Here are the available images for Spelling Bee from the 1980s.
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Premiere Playing (September 15, 1988, #6944D)[]
His free cards are #10 and #4.
He bid $30 on the vacuum. A difference of $10. He gets another card and picks #30.
He bid $25 on the containers. A difference of $9. He gets another card and picks #22.
He bid $45 on the paint. A difference of $5. He gets another card and picks #8.
At $500 a card, Bob will offer the contestant $2,500 to forget about the car. He decides to go on.
It's an R! He will offer the contestant $2,000 to forget about the car. He decides to go on.
It's an A! He will now offer the contestant $1,500 to forget about the car. He decides to keep going.
It's a C! He won the Jeep Cherokee 2-door wagon!
A Spelling Bee Glitch (February 16, 1989, #7154D)[]
His free cards are #7 and #5.
Here's the glitch, the prize displays are reading 3 digits. He bids $15 on the can opener with a difference of $20.
He bids $55 on the buffet range with a difference of $8. He picks card #12.
He bids $30 on the juicer and is exactly right! In addition to also winning the can opener he previously missed, he picks cards #30 and #3.
$2,500 is up for grabs, but the contestant decides to go for the car.
It's a C! $2,000 is now up for grabs, but the contestant decides to go for the car.
It's an A! $1,500 is now up for grabs, but the contestant decides to go for the car.
It's a "CAR"! He wins the Nissan Sentra E 2-Door Sedan!
The other cards were another C and an R. So he's won both ways, by spelling CAR and getting one of the two CAR cards.
Gabrielle's Amazing Spelling Bee Comeback Win (December 7, 1989, #7454D)[]
Her free cards are #21 & #7.
She bids $30 on the Brita water filter. A difference of $10. She picks card #26.
She bids $46 on the Farah slacks. A difference of $11. She gets no card.
She bids $40 on the Fisher Price Discovery globe and is exactly right. She picks cards #24 & #16.
$2,500 is up for grabs, but the contestant decides to go for the car.
It's a C. $2,000 is now up for grabs, but the contestant decides to go for the car.
It's another C. $1,500 is now up for grabs, but the contestant decides to go for the car.
It's an A. $1,000 is now up for grabs, but the contestant decides to go for the car.
It's another C. $500 is still up for grabs, but the contestant decides to go for the car.
It's an R. She wins the Suzuki Sidekick!
Trivia:
This was the only decade year that everybody won a car.