WoF Quickcap: 4/30/2024

Tuesday’s trio…

Russ Gergely: married man who’s a fan of all the Cleveland sports teams and likes wearing tropical shirts (the wife calls it a bit of an obsession, but he says they bring out the life in him) from Tallmadge, OH

Kimberly Wright: lady whose family members (she has all boys) are into the outdoors (they like camping and hiking, but since she’s the only female of the group, it has to be glamping) from Apopka, FL

Marie Kioski: lady who plays the “WoF” slots at a casino she likes to frequent sometimes from Owosso, MI

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FINAL SCORES
Kimberly: DESERVING $1K GOOSEEGG | Marie: $10,163 cash & P.R. | Russ: $22,550

GRAND TOTAL: $33,713
BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding WC): $3K

Scary moments

-In the PP/Express Round, Russ makes the SOLE CRITICAL PURCHASE of O to throw away $8,300.

-Later…

D U _ _ – _ I L L E D
P L A T Y P U S

Kimberly lands on EXPRESS, but BOMBS OUT BIG TIME with F to throw away $7,250- I can’t believe she thought the second word was FILLED. -__- We got a $0 Prize Puzzle win as a result of that EPIC FAIL.

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Unfavorable categories: THING/PERSON/WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

$100K Bonus Round: Russ won’t be WAXING THE CAR, and wouldn’t you know it, it was the Ford Edge that he missed out on.

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My Rating: 5 (D-)

Ismael’s Rating: 4 (F+)

Ant0824’s Rating: 3

Kimberly’s EPIC FAIL in the PP/Express Round did her in big time (Definitely the Zonk Contestant of the Week).

Unfortunately, that is our thirty first car shutout of the season.

J! Quickcap: 4/30/2024

Last challengers of April
-Laura Bligh, a webmaster from Vienna, VA
-Bryan Carrasco, a mortgage loan originator from Columbia, MO

Going for a spot in the next ToC: Amy Hummel (4-day: $85,794)

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Correct/Incorrect: 47/12
Rebounds/Rebound Attempts: 5/7

Unplayed Clues ($ left on the board): 0 ($0)

Coryat Score: an underwhelming $28,600 (-$2,200 vs. yesterday)
Lach Trash: $13,200 from 12 triple stumpers (+$200 and -1 triple stumper vs. yesterday)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $12,200 (+$2K vs. yesterday)

Daily Double Correct Answers: 2

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PRE-FJ! SCORES
Ladies: $7,600 each | Bryan: $3,200 (Combined: a pathetic $18,400)

CORYAT SCORES
Bryan: $13,400

Final Jeopardy! Category: Fictional Groups

Final Jeopardy! Correct Answers: 2

Winner: Amy ($15,200 (5-day: $100,994))

Challengers starting the month of May are Nils Cousin from Washington, D.C. and Weckiai Rannila from Albuquerque, NM.

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My Rating: 5 (D-)

Ismael’s Rating: 5 (D)

25 Words Quickcap: 4/30/2024

Challengers with Jon Barinholtz: Jessica & Sandra (high school friends)
Champs with Raven-Symoné: Kara & Brian (1-day: prize)

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Round 1

Turn #1 answers: POLO, RYE, WORSE, AWAKE, TWENTIES- Bid: 13 (Raven)- sweep
Turn #2 answers (Jessica v. Kara): NAIL, HAMSTER, TANK, AFFAIR, BROTHER- Bid: 16 (Kara)- gives away last answer

Superfan of the Day: Mandy (KXNW in Harrison, AR)

Turn #3 answers: WORK, WHAT, MANGO, SWARM, AMAZON- Bid: 16 (Brian)- get AMAZON despite struggles (Challengers: 250, Champs: 500)

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Round 2

Green Words (250): JOCKEY, OREO, MIME, RUSH, PIE
Yellow Words (500): EMPLOYEE, MILEY CYRUS, BEETHOVEN, KEEPER, COLOGNE
Red Words (1000): BOUBLE ENTENDRE, BOSTON BAKED BEANS, PAPER TRAIL, SUEDE, FACT CHECK

Jon: ALL YELLOW WORDS
Raven: JOCKEY, BOSTON BAKED BEANS, MIME, SUEDE, PIE

Challengers: stumped by KEEPER (250+2000=2250)
Champs: tie after missing BOSTON BAKED BEANS (500+1750=2250)

Sudden Death (Jessica v. Kara): Jessica gets DENZEL WASHINGTON to become new champs (ACTOR, THE EQUALIZER, MALCOLM X) (champs leave with Molly Maid)

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Money Round (Sandra): miss half of the answers and run out of time before BULLY (they get BertellO)

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My Rating: 4 (F+)

TPiR Quickcap: 4/30/2024

First Four: Erron Smith, Mary LeFrance, Deazjah Green, Neil Matthews
+$1 Bids: Mary, Neil
Secret X: Neil ($1,769) gets a diagonal tic-tac-toe (GT: $11,952)

Next: Stephanie Southerland
Squeeze Play: Mary ($2,699) will squeeze her way in line to Prague (GT: $12,377)

