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 are the stars of our show, Jonathan Mann!

Jon: [enters HQ] Yeah!

Alvin: And iKing!

iKing: [enters HQ] Hello and welcome!

[Cheers and applause]

Jon: Hi, everybody! Welcome to ACME's Wheel of Fortune! It's America's game you loved...!

iKing: ACME Crime Net styled!

Jon: We've got three contestants who are gonna try to win a whole lot of dollars. Let's go meet them right now. Alvin?

[Now to the contestants]

Alvin: Our first contestant enjoys singing, horses, and hopes to own a stable someday. From Newark, New Jersey, meet Rosie Jimmerson!

Our second contestant is into stock car racing and hopes to become a NASCAR driver. From Staten Island, meet Theodore Framm!

Our third contestant enjoys singing and dancing and loves to read stories. From West Orange, New Jersey, meet Denise Spears!

[Applause]

Jon: Contestants, are you ready to play?

Contestants: Yes!

Jon: Let's take a look at the wheel then.




Jon: 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, your turn is over. 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 – you land on that you loose your turn. And finally the Bankrupt.

[Audience boos]

Jon: Yeah. Land on that, all of the money in the round is gone. If you have no money and if the other player has money, there’s a special wedge called Power. 

iKing: POWER!!!

Jon: Guess the correct letter, and you can steal whatever money the player has in the round. And we have Free Spin, if at anytime you lose your turn, you get a free one. We’ll explain more about that later. 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 Before & After.

Freddie: A dump!

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

Jon: There's the puzzle. Rosie, you won the drawing numbers before the show. You spin first.

[Rosie spins]

[$175]

Rosie: F?

iKing: Oh, mighty sound effects lady, is that letter in the puzzle?

[DING!]

iKing: There's one.

[_ _ _ _   F _ _    _ _ _
_ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _]

Jon: $175. Might as well spin the wheel again cause you don't have enough to buy a vowel.

[Rosie spins again]

[$150]

Rosie: M?

iKing: No.

Jon: Theodore, it's your turn.

[Theodore F. spins]

[$100]

Theodore F.: L.

iKing: We've only got one of them.

[_ _ _ _   F _ _    _ _ _
_ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ L _]

Jon: $100. Spin again.

[Theodore F. spins again]

[$500]

Theodore F.: R?

iKing: Way to double up. There's two.

[_ _ _ _   F _ R    _ _ _
_ _ _ _   _ R _ _ L _]

Jon: $1,100. You now have enough money to buy a vowel.

[Theodore F. spins again]

[$500]

Theodore F.: H.

Jon: One H.

[_ _ _ _   F _ R    _ H _
_ _ _ _   _ R _ _ L _]

Jon: $1,600.

[Theodore F. spins again]

[$150]

Theodore F.: T.

iKing: Buy one get one free. There's two of them.

[_ _ _ _   F _ R    T H _
_ _ _ T _   _ R _ _ L _]

Jon: $1,900.

[Theodore F. spins again]

[$525]

Theodore F.: D.

iKing: Don't tell anybody. I'm gonna give you two of them.

[D _ _ _   F _ R    T H _
_ _ _ T _   D R _ _ L _]

Jon: Almost $3,000. $2,950.

[Theodore F. spins again]

[$500]

Theodore F.: C.

Jon: Two C's.

[D _ _ _   F _ R    T H _
C _ _ T _   D R _ C L _]

Jon: $3,950.

[Theodore F. spins again]

[$150]

Theodore F.: W.

Jon: One W.

[D _ W _   F _ R    T H _
C _ _ _ T   D R _ C L _]


Jon: $4,100.

[Theodore F. spins again]

[As the wheel approaches Bankrupt]

Jon: Oh no! Oh no!

[Bankrupt]

[A masked man enters the stage]

Masked man: Get the money! I gotta get the money! Get the money! All the contestant's money! [He dances around Theodore's area as Theodore's score disappears then leaves]

Jon: Was that a robber? He should get arrested. But Theodore, all of your money's gone thanks to the masked man and the Bankrupt. There's plenty of time left to get some of that money back. Denise, it's your turn.

[Denise spins]

[$175]

Denise: N.

iKing: Pretty good, there's two of them!

[D _ W N   F _ R    T H _
C _ _ N T   D R _ C L _]

Jon: $350.

[CHIRP-CHIRP-CHIRP-CHIRP!]

Jon: No more consonants. Only vowels left. Buy a vowel or solve.

Denise: I'll solve.

Jon: For $350. What is it?

Denise: DOWN FOR THE COUNT DRACULA.

Jon: There we go!

