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00:00From Sony Pictures Studios, it's America's Game!
00:08Wheel of Fortune!
00:16It's season 40 and it's an XL celebration.
00:21That's a guarantee of $40,000.
00:24And you have the chance to win a fabulous vacation.
00:26Double the chance to win a million dollars.
00:28Wow! That's XL.
00:31Ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show.
00:34That's Z Jack and Vanna White.
00:37Hello there! Thank you, Jim.
00:41I enjoyed that stroll.
00:44Thank you very much. Have an XL show.
00:48Hi all. Good to see you.
00:50Welcome back. It's another XL week here.
00:53We've got the XL wedge.
00:54Double the chance to win a million.
00:56Plus a chance for you at home to win a vacation and cash.
00:59We'll get to all that later.
01:00But right now, let's get to our first toss-up.
01:02Everybody get ready for it.
01:03$1,000 at stake.
01:05People is the category.
01:07Vanna, let's go.
01:16And it's Praveen.
01:18Capacity crowd.
01:20That's it. You got it.
01:24Nothing to it for Praveen Pamedi.
01:27He's here from Orlando, Florida.
01:29Nice to have you with us. You won $1,000.
01:31Now, you're a sneakers person, right?
01:33I love trying to hunt for rare and hard-to-find sneakers.
01:36I don't know the sneaker world.
01:38Is there an athlete or brand that's hard to find?
01:41There is. Most of my sneakers I buy are based off of a couple of my favorite basketball players.
01:46So finding those shoes, as we call them, grail shoes, it can be a challenge.
01:50Wow. Well, I wish you luck in your quest.
01:53Thank you very much.
01:54Nice to have you here.
01:55Hi, Julie.
01:56Hi.
01:57You have a big sneaker collection.
01:58No, I don't. Sorry.
01:59Julie Kiefer is from Findlay, Ohio.
02:01Let's start with your family.
02:02Okay. I'm married to my husband, Joe.
02:04We've been married 29 years, and we have two adult children, Sawyer and Haley.
02:08Now, when you find something, you'll like it.
02:10You'll stay with it, like your husband, for example.
02:12Been a long time.
02:1329.
02:14And teaching. You did that for a long time.
02:16Yes. I recently retired.
02:17I taught junior high, high school math for 34 years,
02:20and now I play pickleball and work out at the Y.
02:22It's good to have you here.
02:24I hope you win a lot of money tonight.
02:26Jamerson Green, how you doing?
02:27I'm doing good.
02:28From Harlem in New York, right?
02:29Originally from Flint, Michigan.
02:30Okay. Anime is one of your things.
02:32Yeah. One of my dreams is to go to Japan.
02:34Anime is amazing.
02:35All the animation and how many hours they put in.
02:37Yeah.
02:38People don't see that.
02:39I mean, it's a big thing for people.
02:40Yeah.
02:41And so talk about the sneaker business here.
02:43So I've been in sneakers for pretty much all my life, 20 years.
02:47And you own a bunch?
02:49I heard that you're not supposed to count how many you have,
02:51but I can say maybe over 100, 150.
02:54Wow. Very cool.
02:55Well, have you two been talking sneakers?
02:58We talked a little bit.
02:59I think I may have them beat in a couple of different pairs of shoes,
03:01but I respect this collection.
03:03All right.
03:04It's debatable.
03:05Why don't we move from sneaker competition to Wheel of Fortune, okay?
03:08Get ready for our second toss-up.
03:09This one is worth $2,000.
03:11And the category is events.
03:14Here we go.
03:20Julia.
03:21Shopping spree.
03:22There you go.
03:23And you have time for that, too?
03:24Yes.
03:25So she gets the $2,000.
03:26She'll be spinning in a moment.
03:28Fun and games is the category for this first round.
03:31Julia, let's see you spin now.
03:37Well, it's a quiet beginning.
03:40Jamerson, we move to you.
03:41Okay.
03:43All right.
03:44M.
03:46He'd like an M.
03:47Give him an M.
03:48And pick up that gift tag for us, would you please?
03:50That's a $1,000 gift certificate for Mario Badescu's skin care products.
03:56You're going to act out every product, right?
03:58Make me a stand-up critic.
03:59All right.
04:00What do you want to do?
04:01You have $500.
04:02All right.
04:03All right.
04:04All right.
04:05All right.
04:06All right.
04:07All right.
04:08All right.
04:09All right.
04:10All right.
04:12$500.
04:18$900.
04:19N.
04:20Let's see.
04:21Four N's.
04:22That's a good way to start.
04:24Jamerson, you have $4,100 already.
04:27I would like to buy a vowel.
04:29Okay.
04:30E.
04:31Yeah, one E.
04:36I would like to buy an A.
04:39Oh, you would, A.
04:40of them. Anything else? I would like to buy an O. There he goes. He's seen the show before.
