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00:00From Sony Pictures Studios, it's a Meritus Game!
00:07Wheel of Fortune!
00:12Ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show,
00:16Matt Sajak and Brenna White!
00:19Oh, howdy!
00:21Hi, everybody. Thanks so much.
00:24Glad to have you with us.
00:26Glad to be here.
00:27Goodbye.
00:28Goodbye.
00:30We are saluting teachers tonight.
00:32We're happy to say we have three of them with us.
00:34We'll talk to them in a moment.
00:35First, let's see one of them win some money.
00:36Get ready with those toss-up devices.
00:38$1,000 is what we'll give away.
00:40Food and drinks.
00:41Category?
00:42Here we go.
00:52Katie.
00:53Maryland blue crabs.
00:55Yeah, that's it.
00:56You got it.
00:58Nothing to it for Katie Brumfield, excuse me,
01:01from Escondido, California.
01:03Third grade teacher.
01:04Talk about that a bit, Katie.
01:05Yes, I've been teaching now for 18 years,
01:07and I love to teach third grade.
01:10I've been teaching third grade for 17 of those years.
01:13Wow.
01:14And I'm at Heritage Elementary.
01:15What are they learning in third grade math?
01:17Multiplication, division, fractions.
01:19Ooh, ooh.
01:20Fun stuff like that.
01:21Brings back terrible memories.
01:22I'm actually pretty good at math.
01:24Let's talk about your family.
01:26I am happily married to my very handsome husband, A.J.
01:30We've been married for 19 years, and we have 2 kids.
01:34Callie is 14, and Noah is 10,
01:36and they're my 3 most favorite people in the whole wide world.
01:39That's nice of you to be able to say,
01:41and you're one of our 3 most favorite players here tonight.
01:45Aw, thank you.
01:46Nice to have you here, Katie.
01:47Good luck to you.
01:48Hi, Carmen.
01:49Hi.
01:50Carmen Cortez, Sylmar, California,
01:51an intervention teacher.
01:52You have to tell me what that is exactly.
01:54An intervention teacher is,
01:55I take small groups of 3rd grade through 5th grade students
01:58that need a little extra help with their reading.
02:00Gotcha, and you've been teaching for a long time.
02:03Yeah, 32 years.
02:04Same school?
02:05Same school, and actually the school that I attended
02:07when I was in elementary school.
02:08Wow, when you like a place, you just stay there.
02:10That's right.
02:11I found a good one.
02:12Talk about your family a bit.
02:13I've been married for 32 years as well
02:15with my wonderful husband, Daryl,
02:17and I have 3 children, Daryl, Christina, and Joseph.
02:20All right, glad to have you here as well.
02:22Say hello to a third member of our group,
02:24Michael Russ, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
02:27and it's math and theater, right?
02:29Yes, sir.
02:30What school?
02:31Sherwood Middle Academic Magnet School.
02:33I've been teaching there for 10 years now,
02:35collectively 12 years altogether.
02:37I've been teaching theater for about 8 years.
02:39You actually started the program.
02:40I did start the program, yes.
02:42A co-worker of mine came to see me in a show
02:44and was like, you need to bring this to our school,
02:46and I was like, no, I don't want to bring this to our school,
02:48but here we are 8 years later.
02:50Good for you.
02:51You talk about your winnings.
02:52You'd like to buy an air conditioning unit.
02:55Yeah, my house is older, my AC unit is just as old,
02:58and that Louisiana heat is pretty disrespectful, man.
03:01It's time to get something new in there.
03:03Or you could just put on Death of a Salesman
03:05and be done with it.
03:07Well, I wish you luck.
03:08That goes for all of you.
03:09Get ready, we'll do another toss-up here.
03:11The category for this one is events.
03:15Here we go.
03:17♪♪
03:25♪♪
03:29Carmen.
03:30Visiting the aquarium.
03:32Yeah, that's it.
03:33applause
03:36That's the other show
03:37where you put it in the form of a question.
03:39You actually can just blurt it out.
03:41But it was right, that's the main thing,
03:43and you've got $2,000, congratulations.
03:45We'll take a moment.
03:46Here's Jim with something important to say.
03:48That's a lot of pressure, Pat, but here we go.
03:50Here's tonight's featured prize.
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04:12$7,000.
04:15All right, sir, thank you.
04:17Star and roll, that is the category for our first round,
04:21and Carmen will be the first spinner.
04:23Okay, here we go.
