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Post by acwof on Jan 11, 2018 19:27:53 GMT -5
$1,000 Toss-Up: Thing LE _ EN _ ARY SE _ VIC _
Marcus & Latasha solve LEGENDARY SERVICE. Contestants:
Russ & Kelly Horvath ( horvatron ): They are from Des Plaines, Illinois. Married for thirteen years. Kelly works at a public library, and Ryan is an art educator.
Anne & Ryan ( ryancdn ): They are from Schofield, Wisconsin, but originally from Ontario, Canada. Married for fourteen years.
Marcus & Latasha Kindle: They are from Topeka, Kansas. Latasha works as a tax enforcer, and they have two kids. $2,000 Toss-Up: Fun & GamesPL _ YI _ _ T _ _ _ ER _ A _ L
Russ & Kelly solve PLAYING TETHERBALL. Prize on the Wheel: A Disney Cruise Line trip to the Bahamas worth $9,283 Gift Tag on the Wheel: A $1,000 Mario Badescu Gift Certificate Round 1: Crossword (Into the Woods)
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Russ & Kelly guess a bad T on $700.
Anne & Ryan’s first spin is a BANKRUPT.
Marcus & Latasha get $1,000 and the Gift Tag with 2 S’s worth $500 each, but guess a bad G on $700.
Russ & Kelly spin a BANKRUPT.
Anne & Ryan get $650 from 1 N, buy 2 E’s and 1 A, but then land on BANKRUPT. Marcus & Latasha get $1,400 from 2 M’s worth $700 each, $1,000 from 2 L’s worth $500 each, but guess a bad H on $600.
Russ & Kelly get $1,100 from 2 P’s worth $550 each, and $500 from 1 C. C _ P _ ESS _ L N M MAPLE
Russ & Kelly solve ELM, CYPRESS, PINE, MAPLE for $1,600 → $2,000 House Minimum.
Russ & Kelly: $4,000
Anne & Ryan: $0
Marcus & Latasha: $1,000 BANKRUPT Trash for Round 1: $100 ( Anne & Ryan) Unclaimed Cash/Prizes for Round 1: $3,400 and Gift Tag ( Marcus & Latasha) DUDS for Round 1: T ( Russ & Kelly), G & H ( Marcus & Latasha)
Round 2/Mystery Round: Food & Drink_ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ Anne & Ryan get $1,000 from 2 T’s worth $500 each, buy 4 E’s, $600 from 1 N, $1,400 from 2 R’s worth $700 each, $700 from 1 L, buy 3 O’s, $1,000 from the Mystery Wedge with 1 M, gamble, but reveal a BANKRUPT on the other side.
Marcus & Latasha guess a bad S on $600.
Russ & Kelly get $600 from 1 C, and $700 from 1 Y. CRE _ TE - YO _ R - O _ N / OMELET
Russ & Kelly solve CREATE-YOUR-OWN OMELET for $1,300 → $2,000 House Minimum.
Russ & Kelly: $6,000
Anne & Ryan: $0
Marcus & Latasha: $1,000 BANKRUPT Trash for Round 2: $4,200 ( Anne & Ryan) Unclaimed Cash/Prizes for Round 2: None DUDS for Round 2: S ( Marcus & Latasha)
Round 3/Prize Puzzle Round: What Are You Doing?_ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Marcus & Latasha get $1,500 from 3 T’s worth $500 each, buy 2 E’s and 4 A’s, the latter coming from the Free Play, $700 from 1 K, buy 1 I, $2,700 from 3 N’s worth $900 each, $700 from 1 G, $1,800 from 2 H’s worth $900 each, 2 O’s from the Free Play, $700 from 1 M, $500 and the Wild Card with 1 R, and $1,500 from 3 S’s worth $500 each. TAKING / MORE THAN / A / _ E _ SNA _ SHOTS
Marcus & Latasha are wrong with TAKING MORE THAN A NEW SNAPSHOTS.
Russ & Kelly decide to just solve the puzzle, and solve TAKING MORE THAN A FEW PHOTOGRAPHS for a Danube Cruise worth $10,932.
Russ & Kelly: $16,932
Anne & Ryan: $0
Marcus & Latasha: $1,000 and Wild Card BANKRUPT Trash for Round 3: None Unclaimed Cash/Prizes for Round 3: $9,600 (Marcus & Latasha) DUDS for Round 3: None
$3,000 Toss-Up: PlaceTHE / _ _ _ _ _ T EA _ TH
Anne & Ryan solve THE PLANET EARTH.
