Rated TV-PG (CC; Stereo)

Tor: Hey everyone! I wanna remind you not to sit too close to the monitor in a brightly lit room. And now, our first ACME Wheel of 2019!

TVLubber: I was gonna say that, Tor!

Tor: Sorry!

[Jon gets out of a car]

Hunter: Jon has the key to a brand new Hyundai Accent. But I have a jar containing four keys that do not start the car.

[Jon gives his key to Hunter who puts it in the jar with the other keys and mixes them up]

Hunter: One of our contestants could be driving out of here in a Hyundai Accent today on....!

All: WHEEL...OF...FORTUNE!!!

[Cheers and applause]

Alvin: The famous wheel is spinning your way towards thousands of dollars in cash! 

Lumen: And now from the ACME Studios... 

Simon: Here are the stars of show...

Sparkle: A raccoon whose butt is bigger than a fox, Freddie!

Freddie: [enters HQ] 2019!

Hunter: And...

Spider Riders: JONATHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!

Jon: [enters HQ] Yes! Happy New Year! Thank you!

[The audience gives Jon and Freddie a standing ovation]

Jon: Thank you, Spider Riders! Hi, everybody! Welcome to ACME Wheel. Our first show of 2019. The last year of the 2010s.

Freddie: I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season after singing all those carols, opening presents, celebrating the new year. Now it's back to work.

Jon: You bet!

Freddie: So, Jon, what did you do over the holidays?

Jon: I went to South Florida to spend the holidays with my relatives. We went on an air boat ride on the Everglades, window shopping at Sawgrass Mills, parasailing, and rode on a wave runner.

Freddie: Did you went to the beach?

Jon: Of course I did.

Freddie: Did you see any girls in bikinis?

Jon: Yes.

Freddie: They are so damn hot!

Jon: I know. So, what did you do over the holidays?

Freddie: I went to Crystal Bayou to spend the holidays with Lester and the other critters. You should see Rosie in her bikini. When she was sunbathing with George and Buttons' folks, I stared at her from the cleavage to the bellybutton. She wasn't paying attention to me. Rosie is the hottest mother in all of Chucklewood.

Jon: Hotter than Ariel or Maid Marian. But, wait till what we're going to do for our spring shows.

Freddie: What?

Jon: You'll find out later. Right now, we got some wheel spinnin' and solvin to do. So, Spider Riders, are you ready to meet our first three contestants of 2019?

Spider Riders: YES WE ARE!

Jon: Who are they?

[Now to the players]

Lumen: He loves mountain climbing, ice hockey, and hopes to go to Antarctica someday.

Simon: From Passaic, New Jersey, say hello to Alex Harnenam.

Sparkle: He enjoys skiing, snowboarding, and ice fishing.

Theodore: From Brooklyn, meet Boris Kavanaugh!

Hunter: She and her family are from Iceland and hopes to become a figure skater someday.

Alvin: From Queens, meet Hope Troika!

[Applause]

Jon: Contestants, here's how we play the game. Take a look at our wheel right here.



Jon: [spins the 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 – land on that, your turn is over automatically. And finally, the Bankrupt.
 
[Audience boos]
 
Jon: Land on that, all of the money in the round will be gone. If you have no money and if the other player has money, we have a wedge called Power.

Spider Riders: 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. And you can also win...

Corona and Aqune: A BRAND NEW CAR!!!

[Applause]

Jon: Here's how this works. If you win the game and end up solving the bonus puzzle, you will have a chance to win a brand new car. You can win up to three extra chances. All you have to do is land on the CAR wedge, guess a correct letter, solve the puzzle and you will get an extra chance. Up to four chances to win the car are at stake. The player who has the most money at the end of the game will go on to play the bonus round for a shot at up to 10x their winnings and the car!

[Applause]

Jon: What's our first category of 2019, Freddie?

Freddie: The category is Song Lyrics.

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

Jon: We drew numbers backstage to see who goes first, and Alex you've won the draw. Spin the wheel.

[Alex spins]

[$100]

Alex: R.

Freddie: Your in luck. We have one.

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

Jon: $100. Spin it again.

[Alex spins again]

[$25]

Alex: N.

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

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

Jon: $150. You need at least $100 more to buy a vowel.

