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March 31, 2005 recap Jan 13, 2024 12:34:05 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Jan 13, 2024 12:34:05 GMT -5

Airdate: March 31, 2005

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! This is Surfin' Safari Week!

Our first Toss-Up puzzle washes on our puzzleboard.

$1,000 Toss-Up

PHRASE

Go!

PHRASE

Alex solves CATCH A WAVE.

Alex	Kyleigh	Mary
	$1,000

Waving hello to the crowd:
Alexander "Alex" Walker, Jr.: Nightclub bouncer, from Las Vegas, NV
Kyleigh Cuiar (?): Pharmaceutical sales representative (who has occasionally "bounced" people), from Pleasant Hill, CA
Mary Sylvane Leonis: Grandmother who provides academic and career support and counsel for students at the University of Southern Maine, from Greene

At this point in the show, they just want to catch some Toss-Up money.

$2,000 Toss-Up

AROUND THE HOUSE

Go!

AROUND THE HOUSE

Mary says FROZEN PIES.

AROUND THE HOUSE

Kyleigh solves FROZEN PEAS.

Alex	Kyleigh	Mary
$1,000	$2,000

We've already thawed out the $10,000 space, but she might still freeze up the moment she has to call a letter.

Round 1

PLACE

Alex	KYLEIGH	Mary
	$300: T (x2) -$250: E $500: H $400: F (x2) -$250: O (x5) Free Spin: C Solve: Correct!
	$1,400

PLACE

Perfection! Kyleigh solves THE FOOT OF A VOLCANO.

Alex	Kyleigh (FS)	Mary
$1,000	$3,400

You'd be crazy if we were going to send you lava surfing or something. We'll be more realistic and try to give you an STA Travel holiday in Cape Town, South Africa (labeled SOUTH AFRICA) worth $9,000.

We're still waiting for that Jackpot to erupt in a display of fireworks!

Round 2

BEFORE & AFTER

Alex	Kyleigh (FS)	MARY
		$600: T $3,500: H -$250: E (x2) $500: L -$250: I (x3) $450: K (x2) $400: V (DUD!)
		$5,000
$600: N (x4) Solve: Correct!
$2,400

BEFORE & AFTER

Alex solves CAPTAIN HOOK LINE AND SINKER.

Alex	Kyleigh (FS)	Mary
$3,400	$3,400

It's our Mystery Round, and you've caught one of two wedges. Do you quickly throw it back? It may be a BANKRUPT, or it may be a Scion XA worth $13,973.

Round 3

NEXT LINE PLEASE

ALEX	Kyleigh (FS)	Mary
Lose A Turn!	$300: T (x2) -$250: E (x6) $3,500: H (x3!) -$250: A (x2) Prize?: N (x2) (Obviously "No.") -$250: I (x5) $400: S -$250: O (x3) $300: P (x2) -$250: U Solve: Correct!
	$12,850

NEXT LINE PLEASE

Kyleigh solves WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE LIKE A BIG PIZZA PIE. Just enough for a pizza pie the size of the moon, but only if she wins an extra $3,000 for giving us the next line precisely.

She completes it with that's amore.

Alex	Kyleigh (FS)	Mary
$3,400	$19,250

When the answer to this Toss-Up finally hits you, don't delay, because that's when you must buzz in.

$3,000 Toss-Up

THING

Go!

THING

Mary solves CORAL NECKLACE.

Alex	Kyleigh (FS)	Mary
$3,400	$19,250	$3,000

Now she knows she's not wiping out of our game, though she'd still love to dive into our $5,000 space.

Round 4

RHYME TIME

Alex	Kyleigh (FS)	MARY
		$900: T (x5) -$250: E (x2) $600: H (x4) $900: W SOUTH AFRICA: S (x2) Solve: Correct!
		$7,550+

Mary forgets to pick up the prize wedge.

RHYME TIME

Perfection! Mary solves THE HOST WITH THE MOST for the cash and trip, and now she has the most!

Alex	Kyleigh (FS)	Mary
$3,400	$19,250	$19,550

Next to the host, Alex feels like having the most. Lucky for him, we have time for another round.

Round 5

PERSON

ALEX	Kyleigh (FS)	Mary
BANKRUPT! ($0)	$900: R (x2) -$250: A (x2) $900: C (DUD!) (Free Spin used) $400: M (DUD!)	$600: G (DUD!)
	$1,550
$300: L -$250: E (x2) BANKRUPT! ($50)

PERSON

DING DING! DING DING!

The host now has the most important job right now, and that's to give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth $500 + $1,000 for $1,500 a piece.

Kyleigh: T (x3) ($4,500)

PERSON

Kyleigh solves A TRIPLE THREAT, and she's taken back that victory!

Alex	Kyleigh	Mary
$3,400	$25,300	$19,550

BONUS ROUND:

Kyleigh was very briefly on notice, but even a house minimum solve would've won for her. She may now play for more than just a minimal prize, from cars and cash up to $100,000.

She has her husband in the audience!

We don't have to worry about a "triple threat" of penalty spaces on our Bonus Wheel. Instead, she simply spins the 1,000's digit, and the Bonus Puzzle is her final threat.

Bonus Puzzle

ON THE MAP

RSTLNE gives her:

ON THE MAP

With CMAP, we find a vowel on each side.

ON THE MAP

She's silent until solving TAIWAN with 3 seconds left...

...And she tops it off with $25,000! Kyleigh is off with an all-cash total of $50,300!

In the post-game chat, Pat thinks about TV kids' shows that they remember growing up. He remembers Garfield Goose and Bozo Circus. Harry thinks of Jolly Joe Martin with Cassie the Cow from Omaha. Vanna unfortunately can't remember anything from Myrtle Beach, as she was from a very small town. She does remember Captain Kangaroo, but that was nationwide. She only had Channel 3 and Channel 6 growing up.