The encore dance of the week is the Paso Doble from Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson.
I can tell you right now I was wrong- Rocco DiSpirito and Karina Smirnoff are the second team to advance to next week. I guess DiSpirito's popular, too. At this point, Kim Kardashian's team is now in the most danger tonight, IMO.
This week's musical guest is Jessica Simpson, performing "Come On Over" and "Angels".
The actual last two teams standing...
...Kim Kardashian & Mark Ballas and Cloris Leachman & Corky Ballas. So one way or the other, one of the Ballas boys is out of the competition, and one of the popular celebrities has met her doom. On this final day of September, it's also the final day in competition for...
Cloris & Corky
Kim & Mark
...Kim Kardashian & Mark Ballas. That means Mark has gone from a championship last season to his earliest exit to date on this show.
(Just before the final reveal, Cloris' motions were priceless!)
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
9/30/2008 Results
TPIR: Episode 4453K begins with Cari, Michelle, Sharken and Amy. The first IUFB is surfing/bodyboarding equipment (Rachael).
Amy: $650
Sharken: $699
Michelle: $500
Cari: $380 (STAGE GARF)
ARP: $1,096
Sharken Arriaga will try to chomp up a floor clock, a cotton candy machine (Brandi), a guitar and a fireplace (Tamiko) in Shopping Spree (Drew again makes the mistake of saying that just two/three prizes will be offered in similar games like this). Today's target is $3,700.
1. Guitar- $699 ($3,001)
2. Clock- $1,535 ($1,466)
3. Cotton candy machine- $1,408 (LOSS)
The fireplace was $1,300.
Coming on down fifth is Irene and the second IUFB is a ceiling fan (Brandi).
Irene: $995
Michelle: $615
Cari: $700
Amy: BUCK
ARP: $1,671
Irene Sherry, one of the first fans of Drew's "Alakazam" from Roseville, CA, plays the Grand Game. Target today is $8 and the products are Ziploc bags, Ester-C, Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Lotion, Aspercreme Heat, dog food and SnoreStop.
1. Ziploc bags- $2.99 ($10)
2. SnoreStop- $4.99 ($100)
3. Aspercreme- $6.79 ($1,000)
She should know that the dog food is less at $4.49...but she chooses the Ester-C at $15.99 instead, so no cash here for her. The lotion was $9.15.
Brettany is next to enter Contestant's Row and the third IUFB is a picnic table (Tamiko).
Brettany: $999
Michelle: $600
Cari: $525
Amy: $1,000
ARP: $999, meaning Brettany Smith has the season's first $500 Perfect Bid!
It also means she'll play Spelling Bee for a Honda Civic (Rachael). Her freebies are #7 and #11.
1. Football grill
BID: $25
ARP: $40- NO
2. Cutting board
BID: $35
ARP: $25- PICKS #23
3. Pedometer
BID: $45
ARP: $40- PICKS #12
Drew almost didn't give her a chance to bailout with $4,000 before showing the first card, but she goes for it anyway. Maybe he shouldn't have offered the bailout at all- the first card reads CAR! She had an A and two C's the rest of the way out.
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Sharken ($1,096): $.70
Irene ($1,671): 15 + 40 = $.55
Brettany ($19,959): $.85
For the second straight day, a Honda winner makes the Showcase!
Next to "Come on Down" is Jose and the fourth IUFB is a chair/ottoman (Rachael).
Jose: $975
Michelle: $1,100
Cari: $1,150
Amy: $1,200
ARP: $1,642
Amy Woods, who will attend college starting this fall to try and become a doctor, plays Flip Flop for a pair of motorcycles (Brandi & Tamiko; when the game spun around, the wall got stuck!). Board:
7889
She flips...but that's it, so she loses with a guess of $8,789, because that breaks the rule of having an even number be the last number in the price of a pair of something. ARP: $8,798. She hit the button herself in the final reveal.
Sherry then comes on down and the fifth IUFB is a set of digital cameras (Rachael & Tamiko).
Sherry: $625
Jose: $1,250
Michelle: $475
Cari: $500
ARP: $780
Sherry Huff, after she gets that final checkmark on her shirt from Drew on her life dreams shirt, will have the chance to huff to a Honda Accord Sedan (Std., AT, Mats)(Tamiko), but only if she wins Any Number. Also up for grabs in this game is crystal stemware (Brandi). First number in this Honda is 2.
1. 4- Stemware ($ _ _ 4)
2. 6- Pricey Ziffel ($ _ . 6 _)
3. 5- Stemware ($ 5 _ 4)
4. 8- Pricey Ziffel ($ 8. 6 _)
5. 3- CAR ($ 2 _ , _ 3 _)
6. 9- CAR ($ 2 _, 9 3 _)
7. 7- CAR ($ 2 _ , 9 3 7)
Final pick: 2- LOSS (Wins $8.62)
The car was $21,937 and the stemware was $504. The bad news is that she fell just short of pulling off a great Any Number comeback. The good news- she already has three cars at her house.
Coming on down last is Michelle and the final IUFB is luggage (Brandi).
Michelle C.: $500
Jose: $725
Michelle T.: $800
Cari: $801
ARP: $980, meaning Michelle Turner is the season's fourth member of the First Four Breakfast Club while Cari Castle escapes it.
She now plays Coming or Going for a trip to Scottsdale, AZ (Rachael & Tamiko). If she's Coming, her guess would be $5,316. If she's Going, her guess would be $6,135. In the end, she's Coming...to Arizona!
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #2:
Sherry ($789): Quarter + 30 = $.55
Amy ($1,642): $.80
Cari ($6,296): 50 + 70 = OVER
Dr. Amy's in the Showcase.
The first Showcase has the models very tired. First, because of Brandi being so sleepy, she let the liquids of her cooking overflow on her new range. Second, Tamiko's worn out over working out too much with her new home gym. Finally, Rachael's caught sleeping while sailing with a new Sanibel sailboat!
AMY BIDS $27,000 ON BOAT SHOWCASE
MY BID FOR BOAT SHOWCASE: $29,250
For Brettany, we have an Ashley living room, a wireless reading device (Brandi) and a trip to Australia (Rachael).
BRETTANY BIDS $17,000 ON ROOM/TRIP SHOWCASE
MY BID FOR ROOM/TRIP SHOWCASE: $21,100
BRETTANY'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $17,000
ARP: $17,770
DIFFERENCE: $770
AMY'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $27,000
ARP: $27,474
DIFFERENCE: $474- WINS BY $296!!
Two great Showcase bids today, but it's Dr. Woods who wins with $29,116 in prizes!
Opportunity Knocks: The Laut Family from Lakewood, CA plays tonight. Joining mom (a teacher) and dad (a football coach) are Aaron (big brother who loves reptiles) and Megan (the messy girl of the group). Cody (a shy boy) will be involved in at least one question a little later.
Mom is first, and her name is Rebecca.
BONUS PRIZE #1: Mexican Rivera Cruise
1. Pick the one person out of four that was NOT an umpire during one of Aaron's baseball games.
PICK: #3- CORRECT ($2,500)
2. Complete the following inspirational saying on dad's bench press: "The harder you work..."
GUESS: "...the harder it is to quit"- RIGHT ($7,500)
3. Two mail envelopes with different families' names are given- the Geiers and the Finks. She needs to locate both families in the audience and give both families their respective mail.
SUCCESSFUL?- YES ($15,000)
4. Two years ago, Cody wrote up a recipe for what a mom should be. The first ingredient is 100 pounds of something; what is it?
GUESS: Love- SWEEP! ($25,000)
Megan is second.
BONUS PRIZE #2: Tickets to a "Hannah Montana" and "Wizards of Waverly Place" taping
1. Left or right- on which side of the parents' bed does dad sleep on?
GUESS: Right- CORRECT ($27,500)
2. Find the one set of feet that belongs to her mom's.
PICK: #2- RIGHT AGAIN ($32,500)
3. Which of the following was Cody's real campaign slogan for being class president?
A: "Down with cooties, up with Cody!"
B: "You better not pout, vote for Cody Laut"
C: "You won't have to doubt when you vote for Cody Laut"
D: "Give some clout to Cody Laut"
GUESS: "You won't have to doubt when you vote for Cody Laut"- RIGHT AGAIN ($40,000)
OFFER: Tickets to "Hannah Montana" and "Wizards of Waverly Place" for $10,000- NO SALE
FINAL OFFER: The tickets for $5,000- SOLD! ($35,000)
4. Find her plush dog in her closet within a minute.
SUCCESSFUL?- YES ($45,000)
Their dad, Ron, is third.
BONUS PRIZE #3: Ford F-150 Supercab (Fully loaded)
1. Two patches of grass are shown; pick the one that belongs to his lawn.
PICK: #1- RIGHT ($47,500)
2. Give the exact name of Cody's favorite blanket.
GUESS: Old Friend- YES INDEED ($52,500)
3. Pick the one topless shot of the given four that was taken on his honeymoon.
GUESS: C- RIGHT AGAIN ($60,000)
$25,000 OFFER TO BUY TRUCK- NO SALE
4. On what day of the week were all of his kids born?
GUESS: Tuesday- NO (A: Monday)
That's the second week in a row a father has blown a car for his family because he didn't take the $25,000 offer prior to the final question.
Hence, Aaron is last.
FINAL BONUS PRIZE: EA Sports Madden 20th Anniversary prize package
1. Name the scariest pet in his bedroom, according to Megan.
GUESS: Toad- NO (A: Gecko)
2. Pick the one salsa out of the given four that was made by his mom.
GUESS: #1- RIGHT ($65,000)
3. What was the final score of the 2003 Fiesta Bowl which Ohio State won?
GUESS: Ohio State 32, Miami FL 28- NO (A: Ohio State 31, Miami, FL 24)
4. Put the eight pictures of his family in the order they appear in the photo frame inside their house.
SUCCESSFUL?- NO
Bonus Round: Rebecca decides to try to double the bank to $130,000.
Ron: Which of his three kids is most like him?
Megan: Name her favorite subject in school.
Aaron: ID his favorite trophy.
Before we get to that, however, it's time to give another family a chance at $50,000. A girlfriend is asked to identify the first and last name of her boyfriend.
GUESS: Chris Lowry- WIN!
Now, back to the Louts and the chance at $130,000 cash in addition to their two trips. Rebecca decides to try and match the dad and Aaron. Her guesses:
Megan: Reading- CORRECT
Aaron: Football trophy
Ron: Aaron (She wanted to say Cody originally)
If both of the remaining answers turn green, they're six-figure winners...
Aaron: Football trophy
Ron: Aaron
...JUST WON $130,000!
DOND: This week is Small Buisness Owners Week. The week's second contestant is #1, Angela Whitney. She owns an interior light company, and wants to re-invest money for her company. She swaps out for Nassim's #3.
ROUND 1:
1. #1 (Nassim)- $75,000
2 #10 (Asheesh)- $25,000
3. #5 (Lizzie)- $2,500
4. #15 (Summer)- $100
5. #21 (J.T.)- $1,000
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $18,000
ROUND 2:
1. #11 (Will)- $250,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
2. #8 (Carl)- PENNY
3. #20 (Marc S.)- $5,000
4. #6 (Mark A.)- $7,500
5. #4 (Nicole)- $500
SECOND OFFER: $15,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 3:
1. #14 (Tania)- BUCK
2. #12 (Marie)- $25
3. #18 (Annette)- $200
4. #22 (Zach)- $300
THIRD OFFER: $29,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #2 (Erin)- $10
2. #16 (Bright)- $100,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
FOURTH OFFER: $24,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #17 (Raymond)- $400
2. #19 (Danny)- HP
Danny is today's $10,000 HP package winner!
FIFTH OFFER: $43,000- NO DEAL
19th PICK: #7 (Shannon)- $5
SIXTH OFFER: $87,000- NO DEAL
20th PICK: #9 (Vasillia)- $500,000 (BIG STRIKE TWO!!)
FINAL OFFER: $18,000- NO DEAL
Is she $50,000 richer?...
...NO. That means she's the lowest winner to date on the daytime version of "Deal" with $50. Mark V. had the $50K.
WOF: Tonight's first Toss-Up category is Occupation:
T A X _
_ _ _ _ _ R
Lindsey solves TAXI DRIVER for $1,000. Our players this time out:
Lindsey Waitzman (Vernon Hills, IL)- Genetic counselor
Denene Salsbury (Kona, HI)- Property manager
Chad Coates (Diamond Head, MI)- Stay-at-home dad/computer technician
Toss-Up #2 category is Food & Drink:
_ _ _/_ _ _ _ E/
_ U N D _ _
Lindsey solves HOT FUDGE SUNDAE to add another $2,000 and control.
Round 1 is tonight's Prize Puzzle Round and the category for it is Fun & Games. Out on the wheel now is an Alaskan Cruise worth $6,298. Lindsey starts out by calling three N's for $900 and the Free Spin. After she buys the A's and I's, we have...
_ _ I N G I N G/A _/A/
_ I N A _ A
...she calls a pair of T's for another $600 and solves SWINGING AT A PINATA for another $2,600 and a trip to Ixtapa, Mexico, a total of $10,970 in cash and trip.
NO DUDS OR BANKRUPTS THIS ROUND
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: KS07435
Eggland's Best Jackpot Round category is Landmark. After Denene duds out with a U purchase, we have Chad in control with this showing:
THE/A _ _ _ _ _/THEATER/_ _/
H A R _ E _
He calls a dud consonant in F. Lindsey calls a $400 N and buys the I, then calls the L's for another $10,500 and solves THE APOLLO THEATER IN HARLEM for another $10,650 and $21,620 total!
DUDS: F, U (don't quit your day job, John Cena!)
Meinee $10,000 Mystery Round category is Same Name. Chad starts out with a call of R for his friends back in Tampa, but it's a dud! Lindsey calls the T's for $800 but then hits the night's first Bankrupt, so she uses her Free Spin. She then calls a pair of S's for the Wild Card, but then loses it right back to one of the Bankrupts on the Million Dollar Wedge. Denene then hits a Mystery Wedge and calls an L. She flips...another Bankrupt this round. Chad then calls a $3,500 P and we have...
_ _ L _/&/S _ _ _ T/
S P _ T
...I'm not sure about the first word. After a $450 D, he calls a dud in C, getting rid of my guess of COLD & SWEET SPOT. Back to Lindsey, she calls a $3,500 B, then buys the A and the O, but then calls a dud in H. Denene strikes out with G. Chad then buys the E's and solves BALD & SWEET SPOT for $3,700.
DUDS: C, G, H, R
BANKRUPTS: 3 (2 by Lindsey, 1 by Denene)
$3,000 Toss-Up category is Around the House:
D R _ P
C _ I L _ _ G
Chad solves DROP CEILING for another $3,000 and $6,700 total. Next category is Place, and he starts the round with Lose a Turn. Later, Lindsey buys the O's and we have...
_ O _
O _ _ _ _ _ N C _
S C _ O O L
...I've got this. After a $300 H, she buys the E's and solves DOG OBEDIENCE SCHOOL to go to $22,620!
DUDS: A, R, T
Speed-Up Round category is Things after a little work by Lindsey and consonants are worth $1,900 apiece. After Chad calls the R's...
N _ _ _ E _ S/D _ _ E S/AND/
_ _ A R T E R S
...they're all types of coins and he gets it, NICKELS, DIMES AND QUARTERS for another $3,800 and a final total of $10,500! Denene has the $1,000 consolation check and Lindsey is our champion with $22,620!
Big Money Round: Lindsey's a decent player; let's see if she can keep it up here. She spins the E in AMERICA'S and the category is Thing. Starting with:
_ _ _ T/_ _/_ _ R N _ S _
I think the last word is FURNISH. She calls C, D, H and A and gets...
C _ A T/_ _/_ A R N _ S H
...she guesses COAT OF VARNISH...RIGHT! I thought it was COAT OF GARNISH instead! That wins her another $30,000 and $52,620 total! Andy, you can now put that shutout worry to bed!
(Note: For the first time in a while, we got full-screen credits of the prize manufacturers.)
Jeopardy!: For Wes Pierce's first title defense, she will face:
Tova Perlmutter (Windsor Ontario, Canada)- Non-profit executive
Matt Saxe (originally from St. Louis)- Fundraiser
Opening categories:
"I" ON THE WORLD
1990s POP/ROCK
AIRLINE CARRY-ON NO-NOs
WORDS IN SEPTEMBER (each correct response will use some of the letters of the word September)
COLORADO
WHY DON'T YOU COME TO YOUR SENSES?
At the first break, Perlmutter leads with $4,200. The champ has $1,800 and Saxe has zip. Pierce's the one who gets the Daily Double under the $1,000 Colorado clue with three grand so far. Perlmutter now has $4,800. His wager is face value ($1,000).
In 1870 this man helped young men go west by sponsoring a Colorado farming colony.
"Who is Horace Greeley?"...is right to go to four grand! At the end of the round, Perlmutter has $6,400, with the champ trailing her by a grand. Saxe's up to $2,800.
ROUND 1 LACH TRASH: $1,800
DJ! Categories:
MEDICINE & HISTORY
3 OR MORE WIVES (the husband must be IDed in each correct response)
BIBLE BROS.
FACE BOOK
STOCK SYMBOL SHOPPING
GOOD "P.R."
Thanks largely to the Stock Symbol Shopping category, Pierce's the first to break five figures. He then gets everything but the $400 "P.R." clue to go to $16,600! But it's Perlmutter who finds the round's first Daily Double under the $1,600 Bible Bros. clue with $8,400. Saxe has $3,600. Her wager is five grand:
This Biblical patriarch's brothers were Haran and Nahor and he was lot's uncle.
"Who is Abraham?"...IS RIGHT to jump to $13,400! She then gets the $2,000 clue in that category to go to $15,400 with all of this still in play:
Medicine & History: ALL
3 or More Wives: $1,600 & $2,000
Face Book: $800-$2,000
$1,600 3 OR MORE WIVES CLUE:
Judy Nye, Janie Shirley Smith, Jane Fonda
Matt: "Who is Ted Turner?"- CORRECT ($5,200); LAST 3 OR MORE WIVES CLUE
Melissa Lee Gatlin, Toni Lawrence, Cynda Williams, Pietra Dawn Cherniak, Angelina Jolie
Wes: "Who is Billy Bob Thornton?"- RIGHT ($18,600); $400 MEDICINE & HISTORY CLUE
When Queen Victoria's granddaughter married into the Russian Royal House, this blood disease went with her.
Matt: "What is anemia?"- INCORRECT ($4,800)
Tova: "What is hemophilia?"- CORRECT ($15,800); $1,200 MEDICINE & HISTORY CLUE (she's going Daily Double Hunting at this point)
In 1996, Michael DeBakey advised this Russian to have a bypass, prolonging his presidency and life.
Tova: "Who is Yeltzin?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($17,000); $1,600 MEDICINE & HISTORY CLUE
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIILLLLLLYYYY DOUBLE #2! $3,000 is her wager. For 20 grand and the lead:
Generations of inbreeding doomed this dynasty in Spain as Charles II was both witless & childless.
"What is Habsburg?"...THAT'S IT FOR $20,000 AND THE LEAD!
$2,000 MEDICINE & HISTORY CLUE:
Napoleon's invasion of Russia was partly doomed by epidemic typhus, primarily carried by bacteria on this parasite.
Nova: "What are the fleas?"- NO ($18,000)
TRIPLE STUMPER: Lice
FINAL MEDICINE & HISTORY CLUE FOR $800:
Montezuma's real revenge: A 1741 British expedition to conquer Mexico was devastated by this "colorful" disease.
Wes: "What is yellow fever?"- RIGHT ($19,400)
FACE BOOK, THE LAST REMAINING CATEGORY, CONTINUES WITH THIS $800 CLUE:
Robert Louis Wilken's "The Spirit of Early Christian Thought" is subtitled "Seeking the Face of" him.
Wes: "Who is Christ?"- NO ($18,600)
TRIPLE STUMPER: God
$1,200:
Teen Jane Johnson realizes she was kidnapped in Caroline Cooney's "The Face On" this, where missing kids are pictured.
Wes: "What is a milk carton?"- CORRECT ($19,800)
$1,600:
After penning "My Stroke of Luck", this Hollywood legend shared "90 years of living, loving and learning" in "Let's Face It".
TRIPLE STUMPER: Kirk Douglas
FINAL CLUE OF THE ROUND:
"Cover Her Face" is an Adam Dalgliesh mystery by this British woman.
Tova: "Who is PD James?"- CORRECT ($20,000)
DJ! LACH TRASH: $6,000
And we have an exciting FJ! situation for the second day in a row- this time, it's because of a potential big payoff!
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Wes: $19,800
Matt: $4,800
Tova: $20,000
CORYAT SCORES:
Wes: $19,800
Matt: $4,800
Tova: $15,200
FJ! CATEGORY: Peninsular Nations.
It's the largest country in the world without any permanent natural rivers or lakes.
MATT:
Response: NOTHING
Wager: $2,000
Final score: $2,800
The champ wrote down "What is Yemen?"...
"What is Yemen?"
...NO. But it only costs him $201, so he's at $19,599. Perlmutter's response was nothing. Correct: What is Saudi Arabia? Her wager was...
...$19,601, so she drops to a $1,000-winning total of $399, and thanks to Pierce betting correctly about the final clue being a Triple Stumper, he's now a two-day champion! Two-day total: $33,800.
Amy: $650
Sharken: $699
Michelle: $500
Cari: $380 (STAGE GARF)
ARP: $1,096
Sharken Arriaga will try to chomp up a floor clock, a cotton candy machine (Brandi), a guitar and a fireplace (Tamiko) in Shopping Spree (Drew again makes the mistake of saying that just two/three prizes will be offered in similar games like this). Today's target is $3,700.
1. Guitar- $699 ($3,001)
2. Clock- $1,535 ($1,466)
3. Cotton candy machine- $1,408 (LOSS)
The fireplace was $1,300.
Coming on down fifth is Irene and the second IUFB is a ceiling fan (Brandi).
Irene: $995
Michelle: $615
Cari: $700
Amy: BUCK
ARP: $1,671
Irene Sherry, one of the first fans of Drew's "Alakazam" from Roseville, CA, plays the Grand Game. Target today is $8 and the products are Ziploc bags, Ester-C, Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Lotion, Aspercreme Heat, dog food and SnoreStop.
1. Ziploc bags- $2.99 ($10)
2. SnoreStop- $4.99 ($100)
3. Aspercreme- $6.79 ($1,000)
She should know that the dog food is less at $4.49...but she chooses the Ester-C at $15.99 instead, so no cash here for her. The lotion was $9.15.
Brettany is next to enter Contestant's Row and the third IUFB is a picnic table (Tamiko).
Brettany: $999
Michelle: $600
Cari: $525
Amy: $1,000
ARP: $999, meaning Brettany Smith has the season's first $500 Perfect Bid!
It also means she'll play Spelling Bee for a Honda Civic (Rachael). Her freebies are #7 and #11.
1. Football grill
BID: $25
ARP: $40- NO
2. Cutting board
BID: $35
ARP: $25- PICKS #23
3. Pedometer
BID: $45
ARP: $40- PICKS #12
Drew almost didn't give her a chance to bailout with $4,000 before showing the first card, but she goes for it anyway. Maybe he shouldn't have offered the bailout at all- the first card reads CAR! She had an A and two C's the rest of the way out.
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Sharken ($1,096): $.70
Irene ($1,671): 15 + 40 = $.55
Brettany ($19,959): $.85
For the second straight day, a Honda winner makes the Showcase!
Next to "Come on Down" is Jose and the fourth IUFB is a chair/ottoman (Rachael).
Jose: $975
Michelle: $1,100
Cari: $1,150
Amy: $1,200
ARP: $1,642
Amy Woods, who will attend college starting this fall to try and become a doctor, plays Flip Flop for a pair of motorcycles (Brandi & Tamiko; when the game spun around, the wall got stuck!). Board:
7889
She flips...but that's it, so she loses with a guess of $8,789, because that breaks the rule of having an even number be the last number in the price of a pair of something. ARP: $8,798. She hit the button herself in the final reveal.
Sherry then comes on down and the fifth IUFB is a set of digital cameras (Rachael & Tamiko).
Sherry: $625
Jose: $1,250
Michelle: $475
Cari: $500
ARP: $780
Sherry Huff, after she gets that final checkmark on her shirt from Drew on her life dreams shirt, will have the chance to huff to a Honda Accord Sedan (Std., AT, Mats)(Tamiko), but only if she wins Any Number. Also up for grabs in this game is crystal stemware (Brandi). First number in this Honda is 2.
1. 4- Stemware ($ _ _ 4)
2. 6- Pricey Ziffel ($ _ . 6 _)
3. 5- Stemware ($ 5 _ 4)
4. 8- Pricey Ziffel ($ 8. 6 _)
5. 3- CAR ($ 2 _ , _ 3 _)
6. 9- CAR ($ 2 _, 9 3 _)
7. 7- CAR ($ 2 _ , 9 3 7)
Final pick: 2- LOSS (Wins $8.62)
The car was $21,937 and the stemware was $504. The bad news is that she fell just short of pulling off a great Any Number comeback. The good news- she already has three cars at her house.
Coming on down last is Michelle and the final IUFB is luggage (Brandi).
Michelle C.: $500
Jose: $725
Michelle T.: $800
Cari: $801
ARP: $980, meaning Michelle Turner is the season's fourth member of the First Four Breakfast Club while Cari Castle escapes it.
She now plays Coming or Going for a trip to Scottsdale, AZ (Rachael & Tamiko). If she's Coming, her guess would be $5,316. If she's Going, her guess would be $6,135. In the end, she's Coming...to Arizona!
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #2:
Sherry ($789): Quarter + 30 = $.55
Amy ($1,642): $.80
Cari ($6,296): 50 + 70 = OVER
Dr. Amy's in the Showcase.
The first Showcase has the models very tired. First, because of Brandi being so sleepy, she let the liquids of her cooking overflow on her new range. Second, Tamiko's worn out over working out too much with her new home gym. Finally, Rachael's caught sleeping while sailing with a new Sanibel sailboat!
