- 5/11/2025
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00:00Wheel of Fortune!
00:05Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes,
00:09fabulous and exciting merchandise,
00:11including this spectacular $35,000
00:16Sapphire and Diamond Ring!
00:19It's hot, it's new, it's America!
00:23This $12,000 Honeyback Fierro!
00:28Unmatched sports car pizzazz,
00:31this striking $47,000 Cobra!
00:36Over $137,000 just wouldn't be won on
00:41Wheel of Fortune!
00:43And now, here's your host, Pat Sajak!
00:46Thanks, Charlie O'Donnell. Thank you, everybody.
00:48And welcome to Wheel of Fortune. Glad you could join us.
00:51Is Vanna here? I think she is.
00:53The curtains will park, and she'll walk through.
00:55Please help me welcome Vanna White. Here she comes.
00:58Vanna gets to come to a curtain, I don't, but I'll talk about that next time.
01:06Hello, players. This is Diane Byer from San Diego.
01:10Yes.
01:11And you are a part-time secretary down there, a busy lady, also a mother and wife.
01:15How many kids you have?
01:16I have two, Doug and Deanna.
01:18Got them in.
01:19So, we're going to be hearing a lot of Dia's and Doug.
01:21I know how those plugs work.
01:22It says you also enjoy playing the piano and singing and traveling.
01:25Yes.
01:26Interesting lady. Nice to have you here, Diane.
01:28Sue Evanson is with us. You're from Phoenix, huh?
01:29Right.
01:30That's KTSP out that way.
01:31Right.
01:32Tell us about your life and times.
01:33Well, I'm married. I have four grown children, two grandchildren.
01:37Are they all scattered about the country?
01:40Two are in L.A. and two are in Phoenix.
01:42So, you get to see one another often. That's nice. Nice to have you here, Sue.
01:46And Jeff Miller rounds things out, a pre-med student at UCLA, also San Diego, right?
01:50Yeah.
01:51Tell us a little bit more about yourself and help me finish that sentence, if you will.
01:54Okay. Well, I'm a lifeguard over the summer and I like the beach and I'm in a fraternity
02:01at school, alpha, epsilon, pi.
02:03Good. Another plug. A is an alpha. Here we go. $1,000. Top dollar value for this round.
02:08Try not to get bankrupt if you do lose your cash, but not your merchandise.
02:11Because once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep. Here is our first puzzle.
02:15It's phrase. And just before the show, we drew numbers to see what to start the game.
02:19And Diane, it's you. Good luck to all of you. Let's go.
02:22Come on.
02:26I see. A free spin. Yes, we do.
02:29Okay. Hang on yet, Diane. Use it when you want and take a time.
02:32Come on. Big money. Come on.
02:36Oh boy.
02:38I'm just turning around quickly. You want to hold on to that for a while?
02:40Yeah, I'll take one too.
02:41Yeah, I thought so. Sue.
02:43Okay. Come on. Big money. Come on. Come on. One thousand first.
02:48$250. $400.
02:49Okay. May I have an Anna's and Nancy, please?
02:53May she? Yes, she may. One Anna. $400.
02:55Here, I'd like to spin.
02:56Come on.
02:57Come on.
02:58Big money.
02:59Come on.
03:00$400.
03:01No, no, no, no.
03:02Oh, well.
03:03Jeff, let's nip this in the mud.
03:04Come on.
03:05Big money.
03:06$1,000. Let's go.
03:07Oh, come on.
03:08There's only one out there.
03:09Yeah.
03:10$450.
03:11Okay.
03:12May I have a T as in Tom, please?
03:13Yeah.
03:14We have a T as in Tom, please?
03:15Yeah.
03:16We have a T for a year.
03:17$450.
03:18Okay.
03:19I'll just spin.
03:20Come on.
03:21Let's go.
03:22Can you spin, baby?
03:23$400.
03:24May I have an H, please?
03:25As in Harry.
03:26Yes, sir.
03:27There's Harry.
03:28H50.
03:29Good to have me.
03:30Uh...
03:31I don't know.
03:32I don't know.