[Alex spins again]

[$0]

Freddie: Rosie's bellybutton. 

[Laughter!]

Jon: No money. Keeps your turn.

Alex: M.

Freddie: Good thing you landed on the zero. Cause there's no M. Boris, it's your turn.

[Boris spins]

[$175]

Boris: L.

Freddie: There is one plus another. Two.

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

Jon: $350. You have enough to buy a vowel if you wish.

[Boris spins again]

[$50]

Boris: S.

Freddie: Lucky you. A single S.

[S _ _ _ L _  _ L _ 
_ _ _ _ _ _ N _ _ N _ _
_ _   _ _ R _ _ _]

Jon: $400.

[Boris spins again]

[$400]

Boris: R.

Freddie: Ummm...are you paying attention? That letter's already been called. Take the wax out of your ear! Hope's turn.

[Hope spins]

[$300]

Hope: T.

Freddie: There are a pair of T's.

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

Jon: $600.

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

Freddie: Good buy! Three A's.

[S _ _ _ L _  _ L _ 
A _ _ _ A _ N T A N _ _
_ _   _ _ R _ _ T]

Jon: $350.

[Hope spins]

[$250]

Hope: C.

Freddie: Just the one C.


[S _ _ _ L _  _ L _ 
A _ _ _ A _ N T A N C _
_ _   _ _ R _ _ T]

Jon: Back to $600.

[Hope spins again]

[$450]

Hope: D.

Freddie: Aren't you the clever one? There are two of them!

[S _ _ _ L D  _ L D 
A _ _ _ A _ N T A N C _
_ _   _ _ R _ _ T]

Jon: $1,500.

Hope: I'll buy the O.

Freddie: I don't believe it. You know how many they are? [raises four fingers]

[S _ O _ L D  O L D 
A _ _ _ A _ N T A N C _
_ _   _ O R _ _ T]

Jon: $1,250.

Hope: And the E.

Freddie: Easy letter. There's one.

[S _ O _ L D  O L D 
A _ _ _ A _ N T A N C _
_ E   _ O R _ O T]

Jon: $1,000.

Hope: I'll solve.

Jon: For a grand.

Hope: SHOULD OLD
ACQUAINTANCE
BE FORGOT.

Freddie: And never brought to mine!

[Applause]

[SHOULD OLD
ACQUAINTANCE
BE FORGOT]

Jon: Should old acquaintance be forgot. And days of Auld Lang Syne. A New Year's tradition. Hope, you have a grand. Everybody else, still plenty of time to get some cash. Right now, let's take a look at our wheel for the next round.



Jon: We have the second bankrupt on the wheel called Super Bankrupt. If you land on that, all of your money won in this and the previous rounds is erased. Let me also remind the folks at home that in the next two rounds, one of the spins will be a home player spin. One spin could make you worth big money. You may have submitted postcards or entries online. Let me remind you when that Home Player spin will happen.

[ROUND 2
SPIN #4]

Jon: Freddie, here's our next puzzle.

Freddie: The category is What Are You Doing?

Spider Riders: NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!

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

Jon: Boris, lead off.

[Boris spins]

[CAR ($100)]

Spider Riders: BEEP-BEEP!

Freddie: Guess a correct letter and solve the puzzle, and you win an extra chance at a brand new car in the bonus round. Only, if you win the game and solve the bonus puzzle.

Boris: R.

Freddie: One R. That extra chance is yours if you solve the puzzle.

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

Jon: You don't have enough to buy a vowel yet. Spin it again.

[Boris spins again]

[$75]

Boris: S.

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

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

Jon: $175. Take another spin.

[Boris spins again]

[$800]

Boris: N.

Freddie: You betcha! Three N's.

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

Jon: $2575.

[Boris spins again]

[$500]

Boris: T.

Freddie: How's $1,500 worth of T's sound?

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

Jon: $4,075.

[Just as Boris starts spinning the wheel...]

[SIREN!]

Jon: HOLD EVERYTHING!

Hunter: [brings out "The Drum"] It's Home Player Spin time!

Jon: That's right, Hunter. Now, Boris, Hunter has brung out a drum filled with cards. You're going to spin the drum and draw a card out. That card will have the name of the lucky home viewer you are spinning for. Go ahead.