04:24applause
04:29$600.
04:30R.
04:31There is an R.
04:32Get you going.
04:34What are you going to do now?
04:37Can I buy a vowel E?
04:39Sure, two E's.
04:42How about an O?
04:44How about that?
04:45One O, yes.
04:52$900.
04:53N.
04:54Mm-hmm, three N's.
05:02Can I buy an I?
05:04Yeah, you can.
05:05You can have three of them for the price of one.
05:12applause
05:17There you go.
05:18I'm sorry about that.
05:19Michael, your turn.
05:20All right.
05:26$800.
05:27I'll take an S.
05:29Well, since you put it that way, sure, two of them.
05:38Ooh, $650.
05:41A D.
05:42Well, there are two of those.
05:44That'll get you $1,300 more.
05:46You're up to $2,900.
05:49Can I solve?
05:50If you'd like, sure.
05:52Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln.
05:55You got it, yes, sir.
05:57Good going.
05:58Very impressive, Michael.
06:00What did you get there?
06:02$2,900.
06:03So in the early going, everyone wants some money.
06:06Carmen, $2,000.
06:07Michael, $2,900.
06:08Katie, $1,000.
06:09I can feel it in my aging bones.
06:11So we'll be right back.
06:13applause
06:18And Beth, $10,000.
06:22All right.
06:23Thank you, sir.
06:24You know, in the opening interviews, I sure changed you, Carmen,
06:27because I don't think you got a chance to mention your school.
06:30We'd like to get that in.
06:32I work at Sharp Avenue Elementary School in Arleta, California.
06:35The raise is in the mail.
06:36I hope so.
06:37Let's move on here.
06:39And Michael, it's going to be your turn to start.
06:41All right.
06:42applause
06:49Okay.
06:50I'll go with a T.
06:51They're a bunch of Ts.
06:52While they're coming up, you can pick up that wild card.
06:55You're going to get $500 for each of five Ts.
06:58applause
07:04$700.
07:05H.
07:06One H.
07:07applause
07:10By a vowel.
07:11Mm-hmm.
07:12An E.
07:13You got it.
07:14Five Es.
07:15He likes that number.
07:16applause
07:25Aha.
07:26All right.
07:27Let's have a look.
07:28That's a look of happiness or terror.
07:29I can never tell.
07:30An R.
07:32Three R's.
07:33Well, complicates things a bit.
07:36You have almost $3,000 and that wild card,
07:38and you got $3,000 you could have for the R's,
07:40but you could turn the three into ten looking back there.
07:43You could also lose everything.
07:45You going to take that shot, Michael?
07:47No, I'm not going to go for it.
07:49Oh, okay.
07:50Well, there you go.
07:51Listen, he wants some air conditioning.
07:53Stop him.
07:54Exactly.
07:55Can I buy another vowel, though?
07:57Sure.
07:58An A.
07:59Two As.
08:00$5,000.
08:01applause
08:09$650.
08:10An S.
08:11Mm-hmm.
08:12Two S's.
08:13applause
08:15How are you getting up there?
08:16$7,000.
08:17I like to solve.
08:18Okay.
08:19Go ahead.
08:20The Scarlet Letter of Resignation.
08:22Yeah, that's good.
08:23That's good.
08:24applause
08:25A little tricky, but he got it.
08:29$7,000 that round.
08:31He picked up a wild card.
08:32You're up to $9,900, but good news for everyone.
08:35We have a prize puzzle coming up.
08:37That can change his score pretty dramatically.
08:39Come back, see what happens.
08:40applause
08:53Welcome back.
08:54We promised a prize puzzle, and I'm a man of my word.
08:57Phrase is the category for this round.
08:59And Katie's going to start.
09:01applause
09:07$650.
09:08T.
09:09Three T's.
09:10applause
09:17Oh, jeez.
09:18Don't move a muscle.
09:20Okay.
09:21H.
09:22Took me at my word, didn't you?
09:24One H for $3,500.
09:27applause
09:28I'll buy an E.
09:30Okey-doke.
09:31Five E's.
09:33applause
09:40$550.
09:41S.
09:42Two S's.
09:44Another $1,100 for you.
09:46applause
09:51$650.
09:52R.
09:53Yeah, one R.
09:54She's doing great.
09:55applause
10:02B.
10:03Yeah.
10:04Pick up that gift tag, please.
10:06That's $500 cash and a $500 gift certificate to Mrs. Prindables.
