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Post by acwof on Apr 16, 2018 15:51:30 GMT -5
Note: After an overwhelming last week of seeing the debut of my sister's baby boy, predicting a future bonus round puzzle, and being selected for the Wheelmobile event in Durham, I am now back to posting regularly scheduled recaps!
$1,000 Toss-Up: Person
M _ _ LI _ N _ _ RE
Ryan solves MILLIONAIRE.
Contestants:
Chris Szczepanski: She is from Somerset, New Jersey. Former nurse who volunteers at an animal shelter. Likes Broadway, and has taken ballroom dancing.
Ciara Johnson: She is from Waldorf, Maryland. She is an event designer who is married to Jonathan.
Ryan Emerson: He is from Clovis, California. Fisherman and waiter who loves the Dodgers.
$2,000 Toss-Up: Thing
ARM _ _ ED
C _ R
Ryan solves ARMORED CAR.
Prize on the Wheel: $10,000 courtesy of Jackpot Magic Slots
Gift Tag on the Wheel: $1,000 courtesy of Jackpot Magic Slots
Round 1: Around the House
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_ _ _ _ - _ _
_ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _
Ryan gets the Million Dollar Wedge with 1 R, but guesses a bad F on $600.
Chris gets $2,700 from 3 S’s worth $900 each, buys 3 E’s, but then lands on BANKRUPT.
Ciara gets $600 from 1 H, but then lands on BANKRUPT.
Ryan gets $500 with 1 T, buys 1 A and 4 O’s, $1,400 from 2 L’s worth $700 each, $500 from 1 C, but then lands on BANKRUPT.
Chris gets $1,800 from 2 N’s worth $900 each, buys 1 U and 1 I, $550 from 1 M, but guesses a bad P on $900.
Ciara decides to just solve the puzzle…
ENORMOUS
_ AL _ - IN
SHOE / CLOSET
…and solves ENORMOUS WALK-IN SHOE CLOSET for $0 → $1,000 House Minimum.
Chris: $0
Ciara: $1,000
Ryan: $3,000
BANKRUPT Trash for Round 1: $4,950 and Million Dollar Wedge ($2,450 from Chris, $600 from Ciara, $1,900 and MDW from Ryan)
Unclaimed Cash/Prizes for Round 1: $1,850 (Chris)
DUDS for Round 1: P (Chris), F (Ryan)
Round 2/Mystery Round: Same Name
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Chris gets $1,000 and the ½ Car with 2 T’s worth $500 each, buys 3 E’s, but guesses a bad R on $3,500.
Ciara gets $1,200 from 2 S’s worth $600 each, but guesses a bad W on $900.
Ryan guesses a bad L on $700.
Chris gets 2 O's from the Free Play, $700 from 1 H, buys 2 I’s and 2 A’s, $2,000 from 2 N’s worth $1,000 each on the Mystery Wedge, gambles, but reveals a BANKRUPT on the other side.
Ciara gets $500 and the Gift Tag with 1 C, and $800 from 1 K.
SATIN / AN _
COOKIE
SHEET
Ciara solves SATIN AND COOKIE SHEET for $3,500 (Gift Tag included).
Chris: $0
Ciara: $4,500
Ryan: $3,000
BANKRUPT Trash for Round 2: $2,200 (Chris)
Unclaimed Cash/Prizes for Round 2: None
DUDS for Round 2: R (Chris), W (Ciara), L (Ryan)
Round 3/Prize Puzzle Round: Places
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Ciara guesses a bad N on $550.
Ryan gets $800 from 1 R, buys 1 E, $7,000 from 2 S’s worth $3,500 each, buys 1 A, but guesses a bad L on $650.
Chris spins a BANKRUPT.
Ciara gets $500 and the Wild Card with 1 B, $650 from 1 Y, buys an I, but guesses a bad D on $3,500.
Ryan guesses a bad P on $700.
Chris gets 1 O from the Free Play, $1,000 from 1 T on the Express Wedge, hops aboard, and calls the following letter: 1 Q
T _ RQ _ OISE
BAYS
Chris solves TURQUOISE BAYS for $2,000 and a trip to Barbados worth $7,300.
