Post by BAVRecapTeam on Jan 2, 2012 23:17:43 GMT -5
Welcome to 2012! We're beginning the year w/ the theme that produced one of the two $100,000 wins of Season 27 -- it's the return of "California Coast"!
EPISODE #5536 - CALIFORNIA COAST
$1,000 Tossup - PLACE
_ _ T Y / O F
A _ G _ L S
Michelle solves the nickname for Los Angeles, "CITY OF ANGELS". Here's our first panel of the year...
Michelle Whitaker: firefighting lieutenant for 15 years from Memphis, TN
Andrew Boston: Northwestern student majoring in chemical engineering and the VP of a fraternity called Fiji from South Elgin, IL
Meghann Sullivan: U.S. Army Major who's a fan of the Patriots/Red Sox; her parents are from Massachusetts, so she's proabably from said state
$2,000 Tossup - THING
_ E A _ H _ R
J _ _ _ E T
Meghann puts on this LEATHER JACKET to begin the night's spinning.
CALIFORNIA COAST TRIP ON THE WHEEL: trip to the Intercontinental The Clement Monterey worth $5,270
Jackpot Round - SONG/ARTIST
The category wipe this week is a red airplane.
Meghann instantly hits the MDW's left-side BANKRUPT. Secondly, Michelle picks up the 76 gas card w/ four R's. She later retrieves the Wild Card w/ four N's. After filling in the B's, the board says...
B O R N / T O / R _ N
B _ / B R _ _ E
_ _ R _ N _ _ T E E N
She solves "BORN TO RUN" BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN for $4,100 cash and gas card.
BANKRUPT: Meghann
FIRST UNCLAIMED JACKPOT OF THE YEAR: $6,500
Pre-Round 2 Scores
Andrew: $0
Meghann: $2K
Michelle: $5,100 + WC
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Mystery Round - BEFORE AND AFTER
Michelle starts w/ three R's for $10,500 before using her WC to get more money from two T's. After barely dodging the BANKRUPT next to top dollar, she picks up the green 1/2 KIA w/ the N's. Towards the end, she gets the Monterey vacation w/ the C's. After all that work, she finally decides to solve...
C R E A _ - F I L L E D
C E N T E R
O F / T H E
U N I V E R S E
She spots this CREAM-FILLED CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE for a total of $25,970 cash and trip!
MAJOR PERFECT ROUND!
Pre-Round 3 Scores
Andrew: $0
Meghann: $2K
Michelle: $31,070
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PRIZE PUZZLE Round - PHRASE
Andrew finally gets his shot. After putting up the letters spelling THEN, he buys a bad vowel in O. Secondly, Meghann says S before dudding out w/ R. Michelle then misses w/ the L. Near the end of this round, Andrew calls D for DUH on FP. After that goof, he puts up the V before we see...
T H E / V I E _ / I S
A M A Z I N G
He solves this puzzle for $3,450, and will likely say "THE VIEW IS AMAZING" from the Anse Chastanet Resort in ST LUCIA worth $9,600; he's on the board w/ $13,050 cash and trip.
TRIP SPIN ID: AL3825580 (Amanda L.)
DUDS: O (Andrew), R (Meghann), L (Michelle), D (Andrew)
Pre-Tossup #3 Scores
Andrew: $13,050
Meghann: $2K
Michelle: $31,070
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$3,000 Tossup - AROUND THE HOUSE
F A M _ _ _
_ O _ T _ _ I T
Andrew recalls his FAMILY PORTRAIT, putting him at $16,050.
Round 4 - FICTIONAL CHARACTERS (full $1,600 speed-up round)
_ N _ _ H T _ / _ _ / T H _
_ _ _ N _ / T _ _ _ _
Michelle quickly solves KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE for another $3,200 and the win!
FINAL SCORES
Andrew: $16,050 cash and St. Lucia
Meghann: $2K
Michelle: $34,270 cash and prizes
TOTAL MAINGAME WINNINGS: a respectable $52,320!
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$100,000 Bonus Round
We failed to give away that 2012 Volkswagen Eos convertible twice during "Great Escapes" week, but maybe the third time's the charm to do so for this week of shows. Michelle gives Pat the envelope from the &.
Category: PHRASE
This one should be familiar to some of you once we first see...
_ R _ N _
_ _ _
C, D, G and A add...
_ R _ N G
_ A _
...but she goes the WRONG WAY by starting her guesses w/ BRING (including a nonsensical BRING MAN). That costs her $40,000, but she departs w/ $34,270 cash and prizes.
