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Post by tenpoundhammer on Dec 28, 2012 21:52:09 GMT -5
Opening clip: Pat drives a cart onto the set and hits the board, 2002
$1,000 Toss-Up: Quotation[/u]
_ O W / _ _ _ H E R !
N O W / _ A N C _ _ !
Robyn solves NOW DASHER! NOW DANCER!
Robyn Martini[/color], Pen Argyl, PA, works for tri-county human services organization, has a 14-year-old son
Cindy Kling[/color], Snohomish, WA, instructor "for people that work on the largest airplanes in the world", married to John for 34 years, has two children and a grandchild
Wil Begley[/color], Canal Winchester, OH, customer sales rep at a bank, newly married to Dara, dreams of opening his own coffeehouse
$2,000 Toss-Up: Fun & Games[/u]
_ _ R S T / _ O W N
A N D / T E N
Wil solves FIRST DOWN AND TEN.
Prize on Wheel: Hawks Cay Resort, Florida Keys, $5,000[/color]
Jackpot Round: Occupation[/u]
Wil gets the T's on $300[/color], then buys the E. Next, it's the Florida trip[/color] with R, then a purchase of A. After that, N on $700[/color], and purchase of O and I to get all the vowels… but he follows it up with Bankrupt. Robyn takes a single spin of $2500[/color] for the P…
P A R _ I N _ / _ O T
A T T E N _ A N T
…and solves PARKING LOT ATTENDANT.
Bankrupt: Wil ($3,050 + Trip)
Left behind in Jackpot: $9,500
Cindy[/color]: $0
Wil[/color]: $2,000
Robyn[/color]: $3,500
Going into the break, the stage crew wishes everyone Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
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Mystery Round: Show Biz[/u]
Robyn leads off with the T's on $900[/color], then N on $300[/color]. After buying E and A, she spins for the D on $400[/color] and buys the O. Her next stop is the Mystery Wedge[/color] next to Lose a Turn. After calling L, she flips it… but there's a Bankrupt on the back.
Cindy tries P on $450[/color], S on $550[/color], then buys U and I to take care of the vowels. After going one last time for the R on Free Play[/color]…
O R I _ I N A L
_ O T I O N
P I _ T U R E
S O U N D T R A _ _
…she solves ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK for $2,000.
Bankrupt: Robyn ($3,250, reverse of MW)
Cindy[/color]: $2,000
Wil[/color]: $2,000
Robyn[/color]: $3,500
Retro Bonus Round[/u]
It's a Phrase from November 4, 1994 (on location at Fair Park in Dallas), and Bree chose M Y D A:
L _ / A N D
_ E _ _ L D
She did not solve LO AND BEHOLD.
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Prize Puzzle: Phrase[/u]
Cindy leads off with S on $400[/color], H on $700[/color], then buys E. Her next stop is $900[/color], but she doesn't find an R.
Wil calls N on $300[/color], buys I, then picks up the Wild Card/$500[/color] with L. After buying A, he hits $3500[/color] and calls T, then uses his Wild Card to get the G's. Admitting that he still doesn't know the answer, he spins one last time for the ½ Car/$500[/color] next to the orange $300, and picks it up with M.
L E T ' S / G _ / _ N
A / M _ _ N L I G H T
S _ I M
He solves LET'S GO ON A MOONLIGHT SWIM for $16,100 and a trip to Maui (Westin Maui Resort & Spa, $6,172[/color]).
Dud: R (Cindy)
Cindy[/color]: $2,000
Wil[/color]: $24,272
Robyn[/color]: $3,500
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$3,000 Toss-Up: Place[/u]
O _ E - _ A Y
_ T R _ _ _
Cindy solves ONE-WAY STREET.
Round 4: What Are You Doing?[/u]
Final Spin: $5000[/color]
Cindy[/color]: N
Wil[/color]: R
Robyn[/color]: G
Cindy[/color]: T
Wil[/color]: S
Robyn[/color]: M
Cindy[/color]: Y
Wil[/color]: L
Robyn[/color]: I
Cindy[/color]: H
_ _ L L _ _ T I N G / M Y
T H _ _ G H T S
For an impressive $42,000, Cindy solves COLLECTING MY THOUGHTS!
Dud: R (Wil)
End totals[/u]
Cindy[/color]: $47,000
Wil[/color]: $24,272
Robyn[/color]: $3,500
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$100,000 Bonus Round[/u]
Cindy already has a lot of cash. Her sister, aunt, and nieces are in the audience to see if she'll get any more.
