Post by an007 on Dec 26, 2010 18:22:45 GMT -5
Hello everyone, it's your official recapper back from my Atlanta vacation. Now, Mark (WheelFan17) was supposed to be recapping of all last week's shows but he was busy w/ his Christmas Day plans. Thus, I will be helping him out by using information from my friends over on the Sony Boards as well as footage of the shows from rashad1428's YouTube channel.
That being said, here we go...
This marks the start of another edition of "Happy Holidays" and doing the guest-announcing this week is Jim Thornton. In the animated intro, Pat and Vanna are ice skating around a rink and forming the show's logo.
Now, let's see if Pat and Vanna can make the contestants' holiday wishes come true w/ loads of cash as well as other goodies.
$1,000 Tossup - PEOPLE
C _ _ _ _ _ _ A S
C _ _ O _ _ _ _
Holli solves CHRISTMAS CAROLERS fairly quickly. The first contestants of the week are...
Holli Rowan: project manager for an electrical supply company from Las Vegas
Mark Grothe: from Paducah, KY (originally from Cocoa Beach, FL)
Elizabeth Morgan: neuropsychologist from Orlando, FL
$2,000 Tossup - AROUND THE HOUSE
_ _ U _ F Y
_ _ L _ O W S
Mark solves FLUFFY PILLOWS to begin the night's spinning.
PRIZE ON THE WHEEL: a Sony home theater w/ a 2-year Netflix subscription worth $5,030
Jackpot Round - TITLE
The maingame categories this week are revealed by a snowman and a Christmas Carol is played in place of the usual category reveal chimes.
Mark gets off to a quick $5,000 star w/ two N's, but he buys the only bad vowel of this puzzle (A). Later on, Holli picks up the Bed, Bath & Beyond gift tag w/ four R's. Soon enough, we have the following...
R _ D _ _ _ H / T H E
R E D - N _ S E D
R E _ N D E E R
She solves RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER for $4,000 cash and gift tag.
SOLE DUD: A (Mark)
BANKRUPT HIT: Elizabeth for $1,500
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $9,900
Pre-Round 2 Scores
Holli: $5,000
Mark: $2,000
Elizabeth: $0
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Round 2 - BEFORE AND AFTER
Elizabeth goes BANKRUPT to lose $550 after starting w/ two S's and an A; that's her second of the night. Holli's next w/ two I's via FP. A little later, she cashes in $14,000 w/ four R's! Two spins later, she has this showing...
I T ' S / A
_ O N D E R _ _ _
_ I _ E
_ R E S E R _ E R
She nails IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE PRESERVER for $14,850!
BANKRUPT HIT: Elizabeth
Pre-Round 3 Scores
Holli: $19,850
Mark: $2,000
Elizabeth: $0
(The producers give a holiday greeting before the second commercial break.)
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Mystery Round - THING (PRIZE PUZZLE)
Holli immediately lands on the Mystery Wedge next to the MDW. After calling two T's, she takes a $2,000 gamble...and it's a good call! A little later, she lights up the A's on FP as well as two R's for the Wild Card. But after some work, she then misses w/ an N to leave at least $10,250 sitting in her bank. Mark picks things up from there...
T H E / C O O L
_ P R A _ / O _ / A
_ A T E R _ A L L
He solves this puzzle for $2,050, and will feel THE COOL SPRAY OF A WATERFALL on his $6,500 trip to The Westin Princeville Ocean Resort Villas in HAWAII; he's won $8,550 that round.
TRIP SPIN ID: OA5971652 (Olga A. from Massachusetts)
(NOTE: Vanna will be announcing the SPIN IDs as of this week.)
SOLE DUD: N (Holli)
Pre-Tossup #3 Scores
Holli: $19,850 + WC
Mark: $10,550
Elizabeth: $0
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As we get back from break, the stage crew give their holiday greeting.
$3,000 Tossup - LIVING THINGS
T H R E E
F _ E _ C _ / H E _ S
Mark solves THREE FRENCH HENS for a new total of $13,550 cash and trip.
Round 4 - FOOD AND DRINK
Mark gets things going w/ a $5,000 N. But after filling in most of the puzzle, he misses w/ an L, which may cost him $5,350. Elizabeth's next w/ two G's...
G I N G E _ _ _ E A _
C O O K I E S
...and finally gets on the board w/ $1,600 by solving GINGERBREAD COOKIES.
SOLE DUD: L (Mark)
Round 5 - PHRASE (full $1,450 speed-up round)
Pat mistakenly tells Elizaebth to call a number at the start of this round! LOL!
Anyways, we fast forward to this...
O N _ / _ _ _ / O R
_ N O T H _ R
This is also the title of a Blondie song, but Hollie is off by a letter w/ "ONE DAY OR ANOTHER"; she likely lost another $4,350. Instead of calling another letter, Mark immediately solves "ONE WAY OR ANOTHER" for $2,900.
DUDS: S (Elizabeth), D (Mark), M (Elizabeth)
DQ: Holli's missolve
FINAL SCORES
Holli: $19,850 cash, gift tag, and WC
Mark: $16,450 (he would NOT have won even if he called the two remaining consonants in the last round)
Elizabeth: $1,600
TOTAL MAINGAME WINNINGS: $37,900
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$100,000 Bonus Round
Holli has a chance to win either more Christmas money or drive off in this week's car -- a Volkswagen Tiguan. She lands on the N in SPIN.
Category: THING
Starting setup...
_ _ N _ S _ _ _ T
Holli's choices are D, C, M, O and B...
