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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.
00:16Pat Sigdach and Banner White.
00:19Well, ain't that nice.
00:21Thank you, Jim. Thank you all.
00:24We appreciate that.
00:26Southern roots.
00:29Hey, how you doing?
00:31What a happy-looking group.
00:33Get those devices ready. We're going to give away some money.
00:35$1,000 to one of these folks for this first toss-up.
00:38On the map is the category...
00:41Here we go.
00:50And it's Mark.
00:51Hollywood Boulevard.
00:53Yeah, that's it.
00:55Mark Smith.
00:57Aliso Viejo, California.
00:59And you're a traveler. I mean, like, serious traveler, right?
01:02Just give us the extent of your travels.
01:04You don't have to name every country, but...
01:06Okay, well, I've been to about 34 countries,
01:08and I've lived in three countries, including the U.S.
01:11Are you on the run from anyone?
01:12No, no.
01:14Well, that's got to be interesting.
01:16And you speak... What language do you speak?
01:18French, Spanish, a little bit of English.
01:21Well, we'll find out as this show goes around.
01:23It's good to have you here, Mark. Good luck to you.
01:26Hi, Brian.
01:27Hi.
01:28Brian Nkinke, right?
01:29Nkinke, yes.
01:30From Charlotte, North Carolina.
01:32But you went to military boarding school in Nigeria.
01:34Yes.
01:35Right?
01:36And so I don't know much about Nigeria.
01:38They have several languages there, right?
01:40Yes, there are three major languages, and I speak Igbo.
01:43It's a language from the eastern part.
01:45What's the scholarship foundation you're involved in?
01:47Oh, so I started a scholarship foundation last year.
01:49It's for high school students in Newark, New Jersey.
01:51Just trying to give back to my community.
01:54Very nice. Good to have you here. Win a lot of money, I hope.
01:57Hi, Rebecca.
01:58Hi, Pat.
01:59You're Rebecca Lewag, right?
02:00Lewag, that's right.
02:01From Buena Park, California. It's nice to see you.
02:04So you played the Wheel of Fortune slot machines, I'm told.
02:07Yes, I did.
02:08And at one point, you won a jackpot.
02:10A progressive jackpot.
02:12Wow. Are you still living off that?
02:14I actually, you know, semi-retired after that.
02:18So like right now, I'm doing part-time accounting.
02:21As an accounting consultant.
02:23Good to have you all here. Let's do another toss-up.
02:25This is worth $2,000.
02:27And the category is occupation.
02:30Here we go.
02:36Bank.
02:37And hang on, Brian got in first.
02:39Bank teller.
02:40Yeah, that's it.
02:43Sorry.
02:44It's okay.
02:45His thumb was just a little bit quicker than yours.
02:47So Brian gets that $2,000. He'll be spinning first.
02:50Let's check our Wheel of Fortune crossword, which we're going to do first.
02:53The clue is cash blank. Okay.
02:56Brian, go ahead.
03:04And it's $900.
03:05R.
03:06There are four R's. That's a real nice start.
03:11I'd like to buy a vowel.
03:12Hang on, let's get the R's up there.
03:14And go ahead.
03:15A.
03:16Two A's. Back to work.
03:21Ah.
03:22Floor right up.
03:23D.
03:24There's a D. Pick up that.
03:26Trip.
03:27A trip to Miami worth $7,400.
03:29You can put that right down there.
03:31And you have almost $4,000 cash.
03:33What do you want to do next?
03:34I'd like to buy a vowel.
03:35And O.
03:36One O.
03:44I don't know, Brian. That looks like trouble.
03:46The good news is we're not going to touch anything there.
03:48Maybe we'll get back to you.
03:49Rebecca, it's your turn.
03:50All right.
03:51Let's go, Rebecca.
03:57$600.
03:58A C.
03:59Yeah, one C.
04:07$900.
04:08A W.
04:09Yes.
04:10There's a W.
04:12I'm going to buy a vowel.
04:14An E.
04:15Yep.
04:16Three E's.
04:26A G.
04:27Do we have a G?
04:28We do.
04:36A T.
04:37Yes.
04:39Okay.
04:40A T.
04:41One T.
04:42Would you pick up that wild card for us?
04:43Okay.
04:44There you go.