She stops at the P in SPIN, and her puzzle is a Phrase:
_ E / _ E _ R _
_ _ _
D, B, P, A…
_ E / _ E A R D
_ _ _
She figures out WE HEARD YOU right away, so what does that add to her total?
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…
…
…
…
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…drop the confetti, it's the $100,000[/color]! End total: $147,000[/color], all cash! That now makes her the SECOND HIGHEST WINNER in the show's history!
$5K EVERY DAY SPIN ID: JG0021410
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Post by MarioGS on Dec 28, 2012 21:53:17 GMT -5
R3: This puzzle is terrible as Phrase. There is an Elvis song called "Moonlight Swim" that uses it word-for-word. Why not make it Song Lyrics, instead? At least the WC is used right tonight after that mess on Wednesday. But just once I'd like to see somebody hand it in without Pat prompting them, or it least before he mentions it. If I get an opportunity, I'll stick my hand out to him the moment my first consonant is lighting up and just be like "Yeahyeahyeah, I'll use this for another $3500 each." R4: Very intense. I didn't expect Cindy to make the comeback, especially knowing ahead of time that a record would be broken... BR: Whoooooo! ;D Excellent work!  About the retro clip, was there originally music there? It seems like there might have been, considering that was an entrance at the top of the show, right? Anybody see the original episode back then? Same Name is getting quite the absence. Hasn't been used since 12/12. Not that I mind, considering the shying away from ampersands in the categories that need them the most and only using them where spelling out AND is actually OK (see R3 yesterday)... Audience was downright awful until R4. Stop ruining high-paying rounds with the lack of enthusiasm!  The winnings couldn't have happened to a better person. So happy for Cindy to make that awesome comeback and break a record to top it off! ;D The previous record overall (not counting millionaires) was $146,529 during Sweethearts Week in Season 13. The total winnings for tonight is also easily a record barring the $1M win show. However, the show started out pretty flat, then really skyrocketed around the second half, so I'd say that balances out pretty nicely, but definitely doesn't cancel out the not-so-good stuff... Rating: 8/10 9/10 (I think I was being a bit biased here because I knew the win was coming) Average Rating For This Week: 6================================================================ Regarding the weekly promo video, this week's reaches new lows after last week's travesty... I can't believe they outright spoiled a grand prize win! Way to show four wedge pickups when 3/4 were Bankrupted a few turns later.  Nice job, promo editors...NOT! Aside from that stuff, there is quite a lot of unused footage in it. I wish we could have seen Pat and Vanna hugging and fake-crying tonight (:18). But look at :15..."No one at home will know we screwed up unless you go home and blab." This didn't air, did it? What do you think they "screwed up"?  It wasn't the scoring error from yesterday, because Pat had a different shirt and tie. It was definitely from tonight's episode judging by Pat's tie. Any evidence as to what went wrong? Maybe a discarded puzzle? Oh, and nice job keeping quiet about tonight, Robyn... NOT! -__- Why would she mention that ahead of time?! Why can't people just keep their mouths shut? There was a guy who spoiled on the FB last weekend, too (he was a former member here).
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Post by WayoshiM on Dec 28, 2012 21:54:02 GMT -5
Well, well.
This is the stuff of legends & dreams. You can only hope you will be fortunate enough to call 7 consonants in the speed-up with anything higher than a triple and manage to solve it right then, as well as get a pretty easy BR, and even if that happens you can barely conceive the amounts of both of these will be $5000 (especially nowadays) and $100000.
Unbelievable. I believe the overall maingame winnings should be a record also, that was a very strong 2nd place to back that up.
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Post by stardf29 on Dec 28, 2012 22:04:08 GMT -5
The show started off slow, but starting from Round 3, things went insane. A useful Wild Card with a high cash payout in addition to the trip would normally seal the win, but then a $5K speed-up hit for $42K creates a crazy comeback, and then we top all that off with a $100K win? Dang.
I thought the BR puzzle started with BE, but once that was ruled out, I got it with Cindy's choices. And that is an amazing all-cash total for Cindy to have the highest non-million win.
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Post by wheelwatcherdanny on Dec 28, 2012 22:04:23 GMT -5
TPH, you left out the C in Stage Crew
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Post by MarioGS on Dec 28, 2012 22:07:21 GMT -5
Thanks, Danny, but try to post something other than only minor errors in recaps from now on, OK?
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Dec 28, 2012 22:07:39 GMT -5
^ Mario fixed it for me.
