January 3, 2001 recap

January 3, 2001 recap Apr 14, 2022 9:31:46 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Apr 14, 2022 9:31:46 GMT -5

Airdate: January 3, 2001

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! This is Vegas Week!

Of course, we have to follow a good main game from last night with a wimpy little Toss-Up prize...

First Toss-Up

THING

Go!

THING

Diana solves DIET SOFT DRINK. She keeps holding her signaling device after that.

Ryan	Diana	Mike
	$1,000

We'll drink to this trio:
Diana Reyes (?): Works for a major cable and high speed internet service; from Fort Myers, FL
Mike Simmons: General contractor and single father, from Mesa, AZ
Ryan Were: Business finance major/senior at Loyola Marymount University, also works as a waiter; from Los Angeles, CA

Diana says she can beat Houdini's record for getting out of a straitjacket. "And if I make it to the Bonus Round, I'll show you how." She discovered the trick to it when she was little.

Pat has trouble just getting out of his blazer, taking about a minute and a half.

Diana won't stop at wimpy money. She's in it for the big money, and she also gets the first spin!

Round 1

PHRASE

Ryan	DIANA	Mike
	$300: R (x2) $300: S (x2) $300: T (x2) $900: H Solve: Correct!
	$2,700

PHRASE

Perfection! Diana solves IS THAT YOUR FINAL ANSWER? to quickly secure some more cash.

Ryan	Diana	Mike
	$3,700

Guess what managed to escape from storage? Actually, it's quite nice. It's a collection of American Historic Society coins (labeled COINS) worth $2,500.

Houdini's girl will have to wait patiently for a turn to win that Jackpot.

Round 2

WHERE ARE WE?

Ryan	Diana	MIKE
		$400: "The letter L." (x5) $600: T (x5) $300: H -$250: E (x3) -$250: I (x4) $300: S -$250: A (x2) Lose A Turn!
		$4,850
$400: R (x2) -$250: O (x3) COINS: W (DUD!)	$600: C (x2) Jackpot: N (x3) Solve: Correct!
$550	$1,200

WHERE ARE WE?

JACKPOT! Diana solves THE OZARKS LITTLE ROCK NATIVE BILL CLINTON to win the $7,600 prize! And like yesterday, there's a $3,000 bonus if she knows where we are.

She scores some more with an answer of Arkansas. She almost said Kansas.

Ryan	Diana	Mike
	$15,500

Diana seems to have found her home, and so has this prize: a holiday at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas (labeled LAS VEGAS) worth $3,694.

Pat insists that the week is taping in Culver City, but in defense, they're actually on the Culver City strip.

"Anything but no money!" is what Diana wants. The $10,000 prize wishes for the same.

Round 3

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

RYAN	Diana	Mike
$600: S (DUD!)	$800: R $700: T (x2) $3,500: P (x3!) Solve: Correct!
	$12,700

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

Diana solves PETER PAN AND CAPTAIN HOOK.

Pat: Is anybody heading to the prop room for that straitjacket?

Ryan	Diana	Mike
	$28,200

Diana's arms are tied up as she holds her signaling device for another Toss-Up.

Second Toss-Up

PHRASE

Go!

PHRASE

Diana solves I'M ALL THUMBS.

Ryan	Diana	Mike
	$29,200

Yeah, she just doesn't have enough money. She likes the $5,000 space, too.

Round 4

TITLE

Ryan	DIANA	Mike
	$400: S (DUD!)	Gift Tag: R (DUD!)

$300: L (x2) $900: G (DUD!)	COINS: M $300: H (DUD!)	$300: F $800: Y $600: B (DUD!)
$600	+	$1,100
$5,000: W Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$5,600

TITLE

Ryan spoils the sweep and solves FAMILY LAW.

Ryan	Diana	Mike
$5,600	$29,200

Pat does not take away Diana's prize wedge.

Well, since Ryan just scored, we have some time for Ryan to do the same.

Round 5

AROUND THE HOUSE

Ryan	Diana	MIKE
		$300: T $300: H $300: C -$250: E (x3) $300: R $700: C (Repeat)
		$950

AROUND THE HOUSE

DING DING! DING DING!

We'll forget about that error by letting Pat give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth $300 + $1,000 for $1,300 a piece.

Ryan: S ($1,300)

AROUND THE HOUSE

Ryan solves SPACE HEATER.

Ryan	Diana	Mike
$6,900	$29,200

One of those nights, one of those fights. Ryan won that extra cash, while Mike is going home with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

Diana has "escaped" from the Wheel to win one of our nice bonus prizes! What will it be?

2001 Volkswagen Passat (over $27,000)
Paris, both France and Vegas (over $23,000)
2001 Ford Mustang convertible (over $25,000)
2001 Ford Expedition (over $38,000)
"The cash" ($25,000)

But first, she demonstrates how to escape from a straitjacket. Your arms are tied, and you gotta stretch your arms above your head and to the front. Pat felt that one.

Pat: I'll pay you money never to do that again.

Diana: Okay.

Diana takes the second E for the most exciting day of her life, and she must break through this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives her:

THING

She fills in the middle three with CPMI.

THING

She can't escape this one. She whispers to herself and says CAKE, but does not solve FRUITCAKE...

...so we couldn't free the Ford Expedition. Diana still goes home with $29,200 in cash.

In the post-game chat, Pat compliments Vanna's dress...breaking one of his own resolutions.

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