Post by BAVRecapTeam on Mar 26, 2012 20:57:14 GMT -5
Evening Wheel Watchers! Scott here, filling in while Andy's on vacation.
EPISODE #5596 - EXOTIC FAR EAST
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$1,000 TOSS-UP - EVENT:
Y _ _ _ / _ F
_ _ _ / D _ _ _ _ N
2012 is the YEAR OF THE DRAGON, and $1,000 is the cash earned by blue player Kimy!
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CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS:
Kimy Wall is visiting the studio from Santee, California. She's the promotions manger for a local casino in San Diego. Kimy and her husband William have a two-year-old son named Jack with whom she hopes to share her love of horses.
Lauren Jung is another California contestant, coming from Laguna Niguel. She's a behavioral therapist by trade, working with children that have special needs and autism. Lauren's husband Ryan is a Marine, part of a sniper platoon stationed at Camp Pendleton.
Mike Giampilis is from the other end of the country, specifically Whitestone, New York. He's a property manager who handles building repairs, and in his spare time he enjoys both playing and watching sports. Mike also boxes a little on the side, although he claims that he's usually more of a "boxee" than a boxer!
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$2,000 TOSS-UP - PLACE:
B U _ _
I N _ E _ _ _ C T I _ N
There's many a BUSY INTERSECTION in urban California and many a dollar in Lauren's $2,000!
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TONIGHT'S FEATURED PRIZE: Southern Thailand including Bangkok (gadventures.com) - $5,696
ROUND 1 (JACKPOT ROUND) - THINGS:
Lauren has the right to start and gets off to a quick one with a pair of N's on the $2,500 space! Unfortunately, that $5,000 is gone on the next spin courtesy of the left side of the MDW. The rest of the round is all Mike - he begins with two T's on the Thailand trip, then claims the blue Kia tag followed by the green one on his next spin (with three S's and two Q's respectively). With all those cardboard pieces in hand, he goes for the big solve:
_ _ E Q _ E N T _ _
_ S _ E _
Q _ E S T I _ N S
Mike knows that FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS are an Internet staple, and he has won $2,000 in cash, that Thailand trip, and a $15,000 Kia Soul! That's $22,696 in total, all in the span of three spins!
Bankrupt: Lauren ($5,000)
Unclaimed Jackpot: $8,500
PRE-R2 SCORES:
Lauren - $2,000
Mike - $22,696 cash, trip, and Kia
Kimy - $1,000
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ROUND 2 (MYSTERY ROUND) - BEFORE & AFTER:
Mike gets to come off his big first round and start the second one, which he does with a trio of T's for $300 each. Picking up a couple of H's for $350 a pop along the way gives him enough cash to buy all the vowels, and all of them are good! With $350 left, he grabs the Luggage Online gift tag with a couple S's, but then flushes the whole lot when the wheel flips off of $3,500 and into Bankrupt. Kimy takes several spins, and with two consonants left, finds the $3,500 herself for a D! Time for a solve...
S U S H I
R O L L
O U T / T H E
R E D / C A R _ E T
She makes the link in the middle and comes up with SUSHI ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET, which gives her $6,350 in cash!
Bankrupt: Mike ($350 + Gift Tag)
PRE-R3 SCORES:
Lauren - $2,000
Mike - $22,696 cash, trip, and Kia
Kimy - $7,350
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ROUND 3 (PRIZE PUZZLE ROUND) - PHRASE:
Again, the winner of the previous round begins the next one, as Kimy picks up a $300 S. But she follows that up with our first dud of the night as there is no D. Lauren Bankrupts near Free Play to lose her turn, giving it back to Mike. He hits $500 for five T's, makes two vowel purchases, and then goes for the kill:
T _ A T ' S
_ _ A T / I ' _
T A _ _ I _ _ / A _ _ _ T
The reason that Mike says THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, besides that fact that's it's the correct solution, is that he adds $2,000 in cash and a trip to BARBADOS to his total! That trip will have him visit the Caribbean paradise and stay at the Almond Casuarina Resort... with travel by Hotwire, it's valued at $6,900 - that gives Mike $8,900 more for the round!
BARBADOS SPIN ID: CR0928366 (Carrie R.)
Sole Dud: D (Kimy)
Bankrupt: Lauren (loss of turn)
PRE-TU3 SCORES:
Lauren - $2,000
Mike - $31,596 cash, trips, and Kia
Kimy - $7,350
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$3,000 TOSS-UP - ON THE MAP:
T _ _ _ O
_ _ _ _ _
Lauren wastes no time naming the exotic Far East city of TOKYO JAPAN - that takes her up to $5,000!
