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December 30, 2003 recap Jan 3, 2024 10:14:51 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jan 3, 2024 10:14:51 GMT -5

Airdate: December 30, 2003

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! Welcome to Music Cities Week!

We're due to pay one of our players a thousand for solving this Toss-Up puzzle.

$1,000 Toss-Up

THING

Go!

THING

Greg solves THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE.

Pat	Greg	Deb
	$1,000

Due for some applause today:
Greg Wood: Career counselor and executive search recruiter, from Aliso Viejo, CA
Deb Shay: Manages subcontracts for a construction engineering company, from Portland, OR
Pat Tiller (female): Assembles headliners for "a major thunderous SUV", from St. Louis, MO

Is our audience the kind to applaud just anything? Will they applaud the simple reveal of this Toss-Up?

$2,000 Toss-Up

THE 90s

Go!

THE 90s

Pat solves MAD ABOUT YOU.

Pat	Greg	Deb
$2,000	$1,000

You'll just be mad if you barely miss the $10,000 space and hit one of those other narrow spaces.

Round 1

PROPER NAME

PAT	Greg	Deb
$300: T (x2) BANKRUPT/$10K! ($600)	$400: R (x2) $550: N (x2) -$250: A (x3) $400: L -$250: O $900: C $500: D (DUD!)	$800: K (DUD!)
	$2,700
$800: S -$250: I (x2) $300: V -$250: E (x4) $600: M (DUD!)	$10,000!: W Solve: Correct!
$600	$2,700+

PROPER NAME

Greg solves NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE to keep the gold prize!

Pat	Greg	Deb
$2,000	$13,700

We wonder if the National Weather Service will be of help if you're already on that holiday in Colorado for the Janus Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Music Festival, with lodging at Silver Tree Hotel (labeled COLORADO) worth $6,500.

Hitting the Jackpot should be even easier for Greg. Solving for more than $10,000 is the hard part.

Round 2

ON THE MENU

Pat	GREG	Deb
	$300: R (DUD!)	$300: L -$250: E (x4) $400: S (DUD!)
		$50
$600: N $450: T (x2) -$250: I (x5) $600: H (x2) $300: W (x2) -$250: A (DUD!)	$900: P (x5) Solve: Correct!
$2,800	$4,500

ON THE MENU

Greg solves KEY LIME PIE WITH WHIPPED TOPPING.

Pat	Greg	Deb
$2,000	$18,200

We top the Wheel with a pair of Mystery Wedges. Which one will be the BANKRUPT, and which one will be the Bloomingdale's gift certificate worth $10,000?

Round 3

WHERE ARE WE?

Pat	Greg	DEB
		Lose A Turn!

$800: T (x3) BANKRUPT! ($2,400)	Prize?: R (x4) (He flips it... ...BANKRUPT! ($0))	$900: N (x4) -$250: E (x3) -$250: A (x3) COLORADO: L (x3) -$250: O (x4) -$250: I Solve: Correct!
		$2,600+

WHERE ARE WE?

Deb solves LONE STAR RIO GRANDE LOGHORN CATTLE to keep the trip. She's finally getting somewhere, and if she really knows where she is, she gets a $3,000 bonus.

She's only thinking about Colorado right now. We're in Texas.

Pat	Greg	Deb
$2,000	$18,200	$9,100

She's halfway to victory, and she can get even closer by solving this Toss-Up puzzle.

$3,000 Toss-Up

AROUND THE HOUSE

Go!

AROUND THE HOUSE

Greg solves TOWELS & WASHCLOTHS.

Pat	Greg	Deb
$2,000	$21,200	$9,100

After that solve, we'll wipe those boards clean, and we'll show you the $5,000 space on the Wheel.

Round 4

RHYME TIME

Pat	GREG	Deb
	$300: F (DUD!)	$800: T (DUD!)

$800: N (x2) -$250: O (DUD!)	$900: S (x2) $300: G (x3)
$1,350	$2,700

RHYME TIME

DING DING! DING DING!

Is it time for key lime? Nah, it's just time for Pat to give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth $600 + $1,000 for $1,600 a piece.

Greg: B ($4,300)

RHYME TIME

Greg solves SNUG AS A BUG IN A RUG.

Pat	Greg	Deb
$2,000	$25,500	$9,100

BONUS ROUND:

I guess he didn't even need the gold from Round 1, but Greg is still spinning a gold Wheel for a car or cash up to $100,000!

He has his wife and three kids in the audience!

Time to take that gold Wheel and give it a spin! Greg lands on the H in CASH, and he'll face the board:

Bonus Puzzle

EVENT

RSTLNE gives him:

EVENT

He calls S second, and after that, YGCI is limited to the top row.

EVENT

He thinks FRYING, FRITZING, BRINGING, BRIKING, BIKING, and WRITING. He does not solve DRIVING TO WORK...

...and we won't be driving in with $35,000. Greg leaves with $25,500 in cash.

In the post-game chat, Pat and Vanna think about the bonus puzzle. Vanna drives to work, and Pat thinks people assume that those in show biz get a limo ride every day. Now, when she drives home, Pat asks how she gets over her moat. By lowering a bridge? Really, she doesn't have a moat. She just has a normal house.