October 21, 1996 Recap

The recapping is not over. I've just had way too much stuff going on these past 2 weeks. I think all this stuff is over and I can start recapping the usual amount I do again.


October 21, 1996 Recap
South Seas Week Day 1


Contestants

Bob McCabe: Indianapolis, Indiana; field service engineer, has a wife and three kids, has 2 boys in Tennessee, likes weightlifting and racquetball

Michael Jelta: Covina, California; got married on August 24 to a beautiful girl named Rebecca, attending BYU

Abby Polonsky: Chicago, Illinois; entertainment conglomerate, co-hosts the morning radio show in Chicago, writes an entertainment column for a local Chicago newspaper, likes to bike, do all kinds of outdoor activities, likes to cook healthy, loves sushi


Round 1: Before & After

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Bob is the first spinner and he gets 1 T worth $350, gets 3 R's for the Free Spin, buys 4 E's, gets 1 N worth $500, gets 2 G's worth $450 a piece, buys a bad A but uses his Free Spin, he buys 1 I, he lands on BANKRUPT to lose $1000, Michael gets no L on $600, Abby gets 2 P's worth $300 a piece

GENER _ _ _

TIPPER

G _ RE

Abby solves GENEROUS TIPPER GORE for $600

Scores after Round 1




Round 2 ($10,000 Round): Quotation

Prize on wheel: Trip to the Flamingo Hilton Las Vegas worth $3360

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Michael spins the wheel and lands on BANKRUPT on the right side of the $10,000 Wedge, Abby gets 1 T worth $250, gets 1 H worth $300, buys 6 E's, gets 1 S worth $500, gets 2 R's worth $800 a piece, buys 4 A's, buys 1 O, gets 4 N's worth $450, gets 2 D's worth $300 a piece, gets 4 L's worth $600 a piece, gets 3 M's worth $600 a piece, gets 1 W worth $250, gets 2 Y's worth $250 a piece

AND / ALL / THE

MEN / AND

WOMEN / MERELY

_ LAYERS

Abby IDs the quote "AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN MERELY PLAYERS" from William Shakespeare's play As You Like It for $9250

Surprise Question

This is the second line of a quotation. What is the line that precedes it?

Abby guesses "All men are created equal", it was actually "All the world's a stage" so she does not win an extra $2000

Scores after Round 2




Round 3 (Jackpot Round): Event

Before the round begins, Pat mentions that if the winner on Friday's episode wins the bonus round, they will win a $13,000 water sports package including a Sea Wool sports watch from Zodiac

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Abby spins the wheel and gets no T on $3500, Bob lands on BANKRUPT, Michael gets 1 S worth $600, then he duds with an L on $450, back to Abby and she gets 2 N's worth $3500 a piece, buys 3 E's, buys 2 A's, buys 2 I's, buys 2 O's, gets 2 G's worth $600 a piece, gets 4 R's worth $600 a piece

RENE _ ING

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_ ARRIAGE

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Abby is incorrect with RENEGING YOUR MARRIAGE VOWS

Bob gets 2 W's for the Surprise, gets 1 Y worth $500

RENEWING

YO _ R

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Bob, your not gonna be RENEWING YOUR MARRIAGE VOWS because your already married, but you just won the Surprise which is a vintage 1950s Coca-Cola machine and a year supply of Coke for you to enjoy at home worth $6000 plus the $500 when you solved. His total this round is $6500

Scores after Round 3




Round 4: Thing

The round begins with the final spin

Final spin: $300

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Bob: No R, Michael: 3 T's, Abby: 3 N's, Bob: 1 L, Michael: 1 H, Abby: 1 S, Bob: 2 C's

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C _ _ S _ N _

Bob solves AUTHENTIC ITALIAN CUISINE for $900. Not enough to make him the big winner though

Final scores




Bonus Round

Abby picks the W in WHEEL

The category is People

RSTLNE gives us this

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Abby's picks are D M C A

C _ _ R _ S

KEEPERS, CAPPERS, CORES, CIRCUS, CERTS, KURTS, SERGS, and SURFS are her guesses. CORES was very close at it was CHORUS which she does not get for $25,000

Abby's final total is $9850