Post by an007 on Jun 11, 2010 22:12:52 GMT -5
All right, let's see if we can end Season 27 with a bang.
EPISODE #5265 - AMERICA'S GAME
Tonight's episode takes place on the set of "Great Northwest", and the car up for grabs is the Chevrolet Tahoe.
$1,000 Tossup - THINGS
R E _ / _ _ _ T E
_ _ D / _ _ _ _
They're the three colors on our nation's flag, and Kathy solves RED WHITE AND BLUE. Here are the final players of Season 27...
Kathy Valeda: defense contractor from Gaithersburg, MD
Jenny Bruns: military wives columnist and bug photographer from Fayetteville, NC (originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Gavin Greer: chef from Los Angeles, CA
$2,000 Tossup - FICTIONAL CHARACTER
_ E N I E / I N
A / B O _ _ L _
This is also the title of a song by Christina Aguilera, and Kathy is two for two with GENIE IN A BOTTLE.
PRIZE ON THE WHEEL: a $5,000 Homegoods gift certificate
Jackpot Round - PHRASE
T I _ E / _ L I E _
_ H E N / _ _ _ ' _ E
H A _ I N _ / _ _ N
Well, TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN, and Kathy is certainly having fun because she dominates and quickly solves this puzzle for $1,250 and the Homegoods gift certificate (picked up with the N's), totaling $6,250 that round.
PERFECT ROUND!
FINAL UNCLAIMED JACKPOT OF THE SEASON: $6,450
Pre-Round 2 Scores:
Jenny and Gavin: $0 each
Kathy: $9,250 cash and GC
========
Round 2 - BEFORE AND AFTER
Early on, Jenny FPs four E's She then cashes in $10,500 with three R's. But after a lot of work, she says W for wrong letter, and that will likely cost her $12,550. A little later, Gavin FPs a single L, but then comes the BANKRUPT between $900 and $600 to wipe out his $2,150. Kathy spins once for a $3,500 H...
H A P P I L _ / E V E R
A _ T E R -
_ I N N E R / _ I N T S
...and takes some HAPPILY EVER AFTER-DINNER MINTS.
SOLE DUD: W (Jenny)
BANKRUPT HIT: Gavin
Pre-Round 3 Scores:
Jenny and Gavin: $0 each
Kathy: $12,750 cash and GC
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Mystery Round - WHAT ARE YOU DOING? (FINAL PRIZE PUZZLE OF THE SEASON)
After filling in most of this puzzle, Gavin inserts an H while on the Mystery Wedge between FP and LAT. He gambles $2,250...and BANKRUPTS for the second time this evening. The current leader controls the rest of the round...
_ R I T I N G
O U R / N A _ E _
I N / T H E / _ A N D
...she solves WRITING OUR NAMES IN THE SAND for $1,850...and a trip to The Westin Dawn Beach Resort & Spa in ST. MAARTEN worth $7,865. She wins a total of $9,715 that round.
TRIP SPIN ID: LT6505307 (Lois T. from Iowa)
BANKRUPT HIT: Gavin
Pre-Tossup #3 Scores:
Jenny and Gavin: $0 each
Kathy: $22,465 cash and prizes
========
$3,000 Tossup - FOOD AND DRINK
_ _ N K
_ _ _ O N A _ E
There will be NO MAINGAME SWEEP for Kathy tonight, as Jenny finally gets on the board with PINK LEMONADE.
Round 4 - SONG TITLE
T _ A N _ _ / _ O R
T _ E / M E M O R Y
Gavin will not be going down as the season's final gooseegg victim because he solves Bob Hope's "THANKS FOR THE MEMORY" for $4,350.
LAT HIT: Jenny
Round 5 - QUOTATION (full $1,300 speed-up round)
_ L _ I S / H _ S / L _ F T
T H _ / _ _ I L D I N G
Well, "ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING", and Gavin will be doing the same because he solves this puzzle for another $5,200.
SOLE DUD: R (Gavin)
FINAL SCORES
Jenny: $3,000
Gavin: $9,550
Kathy: $22,465 cash and prizes (winner)
-------------------------
PRE-BR TOTAL: $35,015
========
$100,000 Bonus Round
Can Kathy close out our season with a bang (and possibly make Marisa Theodoratos more upset about her loss on Tuesday)? She lands on the 1-star space.
Category: THING
This puzzle w/ a hyphen starts out as...
_ _ R - _ E T _ _ E _
_ _ E _
DPGA gives her...
_ A R - _ E T _ _ E D
_ D E A
She only gets the last word of FAR-FETCHED IDEA, and she loses...