04:49Three O's. Anything else? I would like to buy an I. Okay. There are four I's. Well you
05:01bought the right vowels. They are all gone now. You bought us out of them. So it's spin
05:05or sell from here on out. Five hundred. G. Sure. Four G's. Jamison you have five thousand
05:19one hundred dollars. We'll show you the G's and then we'll ask what you want to do next.
05:25I would like to solve. Okay. Singing along with my favorite song. Yeah. We work hard
05:38on these puzzles. If you're going to make it look that easy, we're just not going to
05:41do it. Nice going. Six thousand one hundred dollars. Good news. Everybody has some money.
05:46We like it just that way. We're just getting started. We'll be back with more XL. Tis the
05:51season for our secret Santa holiday giveaway. I could be your secret Santa. Everything I
05:56win. You could win. Wheel watchers could win everything the contestants win. From big money
06:02to magical Disney vacations. But for your chance to win, you've got to have your spin.
06:06Spin I.D. that is. Go to wheeloffortune.com and sign up for the Wheel Watchers Club by
06:10November 20th. Santa's coming to town. Ten thousand dollars. There are two million dollar
06:19wedges on the wheel. That'd be nice. And by the way, during XL week, if you go to the
06:22bonus round with a million dollar wedge, you have two chances, not just one on that wheel.
06:26So a lot to look forward to. We hope same name is the category for this next round.
06:31Jameson, you'll start. Seven hundred. S. There is an S. Just a one, but that gets you going.
06:53Six hundred. N. Yeah. Three N's. Here he goes again. Twenty five hundred dollars he has.
07:01There you go. I would like to buy an E. Give the man some E's. I would like to buy an A.
07:12And here come three A's. I would like to buy an O. Well, this time it didn't work out.
07:21There's no O. Praveen, your turn. Six fifty. T. There's a T. Yep. I'd like to buy a vowel.
07:35I. Yes. Three I's. Once again, all the vowels are gone. Hey, that looks good. Thirty five
07:48hundred dollars. L. Yes. One L. Nine hundred. D. Well, we've got that one settled.
08:08Six fifty. R. Yeah. One R. Seven hundred. B. You got it. Two B's.
08:28Well, look at that. Oh, wow. Wow. What letter would you like? C. Well, you'll like this.
08:34There are two of them. I'd like to solve. Sure. Caribbean and Kitchen Island. You got it. Yeah.
08:49I didn't have you pick up that trip. I didn't want to break your concentration. Pick it up now,
08:53because if you do that, Jim Thornton will tell you all about it.
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09:17travel for adults. Visit RoadScholar.org. Eight thousand two hundred dollars.
09:23Wow. I think one of those buildings was bent. Praveen, a big round for you. You're up to
09:30$17,050. He has the lead, but we have a prize puzzle coming up in our next round,
09:34so the money's getting big around here. We'll try to keep it going. We'll be back.
09:42Don't go away. Our XL prize puzzle round is coming up next,
09:46and you have the chance to win a fabulous vacation plus $5,000 cash. So stay right there.
09:54Well, things are going swimmingly here. We're going to try to keep it going now.
09:57Phrase is the category, and this is our prize puzzle round. And Praveen,
10:01it's your turn to start. Come on. He has a lead at this point.
10:10Well, let's start with a letter. Yeah, I know. Mixed feelings always. What letter would you like?
10:16T. Well, there are four Ts. That's a $4,000 start. Well, you can't hit that express any
10:22earlier than you did. Do you want to do this? If you do, you keep calling consonants. You get
10:25$1,000 for each one. You can buy vowels, but if you miss any letter, it's a bankrupt. You going
10:29to go for this? I'm going for it. There you go. Climb on board. All right. What do you want to
10:35start with? S. Do we have an S? We have three of them. Another $3,000 for you. Might as well take
10:43your time while they're coming up. Think about your next move, which will be? O. Buying a vowel,
10:49two of them. And now? A. Yes, two As.
11:07H. Yep, $3,000 more.
11:11$9,500. What do you want to do next for me? K. One K.
11:28N. Yeah, very methodical here. Two Ns.
11:33G. There's a G.
11:42I wonder what he'll call next. W. There's a certain method he has here. There are two Ws.
11:51Let them come up and we'll get out of there and then you'll tell us what you want to do next.
11:56L. There's an L. And there's another L. And there's another L.
12:04Now what letter would you like? V. There is a V.
12:10I guess you want to solve this now. This takes things to a whole new level. Wow.
12:20Nice job. Nice job. How about the island of CuraƧao?
12:30Bravine, see how beautiful blue can be as you escape to the sun-kissed waters of the
12:35southern Caribbean at the CuraƧao Marriott Beach Resort. This tropical oasis creates
12:39magical memories to last a lifetime. CuraƧao, feel it for yourself. And here's an extra large
12:45upgrade, $5,000 cash. This XL prize package, $11,834. So when we add everything up, my friend,
12:56you have $48,384 cash prizes. Everybody hang in. And by the way, someone at home
13:04has a chance to win that great trip we just talked about and that $5,000 as well. Here's Jim.