04:45So you've got that, and you have $2,350.
04:48Buy a vowel, spin the wheel, try to solve one.
04:50I'm going to spin the wheel.
04:51Well, then spin it.
04:57$650.
04:58An S.
04:59Yeah, one S.
05:01We're getting there.
05:04I want to solve.
05:05Okay, say everything.
05:06Be careful not to add anything.
05:07Go ahead.
05:08Card, reward, register, bro?
05:15No.
05:16I'm sorry.
05:17Mark, it's your turn.
05:18I'd like to solve the puzzle.
05:20All right, you give it a shot here.
05:21Reward, card, register, flow.
05:25Yeah, cash flow.
05:29Joe, you get the $1,000.
05:33That's the minimum we have for a round.
05:36And you're up to $2,000.
05:37Brian has $2,000.
05:38We'll give revenge.
05:39You already picked up a wild card.
05:40You hang on to that.
05:41That's yours.
05:42Keep it right there.
05:46We were happy to hear from contestant Jordan Costa
05:49after he solved our tropical playground prize puzzle.
05:52Hey, Wheel Watchers.
05:54Jordan here, coming all the way from beautiful Antigua.
05:58I want to take a second to thank Pat, Vanna,
06:01and the Pineapple Beach Club
06:03for this once-in-a-lifetime amazing, amazing vacation.
06:07Thank you so much.
06:09This is truly a tropical playground.
06:15$10,000.
06:20Oh, hi.
06:21We're just having fun without you.
06:23Things is the category for this next round.
06:26There it is.
06:27And Rebecca, it's your turn to start.
06:30All right, let's do it.
06:31Let's go, Rebecca.
06:32All right.
06:37$800.
06:38An R.
06:39No, there's no R. Sorry.
06:41Mark.
06:47Whoa, right there.
06:49$600.
06:50S.
06:51Yes.
06:55All right, what are you going to do now?
06:57I'd like to buy a vowel.
06:59E.
07:00There are three E's.
07:01There you go.
07:04I will buy another vowel.
07:06A.
07:07No.
07:08No A.
07:09Brian, your turn.
07:15And $500.
07:16H.
07:17No, no H.
07:19Rebecca.
07:20All right.
07:26All right, what letter would you like?
07:29N.
07:30There is an N that's worth $1,000.
07:32You'd be risking that $1,000 and the wild card to look back there,
07:35but it could be $10,000.
07:36Well, Miss Jackpot, what are you going to do?
07:38I'll go for it.
07:39I knew you would.
07:40Let's go.
07:41You want to see the $10,000, and it is.
07:43Yay!
07:49Next time you go to Vegas, I'm going with you.
07:52All right, Rebecca.
07:53That's 21 years ago.
07:55You have no money to spend, so go ahead and spend it with me.
07:57All right, spend.
08:01$800.
08:05A G.
08:06Mm-hmm, one G.
08:12Come on, one more.
08:14Ooh, boy.
08:15A T.
08:16No, there's no T. I'm sorry.
08:19Mark, it's your turn.
08:25$900.
08:26R.
08:27No, there's no R.
08:28Brian.
08:29Okay, Brian.
08:34All right, Brian, this would be a good time to find a letter or two.
08:37M.
08:38There is an M.
08:39Worth $3,500.
08:43I'd like to buy an I.
08:44That makes good sense to me, and you're going to get three of them.
08:52Oh, can he do it again?
08:54Can he do it again?
08:56Now what letter?
08:57P.
08:59Yes.
09:00Two P's.
09:03Brian, $10,250.
09:06What do you want to do?
09:08It's all right.
09:09Take a moment.
09:10I'd like to buy a vowel.
09:11All right.
09:12An O.
09:15No O.
09:16I'm sorry.
09:17Rebecca, it's your turn.
09:18All right, so I want to solve the puzzle.
09:21Basing puzzle pieces.
09:23Yeah, that's it.
09:29Well, hold that up.
09:30Yeah, look what she did, and she has $10,000.
09:37Free drinks at the bar.
09:39All right.
09:40You've also made someone at home very happy because they've won $10,000,
09:44and here's Jim to talk about that.
09:46Did one of our Wheel Watchers just win $10,000?
09:49If this is your SPIN ID number, RP1-862-854, congratulations.
