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Post by tenpoundhammer on Jan 24, 2013 21:58:57 GMT -5
Opening clip: 1997, Pat and Vanna pretend to act like a married couple (repeat from 10/1)
$1,000 Toss-Up: Fun & Games
_ L A Y I N G
H _ U _ _
Beau solves PLAYING HOUSE.
Beau Hodges, Nyack, NY, firefighter at FDNY, married to Nicole, has a 2-year-old son, loves to hunt and fish
Rebecca Mitchell, Long Beach, CA, student in communications at Cal State Long Beach, has a style blog called Rebecca Glam, collects vintage clothing
Kristy Nelloms, Charleston, WV, married to Cetric, has seven children from 5 months to 14 years
$2,000 Toss-Up: Character
J E D I
M A _ T E R
Beau solves JEDI MASTER.
Prize on Wheel: Avenue Inn Bed & Breakfast, New Orleans, $6,000
Jackpot Round: Rhyme Time (Puzzle revealed too soon, so Vanna doesn't do the gesture)
Beau hits the $800 for T, but after buying E, he hits Bankrupt. After that, Rebecca calls a dud N on $2500. Kristy picks up the Wild Card with H, buys O, then (after a null cycle), she uncovers the New Orleans trip… but there's no R. Instead, Beau gets the same wedge with D, then calls an A on Free Play.
_ _ T / T H E / _ E D A _
T O / T H E / _ E T A _
And he solves PUT THE PEDAL TO THE METAL for $500 and the trip.
Bankrupt: Beau ($3,750)
Duds: N (Rebecca), R (Kristy)
Left behind in Jackpot: $10,300
Kristy: $0
Beau: $9,500
Rebecca: $0
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Mystery Round: Before & After
Rebecca starts with a T on $900, S on $450, then buys E. Her next stop is the Mystery Wedge next to the Million Dollar Wedge. After calling R, she flips it… but there's a Bankrupt on the back.
Kristy calls an N on $400. After null cycle number two, she calls M on $700, buys A, calls H on $900, and finally buys I.
M _ T H E R ' S
M A I _ E N
N A M E
T A _
She solves MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME TAG for $3,300.
Aired Bankrupt: Rebecca ($2,000, reverse of MW)
Kristy: $3,300
Beau: $9,500
Rebecca: $0
Retro Bonus Round
It's a Phrase from 1998, and a male chose C F M I:
_ I _ / _ S
L I F E
Surprisingly, he did not solve BIG AS LIFE.
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Prize Puzzle: Phrase
Kristy gets to the Million Dollar Wedge right away, but there's no S. Beau then hits it up for a T, then calls H on $900. After buying E, he returns there for the R, buys O, calls Y on $700, then hits his old friend $900 a third time for N.
O N _ E / Y O _ ' R E
T H E R E / Y O _
_ O N ' T / _ _ N T / T O
_ O _ E / _ _ _ _
He solves ONCE YOU'RE THERE YOU WON'T WANT TO COME BACK for $6,300 and a trip to Hawaii (Outrigger Waikiki, $6,043).
Dud: S (Kristy)
Kristy: $3,300
Beau: $21,843 + MDW
Rebecca: $0
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$3,000 Toss-Up: Person
_ _ _ _ I _ _ _ A _ T
O _ H _ R
Beau solves SIGNIFICANT OTHER.
Round 4: The 90's
Beau's first stop is the $500 next to the orange $300, on which he calls N. After buying E, it's T on $450, then two more hits of that same green $500 (for H and R), with a purchase of A in between. Next, he buys O and I to clear the vowels, calls G on $450, then ends up at $300 for M and C.
_ O I N G / T H E
M A C A R E N A
He solves DOING THE MACARENA for $2,500.
Round 5: Show Biz
Final Spin: $300
Rebecca: T
Kristy: H
Beau: R
Rebecca: S
Kristy: N
(null cycle)
Beau: C
T H _ / C R _ T _ C S
_ _ R _ _
Beau solves THE CRITICS AGREE for $5,200 more.