Next: Samantha Heath
+$1 Bid: Erron
That’s Too Much: Stephanie ($2,145) goes two prices short on the Toyota Corolla Cross

SCSD #1 Winner: Stephanie

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Next: Matthew Little
Do the Math: Matthew ($517) subtracts to a passing grade (GT: $11,309)

Next: Heidi Arellano
To the Penny: Samantha ($1,999) bails with $3K (GT: $4,999)

Last: Eric Hydes
$4K+ Bid: Eric ($5,100) (seriously?!)
Card Game: Heidi ($1,296) folds to a Nissan Altima loss and car wipeout

Double booting to the FFBC: Erron, Deazjah

SCSD #2 Winner: Heidi (banked $1K — $2,296)

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Showcase Winner: Stephanie ($36,732) (high showcase)

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Games won: 3 of 6 (1 partial) — Final Total: $79,665

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My Rating: 5 (D-)

Ismael’s Rating: 4 (F+)

Erron and Deazjah, that’s rough.

Some WHEEL Alumni to Watch for on Game Shows in May and June this Year

According to Andy N. on his WoF site, there are some WoF alumni that are set to appear on other game shows later this summer…

May 16: Dave Andrade from S37 and Dennis Chase from the daytime shows will appear on 25 Words or Less.

Week of June 3: Allessandra Curcio from the 7,000th episode, Robert Santoli, and other Wheel players are all appearing on The Price is Right. It’s said that Eleanor Jones from S4 will be appearing on June 7.

June 24: Fred Fletcher-Jackson and Janet Stephens (née Tahmizian) are on TPiR.

June 25: The St. Louis area alums Jennifer Kraus-Smith, Alex of S23, Barbara Burkemper from the daytime shows, and Chuck Kraus as well as Ilene Knebel are appearing on TPiR.

WoF Quickcap: 4/29/2024

Last Friday’s show was a TOTAL AND ABSOLUTE DISASTER for all the wrong reasons. In addition to Kate’s EPIC BANKRUPT costing her $29,750, she somehow completed a comeback win but went on to become the eighth $100K loser in the BR this season. I don’t know how Pat’s final weeks will play out the rest of the way, but let’s see what happens.

For this week, I didn’t think there would be any Margaritaville weeks following the death of Jimmy Buffett, but we are really doing one called 🏨🩴Margaritaville Resorts Week🩴🏨. Don’t forget to enter each of the bonus puzzles this week for your chance to win a trip to a Margaritaville resort (in this case, it’s Panama City Beach in Florida).

Krystalanne Curwood: lady who wants to try everything at once (the reason why she says this is she believes a hundred of the shots that one never takes, they never can accomplish and so one has to see if they like it and just live life to the fullest) from Denver, CO

Andrew Voss: golfer who’s wearing shorts on taping day (Pat requested him to lift his leg up) from Indianapolis, IN

Mitchi Shibata: lady who plays a lot of sports including hockey for 27 years but is transitioning to golf since it’s less violent than hockey from Sylmar, CA

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FINAL SCORES
Andrew: $6K | Mitchi: $1,800 | Krystalanne: $21,133 cash & St. Thomas

GRAND TOTAL: an underwhelming $28,933
BANKRUPT TRASH (Andrew in PP/Express Round, excluding MW gamble): $850

Scary moments

-In the second Toss-Up…

_ _ W _ I N G
_ _ O _ _

Ugh, Krystalanne, SEWING SHIRT ain’t gonna fit. -__-

-In Round 1…

E N _ _ A N T I N _
E _ _ E R I E N _ E S

Andrew blows $3,450 solve with ENTERTAINING for the first word.

–Mitchi makes a fatal purchase of E in the next round to let go of $7,500.

-The third Triple Toss-Up was almost a TRIPLE STUMPER.

-In the first of the Triple Toss-Up about doing something to a checklist…

C R _ A _ _ N _ / A
_ _ E C K L I _ _

Krystalanne blows another one with CREATING A NECKLINE (or NECKLACE).

-Speed-Up took too long and too many duds.

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BR categories: EVENT/THING/PLACE

$100K Bonus Round: After saying WALKWAY, BEACH, and GETAWAY for the second word, Krystalanne gets the answer with one second left and will be escaping to the PRIVATE HIDEAWAY of St. Thomas with $40K.

Krystalanne’s Final Total: $61,133 cash & trip

NEW GRAND TOTAL: $68,933

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My Rating: 6 (D+)

Ismael’s Rating: 6 (D+)

Ant0824’s Rating: 7.75

J! Quickcap: 4/29/2024

First challengers this week
-Kirsten Lundquist, a product marketer from Burlington, VT
-Ferdinand Percentie, a day trader from Altamonte Springs, FL

Returning champ: Amy Hummel (3-day: $58,195)

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Correct/Incorrect: 50/10
Rebounds/Rebound Attempts: 4/4

Unplayed Clues ($ left on the board): 0 ($0)

Coryat Score: $30,800 (+$200 vs. yesterday)
Lach Trash: an unlucky $13K from 13 triple stumpers (+$2K and +4 triple stumpers vs. yesterday)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,200 (-$1,800 vs. yesterday)

Daily Double Correct Answers: 3

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PRE-FJ! SCORES
Amy: $13,800 | Ferdinand: $21,600 | Kristen: $800 (Combined: $36,200)

CORYAT SCORES
Ferdinand: $16,200

Final Jeopardy! Category: Nicknames

Final Jeopardy! Correct Answers: 2

Winner: Amy ($27,599 (4-day: $85,794))

Last challengers of April are Laura Bligh from Vienna, VA and Bryan Carrasco from Columbia, MO.

