September 20, 2022 recap

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September 20, 2022 recap Sept 20, 2022 15:43:50 GMT -5

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Season 40, Episode #7627

Airdate: September 20, 2022

From the Sony Studios, it's America's Game! This is California Coast!

$1,000 Toss-Up

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Tesha solves MELROSE AVENUE.

Tesha	Chris	Michele
$1,000

Today's contestants:
Tesha Chouteau: From Los Angeles, CA; married to Edmond for 16 years and counting, and they have 3 children (including 1 "bonus" daughter"), plus a "fur baby"; her husband rides a motorcycle, and she's sometimes in the back taking a nap on their lone trips
Chris Lewis: From Fresno, CA; works as an information technology professional for MSP based in Clovis; he's a guitarist, starting with "air guitar" as a toddler, and his dad taught him when he got older, and he's been playing it ever since
Michele Ward: From Porter, TX; mother of four (and three of her kids are here today); she's a homeschool teacher of four (instead of 150), because she's teaching one single family's children

$2,000 Toss-Up

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Chris solves CUTOFF JEANS.

Tesha	Chris	Michele
$1,000	$2,000

Wheel Prize: Trip to San Diego (labeled SAN DIEGO), but we're cut off until the prize is won.

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

Top dollar value: $2,500

Round 1

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Tesha	CHRIS	Michele
	$800: T (DUD!)	$650: R (x2) -$250: E (x2) -$250: A BANKRUPT! ($800)

$650: S (x3) BANKRUPT! ($1,950)	$500: L (x2) -$250: I (x2) Lose A Turn!	Gift Tag: N -$250: O (x3) -$250: U $850: P $900: F $500: M (DUD!)
	$750	$1,750+
$600: G (DUD!)	Solve: Correct!
	$750

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Chris solves PROFESSIONAL BODYBUILDERS for the house minimum.

Tesha	Chris	Michele
$1,000	$3,000

$10,000 Mystery Round

Top dollar value: $3,500

Round 2

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Tesha	Chris	MICHELE
		$500: N $650: R -$250: E $500: T (DUD!)
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BANKRUPT/MDW! ($0)	$700: S $900: M (DUD!)	$650: L (x2) -$250: I (x2) $900: G -$250: A $600: H (DUD!)
	$700	$2,600
$600: B -$250: O $850: D $900: C (x2) Solve: Correct!
$3,000

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Tesha solves DISCO & WRECKING BALL.

Tesha	Chris	Michele
$4,000	$3,000

Express Round (Trip Puzzle!)

Top dollar value: $3,500

Round 3

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TESHA	Chris	Michele
EXPRESS: G (She hops on!) -$250: I (x3) +$1,000: N +$1,000: S +$1,000: T (x2) -$250: E (x3) +$1,000: H (x2) +$1,000: M -$250: A -$250: O (x2) +$1,000: V (x2) +$1,000: F +$1,000: R +$1,000: L Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$12,000

Pat accidentally says Tesha can spin again after the O, but Tesha knows she's on the Express.

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Perfection! Tesha solves HAVING THE TIME OF OUR LIVES and wins a FlightGuru trip to St. Maarten and stay at Divi Little Bay Beach Resort worth $7,600.

Tesha	Chris	Michele
$23,600	$3,000

Triple Toss-Up!

Toss-Up 1

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Michele quickly solves EGG AND CHEESE BURRITO.

Tesha	Chris	Michele
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Chris solves FRESH SUSHI.

Tesha	Chris	Michele
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Toss-Up 3

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Chris thinks it can't possibly be SUSHI BURRITO...but he's right anyway.

Pat: It comes from something we call "the worst menu in America".

Tesha	Chris	Michele
$23,600	$7,000	$2,000

Round 4

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DING DING! DING DING!

Sorry if that made you spit out your burrito, but we need Chris to give the last spin of the day.

Final Spin: $700

+$1,000 = $1,700

Chris: T (x2) ($3,400)
Michele: N (DUD!)
Tesha: H (x2) ($3,400)
Chris: D (DUD!)
Michele: S ($1,700)
Tesha: M (x2) ($6,800)

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Tesha solves THAT MAKES ME HAPPY.

Tesha	Chris	Michele
$30,400	$7,000	$2,000

We'll try and make Tesha happy with one of these three Bonus Round categories!

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Tesha picks Person.

$100,000 BONUS ROUND

Bonus Spin: R in AMERICA'S

Bonus Puzzle

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In a few seconds, she solves PAYING GUEST, and she may need to pay for Pat's new hearing aid...

...but she won't need to pay for her new Ford Mustang GT worth $44,915! Tesha is driving away with $75,315 in cash and prizes!

Vanna: That was exciting!

Pat: What?

Vanna: I said that was exciting!

Pat: Oh, it was!

Pat also comments in the final segment that three audience members had their eyeglasses crack during that celebration.

Last Edit: Apr 26, 2023 23:59:48 GMT -5 by mechamind

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September 20, 2022 recap Sept 20, 2022 19:03:10 GMT -5

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Not too much that was actually spun, but a good main game total even with the trip aside. I've never actually had a breakfast burrito, so that's probably why I couldn't get the first Triple Toss-Up.

Another miss for me in Bonus Land. I had GUEST immediately, but I thought of every other word possible except the correct one.

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jjc927 Posts: 1,084	September 20, 2022 recap Sept 20, 2022 22:04:42 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jjc927 on Sept 20, 2022 22:04:42 GMT -5 That was a pretty impressive bonus round solve, even with most of GUEST filled it was difficult to come up with PAYING. A very nice job by Tesha on that one.

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September 20, 2022 recap Sept 21, 2022 11:26:52 GMT -5

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Post by jakemathis4520 on Sept 21, 2022 11:26:52 GMT -5

Tesha turned this game around in Round 3 with her express run. I wasn't liking this game at all until Tesha's express run. I had GUEST but blanked on PAYING so it stunned me when she solved that. She made the game even better with her BR solve. Good game by Tesha

Last Edit: Sept 21, 2022 11:27:03 GMT -5 by jakemathis4520

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September 20, 2022 recap Sept 21, 2022 18:26:48 GMT -5

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Definitely a very underwhelming game...that is until Tesha took that Express train in the Trip Puzzle.

Triple T-U: I've actually heard of the last one before (I pre-called SUSHIRRITO on that one) as I know a restaurant in the Anaheim GardenWalk that actually has that item on the menu.

R4: Oh goodie, another re-shot final spin. Chris' arrow was actually pointing at the Bankrupt near $650 at the end of the round.

BR: It took me a couple seconds once the A was revealed to solve it. I wasn't expecting Tesha to get this, but she proved me wrong!

7/10

The unclaimed San Diego trip was to the Horton Grand Hotel & Theatre.

Last Edit: Sept 28, 2022 0:06:43 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 20, 2022 recap Sept 24, 2022 0:50:58 GMT -5 via Tapatalk

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The first half of this episode was messy, but things picked up steam in the second half.

All three contestants were fun to watch, but Tesha was a hoot. Seeing her ride the Express all the way and express genuine excitement over winning a trip and a car made me happy (looking at you, Final Spin). Pat’s reactions were hilarious, too.

Speaking of that puzzle, I thought it was THAT MAKES NO SENSE with the T’s, but I solved the BR with Tesha’s picks. As for the Triple Tossup… I saw #3 coming. 😂

My rating: 7

THE Wheel Genius (but not the only one)

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