Chris: $9,300
Ciara: $4,500 and Wild Card
Ryan: $3,000
Unclaimed Cash/Prizes for Round 3: $900 (Ciara), $7,300 (Ryan)
DUDS for Round 3: N & D (Ciara), L & P (Ryan)
$3,000 Toss-Up: On the Map
S _ OTL _ ND
& / _ A _ ES
Chris solves SCOTLAND & WALES.
Round 4: Phrase
_ _ _ / _ _ _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _
Final Spin: $500
Chris: N (No N)
Ciara: 2 S’s
Ryan: R (No R)
Chris: 4 T’s
Ciara: 2 H’s
Ryan: 2 B’s
TH _ / B _ ST
_ _ / TH _ / B _ ST
Ryan solves THE BEST OF THE BEST for $3,000.
Unclaimed Cash/Prizes for Round 4: $6,000 (Chris & Ciara)
DUDS for Round 4: N (Chris), R (Ryan)
END GAME TOTALS:
Chris: $12,300
Ciara: $4,500 and Wild Card (Retired)
Ryan: $6,000
Total BANKRUPT Trash for this episode: $7,150 and MDW ($4,650 from Chris, $600 from Ciara, $1,900 and MDW from Ryan)
Total Unclaimed Cash/Prizes for this episode: $22,050 ($7,850 from Chris, $6,900 from Ciara, $7,300 from Ryan)
No Lose A Turn hits!
Chris’ choices for the Bonus Round are Place, Thing, and Phrase.
$100,000 Bonus Round:
Chris does not seem to have anybody in the audience with her.
Chris spins the Bonus Wheel, and lands on the M in GAME.
The category is PLACE.
RSTLNE gives us this:
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_ _ R _ _ L _ _ E
Chris’ BR Picks: C D P I
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_ _ R _ SP _ CE
Chris guesses TEXAS AIRSPACE and EVERSPACE, but is unable to solve MY WORKSPACE for the 320i.
FINAL WINNING TOTAL: $12,300
Big Money Giveaway Spin I.D.: AK01732
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Apr 16, 2018 18:56:48 GMT -5
Props to Ciara for not spingling in R1.
R3 was a good example of Common Letter Blindness. They let T sit way too long.
I'm still waiting for a time that someone lands on Express but doesn't get to ride because there are no consonants left.
Two letters and she guesses "TEXAS" for the first word?! Dafuq?!
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Post by MarioGS on Apr 16, 2018 19:25:39 GMT -5
I feel like everybody wins if they would just do $10K cash prize wedges like this:  I mean, it's a bit cruel, but it makes fans and nostalgists happy, it technically adds something special for Big Money Week, it means the Wheel can change hands a bit more, and it can still be sponsored if they do a plug before R1. A full-size plain logo representing a $10K bonus is just unexciting. |
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Post by williamporygon on Apr 16, 2018 21:15:59 GMT -5
Two letters and she guesses "TEXAS" for the first word?! Dafuq?! Maybe she thought they were using the postal abbreviation for some reason? But even then, the T would've been showing, so... yeah, dafuq?! |
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Post by Flerbert419 on Apr 16, 2018 21:53:23 GMT -5
Big Money Week. Show gives away $7,500 total in non-forced cash. Car spun on bonus wheel.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 22:07:02 GMT -5
Not representing much of BIG MONEY for the episode, I guess.
I nailed TU1 with just the E and I’m happy everyone won something I guess.
I nailed the BR when the Cs and the Ps came up. This shouldn’t have been lost, period. And quite odd for Pat to not open the envelope immediately.
