October 7, 2021 Recap

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October 7, 2021 Recap Oct 7, 2021 13:18:54 GMT -5 via mobile

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Post by logicman27 on Oct 7, 2021 13:18:54 GMT -5

S39, EPISODE #7444: NATIONAL PARKS

Airdate: 10/6/21

$1,000 Toss-Up

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Melanie might visit those MOUNTAIN PEAKS if she wins tonight's National Parks trip.

J.R.	Melanie	Janell
	$1,000

Thursday's panelists:
Melanie Fisher: Benicia (about 45min northeast from San Fran). Graduated from college a year early with a 4.0 GPA who plays tennis and is sometimes left-handed.
Janell Goudeau: Menifee. A loud sports mom of 2 tall boys.
J.R. Browning: Bakersfield. U.S. Army Vet (served 6.5 years; incl. 2 tours in Iraq). In 2005 (2nd tour in Iraq), he got a random care package from anysoldier.com, sent an email "thank you", and became pen pals. He married that pen pal 4 years later. Also, his mother-in-law has had competitions on this show for about a decade.

$2,000 Toss-Up

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Melanie literally goofs this time with JOLLY GOOF FELLOW. However, J.R.'s the JOLLY GOOD FELLOW we can't deny.

J.R.	Melanie	Janell
$2,000	$1,000

NATIONAL PARKS TRIP: from AAA Exclusive Vacations, value unknown

Round 1

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

J.R.	Melanie	Janell
$900: 2 S's BANKRUPT! ($2,500) ($1,800 gone)	$650: 2 T's $2,500: 3 N's -$250: 2 I's $550: G -$250: 4 A's -$250: 4 O's $900: H $550: 3 L's $500 ($900): B -$250: 3 E's BANKRUPT! (MILLION's left) ($11,400 gone)	$800: D


$600: P Solve Attempt...
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J.R. might use the house minimum cash towards STAYING IN A HOUSEBOAT ON LAKE POWELL.

DUD: D (Janell)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (others)

J.R.	Melanie	Janell
$3,000	$1,000

MYSTERY ROUND

Round 2

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CROSSWORD (PARKING _____)

J.R.	MELANIE	Janell
	$500 ($550): S $3,500: 3 T's -$250: I $500 ($550): N	$500 ($900): 2 R's WILD + $500: 2 M's BANKRUPT! (MILLION's left) ($2,000 + WILD gone)
	$10,750

$900: P -$250: 3 E's -$250: 2 O's No More Vowels! MYSTERY ($650): L Complete Board! FLIPS...BANKRUPT! ($400 gone)	Solve Attempt...
	$10,750

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Melanie just caught a lucky break.

DUD: N (Melanie)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (others)

J.R.	Melanie	Janell
$3,000	$11,750

Round 3 (Trip Puzzle)

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J.R.	Melanie	JENELL
		$500 ($550): 3 N's LOSE A TURN!
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$500 ($550): D BANKRUPT! ($650) ($500 gone)	$600: S $850: T Solve Attempt...
	$1,450	$1,500

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Seems like Melanie's college degree's working out for her, eh? Anyway, she'll experience the WARM AND SUNNY WEATHER on this trip to ARUBA (Holiday Inn Resort) worth $7,501.

LOSE A TURN: Jenell
BANKRUPT: J.R.

J.R.	Melanie	Janell
$3,000	$20,701
	ARUBA

TRIPLE TOSS-UP

Puzzle 1

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These are all shoes and while Melanie has a brain fart, Janell's on the board with CLIMBING SHOES.

J.R.	Melanie	Janell
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Puzzle 2

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J.R. puts on a pair of SNOWSHOES.

J.R.	Melanie	Janell
$4,000		$2,000

Puzzle 3

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J.R. also puts on a pair of ELEVATOR SHOES. Also, Pat's wearing those.