09:57You've won $10,000 cash.
09:59You have 24 hours to log on to wheeloffortune.com and claim your $10,000.
10:06It's still anybody's game, even though Rebecca has a big lead at this point.
10:09We have a prize puzzle coming up right after these words.
10:11Stay with us.
10:13It's never been easier to try out to be a contestant on Wheel.
10:18Solve fun puzzles from the comfort of your own home,
10:21thanks to our brand new virtual auditions.
10:23Wow, there's a happy person, huh?
10:25Go to wheeloffortune.com for details.
10:28All right.
10:29Here we go to our prize puzzle round.
10:31Food and drink is the category,
10:33and it looks like Mark's going to start things off this time.
10:44$800.
10:45Tea.
10:46Yeah.
10:47Two Ts.
10:51I will buy a vowel.
10:53E.
10:55Mm-hmm.
10:56Two Es.
11:00Buy another.
11:01I will buy another vowel.
11:03A.
11:04Yep.
11:05Two As.
11:10I will buy one more vowel.
11:12I.
11:15Two Is, yeah.
11:17Another pair of letters for him.
11:19All right, I will spin.
11:20All right.
11:25$500.
11:26H.
11:27Yes.
11:28Two Hs.
11:33I will buy another vowel.
11:35U.
11:36Yeah, you got it right there.
11:38Just the one.
11:39You'll buy another?
11:40I'll just buy that O.
11:42He bought us out of vowels.
11:44One O.
11:50$900.
11:51C.
11:53Two Cs.
12:01$500.
12:02N.
12:03There's one N.
12:09I'm just going to keep our fingers crossed,
12:11because this is going to be close.
12:13Boy, you did a lot of work for that.
12:15Mark, I'm sorry.
12:16Brian, it's your turn.
12:21$800.
12:22L.
12:23Yes.
12:26Two Ls.
12:33Oh, man.
12:34I am just really so sorry.
12:36Rebecca, it's your turn.
12:37Okay.
12:38Yeah, you.
12:39Let's do it.
12:44$500.
12:45An S.
12:46Yeah, there are two of them.
12:49I want to solve that.
12:51I'll bet you do.
12:52Go ahead.
12:53Authentic local dishes.
12:56Yeah, that's it.
13:00You had me afraid.
13:01I thought you were going to say fishes.
13:03But you didn't.
13:04And you're going to the island of Curacao.
13:06Whoa!
13:10Rebecca, come play on the beach
13:11as you escape to the sun-kissed waters
13:13of the Southern Caribbean
13:14at the Curacao Marriott Beach Resort.
13:18This tropical oasis creates magical memories
13:20to last a lifetime.
13:22Curacao, feel it for yourself.
13:24$7,334.
13:30Rebecca has $19,134.
13:33She still has that wild card.
13:34In fact, she is a wild card.
13:36And we'll be back.
13:41You know, if someone gets all three of these toss-ups
13:43in our triple toss-up round, they get $10,000.
13:45Well, let's take a $2,000 at a time.
13:47Fun and games for number one.
13:48Here we go.
13:58Mark.
13:59Throwing darts at a dart board.
14:02That makes sense to me.
14:03That's what I would do.
14:05Hey, doubled your money at $4,000.
14:07Let's see if you can get another $2,000.
14:09Let's see what happens here.
14:16Mark.
14:17Diving off a diving board.
14:20Yeah, that's it.
14:22If he gets this last one,
14:24he's going to end up with $10,000 in a triple round.
14:27Let's see.
14:46Mark.
14:48Checkmate on a chess board.
14:50Yeah, you just beat everybody else right there.
14:53Well, that would ordinarily be $6,000,
14:56but, you know, you get all three.
14:58You got $10,000.
14:59You're up to $12,000.
15:01Congratulations on that.
15:02All cash total.
15:03Phrase is the category for this next round.
15:05There it is.
15:06And, Mark, you're controlling the wheel.
15:08You got those toss-ups.
15:09You give it a final spin for us.
15:11That sounds good.
15:12That's out of 1,000.
15:13Find out what consonants will be worth,
15:15and that amount will be $1,850.
15:18Again, phrase the category.
15:19Mark, your turn to letter, please.
15:21T.
15:23Two Ts.
