WoF Quickcap: 5/30/2023

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

Week XXXVIII

STAR WARS GALACTIC CELEBRATION

The story so far…

Yesterday, we got started with the first of six episodes in this celebration.
Dr. Jeff made a bad Mystery mistake, but he got himself a nice cruise to the Bahamas and managed to win the game with over $23K.
But in the Bonus Round, the force was with him and thanks to picking the hot vowel of three A’s, he was able to STAY AFLOAT for $100K!
Will the Siths even up the score in this episode? We shall see.

Tuesday’s trio (including two men) who are JOINING THE RESISTANCE…

Christopher Borja: married man to Carol with seven kids (or Padawans as the couple calls them) and seven grandkids (three of them are really into the franchise) from Redlands, CA

Adura Awosika: postal service worker for eight years who’s been krumping from Chino, CA

Kate Stafford: senior at the University of Arizona studying computer science who reportedly made all her friends go to Lake Como in Italy to see the villa from “Attack of the Clones” and made them do the scenes there during Spring Break from Boerne, TX

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FINAL SCORES
Kate: $4,200 cash & Disney Gift Card | Christopher: $19,236 cash & Aulani MDW | Adura: $4K WC

GRAND TOTAL: an underwhelming $27,436
NO BANKRUPT TRASH

Scary moment

-In Round 1…

_ A M _ _ N _
O _ T S _ _ _ / T H _
M O V _ _ / T H _ A T _ R

Adura blew the solve with GAMING OUTSIDE THE MOVIE THEATER, which is one letter short, so he threw away $6,600 plus the $7,982 STAR WARS GALAXY’S EDGE prize.

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Choose your generic category very wisely: PERSON/PHRASE/THING

MILLION DOLLAR BONUS ROUND #9: I’m not a GIFTED YOUNG POET, but Christopher unsurprisingly blanks due to his very limited help, so he loses…

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$1M LOCATION: AMERICA’S (12 away)

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My Rating: 6 (D+)

Jerry’s Rating: 5 (D-)

Mythman’s Rating: 4/10 (Dismal Follow Up to Yesterday’s $100K Win)

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WoF Quickcap: 5/29/2023 — Memorial Day

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WHEEL OF FORTUNE

Week XXXVIII

💫STAR WARS GALACTIC CELEBRATION💫

There are two weeks left in the ruby anniversary and we are remembering the fallen troopers this Monday.
I get to narrate the story of how a group of Jedi wannabes play a game by controlling the force of spinning the roulette, famed for money and its name.
Meanwhile, the Siths are betting on viral mistakes and their money taken away by the BANKRUPT wedges, but that is part of the fun in the stage.
The tale of the Jedis on its conquest of fortune, with a daunting task to win a bounty of up to $100K or even a million, is about to unfold…
…and Jim Thornton’s “You’ve hit the jackpot” meme lives forever.

Please note that there are six episodes in this celebration including next Monday of June 5 (this upcoming episode won’t be billed as America’s Game).

May the Force be with these first Jedi wannabes from left to right…

Annie Merovich-Wolf: recently married lady (they had a STAR WARS wedding reception) from Pomona, CA

Dr. Jeff Powell: dentist who has a STAR WARS room in his office (and every Thursday, his staff wears shirts that say “May the Floss be with you”) from Sherwood, AR

Mayla Billips: lady with a son Marcus who learned to spell by watching this show and has a 100-year-old mom named Irene from East Stroudsburg, PA

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FINAL SCORES
Annie: $3,900 | Jeff: $23,646 cash & cruise | Mayla: $5K

GRAND TOTAL: $32,546
BANKRUPT TRASH: $10,850

Scary moments

–Annie left out quite a few multiples when solving the Round 1 puzzle “A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY”.

–Jeff questionably risked $5,550 on the MW near $650… and he shouldn’t have done so. We got a $0 win as a result.

-In the PP/Express Round…

I / _ O / N E E D E D
T _ I _ / T O D A Y

Annie CRASHED with M to lose $3,750- did she really think it would be MO, TMIS, or THIM?! -__-

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CATEGORY TRIO FROM THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE: PHRASE/WHAT ARE YOU DOING?/THING

Since STAR WARS is affiliated with Disney, there’s no car on offer for this week.