Aired dud: N (Kristy)
End totals
Kristy: $3,300
Beau: $32,543
Rebecca: Pity Thousand™
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$1,000,000 Bonus Round
His wife is in the audience with the sparkly green thingy.
The Wheel stops at the N in SPIN, and the puzzle tonight is a Phrase:
_ _ _
_ _ N N _
C, D, P, O:
_ O _
_ _ N N _
He says VOW FUNNY and, a couple seconds after the buzzer, says HOW FUNNY. It's the Winnebago that he doesn't end up adding to his $32,543.
The Big Fella was way over at the E in AMERICA.
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Post by mcbridebobby on Jan 24, 2013 22:02:08 GMT -5
Beau was a good player tonight & deserved to have a shot at the $1M; it's a shame his night ended like that. I knew that bonus puzzle w/ RSTLNE, too. A BR SHUTOUT would dampen the birthdays of yours truly & Wayoshi this Saturday.
Score: 6
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Post by wheelfan9893 on Jan 24, 2013 22:19:30 GMT -5
If Beau had solved the puzzle after the buzzer and had the million in that envelope, it would have been extremely painful. Glad the million wasn't in the envelope he had.
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Post by MarioGS on Jan 24, 2013 22:31:19 GMT -5
R1: Null cycle #1 guess: Kristy - dud S around $400 / Beau - $0 Bankrupt on MDW's right edge / Rebecca - LAT R2: Null cycle #2 guess: Kristy - dud L on $650 / Beau - $0 Bankrupt next to $650 / Rebecca - dud C on green $500 where WC was (possibly even $3500) R3: Well, that was an interesting way to start this round...what was weird, however, was that the audience was cheering before the Wheel stopped on the MDW, and not so much after the fact... R4: Good thing Beau didn't drift into Bankrupt. I was actually kind of hoping he would at least dud so he wouldn't have to keep spinning. R5: That makes FIVE null cycles so far this week (L/D/M?). -__- Pat's attitude noticeably changes when the C called as well. MDBR: He better be glad that wasn't the million, or he never would have heard the end of it. A buzzer-beaten $1M loss surely could have made headlines, too (Are you still reading this forum, Gawker?  ). How was that retro BR lost? I'm not too far from Nyack. Nice to see someone from there win.  This audience appears to react more for bad stuff than good, but that's defintely better than nothing, though the double trip hit in R1 ended up being kind of awkward, and the double MDW hit could have been much better... Here's a note from Rebecca's blog... She was definitely a good sport. Kristy, however, was not. She was very noticeably bitter during the final tally, and you could tell that she didn't really have a good time despite her saying so to Pat (remember that a lot of her bad luck didn't air). I'm sure the man in the basement was happy to be able to climb those stairs twice in one week after being stuck down there for almost three months. This is clearly a budget week with all the editing and pretty tough puzzles. A shutout will not be surprising at all should it happen tomorrow... Rating: 5/10
Current BAVGO Card:(The only event to happen tonight was "Pity Thousand")
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Post by an007 on Jan 24, 2013 22:37:27 GMT -5
Good maingame up until that BR... Tossups: Great job by Beau in sweeping those Tossups. R1: The P's and L's were unclaimed, but Beau's got that featured trip. R2: I loved how Rebeca booed at that BANKRUPT she got from the MW. R3: I do believe that's the first-ever instance of back-to-back MDW landings. R4: Beau's last spin scared me a bit, but he got lucky as well as that C call. R5: Great, yet another null cycle edited out...  Bonus Round: I knew it immediately w/ the RSTLNE. Solving the puzzle one second too late is always depressing, as Beau showed us. EPISODE RATING: 6 out of 10 also |
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Post by WayoshiM on Jan 24, 2013 22:40:08 GMT -5
A BR SHUTOUT would dampen the birthdays of yours truly & Wayoshi this Saturday. Too late, Price has already brought me down on top of the very poor week this has been. |
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Post by GonzalesWOF on Jan 24, 2013 23:09:04 GMT -5
R1: Poor timing revealing the puzzle. R2: Funny MW Bankrupt flips.  R3: Two consecutive MDW hits!  BR: 11 second Winnibago loss. :headdesk: |
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Post by MarioGS on Jan 24, 2013 23:11:16 GMT -5
That thing in R1 wasn't actually a late reveal. They dubbed in a shot of the board probably originally filmed during the first spin, because Vanna was clapping throughout before any gameplay even happened. Wonder what went wrong on the original reveal...