13:10Here's tonight's XL prize puzzle. Enter it at WheelOfFortune.com for your chance to win a
13:14vacation to CuraƧao, plus $5,000 cash in our XL vacay giveaway. Closed captioning is brought to
13:22you by the following. So we'll do a triple toss up here. Everybody has those devices in their
13:27hands. We're ready for it. Things, the category for all three of these puzzles. Here is number one.
13:32Robin. Wedding invitations. Yeah, that's it. Yes, I just got it. Yeah. So we'll move to number two.
13:53Ooh, Jamerson. Wedding gifts. No, good thought, but that's not it. Everybody else now.
14:02Robin. Wedding photos. Yeah, that's it.
14:11Well, he gets the next one. He'll get not $6,000, but $10,000. Here we go.
14:24Julie. Wedding presents. Yeah, there you go. Julie gets the last one. That doubles her money.
14:30She's got $4,000. Good for you. As we move on to our next puzzle, which is food and drink. Julie,
14:35you've got that last toss up. You're controlling the wheel, so you're going to give it a final
14:38spin for us. I hear that sound means time's running a little short. We'll add $1,000 to that.
14:46So $1,700 for every consonant we find. Food and drink is the category, and we start with you,
14:52Julie. A letter, please. T. No, there's no T. Jamerson. M. Three M's.
15:04Three seconds.
15:08Robin. N. Two M's.
15:18Three seconds.
15:22Julie. G. Yeah, let these G's come up, and Vanna's going to move out,
15:28and then you will have three seconds to tell us what's up there.
15:35Jamerson.
15:38L. No, Pravin.
15:44P. Yeah.
15:52A. Julie.
15:55A. No money for your three A's,
15:58but they're going to be helpful. What do we have? Magnum of champagne. There you go.
16:07Oh, wow. Well, I know. I'm going to hop up here next to you. That turned out okay.
16:12I'll take it. Yeah, well, you have to. It's part of the rules. $3,400 that round. It turned out
16:16to be a good show for you. $7,400. Thank you very much. Pleasure having you here.
16:21I'll be back to chat with you in a moment. Let me move over here. Well, you know, it really was a
16:26good having you here. You're a terrific player, and a fun guy, and you won $6,100. Thank you very
16:32much. Thank you. Well, you did it. Big, you have two trips. Not one, but two. You're going to
16:39Curacao. You're going to Italy, and you have $52,384 cash and prizes. That's awesome. So,
16:46here are your three categories you get to choose for the bonus round. Phrase,
16:51thing, and place. What strikes your fancy? Place. Okay, that's his choice. He's stuck with it.
16:57We'll see what happens when we come back. Well, here we are in bonus land. You know,
17:03we have $100,000 envelope out there, lots of other good dollar amounts.
17:06You know how much money you have in cash and prizes? Would you guess? Just guess in round
17:10numbers. $50,000. $384. He pretended he didn't know. For one thing, there are cue cards all
17:19around us. Like, I'm going to remember that. Anyway, you ready to spin the wheel? I am. Go
17:24ahead. But thanks for playing along. All right, where are we going here? What do we like?
17:33I'll take that for you, and you'll head over here if you would, please. Stop right there.
17:43Now, you chose place as the category I'd like to play. R, S, T, L, N, E. We always start with
17:48those letters. Vanna will get them up. Ask our audience to cooperate by being very quiet as we
17:53go through this. All right, your turn. Three more consonants. One more vowel.
18:00D. M.
18:12H. And a vowel.
18:16A. Those last two letters may have saved your bacon, as we say in the pork business.
18:23Aha. Place is the category. You have only 10 seconds to come up with this. Good luck.
18:35Airplane hangar. Yeah. I was worried they'd call it H in the A.
18:41That did it for you, and look what you got.
18:43Ravine, how's this for an extra luxurious ride? Your all-new Lincoln Corsair,
18:54offering the perfect balance of elegance and agility with advanced technology and
18:57elite performance from Star Ford Lincoln Mazda. $45,070. Here he comes, Vanna. Look out.
19:07And a new car. All right. $97,454. Wow. That's excellent.
19:21Want more Wheel? Follow me, Maggie Sajak, on Instagram.
19:26It's funny, in the bonus round, when they're calling letters, I find myself telepathically
19:30trying to get them, and it rarely works, but he was in trouble until they called the H in the A.
19:34He did, and it worked out. It did, yeah. Almost $100,000 without
19:37picking up the $100,000. Over $97,000, but we have more. It's XL Week. We'll see you tomorrow.
19:43Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
19:45Want to be a contestant? For virtual auditions, go to wheeloffortune.com.