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Post by whammy007 on Dec 28, 2012 22:13:02 GMT -5
Toss-Ups: Theming plus a cut-off quotation makes for a late buzz on TU1, and the spelling out of TEN instead of using the number didn't help on TU2 either. R1: The promo (which I ended up seeing on my local affiliate today) spoiled Wil's prize pickup but not its loss (of course). Robyn beats the 7 to 1 odds (normally 5 to 1, but the prize already was picked up) and gets over $1,000 with her spingle by hitting top dollar. R2: Missed this round due to snow-induced satellite failure. Looks pretty average based on the readback. R3: Wil's spin power makes a great combo, with the Wild Card then the top dollar! Thankfully, it doesn't carry on to the Bankrupt right behind, so he'll enjoy $16,100 and the Maui trip! No thanks are to be given to the sadistic writers who take moonlight swims in the dead of winter.  R4: There was a $5,000 spin spoiled in this week's promo, but I don't think it was this one. Cindy has a beast of a round with $42,000 on seven letters, nearly doubling Wil's already-impressive score of $24,272! Robyn has just $3,500 but that's better than a Pity Thousand. Bonus: I was able to RSTLNE this with little trouble. Cindy has another MASSIVE payday as we drop confetti on her - great solve! Overall: I can't comment on Round 2 due to missing it, but otherwise this was a pretty darn good show. I'll give it a 9/10 for the combination of odds-beating spingle, WC/TDV combo, mega speedup round, and the grand prize win. |
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Post by mcbridebobby on Dec 28, 2012 22:15:17 GMT -5
Just so you know, I did notice a spoiler in a news story, but I didn't know if it necessarily would be Robyn or the final winning total being at least $150K. As it turned out, the answer was no to both & the second-highest winner of all-time on "Wheel" is Cindy w/ all her winnings in cash- what a late holiday present!!!!!
And because he didn't win that big maingame, Wil made absolutely the right call in using his WC late in the PP Round- ironically, both BR losses this week involved that WC.
Furthermore, have you all noticed we've been landing on the car more often in the BRs this season? we've landed on a car prize envelope at least once each week except for the Military Families Week.
Score: Nothing but 10!
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Post by MarioGS on Dec 28, 2012 22:23:29 GMT -5
The promo (which I ended up seeing on my local affiliate today) spoiled Wil's prize pickup but not its loss (of course). That's peanuts compared to the full online version of the promo. Just so you know, I did notice a spoiler in a news story, but I didn't know if it necessarily would be Robyn or the final winning total being at least $150K. Just wondering, is it the same article I have linked in my post above? (The blue "NOT!") |
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Post by whammy007 on Dec 28, 2012 22:41:57 GMT -5
There's probably more that the local promo spoiled (I'm not sure if it was the full version or not, I was paying more attention to the Jeopardy episode at the time), but that little bit stuck out in my mind when I saw Wil (and his sweater) later on.
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Post by an007 on Dec 28, 2012 22:50:03 GMT -5
We started the night out slow, but boy did it really pick things up in a tremendous way!!! R1: See what happens when you go one spin too many, Wil? R2: Another MW gamble that turns out to be a bad one. Also, Cindy was being a consonative for not choosing the C's. R3: What a great round for Wil! And I agree w/ Bobby M. -- that this was a wise use of the WC to get $14K. Wil probably would have chosen a dud if he took that WC to the BR. R4: What an incredible comeback for Cindy!!! But that's not just the fun part... Bonus Round: ...this was a FANTASTIC GRAND PRIZE WIN!!! Cindy truly deserved every cent of that $147K and she's gonna celebrate the new year in style! ;D FTR, I had that w/ the RSTLNE. Unfortunately, I did look at the week's video promo and boy did they ever spoil that big win. [removed] EPISODE RATING: perfect 10! Andy, while I agree it was terrible of them to do that, please don't refer to the show's staff with such words. Thanks. |
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Post by BrainBoggler on Dec 28, 2012 22:55:47 GMT -5
Yes, I finally got to sit down and watch an episode in real time, and boy, I couldn't have been happier to see that 6K final spin pay off in a big way like that! Then to get the 100K on top of that...Cindy's going to need those largest planes to carry home her cash and prizes!
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Post by germanname1990 on Dec 28, 2012 23:11:46 GMT -5
History was indeed made tonight, no doubt. Although she's the second biggest winner in the show's history, right behind Mrs. Michelle "Millionaire" Lowenstein, she is the biggest winner among those whose winnings consist entirely of cash. That's something worth noting.