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Jan 24, 2013 23:16:24 GMT -5
^ Apparently when the original puzzle came up, it said YOU JUST LOST THE GAME. |
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Post by WarioSajak on Jan 25, 2013 0:40:33 GMT -5
The R3 puzzle sounds like company phraseology. I'm sure the man in the basement was happy to be able to climb those stairs twice in one week after being stuck down there for almost three months. Forgive me for being out of the loop, but who are you talking about? Jim? |
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Jan 25, 2013 1:03:55 GMT -5
^ No. Pat made a joking comment that there's a man downstairs who comes up to replace the $100K with $1,000,000 whenever there's a MDBR, and Mario's trying to turn that into another forum meme.
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Post by stardf29 on Jan 25, 2013 3:33:37 GMT -5
I'm curious; how often does the "Character" category turn up? I can't recall ever seeing it before.
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Post by Guint on Jan 25, 2013 6:33:19 GMT -5
Fictional Character has been renamed Character, as of this week.
Which sucks, as they've apparently retired the other two Fictional categories as a result.
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Post by germanname1990 on Jan 25, 2013 21:41:43 GMT -5
When Beau got the bonus puzzle - a second too late, I just put my face into my hands and went, "That was the answer." As for me, I wouldn't have come up with it.
Now in Rebecca's case, what happened with her should be a lesson. If you're on the show, want to solve a puzzle but have yet to do so, and you land on a Mystery Wedge, take the money, especially if you don't have the money to buy any vowels.
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Post by MarioGS on Jan 28, 2013 18:29:36 GMT -5
[Rebecca] was definitely a good sport. Kristy, however, was not. This turned out to be a major understatement. From Rebecca's blog... Solve a puzzle, finish second, leave angry. Cool story, bro. |
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Post by WarioSajak on Jan 28, 2013 19:28:29 GMT -5
I think Kristy might have been angry because Beau kept winning so much, or because she felt like she may have been/was screwed out of something.
Comparing the two, I think Kristy was more honest about her feelings than Rebecca was.
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Post by jmdarrall on Jan 28, 2013 21:59:46 GMT -5
Reading Rebecca's blog entry makes me think that Kristy, while honest, was classless. No one comes to Stage 11 wanting to lose, but it happens to 2/3 of the people who get there. Further, sometimes you get your butt kicked by a dominant player. That's why you practice, practice, practice and prepare for the show.
Think back and consider the facts...you're one of only about 16,000 people who have played the nighttime version of America's top game show. That's a lot to be proud of. In fact, you had to win to get that far. You could have had a lot of great stories to tell once you got home, but instead you had to be bitter about $3,300. Rebecca was happy just to have the experience, and I really think that's the attitude any Wheel player should have - hell, I would've done the show for free! Further, to prove how grateful I am, I vowed to donate a portion of my winnings to charity.
I'm sure even Beau, Joe, and Audra had a few moments they wish hadn't happened, but they counter those thoughts with the pleasant memories they had. Besides, even Pat Sajak said that more people will be interested in what your experience is like rather than how much you won (I had meetings at two different schools today, and at both places, I had a number of staff members and parents ask me about my trip to LA, so this is certainly true). There are many mantras I live by, but two of them really apply here, and I approached my taping with those attitudes.
