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March 1, 2023 Recap Mar 1, 2023 14:51:01 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Mar 1, 2023 14:51:01 GMT -5

S40, EPISODE #7743: WHEEL OF FORTUNE XL (3)

Airdate: 3/1/23

$1,000 Toss-Up

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Angie knows she's in A TELEVISION EVENT.

Courtney	Angie	Nina
	$1,000

Ladies here to kick off March:
Angie Gautney: DeLand, FL. She had a satellite TV back as a teen and had a father who would watch the show in a different time zone; when they came home and watched as a family, he knew all the answers (that went on until they begged him to be on the show).
Nina Lance: Charlotte, NC. She has a father who studied at Central Michigan University back in the 80's (there was a group of students at Barnard Hall that worshipped Pat of sorts to the extent where they put up a portrait of him and even deemed it a symbol of good luck to touch the portrait of him whenever they’re walking through).
Courtney Tam: San Gabriel, CA. She watched the show with her grandma while eating dinner (her grandma doesn’t know that she was taping and she plans to surprise grandma when it airs).

$2,000 Toss-Up

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Nina pinpoints THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

Courtney	Angie	Nina
	$1,000	$2,000

WHEEL PRIZE: Railbookers.com trip to EUROPE (likely worth $11,099)

Round 1

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FOOD & DRINK

Courtney	Angie	NINA
		BANKRUPT! ($650)


LOSE A TURN!	$600: 3 T's -$250: 6 E's BANKRUPT! ($650) ($1,550 gone)	$2,500: 2 C's EUROPE + $500: 2 H's XL ($2,500): 3 S's -$250: I BANKRUPT! ($2,500) ($13,250 + EUROPE + XL gone; ouch)


$700: 2 W's BANKRUPT! ($650) ($1,400 gone)	WILD + $500: 2 D's $600: N $650: 2 L's -$250: 2 O's -$250: 5 A's No More Vowels! $700: 2 M's $800: 2 R's $650: B Solve Attempt...
	$6,050
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Angie doesn't count the W's carefully and says WARM TOASTED BAGELS WITH LOW AND CREAM CHEESE.

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	$6,050	$700
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Nina mercifully has some WARM TOASTED BAGELS WITH LOX AND CREAM CHEESE for the house minimum. I'm not too hopeful for the rest of this episode...

Courtney	Angie	Nina
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XL MYSTERY ROUND

$10,000 SPONSOR: AARP

Round 2

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COURTNEY	Angie	Nina
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$700: 2 D's MYSTERY ($800): N FLIPS...BANKRUPT! ($1,400 gone)	$600: 3 T's $500: 2 H's -$250: 6 E's -$250: 3 O's Solve Attempt...
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Angie solves THE DEEP END OF THE POOL TABLE.

Courtney	Angie	Nina
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There were two pairs left behind, too...

Round 3 (XL Prize Puzzle)

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	$550: N	$900: S $700: 2 T's $700: H -$250: 2 E's -$250: 2 A's $500 ($3,500): 2 R's Solve Attempt...
		$3,500
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You're not gonna find A WAY TO THE RESORT, Nina, because that's not the right answer.

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$700: P Solve Attempt...
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Courtney's gonna need A MAP OF THE RESORT for her trip to The Springs Resort & Spa in COSTA RICA (plus $5K), a prize package totaling $13,000.

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COSTA RICA	WILD

TRIPLE TOSS-UP

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Watching this episode has NOT been the HIGH POINT OF THE DAY for me, but Angie gets that one.

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But I'm pretty sure Angie's time at SPS has been her HIGH POINT OF THE WEEK.

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But Courtney solves HIGH POINT OF THE EVENING.

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Round 4

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

DING DING! DING DING!

FINAL SPIN: $1,700

Courtney	G	$1,700
Angie	3 N's	$5,100
Nina	2 T's	$3,400
Courtney	V	$1,700
Angie	L	$5,100
Nina	M	$5,100
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Angie	R	$6,800
Nina	C	$6,800
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FINAL SCORES

Courtney	Angie	Nina
$15,700	$7,300	$11,500
COSTA RICA	(...)