EPISODE #5536 - CALIFORNIA COAST
$1,000 Tossup - PLACE
_ _ T Y / O F
A _ G _ L S
Michelle solves the nickname for Los Angeles, "CITY OF ANGELS". Here's our first panel of the year...
Michelle Whitaker: firefighting lieutenant for 15 years from Memphis, TN
Andrew Boston: Northwestern student majoring in chemical engineering and the VP of a fraternity called Fiji from South Elgin, IL
Meghann Sullivan: U.S. Army Major who's a fan of the Patriots/Red Sox; her parents are from Massachusetts, so she's proabably from said state
$2,000 Tossup - THING
_ E A _ H _ R
J _ _ _ E T
Meghann puts on this LEATHER JACKET to begin the night's spinning.
CALIFORNIA COAST TRIP ON THE WHEEL: trip to the Intercontinental The Clement Monterey worth $5,270
Jackpot Round - SONG/ARTIST
The category wipe this week is a red airplane.
Meghann instantly hits the MDW's left-side BANKRUPT. Secondly, Michelle picks up the 76 gas card w/ four R's. She later retrieves the Wild Card w/ four N's. After filling in the B's, the board says...
B O R N / T O / R _ N
B _ / B R _ _ E
_ _ R _ N _ _ T E E N
She solves "BORN TO RUN" BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN for $4,100 cash and gas card.
BANKRUPT: Meghann
FIRST UNCLAIMED JACKPOT OF THE YEAR: $6,500
Pre-Round 2 Scores
Andrew: $0
Meghann: $2K
Michelle: $5,100 + WC
========
Mystery Round - BEFORE AND AFTER
Michelle starts w/ three R's for $10,500 before using her WC to get more money from two T's. After barely dodging the BANKRUPT next to top dollar, she picks up the green 1/2 KIA w/ the N's. Towards the end, she gets the Monterey vacation w/ the C's. After all that work, she finally decides to solve...
C R E A _ - F I L L E D
C E N T E R
O F / T H E
U N I V E R S E
She spots this CREAM-FILLED CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE for a total of $25,970 cash and trip!
MAJOR PERFECT ROUND!
Pre-Round 3 Scores
Andrew: $0
Meghann: $2K
Michelle: $31,070
========
PRIZE PUZZLE Round - PHRASE
Andrew finally gets his shot. After putting up the letters spelling THEN, he buys a bad vowel in O. Secondly, Meghann says S before dudding out w/ R. Michelle then misses w/ the L. Near the end of this round, Andrew calls D for DUH on FP. After that goof, he puts up the V before we see...
T H E / V I E _ / I S
A M A Z I N G
He solves this puzzle for $3,450, and will likely say "THE VIEW IS AMAZING" from the Anse Chastanet Resort in ST LUCIA worth $9,600; he's on the board w/ $13,050 cash and trip.
TRIP SPIN ID: AL3825580 (Amanda L.)
DUDS: O (Andrew), R (Meghann), L (Michelle), D (Andrew)
Pre-Tossup #3 Scores
Andrew: $13,050
Meghann: $2K
Michelle: $31,070
========
$3,000 Tossup - AROUND THE HOUSE
F A M _ _ _
_ O _ T _ _ I T
Andrew recalls his FAMILY PORTRAIT, putting him at $16,050.
Round 4 - FICTIONAL CHARACTERS (full $1,600 speed-up round)
_ N _ _ H T _ / _ _ / T H _
_ _ _ N _ / T _ _ _ _
Michelle quickly solves KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE for another $3,200 and the win!
FINAL SCORES
Andrew: $16,050 cash and St. Lucia
Meghann: $2K
Michelle: $34,270 cash and prizes
TOTAL MAINGAME WINNINGS: a respectable $52,320!
========
$100,000 Bonus Round
We failed to give away that 2012 Volkswagen Eos convertible twice during "Great Escapes" week, but maybe the third time's the charm to do so for this week of shows. Michelle gives Pat the envelope from the &.
Category: PHRASE
This one should be familiar to some of you once we first see...
_ R _ N _
_ _ _
C, D, G and A add...
_ R _ N G
_ A _
...but she goes the WRONG WAY by starting her guesses w/ BRING (including a nonsensical BRING MAN). That costs her $40,000, but she departs w/ $34,270 cash and prizes.
Maybe somebody is reading our posts after all.