AMY BIDS $27,000 ON BOAT SHOWCASE
MY BID FOR BOAT SHOWCASE: $29,250
For Brettany, we have an Ashley living room, a wireless reading device (Brandi) and a trip to Australia (Rachael).
BRETTANY BIDS $17,000 ON ROOM/TRIP SHOWCASE
MY BID FOR ROOM/TRIP SHOWCASE: $21,100
BRETTANY'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $17,000
ARP: $17,770
DIFFERENCE: $770
AMY'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $27,000
ARP: $27,474
DIFFERENCE: $474- WINS BY $296!!
Two great Showcase bids today, but it's Dr. Woods who wins with $29,116 in prizes!
Opportunity Knocks: The Laut Family from Lakewood, CA plays tonight. Joining mom (a teacher) and dad (a football coach) are Aaron (big brother who loves reptiles) and Megan (the messy girl of the group). Cody (a shy boy) will be involved in at least one question a little later.
Mom is first, and her name is Rebecca.
BONUS PRIZE #1: Mexican Rivera Cruise
1. Pick the one person out of four that was NOT an umpire during one of Aaron's baseball games.
PICK: #3- CORRECT ($2,500)
2. Complete the following inspirational saying on dad's bench press: "The harder you work..."
GUESS: "...the harder it is to quit"- RIGHT ($7,500)
3. Two mail envelopes with different families' names are given- the Geiers and the Finks. She needs to locate both families in the audience and give both families their respective mail.
SUCCESSFUL?- YES ($15,000)
4. Two years ago, Cody wrote up a recipe for what a mom should be. The first ingredient is 100 pounds of something; what is it?
GUESS: Love- SWEEP! ($25,000)
Megan is second.
BONUS PRIZE #2: Tickets to a "Hannah Montana" and "Wizards of Waverly Place" taping
1. Left or right- on which side of the parents' bed does dad sleep on?
GUESS: Right- CORRECT ($27,500)
2. Find the one set of feet that belongs to her mom's.
PICK: #2- RIGHT AGAIN ($32,500)
3. Which of the following was Cody's real campaign slogan for being class president?
A: "Down with cooties, up with Cody!"
B: "You better not pout, vote for Cody Laut"
C: "You won't have to doubt when you vote for Cody Laut"
D: "Give some clout to Cody Laut"
GUESS: "You won't have to doubt when you vote for Cody Laut"- RIGHT AGAIN ($40,000)
OFFER: Tickets to "Hannah Montana" and "Wizards of Waverly Place" for $10,000- NO SALE
FINAL OFFER: The tickets for $5,000- SOLD! ($35,000)
4. Find her plush dog in her closet within a minute.
SUCCESSFUL?- YES ($45,000)
Their dad, Ron, is third.
BONUS PRIZE #3: Ford F-150 Supercab (Fully loaded)
1. Two patches of grass are shown; pick the one that belongs to his lawn.
PICK: #1- RIGHT ($47,500)
2. Give the exact name of Cody's favorite blanket.
GUESS: Old Friend- YES INDEED ($52,500)
3. Pick the one topless shot of the given four that was taken on his honeymoon.
GUESS: C- RIGHT AGAIN ($60,000)
$25,000 OFFER TO BUY TRUCK- NO SALE
4. On what day of the week were all of his kids born?
GUESS: Tuesday- NO (A: Monday)
That's the second week in a row a father has blown a car for his family because he didn't take the $25,000 offer prior to the final question.
Hence, Aaron is last.
FINAL BONUS PRIZE: EA Sports Madden 20th Anniversary prize package
1. Name the scariest pet in his bedroom, according to Megan.
GUESS: Toad- NO (A: Gecko)
2. Pick the one salsa out of the given four that was made by his mom.
GUESS: #1- RIGHT ($65,000)
3. What was the final score of the 2003 Fiesta Bowl which Ohio State won?
GUESS: Ohio State 32, Miami FL 28- NO (A: Ohio State 31, Miami, FL 24)
4. Put the eight pictures of his family in the order they appear in the photo frame inside their house.
SUCCESSFUL?- NO
Bonus Round: Rebecca decides to try to double the bank to $130,000.
Ron: Which of his three kids is most like him?
Megan: Name her favorite subject in school.
Aaron: ID his favorite trophy.
Before we get to that, however, it's time to give another family a chance at $50,000. A girlfriend is asked to identify the first and last name of her boyfriend.
GUESS: Chris Lowry- WIN!
Now, back to the Louts and the chance at $130,000 cash in addition to their two trips. Rebecca decides to try and match the dad and Aaron. Her guesses:
Megan: Reading- CORRECT
Aaron: Football trophy
Ron: Aaron (She wanted to say Cody originally)
If both of the remaining answers turn green, they're six-figure winners...
Aaron: Football trophy
Ron: Aaron
...JUST WON $130,000!
DOND: This week is Small Buisness Owners Week. The week's second contestant is #1, Angela Whitney. She owns an interior light company, and wants to re-invest money for her company. She swaps out for Nassim's #3.
ROUND 1:
1. #1 (Nassim)- $75,000
2 #10 (Asheesh)- $25,000
3. #5 (Lizzie)- $2,500
4. #15 (Summer)- $100
5. #21 (J.T.)- $1,000
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $18,000
ROUND 2:
1. #11 (Will)- $250,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
2. #8 (Carl)- PENNY
3. #20 (Marc S.)- $5,000
4. #6 (Mark A.)- $7,500
5. #4 (Nicole)- $500
SECOND OFFER: $15,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 3:
1. #14 (Tania)- BUCK
2. #12 (Marie)- $25
3. #18 (Annette)- $200
4. #22 (Zach)- $300
THIRD OFFER: $29,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #2 (Erin)- $10
2. #16 (Bright)- $100,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
FOURTH OFFER: $24,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #17 (Raymond)- $400
2. #19 (Danny)- HP
Danny is today's $10,000 HP package winner!
FIFTH OFFER: $43,000- NO DEAL
19th PICK: #7 (Shannon)- $5
SIXTH OFFER: $87,000- NO DEAL
20th PICK: #9 (Vasillia)- $500,000 (BIG STRIKE TWO!!)
FINAL OFFER: $18,000- NO DEAL
Is she $50,000 richer?...
...NO. That means she's the lowest winner to date on the daytime version of "Deal" with $50. Mark V. had the $50K.
WOF: Tonight's first Toss-Up category is Occupation:
T A X _
_ _ _ _ _ R
Lindsey solves TAXI DRIVER for $1,000. Our players this time out:
Lindsey Waitzman (Vernon Hills, IL)- Genetic counselor
Denene Salsbury (Kona, HI)- Property manager
Chad Coates (Diamond Head, MI)- Stay-at-home dad/computer technician
Toss-Up #2 category is Food & Drink:
_ _ _/_ _ _ _ E/
_ U N D _ _
Lindsey solves HOT FUDGE SUNDAE to add another $2,000 and control.
Round 1 is tonight's Prize Puzzle Round and the category for it is Fun & Games. Out on the wheel now is an Alaskan Cruise worth $6,298. Lindsey starts out by calling three N's for $900 and the Free Spin. After she buys the A's and I's, we have...
_ _ I N G I N G/A _/A/
_ I N A _ A
...she calls a pair of T's for another $600 and solves SWINGING AT A PINATA for another $2,600 and a trip to Ixtapa, Mexico, a total of $10,970 in cash and trip.
NO DUDS OR BANKRUPTS THIS ROUND
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: KS07435
Eggland's Best Jackpot Round category is Landmark. After Denene duds out with a U purchase, we have Chad in control with this showing:
THE/A _ _ _ _ _/THEATER/_ _/
H A R _ E _
He calls a dud consonant in F. Lindsey calls a $400 N and buys the I, then calls the L's for another $10,500 and solves THE APOLLO THEATER IN HARLEM for another $10,650 and $21,620 total!
DUDS: F, U (don't quit your day job, John Cena!)
Meinee $10,000 Mystery Round category is Same Name. Chad starts out with a call of R for his friends back in Tampa, but it's a dud! Lindsey calls the T's for $800 but then hits the night's first Bankrupt, so she uses her Free Spin. She then calls a pair of S's for the Wild Card, but then loses it right back to one of the Bankrupts on the Million Dollar Wedge. Denene then hits a Mystery Wedge and calls an L. She flips...another Bankrupt this round. Chad then calls a $3,500 P and we have...
_ _ L _/&/S _ _ _ T/
S P _ T
...I'm not sure about the first word. After a $450 D, he calls a dud in C, getting rid of my guess of COLD & SWEET SPOT. Back to Lindsey, she calls a $3,500 B, then buys the A and the O, but then calls a dud in H. Denene strikes out with G. Chad then buys the E's and solves BALD & SWEET SPOT for $3,700.
DUDS: C, G, H, R
BANKRUPTS: 3 (2 by Lindsey, 1 by Denene)
$3,000 Toss-Up category is Around the House:
D R _ P
C _ I L _ _ G
Chad solves DROP CEILING for another $3,000 and $6,700 total. Next category is Place, and he starts the round with Lose a Turn. Later, Lindsey buys the O's and we have...
_ O _
O _ _ _ _ _ N C _
S C _ O O L
...I've got this. After a $300 H, she buys the E's and solves DOG OBEDIENCE SCHOOL to go to $22,620!
DUDS: A, R, T
Speed-Up Round category is Things after a little work by Lindsey and consonants are worth $1,900 apiece. After Chad calls the R's...
N _ _ _ E _ S/D _ _ E S/AND/
_ _ A R T E R S
...they're all types of coins and he gets it, NICKELS, DIMES AND QUARTERS for another $3,800 and a final total of $10,500! Denene has the $1,000 consolation check and Lindsey is our champion with $22,620!
Big Money Round: Lindsey's a decent player; let's see if she can keep it up here. She spins the E in AMERICA'S and the category is Thing. Starting with:
_ _ _ T/_ _/_ _ R N _ S _
I think the last word is FURNISH. She calls C, D, H and A and gets...
C _ A T/_ _/_ A R N _ S H
...she guesses COAT OF VARNISH...RIGHT! I thought it was COAT OF GARNISH instead! That wins her another $30,000 and $52,620 total! Andy, you can now put that shutout worry to bed!
(Note: For the first time in a while, we got full-screen credits of the prize manufacturers.)
Jeopardy!: For Wes Pierce's first title defense, she will face:
Tova Perlmutter (Windsor Ontario, Canada)- Non-profit executive
Matt Saxe (originally from St. Louis)- Fundraiser
Opening categories:
"I" ON THE WORLD
1990s POP/ROCK
AIRLINE CARRY-ON NO-NOs
WORDS IN SEPTEMBER (each correct response will use some of the letters of the word September)
COLORADO
WHY DON'T YOU COME TO YOUR SENSES?
At the first break, Perlmutter leads with $4,200. The champ has $1,800 and Saxe has zip. Pierce's the one who gets the Daily Double under the $1,000 Colorado clue with three grand so far. Perlmutter now has $4,800. His wager is face value ($1,000).
In 1870 this man helped young men go west by sponsoring a Colorado farming colony.
"Who is Horace Greeley?"...is right to go to four grand! At the end of the round, Perlmutter has $6,400, with the champ trailing her by a grand. Saxe's up to $2,800.
ROUND 1 LACH TRASH: $1,800
DJ! Categories:
MEDICINE & HISTORY
3 OR MORE WIVES (the husband must be IDed in each correct response)
BIBLE BROS.
FACE BOOK
STOCK SYMBOL SHOPPING
GOOD "P.R."
Thanks largely to the Stock Symbol Shopping category, Pierce's the first to break five figures. He then gets everything but the $400 "P.R." clue to go to $16,600! But it's Perlmutter who finds the round's first Daily Double under the $1,600 Bible Bros. clue with $8,400. Saxe has $3,600. Her wager is five grand:
This Biblical patriarch's brothers were Haran and Nahor and he was lot's uncle.
"Who is Abraham?"...IS RIGHT to jump to $13,400! She then gets the $2,000 clue in that category to go to $15,400 with all of this still in play:
Medicine & History: ALL
3 or More Wives: $1,600 & $2,000
Face Book: $800-$2,000
$1,600 3 OR MORE WIVES CLUE:
Judy Nye, Janie Shirley Smith, Jane Fonda
Matt: "Who is Ted Turner?"- CORRECT ($5,200); LAST 3 OR MORE WIVES CLUE
Melissa Lee Gatlin, Toni Lawrence, Cynda Williams, Pietra Dawn Cherniak, Angelina Jolie
Wes: "Who is Billy Bob Thornton?"- RIGHT ($18,600); $400 MEDICINE & HISTORY CLUE
When Queen Victoria's granddaughter married into the Russian Royal House, this blood disease went with her.
Matt: "What is anemia?"- INCORRECT ($4,800)
Tova: "What is hemophilia?"- CORRECT ($15,800); $1,200 MEDICINE & HISTORY CLUE (she's going Daily Double Hunting at this point)
In 1996, Michael DeBakey advised this Russian to have a bypass, prolonging his presidency and life.
Tova: "Who is Yeltzin?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($17,000); $1,600 MEDICINE & HISTORY CLUE
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIILLLLLLYYYY DOUBLE #2! $3,000 is her wager. For 20 grand and the lead:
Generations of inbreeding doomed this dynasty in Spain as Charles II was both witless & childless.
"What is Habsburg?"...THAT'S IT FOR $20,000 AND THE LEAD!
$2,000 MEDICINE & HISTORY CLUE:
Napoleon's invasion of Russia was partly doomed by epidemic typhus, primarily carried by bacteria on this parasite.
Nova: "What are the fleas?"- NO ($18,000)
TRIPLE STUMPER: Lice
FINAL MEDICINE & HISTORY CLUE FOR $800:
Montezuma's real revenge: A 1741 British expedition to conquer Mexico was devastated by this "colorful" disease.
Wes: "What is yellow fever?"- RIGHT ($19,400)
FACE BOOK, THE LAST REMAINING CATEGORY, CONTINUES WITH THIS $800 CLUE:
Robert Louis Wilken's "The Spirit of Early Christian Thought" is subtitled "Seeking the Face of" him.
Wes: "Who is Christ?"- NO ($18,600)
TRIPLE STUMPER: God
$1,200:
Teen Jane Johnson realizes she was kidnapped in Caroline Cooney's "The Face On" this, where missing kids are pictured.
Wes: "What is a milk carton?"- CORRECT ($19,800)
$1,600:
After penning "My Stroke of Luck", this Hollywood legend shared "90 years of living, loving and learning" in "Let's Face It".
TRIPLE STUMPER: Kirk Douglas
FINAL CLUE OF THE ROUND:
"Cover Her Face" is an Adam Dalgliesh mystery by this British woman.
Tova: "Who is PD James?"- CORRECT ($20,000)
DJ! LACH TRASH: $6,000
And we have an exciting FJ! situation for the second day in a row- this time, it's because of a potential big payoff!
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Wes: $19,800
Matt: $4,800
Tova: $20,000
CORYAT SCORES:
Wes: $19,800
Matt: $4,800
Tova: $15,200
FJ! CATEGORY: Peninsular Nations.
It's the largest country in the world without any permanent natural rivers or lakes.
MATT:
Response: NOTHING
Wager: $2,000
Final score: $2,800
The champ wrote down "What is Yemen?"...
"What is Yemen?"
...NO. But it only costs him $201, so he's at $19,599. Perlmutter's response was nothing. Correct: What is Saudi Arabia? Her wager was...
...$19,601, so she drops to a $1,000-winning total of $399, and thanks to Pierce betting correctly about the final clue being a Triple Stumper, he's now a two-day champion! Two-day total: $33,800.
GSN's Paul Newman Tribute details
This Saturday, GSN will pay tribute to the late Paul Newman by re-airing his two appearances on "What's My Line" from 1959 at 4 PM (It will repeat at 3 AM as well).
On Tuesday's GSN Live, clips of Newman on various game shows will be shown.
Source: Buzzerblog
On Tuesday's GSN Live, clips of Newman on various game shows will be shown.
Source: Buzzerblog
Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday's "Deal or No Deal" reaction
A few days after an ultra-exciting syndicated "Deal or No Deal" episode where Chelsea Drake won $275,000 (while coming THIS CLOSE to being the first-ever $500,000 grand prize winner), I'm absolutely stunned over the mostly negative reaction I've seen about her final decision in taking the deal.
Yeah, I would've liked her to have said NO DEAL too, but I realized that since that episode aired out outside of sweeps, if she had indeed said NO DEAL, there was a strong chance she would've dropped to $100,000. For crying out loud, she's the biggest winner so far on syndicated "Deal" so far and she made her episode one of the best U.S. "Deal" episodes ever, so give her at least SOME credit, will ya?
Yeah, I would've liked her to have said NO DEAL too, but I realized that since that episode aired out outside of sweeps, if she had indeed said NO DEAL, there was a strong chance she would've dropped to $100,000. For crying out loud, she's the biggest winner so far on syndicated "Deal" so far and she made her episode one of the best U.S. "Deal" episodes ever, so give her at least SOME credit, will ya?
"The Amazing Race" rating
The 13th season premiere of "The Amazing Race" scored a 6.2 Fast Nielsen with a 10 share.
Source: The Futon Critic
Source: The Futon Critic
"Dancing With the Stars" 9/29
This week's dances are the Rumba and the Paso Doble.
First up are Toni Braxton and Alec Mazo with the Rumba. The background song is "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt.
CARRIE ANN: 7
LEN: 8
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 23
Second are the current favorites, Brooke Burke and Derek Hough, with the night's first Paso Doble. They get three 8's for a 24.
Team #3 tonight consists of Rocco DiSpirito and Karina Smirnoff. The background song for their Rumba is Michael Buble's "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine".
CARRIE ANN: 5
LEN: 6
BRUNO: 5
TOTAL: 16
Going fourth are Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer. They get a #1 hit for their background song during their Paso Doble- it's Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl".
CARRIE ANN: 7
LEN: 6
BRUNO: 7
TOTAL: 20
Fifth are Kim Kardashian and Mark Ballas with a Rumba.
CARRIE ANN: 6
LEN: 6
BRUNO: 5
TOTAL: 17
In the sixth spot are Misty May-Treanor and Maksim Chermovsiky. For their Paso Doble, they dance to "Take Me Out" by Franz Ferdinand. I gave this a 7, as did all three judges.
Hoping to be lucky in this week's seventh spot are Maurice Greene and Cheryl Burke. "Mercy Mercy Me" by Marvin Gaye is the song that plays in the background for their Rumba.
CARRIE ANN: 7
LEN: 6
BRUNO: 6
TOTAL: 19
Next are Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas' take on the Paso Doble. They get nothing but 5's for their latest performance. I'm sorry Cloris, but I have to label you this season's La Cheapa.
After them are Susan Lucci and Tony Dovolani's Rumba. The background song this time is "Waiting For the World to Change" by John Mayer. They get three hopefully lucky 7's.
The next-to-last team tonight are Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson, performing the night's last Paso Doble. I thought a score of 7 would be appropriate, but each judge does me one better- 8! That means they lead tonight with a 24!
Finally, Cody Linley and Julianne Hough perform a Rumba to "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis (who BTW will perform on the season finale of "America's Got Talent" this Wednesday). They get three 7's.
I think Rocco DiSpirito's team is in the most danger of being eliminated, because Cloris Leachman and Kim Kardashian are popular people and that DiSpirito's team has been in danger once before.
First up are Toni Braxton and Alec Mazo with the Rumba. The background song is "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt.
CARRIE ANN: 7
LEN: 8
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 23
Second are the current favorites, Brooke Burke and Derek Hough, with the night's first Paso Doble. They get three 8's for a 24.
Team #3 tonight consists of Rocco DiSpirito and Karina Smirnoff. The background song for their Rumba is Michael Buble's "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine".
CARRIE ANN: 5
LEN: 6
BRUNO: 5
TOTAL: 16
Going fourth are Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer. They get a #1 hit for their background song during their Paso Doble- it's Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl".
CARRIE ANN: 7
LEN: 6
BRUNO: 7
TOTAL: 20
Fifth are Kim Kardashian and Mark Ballas with a Rumba.
CARRIE ANN: 6
LEN: 6
BRUNO: 5
TOTAL: 17
In the sixth spot are Misty May-Treanor and Maksim Chermovsiky. For their Paso Doble, they dance to "Take Me Out" by Franz Ferdinand. I gave this a 7, as did all three judges.
Hoping to be lucky in this week's seventh spot are Maurice Greene and Cheryl Burke. "Mercy Mercy Me" by Marvin Gaye is the song that plays in the background for their Rumba.
CARRIE ANN: 7
LEN: 6
BRUNO: 6
TOTAL: 19
Next are Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas' take on the Paso Doble. They get nothing but 5's for their latest performance. I'm sorry Cloris, but I have to label you this season's La Cheapa.
After them are Susan Lucci and Tony Dovolani's Rumba. The background song this time is "Waiting For the World to Change" by John Mayer. They get three hopefully lucky 7's.
The next-to-last team tonight are Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson, performing the night's last Paso Doble. I thought a score of 7 would be appropriate, but each judge does me one better- 8! That means they lead tonight with a 24!
Finally, Cody Linley and Julianne Hough perform a Rumba to "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis (who BTW will perform on the season finale of "America's Got Talent" this Wednesday). They get three 7's.
I think Rocco DiSpirito's team is in the most danger of being eliminated, because Cloris Leachman and Kim Kardashian are popular people and that DiSpirito's team has been in danger once before.
9/29/2008 Results
TPIR: Welcome to the second week of the 37th season! Before I begin this recap, I would like to point out that the first week of shows aired in their proper order, and they were the second batch of five episodes taped. From now on until further notice, however, that will NOT be the case.
That’s because during the first few episodes taped, a purple version of the Big Wheel was used. During the tapings, host Drew Carey absolutely hated it. As a result, it wound up being repainted during the taping of one of the episodes and the Big Wheel replica that is being used for the live stage shows outside of California (usually in Vegas) was put in its place for the episode we are scheduled to see on Thursday. Furthermore, the airing of those episodes with the purple wheel intact have been postponed indefinitely. But now, let’s get back to the game.
Episode 4442K begins with Elliot, Nancy, Daniel and Kim. The first IUFB is an elliptical trainer (Tamiko).
Kim: $950
Daniel: $875
Nancy: $1,000
Elliot: $2,500
ARP: $2,599
By $99, Eliot Powers, a U.S. Navy resident originally from Norfolk, VA will play Range Game for a trip to Denmark (Brandi). Range is $7,800-$8,400. He stops the board at $7,986 to $8,136. ARP: $8,162, so he won’t be cruisin’ to Denmark.
Next to hear their name called is Margaret and the second IUFB is flatware (Rachael & Tamiko).
Margaret: $6,000 (STAGE WILLY)
Kim: $1,000
Daniel: $800
Nancy: BUCK
ARP: $1,185
Kim Hoerman will be the second one to play Gas Money for a Honda Civic (Brandi). Available prices:
$14,850
$16,342
$18,395
$20,161
$25,121
CAR GUESS: $18,395
1. $25,121- $4,000; CONTINUES
2. $14,850- $3,000; CONTINUES
3. $20,161- $1,000; STOPS AT $8,000
She just wasn’t sure enough of her guess, even though she had it right at $18,395. I can understand that, as the Honda Civic is supposed to be a cheap car.
(Note: The Gas Money prices now have a car picture in the background.)
Coming on down sixth is Brianna and the third IUFB is a hammock (Brandi).
Brianna: $800
Daniel: $1,500
Nancy: $600
Margaret: $601
ARP: $839
Brianna Dickey plays Most Expensive for a gas grill (Rachael), a pair of surfboards (Tamiko) and a bar set (Brandi). She goes with the bar set. The grill is $2,249, the surfboards are $1,330…and the bar set is $3,099 for the win!
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Eliot ($2,599): 50 + 80 = OOPS
Brianna ($7,517): $.90
Kim ($9,185): 70 + 10 = $.80
Brianna makes it to the Showcase, where a trailer or boat will be up for grabs today.
Next to hear the magic words is Cynthia and the fourth IUFB is a go kart (Rachael).
Cynthia: $3,500
Daniel: $2,201
Nancy: $1,300
Margaret: $1,302
All are over.
Cynthia: $800
Daniel: $1,109
Nancy: $600
Margaret: $899
ARP: $1,199
By $90, Daniel Snowden from Pasadena plays Grocery Game for a dining room worth $4,537 (Brandi). The cash register is handled by Tamiko today. The products are Swiss Cake Rolls, Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Lotion, a can of cat food, pasta sauce and Aspercreme Heat. The text on the price tags in this game have changed to the Kingpin font.
2 Swiss Cake Rolls: $1.39 X 2 = $2.78
2 Aspercremes: $6.79 X 2 = $13.58 ($16.36)
1 Lotion = $9.12 (LOSE at $25.48)
He should’ve taken a few of the sauces or the cat food cans instead on the last turn.
Jason then comes on down and the fifth IUFB is a refrigerator (Tamiko).
Jason: $750
Nancy: $1,200
Margaret: $1,201
Cynthia: $1,300
ARP: $1,049
Jason Ekstrom plays Two For the Price of 1 for art supplies (Rachael) and a sleigh bed (Brandi), all worth $4,922. Board for the art supplies:
First number: 6 or 9?
Second number: 2 or 6?
Third number: 4 or 8?
His freebie choice is the first digit, which is 6, and the audience groans (I didn’t do so as much as they did). That should give him the second number right there. His final guess:
$ 6 2 8
It’s a toss-up between $624 and $628. Did he pick the right one?...
$ 6 2 8
…no.
The final person to get to Contestant’s Row today is Rachael and the final IUFB is a pool table (Brandi & Rachael). The winner tries for the other Honda available today.
Rachael: $1,400
Nancy: $2,200
Margaret: $682
Cynthia: $2,300
ARP: $2,400, so Nancy Baar’s the third member of the season's First Four Breakfast Club.
It also means Cynthia Hibbler plays the Bonus Game for a Honda Accord Sedan (Tamiko). The first item is the Libman mop with a wrong price of $21, and she’s right with lower, since it’s just $10. Second, there’s a CD converter marked at $120, and she says higher…$150, so she’s on her way. Third is a faucet marked at $250 and she goes with lower…you bet at $229! This last item could make or break her- it’s a model car marked at $120 and her final guess is lower…incorrect- $159 was the price. I hope the word BONUS isn’t attached to that small car…it’s with the faucet, so she scores an easy car win! Fingers was being generous today!
