December 8, 2022 (Secret Santa) Recap

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December 8, 2022 (Secret Santa) Recap Dec 8, 2022 18:30:03 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Dec 8, 2022 18:30:03 GMT -5

Previously on the Wheel, Mindi won the whole deal.

Disney World is where she'll jet, and it's one vacay she won't regret.

But she fell apart in the Bonus Round, and that was quite unsound.

Three more Secret Santas are here and I'm sure this episode will be worth the cheer.

S40, EPISODE #7684: DISNEY SECRET SANTA I

Airdate: 12/8/22

$1,000 Toss-Up

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EVENT

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Jonathan solves DANCE RECITAL.

Jonathan	Natalie	Marianne
$1,000

Here's the Thursday panel:
Jonathan Gordon: Birmingham, AL. Research engineer at a dental implant company and a newlywed to his high school sweetheart (Ayana).
Natalie Freeman: West Hills, CA. Married lady to Jeremy with 2 daughters who can rap pretty well. She also collects over 100 individual pairs of Disney ears.
Marianne Walker: Bolton, MA. Married lady to a military man named Dustin with three kids (anytime the hubby travels, she and the kids make a big bag of popcorn and they sit down and watch their favorite movie in the living room).

$2,000 Toss-Up

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SONG LYRICS

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Marianne nails DECK THE HALLS.

Jonathan	Natalie	Marianne
$1,000		$2,000

DISNEY VACATION: Disneyland ($7,690)

Round 1

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Jonathan	Natalie	MARIANNE
		$600: T


$2,500: 4 S's -$250: 2 A's -$250: O $900: R	$600: G -$250: 2 I's NULL CYCLE $650: D BANKRUPT! ($650) ($1,000 gone)	$650: 3 H's (Bonus!) Solve Attempt...
$9,500		$2,950

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Marianne solves HAPPINESS HOLIDAYS & HUGS.

Jonathan	Natalie	Marianne
$1,000		$4,950

MYSTERY ROUND

Round 2

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PLACE

JONATHAN	Natalie	Marianne
MYSTERY (LOSE A TURN): 3 T's FLIPS...BANKRUPT!	$700: S	$650: H -$250: O -$250: 2 A's $650: 2 W's -$250: I M$1,000: N -$250: 4 E's No More Vowels! $500 ($550): R $700: B $900: X Solve Attempt...
		$4,050

Marianne figured out the puzzle while taking the last spin. Fortunately, it escaped the BANKRUPT.

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PLACE

Marianne says EXACTLY WHERE I WANT TO BE. This should've been a PHRASE IMO.

Jonathan	Natalie	Marianne
$1,000		$9,000

Round 3 (Trip Puzzle)

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FUN & GAMES

Jonathan	NATALIE	Marianne
	DISNEY GC + $500: T $650: S	WILD + $500: 2 N's -$250: 2 I's -$250: 3 A's $700: G -$250: 2 O's BANKRUPT! ($650) ($950 + WILD gone)
	$500
	DISNEY GC
EXPRESS: F HOPS ON 2 L's D W E (No More Vowels!) B ($4,750 gone)	Solve Attempt...
	$500
	DISNEY GC

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After claiming a gift card, Natalie will be FLOATING DOWN A LAZY RIVER while in OAHU (Aulani; $9,112).

Jonathan	Natalie	Marianne
$1,000	$10,612	$9,000
	DISNEY GC HAWAII

TRIPLE TOSS-UP

Puzzle 1

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Marianne's got her LUCKY NUMBER.

Jonathan	Natalie	Marianne
		$2,000

Puzzle 2

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Natalie gets a LUCKY BREAK.

Jonathan	Natalie	Marianne
	$2,000	$2,000

Puzzle 3

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There's an odd cut to Pat when Jonathan rang in, but he solves STROKE OF LUCK.

Jonathan	Natalie	Marianne
$2,000	$2,000	$2,000
$3,000	$12,612	$11,000
	DISNEY GC HAWAII

Round 4

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PHRASE

DING DING! DING DING!

FINAL SPIN: ~~LOSE A TURN~~ $1,500

Jonathan	2 T's	$3,000
Natalie	R
Marianne	S	$1,500
Jonathan	P	$3,000
Natalie	3 M's	$4,500

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Natalie's saying MY MOMENT TO SHINE as she's punched the ticket to the Bonus Round.

