Chapter 6 - A bad choice of letters
In one of the unused studios, Dr. Scratchnsniff had set up a mock wheel of fortune set, building a wheel, a puzzle board, and podiums. How he did this in an hour is still hard to comprehend, but it's animaniacs so science gets thrown out the window. When he was done building the set, The Warners came in and saw the set-up.
"Oooh." Ooohed Wakko
"Real nice set-up Scratchy! Did you build this?" asked Yakko
"I like a man who can build things." Dot said in a charmed voice
"Uh, Ja. Let us get started." said Dr. Scratchnsniff, Walking off the set to hide behind the curtain while the warners took the podiums.
A studio worker played a CD player with the Wheel of fortune theme on it.
"Ja! Welcome to Vheel of Fortune! Just look at zhis fabulous Dinnervare set! And zhis classic 1988 Ford Aerostar!" Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"That's your car, Scratchy." Said Yakko
"Ja, I know! But I need to create zhis idea zhat Vakko is on the Show Vinning Fabulous prizes." Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"Oh, ok." Then Yakko whispered to his brother "I think he's trying to get rid of it."
"And Zhere is $25,000 in cash! $100,000 just vaiting to be von on Vheel of Fortune!"
The Warners stood at their podiums.
"Clap, clap!" Dr. Scratchnsniff told the Warners. They began clapping.
"Zat's good, good, Vakko will need to clap on set." Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
A small crowd of workers were there to simulate an audience.
"And now, here is your host, Pat Zajak!" And Dr. Scratchnsniff walked out from the curtain he went behind.
"Ya, Scratchy! Way to get a better job!" Said Yakko
"Yakko, i'm only pretending to be Pat Zajak." Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"Oh geez, Scratchy, You should be careful, people might be confused." Said Yakko
"Oh dear." Dr. Scratchnsniff tried to ignore Yakko "Now I cannot do zhis job alone, so let me introduce Vanna Vhite!"
And then, stepping out in a fancy dress, Hello Nurse as Vanna. Yakko and Wakko both fell over drooling everywhere.
"Helllooo Nurse!" Said Yakko & Wakko in Unison
"I love wheel of fortune..." Yakko melted into a pool of goo.
"Boys. Go fig." Dot commented
"Now Ve will start ze game of Vheel of fortune. Ve did a coin toss backstage, and Vakko, you get to go first." said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"Ok." Said Wakko
"And Ze category for zhis round is 'Thing.' Vhenever you're ready, Spin Ze vheel."
The puzzle read like this
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Wakko grabbed the mock wheel, and spun it. It landed on 300.
"Ok, Vakko, guess a letter." Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"Uh, is there a Z?" asked Wakko
"Now Vakko, before we continue, Ze letter Z is not a good choice, it's uncommon!" Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"But is there a Z?" asked Wakko
"No, Vakko, Zhere's no Z!" Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"But what letter should I pick?" asked Wakko
"Vell, Ze common letters of Ze alphabet are R,S,T,L,N, and E." Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"Ok, i'll take those letters then." said Wakko
"No, Vakko, you cannot take all zhose letters, you can only pick Vun at a time." said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"Well, I didn't know that." Said Wakko
Poor Dr. Scratchnsniff knew he had a somewhat long road ahead of him.
"I'll explain Ze rules as ve go along. Now Pick a letter."
"Uh...Q?" asked Wakko
"No, Vakko!" Dr. Scratchnsniff was getting a bit frustrated "Zhat isn't a common letter either!"
"Help me out here guys!" Wakko turned to his siblings.
"X?" asked Dot
"Y?" Asked Yakko
"4?" Asked Dot
"Alex TrebeKeri Russell?" Asked Yakko
"No! No! No! Zhese are not common letters! And Vhat do you mean Alex TrebeKeri Russell! Zhat is not a letter, Zhat is a combination of the names Alex Trebek and Keri Russell!" Complained an angry Dr. Scratchnsniff
"Well once again Captain obvious here saves the day again!" Yakko kept pushing Dr. Scratchnsniff's Buttons.
"Oh Geez! Dot! You take a turn, give Vakko a Chance to learn how to play!" said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"Ok, I'll spin the wheel." said Dot
Dot spun the wheel. It landed on 500$.
"Ok, Dot, Guess a letter." Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"Um, is there a C for Cute?" Asked Dot
"No!" Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"Ok, how about G?" asked Dot
"Yes! Yes there is a G!" said Dr. Scratchnsniff
Nurse strutted across the puzzle board and lit up the puzzle letter.
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"Oh boy! What did I win?" asked Dot
"You don't Vin anything Dot, Zhis is a mock show for Vakko to learn how to play ze game." said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"Hey! You mean to tell me we don't win any prizes on this show either?" Yakko butted in with a full head of steam "Who keeps making gameshows where you don't win anything?"
"Stop being so Difficult Yakko! Dot, Spin Ze Vheel again!" an angry Dr. Scratchnsniff said out loud.
The wheel landed on 900$.
"Ok, is there a T?" asked Dot
"No T, but a good guess, ja?" asked Dr. Scratchnsniff
"I thought it was." Said Dot
"Ok, Vakko, it's now your turn! Spin Ze Vheel."
Wakko reached over and spun the wheel. It landed on 600$.
"Ok, Vakko, guess a letter." Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"Um, is there an S?" asked Wakko
"Oooh! Yes! Yes! Zhere are 4 S's! Good guess!" Dr. Scratchnsniff said
Nurse lit up the board, reaching over to get some of the letters, much to Yakko's delight because he got a great view down her dress.
"I love it when she does that." Yakko said to the camera
The board looked as follows;
[S][ ][ ][G][ ][ ][S][S][ ][S]
"Ok, Vakko, Zou can Buy a Vowel or Zolve Ze puzzle." Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"Uh, Can I buy an A?" asked Wakko
"Yes you may! Zhere is one." Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
The puzzle looked like this;
[S][ ][ ][G][ ][A][S][S][ ][S]
"Oh no!" Yakko ran over to the puzzle board and covered up the A and the 2 S's and stood there.
"There, I just saved us from going off the air." Said Yakko
"Yakko! Get back here at Vunce!" Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"But we gotta keep this word covered! It's a kid's show!" Said Yakko
"Ok, ok, Vakko, guess another letter!" Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"But Yakko's covering it up!" Complained Wakko
Dr. Scratchnsniff was getting very frustrated.
"I knew I should've picked another puzzle." Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"Can I buy an E?" asked Wakko
"Sure, Zhere is an E." Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
Nurse stepped around a nervous Yakko, who got a close up view of the nurse walking by. Of course, He had to hold his position if he wanted to stay on the air. The Nurse revealed the next letter in the puzzle.
[S][ ][ ][G][ ][A][S][S][E][S]
And that forced Yakko to extend his arms a little more to cover the last 2 letters.
"Wakko! I don't think I can hold this position any longer!" said Yakko
"Hang on brother! I think i've got it!" Said Wakko "Scratchy, I Want to solve the puzzle." Said Wakko
"Vakko, I am not Dr. Scratchnsniff, I am Pat Zajak." Said Dr. Scratchnsniff
"Oh poo, first you're Dr. Scratchnsniff, Then you're a P-sychiatrist, Now you're Pat Sajak, Can't you make up your mind?" Asked Wakko
"JUST SAY ZE ANSWER!" Dr. Scratchnsniff was ready to explode with frustration.
"Ok...it is..." Wakko got cut off by Yakko
"...in the next chapter, so finish reading this sentence and go and find out what Wakko says!"
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