Thanksgiving 2020 Recap

Previously on Wheel of Fortune, Laticha Graham won the game with $18,616 in cash and a tour of Panama. Pat's tantrum was easily the highlight of that show and Darin made a strong run towards the end, but fell short. Laticha, however, used her culinary skills for a win in the Bonus Round as she got out an ICING SPATULA worth $38,000 (In The Kitchen, PCFA). Let's bring in some strong gameplay this Turkey Day, alrighty?

Previous Episode

EPISODE #7284: 🍗FABULOUS FOOD🍗
AIR DATE: 11/26/20

$1,000 Tossup: What Are You Doing?

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D I N _ E _

Kourtney's a bit overboard with PREPARING DINNER.

O R _ E R I _ G
D I N _ E _

ORDERING DINNER isn't something that I would associate with Thanksgiving, but Todd's right anyway. For the second day in a row, we have a non-Californian playing here...

Todd Logsdon: West Hills. Music fan who's played in orchestras and bands. Married to Michelle w/ 2 kids and a grandson named Oliver (Pat: "I can see the little grandpa in your eyes.").
Jacquelyn Rios: Pinole (Bay Area). Married to Ray w/ a 1.5-yr.-old daughter named Charlotte. Loves to cook anything since she's Italian.
Kourtney Cheatham: Las Vegas, NV. HR professional for a transit agency whose dad was in the Air Force. Married to another military vet named CJ w/ 2 kids.

About the Secret Santa promo shown, I believe the car for the entire sweepstakes will be a 2020 Ford Edge SEL (just like from S31's edition). I could be wrong.

$2,000 Tossup: In The Kitchen

B _ _ B _ O
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Kourtney gets out a BAMBOO CUTTING BOARD for control.

Featured Prize: SENZA Hotel in Napa Valley + Napa Valley Wine Train (marked WINE COUNTRY)

Round 1: Before & After

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Kourtney: $650 (2 S's), WILD (R), 3 E's, I, $600 (T), O ($1,650 at risk)

She had the right to not be confident with that O buy.

Todd: $600 (L), A (No More Vowels!), $650 (P), $500 near $650 (2 N's), $700 (M - $2,000 at risk)

Jacquelyn: $650 (2 G's), Solve Attempt ($1,300)...

S T E P _ E N
_ I N G
_ R A _ / L E G S

STEPHEN KING CRAB LEGS sounds horrifying to me, but Jacquelyn's on the board (Pat: "That was Stephen's nickname back in high school.").

Duds: O (Kourtney), M (Todd)

Pre-Round 2 Scores:
Todd: $1,000
Jacquelyn: $1,300
Kourtney: $2,000 + WC

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Prevagen Mystery Round: The 80's

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I so thought Eggland's Best was gonna sponsor this round for the entire week...

Todd: $900 (L)

Jacquelyn: $900 (2 N's), melIssa's (2 S's), 2 I's, O, MYSTERY near LaT (3 R's and DECLINES), 6 E's, $900 (P), 3 U's, A (No More Vowels!), $500 near $550 (3 D's), Solve Attempt ($7,950)...

U N D E R
P R E S S U R E
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D A _ I D / _ O _ I E

Unfortunately, Jacquelyn causes the audience to groan with "UNDER PRESSURE" BY QUEEN & DAVID LOUIE.

Kourtney: $900 (2 B's), Solve Attempt ($1,800)...

U N D E R
P R E S S U R E
B _ / _ U E E N / &
D A _ I D / B O _ I E

Kourtney capitalizes by saying "UNDER PRESSURE" BY QUEEN AND DAVID BOWIE.

Dud: L (Todd)
DQ: Jacquelyn's blown solve

Pre-Round 3 Scores:
Todd: $1,000
Jacquelyn: $1,300
Kourtney: $3,800 + WC

Not the best game so far...

Retro Bonus Round (10/16/98): Phrase

CMGA:

M A _ E / A
C _ _ _ C E

Despite some good picks, this lady still didn't MAKE A CHOICE.

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Prize Puzzle/Express Round: Phrase

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Jacquelyn: $550 (2 T's), $650 (2 M's), 2 I's, $650 (N), 4 E's, A, O (No More Vowels!)...

I ' M / _ E A _ _
_ O _ / E _ _ I T E M E N T

PERFECTION! Jaquelyn's right in saying "I'M READY FOR EXCITEMENT" because she's won a trip to the Holiday Inn Resort ARUBA worth $7,501 for a total of $9,551 that round.

Pre-Round 3 Scores:
Todd: $1,000
Jacquelyn: $10,851 cash & Aruba
Kourtney: $3,800 + WC

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Triple Tossup: Food & Drink

1.

H _ M E M _ D E
C H _ E _ E _ _ _ E

It's time for dessert - Jacquelyn has a slice of HOMEMADE CHEESECAKE.

2.

C O _ K I _ S / _ _ _ E
F R _ _ / S _ _ A T C _

Jacquelyn slowly says COOKIES MADE FROM SCRATCH.

3.

T _ _ N _ _ E S

Jacquelyn grabs a pack of TWINKIES for the sweep (Pat in a singsongy voice: "Somebody likes her snacks...").

Round 4: Thing

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SPEEDUP TIME

Final Spin: $1,500

Jacquelyn: N
Kourtney: M (?!)
Todd: B (?!)
Jacquelyn: R
Kourtney: S
Todd: 3 T's
Jacquelyn: O

T O N _ _ _
T _ _ S T _ R

Jacquelyn solves this TONGUE TWISTER for another $3,000.

Duds: M (Kourtney), B (Todd)
Unclaimed: $4,500 (Todd), $1,500 (Kourtney)

Final Scores:
Todd: $1,000
Jacquelyn: $19,851 cash & Aruba
Kourtney: $3,800

Maingame Total: $24,651
NO PENALTIES!

Jacquelyn's Turkey Day Topics...

• Thing
• Living Things
• What Are You Wearing?

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$100,000 Bonus Round

Jaquelyn spins up to the I in WIN.

RSTLNE:

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CHPA:

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_ A T C H

I think the P call was precautionary. Anyway, Jacquelyn gets out a FANCY WATCH worth $45,000 for a final total of $64,851 cash & trip - now that's how you make up for the R2 blunder!

Closing Chat: The moral of this episode - don't let a missolve get you down.

Full credit roll rounds out the episode.

Personal Rating: 7 (R2 missolve brought it down)