[Boris spins the drum and draws out a card]

Jon: All right, Boris, who are you playing for today?

Boris: It's Jason Levira from Topeka, Kansas!

Jon: Okay, Boris! 

[Applause]

Aqune: Jason, grab something lucky! Boris' going to spin the wheel. Whatever Boris gets on this turn, you will also win. If Boris guesses an incorrect letter or lands on Bankrupt, Super Bankrupt, or Lose a Turn, you will get $50 from us. It's that simple. Ready, Freddie?

Freddie: Yes!

Hunter: Boris, are you ready?

Boris: Yes!

Spider Riders: SPIN!

[Boris spins]

[Lose A Turn]

Jon: Well here's bad news for you, Boris. You have lost your turn. Good news for Jason, you've won $50 and it's on it's way to you. Hope, it is now your turn.

[Hope spins]

[$650]

Hope: L.

Freddie: There are three L's. Way to go!

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

Jon: $1,950.

[Hope spins again]

[$625]

Hope: H as in Hunter.

Hunter: Why thank you, Hope. There are two H's.

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

Jon: $3,200.

[Hope spins again]

[$800]

Hope: W.

Freddie: There is one. Only one!

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

Jon: $4,000.

Hope: I'll buy a vowel. An E.

Freddie: Yes! Three.

[W _ T _ H _ N _
T H E   _ _ L L   _ R _ _
_ N   T E L E _ S _ _ N]

Jon: $3,750.

Hope: Can I also buy an A?

Freddie: Good goin'. There are two A's.

[W A T _ H _ N _
T H E   _ A L L   _ R _ _
_ N   T E L E _ S _ _ N]

Jon: $3,500.

[Hope spins again]

[$500]

Hope: C.

Freddie: Lucky you. There is a C.

[W A T C H _ N _
T H E   _ A L L   _ R _ _
_ N   T E L E _ S _ _ N]

Jon: Back to $4,000.

Hope: I'm gonna solve.

Jon: For $4,000, what are you doing?

Hope: WATCHING
THE BALL DROP
ON TELEVISION.

Freddie: Yes, ma'am!

[Applause]

[WATCHING
THE BALL DROP
ON TELEVISION]

Jon: Yes! Another New Year's tradition. Anyway, Hope. You've won $4,000, combined with the $1,000 you've won earlier. You now have a total of $5,000. Well done! Now, if you want to enter in our contest, here's Hunter.

Hunter: Thanks, Jon.  To enter in our home viewer contest, send a postcard with your name, address, and telephone number to...

Alvin: ACME Crime Net
Simon: P.O Box 4300
Theodore: New York, NY 10163

Lumen: Or enter online at PBS.org/ACME. 

Sparkle: This is open to residents of the United States and Canada ten years of age or older, children under 18 must ask your parents permission before going online. For full contest rules go to PBS.org/ACME or write this address. Not responsible for loss or misdirected entries. 

Corona: Employees and family members; including Battle Spiders, of  ACME Crime Net, PBS, or it's member stations are not eligible. 

Hunter: Contest is void were prohibited by law. To make our deadline, mail your entries in now!

All Spider Riders: And now back to Jonathan and Freddie!

[Back to HQ]

Jon: Thanks, guys. All right, players it's time for our $500 Bonus Category Round. You can win an extra $500 by doing one small assignment. Here's our wheel for the next round.



Jon: Freddie?

Freddie: The category is Same Letter. If you can figure out the Same Letter, I will give you $500. Good luck!

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

Jon: Now, we're going to show you the folks at home what the same letter is. If you want to play along, turn away from the screen. We will let you know when you look back.

[C]

Theodore: [whispers] The same letter is C.

[Afterwards...]

Spider Riders: Turn around!

Jon: All right. Hope, thou art the spinner.

[Hope spins]

[$950]

Hope: S as in Sparkle.

Sparkle: Why thank you, Hope. But sad news, there is no S.

Freddie: The wheel now goes to Alex.

[Alex spins]

[$300]

Alex: T.

Freddie: I don't believe. 3 T's!

[_ _ _ _ _ T T _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ T _
_ _ _ _]

Jon: $900.