03:33I don't know.
03:34I don't know.
03:35I don't know.
03:36I don't know.
03:37I don't know.
03:38Good to have me.
03:39Uh...
03:40I think I'll spin.
03:42Come on.
03:43Let's go.
03:44Big money.
03:45Big money.
03:46Maybe.
03:47Maybe.
03:48$175.
03:49Okay.
03:50May I have an S, please?
03:51As in Sam?
03:52Afraid not.
03:53No S. Diane, back to you.
03:55Come on.
04:00$175.
04:01I like an R as in Robert.
04:02There is an R and you're on the board.
04:05I can spin again, please.
04:07Big money.
04:08Come on.
04:09Big money.
04:10Come on.
04:11Big money.
04:12$175.
04:13$175.
04:14$175.
04:15$175.
04:16$175.
04:17$175.
04:18I like a D as in Diane.
04:19No.
04:20No D.
04:21Sue.
04:22Okay.
04:23Come on.
04:24Big money.
04:25Come on.
04:26$175.
04:27$175.
04:28$175.
04:29Okay.
04:30May I have an F as in Frank, please?
04:32Mm-hmm.
04:33There are a couple of them.
04:34And now, Sue, you have $1200.
04:36What would you like to do?
04:38I'd like to buy a vowel, please.
04:39Okay.
04:40May I have an E as in Edward?
04:41That's a good buy.
04:42There are three E's up there.
04:44$250.
04:45Well spent.
04:46There's lots of these.
04:48I'd like to spin.
04:50Come on.
04:51Big money.
04:52I like the looks of this one.
04:53$1,000.
04:54I'd like a G as in George, please.
04:55There is a G.
04:56Uh-huh.
04:57$1950.
04:58See?
04:59Um, I'd like to buy a vowel, please.
05:00Go ahead.
05:01May I have an I as in, well, an I?
05:04Yeah.
05:05I can't think of one either.
05:06Yeah.
05:07So it's all right.
05:08There are four.
05:09And you're down to $1,700, but you have a lot more information up there.
05:12What do you want to do, Sue?
05:14I'd like to spin, please.
05:16All right.
05:17Good luck.
05:18Go ahead and join the attack.
05:19If not, if not, yeah.
05:20Um, I'd like to spin.
05:21No money.
05:23God, let's spin.
05:24Come on, good money.
05:26There are 4,000.
05:27Youreloves.
05:28I can't think of one either.
05:29So it's all right.
05:30There are 4,000.
05:31There are 4,000.
05:32And you're down to $1,700, but you have a lot more information up there.
05:33What do you want to do, Sue?
05:35I'd like to spin, please.
05:37Alright, good luck.
05:38Come on!
05:41Big money!
05:43$300.
05:44300.
05:45I'd like an Amazon, Mary.
05:46Sorry, but not m.
05:47Come on, big money.
05:48Come on.
05:49Up.
05:50Come on.
05:53This is gonna be close, but he made it.
05:54Yeah. 350.
05:56Okay, may I have an L as in Larry, please?
05:57He'd like some Ls.
05:58Can we accommodate them?
06:00One L, two Ls, three Ls.
06:03Jeff, you have $1,900.
06:05Up to you.
06:06What do you want to do?
06:07I'd like to spin.
06:09All right.
06:13Okay.
06:14Slow down, slow down.
06:16No, no, no, no.
06:17No!
06:18Oh!
06:19Jeff, I'm sorry.
06:21Diane, a big break for you, though.
06:23Yes!
06:24Come on, come on, big money, come on, big money.
06:27Keep going, keep going, keep going.
06:28Oh, please, go.
06:30Now, Diane, it costs you $175.
06:33If you want to use that, you can, it's up to you.
06:35Yes, I'm gonna use it.
06:36Okay, give it a spin.
06:39Come on, big money now, big money.
06:44How fortuitous.
06:46I'd like a Y, please.
06:49She'd like a Y, $1,000.
06:51Are you going to risk that?
06:52I'd like to solve the puzzle.
06:53Pour that money, that's his phrase.
06:54Living the life of Riley.