J.R.	Melanie	Janell
$4,000		$2,000
$7,000	$20,701	$2,000
	ARUBA

Round 4

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LIVING THINGS

The originally intended puzzle for this round used to be a 4-word PHRASE, but that was thrown out.

DING DING! DING DING!

FINAL SPIN (J.R.): $1,500

Pat still says the category is PHRASE.

J.R.: R
Melanie: T
Janelle: N ($1,500)
J.R.: D ($1,500)
Melanie: 2 S's ($3,00)
Janelle: L ($3,000)
J.R.: C
Melanie: M
Janelle: H ($4,500)
J.R.: F
Melanie: P ($4,500)
Janelle: "I'd like to buy an A."
J.R.: W ($3,000)
Melanie: 3 E's

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Melanie misses with WILKES AND SHEEP.

Janell: I
J.R.: V ($4,500) (No More Consonants! beeps heard)

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J.R. finally spots some WOLVES AND SHEEP.

DUDS: R (J.R.), T (Melanie), C (J.R.), M (Melanie), F (J.R.)
DQ: Melanie's missolve

FINAL SCORES

J.R.	Melanie	Janell
$11,500	$20,701	$2,000
	ARUBA

WINNINGS SO FAR: $34,201
BANKRUPT TRASH: $16,100 + WILD + $1,000 gamble

Today's BR menu for Melanie...

PLACE
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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

$100,000 BONUS ROUND

SPACE SPUN: M in GAME

Bonus Puzzle

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RSTLNE gives Melanie 25% of this one-wordy:

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GPHA give the first and last of each letter...

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PLATING, POSTING, PIKING, PRINTING and PASTING are all wrong. Melanie's not PIVOTING her way to $39,000.

MELANIE’S FINAL TOTAL: $20,701 ($13,200 plus the trip to Aruba)

Vanna's cat (Stella) is almost 16. She put a YouTube video about birds and squirrels and absolutely loves it.

I wouldn't expect genius2751 to cover yet another skunk threat 4 weeks into this season, but we're at that point. Stay tuned...

Last Edit: Oct 26, 2021 13:03:20 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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October 7, 2021 Recap Oct 7, 2021 22:56:13 GMT -5 mechamind and logicman27 like this

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Post by MarioGS on Oct 7, 2021 22:56:13 GMT -5

In 2016, JR was interviewed by KBAK for a story about veteran suicide awareness. He was homeless for a time after returning from Iraq.

bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/local-veteran-marches-to-bring-awareness-to-suicide-rates

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October 7, 2021 Recap Oct 7, 2021 23:24:09 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Oct 7, 2021 23:24:09 GMT -5

This was...interesting to say the least. We've got an army vet who wedded with a pen pal, a failed MW flip on a complete puzzle (I would've done the same), and a one-wordy in the BR. Unfortunately, I was also stumped on the final puzzle too. It definitely was harder than it looked...

5/10

Last Edit: Oct 7, 2021 23:26:20 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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October 7, 2021 Recap Oct 8, 2021 22:45:44 GMT -5

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Post by jjc927 on Oct 8, 2021 22:45:44 GMT -5

Jolly GOOF FelloW is quite a missolve to start the show.

Poor J.R., don't blame him for going for the $10,000 on the Mystery wedge. What a lucky break for Melanie.

At least J.R. did get lucky himself in round 4 to win a nice amount.

Tough bonus round with such little help. This was one of those times where it would've been very helpful to pick I for the vowel with What Are You Doing?

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October 7, 2021 Recap Oct 9, 2021 11:13:30 GMT -5

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Post by genius2751 on Oct 9, 2021 11:13:30 GMT -5

Good grief, BANKRUPT needs a time-out after this rocky episode.

I felt bad for Melanie when she hit that black space in R1, but she got lucky after J.R. flipped his Mystery wedge. I can understand why the Final Spin took a while – the first word is a bit tricky.

I couldn’t solve the BR, and I’m not sure if the I’s would’ve helped Melanie.

And it’s always good to hear about Stella the cat.

My rating: 5

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