...another $25,000. That sends her home with $22,465 in cash and prizes. And it would have been much more painful -- she was ONE SPACE OFF the big one of $100,000. It was under the G in GAME.
Well, that wraps up another fine season of America's favorite puzzle-solving show. It was tough to follow up a historical Season 26, but we did the best we could. Here's the season in review:
-First, themed puzzle category graphics were used during certain weeks such as "Pet Lovers Week", "Happy Holidays" and "State Fair".
-Second, the Free Play wedge was introduced at the start of the season in Las Vegas. Early on, players called correct consonants for $500 each. As time went on, they chose vowels for free more often than consonants. We have yet to see anybody solve the puzzle immediately after landing on FP, but maybe that will happen next season.
-With regards to this season's Bonus Rounds ("Dads and Grads" was the only theme week this season to cause a BR SHUTOUT), 81 of them were successfully conquered! Starting on February 22 of this year, Maxwell House Coffee donated $2,500 to Feeding America each time the Bonus Round was won. And we had 35 wins since said date, so the bank is now at $87,500 (Pat and Vanna mentioned this in the last segment)!
For some strange reason this season, the Bonus Wheel didn't want to land on either the $100,000 or $1 million envelopes. The former was finally landed on twice during "California Coast" week. Jaime Smith on the March 15th epsiode lost the big one by two letters (PUNCH BOWL). Three days later, Barry Williams became the first grand prize winner all season long (solving the puzzle SCHOOL OF THOUGHT), and left with $111,250. That was thanks to the two fortune cookies he was holding on. But we crowned our biggest winners of the season (and fifth-highest of all-time) in Mary Anne & Michael Dixon -- they won a total of $142,500 on March 23rd during "Beaches Resorts Family Week".
-Finally, the show aired four weeks from Vegas at both the Venetian and the Palazzo and three from Boston. For next season, the show will film six weeks of episodes at said hotel and casinos in Vegas. Also, for the first time in five years, the gang will head to New Orleans and shoot three weeks of episodes there. As you may recall, Season 23's "Family Week" was taped in Culver City thanks to the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
With all of that being said, I would like to thank the readers for reading all of the recaps this season. This is Andy Nguyen saying so long for now. As legendary radio DJ Casey Kasem would say, "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars".
We'll return in September for a brand new season. Enjoy the rest of your summer.
EPISODE #5265 - AMERICA'S GAME
Tonight's episode takes place on the set of "Great Northwest", and the car up for grabs is the Chevrolet Tahoe.
$1,000 Tossup - THINGS
R E _ / _ _ _ T E
_ _ D / _ _ _ _
They're the three colors on our nation's flag, and Kathy solves RED WHITE AND BLUE. Here are the final players of Season 27...
Kathy Valeda: defense contractor from Gaithersburg, MD
Jenny Bruns: military wives columnist and bug photographer from Fayetteville, NC (originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Gavin Greer: chef from Los Angeles, CA
$2,000 Tossup - FICTIONAL CHARACTER
_ E N I E / I N
A / B O _ _ L _
This is also the title of a song by Christina Aguilera, and Kathy is two for two with GENIE IN A BOTTLE.
PRIZE ON THE WHEEL: a $5,000 Homegoods gift certificate
Jackpot Round - PHRASE
T I _ E / _ L I E _
_ H E N / _ _ _ ' _ E
H A _ I N _ / _ _ N
Well, TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN, and Kathy is certainly having fun because she dominates and quickly solves this puzzle for $1,250 and the Homegoods gift certificate (picked up with the N's), totaling $6,250 that round.
PERFECT ROUND!
FINAL UNCLAIMED JACKPOT OF THE SEASON: $6,450
Pre-Round 2 Scores:
Jenny and Gavin: $0 each
Kathy: $9,250 cash and GC
========
Round 2 - BEFORE AND AFTER
Early on, Jenny FPs four E's She then cashes in $10,500 with three R's. But after a lot of work, she says W for wrong letter, and that will likely cost her $12,550. A little later, Gavin FPs a single L, but then comes the BANKRUPT between $900 and $600 to wipe out his $2,150. Kathy spins once for a $3,500 H...
H A P P I L _ / E V E R
A _ T E R -
_ I N N E R / _ I N T S
...and takes some HAPPILY EVER AFTER-DINNER MINTS.
