April 16, 2002 recap

April 16, 2002 recap Jan 2, 2023 13:43:35 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jan 2, 2023 13:43:35 GMT -5

Airdate: April 16, 2002

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

As an act of kindness, we'll allow someone to solve a puzzle for some money without having to worry about a bad spin.

$1,000 Toss-Up

FICTIONAL CHARACTER

Go!

FICTIONAL CHARACTER

Dave solves OLD MOTHER HUBBARD. He's "ecstatic" when he's not even smiling.

Pat: We'll save ecstatic for later. You have to build to ecstatic. You should start with pleased.

Alicia	Dave	Pamela
	$1,000

What are we fetching for these three?
Dave Carlott: In the Navy for 17 years and counting, currently stationed in Norfolk, VA but his home from Doylestown, PA; from Chesapeake
Pamela Ward: Nurse and mother of three, from Florence, SC
Alicia Smith: Kindergarten teacher, also getting her Master's in educational administration at the University of Oklahoma, also involved in the children's ministry at her church; from Oklahoma City

Pat: Do I call you "Pamela" or "Pam"?

Pamela: Whatever blows your skirt up, Pat.

Pat: ...

Pat: It's an old Scottish expression.

Pat: Grass skirt, right. That's good.

Still kind enough to award some more money before you have to take chances with the Wheel...

$2,000 Toss-Up

AROUND THE HOUSE

Go!

AROUND THE HOUSE

Dave solves THE YELLOW PAGES.

Alicia	Dave	Pamela
	$3,000

We must now turn the page and let Dave spin the Wheel.

(Oops! There's one more page before that, because Pat reminds Dave that we have to reveal the puzzle first!)

Round 1

PHRASE

Alicia	DAVE	Pamela
	$800: R (DUD!)	$600: S (DUD!)

$800: T (x4) -$250: E (x2) $800: M (DUD!)	$550: N $400: L (DUD!)	$800: H (x2) $300: C (DUD!)
$2,950	$550	$1,600
$550: Y (x2) $300: W (x2) Only vowels left! Solve: Wrong!	Solve: Correct!
$4,650	$550

PHRASE

Alicia says THEY WENT THAT WAY, possibly missing the blank between the words.

Dave solves THEY WENT THATAWAY. To be fair, Alicia's a teacher, so she wouldn't want to be grammatically incorrect.

Pat: See, children? There's a lesson for you. She sacrificed the money to make a point to you, and I hope you appreciate that. What a fine thing to do. Dave, on the other hand, doesn't care.

Alicia	Dave	Pamela
	$3,550

We heard a voice coming from thataway, but it's just Charlie. He's here to talk about a trip to Maui and stay at Outrigger Wailla Resort (labeled MAUI) worth $5,394.

We're expecting the Jackpot value to head north before the big win.

Round 2

PROPER NAMES

Alicia	Dave	PAMELA
		$600: S $500: T (x3) Lose A Turn!
		$2,100
$450: H Jackpot: M -$250: I $900: L (DUD!)	$900: N (x4) -$250: O (x2) -$250: A (x3) -$250: E (x4) Free Spin: P $300: R (x4) Solve: Correct!
$200	$4,050

PROPER NAMES

Dave solves TOM BROKAW DAN RATHER & PETER JENNINGS.

Pat: How did Peter Jennings get an English accent? He's from Canada. How did that happen?

Alicia	Dave (FS)	Pamela
	$7,600

All three of them waiting for a story from Pat, maybe to do something newsworthy with the space for a Kawasaki Jet Ski 1100 ZXi (labeled JET SKI) worth $7,800.

They've heard enough of the controversy about the $10,000 space being only one peg wide.

Round 3

BEFORE & AFTER

ALICIA	Dave (FS)	Pamela
$800: S $300: T -$250: E (x2) -$250: A Gift Tag: M (DUD!)	$900: N -$250: I BANKRUPT! ($650) (Free Spin used) $300: L $300: D (DUD!)	MAUI: R (x3) BANKRUPT/$10K! ($5,394)
$600	$300
$550: C (x2) JET SKI: K Solve: Correct!
$1,700+

After the BANKRUPT, Pamela tries to toss the MAUI wedge to her left so that Pat can't reach it.

BEFORE & AFTER

Alicia solves CRUISE CONTROL FREAK to take the Jet Ski and the lead.

Alicia	Dave	Pamela
$9,500	$7,600

Just for Pamela, we should've put the Toss-Up buzzer somewhere that she couldn't reach it...but we'll be fair.

$3,000 Toss-Up

THINGS

Go!

THINGS

Dave solves LETTUCE AND TOMATO, and he's back in the lead.

Alicia	Dave	Pamela
$9,500	$10,600

We can't think of any way to dress up the $5,000 space, but it looks great just as it is.

Round 4

OCCUPATION

Alicia	DAVE	Pamela
	$700: R (x3) -$250: E (x2) $450: S $300: N (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$2,900

OCCUPATION

Perfection! Dave solves NURSE PRACTITIONER.

Alicia	Dave	Pamela
$9,500	$13,500

We're no control freaks! We can still make room for another round if that's what you guys want!

Round 5

ON THE MAP

Alicia	Dave	PAMELA
		$550: S BANKRUPT! ($550)

ON THE MAP

DING DING! DING DING!

Maybe we should've taken control a little sooner. Pat will give the Wheel a Final Spin, and consonants are worth $400 + $1,000 for $1,400 a piece.

Alicia: T ($1,400)
Dave: N ($1,400)
Pamela: R ($1,400)
Alicia: L (DUD!)
Dave: D (DUD!)
Pamela: M (DUD!)
Alicia: K (DUD!)
Dave: C ($2,800)

ON THE MAP

Dave solves ATHENS GREECE.

Alicia	Dave	Pamela
$9,500	$16,300

Blue position, all dressed in blue...and now she'll feel blue about this. Pamela is going home with the nice parting gifts.

BONUS ROUND:

All around the world, and soon, one more wheel will go around so that Dave can win one of these:

"The cash" ($25,000)

Jaguar X-Type (over $40,000)

2002 Toyota RAV4

2002 Mercedes SLK convertible (over $43,000)
You ecstatic about this cash? ($100,000!)

Dave had better be ecstatic now! He gives the Bonus Wheel a spin, lands on the 10,000's digit, and he expects to solve this puzzle:

Bonus Puzzle

PLACE

RSTLNE gives him:

PLACE

He might have somewhere to go, as he calls ABCD all in half a second.

PLACE

He says A GOLF and A CART. He was agonizingly close with his first guess, but it was A GULF...

...and we can't just give him a $25,000 prize after "taxes". Dave still has plenty to smile about with $16,300 in cash.

In the post-game chat, Pat and Vanna talk a little bit about Hawaii. "When are we going back, Harry? Can we go soon? A couple year or two, maybe? We go back every two or three years. We'll be there soon. Hang on. You know, keep the poi hot, or- I don't know. Do you heat poi? I'm not quite sure. You can actually do some good spackling with it, too."

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