$100K Bonus Round: Unlike Sarah Doumerk from S31 (she threw away an easy $50K), Jeff is able to STAY AFLOAT…

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…AND IT’S CONFETTI/STREAMERS TIME- HE’S THE SECOND (and likely other) $100K WINNER OF THE RUBY ANNIVERSARY SEASON!!!!! TALK ABOUT A GALACTIC WIN!!!

With that, Preston from Jan. 19 is off the hook and this season won’t turn out to be like S34-36 with only one grand prize winner after all!

Jeff’s Final Total: $123,646 cash & cruise (SECOND-HIGHEST OF THE SEASON!)

NEW GRAND TOTAL: $132,546

At the end, Sal Perales of Saber Guild & Lightsaber Academy gives the hosts a training lesson on using lightsabers.

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My Rating: 9 (A-) (maingame could’ve been better)

Ismael’s Rating: 6 (D+)

Mythman’s Rating: 9/10 (Bullish Way to start the Week Despite Gobsmacked Game)

A DSW on TPiR and a $100K win here? Now that’s a rare feat!

Wheel of Fortune Season 40 Week 37 Stats

Retta & Julian from Tuesday really saved our bacon in this not-so-Grand Getaways week.

Total for this Week: $222,575
-Maingame: $182,575
-BR Wins: $40K

Total for the Season: $10,624,181
-Maingame: $7,299,501
-BR Wins: $3,324,680

Prize Wedge Wins: 48

Gift Tag Wins: 52

MW Wins: 12
MW was Flipped-Declined: 75-19
MW Flip was $10K–BANKRUPT: 28-47
$10K MW was Next to LaT–$650: 35-40

EXPRESS was Played-Passed: 44-7
–Gone all the Way: 24
–Stopped Too Soon: 0
–Crashes: 20

WC Usages: 38
-Maingame: 6 (1 on $2,500, 5 on $3,500)
-BR: 32

5-Round Games: 21

Perfect Rounds: 83

Gooseegg Victims: 34

Toss-Up Triple Stumpers: 6

Triple Toss-Up Sweeps: 24 (10 swept every Toss-Up)

Red Winners: 71
Yellow Winners: 57
Blue Winners: 57

Players who Needed the PP to Win: 47 (29 lost BR)

Average Maingame Winning Score this Week: $24,165 (-$3,353)
Average Maingame Winning Score this Season: $24,949 (-$21)

This Week’s BANKRUPT Trash: $25,572
Total BANKRUPT Trash for the Season: $876,169 + 2 trips of unknown value
Biggest Known BANKRUPT: $24,349 (Mar. 1)
Biggest Known BANKRUPT Trash in a Game: $30,200 (Feb. 8)

BANKRUPT Trash-Free Games: 21
BANKRUPT-Free Games: 8
Penalty Spin-Free Games: 8

BANKRUPT Losses
WCs: Week: 0, Season: 37
MDWs: Week: 1, Season: 17
$10K MWs: Week: 1, Season: 5
Prize Wedges: Week: 1, Season: 10
Gift Tags: Week: 0, Season: 19

Unclaimed Cardboard
MDWs: Week: 1, Season: 30
$10K MWs: Week: 0, Season: 11
Prize Wedges: Week: 1, Season: 21
Gift Tags: Week: 2, Season: 38

Unused WCs: 26
Unused MDWs: 9

Top Winning Totals

1. $126,450 (Jan. 19)
2. $123,090 (Sept. 14)
3. $112,570 (Jan. 31)

Top Maingame Winning Scores

1. $58,298 (May 1)
2. $52,384 (Nov. 17)
3. $52,190 (Dec. 12)

Bottom Winning Totals

1. $10,500 (Dec. 29)
2. $11,720 (April 13)
3. $12,130 (Oct. 21)

Season-High Week: WHEEL of FORTUNE XL ($422,670)
Season-Low Week: America’s Game IV ($167,645)

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FINAL SPIN STATS

Occurrence
Start of Round 4: 130
Middle of Round 4: 34
Start of Round 5+: 18
Middle of Round 5+: 3

Spinners
Spun by Red: 61
Spun by Yellow: 53
Spun by Blue: 71

Final Spin Amounts
$1,500: 52
$1,550: 10
$1,600: 25
$1,650: 33
$1,700: 29
$1,800: 3
$1,850: 10
$1,900: 16
$6K: 7

