January 9, 2013 recap

Opening clip: "Highlight your nightlife/knife light" outtakes from San Francisco bumpers, 2003 (mis-dated as 2008)

$1,000 Toss-Up: On the Map[/u]

_ _ _ _ H _ S
_ _ _ N _ _ _ E E

Tyrone solves MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.

Tyrone Rogers II[/color], Suitland, MD, customer service rep for a county organization, has 10 brothers and sisters, loves to cook and sing, big Washington Redskins fan
Amy Bishop[/color], Lexington, KY, Army National Guard major, been in the Army 26 years, recently married
Tara Polson[/color], Bluffton, SC, clinical psychologist, married to a Marine, Baltimore Ravens fan

$2,000 Toss-Up: Place[/u]
_ O D E L _ N G
_ _ _ N C _

Tyrone solves MODELING AGENCY.

Prize on Wheel: Smugglers' Notch, Vermont, $5,800

Jackpot Round: Occupation[/u]

Tyrone makes quick work of this round: he hits $900[/color] for N and T. After buying E, A, I, U, and O, he spins one last time for R's on $300[/color].

U N I _ E R _ I T _
A T _ _ E T I _
_ I R E _ T O R

He solves UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR for $4,150.

PERFECT ROUND[/color]

Left behind in Jackpot: $7,100

Amy[/color]: $0
Tara[/color]: $0
Tyrone[/color]: $7,150

Vanna does a bumper from Charleston, South Carolina.
====
Mystery Round: The 80's[/u]

Amy leads off with a Bankrupt on the edge of the MDW. Tara puts up an N for $650[/color], buys I, calls S on $800[/color], then buys a dud A. Tyrone goes for the R's on $300[/color], but gives it back to Bankrupt number two. After that, Amy calls a wrong T on Wild Card[/color].

Tara gets the ½ Car[/color] next to the pink $900 with L, then buys E. After that, she gets the Vermont trip[/color] with M, then buys U and O to clear the vowels. Next are D on $900[/color], P on $350[/color], and Y on $800[/color].

E D D I E / M U R P _ Y
I N / _ E _ E R L Y
_ I L L S / _ O P

With $6,300 and her cardboard, she solves EDDIE MURPHY IN BEVERLY HILLS COP.

Bankrupt: Amy (loss of turn), Tyrone ($600)
Duds: A (Tara), T (Amy)

Amy[/color]: $0
Tara[/color]: $12,100 + ½ Car tag
Tyrone[/color]: $7,150

Retro Bonus Round[/u]
It's from March 22, 2004, and a female contestant chose C D B A to help her on this Phrase:

A / _ _ R _ / _ _
_ E N _ _ S

She did not solve A WORK OF GENIUS.
====
Prize Puzzle: Phrase[/u]

Tara leads off with the R on $550[/color], buys E, calls T for $650[/color], then buys A. After calling N on $300[/color] and L on $400[/color], she hits Lose a Turn[/color]. Tyrone finishes up with a W at $800[/color].

L E A _ E
W _ N T E R
_ E _ _ N _

And he solves LEAVES WINTER BEHIND for $800 and a trip to Puerto Rico (Caribe Hilton in San Juan, $5,200).

Amy[/color]: shutout alert
Tara[/color]: $12,100
Tyrone[/color]: $13,150
====
$3,000 Toss-Up: Classic TV[/u] (?!?!)

_ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ G _ T
_ _ _ _

Tyrone solves THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

Round 4: Title[/u]

Tyrone calls T on $300[/color], H on $900[/color], then buys E. After that, it's R on $300[/color], purchases of A and I to clear the vowels, then S on Free Play[/color].

_ H E R E / T H E / _ I _ _
T H I _ _ S / A R E

He solves WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE for $3,650 more.

PERFECT ROUND #2[/color]

Round 5: Quotation[/u]

Final Spin: $700[/color]

Amy[/color]: T
Tara[/color]: R
Tyrone[/color]: S

_ R _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ R
_ R _ S S _ R _

Tyrone guesses CRACK UNDER PRESSURE. then BREAK UNDER PRESSURE.

Amy[/color]: C

_ R _ C _ / _ _ _ _ R
_ R _ S S _ R _

Amy also says BREAK UNDER PRESSURE.

Tara[/color]: P

_ R _ C _ / _ _ _ _ R
P R _ S S _ R _

Tara repeats CRACK UNDER PRESSURE.

Tyrone[/color]: G

G R _ C _ / _ _ _ _ R
P R _ S S _ R _

And he displays GRACE UNDER PRESSURE when he solves for $5,100 more.

Dud: T (Amy)
DQ: Everyone's wrong answers

End totals[/u]
Amy[/color]: $0->$1,000
Tara[/color]: $12,100
Tyrone[/color]: $24,900
====
$100,000 Bonus Round[/u]

Tyrone's by himself. He stops at the W in WIN, and he's got a Thing:

_ _ _ _ L E
T _ _ E

He obviously knows it already, as he says D, B, K, O…

D O _ B L E
T _ K E

And of course he figures out DOUBLE TAKE for $40,000 more! End total: $64,900[/color]!

$5K EVERY DAY SPIN ID: JW9412814