06:56Yes, that's it.
06:59Good job, thank you.
07:01You played that piece very nicely.
07:03Living the life of Riley, $1,000 collector's corner.
07:06Here we go.
07:07For $550, I like the corner baker's rack.
07:11All right, $4.50 left.
07:13For $96, I like the planter baskets.
07:17They are yours, now you have $354.
07:20For $340, I'd like the dinnerware, please.
07:23At least $14 to go on a Tiffany gift certificate, or we'll put it on account.
07:26How would you like it?
07:27On a gift certificate, please.
07:27I had a hunch that's what you'd say, and here's Charlie to tell you about the price.
07:31Expertly handcrafted in the Philippines in an open weave pattern, this set of three platter
07:35baskets are ideal for large palms or ficus trees.
07:39Retail value, $96.
07:41Metlox Potteries, makers of fine, California-made dinnerware, presents a 45-piece set of Quail Ridge,
07:46a distinctive hand-painted pattern designed exclusively by Metlox Potteries.
07:51Retail value, $340.
07:53And Diane, a classic adaptation of the popular French baker's rack, this beautiful corner rack,
07:58accented with gleaming solid brass trim, may be an eye-catching addition to almost any
08:02room.
08:03Furnished by Corsican Furniture Company, retail value, $550.
08:07Okay.
08:09Thank you, Charlie.
08:10Charlie O'Donnell sitting in for Jack Clark, and we want to congratulate you, Diane.
08:14We will be back with our second round, and we're going to have a special prize on the wheel.
08:16So let's all come back and find out what it is.
08:18Don't move.
08:19We can do it a little.
08:22We still have $1,000 out there on the wheel, and I mentioned a special prize, and I meant
08:26it.
08:27Here's Charlie.
08:28What could be better than real mink?
08:30Steal the premier fur.
08:31This lovely and luxurious gold frost mink jacket may be yours to enjoy.
08:36Furnished by Dicker & Dicker of Beverly Hills.
08:39Appraised value, $2,800.
08:41Well.
08:42Hmm.
08:43Good work by that appraiser.
08:44Now, if you land on a special prize, that goes into your bank, and of course, if you solve
08:49the puzzle, it automatically becomes yours.
08:51And now, speaking of that puzzle, players turn around.
08:53We're going to be looking for a person this time.
08:55Sue, you'll start.
08:56Okay.
08:57Come on.
08:58Thousand.
08:59Come on, mink.
09:00Come on, fur.
09:01How about this mink?
09:02Huh?
09:03All right.
09:04Sue, pick that up and place it right in front of you.
09:06That's a $2,800 fur.
09:07If you solve the puzzle, of course, that becomes yours in addition to whatever prizes you may
09:12come up with.
09:13$150 under there.
09:14Pick a letter.
09:15I'd like an S as in Sam, please.
09:16Now, there's no S, but that fur stays right where it is.
09:17Jeff.
09:18Okay.
09:19Let's go.
09:20Come on.
09:21Big money.
09:22Big money.
09:23Oh, oh, oh.
09:24Stay down.
09:25Jeff, I don't know what to tell you.
09:26I'm sorry, my friend.
09:27Diane.
09:28Come on.
09:29Big money.
09:30Come on.
09:31Big money.
09:32Big money.
09:33$450.
09:34I'd like an N as a Nancy.
09:35Let's give her an N, and off to a nice start.
09:38I'd like to spin against you.
09:40Okay.
09:41Okay.
09:42Okay.
09:43Okay.
09:44Come on.
09:45Come on.
09:46200 this time.
09:47I'd like an R as in Robert.
09:48Sure thing.
09:49One R.
09:50$650.
09:51Better spin again.
09:52You'd better.
09:53Yeah.
09:54Nine looks good, doesn't it?
09:55A D as in David, please.
09:56But there's no D.
09:57Oh.
09:58Sue, back to you.
09:59Okay.
10:00Come on.
10:01Thousand.
10:02Come on.
10:03Big money.
10:04No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
10:13No, no, no, no, no.
10:14Hurry, hurry, hurry.
10:15That saved a fur for you.