Final Spins Edited Out: 16 (5 others were left in)

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BONUS ROUND STATS

BR Win Record: 75-110 (.405)

PBRWs: 0
4-1 Weeks: 3
3-2 Weeks: 9
2-3 Weeks: 15
1-4 Weeks: 6
SKUNKINGS: 4 (TOTAL TAPING DAY WASHOUTS: 1)

MDBRs: 8

Letter Combo Wipeouts: 5 (TOTAL TRAINWRECKS: 0)

BR Categories
AROUND THE HOUSE: 8/18; 4-4
EVENT(S): 12/28; 5-7
FOOD & DRINK: 13/20; 7-6
FUN & GAMES: 5/8; 2-3
IN THE KITCHEN: 3/3; 2-1
LIVING THING(S): 7/12; 3-4
OCCUPATION:
ON THE MAP: 0/1
PERSON/PEOPLE: 17/40; 7-10
PHRASE: 56/163; 22-34
PLACE(S): 16/30; 7-9
SHOW BIZ:
THING(S): 12/179; 2-10
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?: 31/45; 10-21
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?: 5/8; 4-1

BR Prizes
CAR: 24/59
$40K: 38/95 (1 minimum sweep)
$45K: 10/19
$50K: 2/6
$100K (or $1M): 1/6

Car Wins

• 2 BMW X3s
• 2 Ford Mustang GTs (1 fastback, 1 convertible)
• 3 MINI Cooper S Hardtops 2dr (2 yellow, 1 red)
• 1 Ford Explorer XLT
• 2 Mercedes-Benz GLB250s
• 2 Lincoln Corsairs
• 2 maZDa CX-9s
• 3 Ford Escapes (1 w/ the SE trim, 2 w/ the SEL trim)
• 1 Mercedes-Benz CLA250
• 1 Chevrolet Blazer 2LT
• 1 Mercedes-Benz GLA250
• 1 BMW X1
• 1 Chevrolet Traverse LT Cloth
• 1 INFINITI Q50 LUXE
• 1 Nissan Rogue AWD Platinum

MDBR Result
Landed on $1M: 1
1-3 Spaces Away: 3
4-6 Spaces Away:
6-9 Spaces Away: 3
10-12 Spaces Away: 3

BR Wins Despite Losing WC to BANKRUPT: 9
Non-$100K Wins After Losing MDW to BANKRUPT: 5

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Weekly Rating: 4 (F+) (thanks to the disastrous Thursday and Friday episodes)

WoF Quickcap: 5/26/2023

These end-of-week teams from left to right want to win enough money for A NIGHT ON THE TOWN…

Debbie Pilgrim & Sarah Hunt: both from Pocatello, ID; Debbie’s widowed with another granddaughter who’s 15 years old and a son who’s 21 years old while Sarah’s a 10th grader in her school’s show choir who loves to sing, dance and perform

Javier Alba & Sonny Bounds: Javier from Phoenix served in the Navy while Sonny from Hesperia, CA is in his high school’s Air Force Junior ROTC

Isaiah Richards & Gloria Harmon: Gloria from Glendale, WI was a fisher person who got Isaiah the grandson (from Las Vegas) into that hobby

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FINAL SCORES
D & S: $3K | J & S: $6,500 | I & G: $26,349 cash & AK

GRAND TOTAL: $35,849
BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding MDW & MW gamble): $2,300

Scary moments

-Way too many penalties throughout the game, especially in the Mystery Round which had two repeated letters.

–I & G got the MDW right away with 2 N’s, only to lose it right back to the BANKRUPT near $650.

-In the first Triple Toss-Up…

_ _ _ _ _ N G
_ / _ _ _

Debbie was a letter short with TAKING A NAP. And we almost got our unlucky seventh TRIPLE STUMPER this season.

Then…

_ I _ C H _ N G
A / _ I _ _

She blew this solve with CATCHING A FISH when there’s an I in the second position of the first word. And you WON’T believe what happens next…

_ _ _ U _ _ T _ N G
A _ / _ B E R

She blew every single answer in the Triple Toss-Ups with HITCHING AN UBER– good grief, lady! -__- I think that’s a first in WoF history.

-There was a NULL CYCLE cut out of the Speed-Up, but at least that round didn’t take as long.

