Post by BAVRecapTeam on Feb 21, 2012 21:55:28 GMT -5
EPISODE #5572 - AMERICAN LANDMARKS
$1,000 Tossup - TITLE
_ S A
T _ D A Y
Touwana solves the national newspaper "USA TODAY". Let's meet her and everybody else right now...
Touwana Tate-Edwards: former Navy member (she was in antisubmarine warfare) who attended Whitney Young High School in Chicago with First Lady Michelle Obama from Chester, VA (originally from Memphis)
Ryne Eubanks: University of Arkansas at Fayetteville student studying kinesiology and is the pledge captain for Brothers Under Christ from Marion, AR
Brittany Krieger: RN (registered nurse) on the neurology floor from Eugene, OR
$2,000 Tossup - OCCUPATION
_ E C _ _ T / S E _ _ _ _ E
A _ _ _ T
This person protects the President of the United States, and Touwana's two for two w/ SECRET SERVICE AGENT.
AMERICAN TRIP ON THE WHEEL: tour of the Grand Canyon and Great American West worth $5K
Jackpot Round - SONG/ARTIST
Touwana immediately BANKRUPTS on the MDW's right side. Ryne's first letter of T is no good. Brittany puts up two R's and an E, but then comes that LAT. Touwana fills in the obvious word of BY before getting shot down by the BANKRUPT next to the WC to lose $1,300. Ryne follows suit w/ FIVE FP hits in a row (I'm sure this reminds you of Felix from the January 19th episode). He puts up an A, two pairs of O's and I's, three N's and a C. After that...
R I N _ / O _ / _ I R E
B Y / _ O _ N N Y / C A _ _
...he solves "RING OF FIRE" BY JOHNNY CASH for $2K.
SOLE DUD: T (Ryne)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (both by Touwana)
LAT: Brittany
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $9,700
Pre-Round 2 Scores
Brittany: $0
Touwana: $3K
Ryne: $2K
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Mystery Round - BEFORE AND AFTER
Early on, Ryne cashes in $17,500 w/ five T's! But he buys the only bad vowel of this puzzle (A), likely costing him $17,700. Brittany's second in line w/ four H's from the Mystery Wedge next to the MDW. She takes the $4K for them (bad move -- that's the $10K one). After buying the I's to clean the vowel department, she BANKRUPTS next to the WC to give up $3,750. Touwana picks up the green 1/2 KIA + $1,500 w/ three W's, but she forfeits them right back to the MDW's other BANKRUPT (her third this evening). That prompts Ryne to solve...
O U T / W I T H / T H E
O _ _ / I N / W I T H
T H E / N E W
_ E _ _ E _
He solves "OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW" JERSEY for the $17,700 in his bank!
SOLE DUD: A (Ryne)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (both ladies)
Pre-Round 3 Scores
Brittany: zippo
Touwana: $3K
Ryne: $19,700
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PRIZE PUZZLE Round - SAME LETTER
Brittany's hoping for a monster round, but her R call at the start won't help. Secondly, Touwana falls victim to BANKRUPT for the fourth time tonight (the one next to the WC). Ryan LATs out after putting up two pairs of T's and E's. Brittany gets her second BANKRUPT of the night courtesy of the one next to the MDW. Touwana picks up the Yankee Candle gift tag w/ an N, but the sole dud vowel (I) stops her. Ryne puts up the SL of six C's (good for only $2,100), but LATs out for the second time this round. Brittany narrows things down to this...
C H O C O L A T E
C O C O N U T
C U _ C A _ E _
She only earns $200, but she'll be eating some CHOCOLATE COCONUT CUPCAKES at the Outrigger Reef on the Beach in HAWAII (airfare courtesy of US Airways Vacations) worth $8,535. She's now on the board w/ $8,735 cash and trip.
TRIP SPIN ID: SS6884158 (Scott S.)