(Note: Before Drew found out whether she was right on the final SP, he mistakenly labeled the car the Civic that was offered earlier.)
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #2:
Jason ($1,049): 30 + 95 = OVER
Daniel ($1,199): 40 + Dime = $.50
Cynthia ($24,584): 30 + 50 = $.80
Cynthia gets the Top Winner spot in today’s Showcase!
The first Showcase has a Broyhill living room group (Rachael), a $1,000 Buy.com gift certificate and a pair of snowmobiles (Brandi).
CYNTHIA PASSES TO BRIANNA, WHO BIDS $20,000 ON ROOM/SNOWMOBILES
MY BID FOR ROOM/SNOWMOBILES: $22,000
For Cynthia, we have some frames (Tamiko), a trip to Paris (Brandi) and a trailer, the Prowler to be exact (Rachael)!
CYNTHIA GOES WITH MY BID OF $30,000
CYNTHIA’S SHOWCASE:
BID: $30,000
ARP: $36,773
DIFFERENCE: $6,773
BRIANNA’S SHOWCASE:
BID: $20,000
ARP: $21,666
DIFFERENCE: $1,666- WIN
Brianna wins the day and $29,183 in prizes.
DOND: This week’s episodes were the 16th batch of episodes taped.
First up this week is #15 Monnae Michaels, an owner of a company that makes custom culturally-inspired wedding rings, and she wants to win a ton so that she can raise her manager’s salary. After what happened last Friday, she’s going to need all the luck in the world to win a lot of money.
There is a twist for this week’s games, however- replacing the $10,000 case is a case with the HP logo. The one who ends up with that case at the end of each game gets a $10,000 HP electronics package!
ROUND 1:
1. #1 (Angela)- $25,000
2. #13 (Mark V.)- $500,000
3. #4 (Nicole)- $300
4. #7 (Shannon)- $25
5. #21 (J.T.)- $2,500
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $8,000
ROUND 2:
1. #6 (Mark A.)- $100
2. #12 (Marie)- $5,000
3. #16 (Bright)- $50,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
4. #18 (Annette)- $1,000
5. #2 (Erin)- $75,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
SECOND OFFER TURNED DOWN: $6,000
ROUND 3:
1. #14 (Tania)- $10
2. #20 (Marc S.)- $400
3. #8 (Carl)- $7,500
4. #11 (Will)- $100,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
THIRD OFFER: $9,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #5 (Lizzie)- $200
2. #19 (Danny)- PENNY
FOURTH OFFER: $14,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #3 (Nassim)- $500
2. #17 (Raymond)- $50
FIFTH OFFER: $26,000- NO DEAL
19th PICK: #22 (Zach)- $250,000 (STRIKE THREE!!! YOU’RE OUT!!!!)
SIXTH OFFER: $1,000- NO DEAL
20th PICK: #9 (Vasillia)- BUCK
FINAL OFFER: $4,000- DEAL
She made a good deal, because all she had was $5! In any event, Asheesh wins the HP package!
WOF: We enter the dreaded first week of October on this season's schedule. The reason why I dread this week is that in four of the past five seasons at this point in the season, a BONUS ROUND SHUTOUT has occurred. Let's hope that doesn't happen this week.
The first Toss-Up category is Phrase:
_ O O/_ O _ D/TO/_ E/
_ R _ _
Monica solves TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE for $1,000. Let's meet our players:
Monica Taylor (Washington, D.C.)
Eric Kilgo (Lilburn, GA)- Restaurant manager and has a twin brother
Jennelle Sherman (Tampa, FL)- Owner of a marketing/PR company
$2,000 Toss-Up category is Place:
H U N T I N G
L O D _ E
Jennelle solves HUNTING LODGE (which almost became a Triple Stumper) for $2,000.
Round 1 category is Thing and out on the wheel now is a $9,400 trip to Chile. Jennelle instantly hits Bankrupt. After Eric calls the C's, we have...
_ _ _ E - _ O O _
C O L L E C T I O N
...after calling a pair of R's for $900, we now have...
R _ R E - _ O O _
C O L L E C T I O N
...he calls a dud in F. Jennelle then calls a $500 B and solves RARE-BOOK COLLECTION to go to $3,000.
DUDS: F, S (repeated once by Jennelle while trying to pick up the Wild Card)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Eric, Jennelle)
Eggland's Best Jackpot Round category is Before & After. For the second round in a row, we begin a round with a Bankrupt (in this case, Monica). After Jennelle calls the S's, we have...
_ _ _ E/S _ _ _/_ _ S T E S S/
T _ _ _ _ _ E S
...I think Vanna may get a kick out of this puzzle. After buying the O's, she calls the N for the Chile trip and buys the A. But then comes D for dud while on the $3,500 space. Monica then calls the H's for $700 but she hits her second Bankrupt of the round. Eric also hits Bankrupt. Back to Jennelle, she calls the W's for another $800, a K for another $400, and then solves GAME SHOW HOSTESS TWINKIES for another $4,250 and the trip, a new total of $16,650 in cash and trip!
DUDS: D, R
BANKRUPTS: 3 (2 by Monica, 1 by Eric)
Meineke $10,000 Mystery/Prize Puzzle Round category is Fun & Games. At the start, Eric calls an R while on a Mystery Wedge and flips...money! But he then buys a dud vowel in O. Later, after Monica buys the A, we have...
S _ L A S H _ _ _/_ _/_ H _/
SURF
...I think I know. She buys two I's and solves SPLASHING IN THE SURF for another $2,100 and a trip to Barbados, for a new total of $10,100 in cash and trip.
DUDS: D, O
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: TQ3060201
Final Toss-Up category is Event:
_ _ _ _ H O _ S E
S _ _ E
Eric rings in first, but gives an obvious incorrect response with OPENHOUSE SALE. Monica then solves WAREHOUSE SALE to close in on Jennelle a bit more with $13,100.
Next category is Occupation. After Monica calls the C's...
E L E C T _ _ _ I C _
T E C _ _ I C I _ _
...she buys the A, then after a $900 H, we go to Speed-Up Mode with the remaining consonants being worth $1,300 apiece. She then calls the R and solves ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN to steal the championship with $17,650! Jennelle leaves with $16,650 in winnings and Eric gets the $1,000 consolation check.
Big Money Round: Since this week is titled "Great Escapes", the car on offer this week is a Ford Escape Hybrid. Don't forget about all the money out there, too. She spins the M in AMERICA'S and the category is Place. Starting with:
_ _ S E _ _
_ _ N _
Taylor calls H, D, P and I and gets...
_ _ S E _ _
_ I N _
...I think it's MUSEUM something. It was, and she doesn't come up with much of anything- MUSEUM WING was it. She loses the Escape, meaning we still haven't given away a car this season. She needed the M's and the G.
Jeopardy!: Brian Levinson tries to make it four wins against these two:
Wes Pierce (Anaheim Hills, CA)- Financial planner (and looks like Matthew Broderick in a way)
Kit Carlson (East Lansing, MI)- Preist
Opening categories:
TURNING 25
BROADWAY DEBUTS
MONTHS THAT END WITH "BER", TREBEK (not again!)
FUN WITH OPERA
STUPID ANSWERS
MOUNT VERNON (Clue Crew clues from said location)
A ZONK ANSWER OF THE WEEK nomination occurs on this $800 "-ber" clue:
The Dutch celebrate the feast of Sinterklaas on the 6th of this.
Levinson goofs big time with "What is January?", which doesn't end with "-ber", breaking a three-way tie at that point with $1,200 each. He then misses the $1,000 clue in the same category to fall to $600 in the hole. Just before the first break, Carlson finds the Daily Double under the $600 Mount Vernon clue with a leading score of $2,600. Pierce has $1,600 and the champ's now $400 in the red. Her wager is $500 on this clue told by Jimmy:
The detail-oriented Washington even chose Mount Vernon's moulding, which depicted tools to symbolize farming and this type of leaf for national strength.
"What is an oak leaf?"...she's right to go to $3,100! At the first break, she's down to $2,100 after missing the $1,000 clue in the same category. Pierce's down to $600 now and the champ's now $400 on the plus side. Let's now look at the Stupid Answers. The first one:
Geraldine Brooks' book about an illuminated Jewish volume is called "People of the" this.
Brian: "What is book?"- CORRECT ($600)
$400:
This magazine has been a popular source of science and technology news since its inception in 1872.
Brian: "What is Popular Science?"- YOU BET ($1,000)
$600:
This government administration was created in 1971 to ensure occupational health and safety standards.
Wes: "What is the Occupational Health & Safety Administration?"- NOT ACCEPTABLE (NOTHING)
Kit: "What is the Occupational Safety & Health Administration?"- CORRECT ($2,700)
$800:
The title of the national anthem of Laos, "Pheng Xat Lao", means this in English.
Brian: "What is National Anthem of Laos?"- YES INDEED ($1,800)
$1,000:
Masi Oka plays a character with this first name on the TV show "Heroes".
Brian: "What is Hero?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($2,800)
At the end of the first round, he now has $3,200. Pierce has half his total and Carlson leads with $4,300.
LACH TRASH IN ROUND 1: $1,000
DJ! Categories:
ANCIENT GREEK WRITERS
BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE 2008 OLYMPICS
SAY CHEESE!
MICROSCOPY
SMART ANSWERS
CAPITAL RIVERS (a capital city is given in each clue, and the river it flows through must be IDed in each correct response)
Soon after Levinson takes over the lead, he finds the first Daily Double under the $2,000 Ancient Greek Writers clue with $8,000 so far. Pierce has $4,800 and Carlson's now in third with $4,300. The champ's wager is two grand.
The tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner" came from a drinking song about this lyric poet.
"Who is Actiion?"...no. He was kinda close- it was Anachrion. That means he loses face value, but he still leads with $6,000. He then faulters on the $2,000 Olympics clue to fall from first to worst with $4,000. He shortly then finds the other Daily Double under the $1,600 Smart Answers clue with $5,200 and still in third place. Carlson has $5,500 and Pierce leads with $6,800. His wager is $1,600. To tie the game:
A gem with this cut resembles two truncated pyramids set base to base.
"What is a square cut?"...NO, so he's still in last, now at $3,600. Correct: What is a brilliant cut?
LACH TRASH IN DJ!: $5,600
We're going to have a nail-biting FJ! because of these scores:
Brian: $7,600
Kit: $7,100
Wes: $7,200
CORYAT SCORES:
Brian: $11,200
Kit: $7,200
Wes: $7,200
FJ! CATEGORY: 20th Century America.
Experts say Glenn McDuffie is the mystery man in the classic Eisenstaedt photo taken in this year.
We start with Carlson, who wrote down "What is 1945?"...right! She risked everything but $100, taking her to $14,100. As for the men...Pierce is right to go to $14,201, but Levinson has 1908, so his wager of $6,801 means he's gone, but with $73,801. Mr. Levinson thus becomes the new champion.
That’s because during the first few episodes taped, a purple version of the Big Wheel was used. During the tapings, host Drew Carey absolutely hated it. As a result, it wound up being repainted during the taping of one of the episodes and the Big Wheel replica that is being used for the live stage shows outside of California (usually in Vegas) was put in its place for the episode we are scheduled to see on Thursday. Furthermore, the airing of those episodes with the purple wheel intact have been postponed indefinitely. But now, let’s get back to the game.
Episode 4442K begins with Elliot, Nancy, Daniel and Kim. The first IUFB is an elliptical trainer (Tamiko).
Kim: $950
Daniel: $875
Nancy: $1,000
Elliot: $2,500
ARP: $2,599
By $99, Eliot Powers, a U.S. Navy resident originally from Norfolk, VA will play Range Game for a trip to Denmark (Brandi). Range is $7,800-$8,400. He stops the board at $7,986 to $8,136. ARP: $8,162, so he won’t be cruisin’ to Denmark.
Next to hear their name called is Margaret and the second IUFB is flatware (Rachael & Tamiko).
Margaret: $6,000 (STAGE WILLY)
Kim: $1,000
Daniel: $800
Nancy: BUCK
ARP: $1,185
Kim Hoerman will be the second one to play Gas Money for a Honda Civic (Brandi). Available prices:
$14,850
$16,342
$18,395
$20,161
$25,121
CAR GUESS: $18,395
1. $25,121- $4,000; CONTINUES
2. $14,850- $3,000; CONTINUES
3. $20,161- $1,000; STOPS AT $8,000
She just wasn’t sure enough of her guess, even though she had it right at $18,395. I can understand that, as the Honda Civic is supposed to be a cheap car.
(Note: The Gas Money prices now have a car picture in the background.)
Coming on down sixth is Brianna and the third IUFB is a hammock (Brandi).
Brianna: $800
Daniel: $1,500
Nancy: $600
Margaret: $601
ARP: $839
Brianna Dickey plays Most Expensive for a gas grill (Rachael), a pair of surfboards (Tamiko) and a bar set (Brandi). She goes with the bar set. The grill is $2,249, the surfboards are $1,330…and the bar set is $3,099 for the win!
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Eliot ($2,599): 50 + 80 = OOPS
Brianna ($7,517): $.90
Kim ($9,185): 70 + 10 = $.80
Brianna makes it to the Showcase, where a trailer or boat will be up for grabs today.
Next to hear the magic words is Cynthia and the fourth IUFB is a go kart (Rachael).
Cynthia: $3,500
Daniel: $2,201
Nancy: $1,300
Margaret: $1,302
All are over.
Cynthia: $800
Daniel: $1,109
Nancy: $600
Margaret: $899
ARP: $1,199
By $90, Daniel Snowden from Pasadena plays Grocery Game for a dining room worth $4,537 (Brandi). The cash register is handled by Tamiko today. The products are Swiss Cake Rolls, Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Lotion, a can of cat food, pasta sauce and Aspercreme Heat. The text on the price tags in this game have changed to the Kingpin font.
2 Swiss Cake Rolls: $1.39 X 2 = $2.78
2 Aspercremes: $6.79 X 2 = $13.58 ($16.36)
1 Lotion = $9.12 (LOSE at $25.48)
He should’ve taken a few of the sauces or the cat food cans instead on the last turn.
Jason then comes on down and the fifth IUFB is a refrigerator (Tamiko).
Jason: $750
Nancy: $1,200
Margaret: $1,201
Cynthia: $1,300
ARP: $1,049
Jason Ekstrom plays Two For the Price of 1 for art supplies (Rachael) and a sleigh bed (Brandi), all worth $4,922. Board for the art supplies:
First number: 6 or 9?
Second number: 2 or 6?
Third number: 4 or 8?
His freebie choice is the first digit, which is 6, and the audience groans (I didn’t do so as much as they did). That should give him the second number right there. His final guess:
$ 6 2 8
It’s a toss-up between $624 and $628. Did he pick the right one?...
$ 6 2 8
…no.
The final person to get to Contestant’s Row today is Rachael and the final IUFB is a pool table (Brandi & Rachael). The winner tries for the other Honda available today.
Rachael: $1,400
Nancy: $2,200
Margaret: $682
Cynthia: $2,300
ARP: $2,400, so Nancy Baar’s the third member of the season's First Four Breakfast Club.
It also means Cynthia Hibbler plays the Bonus Game for a Honda Accord Sedan (Tamiko). The first item is the Libman mop with a wrong price of $21, and she’s right with lower, since it’s just $10. Second, there’s a CD converter marked at $120, and she says higher…$150, so she’s on her way. Third is a faucet marked at $250 and she goes with lower…you bet at $229! This last item could make or break her- it’s a model car marked at $120 and her final guess is lower…incorrect- $159 was the price. I hope the word BONUS isn’t attached to that small car…it’s with the faucet, so she scores an easy car win! Fingers was being generous today!
(Note: Before Drew found out whether she was right on the final SP, he mistakenly labeled the car the Civic that was offered earlier.)
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #2:
Jason ($1,049): 30 + 95 = OVER
Daniel ($1,199): 40 + Dime = $.50
Cynthia ($24,584): 30 + 50 = $.80
Cynthia gets the Top Winner spot in today’s Showcase!
The first Showcase has a Broyhill living room group (Rachael), a $1,000 Buy.com gift certificate and a pair of snowmobiles (Brandi).
CYNTHIA PASSES TO BRIANNA, WHO BIDS $20,000 ON ROOM/SNOWMOBILES
MY BID FOR ROOM/SNOWMOBILES: $22,000
For Cynthia, we have some frames (Tamiko), a trip to Paris (Brandi) and a trailer, the Prowler to be exact (Rachael)!
CYNTHIA GOES WITH MY BID OF $30,000
CYNTHIA’S SHOWCASE:
BID: $30,000
ARP: $36,773
DIFFERENCE: $6,773
BRIANNA’S SHOWCASE:
BID: $20,000
ARP: $21,666
DIFFERENCE: $1,666- WIN
Brianna wins the day and $29,183 in prizes.
DOND: This week’s episodes were the 16th batch of episodes taped.
First up this week is #15 Monnae Michaels, an owner of a company that makes custom culturally-inspired wedding rings, and she wants to win a ton so that she can raise her manager’s salary. After what happened last Friday, she’s going to need all the luck in the world to win a lot of money.
There is a twist for this week’s games, however- replacing the $10,000 case is a case with the HP logo. The one who ends up with that case at the end of each game gets a $10,000 HP electronics package!
ROUND 1:
1. #1 (Angela)- $25,000
2. #13 (Mark V.)- $500,000
3. #4 (Nicole)- $300
4. #7 (Shannon)- $25
5. #21 (J.T.)- $2,500
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $8,000
ROUND 2:
1. #6 (Mark A.)- $100
2. #12 (Marie)- $5,000
3. #16 (Bright)- $50,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
4. #18 (Annette)- $1,000
5. #2 (Erin)- $75,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
SECOND OFFER TURNED DOWN: $6,000
ROUND 3:
1. #14 (Tania)- $10
2. #20 (Marc S.)- $400
3. #8 (Carl)- $7,500
4. #11 (Will)- $100,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
THIRD OFFER: $9,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #5 (Lizzie)- $200
2. #19 (Danny)- PENNY
FOURTH OFFER: $14,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #3 (Nassim)- $500
2. #17 (Raymond)- $50
FIFTH OFFER: $26,000- NO DEAL
19th PICK: #22 (Zach)- $250,000 (STRIKE THREE!!! YOU’RE OUT!!!!)
SIXTH OFFER: $1,000- NO DEAL
20th PICK: #9 (Vasillia)- BUCK
FINAL OFFER: $4,000- DEAL
She made a good deal, because all she had was $5! In any event, Asheesh wins the HP package!
WOF: We enter the dreaded first week of October on this season's schedule. The reason why I dread this week is that in four of the past five seasons at this point in the season, a BONUS ROUND SHUTOUT has occurred. Let's hope that doesn't happen this week.
The first Toss-Up category is Phrase:
_ O O/_ O _ D/TO/_ E/
_ R _ _
Monica solves TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE for $1,000. Let's meet our players:
Monica Taylor (Washington, D.C.)
Eric Kilgo (Lilburn, GA)- Restaurant manager and has a twin brother
Jennelle Sherman (Tampa, FL)- Owner of a marketing/PR company
$2,000 Toss-Up category is Place:
H U N T I N G
L O D _ E
Jennelle solves HUNTING LODGE (which almost became a Triple Stumper) for $2,000.
Round 1 category is Thing and out on the wheel now is a $9,400 trip to Chile. Jennelle instantly hits Bankrupt. After Eric calls the C's, we have...
_ _ _ E - _ O O _
C O L L E C T I O N
...after calling a pair of R's for $900, we now have...
R _ R E - _ O O _
C O L L E C T I O N
...he calls a dud in F. Jennelle then calls a $500 B and solves RARE-BOOK COLLECTION to go to $3,000.
DUDS: F, S (repeated once by Jennelle while trying to pick up the Wild Card)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Eric, Jennelle)
Eggland's Best Jackpot Round category is Before & After. For the second round in a row, we begin a round with a Bankrupt (in this case, Monica). After Jennelle calls the S's, we have...
_ _ _ E/S _ _ _/_ _ S T E S S/
T _ _ _ _ _ E S
...I think Vanna may get a kick out of this puzzle. After buying the O's, she calls the N for the Chile trip and buys the A. But then comes D for dud while on the $3,500 space. Monica then calls the H's for $700 but she hits her second Bankrupt of the round. Eric also hits Bankrupt. Back to Jennelle, she calls the W's for another $800, a K for another $400, and then solves GAME SHOW HOSTESS TWINKIES for another $4,250 and the trip, a new total of $16,650 in cash and trip!
DUDS: D, R
BANKRUPTS: 3 (2 by Monica, 1 by Eric)
Meineke $10,000 Mystery/Prize Puzzle Round category is Fun & Games. At the start, Eric calls an R while on a Mystery Wedge and flips...money! But he then buys a dud vowel in O. Later, after Monica buys the A, we have...
S _ L A S H _ _ _/_ _/_ H _/
SURF
...I think I know. She buys two I's and solves SPLASHING IN THE SURF for another $2,100 and a trip to Barbados, for a new total of $10,100 in cash and trip.
DUDS: D, O
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: TQ3060201
Final Toss-Up category is Event:
_ _ _ _ H O _ S E
S _ _ E
Eric rings in first, but gives an obvious incorrect response with OPENHOUSE SALE. Monica then solves WAREHOUSE SALE to close in on Jennelle a bit more with $13,100.
Next category is Occupation. After Monica calls the C's...
E L E C T _ _ _ I C _
T E C _ _ I C I _ _
...she buys the A, then after a $900 H, we go to Speed-Up Mode with the remaining consonants being worth $1,300 apiece. She then calls the R and solves ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN to steal the championship with $17,650! Jennelle leaves with $16,650 in winnings and Eric gets the $1,000 consolation check.
Big Money Round: Since this week is titled "Great Escapes", the car on offer this week is a Ford Escape Hybrid. Don't forget about all the money out there, too. She spins the M in AMERICA'S and the category is Place. Starting with:
_ _ S E _ _
_ _ N _
Taylor calls H, D, P and I and gets...
_ _ S E _ _
_ I N _
...I think it's MUSEUM something. It was, and she doesn't come up with much of anything- MUSEUM WING was it. She loses the Escape, meaning we still haven't given away a car this season. She needed the M's and the G.
Jeopardy!: Brian Levinson tries to make it four wins against these two:
Wes Pierce (Anaheim Hills, CA)- Financial planner (and looks like Matthew Broderick in a way)
Kit Carlson (East Lansing, MI)- Preist
Opening categories:
TURNING 25
BROADWAY DEBUTS
MONTHS THAT END WITH "BER", TREBEK (not again!)
FUN WITH OPERA
STUPID ANSWERS
MOUNT VERNON (Clue Crew clues from said location)
A ZONK ANSWER OF THE WEEK nomination occurs on this $800 "-ber" clue:
The Dutch celebrate the feast of Sinterklaas on the 6th of this.
Levinson goofs big time with "What is January?", which doesn't end with "-ber", breaking a three-way tie at that point with $1,200 each. He then misses the $1,000 clue in the same category to fall to $600 in the hole. Just before the first break, Carlson finds the Daily Double under the $600 Mount Vernon clue with a leading score of $2,600. Pierce has $1,600 and the champ's now $400 in the red. Her wager is $500 on this clue told by Jimmy:
The detail-oriented Washington even chose Mount Vernon's moulding, which depicted tools to symbolize farming and this type of leaf for national strength.
"What is an oak leaf?"...she's right to go to $3,100! At the first break, she's down to $2,100 after missing the $1,000 clue in the same category. Pierce's down to $600 now and the champ's now $400 on the plus side. Let's now look at the Stupid Answers. The first one:
Geraldine Brooks' book about an illuminated Jewish volume is called "People of the" this.
Brian: "What is book?"- CORRECT ($600)
$400:
This magazine has been a popular source of science and technology news since its inception in 1872.
Brian: "What is Popular Science?"- YOU BET ($1,000)
$600:
This government administration was created in 1971 to ensure occupational health and safety standards.
Wes: "What is the Occupational Health & Safety Administration?"- NOT ACCEPTABLE (NOTHING)
Kit: "What is the Occupational Safety & Health Administration?"- CORRECT ($2,700)
$800:
The title of the national anthem of Laos, "Pheng Xat Lao", means this in English.
Brian: "What is National Anthem of Laos?"- YES INDEED ($1,800)
$1,000:
Masi Oka plays a character with this first name on the TV show "Heroes".
Brian: "What is Hero?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($2,800)
At the end of the first round, he now has $3,200. Pierce has half his total and Carlson leads with $4,300.
LACH TRASH IN ROUND 1: $1,000
DJ! Categories:
ANCIENT GREEK WRITERS
BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE 2008 OLYMPICS
SAY CHEESE!
MICROSCOPY
SMART ANSWERS
CAPITAL RIVERS (a capital city is given in each clue, and the river it flows through must be IDed in each correct response)
Soon after Levinson takes over the lead, he finds the first Daily Double under the $2,000 Ancient Greek Writers clue with $8,000 so far. Pierce has $4,800 and Carlson's now in third with $4,300. The champ's wager is two grand.
The tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner" came from a drinking song about this lyric poet.
"Who is Actiion?"...no. He was kinda close- it was Anachrion. That means he loses face value, but he still leads with $6,000. He then faulters on the $2,000 Olympics clue to fall from first to worst with $4,000. He shortly then finds the other Daily Double under the $1,600 Smart Answers clue with $5,200 and still in third place. Carlson has $5,500 and Pierce leads with $6,800. His wager is $1,600. To tie the game:
A gem with this cut resembles two truncated pyramids set base to base.
"What is a square cut?"...NO, so he's still in last, now at $3,600. Correct: What is a brilliant cut?
LACH TRASH IN DJ!: $5,600
We're going to have a nail-biting FJ! because of these scores:
Brian: $7,600
Kit: $7,100
Wes: $7,200
CORYAT SCORES:
Brian: $11,200
Kit: $7,200
Wes: $7,200
FJ! CATEGORY: 20th Century America.
Experts say Glenn McDuffie is the mystery man in the classic Eisenstaedt photo taken in this year.
