
02:40Wes Jerko, right?
02:41Yes, sir.
02:42Is from Hedgesville, West Virginia.
02:44Army, right?
02:45Yes, sir.
02:46Five years in the United States Army from 2001 to 2006.
02:49I did a year in Afghanistan from April 2004 to April 2005.
02:53MP?
02:54Military police, yes, sir.
02:56Combat action badge, air assault badge.
02:58Yes, sir.
02:59And I enlisted because of my grandfather
03:01for both in the United States Army during World War II,
03:04and they're my heroes.
03:05Well, I'd be proud of you for that, I'm sure,
03:07and we all are.
03:08Talk about your family real quick.
03:10I'm married to my wife, Mary, of 10 years.
03:12We have three sons together,
03:14Logan, Parker, and Grayson.
03:16All right.
03:17You ready for more of this?
03:18Let's grab those devices again.
03:19We're going to do another toss-up.
03:20This one's worth $2,000,
03:22and the category is the ever-popular On the Map.
03:32Wes.
03:33Norfolk, Virginia.
03:34There you go.
03:36Whoo!
03:38How'd you get that out of there?
03:40There you go.
03:41So, you got the $2,000.
03:43You'll be spending it in a moment.
03:44Let's check our first-round puzzle.
03:46The same letter is the category.
03:48Every word in the puzzle starts with the same letter,
03:50an extra $1,000 when you identify it.
03:52And, Wes, you give it the first spin.
03:54Check.
04:00Oh, well, that's a good first spin.
04:02R.
04:03And you may pick it up,
04:05because R's are coming your way.
04:07Not the same letter, but there are four of them.
04:10All right, Wes, put it right down there.
04:12It's obviously very early in the proceedings.
04:14If you can solve this puzzle and hang on to that,
04:16he'll have control of it.
04:17Go ahead.
04:23Ooh!
04:24$600.
04:25S.
04:26Yes.
04:27Three S's.
04:32I'd like to buy a vowel.
04:33Yeah.
04:34E, please.
04:35We can do that.
04:36There are three E's.
04:40Still yours, sir.
04:41I'd like to buy another vowel.
04:43A, please.
04:44Here come five A's.
04:57$700.
04:58W.
04:59No, afraid not.
05:00No W.
05:01Levy.
05:02Come on, Levy.
05:07$650.
05:08N.
05:09One N gets you started.
05:13$650.
05:19$650.
05:20C.
05:21There's a C, yep.
05:25I'd like to buy a vowel.
05:26Mm-hmm.
05:27I.
05:28Oh, there is no I.
05:30Tim.
05:37Ooh, looky there.
05:38Be a good time to find a letter.
05:40P.
05:41That's a good letter to find.
05:44There are four P's.
05:46That's $10,000, and that's the same letter,
05:48so we'll add an extra $1,000, and you have $11,000.
05:51What do you want to do?
05:52Solve.
05:53Go ahead.
05:54Planes, parachutes, and paratroopers.
05:56You got it.
05:57Yes, sir.
06:00Wow.
06:02Good way to start our Veterans Week here.
06:04We're off to a great start.
06:05Tim, $11,000.
06:06Both the other guys have some money, too.
06:08Wes with $2,000, Levy with $1,000.
06:10We'll keep it going right after this.
06:13All right.
06:19$10,000.
06:22All right.
06:24Welcome back.
06:25Category for this round is Husband and Wife.
06:28Levy.
06:36Okay.
06:37R.
06:38There's an R, yeah.
06:39Pick up that wild card for us.
06:41$500.
06:50$650.
06:51T.
06:52Afraid not.
06:53No, T.
06:54Tim.
07:01$550.
07:02N.
07:03I believe there are three of them.
07:06That's nice.
07:09I'll buy an E.
07:12Yeah, a bunch of Es.
07:15A handful of Es.
07:17Five Es.
07:24$600.
07:25B.
07:26One B.
07:35$600.
07:36L.
07:37There you go.
07:38$600 for Ls.
07:39We'll add $1,200 to your total and find out what you want to do next.
07:49$850.
07:50F.
07:51Yes, three Fs.
07:57I will solve.
07:58Okay.
07:59Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.
08:01Yeah, that's it.
08:04Wow.
08:05Tim's on fire.
08:07$5,750 that round.
08:09He's up to $16,750.
08:13Got some catching up to do, guys.
08:15But they're ex-military.
08:17They can do it.
08:18We'll be back.
08:29Tis the season for our Secret Santa holiday giveaway.
08:32I could be your Secret Santa.
08:34Everything I win?
08:35You could win.
08:36Wheel Watchers could win everything the contestants win,
08:39from big money to magical Disney vacations.