[D O W N   F O R    T H E
C O U N T   D R A C U L A]

Jon: $350 for you, Denise. Everybody else, still a couple more puzzles to gain more money. Let's look at the wheel for the 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 masked man. Anyway, iKing, next puzzle?

[iKing plays a guitar riff]

iKing: The category is Rock On!, dude!

Alvin: Rock Onnnnnnnn!

Both: YEAH!!!

[Laughter!]

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

Jon: iKing and Alvin are having fun. Theodore, spin first.

[Theodore F. spins]

[$400]

Theodore F.: R.

iKing: One R!

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

Jon: $400.

[Theodore F. spins again]

[Power]

iKing: POWERRRRRRRRRRRRRR DUDE!!!

Theodore F.: P.

Jon: Good news is, there is a P. Bad news is, nobody else has any money. So take another spin, please.

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

[Theodore spins again]

[Free Spin]

[Applause]

Jon: [hands Theodore F. a Free Spin token] Theodore, here's a Free Spin. In any event you lose your turn, you get a free one. Take another spin please.

[Theodore spins again]

[$50]

Theodore F.: S.

Jon: One S.

[_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
R _ _ P S _ _ _   _ _
_ _ _ _ _]

Jon: $450.

[Theodore F. spins again]

[$200]

Theodore F.: D.

Jon: One D.

[_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
R _ _ P S _ D _   _ _
_ _ _ _ _]

Jon: $650.

[Theodore F. spins again]

[Power]

Alvin: POWER!

Theodore F.: N.

Jon: There are two N's. Again, nobody has any money in their score right now. Buy, Spin, or Solve?

[_ _ _ _ _ _ _ N
R _ _ P S _ D _   _ _
_ _ _ _ N]

Theodore: I'll buy a vowel. I.

iKing: Not bad there's one.

[_ _ _ _ _ I _ N
R _ _ P S _ D _   _ _
_ _ _ _ N]

Jon: Takes you down to $400.

[Theodore F. spins]

[$700]

Theodore F.: M.

iKing: I don't believe it, you know how many they are. One.

[_ _ _ _ M I _ N
R _ _ P S _ D _   _ _
_ _ _ _ N]

Jon: $1,100.

[Theodore F. spins again]

[$525]

Theodore F.: B.

Jon: Two B's.

[B _ _ _ M I _ N
R _ _ P S _ D _   B _
_ _ _ _ N]

Jon: Takes you to $2,150.

[Theodore F. spins again]

[$150]

Theodore F.: H.

Jon: There are two of them in the puzzle!

[B _ H _ M I _ N
R H _ P S _ D _   B _
_ _ _ _ N]

Jon: Takes you to $2,450.

Theodore: I'll buy an O.

Jon: Two O's.

[B O H _ M I _ N
R H _ P S O D _   B _
_ _ _ _ N]

Jon: $2,200.

[Theodore F. spins again]

[$50]

Theodore F.: Q.

Jon: Yes!

[B O H _ M I _ N
R H _ P S O D _   B _
Q _ _ _ N]

Jon: $2,250.

[Theodore F. spins again]

[$350]

Theodore F.: Y.

Jon: Two Y's!

[B O H _ M I _ N
R H _ P S O D Y  B Y
Q _ _ _ N]

Jon: $2,950.

[CHIRP-CHIRP-CHIRP-CHIRP!]

Jon: We have run out of cosonants.

Theodore F.: I'll solve.

Jon: For $2,950. What is it?

Theodore F.: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY BY QUEEN.

Jon: Yeah, baby!

[BOHEMIAN
RHAPSODY BY
QUEEN]

iKing: Excellent job, baby! Yeah!

Jon: You've got $2,950. Denise has $350. Right now, I am gonna talk to the viewers at home right now about the contest. Last time, we gave you a puzzle and the category is Thing. Here's the solution.

[AIR BAGS]

Jon: And here are today's winners.


WINNERS:

Devin Reed
Grove City, OH

Amanda Mack
Kitty-Hawk, NC


Daniel Hamm
Johnson, WI

Chip Seviem
White Bird, ID

Brittany Chayka
Taft, CA

Jon: Congratulations to the winners. Here's your new puzzle. The category is Place. 

[_ A _ N T E _    _ O _ E S _]

Jon: Fifteen seconds on the clock. Starting now.

[Afterwards...]

[BUZZER!]

Jon: Time.  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 WoF 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! Now, let's look at the wheel for the next round.



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

iKing: The category is.....! Hmm. There's no category.

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

Hunter: I know what the category is!

iKing: What is it?