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Not sure if things will get any better here: LIVING THINGS/PHRASE/WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

$100K Bonus Round: Instead of ACING A POP QUIZ, I & G flunk it instead (QU- trap strikes again). And we had no luck with the Bonus Wheel at all this week, because we have our first cash minimum sweep all season long.

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My Rating: 4 (F+)

Ismael’s Rating: 4 (F+)

Mythman’s Rating: 3/10 (My Rating for the Week is a 4 Absolute Piss-Poor Week)

Ant0824’s Rating: 4 (Agree with Jerry for the day’s Episode & Have to agree with Mythman for the Week)

It’s just wasn’t enough to hurt LMaD’s or J!’s winnings tonight.

Did they replace every envelope with $40K instead of just the car envelopes?

WoF Quickcap: 5/25/2023

WE AIM TO PLEASE these Thursday teams…

Amara Rose & Gwen Evans: Gwen from North Carolina is married to retired military man Jesse and has six kids, 15 grandkids (inc. Amara), and 11 great-grandkids; Amara from Belton, TX is a freshman and nursing major at the University of Mary Hardin-Belton who wants to be a travel nurse

Pat McNeese (female) & Wanda Long: Pat from Milner, GA has been married for almost 21 years and has a blended family of seven kids, 28 grandkids (including Wanda), and no great-grandchildren); Wanda from Virginia Beach, VA is a psychology major who enjoys modeling, reading, and spending time in nature

Bella & Gary Coonis: from Acton, CA; Gary’s a relief pitcher usher at Dodger Stadium; his granddaughter Bella’s a nursing major; they enjoy camping and going to George Strait concerts

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FINAL SCORES
P & W: $4K WC | Coonises: $10,800 | A & G: $15,702 cash & D.R.

GRAND TOTAL: $30,502
BANKRUPT TRASH: $21,772 cash & FRANCE

Scary moments

-Too many duds throughout the game, including SEVEN aired ones during the Speed-Up.

–A & G got two PAINFUL BANKRUPTS costing them the $10,722 FRANCE trip in Round 1 and then the $10K MW.

-We were nothing above the minimum for team weeks before the Prize Puzzle assuming both opening Toss-Ups are solved.

-In the PP/Express Round…

E _ _ _ _ R I N G / T H E
G R E A T / _ _ T _ _ _ R S

The Coonises said a CRITICAL DUD of M to throw away $5,050.

-In the second Triple Toss-Up…

_ _ _ _ _ _ I _ L
_ L _ _ _ _ T

Bella goofed with PHYSICAL ELEMENT.

-Speed-Up took too long again, and there was a NULL CYCLE cut out after the Coonises called a questionable dud of J.

THINGS LIKELY TO GO FROM BAD TO WORSE WITH THAT EVIL CATEGORY TRIO AGAIN: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?/PHRASE/THING

$100K Bonus Round: A & G were literally going WAY OVERBOARD with their guesses in a bad way, and they also lose $40K. Furthermore, we’re on the verge of our first minimum sweep since Dec. 17, 2021.

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My Rating: 4 (F+)

Mythman’s Rating: 3/10 (This Week Has Rapidly Gone Down the 🚽)

Jerry’s Rating: 3 (F)

WoF Quickcap: 5/24/2023

Midweek grandparent/grandchild teams after Pat and Vanna make their DRAMATIC ENTRANCE…

Barb Marquardt & Hayden Partyka: Barb from St. Cloud, MN has slalom water-skied since childhood and is still doing so at age 70 (as of last summer); Hayden (also from MN) is an 8th grader and lifelong camper who’s ridden horseback since last year (her horse’s name is Scooter)

Ben Truax & Cindy Goodwin: from MN; Cindy has 11 grandkids and four great-grandkids; her youngest grandchild, Ben, is a 9th grader and the proud owner of one of ten horses on his family’s ranch

Rowena Cherry & Danielle Harris: from Louisville, KY; Rowena’s been married to Richard for 55 years (as of this year) and has two kids and five grandkids; her youngest grandchild, Danielle, is a 7th grader who enjoys drawing and writing stories

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FINAL SCORES
R & D: $7,650 (including gift tag) | B & H: $31,574 cash & Bahamas WC | B & C: $2K GOOSSEGG

GRAND TOTAL: $41,224
NO BANKRUPT TRASH

Scary moments

-In the PP/Express Round…

A / _ E _ I _ H T _ U _
R E S O R T / _ _ / T H E
S E A

Rowena’s team won’t be going to A BEAUTIFUL RESORT BY THE SEA since she blew the second word to throw away $3,050 and the MDW. We got a $0 Prize Puzzle win as a result.