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My Rating: 7 (C-)

Ismael’s Rating: 6 (D+)

25 Words Quickcap: 4/29/2024

Challengers with Jon Barinholtz: Kara & Brian (hiking buds)
Champs with Raven-Symoné: Ashlee & Laura (1-day: prize)

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Round 1

Turn #1 answers: MEXICO, GOOSE, GOATEE, CREPE, YOUNG- Bid: 13 (Jon)- easy clear
Turn #2 answers (Kara v. Ashley): FIRST, PHARMACY, WALRUS, SCRUB, SALON- Bid: 14 (Ashlee)- also cleared easily

Superfan of the Day: Laura (FOX 35 Orlando in Sanford, FL)

Turn #3 answers: TWIN, WEATHER, RETRIEVER, TICKLE, RAT- Bid: 11 (Laura)- another sweep (Challengers: 250, Champs: 500)

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Round 2

Green Words (250): STRONGEST, HIRE, TIGHT, PEACE, SIBLING
Yellow Words (500): EVEREST, SERENA WILLIAMS, STOVE, LEGO, PIRATE SHIP
Red Words (1000): MY BAD, FOOL’S GOLD, FIVE-STAR, DOUBLE CHIN, BOUGIE

Jon: EVEREST, HIRE, FIVE-STAR, DOUBLE CHIN, PIRATE SHIP
Raven: MY BAD, SERENA WILLIAMS, STOVE, LEGO, SIBLING

Champs: sweeps continue (500+3750=4250)
Challengers: new champs (250+4250=4500) (champs leave with Tommy Bahama)

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Money Round (Kara): miss sixth, eighth, and last answers (they get trip to JW Marriott Camelback Inn)

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My Rating: 7 (C+)

TPiR Quickcap: 4/29/2024

First Four: Veronica Thorne, Matthew Carpenter, Margaret Kendall-Laria Diaz, Sasha Cole
+$1 Bids: Matthew, Sasha
Lucky $even: Margaret ($741) gets lucky winning the Kia Forte with a guaranteed win on the last digit (GT: $24,320)

Next: James Valetti
+$1 Bid: Matthew
Coming or Going: Matthew (standup comedian & barista orig. from Lincolntown, NC) ($2,698) is going… to the West Indies (GT: $10,754)

Next: Rhonda Donald
+$1 Bid: Veronica
Punch-a-Bunch: Veronica ($1,794) wins $1K from 3 punches (GT: $3,001)

SCSD #1 Winner: Matthew

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Next: Jack Shannon
One Wrong Price: Jack (label maker with dad Richard) ($1,549) picks the correctly priced foosball table (bobbymgsk and goldenroad.net goofed up saying that he picked the bar package)

Next: Maria Kirby
+$1 Bid: Sasha
Gridlock: Rhonda ($1,040) causes a TOTAL TRAINWRECK via double overbid

Last: Alisha Mitchell
$1 Bid: Maria
Grocery Game: James ($2,107) overfills the bag and it rips resulting in a skunked second half

Off to the FFBC: Sasha

SCSD #2 Winner: Jack

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Showcase Winner: Matthew ($50,664)

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Games won: 2 of 6 (1 partial) — Final Total: $82,681

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My Rating: 5 (D)

Ismael’s Rating: 5 (D)

Gridlock ended up in a total traffic jam.

No more chances, Sasha.

LMaD Quickcap: 4/29/2024

Perfect Deals: 2

Car Win: No…

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…BECAUSE 0 to 80 ENDED IN A PAINFUL $1K BAILOUT.

Zonk Victims: Phillip & Sarah (couple), Boon (same deal)
Dodged Zonks: Daria, Michelle (same deal)

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Big Deal revealed by descending door numbers (Daria by default– gives up 55″, 65″ & 75″ 4K HDTVs & trip to Kimpton Banneker Hotel worth $9,090)

• SD (#2): $3,105- VAULT OUT
• MD (#3): GE frontload washer/dryer + laundry basket organizer & steam machine ($5,218)
• BD (#1): trips to Sandals Dunn’s River & Cordis Auckland ($20,700)

Perfect Deals Drop to: 1

Aired Quickie Deals

• Pamela: paper (Tiffany) ($400)- $
• Julia v. Erica: Rock, Paper, Scisssors (Jonathan)- Julia got $300, while Erica got $100 (if it had been a tie Jabari would’ve won $500)
• Taylor v. Jack: after they each talked about where they thought Thing #1 & Thing #2 came from… Taylor got $400, while Jack got $100

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My Rating: 4 (F+)