10:10You can put that right there and tell us what you want to do next.
10:13I'd like to buy an I.
10:15Yeah.
10:16Four I's.
10:17applause
10:22Oh, no, no.
10:25Well, at least we're not going to touch anything there.
10:27Maybe we'll get back to you.
10:29You never know.
10:30Carmen, it's your turn.
10:31applause
10:35$500.
10:36L.
10:37Yeah, one L.
10:39applause
10:42Can I buy an A?
10:44Well, it's just fine with me, yeah.
10:46One A.
10:47applause
10:52$600.
10:53G.
10:54One G.
10:55applause
11:01$500.
11:02V.
11:03Yeah, there's V.
11:05applause
11:11$550.
11:12N.
11:13Two N's.
11:14applause
11:20Oh, my, that was not a...
11:23Good time for that.
11:24Michael is rubbing his hands together.
11:26He's either cold or he's going to solve it.
11:28Can I solve it?
11:29Okay, go ahead.
11:30Traveling is the best medicine.
11:33Yeah, that's it.
11:35Wow.
11:36applause
11:39And by the way, traveling can be spelled correctly with either one L or two.
11:44That is the extent of my knowledge.
11:46Oh, I do know this.
11:47You're going to Riviera Maya, Mexico.
11:50Oh, nice, yeah.
11:52Michael passed the cool drinks and hot salsa.
11:55Your dream getaway awaits at the all-inclusive Barcelo Maya Riviera,
11:59a part of Barcelo Maya Grand Resort.
12:02Situated among a tropical jungle and the Caribbean Sea,
12:05this adults-only resort offers luxury suites and an array of restaurants and bars.
12:10$7,350.
12:13Michael, getting serious out here.
12:15You got $17,250.
12:18Still has that wild card, and we have a couple of commercial messages, and we'll be back.
12:22applause
12:30This Wheel of Fortune memory from 2019 is brought to you by Prevagen.
12:35You like money, don't you?
12:36Doesn't everybody?
12:37I guess you do.
12:38Yes.
12:39You know, I've never asked, all the years we've been together, I've never asked you this.
12:41How much do you make?
12:42laughter
12:44How much do you make?
12:45Wait, I'll whisper to you.
12:48What?
12:49Yeah.
12:51Huh.
12:52Wow.
12:53laughter
12:54I'm surprised.
12:55I'm surprised.
12:56laughter
12:58Don't you wish you were listening in on all this?
13:00All right, let's get to it.
13:01Triple toss-up.
13:02Everybody's ready.
13:03Sing the category.
13:04Here's the first of our three puzzles right now.
13:07music
13:15And it's Michael.
13:16Anthropology.
13:17Yeah, that's it.
13:18applause
13:21Hmm.
13:22Here's the second.
13:23music
13:28Katie.
13:29Biology.
13:30Yeah, there you go.
13:31applause
13:33Which, by my count, leaves one more.
13:36music
13:41Michael.
13:42Geology.
13:43No.
13:44Everybody else.
13:45And Katie got in.
13:46Ecology.
13:47No.
13:48Carmen.
13:49Zoology.
13:50Yeah, there you go.
13:51Zoology, and we accept zoology as well.
13:53applause
13:54All right.
13:55What are you doing is the category for this next round.
13:57And, Carmen, you have control of the wheel.
13:59That sound means time is running out, so give it a final spin for us.
14:02applause
14:06We'll add $1,000 to that.
14:07$1,700 for every consonant we find.
14:10Again, what are you doing, the category?
14:12And, Carmen, we'll start with you.
14:13A letter, please.
14:14N.
14:15One N.
14:16music
14:18Any thoughts?
14:19Not yet.
14:20Doesn't even have to be the color.
14:23Michael.
14:24S.
14:25music
14:26No S.
14:27Katie.
14:28G.
14:29Uh-huh.
14:30One G.
14:31music
14:36Snowboarding.
14:37music
14:38Carmen.
14:39M.
14:40music
14:42One M.
14:43music
14:46What are you doing?
14:47music
14:49Michael.
14:50A.
14:51music
14:53Again, no money for vowels, but there are a couple of A's,
14:55which might be helpful in solving this thing.
14:58What are you doing?
14:59Katie.
15:00music
15:02Katie.
15:03L.
15:04music
15:05No.
15:06Carmen.
15:07D.
15:08music
15:09Yes.
15:10Two D's.
15:11music
15:16Michael.
