[ cheers and applause ] hi, everybody. thank you. thank you, jim. all right. go. how you doin so, you'rere here, huh? all right, get ready. $1,000 we'll give away in our first "toss up." here it comes. the category is "place." and we're off and running here. [ bell chimes ] audra. my home away from home. yeah, that's -- that's what this place is to me. audra stam. you won $1,000. congratulations. thank you very much. from indianapolis. a newlywed. yes. i am a recent newlywed, d to my lovely husband, eric. oh, good. well, you're lovely, as well. and you're also a receptionist. what kd of business do you work for? i work at an arctectural and engineering firm in downtown. anand you'rere a runner. yes. i just started well, not just started.

i've got a few races under my belt, so i'm going that direction. all right, well, win some more moneney tonight. good to have you here. thank you. rodney crow, hi. round rock, texas. you are a certified golf-course superintendent. that i am, one of less th 1,600 in the world. wow. i was gonna say, that's not -- does every golf course have a superintendent? no, sir. there are some that don't, but most do. you're married? i am, married for 16 years, have two lovely children -- cameron that's 8 and carson that is 11. nice to have you here. laramie williams is from littleton, colorado. let's hear about you. what do you do b back there? i work for a national l compay in sales that helps commercial contractors fi work. yeah, that's by day, but by night? by night, i enjoy acting. i do a little bit of improv here and ther and this man claims toave been -- rodney, you might want to move over. this man's claimed to be struck by lightning tee times. yeah, never directly on my head, but i was in my cacar, i was on my bike. the shock knocked me off my bike,

and it struck right by me a third time. but you're okay. i'm okay. everyone says that i should go buy a lotteryry ticket. i say, "yeah, 'cause i'm so lucky?" [ laughter ] exactly. all right, well, everything's fine. this is a domed stadium. t's do another "toss up" here. this is worth $2,000, and the category is "show biz." here wgo. bell chimes ] laramie. double failure. no. anybody else? [ bell chimes ] audra. double feature. yeah, that's it. [ applause ] audra got the $2,000. she'll be spinning the wheel in a moment.ere's jim. okay, pat. tonight's jackpot round is brought to you by meineke car care center announcer: getting your car seiced at meineke -- smart. saving time by booking an appointment online -- even smarter. online scheduling --ailab. and here's tonight's featured prize.

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d. and you get four d's. boy, you're getting them in bunches here. i will buy an o. uh-huh. oh, no, , i'm sorry. my mistake. there is no o in that. i got you all excited for nothing. that's all right. t. there's one t. i'd like to buy an e, please. there's no e. [ buzzer ] laramie. y. uh-h-huh. three y's. all right. $1,500. what do you want to do? i'd like to solve the puzzle. sure. friday, saturday, and sunday. yeah. all right. [ cheers and applause ] nice going. thank you. congratulations. yeah. rob, that's the best puzzle since the old tuesday, wednesday, thursday

we did a couple of years ago. got $1,500. we have a commercial. we'll be back. you only hurt the onesou lo. cheers and applause ] nice job.

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r. uh-huh, two r's. get you going. 1,200 bucks. c. yeah, one c. i will buy an a, please. all right, let's give her one a right there. l. well, there are two l's. that's $2,000. plus, you have some other money. you'd be risking $3,750 to have a peek under there, but it could be $10,000, audra. it's a 50/50 chance. what do you think? what do you think? i'm gonna go f for it. all right. i hope that's it. let's see the big 10. yeah. aah! all right. right down there. ththere you go. i will buy a vowel, plplease. o. yes, two o's.

oh, man. oh! of course. audra, i i'm sorry. i shouldn't even make you do that. that's all right. i'm sorry about that. oh, rodney, you got yourself a "lose a turn" there. i'm sorry. laramie. laramie: spin. well, that's just a regular old $1,000 space. p. and you get a regular old $1,000. right. oh, my gosh. get out of there. oh, no. audrau even though we took the 10 grand away from you, we do at least give you another turn. oh. of course. audra, you want to get a key and lock up? yeah. rodney, it's your tu. b. yeah, there's a b. will he be glad he did? it's gonna be a close call. look at thatat. all right.

f. would you like an f? yeah, , i'll bet he would. there it comes. i'd like to solve, pat. go ahead. super bowl of cereal. yeah. [ cheers and applause ] i didn't think it was coming back to you. well, somehow, it worked out. roundabout way. yeah, yeah, yeah. $4,050 is what you ended up with. you also ended up with a wild card. yes, sir. and you' end up with these messages. it seemed like a fair deal to me. [ cheers and applause ] get rewarded for using the sony card. wheel watchers club members with an active sony card could win $10,000 with $5k every day plus. find out how at win10k.com.

that's the category for is next round, and it's a prize puzzle, too. we have a tight match here. laramie, let's see what you can do. all rit.

that's what you can do. t. three t's. yes! $10,500. can i buy a vowel, please? sure. e. three e's. hold your breath. oh! oh! boy, we've been taking big money away from people here. audra. okayay! boy, you had just enough rice krispies this morning. i did. r, please. let's see. there's an r. pick up that $1 million, speaking of big money. all right, right down the. of course, you can't spend any of that, so you'll need to spin the wheel again if you want to. s. one s. $500. i will buy an i. and there are two i's.