We start with Carlson, who wrote down "What is 1945?"...right! She risked everything but $100, taking her to $14,100. As for the men...Pierce is right to go to $14,201, but Levinson has 1908, so his wager of $6,801 means he's gone, but with $73,801. Mr. Levinson thus becomes the new champion.
This Week in Game Shows: September 29-October 5
As we wrap up a very eventful September, here's what's on tap this week:
America's Got Talent: The month of October begins with a bang as the latest million dollar-winning act is crowned! This will mark the fourth month in a row that something big has occurred on the first day of a month.
Jeopardy!: Can Brian Levinson continue his winning ways?
Deal or No Deal: The fourth Million Dollar Mission continues this week, with five $1,000,000 cases in play. Also, can anyone do very well on this syndicated version after what happened last Friday?
All this, plus the final three are determined on "Project Runway" and more this week!
America's Got Talent: The month of October begins with a bang as the latest million dollar-winning act is crowned! This will mark the fourth month in a row that something big has occurred on the first day of a month.
Jeopardy!: Can Brian Levinson continue his winning ways?
Deal or No Deal: The fourth Million Dollar Mission continues this week, with five $1,000,000 cases in play. Also, can anyone do very well on this syndicated version after what happened last Friday?
All this, plus the final three are determined on "Project Runway" and more this week!
Sunday, September 28, 2008
The Week in Review: September 22-28
Player of the Week:
WINNER: Chelsea Drake ($275,000)("Deal or No Deal"- Syndicated)
RUNNER-UP: Cyclone Jones (WINNERS)("My Family's Got GUTS")
3RD PLACE: George Maddocks ($100,000)("WWTBAM")
Other Big Winners and Notables:
Brian Levinson- $72,801 as current three-day champ ("Jeopardy!")
Stringham Family- $41,235 as four-day champs ("Family Feud")
Adam Weiss & Bryan Beverman- $72,550 ("Wheel of Fortune")
Mary Geech- $61,392 ("The Price is Right")
Phillip Torres- $100,000 ("Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?")
Guiterrez Family- $80,000+ ("Opportunity Knocks")
Lynette Bean- $58,469 ("TPIR")
Allison Gray- $50,000 ("Millionaire")
Jana Markum- $48,641 ("TPIR")
ZONK ANSWER OF THE WEEK: Last Thursday, on the fourth episode of the 37th season of "The Price is Right", contestant Alicia Furio blows a chance to win a $93,000+ cabin cruiser playing Golden Road after she bombed pricing the first prize, a three-in-one game table. She only thought the game table was $287, in an age where three-digit prizes on this show usually are at least $500, and wound up causing the first Golden Road WIPEOUT in over five years. She later lost a $68,000+ Corvette Showcase at the end. To see her horrible Golden Road playing, click here.
WINNER: Chelsea Drake ($275,000)("Deal or No Deal"- Syndicated)
RUNNER-UP: Cyclone Jones (WINNERS)("My Family's Got GUTS")
3RD PLACE: George Maddocks ($100,000)("WWTBAM")
Other Big Winners and Notables:
Brian Levinson- $72,801 as current three-day champ ("Jeopardy!")
Stringham Family- $41,235 as four-day champs ("Family Feud")
Adam Weiss & Bryan Beverman- $72,550 ("Wheel of Fortune")
Mary Geech- $61,392 ("The Price is Right")
Phillip Torres- $100,000 ("Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?")
Guiterrez Family- $80,000+ ("Opportunity Knocks")
Lynette Bean- $58,469 ("TPIR")
Allison Gray- $50,000 ("Millionaire")
Jana Markum- $48,641 ("TPIR")
ZONK ANSWER OF THE WEEK: Last Thursday, on the fourth episode of the 37th season of "The Price is Right", contestant Alicia Furio blows a chance to win a $93,000+ cabin cruiser playing Golden Road after she bombed pricing the first prize, a three-in-one game table. She only thought the game table was $287, in an age where three-digit prizes on this show usually are at least $500, and wound up causing the first Golden Road WIPEOUT in over five years. She later lost a $68,000+ Corvette Showcase at the end. To see her horrible Golden Road playing, click here.
"The Amazing Race"- 13th SEASON PREMIERE
This season begins at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
OPENING CLUE: Take a flight to Salvador, Brazil. Then, travel by taxi and find a sandwich shop called O Rei Do Pernil, where the second clue can be found.
Andrew & Dan just missed getting on the first flight run by American Airlines, which might lead to their downfall later on. The other flight was run by United Airlines, which would arrive three hours later than the first flight.
As it turned out, though, the ones that got to Rio via AA had their Salvador flight delayed, opening the door for the teams that flew via United to close the gap on them.
Mark & Bill have the early lead after getting to the sandwich shop first.
CLUE #2: After choosing a vending cart, they must wheel it down the streets to Praca Da Se, a popular plaza. After delivering their cart there, they get their third clue.
Terence & Sarah are in second at this point, with Nick & Starr being in third. Terence & Sarah move up to the leading position heading into the third clue.
CLUE #3: Travel by taxi to a military base, where they will have to spend the night outdoors under mosquito nets. There are three different departure times- 9 AM (four teams), 9:30 AM (three teams) and 9:45 AM (four teams).
Terence & Sarah keep their lead. In last right now are Anthony & Stephanie. Here are the group assignments:
9 AM:
1. Terence & Sarah
2. Nick & Starr
3. Mark & Bill
4. Ken & Tina
9:3o AM:
1. Kelly & Christy
2. Aja & Ty
3. Andrew & Dan
9:45 AM:
1. Dallas & Toni
2. Arthur & Anita
3. Marisa & Brooke
4. Anthony & Stephanie
CLUE #4: Take a taxi to Pelourinho, the historic center of Salvador. They must then find the church where the next clue is located.
Terence & Sarah already have a rivalry going with Nick & Starr. Quite a few teams, however, didn't immediately locate the clue box outside the church and went inside the church instead!
DETOUR: Hard Way Up or Soft Way Down?
Hard Way Up: Teams must go to a stairway called Escadaria Do Passo and then climb up it on only their hands and knees. Once they get to the top, they must answer a question. A correct answer gives them their Pit Stop destination, but an incorrect answer will force them to start the task all over again.
Soft Way Down: Teams must go to an outdoor elevator. Once they get up to the top, they must climb down a 240-foot cargo net in order to get their Pit Stop clue. Only three teams can do this task at any one time.
Most teams go for the net, with Nick & Starr being the first ones to get their final clue.
PIT STOP: Find the port Forte Sao Marcelo, where the last place team will be eliminated.
The first winners this season are...
...Nick & Starr Spangler! They win a trip to Belize.
2ND: Ken & Tina
3RD: Terence & Sarah
4TH: Mark & Bill
Andrew & Dan try the staircase task. The question is to figure out exactly how many steps they just climbed.
Their first guess is 40...incorrect.
5TH: Kelly & Christy
6TH: Dallas & Toni
Back to Andrew & Dan, their second guess is 53 after carefully counting all the steps...right! They're now in a battle with Arthur & Anita over the last spot in next week's leg.
7TH: Andrew & Dan
I stand corrected- Arthur & Anita are now in the most danger of being eliminated first.
8TH: Aja & Ty
9TH: Anthony & Stephanie
And the last team moving on will be...
...Marisa & Brooke, meaning Anita & Arthur Jones are the season's first team to leave us empty-handed.
OPENING CLUE: Take a flight to Salvador, Brazil. Then, travel by taxi and find a sandwich shop called O Rei Do Pernil, where the second clue can be found.
Andrew & Dan just missed getting on the first flight run by American Airlines, which might lead to their downfall later on. The other flight was run by United Airlines, which would arrive three hours later than the first flight.
As it turned out, though, the ones that got to Rio via AA had their Salvador flight delayed, opening the door for the teams that flew via United to close the gap on them.
Mark & Bill have the early lead after getting to the sandwich shop first.
CLUE #2: After choosing a vending cart, they must wheel it down the streets to Praca Da Se, a popular plaza. After delivering their cart there, they get their third clue.
Terence & Sarah are in second at this point, with Nick & Starr being in third. Terence & Sarah move up to the leading position heading into the third clue.
CLUE #3: Travel by taxi to a military base, where they will have to spend the night outdoors under mosquito nets. There are three different departure times- 9 AM (four teams), 9:30 AM (three teams) and 9:45 AM (four teams).
Terence & Sarah keep their lead. In last right now are Anthony & Stephanie. Here are the group assignments:
9 AM:
1. Terence & Sarah
2. Nick & Starr
3. Mark & Bill
4. Ken & Tina
9:3o AM:
1. Kelly & Christy
2. Aja & Ty
3. Andrew & Dan
9:45 AM:
1. Dallas & Toni
2. Arthur & Anita
3. Marisa & Brooke
4. Anthony & Stephanie
CLUE #4: Take a taxi to Pelourinho, the historic center of Salvador. They must then find the church where the next clue is located.
Terence & Sarah already have a rivalry going with Nick & Starr. Quite a few teams, however, didn't immediately locate the clue box outside the church and went inside the church instead!
DETOUR: Hard Way Up or Soft Way Down?
Hard Way Up: Teams must go to a stairway called Escadaria Do Passo and then climb up it on only their hands and knees. Once they get to the top, they must answer a question. A correct answer gives them their Pit Stop destination, but an incorrect answer will force them to start the task all over again.
Soft Way Down: Teams must go to an outdoor elevator. Once they get up to the top, they must climb down a 240-foot cargo net in order to get their Pit Stop clue. Only three teams can do this task at any one time.
Most teams go for the net, with Nick & Starr being the first ones to get their final clue.
PIT STOP: Find the port Forte Sao Marcelo, where the last place team will be eliminated.
The first winners this season are...
...Nick & Starr Spangler! They win a trip to Belize.
2ND: Ken & Tina
3RD: Terence & Sarah
4TH: Mark & Bill
Andrew & Dan try the staircase task. The question is to figure out exactly how many steps they just climbed.
Their first guess is 40...incorrect.
5TH: Kelly & Christy
6TH: Dallas & Toni
Back to Andrew & Dan, their second guess is 53 after carefully counting all the steps...right! They're now in a battle with Arthur & Anita over the last spot in next week's leg.
7TH: Andrew & Dan
I stand corrected- Arthur & Anita are now in the most danger of being eliminated first.
8TH: Aja & Ty
9TH: Anthony & Stephanie
And the last team moving on will be...
...Marisa & Brooke, meaning Anita & Arthur Jones are the season's first team to leave us empty-handed.
"5th Grader" rating drops
Last Friday's episode of "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" scored a 3.3 Fast Nielsen with a 6 share, getting beaten by a rerun of the premiere of "The Mentalist" and a "20/20" special.
Source: Zap2it.com
Source: Zap2it.com
"Deal or No Deal" Video Bonus
Alex Davis is agreeing with me that last Friday's episode of syndicated "Deal or No Deal" was the best U.S. "Deal" episode ever. Here's a clip of the final segment courtesy of Big Jon.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
"My Family's Got GUTS"- AGGRO BOWL
Here is a reminder of the three final teams competing for the last Crag piece available and a dream vacation:
CYCLONE JONES: Kevin, Kali, Brock & Matt
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: Marty, Morgan, Annie & Alex
GAHRES G-DOGS: Donald, Cathy, John Mark & John
There will be four events before the all-important Aggro Crag; only the two teams with the most points after those events get to battle against each other on the Crag to determine the champions. And unlike previous episodes in the season, the season finale's in HD!
EVENT #1: GUTS GRAND PRIX
This event takes place outside at Universal Orlando's NYC streets. Starting on Broadway, contestants are riding on devices that are similar to those Segways you might see. They must first take a left to Delancy, then take another left turn down 7th Ave. On 7th Avenue, contestants will run into Sting Alley, a winding street. After getting through the tough stretch on Sting Alley, they reach the finish line back on Broadway, allowing the other player on their team to start their run. Each team will select two players to compete in this race, with one riding a high stepper and the other getting a low rider to ride in.
The winners get 100 points. The runners-up get 75 and 3rd place is worth 50.
Teams:
CYCLONE JONES: Matt (low rider) and Brock (high stepper)
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: Annie (high stepper) and Marty (low rider)
GAHRES G-DOGS: John Mark (low rider) and Donald (high stepper)
Results:
1ST: CYCLONE JONES
2ND: HOWLIN' HOWELLS
3RD: GAHRES G-DOGS
EVENT #2: MILE HIGH TRIPLE JUMP
One player from each team must start by jumping over a high jump. Then, they must jump over two hurdles before making a big vert jump at the top of the other platform. Each foot mark above the 10 ft. mark is worth ten points more the last, with the highest mark on the board being worth 100 points. Players also get 10 points for clearing the opening high jump and clearing the hurdles.
Participants:
CYCLONE JONES: KEVIN
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: ANNIE
GAHRES G-DOGS: JOHN MARK
Results:
KEVIN:
High Jump:10
Hurdles: 20
Vert Jump: 60
TOTAL: 90
ANNIE:
High Jump: 10
Hurdles: 10
Vert Jump: 30
TOTAL: 50
JOHN MARK:
High Jump: 0
Hurdles: 10
Vert Jump: 0
TOTAL: 10
SCORES AFTER TWO EVENTS:
CYCLONE JONES: 190
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: 125
GAHRES G-DOGS: 60
EVENT #3: FREE RUN CITY- WILD SIDE
First up is the construction site (with slightly longer jumps than usual), second is the water tower (with some additional pipes and steam), third is the catwalk version of the Skybridge, but with fewer planks on the bridge than in the prelims; finally is a new obstacle called the Drop Zone, where the last player on each team must land on a manhole to stop the clock. Each team now has four minutes to complete the course (hence, up to 240 points are up for grabs for each team).
CYCLONE JONES:
Construction- Matt
Water Tower- Brock
Skybridge- Kevin
Drop Zone- Kali
Results:
Matt- :15
Brock- :23
Kevin- :09
Kali- :06
TOTAL- :53- 187 POINTS
HOWLIN' HOWELLS:
Construction- Annie
Water Tower- Alex
Skybridge- Marty
Drop Zone- Morgan
Results:
Annie- :17
Alex- MAX OUT (still 45 seconds)
Marty- :11
Morgan- :04
TOTAL: 1:17- 163 POINTS
GAHRES G-DOGS:
Construction- John
Water Tower- John Mark
Skybridge- Donald
Drop Zone- Cathy
Results:
John- :23
John Mark- :23
Donald- :10
Cathy- :04
TOTAL: 1:00- 180 POINTS
SCORES AFTER THREE EVENTS:
CYCLONE JONES: 377
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: 288
GAHRES G-DOGS: 240
EVENT #4: ALLEY HOOP
Two players from each team compete- one being the dunker and the other being the ball carrier. Each basket scored within 90 seconds is worth 10 points.
Teams:
CYCLONE JONES: Matt and Brock
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: Marty and Alex
GAHRES G-DOGS: Donald and John
Cyclone Jones locks up a spot in the Aggro Crag by scoring 16 times, good for a final score of 537!
Now, it comes down to who will face them. The Howin' Howells scored just four times for 40 points, for a final score of 328. That means that the Gahres G-Dogs needed to have scored at least nine baskets to move on. In Alley Hoop, the Gahres G-Dogs made...
...just seven dunks, so they will have to sit down with a final score of 310 points.
AGGRO CRAG: The course here is the same as the semi-finals EXCEPT for this additional twist- during the championship round, the third player on each team controls the disasters that will come at the first two players of each team until it's time for them to go into the maze, at which point the second player on each team gets to unleash some cold air inside the maze. The all-important lineups:
CYCLONE JONES:
1. Kali
2. Matt
3. Brock
4. Kevin
HOWLIN' HOWELLS:
1. Morgan
2. Marty
3. Alex
4. Annie
Like the semi-finals, Cyclone Jones gets the maximum ten second head start here.
Cyclone Jones has a good lead heading into the big wall climb, although Brock does slip at the end of the maze.
The winners of the first season of "My Family's Got GUTS" are...
...CYCLONE JONES!!!
(No mention was made of the exact location of the trip they just won, though.)
CYCLONE JONES: Kevin, Kali, Brock & Matt
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: Marty, Morgan, Annie & Alex
GAHRES G-DOGS: Donald, Cathy, John Mark & John
There will be four events before the all-important Aggro Crag; only the two teams with the most points after those events get to battle against each other on the Crag to determine the champions. And unlike previous episodes in the season, the season finale's in HD!
EVENT #1: GUTS GRAND PRIX
This event takes place outside at Universal Orlando's NYC streets. Starting on Broadway, contestants are riding on devices that are similar to those Segways you might see. They must first take a left to Delancy, then take another left turn down 7th Ave. On 7th Avenue, contestants will run into Sting Alley, a winding street. After getting through the tough stretch on Sting Alley, they reach the finish line back on Broadway, allowing the other player on their team to start their run. Each team will select two players to compete in this race, with one riding a high stepper and the other getting a low rider to ride in.
The winners get 100 points. The runners-up get 75 and 3rd place is worth 50.
Teams:
CYCLONE JONES: Matt (low rider) and Brock (high stepper)
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: Annie (high stepper) and Marty (low rider)
GAHRES G-DOGS: John Mark (low rider) and Donald (high stepper)
Results:
1ST: CYCLONE JONES
2ND: HOWLIN' HOWELLS
3RD: GAHRES G-DOGS
EVENT #2: MILE HIGH TRIPLE JUMP
One player from each team must start by jumping over a high jump. Then, they must jump over two hurdles before making a big vert jump at the top of the other platform. Each foot mark above the 10 ft. mark is worth ten points more the last, with the highest mark on the board being worth 100 points. Players also get 10 points for clearing the opening high jump and clearing the hurdles.
Participants:
CYCLONE JONES: KEVIN
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: ANNIE
GAHRES G-DOGS: JOHN MARK
Results:
KEVIN:
High Jump:10
Hurdles: 20
Vert Jump: 60
TOTAL: 90
ANNIE:
High Jump: 10
Hurdles: 10
Vert Jump: 30
TOTAL: 50
JOHN MARK:
High Jump: 0
Hurdles: 10
Vert Jump: 0
TOTAL: 10
SCORES AFTER TWO EVENTS:
CYCLONE JONES: 190
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: 125
GAHRES G-DOGS: 60
EVENT #3: FREE RUN CITY- WILD SIDE
First up is the construction site (with slightly longer jumps than usual), second is the water tower (with some additional pipes and steam), third is the catwalk version of the Skybridge, but with fewer planks on the bridge than in the prelims; finally is a new obstacle called the Drop Zone, where the last player on each team must land on a manhole to stop the clock. Each team now has four minutes to complete the course (hence, up to 240 points are up for grabs for each team).
CYCLONE JONES:
Construction- Matt
Water Tower- Brock
Skybridge- Kevin
Drop Zone- Kali
Results:
Matt- :15
Brock- :23
Kevin- :09
Kali- :06
TOTAL- :53- 187 POINTS
HOWLIN' HOWELLS:
Construction- Annie
Water Tower- Alex
Skybridge- Marty
Drop Zone- Morgan
Results:
Annie- :17
Alex- MAX OUT (still 45 seconds)
Marty- :11
Morgan- :04
TOTAL: 1:17- 163 POINTS
GAHRES G-DOGS:
Construction- John
Water Tower- John Mark
Skybridge- Donald
Drop Zone- Cathy
Results:
John- :23
John Mark- :23
Donald- :10
Cathy- :04
TOTAL: 1:00- 180 POINTS
SCORES AFTER THREE EVENTS:
CYCLONE JONES: 377
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: 288
GAHRES G-DOGS: 240
EVENT #4: ALLEY HOOP
Two players from each team compete- one being the dunker and the other being the ball carrier. Each basket scored within 90 seconds is worth 10 points.
Teams:
CYCLONE JONES: Matt and Brock
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: Marty and Alex
GAHRES G-DOGS: Donald and John
Cyclone Jones locks up a spot in the Aggro Crag by scoring 16 times, good for a final score of 537!
Now, it comes down to who will face them. The Howin' Howells scored just four times for 40 points, for a final score of 328. That means that the Gahres G-Dogs needed to have scored at least nine baskets to move on. In Alley Hoop, the Gahres G-Dogs made...
...just seven dunks, so they will have to sit down with a final score of 310 points.
AGGRO CRAG: The course here is the same as the semi-finals EXCEPT for this additional twist- during the championship round, the third player on each team controls the disasters that will come at the first two players of each team until it's time for them to go into the maze, at which point the second player on each team gets to unleash some cold air inside the maze. The all-important lineups:
CYCLONE JONES:
1. Kali
2. Matt
3. Brock
4. Kevin
HOWLIN' HOWELLS:
1. Morgan
2. Marty
3. Alex
4. Annie
Like the semi-finals, Cyclone Jones gets the maximum ten second head start here.
Cyclone Jones has a good lead heading into the big wall climb, although Brock does slip at the end of the maze.
The winners of the first season of "My Family's Got GUTS" are...
...CYCLONE JONES!!!
(No mention was made of the exact location of the trip they just won, though.)
"Survivor" rating
The first half of the two-hour season premiere of "Survivor: Gabon" scored a 7.8 Fast Nielsen with a 13 share. However, the rating dropped in the second half against increased competition (most notably "Grey's Anatomy"), as it went to a 7.5/11.
Source: The Futon Critic
Source: The Futon Critic
Wednesday ratings
The "Dancing With the Stars" results show posted a 10.3 Fast Nielsen with a 17 share, leading all TV shows that night.
"America's Got Talent" got a 6.6/10.
Source: The Futon Critic
"America's Got Talent" got a 6.6/10.
Source: The Futon Critic
"Project Runway" not officially on Lifetime yet
Yesterday, it was reported that NBC Universal got a preliminary injunction against The Weinstein Company. TWC was said to have violated NBC Universal's right of first refusal to future seasons of "Project Runway" (the one currrently airing on Bravo is it's fifth). That puts the January 2009 start date of the first season on Lifetime in jeopardy.
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"Survivor: Gabon"- SEASON PREMIERE
The two oldest contestants out of this season's 18, Gillian Larson (61) and Bob Crowley (58) got to start alternating picking the teams. Here are this season's tribes:
RED TEAM:
1. Gillian Larson
2. Crystal Cox (a former Olympic gold medalist!)
3. Susie Smith
4. Matty Whitmore
5. Dan Kay
6. Randy Bailey
7. GC Brown
8. Ken Hoang
9. Michelle Chase
YELLOW TEAM:
1. Bob Crowley
2. Ace Gordon
3. Sugar Kiper (she's a model; no wonder she looked hot!)
4. Marcus Lehman
5. Paloma Soto-Castillo
6. Charlie Herschel
7. Kelly Czarnecki
8. Jacque Berg
9. Corrine Kaplan
The red tribe's called Fang and the yellow tribe's called Kota.
Opening Challenge: Everybody ran up a hill to get supplies at the top of it. The first player on each tribe that got up to the top was safe from the season's first Tribal Council. The first tribe to entirely get up to the top of the hill also got a bag of corn and beans.
The Immunity Idol winners were...
...Marcus Lehman and GC Brown! Winning the corn and beans was...
...Kota!
Hoang was very shy when it came to meeting the women. Gordon was very talkative. Herschel became friends with Lehman the minute he was chosen for his tribe.
Over at Fang's camp on their first official day of living, they got scared by several nearby animals (including elephants). Meanwhile, Bailey suffered a deep cut on his head due to bumping it on a sharp house branch, and he bled quite a bit! OUCH. It wound up leaving a scar and he needed a few stitches.
TREE MAIL #1: "You've had cold dark nights in the junkle and your situation's feeling dire. wouldn't you love some security and a nice, big roaring fire? Well, you'd better move together for a chance to win the flame. If you're not the first to finish, you may be the first to leave the game."
Immunity Challenge #1: Six members of each tribe were belted together and had to race through a leech-filled swamp, over a wall, go under and over a series of posts, and then go to a patch to dig up three bags of puzzle pieces. After those six got to the end of the path, the other three members of each tribe then attempted to solve the puzzle. The first tribe that did all of this won immunity and fire.
Puzzle solvers:
Kota: Paloma, Sugar & Bob
Fang: Susie, Gillian & Randy
Kota was in the lead heading into the puzzle-solving phase. Were they the first ones to solve their puzzle?...
...boy, did they ever- they won before Fang even got to start solving their puzzle!
TRIBAL COUNCIL: By a unanimous vote, the first castaway eliminated this season was...
...Michelle Chase. Gillian Larson got the other vote. After the voting, Fang got their fire!
Most of their members now considered GC as the leader of their tribe. But Bailey thought he was too young to lead and he was on a mission to let other people crash and burn on the season.
TREE MAIL #2: "A rolling stone gathers no moss, and losers are just left fishing. One tribe will have to vote someone out, the other will soon be fishing."
For motivational purposes, Fang put on facepaint before the next Immunity Challenge.
Immunity Challenge #2: Each tribe this time had to push a large boulder through a series of gates. On two occasions, both tribes had to get on top of their boulder and collect a set of three keys. Each tribe then used their six keys at a gate to unlock all of the locks and chains, leading them to the finish line, where they had to place their boulder in the finish position as well. The first team done won immunity, fishing gear and got to send one member of the losing team to Exile Island.
Soto-Castillo chose to sit this challenge out for Kota.
Kota had the early lead, but it was all even by the time both got to the second set of keys. Kota got through all their locks first...
...and they hung on to win another challenge! They sent Kay to Exile Island, and here was his first Immunity Idol clue there:
"You've arrived in exile, a lonely, lonely place; in this Garden of Eden, a difficult choice you'll face...one choice provides an apple, one choice provides direction; spend your time in idle comfort or seek idol protection."
He went with this second clue:
"Across the lake you see so well there lies a sandy crater, the object hidden in its floor will surely help you later."
For now, he couldn't find anything else.
TRIBAL COUNCIL #2: By a unanimous vote, Gillian Larson was ousted this time. Ken Hoang got the other vote.
