Eris: Hey, everyone! The show's almost starting!

Kio: So don't forget to watch in a brightly-lit room, and don't sit too close to the monitor.

[Showtime!]

Audience: WHEEL OF FORTUNE!!!

[Cheers and applause]

Alvin: The famous wheel is spinning your way towards thousands of dollars in cash! And now from the ACME Studios, here’s the stars of our show, Jonathan Mann!

Jon: [enters HQ] WHOO!!!

Alvin: And iKing!

iKing: [enters HQ] Hello and welcome!

[Cheers and applause]

Jon: Hello, and happy pre-Thanksgiving! Welcome to Wheel of Fortune--ACME Crime Net's way! I am assuming you folks at home are getting ready for your Thanksgiving dinner.

iKing: Before we begin our show today, our next show will be our last show of 2017. 

Jon: That is correct, iKing. And next time we get together, one of my favorite holiday movies is celebrating it's 25th Anniversary this year. 

iKing: And our next episode will center around that film. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it. 

Jon: Right now, we got three contestants who are getting those puzzle solving skills ready to win lots of C-A-S-H for the holidays. So, Alvin, are you ready to do your thing?

Alvin: Yes, I am!

Jon: Who are today's contestants?

Alvin: Our first contestant is an avid poet and hopes to visit Washington D.C. From Harlem, meet Naomi Symone!

Our second contestant loves writing stories and enjoys volleyball. From Staten Island, meet Amanda-Sue Gobi!

He's into video games and animes and hopes to voice in one someday. From Upper Manhatthan, meet Yuhan Dan!

[Applause]

Jon: Contestants, are you ready to play?

Contestants: Yes!

Jon: Let's look at our wheel.




There’s hundreds of dollars in cash waiting to be won. You spin the wheel, guess a letter. If that letter’s in the puzzle, the money will be added to your bank. Guess a letter that's not in the puzzle, you lose your turn. If you solve the puzzle, the money is banked to your total. But be careful of those two black and white spaces. Lose a Turn – which means you land on that, your turn is over automatically. And finally, the Bankrupt.

[Audience boos]

Jon: Yeah. Land on that, all of the money in the round goes away. If you have no money and if the other player has money, a wedge will be able to help you out. It's called Power.

iKing: POWER!!!

Jon: Land on that wedge, guess the correct letter, and you can steal whatever money the player has in the round. And finally, we have Free Spin, if at anytime you lose your turn, you get a free one. We’ll explain more about that as we go along. Whoever has the most cash at the end of the game, will play for a chance to win up to 10x their total. Right now, let’s take a look at our first puzzle of the day. iKing? 

iKing: The category is Food and Drink.

Jon: We need two commas, and an ampersand.
[_ _ _ _ _ _  , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ,   
&  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _]

Jon: There's the puzzle. Naomi, you won the coin-toss backstage. Spin that wheel.

[Naomi spins]

[$0]

Jon: Okay, no money. But keeps your turn.

Naomi: Is there a M?

iKing: I don't believe it. There are none of those in the puzzle! Good.

Jon: Amanda-Sue, your turn.

[Amanda-Sue spins]

[$250]

Amanda-Sue: R.

iKing: Well, what do you know. There's a quartet of R's in there.

[_ _ R _ _ _  , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ,   
&  _ R _ _ _ _ R R _   _ _ _ _ _]

Jon: $1,000 to your total. You can buy a vowel, spin the wheel, or solve the puzzle.

Amanda-Sue: I am going to buy a vowel. A.

iKing: A pair of A's.

[_ _ R _ _ _  , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ,   
&  _ R A _ _ _ R R _   _A_ _ _ _]

Jon: Takes you down to $750.

Amanda-Sue: I'll buy another vowel. An E.

iKing: Three Stooges. Three Chipmunks. Three Chipettes. There are Three E's!

[_ _ R _ E _  , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ,   
&  _ R A _ _ E R R _   _A_ _ _ E]

Jon: $500.