DUDS: R (Brittany), I (Touwana)
LATs: 2 (both by Ryne)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (both ladies again)
Pre-Tossup #3 Scores
Brittany: $8,735
Touwana: $3K
Ryne: $19,700
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$3,000 Tossup - LIVING THINGS
S O _ _ _ N G
E A G _ _ _
These SOARING EAGLES move Brittany up to $11,735 cash and trip.
Round 4 - THINGS
Brittany's initial selections are S and E, but the R lets her down again. Next, Touwana BANKRUPTS for the FIFTH time this game (the one next to $5K). Third, Ryne puts up the letters spelling TAN, but the N is a no-no. We go into speed-up mode w/ the following...
_ A _ _ T _ _ E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T S
$1,500 is the value of each remaining consonant. We fast forward to this...
H A L _ T _ M E
H _ _ H L _ _ H T S
All of Touwana's BANKRUPTS won't make this season's HALFTIME HIGHLIGHTS, but she's won $6K.
DUDS BEFORE SPEED-UP: R (Brittany), N (Ryne)
DUDS AFTER THE BELL: C (Touwana), D (Ryne)
BANKRUPT: Touwana
FINAL SCORES
Brittany: $11,735 cash and HI
Touwana: $9K
Ryne: $19,700
TOTAL MAINGAME WINNINGS: $40,435
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$100,000 Bonus Round
Ryne's bonus spin comes to a halt on the first A of AMERICA'S.
Category: THING
Half of this puzzle's been filled in at the start...
_ _ R E
_ E N _ _ S
CDMA fails him completely. Furthermore, he's way off w/ WIRE FENCES. Since he didn't have any PURE GENIUS in him, he loses the Winnebago. That sends him packing w/ $19,700 cash and trip.
$1,000 Tossup - TITLE
_ S A
T _ D A Y
Touwana solves the national newspaper "USA TODAY". Let's meet her and everybody else right now...
Touwana Tate-Edwards: former Navy member (she was in antisubmarine warfare) who attended Whitney Young High School in Chicago with First Lady Michelle Obama from Chester, VA (originally from Memphis)
Ryne Eubanks: University of Arkansas at Fayetteville student studying kinesiology and is the pledge captain for Brothers Under Christ from Marion, AR
Brittany Krieger: RN (registered nurse) on the neurology floor from Eugene, OR
$2,000 Tossup - OCCUPATION
_ E C _ _ T / S E _ _ _ _ E
A _ _ _ T
This person protects the President of the United States, and Touwana's two for two w/ SECRET SERVICE AGENT.
AMERICAN TRIP ON THE WHEEL: tour of the Grand Canyon and Great American West worth $5K
Jackpot Round - SONG/ARTIST
Touwana immediately BANKRUPTS on the MDW's right side. Ryne's first letter of T is no good. Brittany puts up two R's and an E, but then comes that LAT. Touwana fills in the obvious word of BY before getting shot down by the BANKRUPT next to the WC to lose $1,300. Ryne follows suit w/ FIVE FP hits in a row (I'm sure this reminds you of Felix from the January 19th episode). He puts up an A, two pairs of O's and I's, three N's and a C. After that...
R I N _ / O _ / _ I R E
B Y / _ O _ N N Y / C A _ _
...he solves "RING OF FIRE" BY JOHNNY CASH for $2K.
SOLE DUD: T (Ryne)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (both by Touwana)
LAT: Brittany
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $9,700
Pre-Round 2 Scores
Brittany: $0
Touwana: $3K
Ryne: $2K
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Mystery Round - BEFORE AND AFTER
Early on, Ryne cashes in $17,500 w/ five T's! But he buys the only bad vowel of this puzzle (A), likely costing him $17,700. Brittany's second in line w/ four H's from the Mystery Wedge next to the MDW. She takes the $4K for them (bad move -- that's the $10K one). After buying the I's to clean the vowel department, she BANKRUPTS next to the WC to give up $3,750. Touwana picks up the green 1/2 KIA + $1,500 w/ three W's, but she forfeits them right back to the MDW's other BANKRUPT (her third this evening). That prompts Ryne to solve...
