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February 21, 2023 recap Feb 21, 2023 15:38:26 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Feb 21, 2023 15:38:26 GMT -5

Season 40, Episode #7737

Airdate: February 21, 2023

From the Sony Studios, it's America's Game! This is Teen Week!

$1,000 Toss-Up

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Molly solves CHEMISTRY LAB.

Molly	Kennedi	Joel
$1,000

We experiment with these three:
Molly Pitzen: From Rosemount, MN; Grade 10 student whose favorite subjects are science, specifically biology, and she hopes to go into a career someday; she's also involved in the school's DECA program, the French Honor Society, and she's involved in the theatre program; she's a second-hand store person who loves that you never know what you'll really find (she also likes calling them "vintage" stores)
Kennedi Williams: From Waxahachie, TX; junior who plays volleyball, and she has some interest in theatre, singing, dancing, and acting at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters; her mom has been on the show, and she's cheering her on with the advice to look straight ahead and not at the Wheel (Pat says it's true, which is why he's there to tell the contestant where they landed)
Joel Foster: From Yuma, AZ; freshman whose mom was also on the show, and he came onstage when she won (so it's his second appearance); he's been the school mascot for a few months, but it's a lot of fun, and his mascot is a bald eagle (Pat laughs) named "Baldy"; his favorite subject is history, because it's crazy what people have done in the past

$2,000 Toss-Up

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Molly solves HOUSEHOLD CHORES.

Molly	Kennedi	Joel
$3,000

Wheel Prize: Trip to Vermont (labeled VERMONT), and your chores include "cleaning" our Wheel before we can hear about it.

Wild Card, three additional tokens (TOWER RECORDS on $500, TEEN WEEK on $500, TICKETS on $550), and Million Dollar Wedge on Wheel

Top dollar value: $2,500

Round 1

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FUN & GAMES

MOLLY	Kennedi	Joel
$650: S $650: T (x2) -$250: E -$250: A (x5) $2,500: N (x3) $500: G (x2) -$250: A (Repeat)	TEEN WEEK: L (x2) $600: H (DUD!)	BANKRUPT! ($0)
$9,700	$1,000+
-$250: I (x3) Solve: Correct!
$9,450

Molly tries to change from a repeated A to I, but it's too late.

The TEEN WEEK token is revealed to be an Apple gift card.

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FUN & GAMES

Molly solves CREATING AN AMAZING PLAYLIST to build an even better score! Sometimes, life gives you a second chance.

Molly	Kennedi	Joel
$12,450

$10,000 Mystery Round

Top dollar value: $3,500

Round 2 (Crossword)

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WHAT'S COOKING?

Molly	KENNEDI	Joel
	$700: N (DUD!)	$650: R -$250: I (x3) $800: C -$250: E (x2) $650: B (DUD!)
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$650: S $850: P Wild Card: T (x2) -$250: A Solve: Correct!
$2,250

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Molly solves RICE, SPAGHETTI, CHILI.

Molly (WC)	Kennedi	Joel
$14,700

Express Round (Trip Puzzle!)

Top dollar value: $3,500

Round 3

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Molly (WC)	Kennedi	JOEL
		$700: R $650: C (DUD!)
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$700: S (x4) -$250: E (x2) -$250: I (DUD!)	$600: N -$250: U (x2) $600: T -$250: O (x2) Solve: Correct!
$2,300	$700

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Kennedi solves GORGEOUS SUNSETS and wins a FlightGuru trip to St. Croix and stay at The Buccaneer Beach & Golf Resort worth $13,450.

Molly (WC)	Kennedi	Joel
$14,700	$14,150

Triple Toss-Up!

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Kennedi just gets in and solves BIG BROTHERS.

Molly (WC)	Kennedi	Joel
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Joel quickly says LITTLE SISTERS.

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Another close one, and Molly solves SMART SISTERS.

Molly (WC)	Kennedi	Joel
$2,000	$2,000

Toss-Up 3

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Molly solves PROUD PARENTS.

Molly (WC)	Kennedi	Joel
$18,700	$16,150

Top dollar value: $5,000

Round 4

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MOLLY (WC)	Kennedi	Joel
$500: R -$250: E (x3) -$250: A (DUD!)	Lose A Turn!	$900: T $500: H (x2) $800: S $700: T (Repeat)
		$2,700
$500: C (x3) Solve: Correct!
$1,500

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Molly solves CHECK THE SCORE.