10:17400.
10:18Oh, okay.
10:19May I have a T as in Tom, please?
10:21No, there's no T.
10:22Sorry, Sue.
10:23Jeff.
10:24Come on.
10:25Big money.
10:26Big money.
10:27Let's go.
10:30I think you're all right this time.
10:31250.
10:32Oh, okay.
10:33May I have an L, please?
10:34Mm-hmm.
10:35One L.
10:36Wow.
10:37Okay.
10:38Let's spin.
10:39Yeah.
10:40Come on, big money, big money.
10:42Let's go.
10:46I like to play dangerous.
10:48May I have an M in Marie, please?
10:50Uh-uh, no.
10:52Diane.
10:53Come on, big money.
10:58Oh, a lot of close calls.
11:00I'd like a C as in cat, please.
11:02Here comes two C's.
11:04Diane, you have $1,150.
11:07What would you like to do?
11:08I'd like to buy a vowel, please.
11:09All right.
11:10I'd like to buy an A.
11:12There is one A, right there.
11:15I'd like to buy another vowel, please.
11:17Okay.
11:18I'd like to buy an E.
11:19We have some E's for you, two of them.
11:22Diane, $650 is what you have now.
11:26Now I'll spin.
11:33Can we get the five?
11:35Nope, 150.
11:36I would like a B as in boy.
11:39No, straight down.
11:40Come on, Sue.
11:41Oh, come on, big money.
11:45Come on.
11:46Come on, big money.
11:47No, no, no.
11:51Well, I'm sorry.
11:52Jeff.
11:53Let's spin.
11:54Come on.
11:56Let's go, let's go.
11:57Uh, uh, uh, uh.
11:58No, no, no, no.
12:00I don't believe how close you've come time after time.
12:03May I have a P as in Paul, please?
12:05There's no P.
12:07Diane.
12:09Come on.
12:14Hmm, 150.
12:15I'd like a W, please.
12:16All right, there it is.
12:17One W, 100 and, uh, rather, $800.
12:20I'm going to have to buy another Val, please.
12:22Sure.
12:23I'd like to buy an I.
12:25Give her two I's.
12:27That's a Val.
12:28All right, Diane.
12:29I'd like to sell the program.
12:30You want to sell the program?
12:31All right, $550.
12:32Who's this person?
12:33Vicki Lawrence.
12:33$550 in the playroom.
12:34Go ahead.
12:35For $330, please.
12:36For my children, the 13-inch color TV.
12:37You got it, kids.
12:38And you still have $220 left.
12:39Okay, for $150, also for them, the telescope, please.
12:41Well, they just cleaned up in this round, didn't they?
12:42$70 on a gift certificate or an account?
12:43On a gift certificate, please.
12:44Here's Charlie.
12:45Diane, see the stars with the Astronomical Telescope,
12:46one of the finest telescopes in the world.
12:47Oh, that's it.
12:48That's it.
12:49That's it.
12:50That's it.
12:51That's it.
12:52That's it.
12:53That's it.
12:54That's it.
12:55That's it.
12:56That's it.
12:57That's it.
12:58That's it.
12:59That's it.
13:03That's it.
13:04That is the gift of the world.
13:05Big, 700-millimeter objective to bring heavenly bodies
13:07155 times closer.
13:08Furnished by Bushnell.
13:10Retail value, $150.
13:12And new from Quasar, this 13-inch portable television
13:16features custom-matic tuning and Quasar Supercolor
13:19system.
13:20Retail value, $330.
13:24Having a good time?
13:25Oh, yeah.
13:26I had a hunch.
13:27She had $1,550 in prizes, but we have another round
13:29coming up, so hurry up.
13:30Hi, guys.
13:31We have $5,000 on the wheel there, that's a good-looking spot and we're going to have
13:44a good-looking puzzle here.
13:45It's a title.
13:46Jeff, go ahead.
13:47Okay.
13:48Let's go.
13:49Come on.
13:50Let's give it 5,000.
13:515,000.
13:52Come on, come on.
13:53250, I think.
13:54Nope.