[Alex spins again]

[$1250]

Alex: L.

Freddie: Oh, mighty Spider Riders, is that letter in the puzzle?

Spider Riders: Yes! One L!

[_ _ _ _ _ T T _
_ _ _ _ _ L _ T _
_ _ _ _]

Jon: $2150.

Alex: I'll buy a vowel. An O.

Freddie: Three stooges, three Chipmunks, three donuts. I mean Three O's.

[Laughter!]

[_ O _ _ _ T T _
_ _ O _ O L _ T _
_ _ _ _]

Jon: $1,900.

Alex: I'll also buy an E.

Freddie: Take an E and times it by three.

[_ O _ _ E T T _
_ _ O _ O L _ T E
_ _ _ E]
 
Jon: $1,650.

[Alex spins again]

[$825]

Alex: N.

Freddie: One.

[_ O N _ E T T _
_ _ O _ O L _ T E
_ _ _ E]

Jon: $2,475.

[Alex spins again]

[$775]

Alex: F.

Freddie: I don't believe it! There's only one F.

[_ O N F E T T _
_ _ O _ O L _ T E
_ _ _ E]

Jon: $3,250.

Alex: Let's buy the A.

Freddie: Let's give you two A's.

[_ O N F E T T _
_ _ O _ O L A T E
_ A _ E]

Jon: $3,000.

[Alex spins]

[$50]

Alex: C.

[Bells and sirens sound out; confetti falls on Alex]

[Applause]

Spider Riders: YOU'VE FOUND THE SAME LETTER!

[Corona walks to Alex's podium and drops five $100 bills on it]

Corona and audience: One...two...three...four...five!

Corona: $500! Now, Freddie, how many C's are there?

Freddie: Well, Corona. There are four C's!

[C O N F E T T _
C _ O C O L A T E
C A _ E]

Jon: Up to $3,200.

Alex: I'll solve.

Jon: For $3,200. What is it?

Alex: CONFETTI
CHOCOLATE
CAKE.

Freddie: That's it!

[Applause]

[CONFETTI
CHOCOLATE
CAKE]

Jon: WHOO! Alex, $3,700 for you. Hope, you still have your $5,000. Boris, the Big Money Round could help you out earn money and possibly win the game. Let's get to that right now.



Jon: In a moment, Freddie will give the wheel a final spin of the day. I will then ask you to give you a letter and if it's in the puzzle, you have five seconds to solve it. Vowels aren't worth nothing, consonants are worth $1,000 plus whatever amount is spun. Freddie, go ahead.

[Freddie spins]

[$0]

Freddie: Vowels are worth $1,000 plus the goose egg. So that's a grand for each consonant we find. 

Jon: What's our category, Freddie?

Freddie: The category is Proper Name.

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

Jon: Alex, we'll begin with you a letter please.

Alex: R.

Jon: Three R's.

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

[Afterwards...]

[BUZZER!]

Jon: Boris?

Boris: T.

Jon: Two T's.

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

[Afterwards...]

[BUZZER!]

Jon: Hope.

Hope: S.

Jon: No S. Alex?

Alex: L.

Jon: One L.

[_ _ T _ R T _ _ _ _ R
_ _ _ _   _ L _ R _]

[Afterwards...]

[BUZZER!]

Jon: Boris?

Boris: N.

Jon: Two N's.

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

[Afterwards...]

[BUZZER!]

Jon: Hope?

Hope: O?

Jon: No O. Alex?

Alex: E.

Jon: No money for the vowels. Three E's. You get five seconds.

[E N T E R T _ _ N E R
_ _ _ _   _ L _ R _]

[Afterwards...]

[BUZZER!]

Jon: Boris?

Boris: I.

Jon: Two I's. Again, you get no money for the vowels.

[E N T E R T _ I N E R
_ I _ _   _ L _ R _]

Boris: ENTERTAINER DICK CLARK.

Jon: Yes, sir!

[Applause]

[ENTERTAINER
DICK CLARK]

Jon: All right, Boris. You've won $4,000. But unfortunately, it's not enough to win the game. Going to the Bonus Round is Hope with $5,000!

[Applause]

Jon: Alex, you've won $3,700 and we thank you for playing in our game.

