Cyber Monday 2020 Recap

It's the return of Shopping Spree where the featured prizes all this week are $7,000 gift cards. Now given what happened last season, I'm sure we can do better this time around. 

EPISODE #7286: 🛍SHOPPING SPREE🛍
AIR DATE: 11/30/20

This Week's Tape Date: September 25

$1,000 Tossup: Phrase

_ / _ _ V _ / _
G _ _ _ _ / D E _ L

The non-producing Mike's not quite right with "I HAVE A GREAT DEAL" (my guess too).

_ / _ O V _ / _
G _ E _ _ / D E A L

I LOVE A GREAT DEAL and so does Corine. She's the sole Bay Area resident from this trio of shoppers...

Corine Scott: San Francisco. Phlebotomist at UCSF Medical Center (gives shoutout to NCRU). Mom of 2 boys and has a partner named John for 12 yrs.
Mike Martin: Riverside. Engineering teacher for 37 yrs. at MLK HS (Fun Fact: I've attended a few robotics competitions and a marching band competition there not too long ago) for 37 yrs. who's also a competitive robotics coach. Married to Betsy (loves hiking & eating fro-yo w/ her). Also his dad's watching him in Gallatin, TN. 
Faith Beisel: Oak Park. APU senior who's studying business mgmt. Enjoys shopping (how appropriate), and has a boyfriend named Alex.

If you watched today's "Let's Make a Deal", there was another contestant who goes by the name of Faith and is also a senior studying business management at APU (she won $14,350 in jewelry & spree). Let's see how this Faith does...

$2,000 Tossup: Thing

A / G O O _
_ _ _ H _ ' _ / S _ _ _ P

You should get A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP every single day and Mike's right this time.

Spree: CarGurus.com (marked Shopping SPree!/SS all this week)
Mon./Wed./Fri. Gift Tag: LOCAL $TEALS & DEALS.com (that's cash)

Round 1: Crossword (Buying a New [Blank])

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Mike: LOCAL $TEALS & DEALS.com (2 T's), E, I ($500 + LOCAL $TEALS & DEALS.com at risk)

Faith: $650 (H), 2 A's, $500 (2 C's) 4 O's (No More Vowels!), $800 (2 M's), $650 (B), $700 (Y), $700 (R), Free PLAY (2 L's), $600 (N [FAIL] - $5,800 at risk)

Corine: Solve Attempt...

      B                   H
      O        L A _ T O _
      A                   M
M O T O R C Y C L E

Corine chooses not to spin and just completes the grid with LAPTOP to tie Mike at this moment.

Duds: I (Mike), N (Faith)

Pre-Round 2 Scores:
Corine: $2,000
Mike: $2,000
Faith: Called a Dud

Okay, now they're just getting lazy...

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Prevagen Mystery Round: Title

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Faith: $650 (3 T's), 4 A's, E, WILD (R), U ($1,700 at risk)

Corine: $3,500 (2 S's), $550 (N), I, Solve Attempt ($7,300)...

_ R E A _ _ A S T
A T / T I _ _ A N _ ' S

It's a name of a 1961 film and a one-hit wonder by Deep Blue Something as Corine IDs BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S.

Dud: U (Faith)

Pre-Round 3 Scores:
Corine: $9,300
Mike: $2,000
Faith: WILD

Retro Bonus Round (10/16/07): Phrase

YMGO:

S _ O _ / Y O _ R
S T _ _ _

Carolyn Radcliffe, since you didn't SHOW YOUR STUFF, you lost $50,000 (recap here).

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Prize Puzzle/Express Round: What Are You Doing?

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Corine: $500 near $3,500 (R), E ($250 at risk)

Mike: $600 (T), $800 (3 N's), 2 I's, $3,500 (2 P's), Solve Attempt ($9,750)...

P _ _ N N I N _
_ _ / T R I P

I'm not PLANNING MY TRIP since I'm not gonna do any traveling anytime soon, but Mike will as he's won one to HAWAII (Volcano Village Lodge via bnbfinder.com) worth $7,250 - that's another $17,000 for him.

Dud: E (Corine)

Pre-Triple Tossup Scores:
Corine: $9,300
Mike: $19,000 cash & HI
Faith: WILD

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Triple Tossup: Food & Drink

1.

_ _ I _ P Y / _ T R _ P S
O F / B _ C _N

We're making a BLT - Mike has some CRISPY STRIPS OF BACON.

2.

_ _ E B E _ G
_ E T _ _ C _

Corine gets a head of ICEBERG LETTUCE.

3.

_ _ _ _ _ T _ A K
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ S

Mike quickly gets some BEEFSTEAK TOMATOES.

Round 4: What Are You Wearing?

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Mike: $500 near $650 (T), E ($250 at risk)

Faith: BANKRUPT! ($5,000 - WILD lost)

Corine: $900 (H)

Mike: same $500 (2 S's), $600 (N - $1,250 at risk)

Faith: $600 (C), 3 O's, LOSE A TURN! ($350 at risk)

Corine: $700 (2 K's), Solve Attempt ($1,400)...

_ O _ K _ - _ O T
S O C K S

I doubt Corine has a pair of POLKA-DOT SOCKS on her right now, but she's right anyway.

Duds: E (Mike), H (Corine), N (Mike)
Lose a Turn: Faith
Bankrupt: Faith

Pre-Round 5 Scores:
Corine: $12,700
Mike: $23,000 cash & HI
Faith: Unlucky

Round 5: Around The House

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SPEEDUP TIME

Final Spin: $1,900

Faith: 2 R's
Corine: T
Mike: S
Faith: 2 N's
Corine: 2 C's

C _ R N _ R
C _ _ _ N _ T

Corine solves CORNER CABINET for $5,700 and Pat himself makes a nod to that infamous Paul Atkinson incident from the second episode of S31.

Dud: S (Mike)
Unclaimed: $7,600 (Faith)

Final Scores:
Corine: $18,400
Mike: $23,000 cash & HI
Faith: $1,000 Gooseegg

It’s a real shame that this Faith couldn’t break through...

Maingame Total: $42,400
Bankrupt Trash: WILD

Mike has this set of generic categories on offer...

• Place
• Phrase
• Thing

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$100,000 Bonus Round

The SUV up for grabs, like the one from the 35th season, is a 2020 Toyota Highlander LE. Mike spins up to the P.

RSTLNE:

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_ _ _ L E _ _ R _

PHGO:

_ / _ R O _ _ E _
_ O _ L E _ _ R _

He doesn't have much of anything, so this gets lost in A CROWDED BOULEVARD - $38,000. End Total: $23,000 cash & trip.

Closing Chat: Vanna doesn't do sprees.

Personal Rating: 6