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Post by tenpoundhammer on Mar 27, 2014 20:56:38 GMT -5
$1,000 Toss-Up: People
F _ _ _ B _ O K
_ R _ E _ _ _
Michelle & Angela solve FACEBOOK FRIENDS.
Michelle Cavaness & Angela Cocca, both from Phoenix, AZ; Michelle is a web designer and roller derby girl; Angela is originally from Allentown, PA, moved to Phoenix after high school, engaged to Trevor
Bethany Lind & Breana Cagle: Bethany is from Oakwood, GA, kindergarten teacher, married to David for 3 years, expecting their first child, Bulldogs fan; Breana from Fiery Branch, GA, married just over a year, high school teacher, helps with cheerleading; friends for 20 years
Marielle Wakim & Amy Silverberg: Marielle is from Los Angeles but originally from Chicago, is an associate editor at a magazine, met Amy at University of Southern California; Amy is still attending University of Southern California, pursuing a Ph.D in literature in literature and creative writing, likes to sing karaoke, see comedy shows, and eat with Marielle
$2,000 Toss-Up: Place
B E A U T Y
_ _ _ _ _ _
Marielle & Amy solve BEAUTY PARLOR.
Prize on Wheel: Westin Resort & Spa Los Cabos, $10,032
Round 1: Title
Marielle & Amy call T and N on $900 and $300, buy O, then call H on $350.
H _ ' _ / _ _ _ T
N O T / T H _ T
_ N T O / _ O _
They solve HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU together for $5,550.
PERFECT ROUND
Bethany & Breana: $0
Marielle & Amy: $7,550
Michelle & Angela: $1,000
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Mystery Round: Before & After
Michelle & Angela hit the Bankrupt next to $650.
Bethany & Breana call S on $500 next to the orange $300, and T on $600. They buy E, return to the same $500 for H, and buy I. Then it's back to $600 for N, a purchase of O, and a pair of W's on the same $500 they hit the last two times around. After buying A and U to clear the vowels, they hit $350, but strike out with L.
Marielle & Amy finish up with P on $3500…
P U _ E / A S
T H E / _ _ I _ E N
S N O W
W H I T E
…and solve PURE AS THE DRIVEN SNOW WHITE for that amount.
Bankrupt: Michelle & Angela ($0)
Dud: L (Bethany & Breana)
Bethany & Breana: $0
Marielle & Amy: $11,050
Michelle & Angela: $1,000
Retro Bonus Round
This man chose K C M O for a Thing in (when else?) 1991:
O N _ O N
S O _ _
He didn't get ONION SOUP.
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Prize/Express Round: Landmark
Bethany & Breana call S on $600, then dud with T on $300, followed by an also-dud R from Marielle & Amy on $900. Michelle & Angela find two M's on $900, but give their money right back to the Bankrupt next to $650. Bethany & Breana call N on $450, but after buying E and A, they fail to find any L's on $600.
Marielle & Amy try to buy O, although Pat stops them since they don't have any money. They spin… and they still don't have any money, because they land on the Bankrupt next to $3500. Michelle & Angela get an I on Free Play, but after H on $900, they once again lose their money to the Bankrupt next to $650.
Bethany & Breana call W on $500 next to the orange $300, buy O, and then hit the $500 next to the pink $900 for D.
H A W A I I ' S
_ A M O _ S
D I A M O N D / H E A D
They solve HAWAII'S FAMOUS DIAMOND HEAD for $2,900 and a trip to Hawaii (Outrigger Reef on the Beach + Sony Alpha NEX-5T, $11,798).
Duds: T (Bethany & Breana), R (Marielle & Amy), L (Bethany & Breana)
Bankrupt: Michelle & Angela ($1,800), Marielle & Amy ($0), Michelle & Angela ($1,800 again)
Bethany & Breana: $14,698
Marielle & Amy: $11,050
Michelle & Angela: $1,000
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$3,000 Toss-Up: Proper Name
_ A R _ _ / J E S _ I _ A
_ _ _ K _ _
Bethany & Breana solve SARAH JESSICA PARKER.
