January 21, 2003 recap

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January 21, 2003 recap Dec 31, 2022 14:36:46 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Dec 31, 2022 14:36:46 GMT -5

Airdate: January 21, 2003

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! Welcome to American Travel Week!

It's now safe to light up those monitors. Here comes our first Toss-Up!

$1,000 Toss-Up

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THINGS

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Sal solves CONNECTING FLIGHTS.

Hilda	Shannon	Sal
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Let's connect with this trio:
Sal Bottone: Structural designer, from Waterford, CT
Hilda Partikian: Pharmateutical sales rep/oxygen respiratory, also a 15-year piano player and a 5-year teacher, plus she coaches fastball; from Montrose, CA
Shannon Stovern: Born and raised in Georgia making her a "True Georgia Peach", and she's a mother of one; from Conyers

This Toss-Up will get you connected with the Wheel!

$2,000 Toss-Up

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Shannon solves VENETIAN BLINDS.

Hilda	Shannon	Sal
	$2,000	$1,000

We open the blinds a find a $10,000 prize on the Wheel that Shannon might want to win.

Round 1

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Hilda	SHANNON	Sal
	Lose A Turn!	$600: T (x3) -$250: E $300: H (x2) -$250: I (x3) $900: W (x2) -$250: O (x2) $450: D $10,000!: N (x2) -$250: E (Repeat)
		$3,900+
$550: G $500: D (Repeat)	$400: P $800: S $450: C Solve: Correct!
$550	$1,650

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Shannon solves CRUISING WITH THE TOP DOWN. Pat thinks that Hilda has "driving" on the mind for the top word.

Hilda	Shannon	Sal
	$3,650	$1,000

And cruising into our next round, we find a prize on the Wheel! We'd like to give someone a trip to Fan Fair in Nashville, including meeting your favorite performers and a private concert (labeled FAN FAIR), a prize worth $4,000.

Let's see how much mileage the Jackpot can get before someone wins it!

Round 2

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BEFORE & AFTER

Hilda	Shannon	SAL
		$600: T (DUD!)

BANKRUPT! ($0)	$300: N $500: R (x3) $900: S (x2) -$250: E (x3) $400: L -$250: A (x4) Lose A Turn!	$300: C (x3) -$250: I $300: H -$250: O (DUD!)
	$3,500	$700
$900: D $400: K -$250: U $300: M (DUD!)	Jackpot: P (DUD!)	Free Spin: B (x2) Solve: Correct!
$1,050	$3,500	$700

Pat accidentally said $500 for Sal's second spin. "I just want to give away so much money!"

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Sal reads what's on the board.

Hilda	Shannon	Sal (FS)
	$3,650	$1,700

Someone might be burning some rubber after this Mystery Round. There are two spaces on the Wheel, and under one of them is a BANKRUPT, while under the other, we have a Ford Ranger worth $13,825.

Round 3

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SHOW BIZ

HILDA	Shannon	Sal (FS)
BANKRUPT! ($0)	Lose A Turn!	$3,500: T (x3!) -$250: E (DUD!) (Free Spin used) $550: R (x2) -$250: I (x3) -$250: O $900: C (x2) -$250: U (x2) $300: N (x3) $400: M Lose A Turn!
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$450: Y $300: S (x3) $900: G (DUD!)	$900: W $600: H Only vowels left! Solve: Correct!
$1,350	$1,500

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Shannon solves COUNTRY MUSIC STAR SHANIA TWAIN.

Hilda	Shannon	Sal
	$5,150	$1,700

At least we can't take away this Toss-Up money after a bad spin.

$3,000 Toss-Up

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Shannon solves CHUCK E. CHEESE. Pat can't believe he's fictional, and he starts crying.

Hilda	Shannon	Sal
	$8,150	$1,700

A little more money for her inner kid, and she starts this round!

Round 4

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DING DING! DING DING!

Well, to make Pat forget about that Toss-Up, he'll give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth $300 + $1,000 for $1,300 a piece. Shannon starts.

Shannon: T (x2) ($2,600)
Sal: R (DUD!)
Hilda: M ($1,300)
Shannon: N ($3,900)
Sal: G ($1,300)
Hilda: I (x4) ($1,300)
Shannon: H ($5,200)

Sal: S (x3) ($5,200)

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Sal solves WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID?, though we have to tell him he was one letter short.

Hilda	Shannon	Sal
	$8,150	$6,900

It wasn't like Hilda could get very far with more than half of the first three puzzles already filled in. It's over now, and she takes home the $500 consolation prize.

BONUS ROUND:

Shannon survived this main game, and now she's ready to walk to Bonus Land for a car or cash up to $100,000!

She has her husband, her mother, and many other family members in the audience!

Shannon won't want to say anything to jinx it. She's just going to spin the Bonus Wheel and land on the orange space. She'll focus on this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

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Thanks to CPHI, she only needs to worry about the first and last.

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Even with that, she's still silent and does not solve WINNIPEG. "Why didn't I think of that?"

If she had, she'd be $50,000 richer. That was a big one, but it could've been even bigger, because next door to the C in CASH ...there was a $100,000 envelope.

Shannon leaves with $8,150 in cash.

In the post-game chat, Pat talks about how he was standing in the shower in the morning. When he looks at his stomach as he often does, the light sometimes hits it, and it looks like the upside down face of VP Dick Cheney. Vanna is speechless.

Last Edit: Apr 27, 2023 18:04:51 GMT -5 by mechamind

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January 21, 2003 recap Dec 31, 2022 16:45:58 GMT -5 via mobile

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Post by logicman27 on Dec 31, 2022 16:45:58 GMT -5

This wasn’t a pretty game by any means.

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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Post by mechamind on Dec 31, 2022 14:39:57 GMT -5

Post by logicman27 on Dec 31, 2022 16:45:58 GMT -5