[Amanda-Sue spins]

[$750]

[Applause]

Amanda-Sue: T.

iKing: I don't believe it you know how many they are? Two!

[T _ R _ E _  , _ T _ _ _ _ _ _ ,   
&  _ R A _ _ E R R _   _A_ _ _ E]

Jon: $2000.

Amanda-Sue: I'll buy the I.

iKing: One.

[T _ R _ E _  , _ T _ _ _ I _ _ ,   
&  _ R A _ _ E R R _   _A_ _ _ E]

Jon: $1750.

Amanda-Sue: And the U.

Jon: Three U's.

[T U R _ E _  , _ T U _ _ I _ _ ,   
&  _ R A _ _ E R R _   _A U _ E]

iKing: Well, ACME Vowel Net has informed me there are no more vowels left to be found the puzzle. Spin or solve?

[Amanda-Sue spins]

[$400]

Amanda-Sue: S.

Jon: Two S's.

[T U R _ E _  , S T U _ _ I _ _ ,   
&  _ R A _ _ E R R _   S A U _ E]

Jon: Takes you to $2,300.

[Amanda-Sue spins again]

[As the wheel is at Lose A Turn]

Jon: Get off that Lose A Turn!

[$500]

Jon: Thank you.

Amanda-Sue: N.

Jon: Two N's.

[T U R _ E _  , S T U _ _ I N _ ,   
&  _ R A N _ E R R _   S A U _ E]
 
Jon: $3,300.

[Amanda-Sue spins again]

[$25]

Amanda-Sue: F.

iKing: There are two F's!

[T U R _ E _  , S T U F F I N _ ,   
&  _ R A N _ E R R _   S A U _ E]

Jon: $3,350.

Amanda-Sue: I am gonna solve.

Jon: For $3,350. What is it?

Amanda-Sue: TURKEY, STUFFING, & CRANBERRY SAUCE.

Jon: That's it!

[Applause]

[TURKEY, STUFFING
& CRANBERRY SAUCE]

iKing: Nice work! You solved the puzzle like a professional.

Jon: $3,350 added to your total. Let's take look at the wheel for our next round.



The top dollar value on the wheel is $1,000. And we’ve added another Bankrupt. This time it’s called a Super Bankrupt. 

[Audience boos]

Jon: Each spin, you’ll be risking everything you won up to that point, even in the previous round. If you land on that wedge, your money goes to the Car Rental Agent before Neal will be doing a lot of swears at him.

[Laughter!]

Jon: What's our next puzzle, iKing?

iKing: The category is Event.

Jon: We need an apostrophe.

[_ _ _ _ ' _   
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _   _ _ _ _ _]

Jon: There's the puzzle. And Amanda-Sue, give that wheel a rotation.

[Amanda-Sue spins]

[$100]

Amanda-Sue: R.

iKing: What do you know? There's one.

[_ _ _ _ ' _   
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _   _ _ R _ _]

Jon: Not enough money to buy a vowel. Spin the wheel again.

[Amanda-Sue spins again]

[Bankrupt]

iKing: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw!!!

Jon: That $100 is gone. Yuhan, it's your turn.

[Yuhan spins]

[$175]

Yuhan: Is there a S?

iKing: Two S's.

[_ _ _ _ ' S   
_ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _   _ _ R _ _]

Jon: $350.

[Yuhan spins again]

[$150]

Yuhan: N?

iKing: Not one but two!

[_ _ _ _ ' S   
_ _ _ N _ S _ _ _ N _
_ _ _   _ _ R _ _]

Jon: $650.

[Yuhan spins again]

[$650]

Yuhan: Is there a M?

Jon: One.

[M _ _ _ ' S   
_ _ _ N _ S _ _ _ N _
_ _ _   _ _ R _ _]

Jon: $1,300.

[Yuhan spins again]

[Lose A Turn]

iKing: It's beginning to look alike like the next player's turn. Time to end your turn.

[Laughter!]

Jon: So that means, it's Naomi's turn.