-In the first Triple Toss-Up…

_ E A _
E F F O R T

Ben missed with REAL EFFORT, and there was no TEAM EFFORT at all for this one because we ended up getting our SIXTH (and likely final) TRIPLE STUMPER of the season, surpassing S24 for most triple stumpers in one season.

-In the third Triple Toss-Up…

_ A S _ – D _ T C H
E _ F O R T

Barb was a letter off with FAST-DITCH EFFORT.

-The Speed-Up took way too long and was filled in completely before being solved.

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Yet another batch of generic categories on offer: PHRASE/PEOPLE/THING

$100K Bonus Round: This show is ALWAYS EVOLVING, but B & H don’t realize this and they also lose $40K.

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My Rating: 6 (D+)

Mythman’s Rating: 4/10

Jerry’s Rating: 5 (D) (fell apart after the Round 2 PR)

Tough luck for Ben and Cindy.

I guess it wasn’t enough to hurt Jeopardy’s winnings. Again, due to no cars offered this week, I can’t called this a car shutout as it requires at least two shows.

WoF Quickcap: 5/23/2023

We’re RAISING THE CURTAIN for these Tuesday teams…

Sharon Wolters & Bella: from Portis, KS; Sharon’s been married to Chuck for 45 years, while her middle granddaughter Bella is a senior; these two are so close, they can read each other’s minds

Retta Alexander & Julian Hernandez: Retta from Pascagoula, MS has three daughters (the oldest is about to retire from the military after two decades of service) and two “perfect” grandsons; Julian from Phoenix, AZ, the oldest, is a senior who wants to go to college or trade school to study jewelry and metal work; they enjoy cooking and watching TV (especially Wheel) together

Johnny & Sarah Bowles: Sarah from Birmingham, AL is a sophomore who plays the euphonium (a miniature tuba) in the marching band; Johnny from Chesnee, SC is a retired 21-year Air Force vet and recently retired federal service worker who’s now a “full-time slacker”; they enjoy fishing and play cards (the latter in the evening) by the lake together

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FINAL SCORES
Bowleses: $2K | S & B: $14,500 cash & Oahu | R & J: $16,950

GRAND TOTAL: $33,450
NO BANKRUPTS

Scary moment

-During the Speed-Up…

S L _ _ _ N G / _ T !

It’s not gonna be SOLVING IT! according to Sharon.

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More generic category madness: THING/PLACE/WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

$100K Bonus Round: R & J can go shopping at a FANCY BOUTIQUE with another $40K giving us our third Tuesday win in a row.

R & J’s Final Total: $56,950

NEW GRAND TOTAL: $73,450

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My Rating: 7 (C)

Jerry’s Rating: 7 (C-)

Just like that, tonight’s show has hurt Jeopardy’s winnings.

WoF Quickcap: 5/22/2023

This week is called 🧳Grand Getaways🧳, which happens to be a team week where we have grandparents and one of their grandchildren competing.

First grandparent/grandchild teams hoping to be A WINNING COMBINATION…

Charles Ramos & Alexandra Reyes-Ramos: both from Tampa Bay, FL; Charles is a retired Air Force navigator who tries to collect coins from different countries and this team went skydiving on his 70th birthday 

Riley Richmond & Linda Philipp: Linda from Stockton, CA collects salt and pepper shakers while Riley the granddaughter from L.A. is a senior at UCLA majoring in psychobiology and hoping to go to physician assistant school

Christine Humphrey & Jess McPeak: Christine from Layton, UT has been married 54 years with two children and four grandchildren (including Jess) and is a fly fisher while Jess the granddaughter from Davis, CA majors in design at UC-Davis and is hoping to go into a user experience design 

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FINAL SCORES
R & L: $4K | C & J: $7,300 | Ramoses: $30,250 cash & St. Croix

GRAND TOTAL: $41,550
BANKRUPT TRASH (C & J in PP/Express Round): $1,500

Scary moments

-In the $2K Toss-Up…

D _ I _ I N _
I _ S _ R _ C T _ R

Jess was DQed for leaving out the first R in her response (she said DIVING INSTRUCTOR).

