January 1, 2007 Recap (Happy New Year!)

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January 1, 2007 Recap (Happy New Year!) Jan 3, 2021 4:57:14 GMT -5

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APPLICABLE EPISODES: Thursday, Friday

Vanna: "Viva Las Vegas!"

EPISODE #4566: VIVA LAS VEGAS

Airdate: 1/1/07

Vanna's wearing a brownish suit for this episode. And this actually takes place in Culver City, which has less hotel rooms according to Pat.

$1,000 Toss-Up

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I doubt many were WATCHING THE SUNRISE that day, but Steve solves.

Katy	Billie	Steve
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The first contestants of 2007:
Steve Shine: Cleveland, OH (orig. from Millwood, NY). Pediatric resident at rainbow babies and children's hospital. Engaged to Monica. Also learning to cook (his mom and Monica's mom help him sometimes).
Katy Dalzell: Silverdale, WA (just west of Seattle). Waitress at a waterfront restaurant who also a pool player and enjoys watching football on Sundays.
Billie Desrocher: Riverside, CA. Married for at at least 48 years to her highschool sweetheart. Has 2 daughters and 2 granddaughters.

Billie says something to one of her granddaughters (Casey) in a language both Pat and I can't understand.

$2,000 Toss-Up

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ON THE MAP

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ON THE MAP

Steve pinpoints EDMONTON (Alberta's capital).

Katy	Billie	Steve
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FEATURED PRIZE: MGM Grand + tickets to KA (marked LAS VEGAS for most of the week) worth $5,300
WEEKLONG GIFT TAG: vegas.com

Round 1

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BEFORE & AFTER

Katy	Billie	STEVE
		LAS VEGAS: 4 N's $400 ($600): R $900: 3 S's $500: T
		$3,100
		LAS VEGAS
$500: 2 L's -$250: 2 E's $450: G $400 ($550): C Solve Attempt...
$1,600

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I doubt anyone would take a CHANNEL SURFING LESSON, but Katy's on the board.

DUD: T (Steve)

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$1,600		$3,000

We see Vanna at the House of Blues foundation room in Mandalay Bay going to commercial.

JACKPOT ROUND

Round 2

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FOOD & DRINK

KATY	Billie	Steve
$900: T	$800: 3 R's JACKPOT: S She PASSES on a $7,200 pot. -$250: 2 E's $400 ($600): 2 H's -$250: 2 A's -$250: 2 I's $3,500: Y	WILD: N $350: 3 C's $800: 2 M's $400 ($600): K $900: 2 L's Solve Attempt...
	$2,950	$4,850
		WILD

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Steve has some GARLIC MUSHROOM CHICKEN ALFREDO.

DUDS: T (Katy), Y (Billie)
LEFT BEHIND IN POT: $13,550

Katy	Billie	Steve
$1,600		$7,850
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MYSTERY ROUND

Round 3

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One more thing, it's also our episode's...

PRIZE PUZZLE!

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	$900: 8 T's $300: 2 R's -$250: 7 E's -$250: A $400 ($550): H	$800: 2 B's BANKRUPT! ($3,500) ($1,600 + WILD gone)
	$7,300

$300: 2 S's Solve Attempt...
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IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER for Katy - she's also won a trip to MEXICO (Aventura Spa Palace, Aeromexico) worth $6,580.

TRIP SPIN ID: JC00964

DUD: H (Billie)
BANKRUPT: Steve

Katy	Billie	Steve
$8,780		$7,850
MEXICO

$3,000 Toss-Up

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ABRACADABRA - Katy's now in 5-figure territory.

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$11,780		$7,850
MEXICO

Quite rare to have 2 one-word toss-ups on the same episode...

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$550: 2 T's $400 ($600): S -$250: 3 E's $300: 2 R's -$250: 2 I's $900: L $800: N -$250: 2 A's -$250: 2 O's No More Vowels! Solve Attempt...
$2,800

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PERFECTION! I've never heard anyone say PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE, but Katy solves.

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$14,580		$7,850
MEXICO

Round 5

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DING DING! DING DING!

Oddly enough, there's no music for the Final Spin.

FINAL SPIN: $1,300

Contetant panel's more zoomed out than usual. It's probably for the slot machine backdrop.

Billie: 2 T's ($2,600)
Steve: N
Katy: 3 H's ($3,900)
Billie: 2 R's ($5,200)
Steve: G ($1,300) (guesses THROUGH THE and stops)
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Katy IDs the Kenny Rogers tune "THROUGH THE YEARS" to win the game.

DUD: N (Steve)
DQ: Steve's incomplete solve

FINAL SCORES

Katy	Billie	Steve
$18,480	$1,000	$7,850
MEXICO	Thank You For Being Here

WINNINGS SO FAR: $27,330
BANKRUPT TRASH: $1,600 + WILD

BONUS ROUND:

In addition to that Jaguar, Katy could also win a 2007 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5. She brought her mom (Kathy), her boyfriend (Justin) and her best friend (Kim).

Katy takes the wheel to the I.

Bonus Puzzle

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RSTLNE gives her this much:

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MHCA adds just one more...

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Katy stumbles her way to the correct answer midway through the timer - well, I APPROVE!

We start off '07 with a win in the form of a Jaguar X-Type (Std., Paint, heated front seats, reverse park control) worth $36,415, giving her a final total of $54,895 in cash & prizes!

CAR SPIN ID: AR0012050

BTW, my guesses on the vehicle features were from Autobytel.

All of you know that the show does 195 episodes a year (well, excluding 2020). Therefore, if you take the winner's final total and multiply it by 195, that would be over $10 Million. Of course the show wasn't that close to giving away that much back then per year (excluding WWC giveaways)...

Last Edit: Feb 12, 2023 19:51:59 GMT -5 by logicman27: Cosmetic changes. Thanks, mechamind!

Jan 18, 2019 16:31:06 GMT -5 wheelinganddealing said:

This is why we watch. Not only for the gut punch, but the random acts of insanity that make you cheer for total strangers, the brothers doing "YMCA," or the wife jumping into her husbands arms which led to the greatest ad lib between Pat & Vanna, etc, etc, etc).

There's a reason this show has been on so long.

I'll never quit watching. Hopefully, you won't either.

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January 1, 2007 Recap (Happy New Year!) Jan 3, 2021 5:04:15 GMT -5 genius2751 likes this

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Additional Notes:

1. Audio quality (and the CC) weren't very good here from what I got, so special thanks to Bobby McBride for the contestant names.
2. Special thanks to genius2751 for telling me who wrote the song mentioned in R5.
3. For a recap posed at 1:57 AM-ish, this ain't too shabby.

Last Edit: Jan 3, 2021 5:08:37 GMT -5 by logicman27

Jan 18, 2019 16:31:06 GMT -5 wheelinganddealing said:

This is why we watch. Not only for the gut punch, but the random acts of insanity that make you cheer for total strangers, the brothers doing "YMCA," or the wife jumping into her husbands arms which led to the greatest ad lib between Pat & Vanna, etc, etc, etc).

There's a reason this show has been on so long.

I'll never quit watching. Hopefully, you won't either.

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January 1, 2007 Recap (Happy New Year!)

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