[Naomi spins]

[$1000]

[Applause]

Jon: Is there an Y?

iKing: Let's see two of those at that amount equals....OH MA DANG!!!

[M _ _ Y ' S   
_ _ _ N _ S _ _ _ N _
_ _ Y   _ _ R _ _]

Jon: You got $2,000, Naomi.

[Naomi spins again]

[$500]

Naomi: G.

Jon: Two G's.

[M _ _ Y ' S   
_ _ _ N _ S G _ _ N G
_ _ Y   _ _ R _ _]

Jon: $3,000.

[Naomi spins again]

[As the wheel is at $200 getting ready to land on Super Bankrupt]

Jon: Stop! Stop! Stop!

[$200]

Jon: WHEW!!! So close to being Super Bankrupted.

Naomi: C.

iKing: You're in luck, we got one.

[M _ C Y ' S   
_ _ _ N _ S G _ _ N G
_ _ Y   _ _ R _ _]

Jon: $3,200.

[Naomi spins again]

[$825]

Naomi: P.

Jon: One P.

[M _ C Y ' S   
_ _ _ N _ S G _ _ N G
_ _ Y   P _ R _ _]

Jon: Over $4,000. $4,025.

[Naomi spins again]

[$800]

Naomi: D.

Jon: Two D's.

[M _ C Y ' S   
_ _ _ N _ S G _ _ N G
D _ Y   P _ R _ D _]

Jon: $5,600.

Naomi: I am solving.

Jon: For $5,600. What is this Event?

Naomi: MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE.

Jon: That's it! 

[Applause]

[MACY'S
THANKSGIVING
DAY PARADE]

Jon: Well done, Naomi. $5,600 for you. Amanda Sue has $3,350. Yuhan, you can pick up some more cash in the next round which I will explain in a second. But before I do that, I want to remind the viewers at home about our contest. Here's the puzzle solution from our last show, the category was Person.

[PLAINTIFF]

And here's who won today.

WINNERS:

Mu Shum
Los Angeles, CA

Allison Janko
Hot Springs, AZ

Dexter Wenver
Tyler, TX

Kevin O'Neal
Jerusalem, OH

Eleanor Luven
Nashville, TN

Jon: Congratulations to the winners! And now here's your new puzzle. The category is Title.

[_ E L E _ _ R _ Y 
_ _ N _ - _ _ N _ - _ _ N _]

Jon: Fifteen seconds on the clock starting now.

[Afterwards...]

[BUZZER!]

Jon: Pencils down. Write down the solution on a postcard along with your name and address and sent it to...



ACME Crime Net
P.O. Box 4300
New York, NY 10163

Or enter at PBS.org

Each time ACME Wheel airs, we will pick five people who’s puzzle solutions are correct and send them each an ACME T-Shirt and $50. This is open to residents of the United States and Canada, ten years of age or older. Void were prohibited by law. Employees and family members of ACME Crime Net, PBS, or it’s affiliations are not eligible.  All entries must be received by Friday to be eligible for the drawing on our next show. There’s a limit of one entry per person per week.  Any duplicate entries will be considered disqualified. Not responsible for lost or misdirected entries. For full contest rules, write this address or go to PBS.org. Solve the puzzle, and you could win a T-Shirt and fifty bucks! Okay, contestants. It is time now for our next round which is also our $500 Bonus Category round.



The top dollar value on the Wheel is $2000. Don’t forget about those Bankrupts, and Super Bankrupts. And if you solve the puzzle, you can win an extra $500 by doing one very small task. iKing, what's the category?

iKing: The category is Who Said It? And If you can tell me who says that line it will be worth $500. Good luck.

[_ _ _ _ _   _ _ _
_ _  _ _ _ _   _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _]

Jon: Yuhan, spin that wheel.

[Yuhan spins]

[$1250]

Yuhan: R.

iKing: There are a trio of them.