13:55I may have a T as in Tom, please.
13:57No, it doesn't matter.
13:58No, two.
13:59Diane.
14:00Come on.
14:01Big money.
14:02Come on.
14:03Big money.
14:04Big money.
14:055,000.
14:06Now, everybody, hold on here.
14:07Not quite.
14:08500.
14:09I would like an N as the Nancy.
14:11We have some N's too.
14:12Two of them.
14:13That's $1,000.
14:14Oh, okay.
14:15Very nice.
14:16And there you go.
14:17I'd like to spin again, please.
14:19All right.
14:20Come on.
14:21Big money.
14:22Come on.
14:23Big money.
14:24Big money.
14:25We've seen a lot of those, haven't we?
14:27Sorry.
14:28Sue?
14:29Come on.
14:30Big money.
14:31Come on.
14:32Big money.
14:37Aw.
14:38You can't fight those, Jeff.
14:40Come on.
14:42Let's not get that.
14:43Where's the turn?
14:44250.
14:45250.
14:46I may have a D as in dog, please.
14:48Mm-hmm.
14:49A couple of Ds, $500 for you, Jeff.
14:51Okay, let's spin.
14:54Okay.
14:55Come on.
14:56Pass that bankrupt.
14:57Or before it.
14:58Or...
14:59Right.
15:00Oh.
15:01Jeff, I'm sorry.
15:02Diane.
15:03Let's go, Diane.
15:04It's time.
15:05Come on.
15:06250.
15:07And S's in Sam, please.
15:08Yes.
15:09We have some S's for each one worth $250.
15:11Three of them.
15:12You're up to $1750.
15:13I'd like to buy a vowel, please.
15:14Okay.
15:15An A.
15:16Two A's.
15:17All right.
15:18Title.
15:19Okay, I'm gonna spin.
15:20Hold on.
15:21Well, that moment of a pause costs something, because I'm gonna give the wheel a final spin.
15:34Then I will ask you to give me a letter.
15:35It's in the puzzle.
15:36You'll have five seconds to solve it.
15:38Vowel's worth nothing.
15:39Consonant's worth.
15:40Missed a big one.
15:41Can we pick up eight?
15:42Nope.
15:43$300, though, for every letter.
15:44Diane?
15:45A W, please.
15:46Yes, there is a W. And after you see it, you'll have five seconds.
15:50Days of Wine and Roses.
15:52You said it.
15:54Oh.
15:55Looking very close to a set.
15:57Yeah, that's that, too, huh?
15:58Well, Days of Wine and Roses, we have done it again.
16:01This time you have $1,800 to spend.
16:03Master bedroom.
16:04Here you go.
16:05Let's see.
16:06For $528, the Las Vegas weekend, please.
16:09All right.
16:10And you still have more than $1,200 left.
16:12Okay.
16:13Let's see.
16:14For $491, no, $407, the exercise bench and leg developer.
16:20Okay.
16:21Why not?
16:22It also tunes most foreign cars.
16:24$865 left.
16:25For $491, the bedspread.
16:28Okay, now you have $374.
16:32Okay.
16:33For $170, the clock, radio, please.
16:37$204 to go.
16:38And for $130, the clock.
16:41Okay.
16:42That's $74 to go.
16:43Any gift certificate?
16:44Gift certificate, please.
16:45You have cleaned up again, hasn't you, Charlie?
16:47Yeah.
16:48Diane, you've picked Gucci's ultra-contemporary Lucite clock.
16:50Streamlined with futuristic design.
16:52Quartz battery operated.
16:53It's yours.
16:54And it's $130.
16:56An AM-FM digital clock radio with cassette recorder, all in one with stereo speakers,
17:00digital time display, message center, and microphone.
17:03Retail value, $170.
17:05Now, you may get in shape with Excel's Brutus Bench Squat Rack and leg developer.
17:09Quality-made exerciser for the home designed to make exercising a pleasure.
17:13Furnished by Excel.
17:14Retail value, $407.
17:17And a fashionable Dakota bedroom ensemble.
