April 25, 2023 recap

Season 40, Episode #7782

Airdate: April 25, 2023

From the Sony Studios, it's America's Game! This is our Margaritaville Resorts Family Vacation!


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Darin solves ROMANTIC SUNSET.


Enjoying the sunset today:
Darin Prince: From Bonsall, CA; business owner and married for 26 years with 3 daughters, one of whom is in the audience; he's into paramotoring, which is flying underneath a giant parachute with a big fan strapped to your back, and it's fun; he's also a Jimmy Buffett fan and always plays his music on their boat; he has a 30-year-old cockatoo named Penny that he just rescued
Dianne Welsh: From Independence, MO; married for 30 years to Butch, and they have an adopted daughter from Guatemala who was 5 months old at the time and now 23 years old; Dianne is also the caretaker for her 93-year-old mother who lives with her and thinks Pat Sajak is awesome; she's also into mystery shopping at various different restaurants, paying close attention to detail and doing a survey/audit at the end, and she gets paid for everything, and it's fun
Angela Dao: From San Bernardino, CA; married for 3 years to Randall, and she's a tribal wellness educator who works for a Native American tribe in California; Angela's also a rubber duck collector (with 100 so far), and she's afraid of being abducted by aliens after watching E.T. as a child (Pat gets nervous just from watching the other "E.T.", Entertainment Tonight)


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Darin solves FITNESS CENTER.


Wheel Prize: Margaritaville vacation at New York's Times Square Resort plus a choice of five iconic restaurants and bars including Margaritaville and Landshark Bar & Grill (labeled MARGARITAVILLE), worth $8,000.

Gift Tag (Margaritaville), Wild Card, and Million Dollar Wedge on Wheel

Top dollar value: $2,500




Dianne solves THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX SEATS for the cash and Margaritaville prizes.

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$10,000 Mystery Round

Top dollar value: $3,500




Dianne solves CHEESEBURGER WITH AN ONION SLICE.

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Express Round (Trip Puzzle!)

Top dollar value: $3,500




Angela solves SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN! and wins a holiday at Margaritaville Vacation Club by Wyndham in Puerto Rico worth $8,363.

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Triple Toss-Up!


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Angela solves RUNNING TO CATCH A TRAIN.



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Angela also solves RUNNING TO CATCH A TAXI.



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No total sweep, as Angela says VACATIONS MY BEACH and quickly finds out it won't work.


Dianne quickly rings in, but she says the answer too late.


Darin says CATCHING MY BREATH without ringing in. However, it is accepted. (The Toss-Up continues to fill in, and the board's border does not flash.)




DING DING! DING DING!

Wow, we're late. But that just means Darin will give the last spin of the day.

Final Spin: $600

+$1,000 = $1,600

Darin: S ($1,600)
Dianne: N (DUD!)
Angela: R (x2) ($3,200)
Darin: T (DUD!)
Dianne: A
Angela: M (DUD!)
Darin: H (DUD!)
Dianne: D (x2) ($3,200)
Angela: L (x2) ($6,400)


Angela solves WORLD LEADERS for a well-deserved victory!

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Before getting abducted by aliens, Angela must pick one of three Bonus Round categories:

PHRASE
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
THING

Angela picks What Are You Doing?.

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$100,000 BONUS ROUND

Bonus Spin: Triple star


RSTLNE gives her:


MHDO might not be too great this time.


She says JOINING THE CREW, JOINING THE CRAM, JOINING THE CRAP ("Oop!") and JOINING THE BRAG. She does not solve JOINING THE FRAY. Pat thanks her for "self-editing" on the third guess...

...but she still won't be joining the $45,000 club. Angela leaves with $20,563 in cash and trip.