Round 4: Event
Final Spin: $800
Bethany & Breana: R
Marielle & Amy: T; BACHELOR PARTY
Michelle & Angela: S
Bethany & Breana: P
Marielle & Amy: B
Michelle & Angela: L
S L _ _ B _ R
P _ R T _
Michelle & Angela solve SLUMBER PARTY for $3,600 more.
End totals:
Bethany & Breana: $17,698
Marielle & Amy: $11,050
Michelle & Angela: $4,600
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$100,000 Bonus Round
Both of their mothers are in the audience, as is Bethany's husband.
They stop on the I in SPIN, and their puzzle is Things:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ L E S
H, P, C, I:
_ _ C _ _ _ I
_ _ _ _ L E S
They don't solve JACUZZI BUBBLES for $35,000. End total: $17,698.
$5K EVERY DAY SPIN ID: LL7181955
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 27, 2014 22:01:58 GMT -5
This week is a joke... -_- That BR was not going to be won anyway, but the worst mistake of tonight was that the yellow team picked the (single) first letter of the puzzle on $3500 instead of realizing there was a multiple! What is with people doing this so much?!  And these ladies really need to improve their spinning. This is the third episode in a row where a team started a round with the Bankrupt by $650. I felt bad for the blue team because they played well whenever they actually did get to play. |
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Post by ultimaganon on Mar 27, 2014 22:37:52 GMT -5
This week is a joke... -_- That BR was not going to be won anyway, but the worst mistake of tonight was that the yellow team picked the (single) first letter of the puzzle on $3500 instead of realizing there was a multiple! What is with people doing this so much?! And these ladies really need to improve their spinning. This is the third episode in a row where a team started a round with the Bankrupt by $650. I felt bad for the blue team because they played well whenever they actually did get to play. It almost feels like this week is a parody of the show, only it's actually happening in reality before our very eyes. |
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Post by WarioSajak on Mar 27, 2014 23:00:49 GMT -5
I think this week became a joke when we realized this season has 32 freaking team episodes.
Also, what is this now, 150 shows (I lost track; History Wiki says 142) without either Big One being hit in the Bonus Round? I'm not even sure what percentage of odds we're up to at this point...
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Post by mechamind on Mar 27, 2014 23:08:12 GMT -5
^ We're up to 99.73% odds (not counting the three episodes that ended the previous season).
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 27, 2014 23:10:22 GMT -5
This is the 139th aired episode of the season. We're 71% through the season now.
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Mar 28, 2014 0:42:18 GMT -5
You were right, that BR was nearly impossible. Even with JACU up, I had no idea what the heck the top word was. "Jacuvoi? Jacu…" Stupid double Z's. And it's not like I use the word jacuzzi anyway. I just call it a spa.
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Post by genius2751 on Mar 28, 2014 9:00:03 GMT -5
Mario I have to agree with you on all sides. You remember Dads & Grads 2010? It seems that every time we get a new theme, it's nearly a shutout or it is one.
My rating: 6
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Post by pannoni1 on Mar 28, 2014 9:00:44 GMT -5
Sigh, another reason why I see WoF may currently be in a dork age. First lettered text, and now was that a tattoo that I saw Michelle waring on her arm?
Another win as a result of an inflated prize puzzle? Check.
A bonus puzzle that was designed for even the smartest players on this board to miss? Check.
A pretty predictable show with relatively few spins (Just 24 last night)? Check.
Multiple repeated puzzles that are unoriginal? Check.
Yep, that was show #150 without a bonus hit. I hope that it isn't rigged where they only include the Million envelope and secretly hide the $100,000 envelope when there's no Million Wedge to the Bonus Round, feeling that there's not much of a budget (Pat missing the $5,000 more than ever on the final spin being another clue).
The only things that saves this show from failure is that the puzzles tonight weren't overly themed for the week, the first round was perfect, and the Bankrupt losses weren't too huge.