_ _ N D S _ _ _ T
In HINDSIGHT, this should have been solvable (she thought the first half was BAND), but she loses $35,000. That sends her home w/ $19,850 cash and gift tag.
That being said, here we go...
This marks the start of another edition of "Happy Holidays" and doing the guest-announcing this week is Jim Thornton. In the animated intro, Pat and Vanna are ice skating around a rink and forming the show's logo.
Now, let's see if Pat and Vanna can make the contestants' holiday wishes come true w/ loads of cash as well as other goodies.
$1,000 Tossup - PEOPLE
C _ _ _ _ _ _ A S
C _ _ O _ _ _ _
Holli solves CHRISTMAS CAROLERS fairly quickly. The first contestants of the week are...
Holli Rowan: project manager for an electrical supply company from Las Vegas
Mark Grothe: from Paducah, KY (originally from Cocoa Beach, FL)
Elizabeth Morgan: neuropsychologist from Orlando, FL
$2,000 Tossup - AROUND THE HOUSE
_ _ U _ F Y
_ _ L _ O W S
Mark solves FLUFFY PILLOWS to begin the night's spinning.
PRIZE ON THE WHEEL: a Sony home theater w/ a 2-year Netflix subscription worth $5,030
Jackpot Round - TITLE
The maingame categories this week are revealed by a snowman and a Christmas Carol is played in place of the usual category reveal chimes.
Mark gets off to a quick $5,000 star w/ two N's, but he buys the only bad vowel of this puzzle (A). Later on, Holli picks up the Bed, Bath & Beyond gift tag w/ four R's. Soon enough, we have the following...
R _ D _ _ _ H / T H E
R E D - N _ S E D
R E _ N D E E R
She solves RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER for $4,000 cash and gift tag.
SOLE DUD: A (Mark)
BANKRUPT HIT: Elizabeth for $1,500
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $9,900
Pre-Round 2 Scores
Holli: $5,000
Mark: $2,000
Elizabeth: $0
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Round 2 - BEFORE AND AFTER
Elizabeth goes BANKRUPT to lose $550 after starting w/ two S's and an A; that's her second of the night. Holli's next w/ two I's via FP. A little later, she cashes in $14,000 w/ four R's! Two spins later, she has this showing...
I T ' S / A
_ O N D E R _ _ _
_ I _ E
_ R E S E R _ E R
She nails IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE PRESERVER for $14,850!
BANKRUPT HIT: Elizabeth
Pre-Round 3 Scores
Holli: $19,850
Mark: $2,000
Elizabeth: $0
(The producers give a holiday greeting before the second commercial break.)
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Mystery Round - THING (PRIZE PUZZLE)
Holli immediately lands on the Mystery Wedge next to the MDW. After calling two T's, she takes a $2,000 gamble...and it's a good call! A little later, she lights up the A's on FP as well as two R's for the Wild Card. But after some work, she then misses w/ an N to leave at least $10,250 sitting in her bank. Mark picks things up from there...
T H E / C O O L
_ P R A _ / O _ / A
_ A T E R _ A L L
He solves this puzzle for $2,050, and will feel THE COOL SPRAY OF A WATERFALL on his $6,500 trip to The Westin Princeville Ocean Resort Villas in HAWAII; he's won $8,550 that round.
TRIP SPIN ID: OA5971652 (Olga A. from Massachusetts)
(NOTE: Vanna will be announcing the SPIN IDs as of this week.)
SOLE DUD: N (Holli)
Pre-Tossup #3 Scores
Holli: $19,850 + WC
Mark: $10,550
Elizabeth: $0
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As we get back from break, the stage crew give their holiday greeting.
$3,000 Tossup - LIVING THINGS
T H R E E
F _ E _ C _ / H E _ S
Mark solves THREE FRENCH HENS for a new total of $13,550 cash and trip.
Round 4 - FOOD AND DRINK
Mark gets things going w/ a $5,000 N. But after filling in most of the puzzle, he misses w/ an L, which may cost him $5,350. Elizabeth's next w/ two G's...
G I N G E _ _ _ E A _
C O O K I E S
...and finally gets on the board w/ $1,600 by solving GINGERBREAD COOKIES.
SOLE DUD: L (Mark)
Round 5 - PHRASE (full $1,450 speed-up round)
Pat mistakenly tells Elizaebth to call a number at the start of this round! LOL!
Anyways, we fast forward to this...O N _ / _ _ _ / O R
_ N O T H _ R
This is also the title of a Blondie song, but Hollie is off by a letter w/ "ONE DAY OR ANOTHER"; she likely lost another $4,350. Instead of calling another letter, Mark immediately solves "ONE WAY OR ANOTHER" for $2,900.
DUDS: S (Elizabeth), D (Mark), M (Elizabeth)
DQ: Holli's missolve
FINAL SCORES
Holli: $19,850 cash, gift tag, and WC
Mark: $16,450 (he would NOT have won even if he called the two remaining consonants in the last round)
Elizabeth: $1,600
TOTAL MAINGAME WINNINGS: $37,900
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$100,000 Bonus Round
Holli has a chance to win either more Christmas money or drive off in this week's car -- a Volkswagen Tiguan. She lands on the N in SPIN.
Category: THING
Starting setup...
_ _ N _ S _ _ _ T
Holli's choices are D, C, M, O and B...
_ _ N D S _ _ _ T
In HINDSIGHT, this should have been solvable (she thought the first half was BAND), but she loses $35,000. That sends her home w/ $19,850 cash and gift tag.