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September 15, 2022 Recap Sept 15, 2022 12:56:15 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Sept 15, 2022 12:56:15 GMT -5

S40, EPISODE #7624: WHEEL OF FORTUNE XL

Airdate: 9/15/22

$1,000 Toss-Up

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Valrie IDs the EMPIRE STATE BUILDING.

Valrie	Priscilla	Eric
$1,000

Thursday's contestants:
Valrie Brown: Galveston, TX (but grew up in a southern district of St. James Parish in Jamaica...it broadcasted this show over there).
Priscilla Vu: Costa Mesa. She's part of a Vietnamese community and plays the ukulele. She also has megalophobia...which only is for volcanoes and mountains.
Eric Sines: Ravenna, OH. Married to Jen (9 years come October) with 2 sons. He wants to win enough to go to Italy for their 10th wedding anniversary.

$2,000 Toss-Up

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ELECTRICAL ENGINEER is too many letters, Eric.

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Priscilla is just as wrong with CLERICAL.

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Valrie forgoes buzzing in and solves CHEMICAL ENGINEER.

Valrie	Priscilla	Eric
$3,000

WHEEL PRIZE: collette tour of Portugal ($9K+)

Round 1

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VALRIE	Priscilla	Eric
$600: 3 N's -$250: 3 I's $500: 2 S's $600: 4 R's -$250: A -$250: 3 E's $650: 3 T's BANKRUPT! ($2,500) ($6,400 gone)	Solve Attempt...

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Priscilla just takes the house minimum with TOM CRUISE RETURNS IN TOP GUN: MAVERICK.

Valrie	Priscilla	Eric
$3,000	$1,000

XL MYSTERY ROUND

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Valrie	PRISCILLA	Eric
	collette + $500: 2 R's -$250: A $600: T	$650: S
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MILLION ($650): 2 N's $650: 2 G's -$250: 3 I's $650: C	$900: M	$500: 2 B's -$250: 4 O's Solve Attempt...
$1,050	$750	$750
MILLION	collette

Priscilla accidentally called R first when buying the A.

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Eric solves IRONING & BOOGIE BOARD for the house minimum.

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$3,000	$1,000	$1,000

Pretty XS if you ask me...

The MDW that Valrie lost is back on the wheel.

Round 3 (XL Prize Puzzle)

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Valrie	Priscilla	ERIC
		$650: 2 T's -$250: 2 E's -$250: 2 A's brooklinen + $500: S -$250: I -$250: O No More Vowels! $500 ($700): 2 R's same $500: M
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$500: F $500 ($800): 2 L's $600: 2 W's $650: N Solve Attempt...
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Valrie will see the TOWERING WATERFALLS in KAUAI (Ko'a Kea Hotel + $5K), a package totaling an even $15,000.

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$21,350	$1,000	$1,000
HAWAII

TRIPLE TOSS-UP

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Eric solves MILLIONS & MILLIONS.

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...but Valrie spoils the sweep with TRILLIONS & TRILLIONS.

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$2,000		$4,000
$23,350	$1,000	$5,000
HAWAII

Round 4

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DING DING! DING DING!

FINAL SPIN: $1,650

Valrie	N	$1,650
Priscilla	T	$1,650
Eric	2 S's	$3,300
Valrie	R	$1,650
Priscilla	2 M's	$4,950
NULL CYCLE
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Eric spots a HUMONGOUS HIPPOPOTAMUS.

FINAL SCORES

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$23,350	$1,000	$11,600
HAWAII

PENALTY BOX	Duds	Lose a Turns	Bankrupts	Repeats	Missolves	Other
ROUND 1			Valrie
ROUND 2	T (Priscilla) S (Eric) C (Valrie) M (Priscilla)
ROUND 3	M (Eric)
ROUND 4	R (Valrie) at least 3 unaired
OVERALL	9 ($20,200+ unclaimed)		TRASH: $6,400

WINNINGS SO FAR: $35,950

Valrie's categories for the taking are...

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FOOD & DRINK

$100,000 BONUS ROUND

SPACE SPUN: M in GAME

Bonus Puzzle

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RSTLNE offers Valrie two on the bottom:

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Well, I AM (not) HOPEFUL for a win here...and she could only say FUNNY for the bottom word, so no $40,000.

VALRIE’S FINAL TOTAL: $23,350 ($13,350 and a trip to Hawaii)

If no one can get the MDW over to the bonus land...well, that Million goes right into the Christmas fund.

SPOILER: Click to show

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Last Edit: Feb 10, 2023 0:00:18 GMT -5 by mechamind

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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September 15, 2022 Recap Sept 15, 2022 20:44:58 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Sept 15, 2022 20:44:58 GMT -5

Today was more of a brick wall compared to the last three.

After the first triple Toss-Up, I knew what the second would be, and from there, the third.

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September 15, 2022 Recap Sept 15, 2022 22:03:20 GMT -5

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Post by legotrolls54 on Sept 15, 2022 22:03:20 GMT -5

Valrie missed the 1st season minimum bonus ($40,000) to solve the bonus puzzle (She got I AM FUNNY but it's wrong).

Updated bonus round players and scores list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pRVHufqHe7MEyiP2GNSY19X5SXA77NTX6ogzPbGAGUc/edit?usp=sharing

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September 15, 2022 Recap Sept 15, 2022 22:05:44 GMT -5

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Post by jjc927 on Sept 15, 2022 22:05:44 GMT -5

Finally got a MDW hit tonight, but unfortunately the contestant didn't win the round and we didn't get another hit.

Ugh at the double word Triple Toss Up.

Pretty tough bonus without any more help on the bottom word. Probably would've needed the H and maybe the P or F also. CDMA was effective Tuesday even without solving, but not tonight.

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September 15, 2022 Recap Sept 16, 2022 1:06:54 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Sept 16, 2022 1:06:54 GMT -5

Quite a few no-letters from me today (TU1, R1 and the last two Triple Toss-Ups). Otherwise, this show just sucked.

BR: I also RSTLNEd it. Today was not the day for CDMA.

4/10

SPOILER: Click to show

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I had the name of this Bon Jovi song stuck in my head creating this puzzle. Turns out that it's also the name of a 1985 film!

Last Edit: Sept 16, 2022 12:57:48 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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September 15, 2022 Recap Sept 16, 2022 1:11:21 GMT -5 via Tapatalk

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Post by genius2751 on Sept 16, 2022 1:11:21 GMT -5

I had a feeling this week would take a downturn, and boy, did it do so this episode.

Given it’s XL Week, I’m really surprised Valrie’s opponents solved for jut the house minimum in their respective rounds. This was another episode where the (expensive) PP mattered for someone to win. Although CDMA wouldn’t cut it in the BR, Valrie’s guess of FUNNY fit her to a T.

Pat’s ruling for Priscilla buying the R she called in R2 felt kinda awkward to me given what happened 11 years ago on Tennis Week.

As soon as Pat announced the category of TU1, I knew the answer. I also no-lettered the last Triple Toss-Up.. Boy, they are really pushing the “big” theme this week, aren’t they?

My rating: 5

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