17:20Beautiful bedspread, pillow shams, and decorative pillows designed in contemporary
17:24Placade, uniquely Dakota.
17:26Retail value, $491.
17:28And, Diana, it's a trip to Las Vegas!
17:32We'll fly you and a guest from Los Angeles for a two-night, three-day stay at the Sahara
17:36Las Vegas, where you may enjoy it all.
17:38From celebrity entertainment in the Congo showroom and Casbah Theater, to fine dining,
17:42furnished by the Sahara Las Vegas.
17:43You'll fly to Las Vegas aboard Pan American, the first airline to the world.
17:47Featuring gracious service, friendly faces, and years of flying experience.
17:51Pan Am, you can't beat the experience.
17:53Total retail value, $528.
17:56Oh, boy.
17:57Well, to Jeff and Sue, you had a couple of things working against you.
18:01Pretty good player here, and a lot of bad luck down there as well.
18:03But we have some nice parting gifts for both of you.
18:05Thanks for being here.
18:07Now, Diane, try to cheer up.
18:08You have $3,350 in prizes, and she's going to play our bonus round.
18:13That's coming, right?
18:14Oh.
18:15You're three for three, and might as well make it four for four.
18:24Right.
18:25What are you going to play for in the bonus round?
18:26The Pontiac Fiero.
18:27Be a nice capital to the show.
18:28That's true.
18:29Diane, it's here, and it's hot.
18:30America's first mid-engine production car, the totally new Fiero, only from Pontiac.
18:35We build excitement.
18:36Retail value, $12,752.
18:38Whoa.
18:39Whoa.
18:40Okay, the category this time is person, and the way this works, it's simple.
18:51You give us five consonants and one vowel.
18:54I like a T as in Tom.
18:55That's one.
18:56An S as in Sam.
18:57Two.
18:58An N as in Nancy.
19:00Three.
19:01An R as in Robert.
19:02Four.
19:03And an L as in Larry.
19:05Now comes the vowel.
19:06And E, please.
19:08It is.
19:09Amanda, we'll show you how well you've done at choosing letters.
19:12We ask our audience not to do any thinking out loud, please.
19:15Offer any assistance playing for a beautiful car and over $16,000 in prizes.
19:20Mm-hmm.
19:21All right.
19:22It is a person.
19:23You have 15 seconds to talk it out.
19:26Take your time on this, Diane.
19:27Good luck.
19:28Carl Reiner.
19:29If you need more...
19:30Thanks, Daddy.
19:31Thanks, Dad.
19:32Good.
19:33All right, Reiner it is.
19:35And this is all the Reiner kids.
19:38Woo!
19:39Woo!
19:40Woo!
19:41Woo!
19:42Woo!
19:43I just lost that one.
19:44Why don't you all turn around so we can all see you?
19:48Tell you what, we are going to take you, Diane, and I'm going to remove that, and Vanna
19:52is going to let you have a seat in the car.
19:54Why don't you all gather around?
19:55We're going to go fill her up and take her for a spin.
19:56Be right back.
19:57Congratulations.
19:58$16,102.
19:59Yay!
20:00Woo!
20:01Woo!
20:02Woo!
20:03Woo!
20:04Woo!
20:05Woo!
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20:07Woo!
20:08Woo!
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20:12Woo!
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20:18Woo!
20:19Woo!
20:20Woo!
20:21Woo!
20:22Woo!
20:23Woo!
20:24You can see in a photo album here this whole group as we look back here.
20:27Here we are in the Rockies posing by Diane's new car.
20:30Congratulations!
20:32Speak right into my clavicle.
20:33You had a very nice show here.
20:34$16,102.
20:35Who is this group quickly?
20:37Um...
20:38My family!
20:39The family, yes.
20:40We...
20:41That is shortened form.
20:42Hey, congratulations to all of you.
20:43It's been an exciting show.
20:44We, uh, we'll see you next time for more of the same.
20:47The Vanawai Tatsay Drag saying how I am.
20:49The press of the rise of the furniture
20:53who has inspired the show
20:54have been rounded off
20:55with me with dollar.
20:56Gifts and critics do not include sales tax.
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