RED TEAM:
1. Gillian Larson
2. Crystal Cox (a former Olympic gold medalist!)
3. Susie Smith
4. Matty Whitmore
5. Dan Kay
6. Randy Bailey
7. GC Brown
8. Ken Hoang
9. Michelle Chase
YELLOW TEAM:
1. Bob Crowley
2. Ace Gordon
3. Sugar Kiper (she's a model; no wonder she looked hot!)
4. Marcus Lehman
5. Paloma Soto-Castillo
6. Charlie Herschel
7. Kelly Czarnecki
8. Jacque Berg
9. Corrine Kaplan
The red tribe's called Fang and the yellow tribe's called Kota.
Opening Challenge: Everybody ran up a hill to get supplies at the top of it. The first player on each tribe that got up to the top was safe from the season's first Tribal Council. The first tribe to entirely get up to the top of the hill also got a bag of corn and beans.
The Immunity Idol winners were...
...Marcus Lehman and GC Brown! Winning the corn and beans was...
...Kota!
Hoang was very shy when it came to meeting the women. Gordon was very talkative. Herschel became friends with Lehman the minute he was chosen for his tribe.
Over at Fang's camp on their first official day of living, they got scared by several nearby animals (including elephants). Meanwhile, Bailey suffered a deep cut on his head due to bumping it on a sharp house branch, and he bled quite a bit! OUCH. It wound up leaving a scar and he needed a few stitches.
TREE MAIL #1: "You've had cold dark nights in the junkle and your situation's feeling dire. wouldn't you love some security and a nice, big roaring fire? Well, you'd better move together for a chance to win the flame. If you're not the first to finish, you may be the first to leave the game."
Immunity Challenge #1: Six members of each tribe were belted together and had to race through a leech-filled swamp, over a wall, go under and over a series of posts, and then go to a patch to dig up three bags of puzzle pieces. After those six got to the end of the path, the other three members of each tribe then attempted to solve the puzzle. The first tribe that did all of this won immunity and fire.
Puzzle solvers:
Kota: Paloma, Sugar & Bob
Fang: Susie, Gillian & Randy
Kota was in the lead heading into the puzzle-solving phase. Were they the first ones to solve their puzzle?...
...boy, did they ever- they won before Fang even got to start solving their puzzle!
TRIBAL COUNCIL: By a unanimous vote, the first castaway eliminated this season was...
...Michelle Chase. Gillian Larson got the other vote. After the voting, Fang got their fire!
Most of their members now considered GC as the leader of their tribe. But Bailey thought he was too young to lead and he was on a mission to let other people crash and burn on the season.
TREE MAIL #2: "A rolling stone gathers no moss, and losers are just left fishing. One tribe will have to vote someone out, the other will soon be fishing."
For motivational purposes, Fang put on facepaint before the next Immunity Challenge.
Immunity Challenge #2: Each tribe this time had to push a large boulder through a series of gates. On two occasions, both tribes had to get on top of their boulder and collect a set of three keys. Each tribe then used their six keys at a gate to unlock all of the locks and chains, leading them to the finish line, where they had to place their boulder in the finish position as well. The first team done won immunity, fishing gear and got to send one member of the losing team to Exile Island.
Soto-Castillo chose to sit this challenge out for Kota.
Kota had the early lead, but it was all even by the time both got to the second set of keys. Kota got through all their locks first...
...and they hung on to win another challenge! They sent Kay to Exile Island, and here was his first Immunity Idol clue there:
"You've arrived in exile, a lonely, lonely place; in this Garden of Eden, a difficult choice you'll face...one choice provides an apple, one choice provides direction; spend your time in idle comfort or seek idol protection."
He went with this second clue:
"Across the lake you see so well there lies a sandy crater, the object hidden in its floor will surely help you later."
For now, he couldn't find anything else.
TRIBAL COUNCIL #2: By a unanimous vote, Gillian Larson was ousted this time. Ken Hoang got the other vote.
"Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Island"- Episode 3
Let's hope we don't have as much as an EPIC FAIL like Abram's last week.
Johnny, who was in last week's elimination vote, was already being very talkative early on.
The women got to bring down the air drop supplies box this time. Amongst their food were oranges, eggs, two big fish, and supplies to make S'mores, sans the marshmellows (I think).
It looked like KellyAnne and Ev were sure bets to be in this week's Face Off. Robin was also a possibility; speaking of her, she and Dan had a little romance in a hammock.
FACE OFF #3: KellyAnne vs. Robin vs. Rachel
In "The Rack", there were three sets of parallel bars made of bamboo. Each of the women had to keep in contact with those bars at all times. Sometimes, they will be asked to move their bodies to certain positions. The last one standing won.
BONUS PRIZE: TRIP FOR TWO TO NYC WITH A COPY OF THE "Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist" SOUNDTRACK
After about an hour, the first one eliminated was...
...Robin. Another hour and change passed, and we then found out that the winner was...
...KellyAnne! It looked like she really needed to win that one, as losing would likely have meant that she would've gone on to be voted out.
Elimination: This was the tighest vote of the season so far. By a vote of 8-6...
...Robin was safe, meaning Rachel Robinson left empty-handed.
Johnny, who was in last week's elimination vote, was already being very talkative early on.
The women got to bring down the air drop supplies box this time. Amongst their food were oranges, eggs, two big fish, and supplies to make S'mores, sans the marshmellows (I think).
It looked like KellyAnne and Ev were sure bets to be in this week's Face Off. Robin was also a possibility; speaking of her, she and Dan had a little romance in a hammock.
FACE OFF #3: KellyAnne vs. Robin vs. Rachel
In "The Rack", there were three sets of parallel bars made of bamboo. Each of the women had to keep in contact with those bars at all times. Sometimes, they will be asked to move their bodies to certain positions. The last one standing won.
BONUS PRIZE: TRIP FOR TWO TO NYC WITH A COPY OF THE "Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist" SOUNDTRACK
After about an hour, the first one eliminated was...
...Robin. Another hour and change passed, and we then found out that the winner was...
...KellyAnne! It looked like she really needed to win that one, as losing would likely have meant that she would've gone on to be voted out.
Elimination: This was the tighest vote of the season so far. By a vote of 8-6...
...Robin was safe, meaning Rachel Robinson left empty-handed.
BREAKING NEWS: PAUL NEWMAN DIES AT 83
I regret to inform all of you that actor, producer and director Paul Newman passed away yesterday at the age of 83 after losing his long battle with cancer.
Newman was nominated for ten Oscars over the course of his career, with his only major Oscar win coming in 1987 for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the movie "The Color of Money" (he also won two honorary ones). He also won a Primetime Emmy in 2005 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for "Empire Falls" (he also won an SGA Award in 2006 for a similar category) and won six Golden Globes (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award) amongst his other 36 awards.
His career began in the theater genre as Newman made his first Broadway appearance in 1953 with "Picnic". After that, he was then offered an acting contract with Warner Bros. and the rest is history.
Newman is also known for his Newman's Own food products line.
Newman appeared on "I've Got a Secret" on October 3, 1956 and was the Mystery Guest on "What's My Line?" twice- on January 25, 1959 and November 8, 1959.
In addition to wife Joanne Woodward, he is survived by five children, older brother Arthur and his two grandsons.
Various sources contributed to this report.
Newman was nominated for ten Oscars over the course of his career, with his only major Oscar win coming in 1987 for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the movie "The Color of Money" (he also won two honorary ones). He also won a Primetime Emmy in 2005 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for "Empire Falls" (he also won an SGA Award in 2006 for a similar category) and won six Golden Globes (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award) amongst his other 36 awards.
His career began in the theater genre as Newman made his first Broadway appearance in 1953 with "Picnic". After that, he was then offered an acting contract with Warner Bros. and the rest is history.
Newman is also known for his Newman's Own food products line.
Newman appeared on "I've Got a Secret" on October 3, 1956 and was the Mystery Guest on "What's My Line?" twice- on January 25, 1959 and November 8, 1959.
In addition to wife Joanne Woodward, he is survived by five children, older brother Arthur and his two grandsons.
Various sources contributed to this report.
"America's Next Top Model" 9/24
This episode was a very interesting one, because this was a DOUBLE ELIMINATION EPISODE.
TYRA MAIL #11: "Tomorrow your model dreasm could end up in the gutter!"
They were taken to a bowling alley called Lucky Strike, where each model got a pair of high heel bowling shoes. They had to walk down a bowling lane. Most didn't fare that well.
TYRA MAIL #12: "You think you have this competition in the bank? You may be walking right out of it."
Runway Challenge: Inside a vintage bank, while wearing Jeremy Scott-designed fashions, they had to walk and pose blindfolded. The winner got to appear in an advertorial shoot for Seventeen Magazine with two friends. The one who did the worst, however, was immediately eliminated.
Samantha took a HUGE gamble by lifting her skirt at the edge of the runway. The winner was...
...Joslyn! But the loser of this challenge, and therefore the first contestant this week to be eliminated was...
...Hannah White. After her CoverGirl Challenge success last week, she just got too nervous for her own good when it came to modeling. She leaves with the advertising campaign and the Wal-Mart gift card.
TYRA MAIL #13: "This competition is deep! Some will rise above and some will go under."
PHOTO SHOOT: While at home base, the remaining contestants had to pose in the swimming pool with mainly their eyes. Nigel Barker was the photographer.
1. Mckey: Not good.
2. Joslyn: Average.
3. Clark: Also average, with the fact that she was allegedly flirting with Nigel.
4. Marjorie: Good job!
5. Isis: Her nervousness really caught up to her in this challenge.
6. Analeigh: Excellent!
7. Sheena: Also very good!
8. Lauren Brie: Virginia lady, way to go!
9. Elina: Average.
10. Samantha: Pretty good.
In the bottom two this week...
...Samantha and Isis. Joining Hannah out the door this week was...
Isis
Samantha
...Isis King.
TYRA MAIL #11: "Tomorrow your model dreasm could end up in the gutter!"
They were taken to a bowling alley called Lucky Strike, where each model got a pair of high heel bowling shoes. They had to walk down a bowling lane. Most didn't fare that well.
TYRA MAIL #12: "You think you have this competition in the bank? You may be walking right out of it."
Runway Challenge: Inside a vintage bank, while wearing Jeremy Scott-designed fashions, they had to walk and pose blindfolded. The winner got to appear in an advertorial shoot for Seventeen Magazine with two friends. The one who did the worst, however, was immediately eliminated.
Samantha took a HUGE gamble by lifting her skirt at the edge of the runway. The winner was...
...Joslyn! But the loser of this challenge, and therefore the first contestant this week to be eliminated was...
...Hannah White. After her CoverGirl Challenge success last week, she just got too nervous for her own good when it came to modeling. She leaves with the advertising campaign and the Wal-Mart gift card.
TYRA MAIL #13: "This competition is deep! Some will rise above and some will go under."
PHOTO SHOOT: While at home base, the remaining contestants had to pose in the swimming pool with mainly their eyes. Nigel Barker was the photographer.
1. Mckey: Not good.
2. Joslyn: Average.
3. Clark: Also average, with the fact that she was allegedly flirting with Nigel.
4. Marjorie: Good job!
5. Isis: Her nervousness really caught up to her in this challenge.
6. Analeigh: Excellent!
7. Sheena: Also very good!
8. Lauren Brie: Virginia lady, way to go!
9. Elina: Average.
10. Samantha: Pretty good.
In the bottom two this week...
...Samantha and Isis. Joining Hannah out the door this week was...
Isis
Samantha
...Isis King.
Friday, September 26, 2008
"America's Toughest Jobs" 9/26
Folks, the Bryce and Chris Horror Show is still on, but will it continue after this episode? Let's find out.
This week, the contestants find themselves in San Angelo, TX.
THIS WEEK'S JOB: Bullfighting. The boss this time out is Rob Smets, a five-time world bullfighting champion.
For starters, they use a wheelbarrow with bull horns on it. Second, they deal with a 1,000-pound training bull. And then, they face the Real McCoy with 1,500-pound competition bulls in front of an audience.
Bryce actually did well with the wheelbarrow, but as for Chris...not so much. Also having trouble outrunning the wheelbarrow are Rei and Ben. Even worse for Rei, she was said to have dislocated one of her kneecaps after running into the wheelbarrow.
Prior to the practice bullfighting, Sandy got into an argument with Chris.
On her first attempt with the practice bull, Sandy got knocked down by the bull and injured one of her ankles when she decided to run in a straight line away from the bull. Chris was lucky not to get knocked down while commiting the same mistake.
Just before the main event, most contestants thought Rie was faking an injury. But what they did know was that Sandy was done for the day due to a very swollen ankle. They were then reunited with their loved ones.
MAIN EVENT:
1. Michaela: Good job!
2. Chris: I can't believe I'm saying this...but he did a great job!
3. Steven: Average.
4. Rommel: Unfortunately for him, he dislocated his shoulder when he ran into the bull.
5. Bryce: His fate here...he did as well as Chris!
6. Rie: She did decently at the start, but she fell apart towards the end.
7. Ben: He did the best out of the bunch!
AVERAGE SALARY FOR BULLFIGHTING: $41,785.81
NEW POT TOTAL: $199,569.93
As of this week, the danger zone now has the bottom two. In this case, the two in danger of being eliminated this week are...
...Rie & Steven, meaning Rommel surprisingly is safe.
ELIMINATION ROUND: Rie & Steven play a game of "Bull Hockey". The objective is to force a bull to go into the opposing contestant's goal; doing so eliminates their opponent.
The one who scores and is moving on to the next episode is...
...Steven, meaning despite Rie's fine effort, she's eliminated tonight.
This week, the contestants find themselves in San Angelo, TX.
THIS WEEK'S JOB: Bullfighting. The boss this time out is Rob Smets, a five-time world bullfighting champion.
For starters, they use a wheelbarrow with bull horns on it. Second, they deal with a 1,000-pound training bull. And then, they face the Real McCoy with 1,500-pound competition bulls in front of an audience.
Bryce actually did well with the wheelbarrow, but as for Chris...not so much. Also having trouble outrunning the wheelbarrow are Rei and Ben. Even worse for Rei, she was said to have dislocated one of her kneecaps after running into the wheelbarrow.
Prior to the practice bullfighting, Sandy got into an argument with Chris.
On her first attempt with the practice bull, Sandy got knocked down by the bull and injured one of her ankles when she decided to run in a straight line away from the bull. Chris was lucky not to get knocked down while commiting the same mistake.
Just before the main event, most contestants thought Rie was faking an injury. But what they did know was that Sandy was done for the day due to a very swollen ankle. They were then reunited with their loved ones.
MAIN EVENT:
1. Michaela: Good job!
2. Chris: I can't believe I'm saying this...but he did a great job!
3. Steven: Average.
4. Rommel: Unfortunately for him, he dislocated his shoulder when he ran into the bull.
5. Bryce: His fate here...he did as well as Chris!
6. Rie: She did decently at the start, but she fell apart towards the end.
7. Ben: He did the best out of the bunch!
AVERAGE SALARY FOR BULLFIGHTING: $41,785.81
NEW POT TOTAL: $199,569.93
As of this week, the danger zone now has the bottom two. In this case, the two in danger of being eliminated this week are...
...Rie & Steven, meaning Rommel surprisingly is safe.
ELIMINATION ROUND: Rie & Steven play a game of "Bull Hockey". The objective is to force a bull to go into the opposing contestant's goal; doing so eliminates their opponent.
The one who scores and is moving on to the next episode is...
...Steven, meaning despite Rie's fine effort, she's eliminated tonight.
"Project Runway" 9/24
Before the next challenge, here are the models the five remaining contestants chose for this week:
Jerell- Nicole
Kenley- Topacio
Leanne- Tia
Suede- Xaviera
Korto- Katarina
THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: Create a dress inspired by a musical genre for one of the other four contestants. Assignments:
Suede- Jerell (Rock & Roll)
Kenley- Leanne (Hip-Hop)
Korto- Suede (Punk)
Jerell- Kenley (Pop)
Leanne- Korto (Country)
Kenley wasn't happy that Jerell was going to have to make her a pop-themed dress because she felt pop music was cheesy.
Everyone's shopping budget this week was $150.
In addition to Kenley having early troubles in the work room, Suede and Korto also struggled.
This week's guest judge was LL Cool J!
The contestant order:
1. Leanne
2. Jerell
3. Kenley
4. Korto
5. Suede
The winner was...
Jerell
Kenley
Korto
Leanne
Suede
...Korto Momolu, giving her the second win of the season! In the bottom two...
Jerell
Kenley
Leanne
Suede
...Kenley and Suede. In addition to his sub-par work this week, what was also against him was the fact that he mouthed off to Tim Gunn while he was in the work room! In the end...
Kenley
Suede
...Tim, I hope you're happy- Suede's gone.
Jerell- Nicole
Kenley- Topacio
Leanne- Tia
Suede- Xaviera
Korto- Katarina
THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: Create a dress inspired by a musical genre for one of the other four contestants. Assignments:
Suede- Jerell (Rock & Roll)
Kenley- Leanne (Hip-Hop)
Korto- Suede (Punk)
Jerell- Kenley (Pop)
Leanne- Korto (Country)
Kenley wasn't happy that Jerell was going to have to make her a pop-themed dress because she felt pop music was cheesy.
Everyone's shopping budget this week was $150.
In addition to Kenley having early troubles in the work room, Suede and Korto also struggled.
This week's guest judge was LL Cool J!
The contestant order:
1. Leanne
2. Jerell
3. Kenley
4. Korto
5. Suede
The winner was...
Jerell
Kenley
Korto
Leanne
Suede
...Korto Momolu, giving her the second win of the season! In the bottom two...
Jerell
Kenley
Leanne
Suede
...Kenley and Suede. In addition to his sub-par work this week, what was also against him was the fact that he mouthed off to Tim Gunn while he was in the work room! In the end...
Kenley
Suede
...Tim, I hope you're happy- Suede's gone.
9/26/2008 Results
TPIR: Things have gone downhill since the season premiere. Can we end the week on a strong note? Let's find out.
We start out with Amaya, Benjamin, Esther and Earline, and the first IUFB being a karaoke machine (Rachael).
Amaya: $850
Benjamin: BUCK
Esther: $1,150
Earline: $999
ARP: $1,000
Earline Hudson plays Any Number for either a sofa (Tamiko) or a Dodge Charger (Std., Paint, PGroup, EBH, Mats)(Brandi). First number in the car is 2, and she hates this game.
1. 1- CAR ($ 2 _ , _ 1 _)
2. 2- Pricey Ziffel ($ _ . _ 2)
3. 3- CAR ($ 2 3, _ 1 _)
4. 5- Pricey Ziffel ($ _ . 5 2)
5. 0- CAR ($ 2 3, _ 1 0)
6. 8- Sofa ($ 8 _ _)
7. 7- Sofa ($ 8 _ 7)
Final pick: 4- Wins $847 sofa
I thought she had it when she picked the 4. The car was $23,910 and the piggy bank had $6.52 in it.
Leaving the audience next is Douglas and the second IUFB is a gas grill (Brandi & Tamiko). The winner also gets four Libman mops.
Douglas: $1,275
Amaya: $950
Benjamin: $951
Esther: $1,100
ARP: $1,200
(Note: This was actually their second round of bidding on the grill; their first round of bids proved to be so bad that it was edited out of the broadcast. The bids were $2,000, $2,500, $2,600 and $2,700 respectively. No word yet on whether or not editing all-overbids during IUFBs is now permanent.)
Esther Ferguson tries to crack the big safe in Safe Crackers (controlled by Brandi) for a Ford Focus (Tamiko) and some telephones (Rachael).
NUMBERS IN PRICE OF PHONES: 0, 7 & 8
She says $780...no. But hey, she actually wanted to win a van, so it's not like she actually needed to win this anyway.
Coming on down next is Jana and the third IUFB is a desk (Tamiko).
Jana: $1,095
Douglas: $1,650
Amaya: $650
Benjamin: $950
ARP: $1,429
Jana Markum is now told to Make Your Move, where she can win a "TPIR" video game, a mini camcorder (Rachael) and a motorcycle (Brandi). Board:
639930950
Her guesses:
639930950
She goes with my guesses...and she wins!
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Esther ($1,240): $.85
Earline ($1,847): 20 + 65 = $.85
Jana ($8,808): 15 + 85 = WINS $1,000 AND SHOWCASE BERTH!
In Jana's Bonus Spin...just half a dollar. I really wanted Earline to get into the Showcase after that tough loss in Any Number.
Nicholas then comes on down and the fourth IUFB is luggage (Brandi & Rachael).
Nicholas: $550
Douglas: $375 (STAGE GARF)
Amaya: $551
Benjamin: $450
ARP: $1,000
Amaya Durst, who studies sign language in college, may be cruisin' to the Caribbean (All), but only if Freeze Frame is willing to cooperate. Choices are $1,041 (NO WAY), $1,650 (NO WAY), $2,070 (NO WAY), $3,110, $4,199, $5,020, $7,031 and $9,916. She goes with $3,110...good news, it wasn't $4,199. Bad news: $3,110 is also incorrect. It was $7,031, and her guess of $3,110 was one turn off the correct price.
Hearing the magic words is Kellie and the fifth IUFB is a dinette (Brandi).
Kellie: $1,250
Benjamin: $1,200
Nicholas: $675
Douglas: $1,475
ARP: $1,238
Benjamin Wells-Longshore, who just attended Utah State, plays Cover Up for a Dodge Nitro (Tamiko). Board:
First number: 2 or 4?
Second number: 1, 7 or 8?
Third number: 3, 5, 8 or 9?
Fourth number: 2, 5, 6, 7 or 8?
Fifth number: 0, 1, 3, 4, 6 or 8?
He doesn't win with his guesses of $21,950 and $21,560. ARP: $21,320.
The final contestant is Marlene and the final IUFB is a computer system (Tamiko).
Marlene: $900
Nicholas: $1,150
Douglas: $1,875
Kelly: $1,900
ARP: $2,638
Kellie Casheros then plays Hi-Lo for a bedroom (Rachael) worth $5,487. Products today are hair clog blaster, sleep gel caps, Freeze Away, Hot Pockets, Phillips Caplets and Slow-Mag. She first chooses the Freeze Away, which is $13.99. Her second choice are the Caplets, which are $5.50. Final pick is the hair clog blaster, which is $6.99...and I'm afraid she's lost. The Hot Pockets are $2.49, but the gel caps were $14.95 and the Slow-Mag was $11.07. So, she should've chosen the Freeze Away, the Slow-Mag and the gel caps.
If the winner of the second Showcase Showdown doesn't win at least $11,000 on the Big Wheel, the only winner so far today (Jana) will have the advantage in the Showcase.
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #2:
Amaya ($1,000): 60 + 10 = $.70
Benjamin ($1,238): 15 + 20 = $.35
Kelly ($2,638): 10 + 60 = $.70
SPIN-OFF:
Amaya: $.10
Kelly: $.60
Kelly gets the runner-up spot in today's Showcase.
The first Showcase features prizes that can help you be the most popular person in the neighborhood. First, you could let the kids use a new soda fountain (Rachael). Second, you could invite everybody to sit down and watch a new 46" HDTV (Brandi). Finally, any person in your neighborhood might recognize you driving around in a new Chrysler 300 (Std., Paint, Sound)(Tamiko)!
JANA BIDS $24,995 ON CAR SHOWCASE- STAGE GARF (Doesn't even cover the car)
MY BID FOR CAR SHOWCASE: $33,000
For Kelly, we haev a home gym (Rachael) and a GEM car (Brandi & Tamiko).
KELLY BIDS $22,000 ON GYM/GEM CAR SHOWCASE
MY BID FOR GYM/GEM CAR SHOWCASE: $20,000
JANA'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $24,995
ARP: $38,833
DIFFERENCE: $13,838
KELLY'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $22,000
ARP: $17,332
OVER- JANA WINS!
Things really went south after the season premiere (espescially after Tuesday's episode), but today's only winner Jana helps us go out on a high note with a final total of $48,641 in cash and prizes!
DOND: Our week of pregnant contestants concludes with Chelsea Drake at #21! She's a cocktail waitress.
ROUND 1:
1. #3 (Lisa)- $50,000
2. #18 (Steph)- PENNY
3. #10 (Stephanie)- $7,500
4. #12 (Jena)- BUCK
5. #5 (Zabella)- $10
RECORD FIRST OFFER: $22,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 2:
1. #4 (Heather E.)- $400
2. #8 (Falon)- $100
3. #14 (Danielle)- $2,500
4. #16 (Melony)- $5
5. #2 (Christina)- $250,000
SECOND OFFER: $15,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 3:
1. #1 (Vivianne)- $10,000
2. #15 (Vera)- $1,000
3. #11 (Brooke S.)- $25,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
4. #13 (Melissa)- $50
THIRD OFFER: $30,000- NO DEAL
For some reason, I have a bad feeling about the rest of the game.
ROUND 4:
1. #19 (Brooke C.)- $5,000
2. #22 (Carrie)- $500
FOURTH OFFER: $44,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #9 (Heather S.)- $25
2. #20 (Erin)- $200
This is one of the more exciting syndicated "Deal" games we've had so far!!
FIFTH OFFER: $88,000- NO DEAL
19th PICK: #17 (Kimberly)- $300!!!
She's guaranteed $75,000 now!!
The next offer is a NEW RECORD for this version- $176,000!! She says to that...
...NO DEAL! Next is Kristen's #7...
...$75,000!!!!
UNBELIEVABLE FINAL OFFER: $275,000
Her decision is...
...DEAL!!! She surprised me with that decision. Her case had...
...THE BIG ONE, $500,000, MARKING THE SECOND TIME SINCE THIS VERSION STARTED THAT THE BIG MONEY CASE WAS CHOSEN. Oh well, she's still the biggest winner so far with $275,000!!!
I don't know about you guys- I thought this was the most exciting U.S. "Deal" game I've ever seen, daytime OR nighttime!!!!
WOF: Wrapping up another fine Teen Best Friends Week here, our first Toss-Up is in the category of Things:
_ E _ R _ _ O K
P H _ T O S
Annie and Monica solve YEARBOOK PHOTOS for a grand. Tonight's teams:
Annie Wynn (a senior who plays varsity tennis) and Monica Lewin (a senior who plays varsity volleyball)(friends from Norwalk, CA who have been friends since Monica fell off her bike at a park one day and Annie gave her ice cream)
Andy Arronsman (a junior who has played the French horn for five years) and Gaurav Ogvani (a junior who has played the trumpet for six years)
Sydney Teski (a junior who's the captain of her cross-country team) and Kaitlin O'Hara (a sophomore who is a varsity cheerleader and is her school's ASB treasurer)(they've been friends for about a year)
Toss-Up #2 category is Person:
L I C E N _ E D
_ _ _ V E _
Annie and Monica solve LICENSED DRIVER to triple their winnings.