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Post by genius2751 on Apr 17, 2018 0:01:37 GMT -5
Were it not for the contestants' humor, particularly from Chris, the start to Big Money Week would've been totally lackluster. Good thing Ryan waited for the first letter of TU1 to pop up (I would've missed it with B). Too bad he didn't get to keep the sparkly green wedge - and how ironic that he picked it up on the first spin!  Chris sure recovered from her bad luck early on, and Ciara and Ryan earned decent amounts as well. Did Pat have Chris spell out her name?! :lol: Well, that was funny, but her BR loss wasn't (I had it with RSTLNE). No way would TEXAS fit the first word. Interesting that if the champ loses their BR, we learn their total first (which matches what a home viewer wins) and then learn what they lost. Cool concept. My rating: 5 (Chris' hilarity bumped it up for me) |
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Post by shootingdio on Apr 17, 2018 0:27:35 GMT -5
Checklist for this week's Big Money Week:
- A luxury car within the $30k range and not beyond over that, check
- A $10,000 wedge without any Bankrupt spaces, check
- No special big money envelopes, check
- Puzzles related to Big Money Week, check
Never change Wheel. They always know with a tight budget lol
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Post by wheelfan4life on Apr 17, 2018 2:04:49 GMT -5
Here's how Wheel should do a Big Money Week.
1. Raise a couple of the dollar amounts (have 2 $800 spaces again or 2 $900 spaces the whole game)
2. Put $5000 in Round 3 instead of just having $3500 again.
3. Bring back for that week the Big Money Wedge that was used in Season 25.
4. Have an actually expensive car similar to the cars given out in Price is Right pricing games like 3 Strikes and Golden Road.
I understand Friedman's not to blame for the show's cheapness recently, it's obviously Sony's financial trouble that's causing it. But he has to realize he can make changes to accommodate the troubles Sony is going through. Maybe don't give away $30,000 a week on those Toss-Ups, maybe don't give away a $6,000+ trip in Round 3 every single show, or how about reducing the amount of episodes done per season from 195 to 185 or 180? But no, he chooses to put Wheel's budget in all the wrong places because he doesn't care about it anymore and probably wishes in his heart he could do only Jeopardy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 2:26:59 GMT -5
WORK SPACE
I'm pretty sure that those words show up often. Well, just the first word (In fact, WORK has shown up at least one time per season starting in season 20. It provided more losses than wins though.). The latter has shown up twice, which both resulted in a loss. I'm just following on someone's footsteps just because it's an interesting look. And it's a good way of knowing what the producers might throw at the next few months or so.
(This was all from the BAV Puzzle Compendium. Credit to mostly Bobby's Website for results. This also includes derivatives of the word.)
2/9/94: HOMEWORK (Thing) Win
12/3/02: WORKBENCH (Around the House) Win
12/30/03: DRIVING TO WORK (Event) Loss
2/3/04: PAPERWORK (Thing) Win
3/22/04: A WORK OF GENIUS (Phrase) Loss
3/30/04: DAILY WORKOUT (Event) Loss
9/13/04: GUESSWORK (Thing) Loss
5/5/05: WORKBENCH (Around the House) Win Repeat Puzzle.
4/17/06: HEAVY WORKLOAD (Thing) Loss
6/2/06: HOUSEWORK (Thing) Win
9/29/06: YARD WORK (Thing) Win
1/22/07: WORK OUT THE KINKS (Phrase) Loss
3/5/07: PAPERWORK (Thing) Win Repeat Puzzle.
3/23/07: BUSYWORK (Thing) Loss
11/6/07: GOOD WORK (Thing) Loss
11/19/08: WORKAHOLIC (Person) Loss
5/26/09: FANCY FOOTWORK (Thing) Loss
4/9/10: WORKBENCH (Thing) Loss Repeat Puzzle.
1/14/11: WORK IT OUT (Phrase)
2/2/12: DAILY WORKOUT (Thing) Win
2/20/12: PATCHWORK QUILT (Thing) Win
5/24/12: PAPERWORK (Thing) Loss Repeat Puzzle.
5/30/13: TOUGH WORKOUT (Thing) $1M Win Contestant solved it with just this: T _ _ G _ _ _ R _ _ _ T
6/13/13: WORKING THE ROOM (What Are You Doing?) Win
11/4/13: WORKS LIKE A CHARM (Phrase) Win
1/14/14: YOUR HOMEWORK (Thing) Win
2/24/14:BODY OF WORK (Thing) Win
3/20/14: GROUNDBREAKING WORK (Thing) Loss One Day after NEW BABY BUGGY.