-In the third Triple Toss-Up…

_ E _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ D

Riley blew the Triple Toss-Up sweep bonus with NEWFOUNDLAND, which is one word. Nice shout-out to nickskapower’s place, though.

-Too many duds were called in the Speed-Up.

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UGH, IT’S THAT EVIL CATEGORY TRIO AGAIN: PHRASE/WHAT ARE YOU DOING?/THING

Surprisingly, there’s no car on offer for this week.

$100K Bonus Round: We’re obviously not USING OFFICE JARGON when making Quickcaps here, but the Ramoses lose $40K.

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My Rating: 6 (D+) (messy Speed-Up)

Ismael’s Rating: 6 (D+)

Wheel of Fortune Season 40 Week 36 Stats

This week had some good maingames just like the first shopping spree. If only Cesar was successful in winning the big one…

We DO NOT want to hear anybody tell us to change $100K losses into technical wins. A LOSS is a LOSS. If you wanna fight with SONY about it, call 310-244-4000 and DON’T WASTE OUR TIME. 😡

Total for this Week: $309,210
-Maingame: $225,490
-BR Wins: $83,720

Total for the Season: $10,401,606
-Maingame: $7,116,926
-BR Wins: $3,284,680

Prize Wedge Wins: 48

Gift Tag Wins: 51

MW Wins: 11
MW was Flipped-Declined: 72-19
MW Flip was $10K–BANKRUPT: 26-46
$10K MW was Next to LaT–$650: 33-39

EXPRESS was Played-Passed: 44-7
–Gone all the Way: 24
–Stopped Too Soon: 0
–Crashes: 20

WC Usages: 37
-Maingame: 6 (1 on $2,500, 5 on $3,500)
-BR: 31

5-Round Games: 21

Perfect Rounds: 81

Gooseegg Victims: 33

Toss-Up Triple Stumpers: 5

Triple Toss-Up Sweeps: 24 (10 swept every Toss-Up)

Red Winners: 71
Yellow Winners: 56
Blue Winners: 53

Players who Needed the PP to Win: 46 (28 lost BR)

Average Maingame Winning Score this Week: $27,518 (+$6,918)
Average Maingame Winning Score this Season: $24,970 (+$72)

This Week’s BANKRUPT Trash: $25K
Total BANKRUPT Trash for the Season: $850,597 + 2 trips of unknown value
Biggest Known BANKRUPT: $24,349 (Mar. 1)
Biggest Known BANKRUPT Trash in a Game: $30,200 (Feb. 8)

BANKRUPT Trash-Free Games: 20
BANKRUPT-Free Games: 7
Penalty Spin-Free Games: 8

BANKRUPT Losses
WCs: Week: 1, Season: 37
MDWs: Week: 0, Season: 16
$10K MWs: Week: 1, Season: 4
Prize Wedges: Week: 0, Season: 9
Gift Tags: Week: 1, Season: 19

Unclaimed Cardboard
MDWs: Week: 1, Season: 29
$10K MWs: Week: 0, Season: 11
Prize Wedges: Week: 0, Season: 20
Gift Tags: Week: 0, Season: 36

Unused WCs: 25
Unused MDWs: 9

Top Winning Totals

1. $126,450 (Jan. 19)
2. $123,090 (Sept. 14)
3. $112,570 (Jan. 31)

Top Maingame Winning Scores

1. $58,298 (May 1)
2. $52,384 (Nov. 17)
3. $52,190 (Dec. 12)

Bottom Winning Totals

1. $10,500 (Dec. 29)
2. $11,720 (April 13)
3. $12,130 (Oct. 21)

Season-High Week: WHEEL of FORTUNE XL ($422,670)
Season-Low Week: America’s Game IV ($167,645)

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FINAL SPIN STATS

Occurrence
Start of Round 4: 125
Middle of Round 4: 34
Start of Round 5+: 18
Middle of Round 5+: 3

Spinners
Spun by Red: 59
Spun by Yellow: 51
Spun by Blue: 70

Final Spin Amounts
$1,500: 51
$1,550: 9
$1,600: 25
$1,650: 31
$1,700: 28
$1,800: 3
$1,850: 10
$1,900: 16
$6K: 7