Round 4: Phrase_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _
Final Spin: $500
Anne & Ryan: 1 N
Marcus & Latasha: 2 T’s
Russ & Kelly: S (No S) (There was a close-up of Pat's face when this happened, so there was probably a null cycle somewhere in the Speed-Up Round.) Anne & Ryan: 1 L
Marcus & Latasha: 1 K
Russ & Kelly: 1 W
Anne & Ryan: 1 D
Marcus & Latasha: 2 F’s D _ FF _ _ _ LT T _ / KN _ W
Marcus & Latasha solve DIFFICULT TO KNOW for $7,500. Unclaimed Cash/Prizes for Round 4: $1,500 ( Russ & Kelly), $4,500 ( Anne & Ryan) DUDS for Round 4: None END GAME TOTALS:
Russ & Kelly: $16,932 Anne & Ryan: $3,000
Marcus & Latasha: $8,500 and Wild Card (Retired) Total BANKRUPT Trash for this episode: $4,300 ( Anne & Ryan) Total Unclaimed Cash/Prizes for this episode: $19,000 and Gift Tag ($1,500 from Russ & Kelly, $4,500 from Anne & Ryan, $13,000 and Gift Tag from Marcus and Latasha) Total Lose A Turn hits for this episode: None
Russ & Kelly’s category choices for the Bonus Round are Thing, Person, and Place.
$100,000 Bonus Round: Russ & Kelly do not seem to have anybody in the audience with them.
Russ & Kelly spin the Bonus Wheel, and land on the E in GAME. The category is PLACE. RSTLNE gives us this: _ _ S _ _ LE _ _ T _ _ _ E
Russ & Kelly’s BR Picks: C D P O _ PSC _ LE _ OT _ _ _ E Russ & Kelly guess UPSCALE HOTEL and REST, but are unable to solve UPSCALE BOUTIQUE for $35,000.
FINAL WINNING TOTAL: $16,932
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Post by tlc38tlc38 on Jan 11, 2018 19:34:40 GMT -5
Once again, BOUTIQUE rears its ugly head again.
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Post by WayoshiM on Jan 11, 2018 19:56:21 GMT -5
THE PLANET EARTH? Really? What generic hellhole did that puzzle come from?
I do appreciate when the BR difficulty is set beforehand, and we should have had wins on Monday & Wednesday. But we desperately need a win right now, and they should know (but they don't of course) 2018 is now 0-9. That said, BOUTIQUE is plenty hard enough already, did we need a compound tricky adjective on top of it?
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Post by sswagner on Jan 11, 2018 20:02:15 GMT -5
Wife actually guessed the BR correctly. I really had to groan when it come to "Taking more than a new snapshots". I will always wonder if the wife knew the answer on the missolve and thought he was really going to say "More than a few snapshots". Just glad it was not me, because my wife would never let it down that we just handed a Danube cruise to someone else. Ouch.
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Post by ryancdn on Jan 11, 2018 21:41:47 GMT -5
Wife actually guessed the BR correctly. I really had to groan when it come to "Taking more than a new snapshots". I will always wonder if the wife knew the answer on the missolve and thought he was really going to say "More than a few snapshots". Just glad it was not me, because my wife would never let it down that we just handed a Danube cruise to someone else. Ouch. It, however, was Latasha that solved the puzzle and misspoke. I regret not seeing Difficult to Know for some consolation money, but, sometimes you just don't see it. Anyways, the prize puzzle is so important, it was pretty much the game for either team that got to play (not us, lol). |
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Post by genius2751 on Jan 11, 2018 23:33:48 GMT -5
Ryan, with all the bad luck you and Anne received, you did a good job. Glad you won the third Toss-Up!
Otherwise, I think the Horvaths lucked out for most of the front game. Personally, I think that when a player (or team) solves multiple puzzles for the minimum as well as the Prize Puzzle for no cash, it doesn't look good for the BR. But welcome to the boards, Kelly!
Glad Latasha redeemed herself after messing up in the Prize Puzzle. NEW didn't make much sense.
I got the BR with RSTLNE, and it looks like the darn U was the hot vowel.
My rating: 5
I'm pretty sad that our losing streak is now near double digits. Hopefully we can avoid the skunk spray like last season's edition of this theme.