Grade: D
REPEATING PUZZLES
*BEAUTY PARLOR (10/18/11, TU2, PLACE)
*HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU (05/12/09, R1, MOVIE TITLE)
*SNOW WHITE (10/20/11, TU3, FICTIONAL CHARACTER)
*SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (01/29/13, R2, MOVIE TITLE)
*SARAH JESSICA PARKER (02/04/10, TU3, PROPER NAME)
*SARAH JESSICA PARKER AS CARRIE BRADSHAW (09/09/08, R3, STAR AND ROLE)
*MATTHEW BRODERICK & SARAH JESSICA PARKER (11/23/11, R2, HUSBAND AND WIFE)
*SLUMBER PARTY ANIMAL (12/6/12, R2, BEFORE & AFTER)
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Post by genius2751 on Mar 28, 2014 9:01:39 GMT -5
And yeah I'm really starting to get frustrated with the $100K eluding us.
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Post by greenday61892 on Mar 28, 2014 10:24:01 GMT -5
Yep, that was show #150 without a bonus hit. I hope that it isn't rigged where they only include the Million envelope and secretly hide the $100,000 envelope when there's no Million Wedge to the Bonus Round, feeling that there's not much of a budget (Pat missing the $5,000 more than ever on the final spin being another clue). Again this would be ILLEGAL as per the FCC |
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Post by lousan92 on Mar 28, 2014 10:26:11 GMT -5
JACUZZI BUBBLES as a BR puzzle? It's a very difficult puzzle, at least if you are not Emil  Anybody picks J or Z in the BR, and I don't know if knowing BUBBLES anyone could guess JACUZZI. |
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Post by mechamind on Mar 28, 2014 10:34:21 GMT -5
Is it true that the location of the $100,000 envelope is shown to the studio audience after the game is over? I think someone posted that somewhere.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 28, 2014 10:47:03 GMT -5
mechamind: This is not true. The only time they ever show additional envelopes on-camera or off is when the million is in play but not hit, and they showed all the envelopes to the audience after Autumn won the million. Of course, they used to show the $100K when it was one space adjacent, but I imagine they stopped doing this for good. genius2751: I'm sure I've seen it, but I don't remember it very well, and I guess I should be glad I don't. pannoni1: There's no easy way to say this, but Pat's getting old. Unless they oil the Wheel a lot more than usual, he's not going to be hitting $5,000 on the Final Spin on a full R4 Speed-Up anymore, and it's no surprise that every episode this week has had one of those. Stupid long interviews... The red arrow needs to be around Lose a Turn for him to make it around. The Wheel appears to be becoming heavier as the seasons progress, too. In the last NYC show, he managed to make it all the way back around to the orange $300, but I noticed the Wheel was way looser than usual for that remote, probably because of its reassembly. I see nothing wrong with visible tattoos, as long as they're appropriate. Not the first time I've seen them on the show, either. Also, if a puzzle was part of a former B&A or SN, I wouldn't count that as a repeat. I would only count repeats as verbatim, or substituting one part of a B&A/SN, or changing 1-2 words of a former Prize Puzzle (like the many "BASKING...SUN(SHINE)" examples). And I disagree about the theme-ing. It was pretty blatant tonight (TU2, R1, R2, TU3, R4), though oddly, TU2 was more themed than TU1 was.
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Mar 28, 2014 13:10:51 GMT -5
Anyone else miss with BEAUTY SCHOOL on TU2? I did.
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Post by Prizes on Mar 28, 2014 14:22:06 GMT -5
TU1: Yay more theming! Guess that's expected, but this one's kind of odd given likely all three teams likely knew each other prior to the site. Easily before them.
TU2: Only slightly better than 1/500 chance the letters would come up how they did, filling out BEAUTY before any of PARLOR. Shamefully only tied the team here, but I got it, no issues.
R1: Well, hey, there's some solid gameplay this week, it's been awhile. Given all these 36ish spin powers, how have there been no 1/2 cars won this week?
R2: I get the nerves, but why the L there? Yikes. Back to the less-than-great play again, sigh. Also, audience, gosh you were all but invisible this taping, and awful. Didn't have the first part of it, but apparently similar usage of such a phrase roots back to MacBeth, oddly enough.
How was that retro not solved? Geez, MAGIC HAND of 1991, oy vey.
R3: Not a bad PP, writing wise. I mean, it's obvious, and I have to deduct a little there, but nothing overly needlessly superfluously unnecessary. Too bad the trip was over priced, and once again impacted the overall winner.