Hunter and the Chipmunks: A mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-istery!

iKing: Oh, I get it. It's a mystery category! Which means if you can solve the puzzle, and tell me the mystery category and win $500. Good luck.

Jon: Thanks, Hunter. Now, we're gonna show you the folks at home what the category is. If you want to play along, cover your eyes and ears. We will play the ding when we're ready.

[TITLE]

Alvin: [whispers] The mystery category is Title.

[DING!]

Jon: Okay, you can turn around now. Denise, lead off.

[Denise spins]

[$1250]

Denise: N.

iKing: There are two of them in the puzzle!

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

Jon: $2,500.

[Denise spins again]

[As the wheel is at Super Bankrupt]

Jon: Come on! Click-click-click-click-click-click!

[$1250]

Jon: Saved by the click.

Denise: F.

Jon: One F.

[N _ _ _ _    _ F   _ _ _
_ _ _ _ N _    _ _ _ _]

Jon: $3,750.

[Denise spins again]

[$500]

Denise: L.

iKing: Oh, mighty sound effects lady, is that letter in the puzzle?

[DING!]

iKing: Yes! There is one.

[N _ _ _ _    _ F   _ _ _
_ _ _ _ N _    _ _ _ _]

Jon: $4,250.

[Denise spins again]

[As the wheel is at Super Bankrupt]

Jon: Uh-oh! Uh-oh! Click, wheel! Click!

[Super Bankrupt]

Hunter and the Chipmunks: Super Bankrupt Power!

[Denise's score vanishes]

Jon: $4,250 plus the $350 you had earlier goes to where. Hunter?

Hunter: Team Rocket.

Simon: Jessie, James, and Meowth have taken all the money away.

Freddie: These crooks are nothing but a bunch of choads. I hope these guys can get arrested.

Jon: Alvin said "They will someday in the future." Anyway,  Rosie, it's your turn.

[Rosie spins]

[$50]

Rosie: A?

iKing: Attention shoppers! Vowels are for sale! Consonants are for earning money! And you called a vowel upon landing on a money value! So this means your turn is over.

Jon: Yes, iKing. Which means control goes over to Theodore.

[Theodore F. spins]

[$700]

Theodore F.: C?

iKing: Ummmmmmmm...No.

Jon: No C. But the good news is, you have a Free Spin. So take another turn.

[Theodore F. spins again]

[$125]

Theodore F.: P.

Jon: Nope. No P. Rosie, see if you can get some of that money back.

[Rosie spins]

[Lose a Turn]

Jon: Oh, man! I'm sorry.

Freddie: I'm not!

Jon: Don't listen to him. Rosie, back to you.

[Rosie spins]

[$1100]

Rosie: T.

Jon: One plus one equals two! Two T's!


[N _ _ _ T    _ F   T _ _
_ _ _ _ N _    _ _ _ _]


Jon: $2200. 

[Rosie spins again]

[$1400]

Rosie: D.

Jon: Two D's.


[N _ _ _ T    _ F   T _ _
_ _ _ _ N _    D _ _ D]

Jon: Takes you to $5,000.

Rosie: I'll buy a vowel. An A.

Jon: Well, you called the letter earlier after you spun the wheel. Now, you bought it. There's one A.

[N _ _ _ T    _ F   T _ _
_ _ _ _ N _    D _ A D]

Jon: Takes you down to $4,750.

Rosie: I'll buy another vowel. An E.

Jon: Good sexy buy. There are two of them.

[N _ _ _ T    _ F   T _ E
_ _ _ _ N _    D E A D]

Jon: $4,500.

Rosie: Buy the I.

iKing: Three Stooges. Three Chipmunks. Three Chipettes. There are three of them.

[N I _ _ T    _ F   T _ E
_ I _ I N _    D E A D]

Jon: $4,250.

Rosie: And the O.

Jon: One O.

[N I _ _ T    O F   T _ E
_ I _ I N _    D E A D]

iKing: Well, it's time to close up the Vowel Shop. There are no more vowels to be found in the puzzle. So, spin or solve.

Jon: $4,000.

Rosie: One more spin. [spins]

Jon: $4,000 riding on this spin.

[$2000]

[Applause]

Jon: $2,000! The biggest space on the wheel.

Rosie: G.

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

[N I G _ T    O F   T _ E
_ I _ I N G    D E A D]

Jon: $8,000. Spin or solve?

Rosie: I am going to solve.

Jon: For all that money, what's the solution?

Rosie: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD.

Jon: That's it!

[Applause]

[NIGHT OF THE
LIVING DEAD]

Jon: $8,000 going into your total. Now, you can pick up an extra $500 if you can tell me what category this is.