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Jan 12, 2018 1:52:07 GMT -5
"More than a NEW"? Another thuddingly obvious missolve.
I honestly thought R4 was far more difficult to know than the BR. Who even says "difficult to know" anyway?
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Post by horvatron on Jan 12, 2018 8:16:12 GMT -5
Otherwise, I think the Horvaths lucked out for most of the front game. Personally, I think that when a player (or team) solves multiple puzzles for the minimum as well as the Prize Puzzle for no cash, it doesn't look good for the BR. But welcome to the boards, Kelly! Hi there. Actually, I've been on the boards since 2016. I'm curious what you mean by this statement. I would totally agree that we lucked out as we never really had control of the wheel for any length of time. We were batting clean up the whole night. But are you implying that we only solved because of luck and not because we knew anything? We knew almost every puzzle pretty early on but it just wasn't our turn so we ended up just waiting for someone to make a mistake or have a bad spin. By the time it got to us we really had no choice but to solve. |
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Post by MarioGS on Jan 12, 2018 8:22:54 GMT -5
I honestly thought R4 was far more difficult to know than the BR. Who even says "difficult to know" anyway? Seems like an unused BR to me. Also possible that it was originally intended as "HARD TO KNOW" but they figured it was too short. |
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Post by MarioGS on Jan 12, 2018 9:38:29 GMT -5
I'm pretty sad that our losing streak is now near double digits. Assuming it reaches that today (I have zero hope for the month of January or the rest of S35 for that matter), this will be the 11th known losing streak to reach 10 shows or more, and the first since Season 32. - September 2 - 18, 2002 (13)
- June 1 - September 20, 2005 (10)
- October 1 - 12, 2007 (10)
- March 10 - 21, 2008 (10)
- January 16 - 29, 2013 (10)
- January 31 - February 14, 2013 (11)
- April 3 - 17, 2013 (11)
- May 7 - 24, 2013 (14)
- February 26 - March 11, 2015 (10)
- May 14 - 27, 2015 (10)
March 2008 and January 2016 tie for the fewest wins in a calendar month, with three. |
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Post by ryancdn on Jan 12, 2018 9:47:13 GMT -5
Otherwise, I think the Horvaths lucked out for most of the front game. Personally, I think that when a player (or team) solves multiple puzzles for the minimum as well as the Prize Puzzle for no cash, it doesn't look good for the BR. But welcome to the boards, Kelly! Hi there. Actually, I've been on the boards since 2016. I'm curious what you mean by this statement. I would totally agree that we lucked out as we never really had control of the wheel for any length of time. We were batting clean up the whole night. But are you implying that we only solved because of luck and not because we knew anything? We knew almost every puzzle pretty early on but it just wasn't our turn so we ended up just waiting for someone to make a mistake or have a bad spin. By the time it got to us we really had no choice but to solve. The prize puzzle is no brainer, know it, solve it, plain and simple. The show is part skill and part luck, we all know that. Anne and I hogged the wheel round 2. We knew that the mystery wedge was potentially our chance to win the game. After we got the bankrupt, there were maybe 3 letter left. Blue missed. On couples week if you only have 3 letters left and no money, I think it is the best strategy to take the 2k and move on. I don't think anyone wishes anyone else bad luck, but on the flip side we are all there to try and win and we know the misfortunes of our competitors can be our gains. I would have loved to be in your position after the missolve, not because it is enjoyable to see someone make a mistake but because that was a huge (unknown) prize. It sealed the deal! |
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Post by BrainBoggler on Jan 12, 2018 9:58:55 GMT -5
Otherwise, I think the Horvaths lucked out for most of the front game. Personally, I think that when a player (or team) solves multiple puzzles for the minimum as well as the Prize Puzzle for no cash, it doesn't look good for the BR. But welcome to the boards, Kelly! Hi there. Actually, I've been on the boards since 2016. I'm curious what you mean by this statement. I would totally agree that we lucked out as we never really had control of the wheel for any length of time. We were batting clean up the whole night. But are you implying that we only solved because of luck and not because we knew anything? We knew almost every puzzle pretty early on but it just wasn't our turn so we ended up just waiting for someone to make a mistake or have a bad spin. By the time it got to us we really had no choice but to solve. Kelly, I didn't get to see your episode yet, and usually don't have much to add to the post-show conversations, but I first want to say congrats on your winnings, and secondly, I'd like to share my immediate reaction to reading your response to genius's comment. Unless I'm reading out of context, I think genius was in his own way patting you on the back for beating the odds of making it to the Bonus Round despite solving puzzles for the minimum and the Prize Puzzle for no cash. While I can see how you may interpret that as an insult to your game-playing ability, I don't think that's the case here at all. Again, congratulations! I'm hoping to watch your DVR'd episode tonight. |
