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Post by MarioGS on Dec 4, 2017 13:49:58 GMT -5
Per Tony, a null cycle was cut near the end of Round 1 as soon as it came down to PUFFER.
Go to about 5:20 in the embedded video on page 1. Pat says, "There is a P. There you go." This one is much harder to notice since the spliced spins aren't that far off from Veronica's usual spin power.
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Post by MarioGS on Dec 4, 2017 16:38:07 GMT -5
Good Lord... this one took me all morning and afternoon to research...  Repeats of HIGH and WAY as well as HIGHWAY below. Note that for WAY, I am not counting uses of AWAY, ALWAYS, or FENWAY (PARK). I have also made note of the few other Phrase puzzles beginning with " ON THE...", but those were all by far more sensible than this one. These words are way more common than I thought, and apparently effective since we're going on seven straight losses when either word is used. HIGH has been used every season since at least Season 20, and WAY since Season 21, except for Season 27 where it was not used. Something very interesting to note is that many separate uses of HIGH and WAY have been less than a month apart from each other. Any examples are bolded. Case in point, see HIGH? Expect WAY soon, and vice-versa, though both are out of the WAY (heh) for now. ✔ 10/04/89: HIGH AND DRY ✖ 03/16/90: HIGHER AND HIGHER
✔ 03/31/95: WAY OFF BASE
✖ 12/27/02: HIGH HOPES
✖ 09/12/03: LOOK BOTH WAYS✖ 11/28/03: A WAY WITH WORDS ✔ 01/05/04: HIGHWAY SIGN ✖ 01/20/04: PASSAGE WAY [as Thing]✖ 02/19/04: MAKING HEAD WAY
✔ 09/21/04: BY THE WAY✖ 11/03/04: HIGH VOLTAGE ✔ 12/31/04: HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
✔ 01/31/05: MILKY WAY GALAXY✔ 03/23/05: SUB WAY [as Thing]
✖ 10/05/05: HIGH IN FIBER ✔ 03/15/06: PAVING THE WAY
✖ 03/23/06: SKY-HIGH [as Rhyme Time]✖ 04/26/06: HIGH MARKS [as Phrase]✖ 06/05/06: GOING HALF WAY [as Phrase]
✖ 09/27/06: THE FAIR WAY✖ 11/20/06: WE GO WAY BACK ✖ 12/22/06: I DID IT MY WAY [one of two known uses of Song Lyrics in the Bonus Round]
✔ 12/26/06: HIGH HOPES (again)✖ 03/08/07: HIGHLY ORGANIZED ✖ 04/04/07: HIGH TIME [as Phrase]✖ 05/07/07: HIGH BIDDER
✖ 05/09/07: WAY OF LIFE
✖ 11/20/07: WAIST- HIGH✖ 12/07/07: HIGH-AND-MIGHTY
✖ 10/29/08: HIGH FIVE
✖ 11/12/08: WRONG WAY
✖ 11/21/08: BY THE WAY (again)✔ 02/20/09: HIGH TIDE [as Event]✖ 04/10/09: WAY TO GO
✔ 10/08/09: HIGH PRAISE
✔ 11/04/09: A WAY WITH WORDS (again)✖ 02/08/10: PAVE THE WAY✔ 02/23/10: ON THE HORIZON
✖ 12/03/10: BUSY HIGHWAY [as Place]✔ 12/28/10: ON THE DOUBLE ✖ 12/30/10: A HIGH VOICE ✔ 03/14/11: HIGHLY ORGANIZED (again)
✖ 03/21/11: PUBLIC WALKWAY
✖ 09/21/11: CROWDED SUB WAY [as Thing; this was a $100K loss]✖ 12/06/11: HIGHWAY SIGN (again) ✖ 12/26/11: I'M HALF WAY HOME ✖ 01/02/12: WRONG WAY (again)
✖ 01/06/12: HIGH QUALITY✖ 02/13/12: HIGH FIVE (again) ✔ 04/04/12: ON THE SAME PAGE ✖ 06/01/12: WAY BACK WHEN
✖ 09/24/12: HIGH INCOME
✔ 10/01/12: ON MY WAY✔ 11/05/12: ON THE PHONE ✔ 11/16/12: HIGH POINT
✖ 11/26/12: SUBWAY TOKEN
✔ 11/28/12: HIGH VOLUME✖ 02/13/13: THIGH- HIGH BOOTS ✖ 04/08/13: HIGHLY PROFITABLE
✖ 04/15/13: SCENIC PARKWAY✔ 05/06/13: JUNIOR HIGH [The second of only two wins at the 2013 New York City tapings]
✖ 05/13/13: HALFWAY POINT
✖ 10/22/13: IT'S OUT OF THE WAY✖ 11/13/13: PAVED BIKE WAY✖ 02/25/14: I'VE GOT HIGH HOPES [third bonus puzzle to contain "HIGH HOPES" since 2002; "HIGH HOPES" was also a Toss-Up in 2010]
✖ 10/21/14: HIGH GEAR