Rosie: Title!

Jon: You got it!

[Applause]

Jon: That's $500 more for a total of $8,500. Theodore F. has $2,950. Denise no money in your bank thanks to the Super Bankrupt. Cause, in the final round, one of you will be going to the bonus round for a shot at up to 10x their total. But before we do that, if you folks at home are between the ages of 10 and 18 and have not graduated from High School yet, we want you to become a contestant on our show. Here's iKing for some important details.

[Back to iKing]

iKing: Thanks, Jon. If you live in the New York Area, and if you're between the ages of 10 and 18 and 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, iKing.Remember, you need to have good grades to be on the show. All right, contestants, the moment you've been waiting for. It's time for the Big Money Round!

[Cheers and applause]




Jon: This round will determine who will be going to the bonus round.  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. Here we go. [spins]

[As the wheel gets ready to approach $7500]

Jon: Come on, come on! 

[$600]

Jon: Awwww! So close! $1,600 for every consonant we find. What's the puzzle, iKing?

iKing: The category is Fictional Characters.

Jon: There's an ampersand in the puzzle.

[_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _    &
_ _ _ _ _ _ _]

Jon: There's the puzzle. Rose, we'll begin with you. A letter please.

Rosie: C.

Jon: One C.

[_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _    &
_ _ _ C _ _ _]

Jon: Five seconds.

[Afterwards...]

[BUZZER!]

Jon: Theodore.

Theodore F.: I.

Jon: One I. No money for vowels. You get five seconds.

[_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _    &
_ I _ C _ _ _]

[Afterwards...]

[BUZZER!]

Jon: Denise.

Denise: T.

Jon: One T.

[_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _    &
_ I T C _ _ _]

[Afterwards...]

[BUZZER!]

Jon: Rosie.

Rosie: R.

Jon: One R.

[_ _ R _ _ _ _ _ _    &
_ I T C _ _ _]

[Afterwards...]

[BUZZER!]

Jon: Theodore.

Theodore F.: D.

Jon: No D. Denise.

Denise: L.

Jon: One L.

[_ _ R _ _ _ L _ _    &
_ I T C _ _ _]

[Afterwards...]

[BUZZER!]

Jon: Rosie.

Rosie: S.

Jon: Two S'.

[_ _ R _ _ _ L _ S    &
_ I T C _ _ S]

Rosie: GARGOYLES & WITCHES?

Jon: That's it!

[Applause]

[GARGOYLES &
WITCHES]

Jon: $6,400 plus the $8,000 you've won previously. You're going to the Bonus Round with $14,400! 

[Applause]

Jon: Theodore F., $2,950 and our thanks. Denise, no money in your bank but you solved one puzzle. We're gonna give you $500 and our thanks for being here. Well, Rosie, come with me to the bonus round.

[He and Rosie go to the bonus round where Hunter and the Chipmunks await]

Jon: Now, Hunter and the Chipmunks are each holding an envelope. Hunter has two envelopes, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore each have one. Each of these Archana envelopes contains a multiplier.

[Laughter!]

Jon: Five of them have a double, two of them have triple, two have quadruple. Only one has the 10x! Find it and solve the puzzle. You could win $114,400! Choose wisely and good luck.

[Rosie takes Simon's envelope]

Jon: Okay. Let's see how this works out. What the category, iKing?

iKing: The category is Person.

[_ _ _ _]

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

[Nothing happened]

Jon: Well, Rosie. No R-S-T-L-N-E's. You're on your own. Three consonants and a vowel.

Rosie: Y-G-D-I.

[_ I _ _]

Jon: And that's the only letter you're gonna get. You'll never know what's next. You have fifteen seconds to tell me how many persons you can think of. Good luck.

[Rosie thinks about the puzzle]

Rosie: Oh, god! Help me!

[Just as Rosie blurts out a word]

[BUZZER!]

Rosie: Wimp!

Jon: That was it!

[Audience groans]

[WIMP]

Rosie: Damn!

Jon: You solved the puzzle too late. I am sorry. But we have to open the envelope what would have happened. [opens the envelope to reveal the double] The double. But hey, Rosie, you're not the loser today. You're still a winner: $14,400. Thank you for being on our show. 

Rosie: Your welcome.

Jon: That was so close. That's it for this edition of ACME Wheel. Join us next time as three more contestants solve puzzles and win lots of cash. From Hunter, the Chipmunks, Freddie, and iKing. This is Jon Mann saying  "Keep on spinnin' and solvin'!

All: Bye-bye!

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.