Final Spins Edited Out: 15 (5 others were left in)

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BONUS ROUND STATS

BR Win Record: 74-106 (.411)

PBRWs: 0
4-1 Weeks: 3
3-2 Weeks: 9
2-3 Weeks: 15
1-4 Weeks: 5
SKUNKINGS: 4 (TOTAL TAPING DAY WASHOUTS: 1)

MDBRs: 8

Letter Combo Wipeouts: 5 (TOTAL TRAINWRECKS: 0)

BR Categories
AROUND THE HOUSE: 8/18; 4-4
EVENT(S): 12/28; 5-7
FOOD & DRINK: 13/20; 7-6
FUN & GAMES: 5/8; 2-3
IN THE KITCHEN: 3/3; 2-1
LIVING THING(S): 7/11; 3-4
OCCUPATION:
ON THE MAP: 0/1
PERSON/PEOPLE: 17/39; 7-10
PHRASE: 54/159; 22-32
PLACE(S): 15/29; 6-9
SHOW BIZ:
THING(S): 12/175; 2-10
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?: 29/41; 10-19
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?: 5/8; 4-1

BR Prizes
CAR: 24/59
$40K: 37/90
$45K: 10/19
$50K: 2/6
$100K (or $1M): 1/6

Car Wins

• 2 BMW X3s
• 2 Ford Mustang GTs (1 fastback, 1 convertible)
• 3 MINI Cooper S Hardtops 2dr (2 yellow, 1 red)
• 1 Ford Explorer XLT
• 2 Mercedes-Benz GLB250s
• 2 Lincoln Corsairs
• 2 maZDa CX-9s
• 3 Ford Escapes (1 w/ the SE trim, 2 w/ the SEL trim)
• 1 Mercedes-Benz CLA250
• 1 Chevrolet Blazer 2LT
• 1 Mercedes-Benz GLA250
• 1 BMW X1
• 1 Chevrolet Traverse LT Cloth
• 1 INFINITI Q50 LUXE
• 1 Nissan Rogue AWD Platinum

MDBR Result
Landed on $1M: 1
1-3 Spaces Away: 3
4-6 Spaces Away:
6-9 Spaces Away: 3
10-12 Spaces Away: 3

BR Wins Despite Losing WC to BANKRUPT: 9
Non-$100K Wins After Losing MDW to BANKRUPT: 5

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Weekly Rating: 6 (D+)

WoF Quickcap: 5/19/2023

Two men among these end-of-week shoppers…

Matt Hurst: man who plays old man baseball on the weekends (until he gets a phone call from the Dodgers) and is known at times to play WoF at his house using the wall to make puzzles (he’s Matt Sajak while his wife Suzanne is Suzanna White) from Santa Barbara, CA

Jessica Ncube: mom of two kids from West Palm Beach, FL (and appearing on this show was on her Vision Board for this year)

Cleve Westmoreland III: man who’s one of four Cleves in his family who does dad jokes from Columbus, OH

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FINAL SCORES
Matt: $11,300 | Jessica: $1K GOOSEEGG | Cleve: $29,448 cash & South Africa

GRAND TOTAL: $41,748
BANKRUPT TRASH (Jessica): $10K MW

Scary moments

–Jessica got the $10K MW near $650, only to lose it right back to the MDW’s left side.

-Later…

_ H I _ _ E D
_ R E A _
_ _ / T H E / _ R _ _

Cleve thinks he’s the WHIPPED CREAM OF THE CROP for an unnecessary house minimum, because he didn’t go for the 3 P’s and 2 C’s.

-During the Speed-Up…

S _ _ N G / _ _ N C _
L _ S S _ N S

Jessica surprisingly didn’t solve for $8K which ultimately netted her the $1K GOOSEEGG. Also, there was a NULL CYCLE cut out.

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Yet another generic category list: PHRASE/PERSON/THING

UGH, not again… -___-

$100K Bonus Round: Winning the BR thanks to Cleve making that category mistake literally proved to be an UNACHIEVABLE GOAL, and he loses $45K.

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My Rating: 5 (D-)

Jerry’s Rating: 6 (D+)

You had your chance during the Speed-Up, Jessica.

Unfortunately, that is our forty ninth car shutout of the season.