Round 1 is tonight's Prize Puzzle Round and the category for it is What Are You Doing? Out on the wheel now are a pair of gift certificates from Razorgator.com worth $6,000. At the start, Annie and Monica spin Bankrupt. Later, after Andy and Gaurav call the L's, we have...
_ _ L _ _ I N/&/_ _ A L E/
_ A T _ _ I N G
...they call a $2,500 C but get one of the Bankrupts on the Million Dollar Wedge. Sydney & Kaitlyn hit Bankrupt again. Annie & Monica then decide to just solve DOLPHIN & WHALE WATCHING for another $650 and a pair of trips to Kauai, a total of $11,670 in cash and trips.
DUDS: M, R, S
BANKRUPTS: 4 (2 by Sydney & Kaitlin, 1 each by the other two teams)
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: HP8476842
IHOP Jackpot Round category is Phrase. A round starts with a Bankrupt for the second time in a row (this one by Andy & Gaurav, with this one being on the Million Dollar Wedge's other Bankrupt). On their next turn, after they buy the E's...
_ E/_ A _ E/A/_ R E A T/
T E A _
...they then hit their third Bankrupt of the night, with this one being on the first Bankrupt they hit on the Million Dollar Wedge. Sydney & Kaitlyn call a $900 W, the M's for another $600 and solve WE MAKE A GREAT TEAM for $2,000.
DUDS: H
BANKRUPTS: 3 (2 by Andy & Gaurav, Sydney & Kaitlin)
Already tonight, we have a season high for Bankrupts in one episode- an unlucky 7.
Gold Bond Ten Grand Mystery Round category is Before & After. After they start with a pair of R's for $600, Sydney & Kaitlin make the Bankrupt count 8, unfortunately (also their fourth of the night). About midway in the round, Sydney & Kaitlyn call the P for the RazorGator prize; we now have...
D O _ _ _ _
D O O R
P R _ _ _
...I've got it. After a $400 Z, they buy the E's but call a dud in B. And we then get our TENTH Bankrupt tonight courtesy of Annie & Monica. Andy & Gaurav call the G's for $600 and solve DOGGIE DOOR PRIZE for $2,000; everybody's on the board, and some of you may call that a miracle considering how evil that wheel's been tonight.
DUDS: B, M
BANKRUPTS: 3 (2 by Annie & Monica, 1 by Sydney & Kaitlyn)
Final Toss-Up category is Around the House:
B R O O _/&/D U S _ _ A N
Sydney & Kaitlyn solve BROOM & DUSTPAN to go to $5,000. Speed-Up Round category is Food & Drink. Just before the big bell rang, Sydney & Kaitlyn hit the night's 11th AND FINAL Bankrupt of the night (also their fifth). The remaining consonants are worth $1,900 apiece. Board at this point:
D _ _ _ _ E/_ _ _ _ _ -
_ _ E E S E _ _ R _ E R
Annie & Monica call a pair of C's but blank. Andy & Gaurav call a pair of H's but they blank too. Syndey & Kaitlyn call a pair of B's but have the same result. Annie & Monica then call a pair of L's and solve DOUBLE CHILI-CHEESEBURGER to ice their cake with another $7,600 and $19,270 in cash and trips. Sydney & Kaitlyn have $5,000 and the boys get $2,000.
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Sydney & Kaitlyn)
Big Money Round: I promise you, there are no Bankrupts on the Bonus Wheel. Annie & Monica spin the N in WIN and the category is Fun & Games. Starting with:
_ E R _ _ _ _ S
_ L _ S S
Easy. They call H, F, M and O and get...
_ E R O _ _ _ S
_ L _ S S
...they're way off by saying _____ GLOSS. It was AEROBICS CLASS and they lose $30,000 (the prize they were actually most afraid of losing was the pair of Hondas). We could've very well had a PERFECT BONUS ROUND WEEK, but no.
Jeopardy!: Brian Levinson will try to make it to Monday as champion at the expense of these two players:
Tami Deeb (S.F.)- Director of strategy
Andrew Hoekzema (Chesterfield, MO)- College junior
Opening categories:
NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS
THINGS ON NFL HELMETS
EXPIRATION DATES
WHAT TO WEAR
B FOLLOWS A
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
At the first break, Deeb leads with $4,800. Levinson has $3,400 and Hoekzema's just getting started (he was in the negative early on, but got out of it quickly). Left on the board at halftime are Expiration Dates, What to Wear and Down at the Old Factory. Opening clue in What to Wear:
Front-closing style of sweater favored by Mr. Rogers.
Brian: "What is a cardigan?"- CORRECT ($3,600); $200 DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY CLUE
Havan's Real Fabrice de Tabacos Partagas has been turning these out since 1845.
Tami: "What are cigars?"- RIGHT ($5,000); $400 CLUE IN WHAT TO WEAR
Eddie Bauer & The Gap offer the flared-below-the-knee jeans called this "cut", from what they fit over.
Andrew: "What is boot cut?"- CORRECT ($400); $400 FACTORY CLUE
Charlie Bucket might like to visit this type of factory that opened in 1884 in Voiron, France.
Brian: "What is toothpaste?"- ZONK ANSWER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE ($3,200)
Andrew: "What is a chocolate factory?"- OF COURSE ($800); $600 FACTORY CLUE
In 2004 "Mustang Sally" played on the P.A. as an 86-year-old factory of this company ended production.
Brian: "What is Ford?"- YOU BET ($3,800); $800, SAME CATEGORY
The Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, PA filled its first orders for this industrial material in 1875.
Tami: "What is steel?"- RIGHT ($5,800); $600 WHAT TO WEAR CLUE
Christian Lacroix popularized the pouf type of this.
TRIPLE STUMPER #1: Dress/skirt
$800 WHAT TO WEAR CLUE:
In 2002, John Gotti was buried in a pinstripe suit of this characteristic closing type.
Brian: "What is double breasted?"- CORRECT ($4,600); FINAL WHAT TO WEAR CLUE
You might see celebrities don or bath in this style of shirt seen here.
TRIPLE STUMPER #2: Henley
FINAL DOWN FROM THE OLD FACTORY CLUE:
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLYYYY DOUBLE! His wager is $1,200. To tie the game:
Company that ran the Hawk-Eye works in Rochester, N.Y.
"What is Kodak?"...tie game at $5,800 each!
THE LAST CATEGORY OF EXPIRATION DATES BEGINS WITH THIS $200 CLUE:
April 8, 1973: A blue period for the art world with his demise.
Tami: "Who is Picasso?"- YES INDEED ($6,000)
$400:
May 13, 1884: This inventor did not fear the (mechanical) reaper.
Brian: "Who is Cyrus McCormick?"- CORRECT ($6,200)
$600:
December 7, 1975: In "our town" of Hamden, CT.
Tami: "Who is Thornton Wilder?"- RIGHT ($6,600)
$800:
January 14, 1984: After passing through the Golden Arches.
Brian: "Who is Ray Kroc?"- YOU BET ($7,000)
FINAL CLUE OF THE ROUND:
October 11, 1963: The end of this Chanteuse's "Vie en Rose".
Brian: "Who is Edith Piaf?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($8,000)
LACH TRASH FOR ROUND 1: $1,600
DJ! Categories:
NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES
AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER (espescially Richard Dawson!)
AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY
DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY
The champ finds the first Daily Double under the $1,600 North American Geography clue with $8,400. Deeb has $6,200 and Hoekzema has doubled up to $1,600. His wager is $1,600 on a clue told by Kelly:
This region whose name means "It's at the foot of the mountain" is a plateau between the higher Applachians and the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain.
"What is Piedmont?"...I should think so to reach ten grand! With two categories remaining, Australian Wildlife and Down at the Olfactory, here are the scores now:
Brian: $17,200
Andrew: $3,600
Tami: $9,400
The champ's in control, and he picks the first clue in the wildlife category.
This carnivorous marsupial serves as the symbol of the Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife Service.
Brian: "What is the Tazmanian Devil?"- YES INDEED ($17,600); $800, SAME CATEGORY
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLYYY DOUBLE #2! His wager this time is two grand.
Australia has the only all-black species of this bird, Cygnus Atratus.
"What is swan?"...he's now $400 shy of 20 grand!
$1,200, SAME CATEGORY:
The Quokka, a short-tailed species of this kangaroo relative, is found on Rottnest Island and in West Australia.
Brian: "What is a wallaby?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($20,800); $1,600, SAME SUBJECT
The Shingleback Shark, a type of this, has protruding scales that make it look like a pine cone.
Andrew: "What is a lizard?"- CORRECT ($5,200); LAST AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CLUE
This mantee relative of the order Siernia can be found in the coastal waters of North Australia.
Brian: "What is a dugong?"- RIGHT ($22,800)
OLFACTORY CATEGORY BEGINS WITH THIS $400 CLUE:
The perfume Quelques Fleurs, whose name means "some" these, supposedly has the fragrances of 313 of them.
Brian: "What are flowers?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($23,200)
$800 CLUE TOLD BY ALEX FROM THE SENSOJI TEMPLE IN TOKYO:
At many Japanese temples like the very impressive Sensoji Temple, clouds of this youthful purification fill the air.
Brian: "What is incense?"- RIGHT ONCE MORE ($24,000)
$1,200:
You quickly get used to the eggy smell at the Colorado resort called "Hot" this type of "Springs".
Andrew: "What is sulfur?"- RIGHT ($6,400)
$1,600:
Introduced in 1890, this product for little backsides advertises its "clean, classic scent".
Andrew: "What is baby powder?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($8,000)
FINAL CLUE OF THE ROUND:
The wood of the eastern red this tree (actually a juniper) has a distinct aroma familiar from closets.
Andrew: "What is a cedar?"- RIGHT ONCE AGAIN ($10,000)
LACH TRASH FOR DJ!: $6,000
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Brian: $24,000 (lock game!)
Andrew: $10,000
Tami: $9,400
CORYAT SCORES:
Brian: $22,000
Andrew: $10,000
Tami: $9,400
FJ! CATEGORY: Royalty.
Since 1066, the only British monarch to have three children ascend to the British throne.
Correct: Who was Henry VIII?
TAMI:
Response: "Who is Henry VIII?" (she originally had Victoria)
Wager: EVERYTHING
Final score: $18,800
ANDREW:
Response: "Who is Henry VIII?"
Wager: $8,801
Final score: $18,801
BRIAN:
Response: "Who was Henry VIII"
Wager: $1,000
Winning score: $25,000
Brian's three-day total: $72,801!
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?: Tonight's featured contestant is Cornell graduate Phillip Torres. He has a pet cockroach named Perry, and his first classmate is Francesca. The categories:
1st Grade Social Studies
1st Grade Math
2nd Grade Animal Science
2nd Grade Science
3rd Grade Measurements
3rd Grade U.S. Geography
4th Grade World History
4th Grade English
5th Grade U.S. History
5th Grade World Geography
First subject of the night is Math.
How many sides are there on a right triangle?
He comes up with 3. Second category is Animal Science, which is a Classroom Club Question sent in by Michael from Ethel McKnight Elementary School:
Which of the following is a term for a baby male horse?
A: Colt
B: Calf
C: Doe
He's right with the colt, and decides to go with Bryce as his second partner. His third subject turns out to be just plain ol' Science.
T or F: When water boils, it turns from a liquid into a gas.
He says True and it is True. Subject #4 is Social Studies.
How many U.S. federal holidays are there in the month of August?
He peeks at Bryce's answer, which was 1. But he goes with 0...he's right to keep his save intact!
After that, here comes Jenna as his third classmate and the safe haven category will be 3rd Grade Measurements.
How many milliliters are there in .45 liters?
He talks it out and locks in 450...right on the money! For $50,000, he chooses the topic of 3rd Grade U.S. Geography.
Pennsylvania borders which Great Lake?
His free guess is Lake Erie...right! Nobody else got it right.
His fourth classmate choice is Olivia and he'll try to double his money once again, this time with 4th Grade English.
Which sentence contains a transitive verb?
A: The class ended early.
B: The teacher found his notes.
C: The students excelled.
"The teacher found his notes" is what he goes with...and that's $100,000! Next up is 5th Grade World Geography.
The mouth of the Indus River is in what country?
Despite his Save (and Copy) still being available, he drops out at $100,000. He was thinking India, but it was actually Pakistan. His $100K is the most ever won by an Ivy Leaguer on this show!
Entering the classroom next is Ralph Pechek, the leader of a group called the Lunch Ladies. The minute he gets to his podium, he makes the host put on a hair net! His first partner is Francesca and the categories this time are:
1st Grade Astronomy
1st Grade Music
2nd Grade World Geography
2nd Grade Measurements
3rd Grade Animal Science
3rd Grade Art
4th Grade U.S. History
4th Grade English
5th Grade Cultural Studies
5th Grade Social Studies
The first topic of his choosing is Music.
T or F: "By the dawn's early light" are lyrics from the song "America the Beautiful".
Believe it or not, he says True, but it's obviously False, as it actually comes from the "Star Spangled Banner". But Francesca keeps him alive.
Category #2 for him is 3rd Grade Animal Science, and for the first time ever, we have a Field Trip Question! In this case, somebody asks the question while on the big screen. Here's the question from Japan, asked by Dr. Brady Barr, a National Geographic Channel correspondent:
T or F: A Japanese giant salamander is warm-blooded.
He goes with False this time...and he's right on his own. After that, he tells Bryce to join him and the third subject he tries is World Geography.
If Jonathan were in Mexico City and he walked due west, what's the first ocean he'd eventually run into?
He peeks at Bryce's response, which was the Pacific. He then locks that in...right. Next is Measurements.
Francesca has a jar containing U.S. pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. What's the minimum number of coins she can take out of the jar in order to have exactly 32 cents?
He's right with 4. Then, possibly helping him out in going for $25,000 will be Olivia and the category is Astronomy.
The planets in our Solar System orbit around what star?
Remembering his days growing up, he knows that's the Sun for $25,000! He'll try to win twice as much with the next category of Art.
According to the color wheel, what color is complementary to orange?
He copies Olivia's answer of red...NO. It was blue, so he's the first contestant to Flunk Out this season. But he still leaves with $25,000.
In two weeks, Ken Jennings will be a contestant on this show trying to take back the all-time game show winnings record!
Millionaire Video Bonus: George Maddocks' two-day run (with guest Ogi Ogas!)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
We start out with Amaya, Benjamin, Esther and Earline, and the first IUFB being a karaoke machine (Rachael).
Amaya: $850
Benjamin: BUCK
Esther: $1,150
Earline: $999
ARP: $1,000
Earline Hudson plays Any Number for either a sofa (Tamiko) or a Dodge Charger (Std., Paint, PGroup, EBH, Mats)(Brandi). First number in the car is 2, and she hates this game.
1. 1- CAR ($ 2 _ , _ 1 _)
2. 2- Pricey Ziffel ($ _ . _ 2)
3. 3- CAR ($ 2 3, _ 1 _)
4. 5- Pricey Ziffel ($ _ . 5 2)
5. 0- CAR ($ 2 3, _ 1 0)
6. 8- Sofa ($ 8 _ _)
7. 7- Sofa ($ 8 _ 7)
Final pick: 4- Wins $847 sofa
I thought she had it when she picked the 4. The car was $23,910 and the piggy bank had $6.52 in it.
Leaving the audience next is Douglas and the second IUFB is a gas grill (Brandi & Tamiko). The winner also gets four Libman mops.
Douglas: $1,275
Amaya: $950
Benjamin: $951
Esther: $1,100
ARP: $1,200
(Note: This was actually their second round of bidding on the grill; their first round of bids proved to be so bad that it was edited out of the broadcast. The bids were $2,000, $2,500, $2,600 and $2,700 respectively. No word yet on whether or not editing all-overbids during IUFBs is now permanent.)
Esther Ferguson tries to crack the big safe in Safe Crackers (controlled by Brandi) for a Ford Focus (Tamiko) and some telephones (Rachael).
NUMBERS IN PRICE OF PHONES: 0, 7 & 8
She says $780...no. But hey, she actually wanted to win a van, so it's not like she actually needed to win this anyway.
Coming on down next is Jana and the third IUFB is a desk (Tamiko).
Jana: $1,095
Douglas: $1,650
Amaya: $650
Benjamin: $950
ARP: $1,429
Jana Markum is now told to Make Your Move, where she can win a "TPIR" video game, a mini camcorder (Rachael) and a motorcycle (Brandi). Board:
639930950
Her guesses:
639930950
She goes with my guesses...and she wins!
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Esther ($1,240): $.85
Earline ($1,847): 20 + 65 = $.85
Jana ($8,808): 15 + 85 = WINS $1,000 AND SHOWCASE BERTH!
In Jana's Bonus Spin...just half a dollar. I really wanted Earline to get into the Showcase after that tough loss in Any Number.
Nicholas then comes on down and the fourth IUFB is luggage (Brandi & Rachael).
Nicholas: $550
Douglas: $375 (STAGE GARF)
Amaya: $551
Benjamin: $450
ARP: $1,000
Amaya Durst, who studies sign language in college, may be cruisin' to the Caribbean (All), but only if Freeze Frame is willing to cooperate. Choices are $1,041 (NO WAY), $1,650 (NO WAY), $2,070 (NO WAY), $3,110, $4,199, $5,020, $7,031 and $9,916. She goes with $3,110...good news, it wasn't $4,199. Bad news: $3,110 is also incorrect. It was $7,031, and her guess of $3,110 was one turn off the correct price.
Hearing the magic words is Kellie and the fifth IUFB is a dinette (Brandi).
Kellie: $1,250
Benjamin: $1,200
Nicholas: $675
Douglas: $1,475
ARP: $1,238
Benjamin Wells-Longshore, who just attended Utah State, plays Cover Up for a Dodge Nitro (Tamiko). Board:
First number: 2 or 4?
Second number: 1, 7 or 8?
Third number: 3, 5, 8 or 9?
Fourth number: 2, 5, 6, 7 or 8?
Fifth number: 0, 1, 3, 4, 6 or 8?
He doesn't win with his guesses of $21,950 and $21,560. ARP: $21,320.
The final contestant is Marlene and the final IUFB is a computer system (Tamiko).
Marlene: $900
Nicholas: $1,150
Douglas: $1,875
Kelly: $1,900
ARP: $2,638
Kellie Casheros then plays Hi-Lo for a bedroom (Rachael) worth $5,487. Products today are hair clog blaster, sleep gel caps, Freeze Away, Hot Pockets, Phillips Caplets and Slow-Mag. She first chooses the Freeze Away, which is $13.99. Her second choice are the Caplets, which are $5.50. Final pick is the hair clog blaster, which is $6.99...and I'm afraid she's lost. The Hot Pockets are $2.49, but the gel caps were $14.95 and the Slow-Mag was $11.07. So, she should've chosen the Freeze Away, the Slow-Mag and the gel caps.
If the winner of the second Showcase Showdown doesn't win at least $11,000 on the Big Wheel, the only winner so far today (Jana) will have the advantage in the Showcase.
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #2:
Amaya ($1,000): 60 + 10 = $.70
Benjamin ($1,238): 15 + 20 = $.35
Kelly ($2,638): 10 + 60 = $.70
SPIN-OFF:
Amaya: $.10
Kelly: $.60
Kelly gets the runner-up spot in today's Showcase.
The first Showcase features prizes that can help you be the most popular person in the neighborhood. First, you could let the kids use a new soda fountain (Rachael). Second, you could invite everybody to sit down and watch a new 46" HDTV (Brandi). Finally, any person in your neighborhood might recognize you driving around in a new Chrysler 300 (Std., Paint, Sound)(Tamiko)!
JANA BIDS $24,995 ON CAR SHOWCASE- STAGE GARF (Doesn't even cover the car)
MY BID FOR CAR SHOWCASE: $33,000
For Kelly, we haev a home gym (Rachael) and a GEM car (Brandi & Tamiko).
KELLY BIDS $22,000 ON GYM/GEM CAR SHOWCASE
MY BID FOR GYM/GEM CAR SHOWCASE: $20,000
JANA'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $24,995
ARP: $38,833
DIFFERENCE: $13,838
KELLY'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $22,000
ARP: $17,332
OVER- JANA WINS!
Things really went south after the season premiere (espescially after Tuesday's episode), but today's only winner Jana helps us go out on a high note with a final total of $48,641 in cash and prizes!
DOND: Our week of pregnant contestants concludes with Chelsea Drake at #21! She's a cocktail waitress.
ROUND 1:
1. #3 (Lisa)- $50,000
2. #18 (Steph)- PENNY
3. #10 (Stephanie)- $7,500
4. #12 (Jena)- BUCK
5. #5 (Zabella)- $10
RECORD FIRST OFFER: $22,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 2:
1. #4 (Heather E.)- $400
2. #8 (Falon)- $100
3. #14 (Danielle)- $2,500
4. #16 (Melony)- $5
5. #2 (Christina)- $250,000
SECOND OFFER: $15,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 3:
1. #1 (Vivianne)- $10,000
2. #15 (Vera)- $1,000
3. #11 (Brooke S.)- $25,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
4. #13 (Melissa)- $50
THIRD OFFER: $30,000- NO DEAL
For some reason, I have a bad feeling about the rest of the game.
ROUND 4:
1. #19 (Brooke C.)- $5,000
2. #22 (Carrie)- $500
FOURTH OFFER: $44,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #9 (Heather S.)- $25
2. #20 (Erin)- $200
This is one of the more exciting syndicated "Deal" games we've had so far!!
FIFTH OFFER: $88,000- NO DEAL
19th PICK: #17 (Kimberly)- $300!!!
She's guaranteed $75,000 now!!
The next offer is a NEW RECORD for this version- $176,000!! She says to that...
...NO DEAL! Next is Kristen's #7...
...$75,000!!!!
UNBELIEVABLE FINAL OFFER: $275,000
Her decision is...
...DEAL!!! She surprised me with that decision. Her case had...
...THE BIG ONE, $500,000, MARKING THE SECOND TIME SINCE THIS VERSION STARTED THAT THE BIG MONEY CASE WAS CHOSEN. Oh well, she's still the biggest winner so far with $275,000!!!
I don't know about you guys- I thought this was the most exciting U.S. "Deal" game I've ever seen, daytime OR nighttime!!!!
WOF: Wrapping up another fine Teen Best Friends Week here, our first Toss-Up is in the category of Things:
_ E _ R _ _ O K
P H _ T O S
Annie and Monica solve YEARBOOK PHOTOS for a grand. Tonight's teams:
Annie Wynn (a senior who plays varsity tennis) and Monica Lewin (a senior who plays varsity volleyball)(friends from Norwalk, CA who have been friends since Monica fell off her bike at a park one day and Annie gave her ice cream)
Andy Arronsman (a junior who has played the French horn for five years) and Gaurav Ogvani (a junior who has played the trumpet for six years)
Sydney Teski (a junior who's the captain of her cross-country team) and Kaitlin O'Hara (a sophomore who is a varsity cheerleader and is her school's ASB treasurer)(they've been friends for about a year)
Toss-Up #2 category is Person:
L I C E N _ E D
_ _ _ V E _
Annie and Monica solve LICENSED DRIVER to triple their winnings.
Round 1 is tonight's Prize Puzzle Round and the category for it is What Are You Doing? Out on the wheel now are a pair of gift certificates from Razorgator.com worth $6,000. At the start, Annie and Monica spin Bankrupt. Later, after Andy and Gaurav call the L's, we have...
_ _ L _ _ I N/&/_ _ A L E/
_ A T _ _ I N G
...they call a $2,500 C but get one of the Bankrupts on the Million Dollar Wedge. Sydney & Kaitlyn hit Bankrupt again. Annie & Monica then decide to just solve DOLPHIN & WHALE WATCHING for another $650 and a pair of trips to Kauai, a total of $11,670 in cash and trips.
DUDS: M, R, S
BANKRUPTS: 4 (2 by Sydney & Kaitlin, 1 each by the other two teams)
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: HP8476842
IHOP Jackpot Round category is Phrase. A round starts with a Bankrupt for the second time in a row (this one by Andy & Gaurav, with this one being on the Million Dollar Wedge's other Bankrupt). On their next turn, after they buy the E's...
_ E/_ A _ E/A/_ R E A T/
T E A _
...they then hit their third Bankrupt of the night, with this one being on the first Bankrupt they hit on the Million Dollar Wedge. Sydney & Kaitlyn call a $900 W, the M's for another $600 and solve WE MAKE A GREAT TEAM for $2,000.
DUDS: H
BANKRUPTS: 3 (2 by Andy & Gaurav, Sydney & Kaitlin)
Already tonight, we have a season high for Bankrupts in one episode- an unlucky 7.
Gold Bond Ten Grand Mystery Round category is Before & After. After they start with a pair of R's for $600, Sydney & Kaitlin make the Bankrupt count 8, unfortunately (also their fourth of the night). About midway in the round, Sydney & Kaitlyn call the P for the RazorGator prize; we now have...
D O _ _ _ _
D O O R
P R _ _ _
...I've got it. After a $400 Z, they buy the E's but call a dud in B. And we then get our TENTH Bankrupt tonight courtesy of Annie & Monica. Andy & Gaurav call the G's for $600 and solve DOGGIE DOOR PRIZE for $2,000; everybody's on the board, and some of you may call that a miracle considering how evil that wheel's been tonight.