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ROUND 4 - PERSON:
Lauren hasn't had the best of luck on the wheel, but she hopes to turn it around going into the home stretch. She opens with a $600 N and does a little work, but her third spin strikes out with the S call. Mike is too strong for $5,000 and ends up in Bankrupt instead, so it's right on to Kimy. She picks up $1,600 for a couple T's, buys the last vowels (three A's - two E's and an I were purchased by Lauren), but then hits Lose a Turn on her third spin. Lauren adds $1,200 to her $600 by getting the pair of K's...
_ L A _ K / _ E L T
I N / K A R A T E
and Lauren knows some martial arts masters have a BLACK BELT IN KARATE, which is good for $1,800!
Sole Dud: S (Lauren)
Bankrupt: Mike (loss of turn)
Lose a Turn: Kimy
PRE-R5 SCORES:
Lauren - $6,800
Mike - $31,596 cash, trips, and Kia
Kimy - $7,350
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ROUND 5 (PARTIAL $1,500 SPEEDUP) - WHAT ARE YOU DOING?:
Mike begins with one spin for three $500 N's, then the bells sound and Pat spins a $500 of his own. As the Speed-Up progresses, Mike is the only one putting letters in the puzzle as we get back-to-back double fails by the ladies. But then Kimy gets a pair of W's and she may know it...
_ I N _ I N G / _ / W _ _
T _ / W I N
she is not, however, FINDING A WAY TO WIN. $3,000 is nice, but Mike has won by more than $20,000!
Duds: M (Kimy), R (Lauren), S (Kimy), L (Lauren)
FINAL SCORES:
Lauren - $6,800
Mike - $31,596 cash, trips, and Kia
Kimy - $10,350
MAINGAME WINNINGS: $48,746
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$100,000 BONUS ROUND - PEOPLE:
Mike spins the bonus wheel around to the double-star (**) envelope. RSTLNE gives us five letters to begin:
_ _ N E L / _ _
_ _ _ _ E S
Mike chooses PFHA to fill in the top line...
P A N E L / _ F
_ _ _ _ E S
We get an immediate solve from Mike, who recalls that American Idol uses a PANEL OF JUDGES! That solve gives him another car - the Honda Accord, which is worth $31,225 when the extra $5,000 in cash is added. Mike's final total is two trips, two cars, and cash in the amount of $62,821!
Fixed Mike's pre-R2 score. Just had to flip 969.
EPISODE #5596 - EXOTIC FAR EAST
==============================================================
$1,000 TOSS-UP - EVENT:
Y _ _ _ / _ F
_ _ _ / D _ _ _ _ N
2012 is the YEAR OF THE DRAGON, and $1,000 is the cash earned by blue player Kimy!
==============================================================
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS:
Kimy Wall is visiting the studio from Santee, California. She's the promotions manger for a local casino in San Diego. Kimy and her husband William have a two-year-old son named Jack with whom she hopes to share her love of horses.
Lauren Jung is another California contestant, coming from Laguna Niguel. She's a behavioral therapist by trade, working with children that have special needs and autism. Lauren's husband Ryan is a Marine, part of a sniper platoon stationed at Camp Pendleton.
Mike Giampilis is from the other end of the country, specifically Whitestone, New York. He's a property manager who handles building repairs, and in his spare time he enjoys both playing and watching sports. Mike also boxes a little on the side, although he claims that he's usually more of a "boxee" than a boxer!
==============================================================
$2,000 TOSS-UP - PLACE:
B U _ _
I N _ E _ _ _ C T I _ N
There's many a BUSY INTERSECTION in urban California and many a dollar in Lauren's $2,000!
==============================================================
TONIGHT'S FEATURED PRIZE: Southern Thailand including Bangkok (gadventures.com) - $5,696
ROUND 1 (JACKPOT ROUND) - THINGS:
Lauren has the right to start and gets off to a quick one with a pair of N's on the $2,500 space! Unfortunately, that $5,000 is gone on the next spin courtesy of the left side of the MDW. The rest of the round is all Mike - he begins with two T's on the Thailand trip, then claims the blue Kia tag followed by the green one on his next spin (with three S's and two Q's respectively). With all those cardboard pieces in hand, he goes for the big solve:
_ _ E Q _ E N T _ _
_ S _ E _
Q _ E S T I _ N S
Mike knows that FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS are an Internet staple, and he has won $2,000 in cash, that Thailand trip, and a $15,000 Kia Soul! That's $22,696 in total, all in the span of three spins!