PENALTY BOX	Duds	Lose a Turns	Bankrupts	Repeats	Missolves	Other
ROUND 1		Courtney	4 (Nina twice)		Angie
ROUND 2			Courtney
ROUND 3	N (Angie)				Nina
ROUND 4	V, Y (Courtney) L, H (Angie)
OVERALL	at least 8	1	5 (-$28,699)		2

WINNINGS SO FAR: $34,500

Here's Courtney's category list...

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$100,000 BONUS ROUND

SPACE SPUN: M in AMERICA'S

Bonus Puzzle

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She's not much of a FASHION MOGUL, so no BMW.

COURTNEY’S FINAL TOTAL: $15,700 ($7,700 and the Costa Rica trip)

Pat says Vanna knows a little bit about fashion. They’ve talked about the ridiculous number of dresses Vanna has worn (7,800+). Vanna’s exhausted from all those fittings. In the time they’ve been on, Pat has worn over nine suits, and he’s pretty pooped as well. Vanna asks about ties, and Pat replies that’s a whole bunch there. Pat says Vanna always looks lovely.

SPOILER: Click to show

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Last Edit: Mar 3, 2023 17:37:35 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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March 1, 2023 Recap Mar 1, 2023 21:54:01 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Mar 1, 2023 21:54:01 GMT -5

I only figured out Round 1 early because I haven't had lox before. Round 2 was pretty easy once the D's were revealed.

I thought MAP would be a more difficult word in the Trip Puzzle.

Low scoring Rounds 1-3, but okay scores overall thanks in part to the bigger Speed-Up.

I got the bonus puzzle with RSTLNE, even though I wasn't sure. MOGUL is just another one of those words.

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March 1, 2023 Recap Mar 1, 2023 23:11:53 GMT -5

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Post by legotrolls54 on Mar 1, 2023 23:11:53 GMT -5

Bobbymgsk and Andy Ngyuen WOF said that there was a 1st car loss during an XL Week (under the XL rules).

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Mar 1, 2023 21:54:01 GMT -5 mechamind said:

MOGUL is just another one of those words.

Peter Nygård is one of the examples of a FASHION MOGUL.

Last Edit: Mar 2, 2023 0:02:26 GMT -5 by mechamind

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March 1, 2023 Recap Mar 1, 2023 23:18:52 GMT -5

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Post by jjc927 on Mar 1, 2023 23:18:52 GMT -5

Ugh, round 1 was brutal with Nina losing the big haul to the Bankrupt and then that missolve.

I thought round 3 was going to be A DAY IN the Resort.

I was guessing TTU3 would be High Point of the WEEKEND. Evening was a bit of a curveball.

I RSTLNEd the bonus, but it was tough with too little help. I figured out MOGUL after realizing it couldn't be MODEL since the E wasn't showing. Mogul isn't the easiest word to think of though, so I'm not sure how much calling the M and O would've helped.

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March 1, 2023 Recap Mar 2, 2023 17:59:12 GMT -5

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Post by logicman27 on Mar 2, 2023 17:59:12 GMT -5

Ugh, this game was so bad, that I think there was a reason why Skipps Largo (he's one of the guys on the andynwof recap team) took an indefinite hiatus from game shows as a whole.

Nina's huge BANKRUPT in R1 set the stage for a miserable evening and I was right that it didn't recover after that (the two bad missolves didn't help either).

Also, if you don't factor in XL rules, the winner would've finished with less than $12K.

BR: Was stuck thinking FASHION MODEL even though I know that wouldn't work. Managed to get it midway through the countdown.

2/10

SPOILER: Click to show

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Last Edit: Mar 2, 2023 18:00:39 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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March 1, 2023 Recap Mar 2, 2023 23:48:56 GMT -5

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Post by genius2751 on Mar 2, 2023 23:48:56 GMT -5

Good thing all three ladies earned decent totals, because hoo boy, this episode was nothing short of nasty. 😬 Nina’s huge BANKRUPT, among the shenanigans of Round 1, pretty much signaled bad things to come.

So much for WEEKEND being the last word of the last Triple Toss-Up. I solved Round 2 with just the D’s, but got stuck on MODEL in the Bonus Round, forgetting there was no E. Oops.

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