1. "You never get a second chance to make a first impression." I hope Kristy got the hell out of Dodge with her sour grapes attitude, because I'm sure it would've upset the remaining contestants or (even worse) the contestant coordinators, who go to extremes to make sure your day at Stage 11 is a special one. I've mentioned it before, but you develop such a great camaradarie with the other players backstage that you have no choice but to be pleasant around them.
2. "Only regret the things you did NOT do, not the things you DID do." You can't change the past, and in the end, it's just a game. Regardless of what opinions you might have, facts are facts: Wheel is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and you have a 2/3 chance of losing, but it's extremely rewarding. For instance, Rebecca is getting more publicity. Once my show airs, I think my sales calls will be so much easier to make and my SAT classes and tutoring will be in greater demand. Further, you get to brag to your friends and family about an amazing day that you'll never forget (and your friends probably won't let you live down, thanks to the miracle of recording)...unless you prefer to forget it because you're bitter over losing.
Even though I'm a very competitive person, I disliked Kristy's attitude. If you're expressing bitterness on stage and backstage, you don't really belong there.
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Post by kristynelloms on Jan 9, 2016 5:01:38 GMT -5
I am so hurt by all the negative comments about me. I was searching for the episode so I could show a friend and was appalled by what I read. First of all right before our show the contestants surprised me by helping my family and I with paying for us to stay another night so we didn't have to drive all the way back to West Virginia right after the show. So I was crying right before we went out. I have been nervous since before I got there and shaking the whole time I was there. I really enjoyed myself on the show. Don't get me wrong EVERYONE wants to win big, I didn't but I won something and for that I am very thankful. Beau did an excellent job and Becca you did also. I am so upset because we lifted each up and talked about the show in positive ways. I DID NOT SAY everything that you said I did and that was very wrong of you to say that and give me a bad name. Pat was very uplifting he could see how nervous as shaky I was and you too could also. I was NEVER BITTER. I was excited just to be able to be a contestant on the show that I watched with my grandmother since I was little. Was I salty when I said a letter that wasn't up there yes, anybody would be. I was NEVER angry. Beau rocked the house that night and did an excellent job, he was really good. I practiced a lot but when you are up there with all those people watching you, it makes you forget or say the wrong thing when you are nervous.
I would like to give a special thanks to the Wheel of Fortune crew for everything that they did for us and for the experience of a lifetime. My family and I talk about it all the time. I was tired and nervous all at the same time and might not have smiled as much as I probably should have but I am not not was I ever BITTER or ANGRY about anything. I thank God for allowing us to find a way to get there because Lord knows it was a struggle. It took family and friends chipping in but we made it and we were extremely happy to be there.
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Post by WooWho on May 20, 2016 1:02:24 GMT -5
On the off-chance that kristynelloms does end up reading this...because I hate to see something like this go unanswered, even after five months... Welcome, Kristy, and I'm sorry you had to come out of the woodwork the way you did after having read these things. Thank you for telling your side of the story; up to this point it was one we hadn't heard, and now that we've been able to hear your side of the equation I'm hoping those who choose to comment on this recap thread in the future will treat you with a little more respect. Allow me to apologize on behalf of the entire staff and membership of the forum. At the same time, I hope you've found it in you to forgive Rebecca for her impulsive remarks; she was a college student at the time, and--having been at that stage not too long ago myself, I feel I'm not terribly out of line when I say this--college students are prone to misread situations. Judging from her tone, I wonder if she was just frustrated that she couldn't have been the one to cheer you up for winning more than she did, without realizing there was more to the story than what she saw. But this is only speculation on my part. Let this be a lesson to the entire membership, especially when commenting on contestant performance: our remarks on these boards are, for the most part, permanently and publicly available. Let us not assume things about contestants until we get to hear their side of the story. |
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Post by mechamind on May 20, 2016 1:19:24 GMT -5
Sometimes it's hard for me to think of the right reply to a comment like that, but I can at least get an idea of what someone is going through.
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