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Post by genius2751 on Jan 12, 2018 10:01:48 GMT -5
Otherwise, I think the Horvaths lucked out for most of the front game. Personally, I think that when a player (or team) solves multiple puzzles for the minimum as well as the Prize Puzzle for no cash, it doesn't look good for the BR. But welcome to the boards, Kelly! Hi there. Actually, I've been on the boards since 2016. I'm curious what you mean by this statement. I would totally agree that we lucked out as we never really had control of the wheel for any length of time. We were batting clean up the whole night. But are you implying that we only solved because of luck and not because we knew anything? We knew almost every puzzle pretty early on but it just wasn't our turn so we ended up just waiting for someone to make a mistake or have a bad spin. By the time it got to us we really had no choice but to solve. I definitely wasn’t saying you were solving just because of luck. Let me rephrase: I thought you simply benefited from your opponents’ mishaps and cleaned up quite nicely because of that. Sorry if I wasn’t clear. |
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Post by horvatron on Jan 12, 2018 11:14:19 GMT -5
That is why I asked. I wasn't sure what you meant.
When I signed up for the show I knew there were big fans but I didn't realize there were people that made it their hobby to critique and rank every episode and player. I saw some blogs dedicated to play by play commentary. Most pretty innocuous but some just downright mean or judgemental. It's a game show.
I will give one piece of advice to future contestants.... avoid twitter after your episode. I made the mistake of looking. It was really disheartening to see people bash you for your appearance or your perceived personality. To be made fun of for being on a game show is pretty ridiculous. I hadn't really expected it. And I feel just so bad for Latasha and Marcus. The internet has been merciless over that prize puzzle mishap. They were the sweetest people and even gave us a ride to our hotel after. She was really beating herself up after that and I think all the armchair solvers out there who like to rank and rate our performances only make it worse. I think goes against the spirit of the show. Just my 2 cents.
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Jan 12, 2018 12:08:39 GMT -5
I honestly thought R4 was far more difficult to know than the BR. Who even says "difficult to know" anyway? Seems like an unused BR to me. Also possible that it was originally intended as "HARD TO KNOW" but they figured it was too short. Reminds me of TOUGH TO AVOID a few years back. I believe that is still the only $100K puzzle that stumped me. |
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Post by area51john on Jan 12, 2018 12:35:43 GMT -5
Otherwise, I think the Horvaths lucked out for most of the front game. Personally, I think that when a player (or team) solves multiple puzzles for the minimum as well as the Prize Puzzle for no cash, it doesn't look good for the BR. But welcome to the boards, Kelly! Hi there. Actually, I've been on the boards since 2016. I'm curious what you mean by this statement. I would totally agree that we lucked out as we never really had control of the wheel for any length of time. We were batting clean up the whole night. But are you implying that we only solved because of luck and not because we knew anything? We knew almost every puzzle pretty early on but it just wasn't our turn so we ended up just waiting for someone to make a mistake or have a bad spin. By the time it got to us we really had no choice but to solve. Honestly? After watching the episode last night you did what any good WOF contestant should and most of the time, does do. You took advantage of situations that presented themselves to you. Could you have gone after more money in the non-prize puzzle rounds? Sure. But who's to say the wheel might not have been unkind to you and made you pay for that decision. I thought you guys did really well, and I hope you have an absolute BLAST on the Danube!!  John |
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Post by area51john on Jan 12, 2018 12:39:04 GMT -5
Hi there. Actually, I've been on the boards since 2016. I'm curious what you mean by this statement. I would totally agree that we lucked out as we never really had control of the wheel for any length of time. We were batting clean up the whole night. But are you implying that we only solved because of luck and not because we knew anything? We knew almost every puzzle pretty early on but it just wasn't our turn so we ended up just waiting for someone to make a mistake or have a bad spin. By the time it got to us we really had no choice but to solve. Kelly, I didn't get to see your episode yet, and usually don't have much to add to the post-show conversations, but I first want to say congrats on your winnings, and secondly, I'd like to share my immediate reaction to reading your response to genius's comment. Unless I'm reading out of context, I think genius was in his own way patting you on the back for beating the odds of making it to the Bonus Round despite solving puzzles for the minimum and the Prize Puzzle for no cash. While I can see how you may interpret that as an insult to your game-playing ability, I don't think that's the case here at all. Again, congratulations! I'm hoping to watch your DVR'd episode tonight. Solving the Prize Puzzle with no cash is the PERFECT thing to do You know you're going to win a phenomenal trip, and in this case turned out to be the difference between going to the BR and not making it there. Coming from experience, I am totally OK w/anyone solving the Prize Puzzle that way and I wouldn't have done it any differently Don't chance the wheel taking that getaway away from you. My wife and I are going to enjoy our 15th Anniversary in STYLE thanks to my opponent hitting bankrupt right before my turn during the Prize Puzzle Round Not going to feel bad about it LOL John |