15:263,700.
15:31Brian.
15:32H.
15:34One H.
15:37Two Hs.
15:40One H.
15:42Phrase.
15:47Rebecca.
15:48An R.
15:50Nope, Mark.
15:52S.
15:54One S.
16:01Brian.
16:02B.
16:03Uh-huh.
16:04Two Bs.
16:05Let them come up, and then Vanna will move out,
16:07and see if she can solve this thing.
16:10Not too savvy.
16:15And not at all.
16:16Hey, nice going.
16:17Congratulations.
16:18Well, that turned out okay.
16:2055-50 that round.
16:21You ended up with $7,550.
16:23What a good night's work.
16:25Not too savvy.
16:26Not too savvy.
16:27Good luck.
16:28Thanks, Triple Toss-Up.
16:29You had a really good night.
16:30$12,000.
16:31Thank you, Mark.
16:32Thank you, guys.
16:35Well, that leaves my new best friend.
16:39Rebecca, you've taken that wild card to the bonus round.
16:41That'll give you an extra consonant.
16:43You have $19,134.
16:46Now, you're going to have to pick a category.
16:49Thing, person, and phrase.
16:51Phrase.
16:52Okay.
16:53Phrase it is.
16:54I don't know why.
16:55I'm just laughing at everything.
16:56Oh, no.
16:57We'll be back.
16:58I'm just having a good time.
17:00She wins at slot machine.
17:01She wins at wheel.
17:02Now, you're going to have to probably look down at the curb
17:04and find several hundred thousand dollars
17:06in negotiable securities sitting there.
17:09And you brought a wild card.
17:10Yes, I do.
17:11So, I'm going to take that from you.
17:12All right.
17:13Because you're going to spin the wheel.
17:14Okay.
17:15Now?
17:16You may do that now.
17:17All right.
17:18Or anytime you're in the mood.
17:23All right.
17:26First, you're going to land on the old E.
17:28And I will take that and ask you to come this way.
17:30All right.
17:31Stop right there.
17:34And work on this puzzle.
17:35It's a phrase.
17:36That's what you chose.
17:37R-S-T-L-N-E.
17:38We start with those letters.
17:44And now, it's your turn.
17:46Three more consonants, one more vowel.
17:49A G.
17:50Mm-hmm.
17:51An H.
17:52Yes.
17:55A P.
17:58Say B or P.
17:59P as in Paul.
18:00P.
18:01Okay.
18:03And then, we need a vowel.
18:04An O.
18:05Okay.
18:06And you have this wild card.
18:07You get one more consonant.
18:08Which one would you like?
18:09Let's do an H.
18:10Okay.
18:11It's fine with me.
18:12Oh, I'm sorry.
18:13That is good, except you've already called that.
18:14Oh, I did?
18:15Yeah.
18:16Oh, I'm sorry.
18:17One more?
18:18Well, yeah.
18:19Sure.
18:20Oh, an M.
18:21Okay.
18:22There we go.
18:23Now, Vanna, you got all that?
18:24After all that, that's it?
18:28Well, this looks really tough to me, but I'm not playing.
18:32Phrase, 10 seconds.
18:34Good luck.
18:36Give the boss.
18:45Make the dots.
18:47Well, you weren't going to get this because there were no letters there, you know.
18:50Wake the kids.
18:51Wake the kids.
18:52Oh, you're a little too late.
18:53I'm sorry.
18:54And we couldn't do the 43.
18:55All right.
18:56But she had it.
18:57Good.
18:58It almost has to be.
18:59$19,134.
19:00Thank you, Rebecca.
19:01You're a lot of fun.
19:03Thank you so much.
19:04We look forward to it.
19:05You're very welcome.
19:06There you're welcome.
19:07Don't leave.
19:08Vanna and I will be back.
19:09All right.
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19:28Yesterday was your birthday.
19:30Yes, yes.
19:31Did you do anything special?
19:32I'm like you.
19:33I'm not a big celebrator.
19:34We did the usual.
19:35My wife, Leslie, she sawed me in half and we counted my rings.
19:38It was just something that we do.
19:40Kind of like a sequoia.
19:42No, it was a quiet night.
19:44Thank you for asking and thanks for the gift.
19:46We'll see you next time.
19:49Goodbye.
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