December 21, 2022 Recap

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December 21, 2022 Recap Dec 21, 2022 18:15:57 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Dec 21, 2022 18:15:57 GMT -5

WABC was pre-empted by a special report of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addressing Congress on his his historic visit to the U.S., so I had to rely on Family Drama LTD for the video.

S40, EPISODE #7693: WEEKEND GETAWAYS

Airdate: 12/21/22

$1,000 Toss-Up

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Lydia solves TRAVEL PARTNERS.

Lydia	Nick	Celeste
$1,000

Today's travelers:
Lydia Burnett: Reston, VA. Mom of two teenagers who listens to old-time radio shows and enjoys sci-fi, movies and novels.
Nick Romero: Upland, CA. He's married to another man and they have a set of adopted twins. He also likes to play basketball.
Celeste Staton: Sequim, WA. Mom of two kids (Heather who’s married to Michael, and Morgan who has a partner named Kevin) who shares a birthday with Vanna (and this contestant was born on her parents’ anniversary and her older sister’s birthday).

$2,000 Toss-Up

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Lydia's 2-for-2 with DAYTIME DRAMA.

Lydia	Nick	Celeste
$3,000

WHEEL PRIZE: bnbfinder trip to the Info the Turquoise Bear (marked new MEXICO), $7,250

Round 1

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LYDIA	Nick	Celeste
$650: H	$700: 2 N's -$250: 2 I's WILD + $500: G -$250: E	$850: T
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$850: S BANKRUPT! ($2,500) ($850 gone)	$600: 3 R's -$250: 5 O's new MEXICO + $500: L -$250: 2 A's $500 ($2,500): B -$250: U No More Vowels! Solve Attempt...
	$3,450
	NEW MEXICO WILD

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I'm not WORKING ON OUR FAMILY SCRAPBOOK, but Nick's off to New Mexico.

Lydia	Nick	Celeste
$3,000	$10,700
	NEW MEXICO WILD

MYSTERY ROUND

$10,000 SPONSOR: Prevagen

Round 2

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Lydia	NICK	Celeste
	WILD	Special item
	$700: 2 N's -$250: A $650: D -$250: E $500: 2 H's -$250: I $3,500: W WC used: S $650: T $550: G -$250: O	$500 ($3,500): 2 L's $500 ($550): M Solve Attempt...
	$10,250	$1,500

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Celeste fills in UNBRELLA.

Lydia	Nick	Celeste
$3,000	$10,700	$1,500
	NEW MEXICO

Round 3 (Trip Puzzle)

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THING

Lydia	Nick	CELESTE
		$850: 2 T's -$250: 2 I's $900: H


$900: 2 R's -$250: O -$250: 3 A's $550: 2 L's $500: P -$250: E Solve Attempt...
$2,650

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I'm sure most Americans are longing for a WARM TROPICAL CLIMATE right now and Lydia's won herself a vacay to BELIZE (Sirenian Bay Resort & Villas; $7,328).

Lydia	Nick	Celeste
$12,978	$10,700	$1,500
BELIZE	NEW MEXICO

TRIPLE TOSS-UP

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Nick's BAKING A CAKE.

Lydia	Nick	Celeste
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Celeste's the one DECORATING A CAKE.

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I sure won't be EATING THE ENTIRE CAKE, but Nick gets that one.

Lydia	Nick	Celeste
	$4,000	$2,000
$12,978	$14,700	$3,500
BELIZE	NEW MEXICO

Round 4

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DING DING! DING DING!

FINAL SPIN: $1,500

Nick	N	$1,500
Celeste	T	$1,500
Lydia	2 S's	$3,000
Nick	R	$1,500
Celeste	H	$3,000
Lydia	G	$4,500
Nick	L	$3,000

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It's SMOOTH SAILING for Nick here as he'll be the one traveling to Bonus Land.

He also remarked to Pat “Thanks, but I’m sweaty”.

FINAL SCORES

Lydia	Nick	Celeste
$12,978	$17,700	$3,500
BELIZE	NEW MEXICO

PENALTY BOX	Duds	Lose a Turns	Bankrupts	Repeats	Missolves	Other
ROUND 1	H (Lydia) E (Nick) T (Celeste)		Lydia
ROUND 2	O (Nick)
ROUND 3	H (Celeste)
ROUND 4	R (Nick)
OVERALL	6		TRASH: $850			$19,200

WINNINGS SO FAR: $34,178

Now, what will Nick pick?

