January 29, 2004 recap

Airdate: January 29, 2004

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! This is Coast to Coast Week!

First things first, we gotta play a Toss-Up before they start spinning.


Go!


Bob solves I STAND CORRECTED.


But let's not forget the interviews.
Bob Ocampo: Corporate manager for a major telecom company, from Fremont, CA
Shannon Spear: Senior at UCSD majoring in US history, also a bus driver for the campus; from Ontario, CA

Oh, wait. It's two Toss-Ups before we start spinning. Here's the other one!


Go!


Deny solves OUTDOOR AMPITHEATER. Pat said that puzzle was redundant.


We'll stick to indoors, thank you very much. We don't want to get that $10,000 prize rained on.




Perfection! Deny solves JOAN OF ARCADIA, though for the house minimum. Blame the puzzle.

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Deny solves HUMPBACK WHALES AND LEAPING DOLPHINS for much more cash, and since it's a Prize Puzzle, we add a Pleasant Holidays trip to Maui and stay at the Sheraton Hotel worth $5,300!

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No lead is insurmountable, though some risk is involved. Take the Mystery Wedges, for instance. There's one with a BANKRUPT and another with a Boomingdale's gift certificate worth $10,000.

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Go!


Deny solves CANDID CAMERA.




DING DING! DING DING!

She'll also be blushing if she thought she could actually spin. It's time for Pat to take control, and consonants are worth $300 + $1,000 for $1,300 a piece. Deny begins.

Deny: N (x4) ($5,200)
Bob: T ($1,300)


Bob says ENDING IN A SOUR NOTE.

Shannon: A


Shannon changes it to ENDING ON A SOUR NOTE.

Deny: G (x2) ($7,800)

Bob almost repeats Shannon's guess, but then he solves ENDING ON A HIGH NOTE to end with the final main-game solve. Pat says we need to look at the glass half-empty/half-full problem.







BONUS ROUND:





RSTLNE gives her:


MPCA is quite helpful again.