May 8, 2007 Recap

Wheel of Fortune: Season 24 (2006-2007)
May 8, 2007
Sunny San Diego (Day 2)
From San Diego Convention Center

$1,000 TOSS-UP

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Ding!

U N D E R    T H E
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Glenette remembers the Drifters tune UNDER THE BOARDWALK.


Tonight's contestants (all from Greater San Diego):
Glenette Brooks: Chula Vista; 5-year Marine Corps vet, now trains Navy and Marine aviators on Coronado; married to a recently retired Marine with 2 sons (one in the Army), 2 daughters (one in the Marines); her dad was in the military
Dayna Maestas: San Diego; stay-at-home mom of a daughter and son; training for her first marathon; enjoys going to the beach, cooking, reading
Chris Reulbach (RULE-bock): San Diego; locksmith, "fastest lock picker in California" after picking a lock at 2.93 seconds in 2000; the provider of this episode

$2,000 TOSS-UP

AROUND THE HOUSE
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Ding!

M _ _ I C
M A _ K E _ S

Sorry, Chris, but MUSIC MAKERS are better known as musical instruments.

M A _ I C
M A _ K E R S

Dayna can buy plenty of MAGIC MARKERS with all that dough.


FEATURED PRIZE: A stay at the Charleston Place Hotel (now the Belmond Charleston Place) in South Carolina (labeled SOUTH CAROLINA) worth $4,350
$1,000 GIFT TAG: A gift card to Vegas.com (labeled VEGAS)

Hey! Weren't we in Charleston a couple of months prior?

$10000 ROUND

PLACE
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Let's get this out of the way because it's a...
PRIZE PUZZLE!


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C A P I T A _    C I T _

Chris will travel to Argentina's EXCITING CAPITAL CITY, namely BUENOS AIRES. And more specifically, he'll hopefully enjoy his stay at the Marriott Plaza Buenos Aires Hotel (American Airlines) worth $5,570, giving him $9,070 that round.

TRIP ID: DL0013663

DUD: S (Dayna)


Weirdly, the camera didn't show Chris landing on $550.

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JACKPOT ROUND

SAME NAME
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_ O L D
S H O _ L D _ R

I'd advise Chris to only eat the former of a PORK & COLD SHOULDER.

DUDS: T (Chris), A (Glenette), N (Dayna)
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $9,000


Those duds spell out something you can get in San Diego.

MYSTERY ROUND

LIVING THINGS
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D _ S _ R T
W I L D _ L O W _ R S
I N    B L O O M

Glenette picks some DESERT WILDFLOWERS IN BLOOM to keep the gift card.

DUD: A (Glenette)
BANKRUPT: Dayna ($3,150 + WILD), Chris (S.C.)


$3,000 TOSS-UP

ON THE MAP
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Ding!

C _ _ _ _ _ _ A
_ S L _ N D

Chris might just sail to CATALINA ISLAND after this game's over.


ROUND 4

FOOD & DRINK
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DING DING! DING DING!

FINAL SPIN: $1,600

Pat just slipped past $5000.

Chris: T
Glenette: 3 S's
Dayna: 1 N
Chris: 2 D's
Glenette: 2 R's
Dayna: 4 L's

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_ N D    S _ _ L L _ _ S

Dayna consumes a plate of GRILLED SHRIMP AND SCALLOPS in the nick of time for $8,000 and a very nice second-place total.

DUD: T (Chris)
UNCLAIMED: Glenette ($8,000), Chris ($3,200)


CUMULATIVE WINNINGS: $28,070
BANKRUPT TRASH: $3,100 + WILD + SOUTH CAROLINA

BONUS ROUND

PRIZES
A 2007 Saturn Sky
A 2007 Infiniti FX35 ($40,010)
The cash ($25,000-$50,000)
The BIG MONEY ($100,000)!

After introducing us to his sister Donna and her husband Mike, Chris lands on the W in WIN.

EVENT
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RSTLNE:
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CDMA:
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D _ T _

With limited help from his picks, Chris is off target with FIRST DATE, BLIND DATE, and FORD DATE. Ironically, he always avoids this date - JURY DUTY - and misses out on $40,000. Final score: $14,420.

CHAT: Vanna's been everywhere in San Diego. And apparently, Pat didn't pay attention to her fun facts about the city.

MY RATING: 6