October 20, 2021 Recap

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October 20, 2021 Recap Oct 20, 2021 12:22:04 GMT -5 via mobile

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Post by logicman27 on Oct 20, 2021 12:22:04 GMT -5

S39, EPISODE #7453: GREAT AMERICAN CITIES (D.C.)

Airdate: 10/20/21

$1,000 Toss-Up

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LANDMARK

Yes, I no-lettered this one.

Go!

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LANDMARK

Sean IDs CAPITOL HILL.

Anne	Keisha	Sean
		$1,000

Midweek panel:
Sean Belako: Fredericksburg, VA. 6th grade math teacher (they're currently on integers) who's a dad of 2 sons (they're fans of the Washington Wizards) and a big 80s music buff.
Anne Benovil-Murphy: Lorton, VA. Air Force vet (she's been on active duty for 8 years and is a graduate of the Air Force Academy) who's now a pharmacist at the VA Medical Center. She's also married to Mark (also an Air Force vet) with 3 kids and 2 rescue dogs (DJ and Blue; the former was on Puppy Bowl XI).
Keisha Andrews-Veney: Upper Marlboro, MD. Married with a daughter and is the youngest of 10 (6 girls, 4 boys). She loves to shop, paint and wine taste

$2,000 Toss-Up

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CHARACTER

...and that one, too.

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CHARACTER

Sean's 2-for-2 with LITTLE BO-PEEP.

Anne	Keisha	Sean
		$3,000

WHEEL PRIZE: trip to Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center (marked DENVER), value unknown

Round 1

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SAME LETTER

Anne	Keisha	SEAN
		$700: 4 N's -$250: 4 E's -$250: A $700: 2 S's -$250: 2 I's $700: 3 D's (Bonus!) $650: L $700: C -$250: 2 O's No More Vowels! $700: 2 T's Solve Attempt...
		$9,050

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SAME LETTER

PERFECTION! Sean solves DOWNTOWN DINER & DELICATESSEN.

Anne	Keisha	Sean
		$12,050

"Look Vanna, it's WHEEL! OF! MEZE!" - Pat

MYSTERY ROUND

$10,000 SPONSOR: Eggland's Best

Round 2

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PHRASE

ANNE	Keisha	Sean
WILD + $500: 2 T's -$250: E $700: 2 H's -$250: 3 I's $850: S Solve Attempt...
$2,750
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PERFECTION #2! I don't think we'll see HISTORY IN THE MAKING this episode, but Anne's on the board.

Anne	Keisha	Sean
$2,750		$12,050
WILD

"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of Big Money!" - Vanna

Round 3 (Trip Puzzle)

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THINGS

Anne	KEISHA	Sean
WILD
	$650: 3 T's -$250: 3 E's $500 ($550): 2 H's LOSE A TURN!	$900: 3 S's -$250: U $500 ($3,500): N -$250: A
	$2,700	$2,700
WILD
$3,500: F (WC not prompted) -$250: 3 O's No More Vowels! $550: L LOSE A TURN!	Solve Attempt...
$3,800	$2,700	$2,700
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THINGS

Keisha will see THE COLORS OF THE SUNSET in BELIZE; it's a FlightGuru trip to Sunset Caribe worth $8,051.

DUD: A (Sean)
LOSE A TURNS: 2 (ladies)

Anne	Keisha	Sean
$2,750	$10,751	$12,050
WILD	BELIZE

PREVAGEN MEMORY (10/28/13): Some staff kids go on the stage for the end chat to get some candy.

TRIPLE TOSS-UP

Puzzle 1

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OCCUPATION

Vanna had a bit of trouble lighting up the first letter.

Go!

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OCCUPATION

Anne flubs with BASEBALL PLAYER.

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Keisha's a bit closer with BASKETBALL PLAYER.

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Sean's got it with BASKETBALL COACH.

Anne	Keisha	Sean
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Puzzle 2

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Keisha solves SOCCER COACH this time

Anne	Keisha	Sean
	$2,000	$2,000

Puzzle 3

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Go!

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OCCUPATION

The money's split between our panel as Anne gets LIFE COACH.

Anne	Keisha	Sean
$2,000	$2,000	$2,000
$4,750	$12,751	$14,050
WILD	BELIZE

Round 4

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AROUND THE HOUSE

DING DING! DING DING!

FINAL SPIN (Anne): $1,900

Anne: T
Keisha: S ($1,900)
Sean: N
Anne: C ($1,900)
Keisha: R
Sean: 2 L's ($3,800)
Anne: H ($3,800)
Keisha: M
Sean: 2 A's

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AROUND THE HOUSE

Sean solves SIDEWALK CHALK.