Molly (WC)	Kennedi	Joel
$20,200	$16,150

Check the board one more time, because there's another puzzle on the board!

Round 5

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

DING DING! DING DING!

Kennedi might also check the Wheel before she gives the last spin of the day.

Final Spin: $500

+$1,000 = $1,500

Kennedi: S (DUD!)
Joel: T (x4) ($6,000)

Molly: H ($1,500) (She tries to call E after that.)

("Null" cut!)

Kennedi: E (x2)
Joel: R (Repeat?)
Molly: N (x2) ($4,500) (Now she calls G.)
Kennedi: G ($1,500)
Joel: L (DUD!)
Molly: I (x5) ($4,500)

(There was a cut to Pat, and an incorrect R was presumably edited out.)

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Molly solves TAKING THE INITIATIVE.

Molly (WC)	Kennedi	Joel
$24,700	$16,150	$1,000
		Consolation

And she's taking the Wild Card to Bonus Land.

(Pat expects Joel to make a promise, when he has children, to have one of them appear on the show as a third generation player.)

And we're taking a break so she can pick a Bonus Round category.

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AROUND THE HOUSE
PHRASE

Molly picks Phrase.

$100,000 BONUS ROUND

Molly has her dad in the audience!

Bonus Spin: Right A in AMERICA'S

Bonus Puzzle

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RSTLNE gives her:

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HPMA and her Wild Card of C give her a lot of letters.

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With all that, she instantly solves IT ALWAYS HAPPENS...

...and Pat's always happy to give someone $40,000! Molly leaves with an all-cash total of $64,700!

In the final segment, Pat asks what kind of teenager Vanna was, and she says she was a good teen. She had a couple of boyfriends, and she'd know them if she saw them. She hasn't seen them in a really long time. Pat might do more probing later in the week...

Last Edit: Feb 22, 2023 18:33:12 GMT -5 by logicman27

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February 21, 2023 recap Feb 21, 2023 19:43:43 GMT -5

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A much better day today. I was scared after the repeated A in round 1, but it came back to Molly for a good total.

The Triple Toss-Up round also scared me, but they were also solved.

The Speed-Up edit was certainly awkward. I thought it was going to be an explanation about calling only one letter at a time, but the (repeated?) R gave it away.

I got the bonus puzzle with RSTLNE, something that doesn't always happen with me, but it was a much better puzzle than last time. We have an all-cash champion!

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February 21, 2023 recap Feb 21, 2023 23:05:11 GMT -5

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Post by jjc927 on Feb 21, 2023 23:05:11 GMT -5

Funny that two contestants had their mother on the show previously.

Poor Joel didn't have much of a chance tonight with the dud letters and repeats (though the first R call in the Speed-Up wasn't shown).

I got the bonus puzzle with the RSTLNE, and it looks like she knew it right away also with her letter choices.

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February 21, 2023 recap Feb 22, 2023 18:39:19 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Feb 22, 2023 18:39:19 GMT -5

Definitely an improvement over last night, even if the repeated letter calls were a bit too much.

I added in links for the shows that Kennedi's and Joel's moms were on. The show's TikTok account actually showed Joel's mom acing the Bonus Round (and showing Joel himself a few years back).

BR: Also an RSTLNE on my end. $64,700 in cold hard cash is nice.

7/10

The unclaimed Vermont trip was to Smuggler's Notch.

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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February 21, 2023 recap Feb 25, 2023 1:04:08 GMT -5

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Post by genius2751 on Feb 25, 2023 1:04:08 GMT -5

What are the odds we’d have two contestants whose moms previous appeared on the show?

The expensive Prize Puzzle trip tightened the match between the girls, and Molly caught a lucky break in the first round. All she needed was the right vowel in the Bonus Round, and she picked much more than that! Great job.

Poor Joel just couldn’t catch a break. I hope he still enjoyed himself; he was a hoot.

I was nervous about the near-stumpers in the Triple Toss-Up. And did Pat really ask Vanna if she had a lot of boyfriends as a kid?! 😬

My rating: 7

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