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Post by ryancdn on Jan 12, 2018 13:42:54 GMT -5
I will give one piece of advice to future contestants.... avoid twitter after your episode. I made the mistake of looking. It was really disheartening to see people bash you for your appearance or your perceived personality. To be made fun of for being on a game show is pretty ridiculous. I hadn't really expected it. And I feel just so bad for Latasha and Marcus. The internet has been merciless over that prize puzzle mishap. They were the sweetest people and even gave us a ride to our hotel after. She was really beating herself up after that and I think all the armchair solvers out there who like to rank and rate our performances only make it worse. I think goes against the spirit of the show. Just my 2 cents. You know, you get caught up in the show and what happens, but you also get a chance to eventually come back down to earth. I know they were not happy, my wife did not know what to say while I was upstairs signing stuff. Then you told me what they did after the show, and given the circumstances, it was very nice of them. Anytime someone is on national TV, they put themselves out there and there is going to be stuff said whether we like it or not. The fact is when you get on this program you really become a member of an elite group. Over a million people apply, less than 600 get on a year? That is a crazy small pool! I still think this game is way easier in my living room, but I had a hell of a time doing it in studio. |
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Post by area51john on Jan 12, 2018 13:50:25 GMT -5
I will give one piece of advice to future contestants.... avoid twitter after your episode. I made the mistake of looking. It was really disheartening to see people bash you for your appearance or your perceived personality. To be made fun of for being on a game show is pretty ridiculous. I hadn't really expected it. And I feel just so bad for Latasha and Marcus. The internet has been merciless over that prize puzzle mishap. They were the sweetest people and even gave us a ride to our hotel after. She was really beating herself up after that and I think all the armchair solvers out there who like to rank and rate our performances only make it worse. I think goes against the spirit of the show. Just my 2 cents. You know, you bet caught up in the show and what happens, but you also get a chance to eventually come back down to earth. I know they were not happy, my wife did not know what to say while I was upstairs signing stuff. Then you told me what they did after the show, and given the circumstances, it was very nice of them. Anytime someone is on national TV, they put themselves out there and there is going to be stuff said whether we like it or not. The fact is when you get on this program you really become a member of an elite group. Over a million people apply, less than 600 get on a year? That is a crazy small pool! I still think this game is way easier in my living room, but I had a hell of a time doing it in studio. I absolutely agree 10,000,000% with everything you said! We are DEFINITELY part of an Elite Group, and I think the hardest part was not being able to tell anyone anything about the episode or anything like that for 2 months until the show actually aired. Was one of the hardest things I've had to do since I'm extremely close with my family. I'm glad you guys were at least able to walk away with more than just the house minimum!! Wish you could have won more because you guys were great players!! Finally I also think it's easier to solve puzzles when you're sitting in the comfort of your own living room, but for me, once I was able to solve the 2nd Toss Up everything slowed down/calmed down and I literally felt like I was AT home playing along like I normally do every night LOL Congrats again and welcome to the Club!!! John |
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Post by ryancdn on Jan 12, 2018 14:25:51 GMT -5
So I cannot comment on the BR because we did not make it there. I had my mind set on Sea and Shores and shipping type puzzles for the first tossup, I was not thinking along the lines of slogan, Latasha got it a little quicker than I. Russ sort of hit that second puzzle earlier, I thought it was a good solve, I told him good job on the show. We had every puzzle up to the last one, so I think after the first puzzle we settled in. The BR stakes are higher though, 35k minimum, surely there is some sense of stress put on that.
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