December 29, 2022 Recap

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December 29, 2022 Recap Dec 29, 2022 18:57:01 GMT -5

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S40, EPISODE #7699: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Airdate: 12/29/2022

$1,000 Toss-Up

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Bree's GETTING ALL DRESSED UP.

Mary	Joseph	Bree
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Thursday's contestants:
Bree Pecci: Washington D.C. She enjoys sparkling wine and has been to Champagne, France. She also does crosswords daily.
Mary Guenthart: Upland, CA. Married lady to John for 23 years with an 18-yr.-old daughter Jessica. Also, she's the great great great great niece of former president George Washington by marriage and enjoys watching old British TV.
Joseph Moore: De Kalb, TX. Married man to Regina with five kids (two named Jaden; this couple met through a mutual friend while he was doing upside-down pull-ups and she was in a Mexican restaurant across the street). He also can learn the Cambodian language just by visiting a donut shop.

$2,000 Toss-Up

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Mary (Pat mistakenly called on Joseph first) has some TRUE SPORTSMANSHIP.

Mary	Joseph	Bree
$2,000		$1,000

WHEEL PRIZE: trip to Omni Royal Orleans (marked NEW ORLEANS), value unknown

Round 1

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MARY	Joseph	Bree
$600: R $2,500: 4 T's -$250: 3 I's -$250: A -$250: 2 E's BANKRUPT! ($650) ($9,850 gone)	$600: 2 N's -$250: 3 O's No More Vowels! Solve Attempt...
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Joseph says I WROTE IT ON A STICKY NOTE for the house minimum.

Mary	Joseph	Bree
$2,000	$1,000	$1,000

MYSTERY ROUND

Round 2

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	$650: 5 T's -$250: 5 E's -$250: 2 A's BANKRUPT! ($650) ($2,750 gone)	$700: 3 S's BANKRUPT! ($650) ($2,100 gone)


LOSE A TURN!	$850: 2 P's -$250: I -$250: 3 O's No More Vowels! $600: K Solve Attempt...
	$1,800

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Joseph solves KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET POTATOES.

Mary	Joseph	Bree
$2,000	$2,800	$1,000

Round 3 (Trip Puzzle)

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WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?

Mary	Joseph	BREE
		BANKRUPT! ($650)


LOSE A TURN!	$700: 2 M's -$250: A $600: 2 N's $650: T -$250: E -$250: O	Solve Attempt...
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I don't have MY BRAND NEW SWIMSUIT, but Bree will take hers to the CARIBBEAN (Divi Flamingo Beach Resort & Casino in Bonaire; $7,500).

Mary	Joseph	Bree
$2,000	$2,800	$8,500
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TRIPLE TOSS-UP

Puzzle 1

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Bree's wrong with REGAL EAGLE.

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Mary...blows it with LEGAL BEAGLE...

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And that's yet another Triple Stumper.

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Bree gets SNUG AS A BUG to prevent a possible 4-digit winner.

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Mary solves SMITTEN KITTEN.

Mary	Joseph	Bree
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Round 4

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$700: 2 T's $500 ($800): 2 N's -$250: E $700: G -$250: 2 I's -$250: 2 O's -$250: U	$600: 2 S's
$2,100	$1,200

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DING DING! DING DING!

FINAL SPIN: $1,650

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Joseph isn't STARING OFF INTO SPACE, because he solves that one.

FINAL SCORES

Mary	Joseph	Bree
$4,000	$5,650	$10,500
		CARIBBEAN

PENALTY BOX	Duds	Lose a Turns	Bankrupts	Repeats	Missolves	Other
ROUND 1			Mary
ROUND 2		Mary	2 (Joseph, Bree)
ROUND 3	O (Joseph)	Mary	Bree
ROUND 4	U (Mary)
OVERALL	2	2	TRASH: $14,700			$4,600 unclaimed

WINNINGS SO FAR: $20,150

Unfortunately, after a lousy maingame, Bree is picking...

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Le sigh.

$100,000 BONUS ROUND

Bree has her mom (Deborah).

SPACE SPUN: I in WIN

Bonus Puzzle

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That was A BOLD CHOICE picking this category. Unfortunately, Bree can only say A COLD, coming her $45,000.

BREE’S FINAL TOTAL: $10,500 ($3,000 and the Caribbean trip; season-low)

Pat compares a life experience so far to a pizza (age = number of slices; each slice represents a fraction of your memories)

SPOILER: Click to show

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Last Edit: Feb 9, 2023 19:55:34 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.

wheelfan910 The production values Bellamie SHOULD strive for. Posts: 572	December 29, 2022 Recap Dec 29, 2022 19:37:50 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by wheelfan910 on Dec 29, 2022 19:37:50 GMT -5 Not necessarily applicable for tonight’s game, but I can’t remember the last time we had a collective maingame total of <20k. I’m not sure it’s even happened in the TTU era.