FOOD & DRINK
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He wanted to get this over with.

$100,000 BONUS ROUND

Nick's hubby (Sean) is here.

SPACE SPUN: ***

Bonus Puzzle

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RSTLNE doesn't offer much in this biggie:

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IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, Nick almost got the puzzle right - he said DO for the first word instead, so no $40,000.

NICK’S FINAL TOTAL: $17,700 ($10,450 and the New Mexico trip)

At the end, we see a photo of Vanna and some of her high school friends at their annual weekend getaway in North Myrtle Beach.

SPOILER: Click to show

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Last Edit: Feb 9, 2023 20:12:24 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 21, 2022 Recap Dec 21, 2022 20:45:05 GMT -5

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Post by MarioGS on Dec 21, 2022 20:45:05 GMT -5

Luckily, none of tonight's contestants were affected by the Zelenskyy pre-emption. Lydia's from Reston, VA which is part of the DC market where Wheel airs at 7:00 and was unaffected (and even so, WJLA opted to air J! at 7:30 instead of carrying ABC's Special Report). The other two are from the West Coast.

mechamind VIP Wheel! Archivist! Aspiring recappers just need a little spark. Posts: 5,215	December 21, 2022 Recap Dec 21, 2022 21:53:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mechamind on Dec 21, 2022 21:53:47 GMT -5 Well, after last night, I guess we needed a more normal game. I got the bonus puzzle just before Vanna started revealing the letters, and I got IF YOU before his picks. Painfully close.
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legotrolls54 Posts: 181	December 21, 2022 Recap Dec 21, 2022 22:59:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by legotrolls54 on Dec 21, 2022 22:59:40 GMT -5 Another missolve at first in the bonus round as last Friday. Nick was so close to winning the bonus round. The season minimum bonus prize ($40,000) streak is over.

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December 21, 2022 Recap Dec 22, 2022 12:50:22 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Dec 22, 2022 12:50:22 GMT -5

Dec 21, 2022 21:53:47 GMT -5 mechamind said:

Well, after last night, I guess we needed a more normal game.

Sounds about right. There was nothing remarkably good about this one, but there also wasn't anything remarkably bad about it. It's just your typical run-of-the-mill episode.

BR: I had it off RSTLNE. Nick was oh so close right there. Perhaps a vowel switch might have done it.

5/10

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Last Edit: Dec 30, 2022 13:50:30 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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December 21, 2022 Recap Dec 24, 2022 1:03:18 GMT -5 via Tapatalk

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Post by genius2751 on Dec 24, 2022 1:03:18 GMT -5

This episode was OK, but Lydia and Nick had a tight match. The latter was oh so close in the BR… as logicman27 says, a different vowel might have done the trick. All three players have quite the backstories!

I one-lettered TTU2, but #3 had me rolling. 😂

My rating: 6

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December 21, 2022 Recap Oct 28, 2023 10:06:58 GMT -5

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Post by MarioGS on Oct 28, 2023 10:06:58 GMT -5

Dec 21, 2022 18:15:57 GMT -5 logicman27 said:

WABC was pre-empted by a special report of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addressing Congress on his his historic visit to the U.S., so I had to rely on Family Drama LTD for the video.

For anyone who missed this episode (i.e. almost everyone in a 7:30 ET market), good news: this episode is rerunning tonight (or tomorrow). Bad news: Almost all 7:30 markets are pre-empted again by college football, although some 7:30 CBS airings will be okay if college football ends before that time. WABC does have the rerun scheduled for 4:30 AM Sunday, but it will not air in its entirety if ABC's late game runs more than 30 minutes over.

The original airing is also in my S40 archive in The Video Vault.

Post by logicman27 on Dec 21, 2022 18:15:57 GMT -5

Post by MarioGS on Dec 21, 2022 20:45:05 GMT -5

Post by mechamind on Dec 21, 2022 21:53:47 GMT -5

Post by legotrolls54 on Dec 21, 2022 22:59:40 GMT -5

Post by logicman27 on Dec 22, 2022 12:50:22 GMT -5

Post by genius2751 on Dec 24, 2022 1:03:18 GMT -5

Post by MarioGS on Oct 28, 2023 10:06:58 GMT -5