08:42But for your chance to win, you've got to have your spin.
08:44Spin ID, that is.
08:45Go to wheeloffortune.com and sign up for the Wheel Watchers Club by November 20th.
08:49Santa's coming to town.
08:51Glad you're back.
08:52Fun and games the category for this round, which is our prize puzzle round.
08:55And here's our prize.
08:56Tim has had a good night so far.
08:58He's starting this one.
08:59Let's go.
09:00Fun.
09:01Let's go.
09:05Wow.
09:06He's hitting nice numbers, too.
09:08What letter would you like, though?
09:10N.
09:11Why, of course.
09:12There are two of them.
09:13$7,000 worth.
09:16I'll buy an A.
09:18You will, hey?
09:19Yeah.
09:20There are six A's.
09:21One for every toe on my left foot you have.
09:24$6,750.
09:28Well, this is interesting.
09:32Let's have a letter first.
09:33T.
09:34What's that?
09:35T.
09:36Yeah, an enthusiastic T for Tim.
09:39All right, Tim, you have $7,750.
09:42You do the express.
09:43You keep calling consonants.
09:44You get $1,000 for each one.
09:45You can buy vowels.
09:46You miss any letter.
09:48It's a bankruptcy.
09:49He's doing it.
09:50Jumping on.
09:51All right, Tim.
09:52It's a bankruptcy.
09:53He's doing it.
09:54Jumping on.
09:57All right.
09:58What letter do you want to start with?
09:59C.
10:00I'm going to ask you to repeat that.
10:01C.
10:02Yes, one C.
10:05R.
10:06Uh-huh.
10:07One R.
10:09$9,750.
10:12M.
10:14Yep.
10:18Buy a vowel or call it a vowel?
10:20I will buy an I.
10:21Yeah, that might be a good idea.
10:23And they're the only vowels there.
10:26They're all gone.
10:28So call a letter.
10:29S.
10:30Yes.
10:33L.
10:34Yes.
10:37G.
10:38Yes.
10:41Tim, what do we got?
10:42Stealing a catamaran.
10:44Yeah, that's it.
10:49Wow.
10:50What a night.
10:51What are you looking at me like that for?
10:52We're to...
10:53Oh, the Caribbean.
10:54The Caribbean.
10:55Oh, my God.
10:59Bon Vini, Tim.
11:00Welcome to Paradise.
11:02Experience a Caribbean adventure in bon air
11:05at the Divi Flamingo Beach Resort and Casino.
11:08This fun and colorful oceanside resort
11:10features world-class scuba diving,
11:12tropical vistas, and luxuriously spacious suites.
11:16Visit Diviresorts.com.
11:19$7,500.
11:24Wes, Glenny, I think maybe a pincer assault
11:27might be the way to go here.
11:29Tim, $37,750.
11:33But, you know, guys, we're not finished.
11:35It's a funny little game.
11:36You never know.
11:37We'll be back and play some more right after this.
11:39Wow.
11:45Post-captioning sponsored by...
11:48Honoring our veterans all week,
11:49we have three veterans with us.
11:51Having a good night so far.
11:52Things is the category for our triple toss-up.
11:55Here's the first of our three puzzles.
12:07And, Levy.
12:08Sparkling eyes.
12:10Yes, sir.
12:13$1,000.
12:14Oh, Wes.
12:15Let's see what happens with our second one.
12:18Here we go.
12:27Wes.
12:28Prong arms.
12:29Yeah.
12:31$2,000.
12:33One more to go.
12:35That's Tim.
12:36Sticky fingers.
12:37Yeah, that's it.
12:41So, everybody got $2,000,
12:43and they can put those devices away
12:45as we move on to our next round.
12:47Phrase is the category.
12:49And, Tim, you got that last toss-up.
12:51You get to spin it first.
12:52Here we go.
12:55Phrase.
12:56Phrase.
12:57Phrase.
12:58Phrase.
12:59Phrase.
13:00Phrase.
13:01Phrase.
13:02Phrase.
13:03$500.
13:05N.
13:06There is no N.
13:07Wes, come on.
13:10Big money.
13:14$600.
13:15N.
13:16Yeah.
13:17That sounded familiar, didn't it?
13:19You know that happens.
13:20Quit stealing my lines.
13:21Don't you worry.
13:22Dang it.
13:23You guys work it out in your own time, though.
13:25Levy, it's your turn.
13:28None.
13:29Got it.
13:30Tim, it's your turn.
13:32-♪♪
13:37$500.
13:38R.
13:39We'll take anything but an N, and there...
13:42But there's no R, sorry.
13:43All right, Tim, your turn.