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December 29, 2022 Recap Dec 29, 2022 21:50:51 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Dec 29, 2022 21:50:51 GMT -5

Joseph might not have won the game, but he won my vote for favorite contestant of the day. He was the highlight in...an otherwise painful maingame.

Should have gone CDHO for that one. I couldn't figure out the last word myself.

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jjc927 Posts: 1,082	December 29, 2022 Recap Dec 29, 2022 22:23:32 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jjc927 on Dec 29, 2022 22:23:32 GMT -5 I was stumped on the bonus round puzzle too, if she called the C she likely could've solved it. I was thinking A COLD OFFICE, though I guess they would have that as Place.

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December 29, 2022 Recap Dec 30, 2022 9:20:19 GMT -5

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Post by kev347 on Dec 30, 2022 9:20:19 GMT -5

Dec 29, 2022 19:37:50 GMT -5 wheelfan910 said:

Not necessarily applicable for tonight’s game, but I can’t remember the last time we had a collective maingame total of <20k. I’m not sure it’s even happened in the TTU era.

The theoretical minimum assuming all tossups are solved now is $19,000, so it will be tough to go too much below this mark for sure without more tossup TSes. This was a very rough one.

Mar 2, 2015 21:48:40 GMT -5 jjman920 said:
You sir, have an unfounded hate of people. I suggest you work on this immediately before you continue your tenure as DPG host.

Although, I suppose such unfounded hate is why you were hired in the first place.

MarioGS Made It and Played It VIP PhD in Wheeloffortunology Posts: 14,931 Airdate: 03/25/2016 Winnings: $76,086 SPIN ID: RS1363545	December 29, 2022 Recap Dec 30, 2022 9:25:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MarioGS on Dec 30, 2022 9:25:40 GMT -5 ^ That's assuming the Speed-Up is solved for the house minimum, though. Since that's about as rare as a TS, it's more realistic to say the minimum would be $19,500, with the Final Spin being $1,500.
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December 29, 2022 Recap Dec 30, 2022 13:47:55 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Dec 30, 2022 13:47:55 GMT -5

Good lord, what did I just watch/recap?!

Bree just may as well be the most undeserving winner this season given that she only won due to the trip puzzle.

Not to mention that a record low grand total (due to several low-money solves and a triple stumper) has been made.

BR: I had A WILD CHOICE from the magic 6, then got the correct answer as the time was ticking.

1/10 (not even an enthusiastic Joseph could save this dismal affair)

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What this episode is obviously not. And yes, it's another song from Taylor Swift's Midnights album. Kinda hoping to see her on TV regarding the NYE party.

Last Edit: Dec 31, 2022 12:10:34 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 29, 2022 Recap Dec 30, 2022 14:54:25 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Dec 30, 2022 14:54:25 GMT -5

Look on the bright side...at least they didn't miss out on almost $25K due to a regular round missolve and blow a $5,000 Final Spin on a house minimum solve in the same low-scoring show.

This one may have been ugly, but Toss-Up values aside, it's not the very bottom for post-Merv Wheel.

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December 29, 2022 Recap Dec 30, 2022 19:36:51 GMT -5

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Dec 30, 2022 13:47:55 GMT -5 logicman27 said:

Good lord, what did I just watch/recap?!

I feel the same way, and I thought last Friday’s episode was bad. 🤯

At least the contestants were enthusiastic, especially Joseph. Aside from the Triple Stumper, the wheel was just cranky! Mary’s big BANKRUPT in R1 was a bad omen.

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Post by wheelfan910 on Dec 29, 2022 19:37:50 GMT -5

Post by mechamind on Dec 29, 2022 21:50:51 GMT -5

Post by jjc927 on Dec 29, 2022 22:23:32 GMT -5

Post by legotrolls54 on Dec 29, 2022 22:50:48 GMT -5

Post by kev347 on Dec 30, 2022 9:20:19 GMT -5

Post by MarioGS on Dec 30, 2022 9:25:40 GMT -5

Post by logicman27 on Dec 30, 2022 13:47:55 GMT -5

Post by mechamind on Dec 30, 2022 14:54:25 GMT -5

Post by MarioGS on Dec 30, 2022 17:54:39 GMT -5

Post by genius2751 on Dec 30, 2022 19:36:51 GMT -5