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January 17, 2022 recap Jan 17, 2022 18:30:25 GMT -5

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Season 39, Episode #7516

Airdate: January 17, 2022

From the Sony Studios, it's America's Game! Collette will now Show You the World!

$1,000 Toss-Up

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Michael solves I NEED A VACATION!.

AnnaRose	Michael	Jennifer
	$1,000

Cheers to these three:
Michael Richardson: From Phoenix, AZ (originally from Bordentown, NJ); Army veteran of 21 years who loves to travel and has been to every country in Europe (except three at the time)
Jennifer Williams: From Pasadena, CA; traveled to five continents, missing Antarctica and South America; she's a bookkeeper, and she has one son named Isaac
AnnaRose Etra: From Los Angeles, CA; jigsaw puzzle aficionado, with her biggest being over 9,000 pieces and 6 1/2 feet long; took a trip with her best friend every summer and their moms, and they'd snorkel with sharks

$2,000 Toss-Up

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Jennifer solves FAMILY BUSINESS.

AnnaRose	Michael	Jennifer
	$1,000	$2,000

Wheel Prize: Collette holiday in the Western Canadian Rockies including Vancouver, the Okanagan, Lake Louise, and Banff (labeled COLLETTE) worth $8,896.

Gift Tag (Novica), Wild Card, and Million Dollar Wedge on Wheel

Top dollar value: $2,500

Round 1

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SAME LETTER

AnnaRose	Michael	JENNIFER
		$650: N (x3) -$250: I (x2) $2,500: S (x3) (+$1,000 Same Letter) $500: T -$250: E (x3) $650: P Solve: Correct!
		$11,100

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Perfection! Jennifer solves SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND for all that money!

AnnaRose	Michael	Jennifer
	$1,000	$13,100

$10,000 Mystery Round

Top dollar value: $3,500

Round 2

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FOOD & DRINK

ANNAROSE	Michael	Jennifer
$700: T (DUD!)	$850: S (DUD!)	Gift Tag: N (x2) Lose A Turn!
		$1,000+
$900: D (DUD!)	$700: R -$250: E (x3) $550: F (x3) Solve: Correct!
	$2,100

Michael's name tag began to slip off after his first spin, so he fixed it.

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FOOD & DRINK

Michael solves FRENCH VANILLA COFFEE.

AnnaRose	Michael	Jennifer
	$3,100	$13,100

Express Round (Trip Puzzle!)

Top dollar value: $3,500

Round 3

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PLACES

AnnaRose	MICHAEL	Jennifer
	$600: T (x2) -$250: E $700: N (x4) $600: G -$250: I -$250: O BANKRUPT! ($3,850)	Solve: Correct!

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Jennifer simply solves ENCHANTING TOWNS for a Collette tour of Portugal including Lisbon and the coast line worth $8,398.

"I know you're disappointed it's not Antarctica!"

AnnaRose	Michael	Jennifer
	$3,100	$21,498

Triple Toss-Up!

Toss-Up 1

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Michael solves FOOTBALL HELMET.

AnnaRose	Michael	Jennifer
	$2,000

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Michael also solves BATTING HELMET.

AnnaRose	Michael	Jennifer
	$4,000

Toss-Up 3

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AnnaRose guesses BIKING HELMET...which is surprisingly incorrect.

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Jennifer repeats that guess.

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After the V is revealed, we have a triple stumper! Nobody wins the final $2,000.

Pat: And until you've seen a biking viking, it's really...a sight. Their little horns get stuck.

Because of the second Toss-Up before Round 1, play returns to Jennifer.

AnnaRose	Michael	Jennifer
	$7,100	$21,498

Top dollar value: $5,000

Round 4

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AnnaRose	Michael	JENNIFER
		BANKRUPT! ($0)

$500: T $600: R -$250: A (x3) $900: D -$250: E -$250: I (DUD!)	$600: S $500: N (DUD!)	$500: L (x2) Solve: Correct!
$1,250	$600	$1,000

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Jennifer solves JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES.

AnnaRose	Michael	Jennifer
	$7,100	$22,498

She does so well at this game that we have time for another puzzle!

Round 5

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

DING DING! DING DING!

But now that we're short of time, AnnaRose must give the last spin of the day.

Final Spin: $500

+$1,000 = $1,500

AnnaRose: N ($1,500)

(Michael tries to spin before calling a letter.)

Michael: T (x4) ($6,000)
Jennifer: G (x2) ($3,000)
AnnaRose: S (x2) ($4,500)
Michael: H (x2) ($9,000)
Jennifer: L (x2) ($6,000)

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Jennifer solves STEALING THE SPOTLIGHT.

