May 17 2019 Recap

Episode #7005: America the Beautiful Day 5

Well, everyone, here we go. As I stated in yesterday's recap, we are on the verge of another skunking. If the Bonus Round is not won, tonight, we will be skunked for the third time in a row, and the sixth time overall. I barely had enough tomatoes for this tomato bath. Let's hope for the best, though, as we wrap up America the Beautiful Week. 

$1,000 Toss-Up: On the Map

THE / G _ EAT 

_ LAIN _ 

Paul locates THE GREAT PLAINS. 


$2,000 Toss-Up: Food & Drink

_ _ _ CK _ _ - _ _ _ _ D 

_ T _ _ K 

Paul eats up some CHICKEN-FRIED STEAK. 

Our Prize on the Wheel is a trip to the New York Lakes worth $6,500, while our Gift Tag is $1,000 courtesy of Krispy Krunchy Chicken. 

Round 1: Crossword (Word on the Street)

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Paul guesses a bad T on $500. 

Belle gets $600 from 1 S, buys 3 A's, but then lands on BANKRUPT. 

Raina gets the Million Dollar Wedge with 1 Y, but guesses a bad R on $650. 

Paul gets $1,300 from 2 W's worth $650 each, buys 2 E's, $650 from 1 N, buys 1 O, $1,000 and the Prize with 2 N's worth $500 each, and buys 1 I. 

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   A     WALL
   I         S
ONE-WAY

MAIN, ONE-WAY, EASY, WALL are all word on the street, and Paul is right for $2,200 and the NY Lakes Trip. 

BANKRUPT Trash: $350
Lose A Turn hits: None

Round 2/Mystery Round: Landmark

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Belle gets $500 and the Gift Tag with 1 T, buys 3 E's, $1,400 from 2 S's worth $700 each, buys 7 A's, $3,000 from 5 L's worth $600 each, buys 2 O's, $1,200 from 2 B's worth $600 each, buys 1 I, but then lands on BANKRUPT. 

Raina also lands on BANKRUPT. 

Paul gets $1,000 from 2 F's worth $500 each on the Free Play, $500 from 1 H on the Free Play, $3,000 from 3 N's worth $1,000 each on the Mystery Wedge, does not gamble (would've been BANKRUPT on the other side), and $1,500 from 3 M's worth $500 each on the Free Play. 

NATIONAL 

BASEBALL 

HALL / OF / FAME 

AN _  / M _ SE _ M 

Paul locates the NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM for $6,000. 

BANKRUPT Trash: $5,450 and Gift Tag
Lose A Turn hits: None 

Round 3/Prize Puzzle Round: Places

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Raina gets $600 from 1 S, buys 1 E, $1,800 from 3 T's worth $600 each, buys 2 I's and 1 O, but then lands on BANKRUPT. 

Paul gets $700 from 1 R, buys 2 A's, $650 from 1 G...

_ REAT _ TA _ I _ G 

_ O _ _ TAI _ S 

...and will see some BREATHTAKING MOUNTAINS on his trip to Jamaica worth $8,500 (plus $1,100 to boot). 

BANKRUPT Trash: $7,100 and Gift Tag
Lose A Turn hits: None

$3,000 Toss-Up: Thing

S _ RI _ G 

FEV _ R 

Paul catches some SPRING FEVER. 

Round 4: Phrase

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Paul guesses a bad T on $5,000. 

Belle gets $500 from 1 S, and buys 3 E's. 

The Final Spin cue goes off, so it is time for the Final Spin!

Final Spin: $700

Belle: No R

Raina: No P

Paul: 1 L

Belle: 1 F

Raina: 1 O

Paul: No N

Belle: 2 A's

A _ EA _  / OF 

S _ _ E _ _ LE 

Lately, I haven't been AHEAD OF SCHEDULE when composing these recaps, these days, but anyway, Belle solves right at the buzzer for $1,950. 

BANKRUPT Trash: $7,100 and Gift Tag
Lose A Turn hits: None

Paul's choices for the Bonus Round are Things, Phrase, and Living Thing. 

$100,000 Bonus Round: 

Let's hope Paul can save us from Mr. Skunk with a win in the Bonus Round. 

Paul has Rachel and Ryan in the audience with him. 

Paul spins the Bonus Wheel, and lands on the two stars between GAME and SPIN. 

The category is PHRASE. 

RSTLNE gives us this: 

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_  / _ _ _ _ R 

Paul's BR Picks: H D P O 

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_  / _ _ _ OR 

Let me stop for a moment to thank you all for your comments on the recaps. Your comments keep me motivated to continue composing recaps, and I really appreciate that. In fact, I OWE YOU A FAVOR because of this.

Anyway, Paul starts guessing words like A ONE MORE, and actually gets FAVOR, but he cannot solve for $36,000. 


Since the Bonus Round was not won at all this week, this means we've been skunked for the THIRD time in a row. This is also our SIXTH skunking of the season, overall.

Because of the skunking, our salute to America the Beautiful just was not a great one, as our contestants could only take home $165,344 in cash and prizes, this week. I'm not sure if we have any real "highlights" from this week, except for the $10,000 Mystery Wedge win on Thursday's game, Paul from Friday's game almost completing the Main Game Sweep, and the "Changing Lives" segment on Wednesday's show, where we got an update on Miranda Mittleman after her Wheel of Fortune appearance. 

We just can't catch a break with the Bonus Round not being won, lately, can we? Perhaps we need some R&R, which is also our next themed week. The last time this theme was used was back in Season 33. This themed week was almost skunked back in Season 33, but an impressive solve in one of the Bonus Rounds prevented the skunk from happening. Let's hope that R&R Week can bring us at least one Bonus Round win, next week. 

But in the meantime, let's go ahead and get some R&R in the tomato bath. I have now run out of tomatoes thanks to making this bath, so I'll have to get some more on Monday.

Don't you all just love being in here, especially since we've been in here for the past two weekends, with this being our third?  

Note: Once again, huge thanks to GameShow75 for his contributions.