Bankrupt: Lauren ($5,000)
Unclaimed Jackpot: $8,500
PRE-R2 SCORES:
Lauren - $2,000
Mike - $22,696 cash, trip, and Kia
Kimy - $1,000
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ROUND 2 (MYSTERY ROUND) - BEFORE & AFTER:
Mike gets to come off his big first round and start the second one, which he does with a trio of T's for $300 each. Picking up a couple of H's for $350 a pop along the way gives him enough cash to buy all the vowels, and all of them are good! With $350 left, he grabs the Luggage Online gift tag with a couple S's, but then flushes the whole lot when the wheel flips off of $3,500 and into Bankrupt. Kimy takes several spins, and with two consonants left, finds the $3,500 herself for a D! Time for a solve...
S U S H I
R O L L
O U T / T H E
R E D / C A R _ E T
She makes the link in the middle and comes up with SUSHI ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET, which gives her $6,350 in cash!
Bankrupt: Mike ($350 + Gift Tag)
PRE-R3 SCORES:
Lauren - $2,000
Mike - $22,696 cash, trip, and Kia
Kimy - $7,350
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ROUND 3 (PRIZE PUZZLE ROUND) - PHRASE:
Again, the winner of the previous round begins the next one, as Kimy picks up a $300 S. But she follows that up with our first dud of the night as there is no D. Lauren Bankrupts near Free Play to lose her turn, giving it back to Mike. He hits $500 for five T's, makes two vowel purchases, and then goes for the kill:
T _ A T ' S
_ _ A T / I ' _
T A _ _ I _ _ / A _ _ _ T
The reason that Mike says THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, besides that fact that's it's the correct solution, is that he adds $2,000 in cash and a trip to BARBADOS to his total! That trip will have him visit the Caribbean paradise and stay at the Almond Casuarina Resort... with travel by Hotwire, it's valued at $6,900 - that gives Mike $8,900 more for the round!
BARBADOS SPIN ID: CR0928366 (Carrie R.)
Sole Dud: D (Kimy)
Bankrupt: Lauren (loss of turn)
PRE-TU3 SCORES:
Lauren - $2,000
Mike - $31,596 cash, trips, and Kia
Kimy - $7,350
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$3,000 TOSS-UP - ON THE MAP:
T _ _ _ O
_ _ _ _ _
Lauren wastes no time naming the exotic Far East city of TOKYO JAPAN - that takes her up to $5,000!
=============================================================
ROUND 4 - PERSON:
Lauren hasn't had the best of luck on the wheel, but she hopes to turn it around going into the home stretch. She opens with a $600 N and does a little work, but her third spin strikes out with the S call. Mike is too strong for $5,000 and ends up in Bankrupt instead, so it's right on to Kimy. She picks up $1,600 for a couple T's, buys the last vowels (three A's - two E's and an I were purchased by Lauren), but then hits Lose a Turn on her third spin. Lauren adds $1,200 to her $600 by getting the pair of K's...
_ L A _ K / _ E L T
I N / K A R A T E
and Lauren knows some martial arts masters have a BLACK BELT IN KARATE, which is good for $1,800!
Sole Dud: S (Lauren)
Bankrupt: Mike (loss of turn)
Lose a Turn: Kimy
PRE-R5 SCORES:
Lauren - $6,800
Mike - $31,596 cash, trips, and Kia
Kimy - $7,350
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ROUND 5 (PARTIAL $1,500 SPEEDUP) - WHAT ARE YOU DOING?:
Mike begins with one spin for three $500 N's, then the bells sound and Pat spins a $500 of his own. As the Speed-Up progresses, Mike is the only one putting letters in the puzzle as we get back-to-back double fails by the ladies. But then Kimy gets a pair of W's and she may know it...
_ I N _ I N G / _ / W _ _
T _ / W I N
she is not, however, FINDING A WAY TO WIN. $3,000 is nice, but Mike has won by more than $20,000!
Duds: M (Kimy), R (Lauren), S (Kimy), L (Lauren)
FINAL SCORES:
Lauren - $6,800
Mike - $31,596 cash, trips, and Kia
Kimy - $10,350
MAINGAME WINNINGS: $48,746
============================================================
$100,000 BONUS ROUND - PEOPLE:
Mike spins the bonus wheel around to the double-star (**) envelope. RSTLNE gives us five letters to begin:
_ _ N E L / _ _
_ _ _ _ E S
Mike chooses PFHA to fill in the top line...
P A N E L / _ F
_ _ _ _ E S
We get an immediate solve from Mike, who recalls that American Idol uses a PANEL OF JUDGES! That solve gives him another car - the Honda Accord, which is worth $31,225 when the extra $5,000 in cash is added. Mike's final total is two trips, two cars, and cash in the amount of $62,821!
Fixed Mike's pre-R2 score. Just had to flip 969.
Over $22K already without ever hitting top dollar or winning the Jackpot.
