January 31, 2022 recap

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January 31, 2022 recap Jan 31, 2022 18:28:08 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jan 31, 2022 18:28:08 GMT -5

Season 39, Episode #7526

Airdate: January 31, 2022

From the Sony Studios, it's America's Game! Celebrating the Local Flavor of... New York!

Bill Ritter and Sade Baderinwa from WABC make cameo appearances throughout this episode.

$1,000 Toss-Up

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FOOD & DRINK

Go!

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FOOD & DRINK

Jenn quickly solves A SLICE OF PIZZA.

Jenn	Desire	Mandy
$1,000

Our three female players want more than a slice of that big money!

Jenn Sparano: From Pleasantville, NY; a "nice Italian girl" and a pizza person; she is a speech language pathologist at Mildred E. Strang Middle School; she was living in NYC but moved home to live with her 98-year old grandma during the pandemic
Desire Garza: From La Crescenta, CA (originally from Queens); she likes the authenticity of the food, culture, and "richness of everything", and having it be less than a block from wherever you are; she's also a sophomore virtually studying biology
Mandy Gordon: From Brooklyn, NY; has her own catering business, and she's also a fashion designer, because she loves food and dressing up; her late dad was responsible for her learning all about Wheel, as she came into the living room to solve puzzles, and she hopes to make him proud

$2,000 Toss-Up

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THING

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Jenn solves STRETCH LIMOUSINE.

Jenn	Desire	Mandy
$3,000

Wheel Prize: Trip to Alaska (labeled ALASKA) ...but is it too much to make you wait until it's won?

Gift Tag (Melissa's), Wild Card, and Million Dollar Wedge on Wheel

Top dollar value: $2,500

Round 1 (Crossword)

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NEW YORK ____

JENN	Desire	Mandy
$700: S (x2) Lose A Turn!	$600: T (x2) $650: N (x2) -$250: E (x4) $1 MILLION: M -$250: I (x2) $650: Y (x2) -$250: A $500: K $500: L -$250: U $500: R $500: V $600: D Solve: Correct!
$1,400	$5,400

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NEW YORK ____

Desire reads off DELI, YANKEES, UNIVERSITY, METS from the board to keep the green.

Pat: And we appreciate the added drama of you pretending you didn't know it till the end.

Jenn	Desire (1M)	Mandy
$3,000	$5,400

$10,000 Mystery Round

Top dollar value: $3,500

Round 2

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PLACE

Jenn	DESIRE (1M)	Mandy
	$500: R (x2) BANKRUPT! ($1,000) (MDW lost)	$500: T -$250: A BANKRUPT! ($250)

(?) $1,000: M (x3) (She flips it... ...$10,000!) Solve: Correct!
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PLACE

Jenn solves MUSEUM OF MODERN ART to keep some other green.

Someone else is taking some cash for themselves if this is their Spin ID: VH03293.

Jenn	Desire	Mandy
$13,000	$5,400

Express Round (Trip Puzzle!)

Top dollar value: $3,500

Round 3

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EVENT

Jenn	Desire	MANDY
		$600: T -$250: E $500: N -$250: A (x2) $500: D (x2) -$250: I BANKRUPT! ($1,350)

$900: L -$250: O (x2) BANKRUPT! ($650)	$650: R Lose A Turn!	$600: F (x2) -$250: U Solve: Correct!
	$650	$950

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Mandy solves FOOD AND RUM FESTIVAL to win a FlightGuru trip to Barbados and stay at The Crane Resort worth $11,190.

Jenn	Desire	Mandy
$13,000	$5,400	$12,140

Triple Toss-Up!

Toss-Up 1

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

Desire solves RUNNING A MARATHON.

Jenn	Desire	Mandy
	$2,000

Toss-Up 2

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Go!

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Jenn solves RUNNING A HALF MARATHON.

Jenn	Desire	Mandy
$2,000	$2,000

Toss-Up 3

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Go!

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Jenn solves RUNNING ON EMPTY.

Jenn	Desire	Mandy
$17,000	$7,400	$12,140

Round 4

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80's SONG TITLE

DING DING! DING DING!

We're running on empty ourselves, so Jenn must give the last spin of the day. Consonants are worth nothing, but what will vowels be worth?

Final Spin: $500

+$1,000 = $1,500

(Yes, Pat mixed up the rules for consonants and vowels.)

Jenn: T (x2) ($3,000)
Desire: N (DUD!)
Mandy: Y (DUD!)
Jenn: S ($4,500)
Desire: R (x2) ($3,000)
Mandy: M ($1,500)

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80's SONG TITLE

Mandy solves SMOOTH OPERATOR.

Jenn	Desire	Mandy
$17,000	$7,400	$13,640

Before the Bonus Round, Jenn will select one of three categories:

PLACE
THING
FOOD & DRINK

Jenn picks Food & Drink.

$100,000 BONUS ROUND

The Bonus Round is sponsored by Slotomania.

Featured car: Lincoln Corsair ($38K+)

Bonus Spin: P in SPIN

Bonus Puzzle

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FOOD & DRINK

RSTLNE gives her:

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FOOD & DRINK

PCDA are extremely limited...

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FOOD & DRINK

She does not solve OLIVES AND FIGS...

...so she won't get a taste of the Corsair. Jenn finishes with $17,000 in cash.

In the final segment, Vanna asks if Pat likes olives and figs. Pat likes figs in his martini. Vanna actually has a fig tree...and every tree! She also has trees for oranges, tangerines, peaches, avocados...

Last Edit: Jan 10, 2023 1:03:59 GMT -5 by mechamind

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January 31, 2022 recap Jan 31, 2022 22:06:54 GMT -5

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Recap posted.

Round 1 was fine, but Round 2 was even better. I actually got that one just before the M's were revealed. Weird to have it on four lines, just like the 80's (speaking of 80's, there's a song I've never heard of before).

Now I have a $100K win and a Mystery win. Maybe I'll get a $1M win soon...but what are the odds of that, really?

I got the bonus puzzle with RSTLNE. I still hate olives as much as I did when they had YUMMY FIGS AND OLIVES as a puzzle.

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January 31, 2022 recap Jan 31, 2022 23:19:54 GMT -5

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Post by jjc927 on Jan 31, 2022 23:19:54 GMT -5

A Slice of Pizza was actually the first Toss-Up in the first taping I saw when they went to New York City during season 30.

I got the bonus with the RSTLNE, but it was pretty tough with the additional letters only filling in AND.

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January 31, 2022 recap Feb 1, 2022 0:24:19 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Feb 1, 2022 0:24:19 GMT -5

All I have to say that Jenn was a pretty good puzzle solver, IMO. I also no-lettered TU1.

BR: Also RSTLNEd it. The overdose of vowels strikes again...

6/10

The Alaskan vacation came from American Cruise Line.

Last Edit: Feb 1, 2022 0:47:34 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 31, 2022 recap Feb 5, 2022 1:08:27 GMT -5

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Post by genius2751 on Feb 5, 2022 1:08:27 GMT -5

So, this week is basically another Great American Cities week. I thought it would focus on food.

Anyway, our NYC salute was OK, but Desire scared me in R1. I solved R2 with just the R’s (why was it on four lines?!) and TTU2 just as fast, but I thought R4 was ALMOST PARADISE with no letters.

I RSTLNE’d the BR. The I’s would’ve given Jenn a shot at it.

My rating: 6

Last Edit: Feb 5, 2022 1:08:43 GMT -5 by genius2751

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