January 18, 2006 Recap | Buy a Vowel Boards

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January 18, 2006 Recap Jan 29, 2021 13:13:21 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Jan 29, 2021 13:13:21 GMT -5

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EPISODE #4383: TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE

Airdate: 1/18/06

Setting: Holiday Shopping

$1,000 Toss-Up

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Chris IDs American-born Australian actress NICOLE KIDMAN.

Hanna	Chris	Sharon
	$1,000

Today's contestants:
Chris Taylor: Lenexa, KS (Pat mistakenly thought TX). Graduate student at the Univ. of KS going for his PhD in computer science. He's also married (his wife is in the audience) and does a nice Elvis impersonation
Sharon Swift: Wilkerson, WA. Retired after 26 years with the Forest Service. Married 40 years with 5 kids, 9 grandkids and 3 great grandkids.
Hanna Walton: Woodbridge, VA. Worker for a federal contractor in the DC area (specializes in info mgmt.) who's married to Matt with 2 kids.

$2,000 Toss-Up

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Sharon spots the GIANT SEQUOIA TREES and gets to spin first.

Hanna	Chris	Sharon
	$1,000	$2,000

FEATURED PRIZE: trip to the Sheraton Buenos Aires Hotel and Convention Center with American Airlines airfare (marked ARGENTINA) worth $6,445
GIFT TAGS: LINENS-N-THINGS, home click

$10,000 ROUND

Round 1

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Hanna	Chris	SHARON
		$500: 2 S's -$250: 2 E's $450: 3 T's Solve Attempt...
		$2,100

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QUICK PERFECTION! Sharon has the SATISFACTION GUARANTEED on nailing this puzzle.

Hanna	Chris	Sharon
	$1,000	$4,100

JACKPOT ROUND

Round 2

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What's this, I hear? Well, I believe it's a...

PRIZE PUZZLE!

HANNA	Chris	Sharon
$500: 5 T's ARGENTINA: R -$250: 2 A's JACKPOT: H She PASSES on a $5,500 pot. BANKRUPT! ($600) ($2,250 + ARGENTINA gone)	$500: 2 G's -$250: O	LINENS-N-THINGS: P $900: Y -$250: 4 I's $800: S -$250: E No More Vowels! $300: 2 W's Solve Attempt...
	$750	$1,800
		LINENS-N-THINGS

Sharon tried to buy an I after picking up the gift tag, forgetting she doesn't have any spendable cash.

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In addition to that gift tag, Sharon's also gonna have a TWILIGHT WINE TASTING PARTY on her trip to SANTA BARBARA (Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort) worth $6,204 for a total of $9,004 that round.

TRIP SPIN ID: NJ00207

DUD: O (Chris)
BANKRUPT: Hanna
LEFT BEHIND IN POT: $8,000

Hanna	Chris	Sharon
	$1,000	$13,104
		LINENS-N-THINGS SANTA BARBARA

MYSTERY ROUND

Round 3

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Hanna	CHRIS	Sharon
	BANKRUPT! ($3,500)	$300: 2 T's -$250: 3 E's $450: H -$250: 4 A's $800: 3 R's -$250: 2 O's $600: P -$250: 4 I's No More Vowels! BANKRUPT! ($3,500) ($3,050 gone)


$300: N $300: D $350: 3 L's MYSTERY ($800): 2 S's PASSES (Wise Move) $600: 2 Y's BANKRUPT! ($3,500) ($4,850 gone)	$3,500: 2 B's $300: 2 F's Solve Attempt...
	$7,600

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With a solve of "THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY", Chris is right back in the game.

BANKRUPTS: 3 (everyone)

Hanna	Chris	Sharon
	$8,600	$13,104
		LINENS-N-THINGS SANTA BARBARA

$3,000 Toss-Up

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Chris tries to narrow the gap even more, but fails with LAWN CARE PRODUCTS. Sharon immediately rings afterward and says SKIN CARE PRODUCTS.

Hanna	Chris	Sharon
	$8,600	$16,104
		LINENS-N-THINGS SANTA BARBARA

Round 4

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ON THE MENU

Hanna	Chris	SHARON
		$500: 3 S's -$250: S (Consonant Call)
		$1,250
$300 (LOSE A TURN): T
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DING DING! DING DING!

FINAL SPIN: $1,300

Hanna: L
Chris: 3 B's ($3,900)
Sharon: W
Hanna: P
Chris: L (DUPE)
Sharon: 3 R's ($5,150)
Hanna: D ($1,600)
Chris: K
Sharon: 2 I's
Hanna: N
Chris: M
Sharon: 3 E's

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Sharon eats up some BRAISED BEEF SHORT RIBS to seal the deal.

DUDS DURING SPEEDUP: L (Hanna), W (Sharon), P (Hanna), K (Chris), N (Hanna), M (Chris)
DQs: 2 (Sharon's S as a vowel buy, Chris's L repeat)

FINAL SCORES

Hanna	Chris	Sharon
$1,000	$8,600	$21,254
Thank You For Being Here		LINENS-N-THINGS SANTA BARBARA

Hanna just never had a chance here...

WINNINGS SO FAR: $30,854
BANKRUPT TRASH: $16,595

BONUS ROUND:

Sharon could go to paradise with these prizes...

2006 Nissan Murano
2006 Chrysler 300
A bundle of cash ($25K-$50K)...
...or an embarrassment of riches ($100,000)!

Friend Lori watches Shannon spin up to the B.

Bonus Puzzle

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RSTLNE gives 2 in the first:

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GFCA should probably be enough...

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Sharon immediately solves BEAR HUG...

...and tops it off with another $25,000! That gives her $46,254 in cash & prizes to take home.

Pat & Vanna do a couple of bear hugs in the end.

Last Edit: Feb 14, 2023 13:13:54 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 18, 2006 Recap Jan 29, 2021 13:17:03 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Jan 29, 2021 13:17:03 GMT -5

Quite a bit of money accumulated into the National Trust and R4 was pretty sloppy, but I'll say that Sharon was an excellent player here and that flub in R4 was just a really minor fluke.

Last Edit: Jan 29, 2021 13:21:25 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 18, 2006 Recap Jan 29, 2021 13:59:11 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Jan 29, 2021 13:59:11 GMT -5

Also, if mechamind recaps the other 2 episodes that had BEAR HUG as a bonus puzzle in a span of 3 weeks (it IS the most reused BR ever), maybe it can like that GUPPIES incident earlier this month lol.

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 18, 2006 Recap Jan 31, 2021 22:53:44 GMT -5 via mobile

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Post by mechamind on Jan 31, 2021 22:53:44 GMT -5

I just noticed, though it's only a very minor thing on my part, just to do with my style.

I normally write "C.P." (consonant purchase) when someone accidentally buys a consonant, while a "call" is only done after spinning. I just have to distinguish the two...but I admit I may still write that someone called a vowel when it was a purchase.

(UPDATE: Forget the abbreviations now, because that was really just for my old and smaller template. The current one uses wider tables, so spelling whole words out is easier.)

Last Edit: Jan 24, 2023 1:40:21 GMT -5 by mechamind

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