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Post by WarioSajak on Dec 29, 2012 0:35:40 GMT -5
Regarding the weekly promo video, this week's reaches new lows after last week's travesty... Just as I thought -- Wheel is a primetime game show. But look at :15..."No one at home will know we screwed up unless you go home and blab." This didn't air, did it? What do you think they "screwed up"? It wasn't the scoring error from yesterday, because Pat had a different shirt and tie. It was definitely from tonight's episode judging by Pat's tie. Any evidence as to what went wrong? Maybe a discarded puzzle? What does Wheel have against people knowing they make mistakes? Especially since this was taped before last week with all its hoopla. |
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Post by MarioGS on Dec 29, 2012 0:50:20 GMT -5
But it's not like they're going to acknowledge any "mistake" if it can't be corrected or if they feel it's not worth it. At this rate, nobody's going to comment on any of last week's happenings until the next time Pat Sajak is interviewed. That's the only scenario I can see anyone commenting on it, and if anybody, it would be him. If he hadn't deleted his Twitter, I'm sure he would have said something.
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Post by kev347 on Dec 29, 2012 10:48:52 GMT -5
I have to ask all of you people giving this episode a 9 out of 10, what would a perfect 10 be?  Everything that happened tonight plus an error-free game? This was definitely history. I'm really amazed they let Pat spin 5k on a puzzle with that many multiples. We've seen many times in the last year where they've let a runaway after R3 like that just be a runaway, usually dictated by multiples in R4. Either way, what a tremendous accomplishment and we finally get 100 on an easy BR to cash in. I think it will be a long time before 42k+ is won in the speedup again. |
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Post by WarioSajak on Dec 29, 2012 11:14:52 GMT -5
I'm really amazed they let Pat spin 5k on a puzzle with that many multiples. Try as they might, the show can't have control over everything, or else we'd be right back into the mess that caused the quiz show scandals. I have to ask all of you people giving this episode a 9 out of 10, what would a perfect 10 be? Everything that happened tonight plus an error-free game? I'm actually quite curious, myself, as well as what would have to happen to cause a 0 rating (or 1, if you don't go that low). |
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Post by MarioGS on Dec 29, 2012 13:45:21 GMT -5
I have to ask all of you people giving this episode a 9 out of 10, what would a perfect 10 be? Everything that happened tonight plus an error-free game? Well, it wasn't exactly error-free, but I guess for a show that would get a 10/10 from me, there would have to be... - No major penalty hits (as in, nothing that makes the contestant lose out on anything major) - No horribly-written puzzles - No noticeable editing or miscalculations - An audience that reacts to everything they should (not tonight's, that's for sure) - Contestants that genuinely have fun without seeming like a ham - No dumb letter calls - Good uses of strategies or at least no bad strategies - No super-early solves leaving many multiples - Multiple good-paying rounds - Contestants that know what they're doing and not just getting lucked into it - At least $50K won in the BR and/or the MDW taken to the BR I didn't give numerical ratings last season, but I probably would have given Bonnie Rutschilling's episode (11/15/11) a 9 or 10 despite not being a $100K win. I still enjoy watching it very much. I'm actually quite curious, myself, as well as what would have to happen to cause a 0 rating (or 1, if you don't go that low). Hmm, well, everything would have to be worst-case scenario, but perhaps more realistically... - MDW picked up then Bankrupted on next spin - Multiple house minimum solves - Players that don't know the rules or seem like they've never seen the show (such as instantly solving in Speed-Up) - Bad puzzle writing - Unsolved Toss Up - Several penalty hits - Multiple null cycles cut - $100K or $1M loss (the latter would automatically make it a 3 at best) - A contestant not knowing a puzzle with 1-2 letters missing - Audience couldn't care less (though this wouldn't apply much if there were no spins for them to react positively to ) - Good-paying opportunities blown As for a possible candidate for this, the "AN UNKNOWN FACT" episode. Don't recall much from the maingame there, but it was a January 4th show, so... Uh-oh, that's next Friday. Let's pray that the curse doesn't continue...  |
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Jan 28, 2022 18:02:22 GMT -5
Bumping. Cindy commented on Facebook that the original Speed-Up round was thrown out due to Pat accepting a wrong answer, but they kept the original Final Spin value. This might explain Pat's "...go home and blab" comment in the promo video.
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Nice job, promo editors...NOT!
It wasn't the scoring error from yesterday, because Pat had a different shirt and tie. It was definitely from tonight's episode judging by Pat's tie. Any evidence as to what went wrong? Maybe a discarded puzzle?
Everything that happened tonight plus an error-free game? This was definitely history. I'm really amazed they let Pat spin 5k on a puzzle with that many multiples. We've seen many times in the last year where they've let a runaway after R3 like that just be a runaway, usually dictated by multiples in R4. Either way, what a tremendous accomplishment and we finally get 100 on an easy BR to cash in. I think it will be a long time before 42k+ is won in the speedup again. 