✖ 10/27/14: POINT THE WAY [This was a $100K loss]✖ 11/28/14: NARROW PATHWAY [as Place]
✔ 12/22/14: GAME HIGHLIGHTS✔ 12/29/14: BROAD WAY [as Show Biz]✖ 03/02/15: HIGH IMPACT [as Phrase]✖ 04/09/15: WAY BEHIND
✔ 04/22/15: HIGH-TECH GADGETS✔ 06/05/15: HIGHEST BIDDER
✔ 11/02/15: HIGH VELOCITY ✔ 12/22/15: ON MY WAY HOME ✖ 02/03/16: ON OUR WAY TO THE GYM ✖ 02/18/16: PAVED THE WAY [Third derivative of this Phrase since 2006, after PAVING... and PAVE...]✖ 03/07/16: SUB WAY PLATFORM [as Place]✔ 04/28/16: HIGHLY MOTIVATED [This was a $100K win]
✖ 10/03/16: ON OUR WAY TO HAPPY HOUR ✖ 01/13/17: HIGHLY GIFTED ✖ 02/10/17: HIGHEST QUALITY ✖ 02/16/17: WAY OUT OF BOUNDS ✖ 03/24/17: HIGH POINT OF MY DAY [This was a $100K loss]
✖ 03/27/17: MAKE WAY
✖ 12/01/17: ON THE HIGHWAYHere are the category stats as of this episode:  Only four categories >50%, and Fun & Games perfect record is broken, leaving no perfectly-played categories left. And a rough draft of a new stat I've been keeping track of: every month since Season 25 that had words repeated in Season 35 bonus puzzles. It shows that Season 30 is the most popular season for source material. Notably, 31 is not referenced nearly as much as 32-34, perhaps because of that season mostly being reran on GSN right now. The only month that has not been used yet is June 2010, and December 2007 only just now had its first with HIGH-AND-MIGHTY from that month - HIGH making its first appearing this Friday. Note that I am not counting "ON THE..." repeats in this.  The most common months for repeats: May 2013 and December 2015. |
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Post by MarioGS on Dec 4, 2017 19:00:06 GMT -5
Also... December 1 marks one whole year since the last aired $100,000 win.  This is the third time in show history more than one year has elapsed between $100K (or $1M) wins. - Seasons 20-22: 05/21/2003 - 02/03/2005 - Seasons 32-33: 02/23/2015 - 04/28/2016 - Seasons 34-??: 12/01/2016 - ? |
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Dec 4, 2017 20:30:46 GMT -5
TU2 was oddly specific.
Both R4 and R5 seemed rather bonus-puzzle-y.
Interesting that yesterday had an intact SU null, but today they cut one out.
Calling the usually-trap H actually would've helped here.
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Post by tlc38tlc38 on Dec 4, 2017 21:49:14 GMT -5
^Concerning R4 and it possibly being a BR burn-off...
When was the last time a question mark (or any punctuation for that matter) appeared in the BR?
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Dec 4, 2017 21:59:57 GMT -5
Only question mark I've ever seen in the BR is CAN I HAVE A HUG? on 9/28/12.
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Post by MarioGS on Dec 4, 2017 22:00:36 GMT -5
And naturally, the contestant wasted three of her picks with CFVI.
The last use of any punctuation was a hyphen in VACUUM-PACKED BAGS on 10/01/2015. Methinks the show is adding a new "rule" to its ever-growing list of puzzle criteria (no punctuation in the Bonus Round because it's "too easy").
Last apostrophe: DON'T QUIBBLE on 05/22/2014.
Last ampersand: PRIDE & JOY on 02/03/2012.
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Post by mcclellandryan184 on Apr 7, 2020 18:50:25 GMT -5
Sucks to see another contestant end up with the pity $1,000 thanks in part to bad luck on the wheel. As for the BR puzzle, it was just another tricky one there.
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