O U T / W I T H / T H E
O _ _ / I N / W I T H
T H E / N E W
_ E _ _ E _
He solves "OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW" JERSEY for the $17,700 in his bank!
SOLE DUD: A (Ryne)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (both ladies)
Pre-Round 3 Scores
Brittany: zippo
Touwana: $3K
Ryne: $19,700
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PRIZE PUZZLE Round - SAME LETTER
Brittany's hoping for a monster round, but her R call at the start won't help. Secondly, Touwana falls victim to BANKRUPT for the fourth time tonight (the one next to the WC). Ryan LATs out after putting up two pairs of T's and E's. Brittany gets her second BANKRUPT of the night courtesy of the one next to the MDW. Touwana picks up the Yankee Candle gift tag w/ an N, but the sole dud vowel (I) stops her. Ryne puts up the SL of six C's (good for only $2,100), but LATs out for the second time this round. Brittany narrows things down to this...
C H O C O L A T E
C O C O N U T
C U _ C A _ E _
She only earns $200, but she'll be eating some CHOCOLATE COCONUT CUPCAKES at the Outrigger Reef on the Beach in HAWAII (airfare courtesy of US Airways Vacations) worth $8,535. She's now on the board w/ $8,735 cash and trip.
TRIP SPIN ID: SS6884158 (Scott S.)
DUDS: R (Brittany), I (Touwana)
LATs: 2 (both by Ryne)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (both ladies again)
Pre-Tossup #3 Scores
Brittany: $8,735
Touwana: $3K
Ryne: $19,700
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$3,000 Tossup - LIVING THINGS
S O _ _ _ N G
E A G _ _ _
These SOARING EAGLES move Brittany up to $11,735 cash and trip.
Round 4 - THINGS
Brittany's initial selections are S and E, but the R lets her down again. Next, Touwana BANKRUPTS for the FIFTH time this game (the one next to $5K). Third, Ryne puts up the letters spelling TAN, but the N is a no-no. We go into speed-up mode w/ the following...
_ A _ _ T _ _ E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T S
$1,500 is the value of each remaining consonant. We fast forward to this...
H A L _ T _ M E
H _ _ H L _ _ H T S
All of Touwana's BANKRUPTS won't make this season's HALFTIME HIGHLIGHTS, but she's won $6K.
DUDS BEFORE SPEED-UP: R (Brittany), N (Ryne)
DUDS AFTER THE BELL: C (Touwana), D (Ryne)
BANKRUPT: Touwana
FINAL SCORES
Brittany: $11,735 cash and HI
Touwana: $9K
Ryne: $19,700
TOTAL MAINGAME WINNINGS: $40,435
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$100,000 Bonus Round
Ryne's bonus spin comes to a halt on the first A of AMERICA'S.
Category: THING
Half of this puzzle's been filled in at the start...
_ _ R E
_ E N _ _ S
CDMA fails him completely. Furthermore, he's way off w/ WIRE FENCES. Since he didn't have any PURE GENIUS in him, he loses the Winnebago. That sends him packing w/ $19,700 cash and trip.
I wonder if the removal of the background applause during the PP description had anything to do with somebody reading my complaining about it here...While I'm at it, directors, stop ensuring that you get those useless BANKRUPT/LOSE A TURN scoreboard graphics on camera every time somebody hits them! It gets really annoying in rounds like this where they're hit often. I don't need my screen basically shouting at me, "Hey! This woman got Bankrupt in case you didn't notice! Did you see it? Didya?!" I don't think there's any point in showing the BANKRUPT one on-camera all the time when they lose no money. If they lose a good amount (like at least $3000 or so), then by all means show how much they're losing. But at least do it from different angles or something. Right now, they're like poor attempts at the Whammy cartoons from "Press Your Luck"..
. Glad to see her win something in the end.