15:17music
15:18R.
15:19music
15:20One R.
15:21music
15:22Daydreaming.
15:23There you go.
15:24You got it.
15:25applause
15:27How are you doing?
15:28I'm good.
15:29You're doing real good.
15:30As a matter of fact, another $1,700.
15:32Our big winner, $20,950.
15:35I'll be back with my category in just a minute.
15:38Carmen, I'm glad you came up there with that $4,000.
15:40Awfully nice having you here.
15:41Thank you very much.
15:42Thank you for having me.
15:44Well, Katie, you had a good thing going that round in the wheel.
15:46Just bit you.
15:47I'm sorry about that.
15:48But you do have $3,000, and our thanks for being here.
15:51A lot of fun.
15:52Had fun.
15:53So.
15:54You ready?
15:55I'm ready.
15:56So you're going to take a wild card to the bonus round.
15:57You can see I'm not lying.
15:58There you go.
15:59And that'll get you an extra consonant.
16:00Okay.
16:01And you're going to play one of these categories.
16:02Here they come.
16:03Thing, place.
16:04What are you wearing?
16:05Let's try what are you wearing?
16:06Let's try it.
16:07Okay.
16:08Hope it works out.
16:09We'll see.
16:10Bonus round coming up.
16:11Stay tuned.
16:12Michael can drive home in a new Mini Cooper.
16:13The bonus round is next.
16:14He's not only a good puzzle solver, he models.
16:15Take a look at that.
16:16Very nice.
16:18We'll get to that in a moment.
16:19I'll take that from you now.
16:20Because you have something else to do, and that is spinning the wheel.
16:21So give it a good one.
16:22All right.
16:23He already has.
16:24$21,000.
16:25More would be good.
16:26If the wheel ever stops.
16:27There we go.
16:28It's not working out.
16:29Yeah.
16:30It's not working out.
16:31It's not working out.
16:32It's not working out.
16:33It's not working out.
16:34It's not working out.
16:35It's not working out.
16:36It's not working out.
16:37It's not working out.
16:38It's not working out.
16:39It's not working out.
16:40It's not working out.
16:41It's not working out.
16:42It's not working out.
16:43It's not working out.
16:44It's not working out.
16:45There we go.
16:46It's not working out.
16:47Yeah.
16:48All right.
16:49Now, you're going to come with me.
16:50Okay.
16:51And you're going to stop right at that first mark, which leaves the second one for me.
16:55You chose, what are you wearing?
16:57No, you didn't choose that, did you?
16:59I didn't.
17:00Oh, you did.
17:01Oh, man.
17:04R, S, T, L, N, E.
17:08All right.
17:09Three more consonants, one more vowel.
17:12A B?
17:13Yes.
17:16A C?
17:17Uh-huh.
17:21An M?
17:22No, we need a vowel.
17:24O.
17:25And you have this wild card, so you get one more consonant when we play.
17:29A P.
17:31All right.
17:32Let's see how these choices play out.
17:36Oh, man.
17:38All right.
17:39What are you wearing?
17:40You have 10 seconds to try to figure that out.
17:43Good luck.
17:44A haute blouse.
17:47A cute blouse.
17:50White blouse.
17:51That's it.
17:55Simple as that.
18:00After you said a cute blouse, I thought you were going to say obtuse blouse, but you didn't.
18:03You lost the math teacher.
18:04You said white.
18:05There you go, and you got yourself a mini-couple.
18:07Oh, snap.
18:09Michael, head back to school in style in your all-new Mini Cooper 4-Door Hardtop.
18:14Turbocharged with superior engineering, world-famous handling, and a brand-new design from Nick Alexander Imports.
18:22$37,410.
18:25There he goes.
18:26He's coming, man.
18:28What a night.
18:30$58,360 cash and prizes.
18:34Looks good in there.
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18:38Go to shopwheeloffortune.com.
18:41So, we're about to start a little closer, and you give me your hand.
18:44You say, why am I feeling your hands?
18:46Because I wanted you to feel that I have no calluses, 40 years of turning letters, touching letters.
18:52They're still soft.
18:53It's the little things that make it happen.
18:54Yeah.
18:55We'll see you next time.
18:56So long.
18:57Good-bye.
18:58Good-bye.
18:59Good-bye.
19:00Good-bye.
19:01Good-bye.
19:02Good-bye.
19:03Good-bye.
19:04Good-bye.
19:05Good-bye.
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