January 16, 2001 recap

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January 16, 2001 recap Jan 25, 2021 21:53:51 GMT -5

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Airdate: January 16, 2001

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! Welcome to Mexico Week!

Any day now. Pick up your signaling devices, or we're starting without you.

First Toss-Up

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Jerry solves MILK AND COOKIES.

Michelle	Jerry	Gabrielle
	$1,000

Today's contestants:
Jerry Solomon: Sales/manufacturers representative, from Los Angeles, CA
Gabrielle Rutland: Junior at University of California Santa Cruz studying literature and minoring in education, also works for the local SPCA, from Santa Cruz
Michelle Ryan: Student at University of Texas in Austin majoring in public relations, from Austin (originally from Dallas)

See? Easy as that. Now, Jerry can begin!

Round 1

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Pat accidentally says the category is Things at first, probably looking at the Toss-Up.

Michelle	JERRY	Gabrielle
	$300: N (DUD!)	$2,500: T (x2) $300: H -$250: I (x2) $300: S (DUD!)
		$5,050
$400: L (x2) $500: V (DUD!)	$400: R (x2) -$250: E (x3) $350: M $300: K $500: F Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$800	$1,700

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Jerry solves I'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE.

Michelle	Jerry	Gabrielle
	$2,700

We'll take it from here so we can introduce a prize. We have a Ghurka Leathers gift certificate (labeled GHURKA) worth $2,500.

Now, it's up to you. Are you interested in a big Jackpot? How about a big puzzle?

Round 2

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WHERE ARE WE?

Michelle	Jerry	GABRIELLE
		$600: T (x4) Jackpot: H -$250: E (x4) $300: S (x3) BANKRUPT! ($3,050)

$900: D (x3) -$250: O (x2) $600: L (DUD!)	GHURKA: N (x3) $3,500: R (x3!) -$250: A (x4) BANKRUPT! ($12,750)	Gift Tag: P $600: K Solve: Correct!
$2,450		$600+

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Gabrielle solves PRESIDENTS SOUTH DAKOTA CARVED IN GRANITE to keep the Gift Tag. For that $3,000 bonus, where are we?

She scores! We're at Mount Rushmore.

Michelle	Jerry	Gabrielle
	$2,700	$4,600

The places we go to find prizes; it's time to add a Yahoo! Travel trip to Mazatlan (labeled YAHOO! TRAVEL) worth $3,500.

Let's try again for some Big Money! We also have the $10,000 prize on the Wheel.

Round 3

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SHOW BIZ

MICHELLE	Jerry	Gabrielle
Yahoo! Travel: S (DUD!)	$450: N (DUD!)	$600: T (x2) -$250: I $800: H (x2) -$250: A $300: R (x3) -$250: E $300: M (DUD!)
		$2,950
$900: D $300: C -$250: O (x4) Solve: Correct!
$950

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Michelle solves DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY.

Michelle	Jerry	Gabrielle
$950	$2,700	$4,600

Let's try this again. Now, they have their devices ready, and we begin another Toss-Up!

Second Toss-Up

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Jerry solves HASTE MAKES WASTE.

Michelle	Jerry	Gabrielle
$950	$3,700	$4,600

Jerry has control, and if he just keeps spinning, eventually that $5,000 space might come to him.

Round 4

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	$5,000: N (DUD!)	$400: S (x2) $300: T (x3) -$250: E $600: R (DUD!)
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DING DING! DING DING!

Okay, now we gotta speed this up! Pat gives the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants are worth $350 + $1,000 for $1,350 a piece.

Michelle: C (DUD!)
Jerry: L (x3) ($4,050)
Gabrielle: M ($2,800)

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Gabrielle solves BOTTOMLESS PIT BULL.

Michelle	Jerry	Gabrielle
$950	$3,700	$7,400

BONUS ROUND:

It's time for some more! Gabrielle is in Bonus Land to play for prizes "inclusing" (Vanna's tongue) a new Acura MDX and the $25,000!

At least Gabrielle doesn't need to say which envelope she wants. She can just pick the W, but she must not twist her tongue with this puzzle...

Bonus Puzzle

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She gets everything except the last letter. She does not solve SHEIK...

...and she can't even have part of the Volkswagen Cabrio. Gabrielle will leave with $7,400 in cash.

In the post-game, Pat talks about how the show is taped in advance, and they don't know who has been inaugurated yet. He also thinks of taping on Mount Rushmore and hosting from Abraham Lincoln's nose.

Last Edit: Apr 27, 2023 21:02:54 GMT -5 by mechamind

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January 16, 2001 recap Jan 25, 2021 23:25:29 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Jan 25, 2021 23:25:29 GMT -5

Pretty painful episode given the missed big money opportunities and that one-away BR.

The Cabrio was lost again the next night (on a puzzle that I think very few people would've gotten).

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.

mechamind VIP Wheel! Archivist! Aspiring recappers just need a little spark. Posts: 5,216	January 16, 2001 recap Jan 25, 2021 23:41:43 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mechamind on Jan 25, 2021 23:41:43 GMT -5 I'm surprised nobody took the BOTTOMLESS PIT FALL trap in the Speed-Up. I actually got a look at the next day's puzzles, and...yeah. That Bonus Puzzle does seem obscure.
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January 16, 2001 recap Jan 25, 2021 23:45:35 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Jan 25, 2021 23:45:35 GMT -5

^ That definitely could've fit (regarding R4) since A & F weren't called yet.

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.

Post by mechamind on Jan 25, 2021 21:53:51 GMT -5

Post by logicman27 on Jan 25, 2021 23:25:29 GMT -5

Post by mechamind on Jan 25, 2021 23:41:43 GMT -5

Post by logicman27 on Jan 25, 2021 23:45:35 GMT -5