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March 31, 2006 recap Mar 29, 2024 22:58:18 GMT -5

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Post by mechamind on Mar 29, 2024 22:58:18 GMT -5

Airdate: March 31, 2006

From Sony Pictures Studio, it's America's game! We're approaching the end of World Class Spas week.

It would delight Vanna to see someone solve our first Toss-Up!

$1,000 Toss-Up

ON THE MAP

Go!

ON THE MAP

Scott solves GENEVA SWITZERLAND.

Charlene	Melinda	Scott
		$1,000

We pamper our final three this week:
Scott Myrant: Scientist for a major pharmaceutical company, from Hamburg, MI
Charlene Johnson: Mother of two (and they're all big Wheel fans), from Las Vegas, NV

Melinda Chagnon: Owns a small shipping outlet mailing mailboxes and internet access, from Chula Vista, CA

Just focus on winning. Don't think too hard about the science behind these Toss-Up rounds.

$2,000 Toss-Up

EVENT

Go!

EVENT

Melinda solves APRIL FOOLS' DAY.

Charlene	Melinda	Scott
	$2,000	$1,000

Lucky it's on a weekend this time, or you would have to give us a $10,000 prize.

We're not risking any pranks on Charlie, because we want him to be happy and offer us a holiday at El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa in Northern New Mexico (labeled SPA) worth $6,600.

Round 1

PHRASE

Charlene	MELINDA	Scott
	$900: S (x2) $300: T (x5) -$250: I (x2) -$250: I (x3) $2,500: N Gift Tag: R Solve: Correct!
	$5,300+

PHRASE

Perfection! Melinda solves IT'S NOT POLITE TO STARE for the cash and a Gift Tag.

Charlene	Melinda	Scott
	$8,300	$1,000

We do make exceptions. For example, the Jackpot space was made for staring at.

Round 2

ON THE MENU

* PRIZE PUZZLE! *

Charlene	Melinda	SCOTT
		BANKRUPT! ($0)

$600: R (DUD!)	$500: S $400: N (x3) -$250: A (x9) $450: B $600: M (x2) $900: T (DUD!)	$500: C (x2) $300: D Solve: Correct!
	$3,100	$1,300

ON THE MENU

Scott solves BANANA MACADAMIA PANCAKES. We're still staring at him because it's a Prize Puzzle, and he's just won a trip to Hawaii and stay at Haiton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island worth $6,506.

Charlene	Melinda	Scott
	$8,300	$8,806

It's not that hard to take the lead provided Charlene feels comfortable flipping a Mystery Wedge. If she does, she could take home a $10,000 cash prize.

Round 3

SAME NAME

CHARLENE	Melinda	Scott
(?) $1,000: N (x2) (She declines. It's the BANKRUPT.) $300: T (x6) -$250: E (x4) $900: R (x3) $400: H (x2) SPA: S (x2) -$250: I (x3) BANKRUPT! ($13,400)	$400: W (x2) $300: P (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$1,400

SAME NAME

Melinda solves WITNESS PROTECTION & GET WITH THE PROGRAM.

Charlene	Melinda	Scott
	$9,700	$8,806

Charlene is with the program; she just had bad luck with the Wheel. Maybe she'll have better luck with this Toss-Up.

$3,000 Toss-Up

AROUND THE HOUSE

Go!

AROUND THE HOUSE

Scott solves OSCILLATING FAN. Another word we've never used before.

Charlene	Melinda	Scott
	$9,700	$11,806

There will be more money blowing his way if he makes the most of our $5,000 space.

Round 4

THING

Charlene	Melinda	SCOTT
		$5,000: T (x3!) -$250: I (x3) -$250: O (x2) $600: C (x2) $400: N (x2) $900: S (DUD!)
		$16,500
$300: D (DUD!)	$400: H $700: M (DUD!)	$600: L -$250: E -$250: A (x2) Solve: Correct!
	$400	$16,600

THING

Scott solves CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION, and more money will be blowing his way after all!

Charlene	Melinda	Scott
	$9,700	$28,406

Charlene won't give up! She gets to start our next round!

Round 5

PERSON

Well, she'll start after Pat mistakenly thinks Scott starts this round.

CHARLENE	Melinda	Scott
$300: R (x3) $800: S -$250: A (x3) $900: D (DUD!)	Lose A Turn!	$350: T (x2)
$1,450		$700

PERSON

DING DING! DING DING!

We partly made up for that mistake, but now Scott's time is up, and Pat has to give the Wheel a Final Spin. Consonants are worth $350 + $1,000 for $1,350 a piece.

Scott: M (x2) ($3,400)

PERSON

Scott solves AMATEUR ASTRONOMER.

Charlene	Melinda	Scott
	$9,700	$31,806

The odds of luck this rotten were astronomical, but Charlene got bitten. We now have to leave her with the $1,000 consolation prize.

BONUS ROUND:

We've got plenty of ways to take Scott's score to the moon! All he has to do is spin a Wheel and solve a puzzle, then take a car or cash up to $100,000!

He has his wife in the audience!

Last spin of the week, and Scott hits the 10,000's digit...except he grabs the envelope under the 1 by mistake.

After Pat jokes about accusations of a switch, we'll just face the board and make sure Vanna doesn't switch this puzzle for a harder one.

Bonus Puzzle

THING

RSTLNE gives him:

THING

Switch out one of the common letters for CKMA...

...and after picking the wrong envelope, he picks all the wrong letters.

He guesses GRIND LOVE, but he does not solve YOUNG LOVE...

...and now he feels too young to drive an Infiniti G35. Scott can keep smiling, because he won $31,806 in cash and trip!

In the post-game chat, Pat admits he gave out some misinformation earlier. He said we never used the word "oscillating" on the show. It turns out that in the 2001-02 season, we did use that word in a puzzle after all. "See, we don't let any detail go unearthed."