TU3: Sex and the City puzzle was long overdue. Sad that these puzzles are all just female stereotypes, it's honestly a laugh to the face of women's rights on some of these, sigh...
R4: Had this with S, surprised this too this long to solve. Honestly, this wouldn't be a bad easy-medium BR puzzle, either. Also, BACHELOR, look at your spaces, ladies...
BR: Honestly, their picks were good enough to get me this, so pannoni, not quite! Helps I had GIGGLES with RSTLNE, so that got me thinking the three multiples in word two. Once I had BUBBLES, not many words I know of end in I, have a C, and ultimately, go with the theme just a bit, also was thinking obscure letter, after quickly shifting through WKY with RSTLNE. Amazed I got this, my mind just wanted catch up with Emil from my couch, I think, haha. It's also a puzzle (well, JACUZZI at least) my mother and I would sometimes give each other in hangman, if we wanted to be nasty. That said, I've got a strong feeling JACUZZI itself was used in the mid 90s, it rings a distant bell not thought of in about 20 some years.
P&V chat: Best part of the week so far, throughout, Pat's been killing it. Wish we could see this side of him more in this segment.
Be sure to root on Danielle and Andrea tonight, as I auditioned with them--very nice folks, told me out of nowhere I was like a lock to get on, when I exited the ballroom. Told them the same, they will have a lot of energy, and a good dynamic.
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Post by genius2751 on Mar 28, 2014 15:24:55 GMT -5
I will be very happy if SOMEONE saves them from a shutout. New themes that were initially bad:
Going Green 2008 (S25, nearly a shutout)
Pet Lovers 2008 (S25, nearly a shutout)
Dads & Grads 2008 (S25, win on Monday, losses everywhere else)
Dad's & Grads 2010 (S27, shutout)
Sandals Romance 2012 (S29, very average maingames every night)
Sandals Romance 2013 (S30, nearly a shutout)
Girlfriend Getaways 2014 (S30...shutout?)
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Post by WooWho on Mar 28, 2014 17:03:50 GMT -5
Another thing most, if not all, of us here have to keep in mind--from an advertiser's perspective, we weren't supposed to like this week. I'd wager good money everyone who's posted in this thread so far, except for Prizes, don't fall within the desired demographic this week was clearly trying to attract. But that still doesn't excuse poor gameplay. This BR really couldn't be helped because the letters just weren't there, but I've had some moments from earlier in the week during the maingame where I've literally shouted "NO!" at the TV. April 28 can't get here soon enough... |
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Post by WarioSajak on Mar 29, 2014 1:51:54 GMT -5
The Wheel appears to be becoming heavier as the seasons progress, too. That's probably because somebody thought the Wheel needed to weigh over 2,000 pounds. Seriously, why? I'm pretty sure it didn't weigh anywhere near that much for most of the first 25 years, and most of the weight was likely on the contestant displays, arrows, flippers, and (later on) adjusting platforms -- and I'm pretty sure the contestant area used to be a separate thing from the Wheel itself. Sad that these puzzles are all just female stereotypes, it's honestly a laugh to the face of women's rights on some of these, sigh... ...Then what does that say of Friedman, the guy who approves these things for tapings? This can't be simple trolling by him, can it? |
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 29, 2014 9:38:14 GMT -5
The Wheel appears to be becoming heavier as the seasons progress, too. That's probably because somebody thought the Wheel needed to weigh over 2,000 pounds. Seriously, why? I'm pretty sure it didn't weigh anywhere near that much for most of the first 25 years, and most of the weight was likely on the contestant displays, arrows, flippers, and (later on) adjusting platforms -- and I'm pretty sure the contestant area used to be a separate thing from the Wheel itself. Because they don't want to sacrifice precious seconds by waiting too long for the Wheel to slow down. Their time constraints these days aren't as long as they used to be and they still need to edit down the time it takes for the Wheel to stop, especially when stronger people spin. I mean, in a 1980's episode, a spin might take about 5-6 seconds, but in a 2010's episode, only about 3-4, so when the spins add up, that shaves off quite a bit of time. Time is the official reason that the Wheel is so heavy. |
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Anybody picks J or Z in the BR, and I don't know if knowing BUBBLES anyone could guess JACUZZI.