DUDS: T (Anne), N (Sean), R (Keisha), M (Keisha)

FINAL SCORES

Anne	Keisha	Sean
$4,750	$12,751	$17,850
(...)	BELIZE

If only Anne used her Wild Card...

WINNINGS SO FAR: $35,351
NO BANKRUPTS!

Here's Sean's category "things"...

THING
LIVING THINGS
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?

$100,000 BONUS ROUND

SPACE SPUN: S in AMERICA'S

Bonus Puzzle

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WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?

RSTLNE should give Sean plenty:

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WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?

CDHO fills in the important bottom word and some more...

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WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?

Now's probably the time to start wearing a LIGHTWEIGHT HOODIE around (or something a bit heavier) and Sean's got it for the $39,000!

SEAN’S FINAL TOTAL: $56,850 (all cash)

We see Pat and Vanna at the National Mall in the end chat, home to many historical monuments and taken care by the National Park Service. It's also the most-visited National Park in the country!

Next time, we go to South Florida.

Last Edit: Oct 23, 2021 1:08:25 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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October 20, 2021 Recap Oct 20, 2021 21:44:16 GMT -5

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It just feels weird to have a perfect Round 1 and 2, but Round 4 begins as a Speed-Up. Then again, I've seen it happen on an early Season 14 episode back when they didn't even have Toss-Ups!

Speaking of Toss-Ups, I sorta "no-lettered" the first one phonetically (I spelled it as CAPITAL HILL in my head again). Even worse, I saw the hyphen and thought the second one would be DUDLEY DO-RIGHT before it came up one letter short. It is Great American Cities...so says a viewer from across the 49th.

I thought the third Triple Toss-Up would be JOB COACH before the blanks appeared, which was actually reasonable, but it turned out not to be.

Welp, I'm on an RSTLNE streak again in Bonus Land. with the L and T, I knew the first word would be LIGHTWEIGHT, and HOODIE worked for the second word.

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October 20, 2021 Recap Oct 20, 2021 23:36:23 GMT -5

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^ I think they wanted to make time to showcase the National Mall in the end (it is Great American Cities week after all). I also thought we'd get extra time for R4 as well (we did get it on Monday).

Yes, I did no-letter the first 2 Toss-Ups. The second one was used on 4/16/08. However, I negged on TTU2 and TTU3 (TENNIS COACH and LINE COACH, respectively).

BR: About time I covered an all-cash winner this season (though I was aware Sean also could've won the Taos). This is probably the 6th episode in a row I RSTLNEd (though I did have LIGHTWEIGHT BLAZER with no letters). I think this puzzle is telling me to dress in layers now (it's been unusually cool in OC lately).

7/10

EDIT: I almost forgot, but my YT feed spoiled the end result again...

Last Edit: Oct 20, 2021 23:56:09 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 20, 2021 Recap Oct 21, 2021 7:24:04 GMT -5 MarioGS and logicman27 like this

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Post by kev347 on Oct 21, 2021 7:24:04 GMT -5

Surprisingly, according to the compendium, this was the debut of HOODIE on the show (not even just the BR, the whole show.) We've seen LIGHTWEIGHT in the BR a few times, but it's usually paired with JACKET or something where calling the H doesn't give away the answer. Maybe we've finally cleared up enough budget for easier BRs? We can hope

Mar 2, 2015 21:48:40 GMT -5 jjman920 said:
You sir, have an unfounded hate of people. I suggest you work on this immediately before you continue your tenure as DPG host.

Although, I suppose such unfounded hate is why you were hired in the first place.

MarioGS Made It and Played It VIP PhD in Wheeloffortunology Posts: 14,634 Airdate: 03/25/2016 Winnings: $76,086 SPIN ID: RS1363545	October 20, 2021 Recap Oct 21, 2021 14:18:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MarioGS on Oct 21, 2021 14:18:01 GMT -5 I was waiting for HOODIE since the day I started the BR predictions thread. I have four predictions with that as the second word: BLACK, GRAY, COZY, and ZIP-UP. I also own a BUZZR HOODIE.
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October 20, 2021 Recap Oct 23, 2021 0:48:02 GMT -5

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Post by genius2751 on Oct 23, 2021 0:48:02 GMT -5

Everyone did well this episode, though Sean made me a little nervous in R1. He and Keisha had a pretty good match. Given the speed of R2, I thought we would have more time before the Final Spin.

I no-lettered TU2, got R2 with just the E’s, and solved the BR with Sean’s picks. Maybe the C was a precaution, but great BR win by him nonetheless!

My rating: 7

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