EPISODE #5770: PET LOVERS WEEK
$1,000 Tossup: LIVING THING
_ N _ P _ _ N G
T _ R T _ _
Wes comes up w/ SNAPPING TURTLE. Our last three pet owners this week are...
Wes Smith: Univ. of Arkansas in Fayetteville student majoring in agricultural education who grew up back on a cattle farm from Gepp, AR; he owns a 7-yr. old chocolate lab named C.K.
Mary Carlson: mortgage loan officer who owns a Shiba Inu named Samantha from Portsmouth, NH
Ashley Boelens: children's hospital patient-experience department worker in D.C. who got her pets from PetConnectRescue.org from Kensington, MD; she's the owner of a cat (Ralph) and a puppy (Samson)
$2,000 Tossup: THING
_ _ _ A G E / D O O R
O _ _ _ E _
Wes is 2 for 2 w/ a GARAGE DOOR OPENER.
PET-FRIENDLY PRIZE: $5K Natural Balance for the third and final time this week
Jackpot Round: FUN & GAMES
(NOTE: The MDW was mistakenly placed on the $550 wedge instead of the orange $800 next to it. It was corrected the next round.)
Wes gets started w/ two N's and T's to give him $2,800. He then goes to the vowel department to buy two E's and an O, but the latter isn't there. Second, Mary BANKRUPTS next to $650. Third, Ashley claims the WC w/ a G, fills in two H's and A's...
_ _ A _ _ N G / _ E T _ H
_ N / T H E / _ A _ _
...and solves PLAYING FETCH IN THE PARK for $2,050.
SOLE DUD: O (Wes)
BANKRUPT: Mary
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $7,800
Scores after R1
Mary: $0
Ashley: $2,050 + WC
Wes: $3K
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Mystery Round: BEFORE & AFTER
First, Mary calls out a T, two N's for the $5K bonus, and D for dud. Second, Ashley says an R and S for sorry. Third, Wes takes $1,800 worth of L's, but then the sole dud vowel of A. Mary second turn ends quickly w/ the LAT. Ashley gets the same wedge after filling in more letters. Wes narrows things down to this...
B _ Y / O N E
_ E T / O N E
F R E E
W I L L Y
He won't "BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE WILLY", but he's won another $3,800.
DUDS: D (Mary), S (Ashley), A (Wes)
LATs: 2 (both ladies)
Scores after R2
Mary: nada
Ashley: $2,050 + WC
Wes: $6,800
Bonus Puzzle Flashback (May 2000): THINGS
The week at that time was a wheeloffortune.com sweepstakes sponsored by EarthLink. Yos had this to work w/ after calling CPGI...
_ N C _ _ _ I E S
....he nailed ANCHOVIES.
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PRIZE PUZZLE Round: PHRASE
Ashley gets both halves of the Ford Fiesta right away w/ N and M (the one next to $900 was picked up first). But after some work, she hits LAT for the second time tonight, possibly costing her at least $16,390 cash and Fiesta. Wes secondly BANKRUPTS next to top dollar. Afterwards, it's all Mary...
H _ L _ / _ _ _ N
T H E / _ _ _ T
_ H I L E / I ' M
A _ A _
She'll soon be saying "HOLD DOWN THE FORT WHILE I'M AWAY" to her friends/family, because she's won her first $2,800 plus a hotwire.com trip to the British Colonial Hilton Nassau in the BAHAMAS worth $6,100.
BANKRUPT: Wes
LAT: Ashley
Scores after R3
Mary: $8,900 cash and trip
Ashley: $2,050 + WC
Wes: $6,800
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$3,000 Tossup: FOOD & DRINK
W _ O L E / _ _ E _ T
_ _ _ _ D
Ashley eats some WHOLE WHEAT BREAD to move to $5,050.
Round 4: AROUND THE HOUSE
After some work by Ashley, we go into Speed-Up mode w/ the following...
T _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ _ / A N D
T _ _ T _ _ A _ T E
The leftover consonants are worth $1,500. Her next pick is four O's, and you loyal viewers (especially myself) aren't happy about that...
T O O T _ _ _ _ _ _ / A N D
T O O T _ _ A _ T E
...for good reason -- TOOTHBRUSH AND TOOTHPASTE is only worth another $2,500 to her. She should've chosen the H's or S's for the win.
PERFECT ROUND
FINAL SCORES
Mary: $8,900 cash and trip
Ashley: $7,550
Wes: $6,800
CUMULATIVE TOTAL: $23,250
BANKRUPT TRASH: NONE despite the two hits
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$100,000 Bonus Round
Here comes the & envelope for Mary.
Category: PHRASE
Think poker for this puzzle staring out as...
_ _ _ R / _ _
_ / _ _ N _
DMKO gives her a good shot w/ this...
_ O _ R / O _
_ / K _ N D
She quietly talks her way into the right answer of FOUR OF A KIND for the third and final $30K payoff this week, so she's out w/ $38,900 cash and trip.
$5K SPIN ID: CR5562307
MY EPISODE RATING: 6 out of 10
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