FINAL SCORES

Jonathan	Natalie	Marianne
$3,000	$17,112	$11,000
	DISNEY GC HAWAII

SPOILER: Click to show

JONATHAN SPIN ID: DK7245835 (David K.)
MARIANNE SPIN ID: JB102776 (Jerry B.)

PENALTY BOX	Duds	Lose a Turns	Bankrupts	Repeats	Missolves	Other
ROUND 1	T (Marianne) R (Jonathan)		Natalie
ROUND 2	S (Natalie)		Jonathan
ROUND 3	S (Natalie) B (Jonathan)		2 (Marianne, Jonathan)
ROUND 4	R (Natalie) P (Jonathan)
OVERALL	at least 7		TRASH: $6,700 + WILD			$14,000 unclaimed

WINNINGS SO FAR: $31,112

Sigh, it's that list again for Natalie...

PHRASE
THING
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

$100,000 BONUS ROUND

SPACE SPUN: P

Bonus Puzzle

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RSTLNE gives Natalie a trio:

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BMCA gives her somewhat of a run of letters...

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I haven't been QUICK TO ACTION as of late, but Natalie misses the top word saying BACK, so no $40,000 (the circle logo was used).

NATALIE’S FINAL TOTAL: $17,112 ($7,000 plus the gift card and the Hawaii trip)

SPOILER: Click to show

NATALIE SPIN ID: RT8828886 (Racheal T.)

Maggie plugs all of the social media stuff related to this show.

Well another day, another loss. I'll bet several viewers were cross.

Natalie won via the guaranteed trip, so my hopes didn't have a good grip.

But now it's time for me to go. Too bad I had nothing to show.

genius2751 covers the next game and hopes it avoids the wall of shame.

Last Edit: Feb 9, 2023 21:03:19 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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December 8, 2022 (Secret Santa) Recap Dec 8, 2022 23:02:45 GMT -5

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Bonus Round during Christmas month this year is too bad because players keep losing their bonus round every day. Let's hope we will have a bonus round winner tomorrow.

Bonus round participants, please don't guess prominent letters, please guess good letters in the puzzle. Don't lose, please win!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pRVHufqHe7MEyiP2GNSY19X5SXA77NTX6ogzPbGAGUc/edit?usp=sharing

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Last Edit: Dec 8, 2022 23:43:47 GMT -5 by mechamind

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December 8, 2022 (Secret Santa) Recap Dec 9, 2022 0:10:09 GMT -5 via Tapatalk

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This episode was OK, and the ladies had a decent match. QU- just had to strike again in the BR (which I solved with RSTLNE)…

I wonder what happened in TU3, as it was edited out.

My rating: 6

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December 8, 2022 (Secret Santa) Recap Dec 10, 2022 9:55:38 GMT -5 mechamind, genius2751, and 1 more like this

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Post by MarioGS on Dec 10, 2022 9:55:38 GMT -5

If you re-watch TTU3, you can tell that some sort of deliberation about Jonathan's answer was edited out, because it sounded more like he said LOOK. You can see Jonathan looking towards' the producers table and his mouth isn't moving when we hear him say the answer, and after they give it to him, you can see Pat shaking his hand as if to say "That was pretty close".

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December 8, 2022 (Secret Santa) Recap Dec 10, 2022 17:22:42 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Dec 10, 2022 17:22:42 GMT -5

Dec 8, 2022 21:50:50 GMT -5 mechamind said:

Now for a more ordinary game. Not much to talk about.

That about sums it up. Once Jonathan dudded out in R1, I had a feeling that this would be a dull game.

R3: Dunno where the B would fit.

BR: Also RSTLNEd it.

5/10

Last Edit: Dec 10, 2022 17:22:52 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.

December 8, 2022 (Secret Santa) Recap

Post by logicman27 on Dec 8, 2022 18:30:03 GMT -5

Post by mechamind on Dec 8, 2022 21:50:50 GMT -5

Post by legotrolls54 on Dec 8, 2022 23:02:45 GMT -5

Post by genius2751 on Dec 9, 2022 0:10:09 GMT -5

Post by MarioGS on Dec 10, 2022 9:55:38 GMT -5

Post by logicman27 on Dec 10, 2022 17:22:42 GMT -5