DUDS: B, M
BANKRUPTS: 3 (2 by Annie & Monica, 1 by Sydney & Kaitlyn)
Final Toss-Up category is Around the House:
B R O O _/&/D U S _ _ A N
Sydney & Kaitlyn solve BROOM & DUSTPAN to go to $5,000. Speed-Up Round category is Food & Drink. Just before the big bell rang, Sydney & Kaitlyn hit the night's 11th AND FINAL Bankrupt of the night (also their fifth). The remaining consonants are worth $1,900 apiece. Board at this point:
D _ _ _ _ E/_ _ _ _ _ -
_ _ E E S E _ _ R _ E R
Annie & Monica call a pair of C's but blank. Andy & Gaurav call a pair of H's but they blank too. Syndey & Kaitlyn call a pair of B's but have the same result. Annie & Monica then call a pair of L's and solve DOUBLE CHILI-CHEESEBURGER to ice their cake with another $7,600 and $19,270 in cash and trips. Sydney & Kaitlyn have $5,000 and the boys get $2,000.
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Sydney & Kaitlyn)
Big Money Round: I promise you, there are no Bankrupts on the Bonus Wheel. Annie & Monica spin the N in WIN and the category is Fun & Games. Starting with:
_ E R _ _ _ _ S
_ L _ S S
Easy. They call H, F, M and O and get...
_ E R O _ _ _ S
_ L _ S S
...they're way off by saying _____ GLOSS. It was AEROBICS CLASS and they lose $30,000 (the prize they were actually most afraid of losing was the pair of Hondas). We could've very well had a PERFECT BONUS ROUND WEEK, but no.
Jeopardy!: Brian Levinson will try to make it to Monday as champion at the expense of these two players:
Tami Deeb (S.F.)- Director of strategy
Andrew Hoekzema (Chesterfield, MO)- College junior
Opening categories:
NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS
THINGS ON NFL HELMETS
EXPIRATION DATES
WHAT TO WEAR
B FOLLOWS A
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
At the first break, Deeb leads with $4,800. Levinson has $3,400 and Hoekzema's just getting started (he was in the negative early on, but got out of it quickly). Left on the board at halftime are Expiration Dates, What to Wear and Down at the Old Factory. Opening clue in What to Wear:
Front-closing style of sweater favored by Mr. Rogers.
Brian: "What is a cardigan?"- CORRECT ($3,600); $200 DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY CLUE
Havan's Real Fabrice de Tabacos Partagas has been turning these out since 1845.
Tami: "What are cigars?"- RIGHT ($5,000); $400 CLUE IN WHAT TO WEAR
Eddie Bauer & The Gap offer the flared-below-the-knee jeans called this "cut", from what they fit over.
Andrew: "What is boot cut?"- CORRECT ($400); $400 FACTORY CLUE
Charlie Bucket might like to visit this type of factory that opened in 1884 in Voiron, France.
Brian: "What is toothpaste?"- ZONK ANSWER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE ($3,200)
Andrew: "What is a chocolate factory?"- OF COURSE ($800); $600 FACTORY CLUE
In 2004 "Mustang Sally" played on the P.A. as an 86-year-old factory of this company ended production.
Brian: "What is Ford?"- YOU BET ($3,800); $800, SAME CATEGORY
The Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, PA filled its first orders for this industrial material in 1875.
Tami: "What is steel?"- RIGHT ($5,800); $600 WHAT TO WEAR CLUE
Christian Lacroix popularized the pouf type of this.
TRIPLE STUMPER #1: Dress/skirt
$800 WHAT TO WEAR CLUE:
In 2002, John Gotti was buried in a pinstripe suit of this characteristic closing type.
Brian: "What is double breasted?"- CORRECT ($4,600); FINAL WHAT TO WEAR CLUE
You might see celebrities don or bath in this style of shirt seen here.
TRIPLE STUMPER #2: Henley
FINAL DOWN FROM THE OLD FACTORY CLUE:
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLYYYY DOUBLE! His wager is $1,200. To tie the game:
Company that ran the Hawk-Eye works in Rochester, N.Y.
"What is Kodak?"...tie game at $5,800 each!
THE LAST CATEGORY OF EXPIRATION DATES BEGINS WITH THIS $200 CLUE:
April 8, 1973: A blue period for the art world with his demise.
Tami: "Who is Picasso?"- YES INDEED ($6,000)
$400:
May 13, 1884: This inventor did not fear the (mechanical) reaper.
Brian: "Who is Cyrus McCormick?"- CORRECT ($6,200)
$600:
December 7, 1975: In "our town" of Hamden, CT.
Tami: "Who is Thornton Wilder?"- RIGHT ($6,600)
$800:
January 14, 1984: After passing through the Golden Arches.
Brian: "Who is Ray Kroc?"- YOU BET ($7,000)
FINAL CLUE OF THE ROUND:
October 11, 1963: The end of this Chanteuse's "Vie en Rose".
Brian: "Who is Edith Piaf?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($8,000)
LACH TRASH FOR ROUND 1: $1,600
DJ! Categories:
NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES
AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER (espescially Richard Dawson!)
AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY
DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY
The champ finds the first Daily Double under the $1,600 North American Geography clue with $8,400. Deeb has $6,200 and Hoekzema has doubled up to $1,600. His wager is $1,600 on a clue told by Kelly:
This region whose name means "It's at the foot of the mountain" is a plateau between the higher Applachians and the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain.
"What is Piedmont?"...I should think so to reach ten grand! With two categories remaining, Australian Wildlife and Down at the Olfactory, here are the scores now:
Brian: $17,200
Andrew: $3,600
Tami: $9,400
The champ's in control, and he picks the first clue in the wildlife category.
This carnivorous marsupial serves as the symbol of the Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife Service.
Brian: "What is the Tazmanian Devil?"- YES INDEED ($17,600); $800, SAME CATEGORY
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLYYY DOUBLE #2! His wager this time is two grand.
Australia has the only all-black species of this bird, Cygnus Atratus.
"What is swan?"...he's now $400 shy of 20 grand!
$1,200, SAME CATEGORY:
The Quokka, a short-tailed species of this kangaroo relative, is found on Rottnest Island and in West Australia.
Brian: "What is a wallaby?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($20,800); $1,600, SAME SUBJECT
The Shingleback Shark, a type of this, has protruding scales that make it look like a pine cone.
Andrew: "What is a lizard?"- CORRECT ($5,200); LAST AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CLUE
This mantee relative of the order Siernia can be found in the coastal waters of North Australia.
Brian: "What is a dugong?"- RIGHT ($22,800)
OLFACTORY CATEGORY BEGINS WITH THIS $400 CLUE:
The perfume Quelques Fleurs, whose name means "some" these, supposedly has the fragrances of 313 of them.
Brian: "What are flowers?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($23,200)
$800 CLUE TOLD BY ALEX FROM THE SENSOJI TEMPLE IN TOKYO:
At many Japanese temples like the very impressive Sensoji Temple, clouds of this youthful purification fill the air.
Brian: "What is incense?"- RIGHT ONCE MORE ($24,000)
$1,200:
You quickly get used to the eggy smell at the Colorado resort called "Hot" this type of "Springs".
Andrew: "What is sulfur?"- RIGHT ($6,400)
$1,600:
Introduced in 1890, this product for little backsides advertises its "clean, classic scent".
Andrew: "What is baby powder?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($8,000)
FINAL CLUE OF THE ROUND:
The wood of the eastern red this tree (actually a juniper) has a distinct aroma familiar from closets.
Andrew: "What is a cedar?"- RIGHT ONCE AGAIN ($10,000)
LACH TRASH FOR DJ!: $6,000
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Brian: $24,000 (lock game!)
Andrew: $10,000
Tami: $9,400
CORYAT SCORES:
Brian: $22,000
Andrew: $10,000
Tami: $9,400
FJ! CATEGORY: Royalty.
Since 1066, the only British monarch to have three children ascend to the British throne.
Correct: Who was Henry VIII?
TAMI:
Response: "Who is Henry VIII?" (she originally had Victoria)
Wager: EVERYTHING
Final score: $18,800
ANDREW:
Response: "Who is Henry VIII?"
Wager: $8,801
Final score: $18,801
BRIAN:
Response: "Who was Henry VIII"
Wager: $1,000
Winning score: $25,000
Brian's three-day total: $72,801!
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?: Tonight's featured contestant is Cornell graduate Phillip Torres. He has a pet cockroach named Perry, and his first classmate is Francesca. The categories:
1st Grade Social Studies
1st Grade Math
2nd Grade Animal Science
2nd Grade Science
3rd Grade Measurements
3rd Grade U.S. Geography
4th Grade World History
4th Grade English
5th Grade U.S. History
5th Grade World Geography
First subject of the night is Math.
How many sides are there on a right triangle?
He comes up with 3. Second category is Animal Science, which is a Classroom Club Question sent in by Michael from Ethel McKnight Elementary School:
Which of the following is a term for a baby male horse?
A: Colt
B: Calf
C: Doe
He's right with the colt, and decides to go with Bryce as his second partner. His third subject turns out to be just plain ol' Science.
T or F: When water boils, it turns from a liquid into a gas.
He says True and it is True. Subject #4 is Social Studies.
How many U.S. federal holidays are there in the month of August?
He peeks at Bryce's answer, which was 1. But he goes with 0...he's right to keep his save intact!
After that, here comes Jenna as his third classmate and the safe haven category will be 3rd Grade Measurements.
How many milliliters are there in .45 liters?
He talks it out and locks in 450...right on the money! For $50,000, he chooses the topic of 3rd Grade U.S. Geography.
Pennsylvania borders which Great Lake?
His free guess is Lake Erie...right! Nobody else got it right.
His fourth classmate choice is Olivia and he'll try to double his money once again, this time with 4th Grade English.
Which sentence contains a transitive verb?
A: The class ended early.
B: The teacher found his notes.
C: The students excelled.
"The teacher found his notes" is what he goes with...and that's $100,000! Next up is 5th Grade World Geography.
The mouth of the Indus River is in what country?
Despite his Save (and Copy) still being available, he drops out at $100,000. He was thinking India, but it was actually Pakistan. His $100K is the most ever won by an Ivy Leaguer on this show!
Entering the classroom next is Ralph Pechek, the leader of a group called the Lunch Ladies. The minute he gets to his podium, he makes the host put on a hair net! His first partner is Francesca and the categories this time are:
1st Grade Astronomy
1st Grade Music
2nd Grade World Geography
2nd Grade Measurements
3rd Grade Animal Science
3rd Grade Art
4th Grade U.S. History
4th Grade English
5th Grade Cultural Studies
5th Grade Social Studies
The first topic of his choosing is Music.
T or F: "By the dawn's early light" are lyrics from the song "America the Beautiful".
Believe it or not, he says True, but it's obviously False, as it actually comes from the "Star Spangled Banner". But Francesca keeps him alive.
Category #2 for him is 3rd Grade Animal Science, and for the first time ever, we have a Field Trip Question! In this case, somebody asks the question while on the big screen. Here's the question from Japan, asked by Dr. Brady Barr, a National Geographic Channel correspondent:
T or F: A Japanese giant salamander is warm-blooded.
He goes with False this time...and he's right on his own. After that, he tells Bryce to join him and the third subject he tries is World Geography.
If Jonathan were in Mexico City and he walked due west, what's the first ocean he'd eventually run into?
He peeks at Bryce's response, which was the Pacific. He then locks that in...right. Next is Measurements.
Francesca has a jar containing U.S. pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. What's the minimum number of coins she can take out of the jar in order to have exactly 32 cents?
He's right with 4. Then, possibly helping him out in going for $25,000 will be Olivia and the category is Astronomy.
The planets in our Solar System orbit around what star?
Remembering his days growing up, he knows that's the Sun for $25,000! He'll try to win twice as much with the next category of Art.
According to the color wheel, what color is complementary to orange?
He copies Olivia's answer of red...NO. It was blue, so he's the first contestant to Flunk Out this season. But he still leaves with $25,000.
In two weeks, Ken Jennings will be a contestant on this show trying to take back the all-time game show winnings record!
Millionaire Video Bonus: George Maddocks' two-day run (with guest Ogi Ogas!)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
"The Ultimate Fighter" 9/24- Preliminaries wrap up
LIGHTWEIGHT FIGHT: Wesley Murch vs. John Polakowski
Referee: Josh Rosenthal
Round 1: Polakowski had the early lead. But Murch would get Polakowski down in the second minute, and applied a leg lock near the end of the second minute. With 91 seconds left in the round, Polakowski scored with a jumping knee to the face, but not too long after that was placed in a rear-naked choke by Murch...but he couldn't score the tapout. Polakowski got Murch down on the ground one last time in the round with six seconds left, so I gave Polakowski the first round.
Round 2: Murch apparently suffered a bone contusion at the end of Round 1, and about 15 seconds into this round, he was unable to continue, resulting in Polakowski's TKO win.
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT: Shane Primm vs. Sean O'Connell
Referee: Josh Rosenthal
Round 1: O'Connell got ahead with an early takedown while trapping him in a corner, but Primm was attempting a hanging armbar. Primm got O'Connell down about midway in the round, and shortly thereafter tried again to submit O'Connell, this time with a rear-naked choke...yes!
LIGHTWEIGHT FIGHT: Ido Pariente (all the way from Tel Aviv, Israel) vs. Efrain Escudero
Referee: Steve Mazzagatti
Round 1: The first takedown of the fight was scored by Escudero. He scored a second one about midway in the round, then followed that up with a rear-naked choke and nearly ten seconds later, got the submission win.
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT: Ryan Lopez vs. Tom Lawlor
Referee: Herb Dean
Round 1: Seven seconds into the round, Lawlor struck first blood with a takedown. He then won at the 41-second mark with a rear-naked choke.
Results of the last four preliminary fights:
George Roop def. Roli Delgado by decision
Ryan Bader def. Kyle Kingsbury by submission
Shane Nelson def. Charles Diaz by decision
Karn Grigoryan def. Eliot Marshall by decision in Sudden Victory
After the last fight, Antwain Britt was forced to withdraw from the show due to a broken hand, resulting in Eliot Marshall taking his place. Marshall had just lost a controversial split decision to Karn Grigoryan.
Referee: Josh Rosenthal
Round 1: Polakowski had the early lead. But Murch would get Polakowski down in the second minute, and applied a leg lock near the end of the second minute. With 91 seconds left in the round, Polakowski scored with a jumping knee to the face, but not too long after that was placed in a rear-naked choke by Murch...but he couldn't score the tapout. Polakowski got Murch down on the ground one last time in the round with six seconds left, so I gave Polakowski the first round.
Round 2: Murch apparently suffered a bone contusion at the end of Round 1, and about 15 seconds into this round, he was unable to continue, resulting in Polakowski's TKO win.
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT: Shane Primm vs. Sean O'Connell
Referee: Josh Rosenthal
Round 1: O'Connell got ahead with an early takedown while trapping him in a corner, but Primm was attempting a hanging armbar. Primm got O'Connell down about midway in the round, and shortly thereafter tried again to submit O'Connell, this time with a rear-naked choke...yes!
LIGHTWEIGHT FIGHT: Ido Pariente (all the way from Tel Aviv, Israel) vs. Efrain Escudero
Referee: Steve Mazzagatti
Round 1: The first takedown of the fight was scored by Escudero. He scored a second one about midway in the round, then followed that up with a rear-naked choke and nearly ten seconds later, got the submission win.
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT: Ryan Lopez vs. Tom Lawlor
Referee: Herb Dean
Round 1: Seven seconds into the round, Lawlor struck first blood with a takedown. He then won at the 41-second mark with a rear-naked choke.
Results of the last four preliminary fights:
George Roop def. Roli Delgado by decision
Ryan Bader def. Kyle Kingsbury by submission
Shane Nelson def. Charles Diaz by decision
Karn Grigoryan def. Eliot Marshall by decision in Sudden Victory
After the last fight, Antwain Britt was forced to withdraw from the show due to a broken hand, resulting in Eliot Marshall taking his place. Marshall had just lost a controversial split decision to Karn Grigoryan.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
"The Contender Muay Thai"- Quarterfinals begin
The eight quarterfinalists spent a day relaxing at a golf resort as their reward for winning their first fights. When they ate at the restaurant, they got to see their friends and family.
The teams and challenges are now out of play. For the first three quarterfinal fights, the two competing in each fight are determine by picking from a series of drawers; one contained a red idol, one had a blue idol, while the others were empty. Whatever idol a fighter chose determined which corner they would fight in.
QUARTERFINAL #1: Yodsaenklai vs. Naruepol
Round 1: After a slow start by both fighters, Naruepol scored a knockdown with a kick. Yodsaenklai then came out swinging as the round came to a close. 10-9, Naruepol.
Round 2: Yodsaenklai picked up from where he left off late in the first round by knocking Naruepol down...and he was OUT COLD, giving Naruepol the KO win and a semifinal berth!
The teams and challenges are now out of play. For the first three quarterfinal fights, the two competing in each fight are determine by picking from a series of drawers; one contained a red idol, one had a blue idol, while the others were empty. Whatever idol a fighter chose determined which corner they would fight in.
QUARTERFINAL #1: Yodsaenklai vs. Naruepol
Round 1: After a slow start by both fighters, Naruepol scored a knockdown with a kick. Yodsaenklai then came out swinging as the round came to a close. 10-9, Naruepol.
Round 2: Yodsaenklai picked up from where he left off late in the first round by knocking Naruepol down...and he was OUT COLD, giving Naruepol the KO win and a semifinal berth!
"The Biggest Loser" 9/25
We started things off with a twist this week- since Week 2 of each season of "The Biggest Loser" has tended to be a rough one for everybody in terms of losing weight, a special twist was added.
Starting at 1%, each team bidded in .1 increments. Eventually, Coleen & Jerry had the final bid of 2.4%. That signified the amount of weight they had to lose between the two of them this week. If they did, they won a $10,000 bonus; otherwise, no matter where they finished in the weigh-in that week, they would be up for elimination this week.
Challenge #2: One player from each team slided down a 208 foot long water slide. On each turn, everybody had a certain amount of time to get through the entire slide and hit a button at the end. If at any point a player failed to hit their button in time, his/her team was eliminated. After every other round, teams changed players (except for two teams). The last team standing won a phone call home. Like the last challenge, Jerry & Tom Sr. were medically unable to compete here.
In the first two rounds, two minutes were on the clock.
Round 1: Brady didn't quite make it, so the brown team was eliminated first.
Round 2: Amy caused her team to be eliminated.
At this point, the clock was reduced to 1:30.
Round 3: The Toms were eliminated.
Round 4: Everybody made it.
At this point, while the clock was still at 1:30, the teams now had to alternate between going the regular way and going back to the start.
Nobody else was eliminated until:
Round 17: Both the pink and yellow teams were eliminated.
The winners were...
...Heba & Ed!
Prior to the weigh-in, current "Dancing With the Stars" contestant Rocco DiSpirito cooked food for the remaining teams.
WEIGH-IN:
Vicky (223) and Brady (306) = 529 lbs, 11 pounds lost, 2.04%
Amy (219) and Shellay (201) = 420 lbs, 6 pounds lost, 1.41%
Michelle (223) and Renee (248) = 471 lbs, 7 pounds lost, 1.46%
Amy (209) and Phil (300) = 509 lbs, 12 pounds lost, 2.3%
Heba (280) and Ed (309) = 589 lbs, 11 pounds lost, 1.83%
At this point, none of the Jillian-trained teams would be up for elimination this week.
L.T. (342) and Tom (287) = 629 lbs, NOTHING
Colleen & Jerry, as Colleen's shirt indicated, needed to have lost at least 14 pounds between the two of them to win $10,000. If they were successful, Amy & Shellay would be the other team in danger...
Colleen (202) and Jerry (358) = 560 lbs, 11 pounds lost, 1.92%
...they didn't quite make it, so even with a third-place finish, they were in the danger zone.
By a unanimous vote...
...Tom and L.T., because they lost nothing this week, leave with nothing at least for now.
Starting at 1%, each team bidded in .1 increments. Eventually, Coleen & Jerry had the final bid of 2.4%. That signified the amount of weight they had to lose between the two of them this week. If they did, they won a $10,000 bonus; otherwise, no matter where they finished in the weigh-in that week, they would be up for elimination this week.
Challenge #2: One player from each team slided down a 208 foot long water slide. On each turn, everybody had a certain amount of time to get through the entire slide and hit a button at the end. If at any point a player failed to hit their button in time, his/her team was eliminated. After every other round, teams changed players (except for two teams). The last team standing won a phone call home. Like the last challenge, Jerry & Tom Sr. were medically unable to compete here.
In the first two rounds, two minutes were on the clock.
Round 1: Brady didn't quite make it, so the brown team was eliminated first.
Round 2: Amy caused her team to be eliminated.
At this point, the clock was reduced to 1:30.
Round 3: The Toms were eliminated.
Round 4: Everybody made it.
At this point, while the clock was still at 1:30, the teams now had to alternate between going the regular way and going back to the start.
Nobody else was eliminated until:
Round 17: Both the pink and yellow teams were eliminated.
The winners were...
...Heba & Ed!
Prior to the weigh-in, current "Dancing With the Stars" contestant Rocco DiSpirito cooked food for the remaining teams.
WEIGH-IN:
Vicky (223) and Brady (306) = 529 lbs, 11 pounds lost, 2.04%
Amy (219) and Shellay (201) = 420 lbs, 6 pounds lost, 1.41%
Michelle (223) and Renee (248) = 471 lbs, 7 pounds lost, 1.46%
Amy (209) and Phil (300) = 509 lbs, 12 pounds lost, 2.3%
Heba (280) and Ed (309) = 589 lbs, 11 pounds lost, 1.83%
At this point, none of the Jillian-trained teams would be up for elimination this week.
L.T. (342) and Tom (287) = 629 lbs, NOTHING
Colleen & Jerry, as Colleen's shirt indicated, needed to have lost at least 14 pounds between the two of them to win $10,000. If they were successful, Amy & Shellay would be the other team in danger...
Colleen (202) and Jerry (358) = 560 lbs, 11 pounds lost, 1.92%
...they didn't quite make it, so even with a third-place finish, they were in the danger zone.
By a unanimous vote...
...Tom and L.T., because they lost nothing this week, leave with nothing at least for now.
9/25/2008 Results
TPIR: Let's begin with Matthew, Nancy, Alicia and Nicoles. The first IUFB is a home gym (Rachael).
Nicoles: $1,529
Alicia: $2,000
Nancy: $1,850 (she's pretty confident)
Matthew: $1,600
ARP: $2,599, so this wasn't the same home gym. Sorry, Nancy.
Instead, Alicia Furio, a fashion design student, will take the season's first trip down the Golden Road (Drew still entered through Door #2 as usual, unlike the final playing of last season)! It was never won in daytime last season; let's see if we can get a win here out of the way this season. Starting with a can of Hunt's tomato sauce, she can win a 3-in-1 game table (Rachael), a dinette (Brandi) and worth more than $93,000, a 240 Sundancer Cabin Cruiser! The sauce is 52 cents. Board for the game table:
$ _ 8 7
Unfortunately, for the first time in over five years, we have a WIPEOUT, as she says $287 (ironically, the last time there was a WIPEOUT in Golden Road, the grand prize was also a cabin cruiser).
Shirley comes on down fifth and the second IUFB is a piano (Tamiko).
Shirley: $850
Nancy: $1,500
Matthew: $1,195
Nicoles: BUCK
ARP: $1,220
Matthew Van Scoyk will try to see if he's Coming or Going correctly to Maui (Rachael and Brandi). If he's Coming, his guess would be $5,014. If he's Going, he would be guessing $4,105. He decides he's Coming...and he indeed will be Coming to the airport and going to Maui!
Coming on down sixth is Patricia from a group called the Swingin' Seniors and the third IUFB is a recliner (Brandi).
Patricia: $750
Nicoles: $900
Shirley: $999
Nancy: $699
ARP: $1,320
Shirley Deeton, a student majoring in Electric Engineering at Cal Poly-Pomona, plays the season's first playing of 1/2 Off. The small items today are modeled by Rachael and Tamiko.
1.
A: "TPIR" Video Game ($40)
B: Candy carousel ($20)
PICK: Candy carousel- $40 ($500)
2.
A: Car telephone ($25)
B: Handheld GPS ($40)
PICK: GPS- $80 ($1,000)
3.
A: MP3 holder ($14)
B: Broadband router ($49)
PICK: MP3 holder- $28 ($1,500)
For the other $10,000, the remaining boxes are #4 and #10. I say #4 and she agrees, and that box is brought to her by Rachael...YES INDEED!
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Alicia ($2,599): 50 + 35 = $.85
Matthew ($6,234): 20 + 50 = $.70
Shirley ($13,082): 15 + 40 = $.55
UGH, Alicia's in the Showcase.
The next one to hear the magic words is Carina and the fourth IUFB is a jukebox (Rachael).
Carina: $1,400
Nancy: $1,399 (STUPID BID)
Patricia: $2,300
Nicoles: $2,000
ARP: $1,496
Thanks to Nancy's mistake, Corina Rojas from Fontana, CA will play Balance Game for a spa (Tamiko). The scale is being handled by Brandi. The last three numbers in the price of the spa are 2, 1 and 3.
VALUES AVAILABLE: $2,000, $3,000 & $4,000
This is a toughie. She says $5,213 will balance the scale...but it's $7,213, which she never would've guessed.
Edan is next to leave his audience seat and the fifth IUFB is a recycling cabinet (Tamiko). The winner also gets four Libman mops.
Edan: $2,000
Nancy: $500
Patricia: $1,000
Nicoles: $1,001
ARP: $1,902
Nicoles Turner, who just served in the Army, plays Pass the Buck for cash and/or a Dodge Caliber (Rachael).
1.
A: Ziploc bags- $2.99
B: Crescent- $1.39
PICK: Ziplocs- INCORRECT
2.
A: Hot sauce- $.79
B: Chips Ahoy! (big package)- $2.49
PICK: Cookies- WRONG AGAIN
SOLE BOARD PICK: #5- $3,000
The final player called on down today is Jacqueline and the final IUFB is camping equipment (All).
Jacqueline: $650
Edan: $520
Nancy: $550
Patricia: $575
ARP: $785, putting Nancy as the season's second member of the First Four Breakfast Club.
It also means Jacqueline Evangelista, who has a baby named Chevy, can win a 42" Plasma TV (Brandi) and a popcorn cart (Rachael) playing One Right Price. Today's One Right Price (Tamiko) is $3,038, and she says that's the price of the TV...but it's $3,995.
Alicia better hope Nancy or Corina wins this next Showcase Showdown in order to have any shot of winning a car or trailer in the Showcase.