4/1/14: WORKS WONDERS (Phrase) Loss
10/13/14: THAT WORKS (Phrase) Loss
10/29/14: UNIQUE WORK OF ART (Thing) Win
1/9/15: MOUND OF PAPERWORK (Thing) Loss
2/18/15: FACTORY WORKER (Occupation) Win
3/27/15: BUSY WITH WORK (Phrase) Loss
11/20/15: A WORKING MODEL (Thing) Loss
12/8/15: BUSY WITH HOUSEWORK (Phrase) Loss
5/31/16: HONEST WORK (Phrase) Win
9/15/16: CARPOOLING TO WORK (What Are You Doing?) Win
4/3/17: WORKING OUT THE KINKS (What Are You Doing?) Win
4/17/17: HARD WORK (Thing) $100,000 Loss
5/9/17: BACK AT WORK (Phrase) Win
5/22/17: PATCHWORK (Thing) Loss
1/8/18: MATH WORKBOOK (Thing) Loss
3/1/18: SPACIOUS BACKYARD (Place) Loss
4/16/18: MY WORKSPACE (Place) Loss
Phew, that took a while, didn't it?
Anyway, about the recent bonus puzzle, My dad does think that adding MY to an already difficult compound word is a bit too much. I kinda agree. But since the contestant missed with AEROSPACE and EVERSPACE, it doesn't really matter anyway.
Be sure to look out for these puzzles popping up on future bonus rounds:
OFFICE WORK (Thing)
BIRCH WORKBENCH (Around The House)
I'll do more of these if I don't have any schoolwork interfering me.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 2:28:30 GMT -5
Here's how Wheel should do a Big Money Week. 1. Raise a couple of the dollar amounts (have 2 $800 spaces again or 2 $900 spaces the whole game) 2. Put $5000 in Round 3 instead of just having $3500 again. 3. Bring back for that week the Big Money Wedge that was used in Season 25. 4. Have an actually expensive car similar to the cars given out in Price is Right pricing games like 3 Strikes and Golden Road. I understand Friedman's not to blame for the show's cheapness recently, it's obviously Sony's financial trouble that's causing it. But he has to realize he can make changes to accommodate the troubles Sony is going through. Maybe don't give away $30,000 a week on those Toss-Ups, maybe don't give away a $6,000+ trip in Round 3 every single show, or how about reducing the amount of episodes done per season from 195 to 185 or 180? But no, he chooses to put Wheel's budget in all the wrong places because he doesn't care about it anymore and probably wishes in his heart he could do only Jeopardy. I kinda agree on that. Maybe it needs to be in the hands of a new exec if Harry doesn't care about it anymore. |
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Post by tlc38tlc38 on Apr 17, 2018 7:32:41 GMT -5
I feel like everybody wins if they would just do $10K cash prize wedges like this: I mean, it's a bit cruel, but it makes fans and nostalgists happy, it technically adds something special for Big Money Week, it means the Wheel can change hands a bit more, and it can still be sponsored if they do a plug before R1. A full-size plain logo representing a $10K bonus is just unexciting. Actually the entire mystery round could be eliminated if they'd just heave the 10,000 Oreo on the wheel for rounds 1-3...or at least rounds 1 & 2. I was really rooting for Ryan. He was a fun contestant. |
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Post by MarioGS on Apr 17, 2018 8:50:20 GMT -5
2. Put $5000 in Round 3 instead of just having $3500 again. And make Round 3 even more dependent on who wins the game? I don't think so. Instead of changing the top dollar structure and spending money on making new wedges, it might be more practical for them to put the previous rounds' top value wedges elsewhere on the Wheel as the game progresses. 3. Bring back for that week the Big Money Wedge that was used in Season 25. Logistically speaking, that wouldn't work. There are only two spots on the Wheel that support electronic wedges, and they're now both taken by Free Play and Express. Besides, it was obvious that it was only meant to be for Season 25 with its $25K top value. If it was meant to stick around longer, its values probably would have been more like $5K/$10K/$20K. 4. Have an actually expensive car similar to the cars given out in Price is Right pricing games like 3 Strikes and Golden Road. Then it would only have one envelope in the Bonus Wheel meaning it likely wouldn't get hit. They would have to "settle" for something in the $40K range, which they have done before but have always failed to give it away. Maybe don't give away $30,000 a week on those Toss-Ups, maybe don't give away a $6,000+ trip in Round 3 every single show, or how about reducing the amount of episodes done per season from 195 to 185 or 180? And hurt Wheel's ratings even more than they're already hurting? It would also be a huge