[_ _ _ R _   _ R _
_ _  _ _ _ _   _ _   _ _ _ R _ _ _]

Jon: $3,750 on one letter.

[Yuhan spins again]

[$1100]

Yuhan: N.

iKing: I don't believe it. You know how many they are? Two.

[_ _ _ R _   _ R _
N _  _ _ _ _   _ N   _ _ _ R _ _ _]

Jon: $5,950.

[Yuhan spins again]

[$50]

Yuhan: T.

Jon: Two T's.Takes you to $6,050.

[T _ _ R _   _ R _
N _  _ _ T _   _ N   _ _ _ R _ _ _]

[Yuhan spins again]

[$125]

Yuhan: S.

iKing: We got only got one.

[T _ _ R _   _ R _
N _  _ _ T S   _ N   _ _ _ R _ _ _]

Jon: $6,175.

[Yuhan spins again]

[$1000]

Yuhan: H.

Jon: A single H.

[T H _ R _   _ R _
N _  _ _ T S   _ N   _ _ _ R _ _ _]

Jon: $7,175.

[Yuhan spins again]

[$775]

Yuhan: M.

iKing: There is uno. That's one in Spanish.

[T H _ R _   _ R _
N _  _ _ T S   _ N   _ M _ R _ _ _]

Jon: Takes you to almost $8,000. $7,950.

Yuhan: One more. [spins]

[$300]

Yuhan: C.

Jon: Two C's.

[T H _ R _   _ R _
N _  C _ T S   _ N   _ M _ R _ C _]

[CHIRP-CHIRP-CHIRP-CHIRP!]

Jon: We have run out of consonants. You have $8,550. Only vowels left. So buy a vowel or solve.

Yuhan: I will solve.

Jon: For $8,550. What's this line?

Yuhan: THERE ARE NO CATS IN AMERICA.

Jon: You got it!

[Applause]

[THERE ARE
NO CATS IN AMERICA]

Jon: Now, Yuhan. For an additional $500. Who said this line?

Yuhan: Ummmm....I have no idea.

[BUZZER!]

Jon: This phrase was said from one of my favorite Don Bluth, films An American Tail. It was first said by Fievel's father, Papa Mousekewitz which is actually the name of a song from that said film. But anyway, $8,550 for you, Yuhan. Everybody has some money, now. Naomi has $5,600. Amanda Sue $3,350. That could change as we go into the Big Money Round which I will explain a moment. But before we do that, I want everyone to know, that there will be more episodes of ACME Wheel in 2018 and after the winter break, we want you to become a contestant on our show. But in order to do so, you have to attend a taping of the show and be chosen as a contestant. So if you like to be one, here's iKing for details.

[Back to iKing]

iKing: If you live in the New York Area, and if you're between the ages of 10 and 18, have not received your High School diploma or G.E.D, and have at least a 2.0 GPA or higher with no D or F grades, you can try your luck solving puzzles and winning a lot of money on ACME's Wheel of Fortune. But many of our contestants have been chosen from the audience for future shows. So, if you want to be a member of our studio audience and maybe get chosen to become a contestant. Send your request with your name, address, and age and send it to...


TICKETS
ACME WHEEL OF FORTUNE
CRIME NET
ONE POLICE PLAZA
NEW YORK, NY 10038

Or go to PBS.org/ACME! Back to you, Jon.

[Back to HQ]

Jon: Thanks a lot, iKing. Contestants, it is time for the Big Money Round which is gonna decide who's gonna go to the Bonus Round for a shot at 10x their winnings.



Jon:  I will be giving the wheel one final spin of the day. As if I give you a letter and if it's in the puzzle round, you have five seconds to solve it. Vowels are worth nothing, consonants are worth $1,000 + whatever amount I landed. Up to $8,500 per consonant is at stake. Again, this will decide it. Here we go. [spins]

[$1500]

Jon: $2,500 for every consonant we find. Every letter is very important. So, studio audience, may I ask you for absolute silence please. iKing, what's our final puzzle.

iKing: The category is Headline.