$500. n. three n's. [ horn honks ] h. i thought somemeone was here to pick you up. one h, yeah. pick up that half car. this is the last round to get the other half, so not a lot of time to do it. i will buy an a. yes. that is the one. and that's the last of the vowels, too. you know, she's gonna come close to that car. look at that. [ horn honks ] g. there's a g. pick up that other half. she has the $1 million wedge, she has two half cars, which makes a whole car, pick and $2,500.er half. audra, spin or solve. $400. what letter? d. i think she figured it out. i'd like to solve, please. go ahead. "dancing in the street."

yeah. [ eers and applause ] aah! oh, my gosh! what, did you bring -- aah! sorry! jim, tell her what she got here. you got it, pat. congratulations, audra. you just won a new ford fiesta. your road trip awaits from star ford. $15,090. she has such a poker face. she's -- "i don't know it," and then she picks -- whoa! [ laughter ] what else you got here? oh, my, this little green sparkly thing that you can hang on to, and you got a big lead at t this moment -- $20,9. but things can change in a hurry on the "wheel." oh, wait mine!ot a big lead at t this moment -- $20,9. [ gasps ] wait a minute. wait a minute. oh, my god, i totally forgot! there's so much going on. we got cars, we got a million bucks. i almost didn't send you to belize. what is wrong with me? , my gosh! oh, my gosh! you're confusing me.

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and said people are dependent on government. itit scares me to think of ken cuccinelli as governor. i think he is way out of touch with everybody." "food & drink" -- that's the categorory. vanna, let's go. [ bell chimes ] audra. florida oranges. yeah. wow. she is very close to $30,000. category is "phrase," and, audra, you're going to actually watch me spin the wheel. then i'll ask you to give me letters to the puzzle. you'll have three seconds to solve it. vowels worth nothing. consonants -- pretty good. we'll add $1,000. $1,800 apiece. category -- "phrase." audra, let's start with you and get a letter. t. one t.

[ buzzer ] rodney. s. one s. just getting started here with this puzzle. three seconds. [ buzzer ] laramie. n. two n's. that's $3,600. other way. whoop! [ laughs ] okay. [ buzzer ] audra. r. one r. [ buzzer ] rodney. d. two d's. when vanna's out of there, you'll have three seconds. quiet in the studio, please, folklks. [ buzzer ] laramie. e. no money for vowels, as you know, but they can be helpful, and they'll buy you three more seconds

when vanna clears the puzzle, which is about now. [ buzzer ] audra. no h. rodney. c. one c. i'd like to solve. do it. like a kid in a candy store. yeah! [ cheers and applause ] nice going. well, i'll tell you what. when you finish in second place, that's not a bad toll to do that with. not a bad day at all. all cash -- $11,250. nice job, rodney. congratulations to you. well, i'm glad you rticipated. you won 1,500 bucks. hope you had a gooood d time. i did. we enjoyed having you. yogood luck to you.. than for being here.d d time. hey, you did it. yes! what have you got there? what are we leaving out? there's some green t thing. where is it? can you find it for me? oh, there it is. oh, yes. she's taking this to the bonus round. she's also taking $29,835 cash and prizes. we'll be right back. you already got a car. you already got a trip.

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be happy. be healthy. she's gogot a car. she's got ca-- life's pretty good here, isn't it? yes, it is. who's out in the audience there? i have my wonderful husband, eric, and my dad, greg. higuys. you look good with that between you there. all right, you ready to do this? now, what we've done is we've taken the $100,000 envelope out of there, thrown iaway, 'cause that's change. and we put the $1 million in its place. so, it's out there somewhere. it's a lot of good stuff,

so whatever you land on, it's gonna be terrific. go ahead and spin the w whe. and...this one. hand me that. thank you. audra, come on. we're gonna head this way. all right, you breathing okay? everything good? yes. okay, just another puzzle, okay? "thing" is the category tonight. r, s, t, l, n, e. you're a good solver. we'll see what happens. but you're not gonna get a lot of help from miss white there, so let's get three more consonants and one more vowel. um...h. that's one. c. two. p. and a vowel. a. well, you are gonna get some help, but will it be enough? well, that's up to you to decide here. we'll find out soon. audience, please -- obviously, very important -- nothing from you. shh! all right, "thing" is the category. you have 10 seconds to try to talk it out.

good luck. uh, pla-- uh, plaid... [ groans ] [ buzzer ] well, it was plaid, and... i know. i use it. i should remember that. now, we don't want to see the $1 million here. that's correct. so, hopefully, it's -- well, it's a little less than $1 million. 30 grand. she's actually pleased to see this, but she's won $29,835. stay right here. got to show the folks. you might be interesteted, to. she landed here on the e. it was just two spaces over. that's howlose she was, but, as it turned out, we're just as glad she didn't hit it, but there it was -- ththe $1 million. she had a great night, though, and we have a real quick word, and then i'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ] vanna: troducing $5k every day plus! wheel watchers club members with an active sony card can now double their winnings to $10,000. if this is your spin i.d. number --

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