AnnaRose	Michael	Jennifer
$1,000	$7,100	$28,498
Consolation

Before stealing the spotlight herself, Jennifer will select one of three Bonus Round categories:

PHRASE
SHOW BIZ
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Jennifer picks Show Biz.

$100,000 BONUS ROUND

Featured car: MINI Cooper S 2dr

Bonus Spin: I in AMERICA'S

Bonus Puzzle

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RSTLNE gives her:

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GFPO is a bit different from the usual.

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After thinking of several "openings", she solves BROADWAY OPENING with two seconds left...

...and just enough time for the MINI Cooper worth $36,195! Jennifer leaves with $64,693 in cash and prizes!

In the final segment, a clip of contestant Adam from February 13, 2020 is shown just after he solves for a trip to Italy, where he journeyed with his girlfriend Heather (and got engaged).

Any trip with the name Collette on it is a good one, as Pat says.

Last Edit: Jan 10, 2023 1:21:29 GMT -5 by mechamind

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January 17, 2022 recap Jan 17, 2022 22:04:08 GMT -5

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Recap posted.

I couldn't get any of the Triple Toss-Ups, not even the last one with on the V missing. So many recaps in my time here, and this is only the first time I've covered a Toss-Up triple stumper.

Couldn't get BROADWAY in the Bonus Round, either. Good thing she did.

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January 17, 2022 recap Jan 17, 2022 22:06:32 GMT -5

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What a start for Jennifer thanks to the $2,500 hit and same letter call in R1. Surprised she spun again instead of calling vowels right after that.

A weird transition after the stumper on the last puzzle of the Triple Toss-Up. It felt like they stopped tape to determine who would be starting the round.

I RSTLNEd the bonus puzzle. The O as the vowel was definitely the right choice, though A might've worked also. A nice solve from the jaws of defeat in the last few seconds.

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January 17, 2022 recap Jan 17, 2022 23:16:29 GMT -5

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Post by jakemathis4520 on Jan 17, 2022 23:16:29 GMT -5

Great game tonight by Jennifer. Great solves in Round 4 and 5 by her. I was nowhere close on those when she solved. I had the BR off her picks. Proud of her for solving that because it took a while for her to get it. Great episode to start the week.

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January 17, 2022 recap Jan 18, 2022 2:16:53 GMT -5

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Post by genius2751 on Jan 18, 2022 2:16:53 GMT -5

Jennifer cleaned up, mostly thanks to her big R1. And Michael was a quick puzzle solver.

I couldn’t get any of the Triple Toss-Ups; I thought #1 was TROPICAL and #3 was HIKING. Well, so much for a Triple Stumper being avoided like last season…

But I RSLTNE’d the BR. Good thing Jennifer talked it out to win the car!

Oh, and congrats to Adam and Heather for getting engaged on their Italy tour.

My rating: 7

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January 17, 2022 recap Jan 18, 2022 15:14:22 GMT -5

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Post by MarioGS on Jan 18, 2022 15:14:22 GMT -5

No-lettered R4.

Jan 17, 2022 22:06:32 GMT -5 jjc927 said:

A weird transition after the stumper on the last puzzle of the Triple Toss-Up. It felt like they stopped tape to determine who would be starting the round.

They shouldn't have. Jack521, who was on in early S37, confirmed that the "who starts" rule for TTU3 going unsolved was always the same as when there was a $3,000 Toss-Up. I always suspected as such, even though it does make just as much sense for the right to start R4 to go to whoever solved TTU2.

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January 17, 2022 recap Jan 18, 2022 19:44:20 GMT -5 CDixie likes this

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Post by logicman27 on Jan 18, 2022 19:44:20 GMT -5

Themed weeks are not as common anymore, but the obligatory Collette weeks still live on...

TTU3: So much about 2 years being stumper free...I only got that one because the CC from CDixie 's YT copy had AnnaRose saying the correct answer (and I'll only refer to that channel if my DVR ends up crapping out on the episodes I have to recap).

I think the only reason why they stopped tape is because it's been a LONG time since we had that scenario.

R5: In a sponsored week no less...I'm pleasantly surprised. Michael and Jennifer were sure quick solvers, and it did help that none of the puzzles were overly contrived.

BR: Moving the shameless sweepstakes plug to the beginning of that segment was actually a good move (especially when there's less game time in those weeks). I got it with RSTLNE as well and good thing Jennifer got it just in time to win that MINI (and wow, that is quite pricey for a 2dr hardtop)...

Really solid show overall and this easily could've been a six-rounder if some of the fluff was cut. The only bad thing about it was the triple stumper.

8/10

Last Edit: Jan 18, 2022 19:52:33 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.