blow to fans. It's already a bit of an insult to Wheel fans that Jeopardy! continues its first-run seven weeks after Wheel's finishes. If they shortened the season, they would have to go back to doing mid-season reruns in order to not air the season finale in May. Millionaire does 175 shows per season with the premiere airing the same day as Wheel and J!, but their finale usually airs only one week before Wheel's because they air two three-week periods of reruns in December-January and March-April, and the first break is "new" to markets that don't get the double run; that's when they "officially" premiere the episodes that first air in the double run early in the season. |
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Post by wheelfan4life on Apr 17, 2018 10:20:03 GMT -5
2. Put $5000 in Round 3 instead of just having $3500 again. And make Round 3 even more dependent on who wins the game? I don't think so. Instead of changing the top dollar structure and spending money on making new wedges, it might be more practical for them to put the previous rounds' top value wedges elsewhere on the Wheel as the game progresses. 3. Bring back for that week the Big Money Wedge that was used in Season 25. Logistically speaking, that wouldn't work. There are only two spots on the Wheel that support electronic wedges, and they're now both taken by Free Play and Express. Besides, it was obvious that it was only meant to be for Season 25 with its $25K top value. If it was meant to stick around longer, its values probably would have been more like $5K/$10K/$20K. 4. Have an actually expensive car similar to the cars given out in Price is Right pricing games like 3 Strikes and Golden Road. Then it would only have one envelope in the Bonus Wheel meaning it likely wouldn't get hit. They would have to "settle" for something in the $40K range, which they have done before but have always failed to give it away. Maybe don't give away $30,000 a week on those Toss-Ups, maybe don't give away a $6,000+ trip in Round 3 every single show, or how about reducing the amount of episodes done per season from 195 to 185 or 180? And hurt Wheel's ratings even more than they're already hurting? It would also be a huge blow to fans. It's already a bit of an insult to Wheel fans that Jeopardy! continues its first-run seven weeks after Wheel's finishes. If they shortened the season, they would have to go back to doing mid-season reruns in order to not air the season finale in May. Millionaire does 175 shows per season with the premiere airing the same day as Wheel and J!, but their finale usually airs only one week before Wheel's because they air two three-week periods of reruns in December-January and March-April, and the first break is "new" to markets that don't get the double run; that's when they "officially" premiere the episodes that first air in the double run early in the season. 1. Good point on that idea of mine making Round 3 more dependent on who wins the game. I think that idea of keeping the big money amounts on the Wheel instead of throwing them out for the rest of the game is a great idea. Of course Harry could not do the Trip Puzzle just for that week, but seeing as how it must be his favorite of all the elements he's added to the show seeing as how it's still around that's about as likely to happen as the Cleveland Browns being Super Bowl champions next season. 2. Well that's easy to fix. Just don't use it in Round 3 when the Express is used. And make the dollar amounts $5K/$10K/$20K like you suggested. And make it a regular $1,000 space for the rest of that round if it's hit and successfully earned once. 3. This is why they should bring the old W-H-E-E-L envelopes back. 4. Well maybe they should cut down on the number of Jeopardy episodes they make and put that money into Wheel. But knowing Mr. Friedman clearly seems to care much more about Jeopardy than Wheel, I can't see that happening. BTW, I know I'm probably two years late in saying this, but you were AWESOME in your appearance on the show MarioGS. You were one of the 5-10 greatest contestants to ever appear on the show in my opinion. Imagine how much you would have earned if you were a contestant in the returning champions era. |
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Post by atrocalypse on Apr 18, 2018 16:16:26 GMT -5
Two 320i losses this week? Holy cow.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2018 16:05:20 GMT -5
Speaking about the bonus round....  |
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