SOLE DUD: W (Jenny)
BANKRUPT HIT: Gavin
Pre-Round 3 Scores:
Jenny and Gavin: $0 each
Kathy: $12,750 cash and GC
========
Mystery Round - WHAT ARE YOU DOING? (FINAL PRIZE PUZZLE OF THE SEASON)
After filling in most of this puzzle, Gavin inserts an H while on the Mystery Wedge between FP and LAT. He gambles $2,250...and BANKRUPTS for the second time this evening. The current leader controls the rest of the round...
_ R I T I N G
O U R / N A _ E _
I N / T H E / _ A N D
...she solves WRITING OUR NAMES IN THE SAND for $1,850...and a trip to The Westin Dawn Beach Resort & Spa in ST. MAARTEN worth $7,865. She wins a total of $9,715 that round.
TRIP SPIN ID: LT6505307 (Lois T. from Iowa)
BANKRUPT HIT: Gavin
Pre-Tossup #3 Scores:
Jenny and Gavin: $0 each
Kathy: $22,465 cash and prizes
========
$3,000 Tossup - FOOD AND DRINK
_ _ N K
_ _ _ O N A _ E
There will be NO MAINGAME SWEEP for Kathy tonight, as Jenny finally gets on the board with PINK LEMONADE.
Round 4 - SONG TITLE
T _ A N _ _ / _ O R
T _ E / M E M O R Y
Gavin will not be going down as the season's final gooseegg victim because he solves Bob Hope's "THANKS FOR THE MEMORY" for $4,350.
LAT HIT: Jenny
Round 5 - QUOTATION (full $1,300 speed-up round)
_ L _ I S / H _ S / L _ F T
T H _ / _ _ I L D I N G
Well, "ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING", and Gavin will be doing the same because he solves this puzzle for another $5,200.
SOLE DUD: R (Gavin)
FINAL SCORES
Jenny: $3,000
Gavin: $9,550
Kathy: $22,465 cash and prizes (winner)
-------------------------
PRE-BR TOTAL: $35,015
========
$100,000 Bonus Round
Can Kathy close out our season with a bang (and possibly make Marisa Theodoratos more upset about her loss on Tuesday)? She lands on the 1-star space.
Category: THING
This puzzle w/ a hyphen starts out as...
_ _ R - _ E T _ _ E _
_ _ E _
DPGA gives her...
_ A R - _ E T _ _ E D
_ D E A
She only gets the last word of FAR-FETCHED IDEA, and she loses...
...another $25,000. That sends her home with $22,465 in cash and prizes. And it would have been much more painful -- she was ONE SPACE OFF the big one of $100,000. It was under the G in GAME.
Well, that wraps up another fine season of America's favorite puzzle-solving show. It was tough to follow up a historical Season 26, but we did the best we could. Here's the season in review:
-First, themed puzzle category graphics were used during certain weeks such as "Pet Lovers Week", "Happy Holidays" and "State Fair".
-Second, the Free Play wedge was introduced at the start of the season in Las Vegas. Early on, players called correct consonants for $500 each. As time went on, they chose vowels for free more often than consonants. We have yet to see anybody solve the puzzle immediately after landing on FP, but maybe that will happen next season.
-With regards to this season's Bonus Rounds ("Dads and Grads" was the only theme week this season to cause a BR SHUTOUT), 81 of them were successfully conquered! Starting on February 22 of this year, Maxwell House Coffee donated $2,500 to Feeding America each time the Bonus Round was won. And we had 35 wins since said date, so the bank is now at $87,500 (Pat and Vanna mentioned this in the last segment)!
For some strange reason this season, the Bonus Wheel didn't want to land on either the $100,000 or $1 million envelopes. The former was finally landed on twice during "California Coast" week. Jaime Smith on the March 15th epsiode lost the big one by two letters (PUNCH BOWL). Three days later, Barry Williams became the first grand prize winner all season long (solving the puzzle SCHOOL OF THOUGHT), and left with $111,250. That was thanks to the two fortune cookies he was holding on. But we crowned our biggest winners of the season (and fifth-highest of all-time) in Mary Anne & Michael Dixon -- they won a total of $142,500 on March 23rd during "Beaches Resorts Family Week".
-Finally, the show aired four weeks from Vegas at both the Venetian and the Palazzo and three from Boston. For next season, the show will film six weeks of episodes at said hotel and casinos in Vegas. Also, for the first time in five years, the gang will head to New Orleans and shoot three weeks of episodes there. As you may recall, Season 23's "Family Week" was taped in Culver City thanks to the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
With all of that being said, I would like to thank the readers for reading all of the recaps this season. This is Andy Nguyen saying so long for now. As legendary radio DJ Casey Kasem would say, "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars".
We'll return in September for a brand new season. Enjoy the rest of your summer.