Jon: We need a period in the puzzle.

[_ _ _ _    _ .  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _]

Jon: Naomi, we'll start with you. A letter please.

Naomi: S.

Jon: Three S's. $7,500.

[_ _ _ _    _ .  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
_ S S _ S _ _ _ _ _ _ _]

[Afterwards...]

[BUZZER!]

Jon: Amanda-Sue?

Amanda-Sue: R.

Jon: No R. Yuhan?

Yuhan: T.

Jon: One T.

[_ _ _ _    _ .  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
_ S S _ S _ _ _ T _ _ _]

[Afterwards...]

[BUZZER!]

Jon: Back to Naomi.

Naomi: N.

Jon: Five N's. Up to $20,000.

 [_ _ _ N    _ .  _ _ N N _ _ _ 
_ S S _ S _ N _ T _ _ N]

Naomi: JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASINATION.

Jon: THAT'S IT!!!

[Cheers and applause]

[JOHN F. KENNEDY
ASSASINATION]

Jon: $20,000. Adding the $5,600 you've won earlier. You're going to the Bonus Round with $25,600!

[Cheers and applause]

Jon: Amanda-Sue, thank you for being here. You're leaving here with $3,350. Yuhan, $8,550 and our thanks. Well, Naomi let's go to the bonus round to see if you can increase your winnings even more!

[He and Naomi go to the bonus round where Ash (holding a tray of envelopes) awaits]

Ash:Yo, Jonny boy!

Jon: Hiya, Ash. No Pikachu today?

Ash: He's at the Pokemon Center getting a check-up.

Jon: That's good. Anyway, Ash has tray of envelopes. Ten of them in all. Each of these contains a multiplier. Five of them have a double, two of them have triple, two have quadruple. But only one of them will increase your total to over a quarter of a million dollars.

[Applause]

Jon: Choose an envelope and good luck.

[Naomi picks an envelope off the tray]

Ash: Let's hope it's the 10. Good luck! [leaves]

Jon: All right, Naomi. It's to do one last puzzle. What's the category, iKing?

iKing: The category is People. And remember People does not always mean Proper Name.

[_ _ _ _    _ _ _ _]

Jon: R-S-T-L-N-E.

[_ _ R _   _ _ _ L]

Jon: Well, let's hope for the best here. Three consonants and one vowel.

Naomi: D-M-G-I.

[Silence]

[Audience groans]

Jon: Well, no letters are appearing. You have to do this on your own. Studio audience, no help from you. Naomi, fifteen seconds on the clock. Say as many people as you can. Good luck.

[Naomi thinks about the puzzle]

Naomi: Oh, no! I have no idea.

[BUZZER!] (time's up!)

Jon: Sometimes bonus puzzles may be hard to solve. What was it?

[JURY POOL]

[Audience groans]

Jon: I am so sorry. Now, we have to open the envelope and find out what would have happened. [opens the envelope and looks at] Oh, no! Oh, no! 

[shows the envelope to the camera...]

[10x]

Naomi: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

[Audeince groans even louder]

Jon: Yeah. You have walked away with a quarter of a million dollars. But hey, you got one-quarter of a hundred thousand. $25,600! 

Naomi: It's better than nothing though.

Jon: It sure is. Thank you, Naomi. [to the camera] That was a heartbreaker. Well, that's our show for today. Next time we get together, we will be doing a special show in honor of the 25th anniversary of a popular holiday film with some special guests. It's a show you don't want to miss. From iKing, Alvin, and Ash, this is Jon Mann reminding you to have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving and keep on spinnin' and solving!

All: Happy Thanksgiving!

[Applause]

[Credits Roll]

ACME's WHEEL of FORTUNE
Based on the game show created by
MERV GRIFFIN

All contestants have been briefed regarding
game rules prior to their appearance.



Narrator: Produced in New York City, this has been a production of an elite unit known as ACME Crime Net.

Last edited by ACME Crime Net (11/15/2017 6:15 pm)