13:44-♪♪
13:51$550.
13:52T.
13:53Mm-hmm, one T.
13:54There we go.
13:55-♪♪
13:58All by an O.
14:00Yes, one O.
14:02-♪♪
14:04All by an I?
14:06Yeah, there's an I.
14:08-♪♪
14:14Oh, boy, it's been hitting some really nice numbers.
14:18A letter, Darlin'.
14:19F.
14:21Well, of course, there are three Fs.
14:22-♪♪
14:27Correct, that sound means time is running short.
14:29Tim, you have control of the wheel.
14:30Give it a final spin for us.
14:33Whatever he lands on will add $1,000.
14:35That'll be the value of consonants.
14:37And knowing Tim, he's going to get that $1,000.
14:42So $6,000 for every consonant we find.
14:45Tim, we start with your letter, please.
14:47L.
14:49Yes.
14:52Three seconds.
14:55W.
14:57Uh-huh, one W.
14:59We have liftoff.
15:00Yes, we do.
15:02-♪♪
15:04Are you kidding?
15:07Man.
15:09Boy, it's got to be frustrating being next to the person
15:11who just is kind of dominating things,
15:13but look at you, $6,000 that last round.
15:15You came up with $10,000.
15:17Thanks, Wes.
15:18Nice job. My pleasure.
15:19I'll be back to chat with you in a moment.
15:22Well, you didn't have a lot of opportunities,
15:23I'll say that, my friend.
15:24But you do have $3,000, and our thanks.
15:27Nice to have you here, buddy.
15:31Show-off.
15:32Well, sir.
15:33Well, you were hitting great numbers on the wheel.
15:35You weren't having much bad luck out there,
15:36and you were solving up a storm.
15:38$39,750.
15:42And you still want to go to the bonus round?
15:45I think it says it in the rules.
15:46It's never enough for you people.
15:48Phrase, place, and thing, what do you want?
15:50Place.
15:51All right, we'll see how that choice plays out.
15:54When we come back, anyone else
15:55will walk away gracefully.
15:57He wants more, more.
16:01Stay tuned.
16:02Tim could win this new Mazda CX-50 in the bonus round,
16:06coming up next.
16:09Well, aside from playing well,
16:10that was one of the most charmed rounds I've ever seen.
16:13You hit $2,500, you hit $3,500, you hit $5,000 twice.
16:17The letters were there when you called them.
16:19You didn't have much bad luck with the wheel.
16:21And now here you are in bonus land.
16:22In utter disbelief.
16:23Well, we're all amazed by what you did.
16:26$39,750 already.
16:29Spin it, let's try to get some.
16:30All right, here we go.
16:32Minimum amount, $40,000.
16:34Another, I believe, this is our 40th year,
16:37somewhere in there, 38, 39, 42.
16:41Who's counting?
16:43Go grab, oh, I'm trying.
16:45I forget, sometimes I'm over there.
16:47Here we go.
16:48You go here, I'll go here.
16:50And you'll concentrate on this puzzle now.
16:52Here we go.
16:53You chose place as your category.
16:55R, S, T, L, N, E, we always start you with those letters.
17:00And let's see.
17:06Three more consonants, one more vowel.
17:08A C.
17:09Yes.
17:10A D.
17:12M.
17:14And now a vowel.
17:15O.
17:17Now let's see what we get out of this.
17:19Not a whole lot.
17:21I'd call that not a whole lot.
17:22That is not.
17:23No.
17:24Well, it's a place, you have 10 seconds
17:25to try to talk it out.
17:27Maybe use a letter board will help.
17:29Good luck.
17:37Something drawers?
17:41Ooh, that was not even close.
17:44Private driveway.
17:46Private driveway.
17:48I wanted, I went for the puzzle private drawers,
17:50but nobody, we couldn't do that, unfortunately.
17:53But that's almost what he won.
17:55That's all cash too, right?
17:57$39,750.
18:00Jim, nice job.
18:01Thank you, thanks for your service.
18:02Thanks for being here.
18:04And Dan and Albrecht, it wasn't gonna happen.
18:06You needed another letter.
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18:16We have veterans here all week.
18:18We do, I always enjoy Veterans Week.
18:20We're grateful for their service and happy to honor them.
18:23By the way, during the close of the bonus round,
18:25I think I said to Tim that it was all cash.
18:27And of course, it was that trip to the Caribbean there.
18:29So I want to clarify that.
18:31But regardless, what a night, $39,750.
18:34I love it.
18:35And we're not out of dough.
18:36We've got plenty more and we'll keep doing it
18:38with our veterans as the week wears on.
18:40We'll see you tomorrow.
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