Post by Jack521 on Nov 28, 2022 13:49:53 GMT -5
I wondered why I didn’t see any show reports - didn’t realize they were being posted in this forum.
I’ll keep it brief, since the show seems to follow the same format as the most recent shows - this looks like it was Clay’s last show for a while, he didn’t reference it though. I didn’t get picked - a lady in front of me wearing the same color wristband did get picked for the Wedge audience game.
Couple of notable moments from the show - Clay either forgot or acted like he forgot what the Wild Card did when someone picked it up - to paraphrase “it does something at some point, I don’t know, I always forget”. He ended up mentioning it when the contestant hit 1500, and successfully used it for another letter.
During game 3, the Wild Card and Prize wedge were swapped randomly - a contestant hit the Wild Card and picked it up, and I believe solved the puzzle, so this switch cost him a trip, sadly.
Oddly, game 3 ended in a tie, which he knew what to do despite him stating it had never happened before. A tiebreaker tossup was played for 1,000 points just like the show.
Interestingly, this tie was caused by a contestant solving the speed-up round for 5,000 points, after a 2,500 point final spin. She solved it with only two letters up there, and got a standing ovation - unfortunately, the other two players had 7,250 apiece, so her early solve caused her a chance to win the game.
Couple other oddities - one older contestant had a very hard time spinning, and only moved the wheel 2 or 3 wedges each time. Despite this, one contestant moved the wheel further than that on her first turn, and landed on Lose a Turn. Clay let her spin again, since he said it did not go around a full rotation on her first spin.
There was almost a situation of 3 missolves in a row, with only one contestant having any money to buy vowels. The first two missolved, the last contestant bought all the remaining vowels, and mispronounced the fully revealed puzzzle - Clay said they would give it to her anyway.
Championship game had a missolve with one letter missing by the older contestant, which gave the game to the next player. She went on to solve the BR for $1,250 - not a bad day’s work.
Clay did his best, had a few good quips, and while I don’t think he’s ready for the actual show, he was a fine host here. Dave did a great job interacting with the audience during the breaks, and everyone seemed to have a good time.
One note I forgot - one of the final spins landed on the Wild Card - Clay said it would be played for 1,500, since there was a 500 under the Wild Card.
I’ll keep it brief, since the show seems to follow the same format as the most recent shows - this looks like it was Clay’s last show for a while, he didn’t reference it though. I didn’t get picked - a lady in front of me wearing the same color wristband did get picked for the Wedge audience game.
Couple of notable moments from the show - Clay either forgot or acted like he forgot what the Wild Card did when someone picked it up - to paraphrase “it does something at some point, I don’t know, I always forget”. He ended up mentioning it when the contestant hit 1500, and successfully used it for another letter.
During game 3, the Wild Card and Prize wedge were swapped randomly - a contestant hit the Wild Card and picked it up, and I believe solved the puzzle, so this switch cost him a trip, sadly.
Oddly, game 3 ended in a tie, which he knew what to do despite him stating it had never happened before. A tiebreaker tossup was played for 1,000 points just like the show.
Interestingly, this tie was caused by a contestant solving the speed-up round for 5,000 points, after a 2,500 point final spin. She solved it with only two letters up there, and got a standing ovation - unfortunately, the other two players had 7,250 apiece, so her early solve caused her a chance to win the game.
Couple other oddities - one older contestant had a very hard time spinning, and only moved the wheel 2 or 3 wedges each time. Despite this, one contestant moved the wheel further than that on her first turn, and landed on Lose a Turn. Clay let her spin again, since he said it did not go around a full rotation on her first spin.
There was almost a situation of 3 missolves in a row, with only one contestant having any money to buy vowels. The first two missolved, the last contestant bought all the remaining vowels, and mispronounced the fully revealed puzzzle - Clay said they would give it to her anyway.
Championship game had a missolve with one letter missing by the older contestant, which gave the game to the next player. She went on to solve the BR for $1,250 - not a bad day’s work.
Clay did his best, had a few good quips, and while I don’t think he’s ready for the actual show, he was a fine host here. Dave did a great job interacting with the audience during the breaks, and everyone seemed to have a good time.
One note I forgot - one of the final spins landed on the Wild Card - Clay said it would be played for 1,500, since there was a 500 under the Wild Card.