Alex: You're welcome.

Jon: Boris, thank you for playing ACME Wheel, you're leaving here with $4,000. 

Boris: Thanks.

Jon: And Hope, come with me to the Bonus Round, let's see if we can increase your winnings even more and possibly win a car.

[He and Hope go to the Bonus Round where Lumen holds a tray of envelopes awaits]

Lumen: Hey, Hope. Excellent game!

Jon: Now, Lumen has a tray of ten envelopes. Each of them containing a multiplier. Four of them doubles, three of them triples, two of them quadruples. Only one of them could decouple your winnings to $50,000. Pick an envelope and see what happens.

[Hopes takes an envelope off the tray]

Lumen: Good luck! [leaves]

Jon: All right, Hope. Now that you've got your envelope, let's work on this little puzzle.

Freddie: The category is Thing.

[_ _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _]

Jon: Now, to help you out, Sparkle is going to show you every instance of the R-S-T-L-N-E. Sparkle?

[_ _ N E   _ L _ SS]

Jon: Okay. Next, give me three consonants and one vowel.

Hope: C-G-Y-A.

Jon: Okay.

[Sparkle reveals the following letters...]

[_ _ N E   G L A SS]

Jon: Well, you got the last word in, but all we need is the first word. You have ten seconds to solve the puzzle.

[The timer is set at ten seconds]

Jon: Talk it out. Good luck.

Hope: Mine Glass. Bine Glass. Wine Glass.

Jon: YEAH!!!

[Cheers and applause]

[WINE GLASS]

Jon: You did it, Hope! Now, open the envelope and see what you have done to your money.

Hope: [opens the envelope] Double!

[Applause]

Hunter: Hope, you have doubled your money to $10,000!

Jon: And that's only the beginning! That makes you eligible to play for...

Freddie: A BRAND NEW CAR!!!

[Alvin, Simon, Lumen, Corona, and Aqune (each holding a key) enter HQ]

Freddie: Now, Hope. Five of these Spider Riders has a key. Only one of them is the key to this! Hunter?



Hunter: It's a Hyundai Accent!

[Applause]

Hunter: This 2019 Hyundai Accent features a 1.6 Liter four-cylinder engine, six speed automatic transmission, touchscreen display, and tilt steering wheel with audio, cruise and Bluetooth® controls. It's the Hyundai Accent!

Jon: That car is worth $16,000! Now, Hope, choose the Spider Rider, you think it starts the car.

Hope: Corona.

Jon: Corona, come right up here!

[Corona hands Hope her key]

Jon: Okay, On the count of three, you're going to press the panic alarm button. If the siern goes off, you have won the car. Ready, Hope?

Hope: Mom needs a new car so bad! I'm ready.

Jon: I hope she'll be very happy for you. Spider Riders, are you ready?

Spider Riders: YEAH!

Jon: Are you ready, Audience?

Audience: YEAH!

Jon: Here we go...!

[DRUMROLL!]

All: One...two...three!

Spider Riders: CHARGE!!!

[Hope presses the button and...]

[DA-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DUUUUUUUUUUUUUN! WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!]

[Audience groans]

Jon: Aw! I am so sorry! Okay, Mr. Lubber! Who's key was it?

Nick: Theodore's!

Jon: Theodore, press the button on your key please.

[Theodore presses the button and the car lights flash]

Theodore: Bummer!

Jon: Well, Hope, you didn't win your mother a car. That's the bad news. Good news is, you're leaving here with $10,000. And that is not bad at all!

Hope: Not bad.

Jon: Thank you for playing, ACME Wheel. [to the camera] Well folks, that's our first show of 2019. Captain Lee will be here next time for more spinning fun. For Freddie and the Spider Riders, this is Jonathan Mann saying "Keep on spinnin' and keep on solvin'!

All: Bye-bye!

[Cheers and applause]

ACME WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Based on the game show created by
MERV GRIFFIN

All contestants have been briefed regarding
game rules prior to their appearance and must
meet eligibility requirements to receive
announced prizes.

Layla: If you live in the New York area, and would like to be a contestant on ACME Wheel. You've got to first attend a taping. Send a postcard with your name, complete contact information, age, and grade you are enrolled in and send it to...
 
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