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #2:
Nancy ($785): $.95
Carina ($1,496): 20 + 80 = WINS $1,000!
Nicoles ($4,942): 15 + 35 = $.50
If Carina isn't lucky on her Bonus Spin, Alicia gets the advantage in the Showcase...well, she almost won another 10 grand- she got 80 cents. Hope Alicia's happy about that result.
First Showcase has a bedroom, a GPS system (Rachael) and a pair of motorcycles (Brandi & Tamiko)
ALICIA PASSES TO CARINA, WHO GOES WITH MY BID OF $22,000
For Alicia, the lady who totally bombed Golden Road, we have prizes where you usually get more than what you really need. First, you might want just a soak in the tub, but you actually get an island bath (Rachael). Second, instead of just cooking canned spaghetti, you and a guest might be heading to Italy (Brandi). Finally, instead of your regular car, we offer a Corvette (Std., AT, Exhaust, Wheels, Z51, 2LT)(Tamiko)!
ALICIA BIDS $55,000 ON TRIP/CORVETTE SHOWCASE
MY BID FOR TRIP/CORVETTE SHOWCASE: $58,500
ALICIA'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $55,000
ARP: $68,205
DIFFERENCE: $13,205
CARINA'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $22,000
ARP: $23,996
DIFFERENCE: $1,996- WIN
Alicia could've won at least well over $160K in prizes and been the all-time daytime winner. Instead, she leaves with parting gifts while Carina is the day's winner with $26,492 in stuff.
DOND: On a week with pregnant contestants, our next contestant this week is #12, Ali Klecker. She's three months pregnant.
ROUND 1:
1. #15 (Vera)- $7,500
2. #10 (Stephanie)- $100
3. #8 (Falon)- $250,000
4. #9 (Heather S.)- $500,000
5. #13 (Melissa)- $10
FIRST OFFER TURNED DOWN: $6,000
ROUND 2:
1. #11 (Brooke S.)- BUCK
2. #22 (Megan)- $25
3. #17 (Kimberly)- $300
4. #18 (Steph)- $25,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
5. #16 (Melony)- $500
SECOND OFFER REJECTED: $9,000
ROUND 3:
1. #19 (Brooke C.)- $10,000
2. #3 (Lisa)- $100,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
3. #4 (Heather E.)- $50
4. #20 (Julie)- $5
THIRD OFFER NOT TAKEN: $5,500
ROUND 4:
1. #5 (Zabella)- $50,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
2. #21 (Chelsea)- $75,000 (STRIKE THREE!!! YOU'RE OUT!!!!)
FOURTH OFFER: $800- NO DEAL
But at least she takes the final deal of $2,500. Her case didn't have the penny- it had $400. Let's see the remainder of her playout before dealing:
ROUND 5:
1. #7 (Kristen)- $200
2. #14 (Danielle)- $2,500
FIFTH OFFER: $1,500- NO DEAL
19th PICK: #1 (Vivianne)- PENNY
SIXTH OFFER: $2,000- NO DEAL
LAST PICK BEFORE SHE DEALT: #2 (Christina)- $1,000
Jennifer, the one who's been holding a teddy bear with her all week long at #6, had the $5,000.
WOF: Pat & Vanna enter from the right side of the stage for the second time this week. Thursday's episode begins with this $1,000 Toss-Up in the category of Phrase:
_/T H O _ _ H T/_ _ _/_ _ _ H _/
S A _/_ H _ T
Mason and Joey are incorrect with I THOUGHT YOU WOULD SAY THAT. Two Christinas take too long. Kimberly & Kelli then solve I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT SAY THAT for $1,000. Tonight's teams:
Kimberly Wiggle (a senior who's the co-president of her school's drama club and president of her NHS) and Kelly D'Angelis (a senior who's the captain of a five-time national champion dance team)(San Clemente, CA; they've been friends since Kimberly's freshman year)
Christina Marsband (a 16-year old Honors student who's part of her SCA and she's a piano player) and Christina Helm (a high school volleyball player and loves to cook)(they've been friends for four years)
Mason Stuman (a junior who plays football and also does snowboarding) and Joey Welchel (a junior who plays football)(Palmdale, CA; they've been friends since pre-school)
Second Toss-Up category is Event:
T _ _/O _ Y M _ _ C/_ _ _ __
The Christinas are first with THE OLYMPIC GAMES...right for $2,000.
Round 1 category is Thing and out on the wheel now are a pair of trips to NYC featuring tickets to the legendary Broadway play "Hairspray" worth $10,440. Early on, the Christinas hit Bankrupt after calling a $400 T. On a later turn, they buy the I's and we have...
_ I _ _ - _ E _ I N I T I _ N
_ I _ E O/C _ M E R _
...this is in the electronics department. After the D's for the UBid.com gift tag, they buy the O's and solve HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO CAMERA for another $1,000 and the gift tag to double their winnings to $4,000.
DUDS: L, S
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Team Christina)
IHOP Jackpot/Prize Puzzle Round category is Phrase. Mason & Joey hit Jackpot right off the bat and obviously don't want to solve after calling a $500 R. They hit Bankrupt two turns later following a $600 R. The Christinas also hit Jackpot a little later and call a $500 F, then pass on the chance at a $7,100 Jackpot. Later, after they call the T's, we have...
_ E T T _ N _/_ _ _ _/F _ _ _/
_ T/_ _ _
...but they hit a Bankrupt. Mason & Joey call a $600 M, buy the O, then call the G's for another $600 and the Free Spin. After purchasing the I's, they call a dud in H, forcing them to use their Free Spin. They then buy the A's, the last of the vowels on the board, and then solve GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL for $450 and a pair of trips to the Bahamas, for a total of $11,450.
DUDS: H, S
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Mason & Joey, Team Christina)
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: JS0046719
Gold Bond $10,000 Mystery Round category is Person. Early on, Team Christina calls a T for the Wild Card. When we get to Mason & Joey, we have...
_ _ R _ _ T _
_ _ _ E _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ E R
...they call the L's for $1,200, buy the A's, then comes a $300 P. Unfortunately, they fall just short of the Million Dollar Wedge and get a Bankrupt instead. Kimberly and Kelli call the B's for $1,800, the S's for another $1,600, the Y's for another $600 and then solve VARSITY BASEBALL PLAYER for another $4,000 and five grand total.
DUDS: M, N
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Mason & Joey)
Final Toss-Up comes from the subject of Living Things:
_ E O _ I _ G
K _ T _ E N S
The Christinas solve MEOWING KITTENS for a new total of $7,000. Speed-Up Round category is Show Biz and consonants are worth $1,500 apiece. Still anybody's ballgame. When we get back to the Christinas early on, we have...
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ N
...I think I know already, and I watch quite a bit of it. They call the R and solve REALITY TELEVISION for a final total of ten grand. Kimberly and Kelli have half that ($5,000) and Mason & Joey win with $11,450.
DUDS: G
Big Money Round: I don't really like their chances, but let's see what happens. Mason & Joey spin the E in GAME and the category is Thing. Starting with:
_ _ R E
_ E N _ _ S
If it's what I think it is, this actually should fall under the category Phrase. They call P, D, C and A and get...
P _ R E
_ E N _ _ S
...they're not PURE GENIUS here, so they don't win another $30,000.
Jeopardy!: Let's see if Brian Levinson can win again, much less do another good celebrity impression. Tonight's challengers for him:
Pam Winter (Churchton, MD)- Writer/editor
Mark Raabe (Coon Rapids, MN)- IT director
SPOOF FILMS
THERE WILL BE BLOOD SAUSAGE
IN THE VALLEY OF ELI
DANCE FORMERS
ENTOMBMENT
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR WORDS
During his interview today, Brian does an impression of Christopher Walken (which isn't as good as his Sean Connery impersonations). With the next-to-last clue in Dance Formers, Winter finds the Daily Double under the $800 clue there, with her standing at $2,400. Raabe has $3,600 and the champ's ahead with $6,600. Her wager is $1,400.
When Balanchine choreographed this ballet in 1965, he played the title role and Suzanne Farrell was his dulcinea.
She blanks out, so she's down to a grand. Correct: Who was Don Quixote? At the end of the round, the champ still has $6,600 while Raabe's up to $4,600.
LACH TRASH IN ROUND 1: $2,400
DJ! Categories:
THE 20TH CENTURY
ROCK & ROLL
AUTHORS' MIDDLE NAMES
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF
SEEING THE LIGHT
"E" GAD!
Levinson's the first to hit five figures today. And he does a Mark McGrath impression after he solved a clue that was told by McGrath himself. He goes for a sweep of the Rock & Roll category currently with $15,800 to his credit so far. The $2,000 clue:
This Seattle group hit #1 on the mainstream rock chart with the song "Black Hole Sun".
He says "What is Sound Garden?"...SWEEP! He now has $17,800! But it's Winter who finds the first Daily Double under the $1,600 Official State Stuff clue. With $3,400 so far, she wagers $2,400.
Georgia has an official state 'possum; this comic strip cutie who lives in the Okefenokee swamp.
"Who is Pogo?"...is right to go to $5,800. The champ finds the other DD under the $1,600 "E" Gad clue. Of his 21 grand earned up to this point, he wagers just $400.
The name of this herb, thought by many to shorten the length of a cold, is from the Greek for "hedgehog".
"What is enchino?"...he now has $21,400.
NO LACH TRASH AT ALL THIS ROUND
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Brian: $27,800 (lock game!)
Mark: $10,600
Pam: $5,800
CORYAT SCORES:
Brian: $28,200
Mark: $10,600
Pam: $7,200
FJ! CATEGORY: Island Chains.
Before an 1867 sale, this island group was known as the Catherine Archipelago.
Correct: What are the Aleutian Islands?
PAM:
Response: "What are the Falklands?"
Wager: NOTHING
Final score: $5,800
MARK:
Response: "What are the Aleutians?"
Wager: $2,000
Final score: $12,600
BRIAN:
Response: "What are the Aleutians"
Wager: NOTHING
Winning score: $27,800
Brian's two-day total: $47,801!
My Family's Got GUTS: Time for the last semi-final game.
KICKIN' JOHNSONS: Sharon, Lindsey, Brian & Emily
GAHRES G-DOGS: Donald, Cathy, John Mark & John
AIR SLALOM:
KICKIN' JOHNSONS:
Launcher- Emily
Big air rider- Lindsey
Power lines- Brian & Sharon
SCORE: 20
GAHRES G-DOGS:
Launcher- John Mark
Big air rider- Donald
Power lines- Cathy & John
SCORE: 10
FORMULA GUTS:
KICKIN' JOHNSONS:
Driver #1- Sharon
Driver #2- Brian
In the pits- Emily & Lindsey
TIME- 1:02
GAHRES G-DOGS:
Driver #1- Donald
Driver #2- John Mark
In the pits- Cathy & John
TIME- :54; WIN!
SCORES AFTER TWO EVENTS:
GAHRES G-DOGS: 110
KICKIN' JOHNSONS: 95
VOLLEY BRAWL:
KICKIN' JOHNSONS: 150
GAHRES G-DOGS: 210
PRE-AGGRO CRAG SCORES:
GAHRES G-DOGS: 320
KICKIN' JOHNSONS: 245
The Gahres G-Dogs get an 7.5 advantage in the Crag.
AGGRO CRAG:
GAHRES G-DOGS:
1. John
2. Kathy
3. Donald
4. John Mark
KICKIN' JOHNSONS:
1. Lindsey
2. Sharon
3. Brian
4. Emily
The Gahres G-Dogs have a big lead at the halfway mark as Sharon has some problems with the switchbacks. The Kickin' Johnsons start to cut into their lead when Donald gets lost in the maze. The last team in this Saturday's Aggro Bowl is...
...the Gahres G-Dogs!
Trivial Pursuit: America Plays Video Bonus:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Nicoles: $1,529
Alicia: $2,000
Nancy: $1,850 (she's pretty confident)
Matthew: $1,600
ARP: $2,599, so this wasn't the same home gym. Sorry, Nancy.
Instead, Alicia Furio, a fashion design student, will take the season's first trip down the Golden Road (Drew still entered through Door #2 as usual, unlike the final playing of last season)! It was never won in daytime last season; let's see if we can get a win here out of the way this season. Starting with a can of Hunt's tomato sauce, she can win a 3-in-1 game table (Rachael), a dinette (Brandi) and worth more than $93,000, a 240 Sundancer Cabin Cruiser! The sauce is 52 cents. Board for the game table:
$ _ 8 7
Unfortunately, for the first time in over five years, we have a WIPEOUT, as she says $287 (ironically, the last time there was a WIPEOUT in Golden Road, the grand prize was also a cabin cruiser).
Shirley comes on down fifth and the second IUFB is a piano (Tamiko).
Shirley: $850
Nancy: $1,500
Matthew: $1,195
Nicoles: BUCK
ARP: $1,220
Matthew Van Scoyk will try to see if he's Coming or Going correctly to Maui (Rachael and Brandi). If he's Coming, his guess would be $5,014. If he's Going, he would be guessing $4,105. He decides he's Coming...and he indeed will be Coming to the airport and going to Maui!
Coming on down sixth is Patricia from a group called the Swingin' Seniors and the third IUFB is a recliner (Brandi).
Patricia: $750
Nicoles: $900
Shirley: $999
Nancy: $699
ARP: $1,320
Shirley Deeton, a student majoring in Electric Engineering at Cal Poly-Pomona, plays the season's first playing of 1/2 Off. The small items today are modeled by Rachael and Tamiko.
1.
A: "TPIR" Video Game ($40)
B: Candy carousel ($20)
PICK: Candy carousel- $40 ($500)
2.
A: Car telephone ($25)
B: Handheld GPS ($40)
PICK: GPS- $80 ($1,000)
3.
A: MP3 holder ($14)
B: Broadband router ($49)
PICK: MP3 holder- $28 ($1,500)
For the other $10,000, the remaining boxes are #4 and #10. I say #4 and she agrees, and that box is brought to her by Rachael...YES INDEED!
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Alicia ($2,599): 50 + 35 = $.85
Matthew ($6,234): 20 + 50 = $.70
Shirley ($13,082): 15 + 40 = $.55
UGH, Alicia's in the Showcase.
The next one to hear the magic words is Carina and the fourth IUFB is a jukebox (Rachael).
Carina: $1,400
Nancy: $1,399 (STUPID BID)
Patricia: $2,300
Nicoles: $2,000
ARP: $1,496
Thanks to Nancy's mistake, Corina Rojas from Fontana, CA will play Balance Game for a spa (Tamiko). The scale is being handled by Brandi. The last three numbers in the price of the spa are 2, 1 and 3.
VALUES AVAILABLE: $2,000, $3,000 & $4,000
This is a toughie. She says $5,213 will balance the scale...but it's $7,213, which she never would've guessed.
Edan is next to leave his audience seat and the fifth IUFB is a recycling cabinet (Tamiko). The winner also gets four Libman mops.
Edan: $2,000
Nancy: $500
Patricia: $1,000
Nicoles: $1,001
ARP: $1,902
Nicoles Turner, who just served in the Army, plays Pass the Buck for cash and/or a Dodge Caliber (Rachael).
1.
A: Ziploc bags- $2.99
B: Crescent- $1.39
PICK: Ziplocs- INCORRECT
2.
A: Hot sauce- $.79
B: Chips Ahoy! (big package)- $2.49
PICK: Cookies- WRONG AGAIN
SOLE BOARD PICK: #5- $3,000
The final player called on down today is Jacqueline and the final IUFB is camping equipment (All).
Jacqueline: $650
Edan: $520
Nancy: $550
Patricia: $575
ARP: $785, putting Nancy as the season's second member of the First Four Breakfast Club.
It also means Jacqueline Evangelista, who has a baby named Chevy, can win a 42" Plasma TV (Brandi) and a popcorn cart (Rachael) playing One Right Price. Today's One Right Price (Tamiko) is $3,038, and she says that's the price of the TV...but it's $3,995.
Alicia better hope Nancy or Corina wins this next Showcase Showdown in order to have any shot of winning a car or trailer in the Showcase.
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #2:
Nancy ($785): $.95
Carina ($1,496): 20 + 80 = WINS $1,000!
Nicoles ($4,942): 15 + 35 = $.50
If Carina isn't lucky on her Bonus Spin, Alicia gets the advantage in the Showcase...well, she almost won another 10 grand- she got 80 cents. Hope Alicia's happy about that result.
First Showcase has a bedroom, a GPS system (Rachael) and a pair of motorcycles (Brandi & Tamiko)
ALICIA PASSES TO CARINA, WHO GOES WITH MY BID OF $22,000
For Alicia, the lady who totally bombed Golden Road, we have prizes where you usually get more than what you really need. First, you might want just a soak in the tub, but you actually get an island bath (Rachael). Second, instead of just cooking canned spaghetti, you and a guest might be heading to Italy (Brandi). Finally, instead of your regular car, we offer a Corvette (Std., AT, Exhaust, Wheels, Z51, 2LT)(Tamiko)!
ALICIA BIDS $55,000 ON TRIP/CORVETTE SHOWCASE
MY BID FOR TRIP/CORVETTE SHOWCASE: $58,500
ALICIA'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $55,000
ARP: $68,205
DIFFERENCE: $13,205
CARINA'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $22,000
ARP: $23,996
DIFFERENCE: $1,996- WIN
Alicia could've won at least well over $160K in prizes and been the all-time daytime winner. Instead, she leaves with parting gifts while Carina is the day's winner with $26,492 in stuff.
DOND: On a week with pregnant contestants, our next contestant this week is #12, Ali Klecker. She's three months pregnant.
ROUND 1:
1. #15 (Vera)- $7,500
2. #10 (Stephanie)- $100
3. #8 (Falon)- $250,000
4. #9 (Heather S.)- $500,000
5. #13 (Melissa)- $10
FIRST OFFER TURNED DOWN: $6,000
ROUND 2:
1. #11 (Brooke S.)- BUCK
2. #22 (Megan)- $25
3. #17 (Kimberly)- $300
4. #18 (Steph)- $25,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
5. #16 (Melony)- $500
SECOND OFFER REJECTED: $9,000
ROUND 3:
1. #19 (Brooke C.)- $10,000
2. #3 (Lisa)- $100,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
3. #4 (Heather E.)- $50
4. #20 (Julie)- $5
THIRD OFFER NOT TAKEN: $5,500
ROUND 4:
1. #5 (Zabella)- $50,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
2. #21 (Chelsea)- $75,000 (STRIKE THREE!!! YOU'RE OUT!!!!)
FOURTH OFFER: $800- NO DEAL
But at least she takes the final deal of $2,500. Her case didn't have the penny- it had $400. Let's see the remainder of her playout before dealing:
ROUND 5:
1. #7 (Kristen)- $200
2. #14 (Danielle)- $2,500
FIFTH OFFER: $1,500- NO DEAL
19th PICK: #1 (Vivianne)- PENNY
SIXTH OFFER: $2,000- NO DEAL
LAST PICK BEFORE SHE DEALT: #2 (Christina)- $1,000
Jennifer, the one who's been holding a teddy bear with her all week long at #6, had the $5,000.
WOF: Pat & Vanna enter from the right side of the stage for the second time this week. Thursday's episode begins with this $1,000 Toss-Up in the category of Phrase:
_/T H O _ _ H T/_ _ _/_ _ _ H _/
S A _/_ H _ T
Mason and Joey are incorrect with I THOUGHT YOU WOULD SAY THAT. Two Christinas take too long. Kimberly & Kelli then solve I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT SAY THAT for $1,000. Tonight's teams:
Kimberly Wiggle (a senior who's the co-president of her school's drama club and president of her NHS) and Kelly D'Angelis (a senior who's the captain of a five-time national champion dance team)(San Clemente, CA; they've been friends since Kimberly's freshman year)
Christina Marsband (a 16-year old Honors student who's part of her SCA and she's a piano player) and Christina Helm (a high school volleyball player and loves to cook)(they've been friends for four years)
Mason Stuman (a junior who plays football and also does snowboarding) and Joey Welchel (a junior who plays football)(Palmdale, CA; they've been friends since pre-school)
Second Toss-Up category is Event:
T _ _/O _ Y M _ _ C/_ _ _ __
The Christinas are first with THE OLYMPIC GAMES...right for $2,000.
Round 1 category is Thing and out on the wheel now are a pair of trips to NYC featuring tickets to the legendary Broadway play "Hairspray" worth $10,440. Early on, the Christinas hit Bankrupt after calling a $400 T. On a later turn, they buy the I's and we have...
_ I _ _ - _ E _ I N I T I _ N
_ I _ E O/C _ M E R _
...this is in the electronics department. After the D's for the UBid.com gift tag, they buy the O's and solve HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO CAMERA for another $1,000 and the gift tag to double their winnings to $4,000.
DUDS: L, S
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Team Christina)
IHOP Jackpot/Prize Puzzle Round category is Phrase. Mason & Joey hit Jackpot right off the bat and obviously don't want to solve after calling a $500 R. They hit Bankrupt two turns later following a $600 R. The Christinas also hit Jackpot a little later and call a $500 F, then pass on the chance at a $7,100 Jackpot. Later, after they call the T's, we have...
_ E T T _ N _/_ _ _ _/F _ _ _/
_ T/_ _ _
...but they hit a Bankrupt. Mason & Joey call a $600 M, buy the O, then call the G's for another $600 and the Free Spin. After purchasing the I's, they call a dud in H, forcing them to use their Free Spin. They then buy the A's, the last of the vowels on the board, and then solve GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL for $450 and a pair of trips to the Bahamas, for a total of $11,450.
DUDS: H, S
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Mason & Joey, Team Christina)
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: JS0046719
Gold Bond $10,000 Mystery Round category is Person. Early on, Team Christina calls a T for the Wild Card. When we get to Mason & Joey, we have...
_ _ R _ _ T _
_ _ _ E _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ E R
...they call the L's for $1,200, buy the A's, then comes a $300 P. Unfortunately, they fall just short of the Million Dollar Wedge and get a Bankrupt instead. Kimberly and Kelli call the B's for $1,800, the S's for another $1,600, the Y's for another $600 and then solve VARSITY BASEBALL PLAYER for another $4,000 and five grand total.
DUDS: M, N
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Mason & Joey)
Final Toss-Up comes from the subject of Living Things:
_ E O _ I _ G
K _ T _ E N S
The Christinas solve MEOWING KITTENS for a new total of $7,000. Speed-Up Round category is Show Biz and consonants are worth $1,500 apiece. Still anybody's ballgame. When we get back to the Christinas early on, we have...
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ N
...I think I know already, and I watch quite a bit of it. They call the R and solve REALITY TELEVISION for a final total of ten grand. Kimberly and Kelli have half that ($5,000) and Mason & Joey win with $11,450.
DUDS: G
Big Money Round: I don't really like their chances, but let's see what happens. Mason & Joey spin the E in GAME and the category is Thing. Starting with:
_ _ R E
_ E N _ _ S
If it's what I think it is, this actually should fall under the category Phrase. They call P, D, C and A and get...
P _ R E
_ E N _ _ S
...they're not PURE GENIUS here, so they don't win another $30,000.
Jeopardy!: Let's see if Brian Levinson can win again, much less do another good celebrity impression. Tonight's challengers for him:
Pam Winter (Churchton, MD)- Writer/editor
Mark Raabe (Coon Rapids, MN)- IT director
SPOOF FILMS
THERE WILL BE BLOOD SAUSAGE
IN THE VALLEY OF ELI
DANCE FORMERS
ENTOMBMENT
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR WORDS
During his interview today, Brian does an impression of Christopher Walken (which isn't as good as his Sean Connery impersonations). With the next-to-last clue in Dance Formers, Winter finds the Daily Double under the $800 clue there, with her standing at $2,400. Raabe has $3,600 and the champ's ahead with $6,600. Her wager is $1,400.
When Balanchine choreographed this ballet in 1965, he played the title role and Suzanne Farrell was his dulcinea.
She blanks out, so she's down to a grand. Correct: Who was Don Quixote? At the end of the round, the champ still has $6,600 while Raabe's up to $4,600.
LACH TRASH IN ROUND 1: $2,400
DJ! Categories:
THE 20TH CENTURY
ROCK & ROLL
AUTHORS' MIDDLE NAMES
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF
SEEING THE LIGHT
"E" GAD!
Levinson's the first to hit five figures today. And he does a Mark McGrath impression after he solved a clue that was told by McGrath himself. He goes for a sweep of the Rock & Roll category currently with $15,800 to his credit so far. The $2,000 clue:
This Seattle group hit #1 on the mainstream rock chart with the song "Black Hole Sun".
He says "What is Sound Garden?"...SWEEP! He now has $17,800! But it's Winter who finds the first Daily Double under the $1,600 Official State Stuff clue. With $3,400 so far, she wagers $2,400.
Georgia has an official state 'possum; this comic strip cutie who lives in the Okefenokee swamp.
"Who is Pogo?"...is right to go to $5,800. The champ finds the other DD under the $1,600 "E" Gad clue. Of his 21 grand earned up to this point, he wagers just $400.
The name of this herb, thought by many to shorten the length of a cold, is from the Greek for "hedgehog".
"What is enchino?"...he now has $21,400.
NO LACH TRASH AT ALL THIS ROUND
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Brian: $27,800 (lock game!)
Mark: $10,600
Pam: $5,800
CORYAT SCORES:
Brian: $28,200
Mark: $10,600
Pam: $7,200
FJ! CATEGORY: Island Chains.
Before an 1867 sale, this island group was known as the Catherine Archipelago.
Correct: What are the Aleutian Islands?
PAM:
Response: "What are the Falklands?"
Wager: NOTHING
Final score: $5,800
MARK:
Response: "What are the Aleutians?"
Wager: $2,000
Final score: $12,600
BRIAN:
Response: "What are the Aleutians"
Wager: NOTHING
Winning score: $27,800
Brian's two-day total: $47,801!
My Family's Got GUTS: Time for the last semi-final game.
KICKIN' JOHNSONS: Sharon, Lindsey, Brian & Emily
GAHRES G-DOGS: Donald, Cathy, John Mark & John
AIR SLALOM:
KICKIN' JOHNSONS:
Launcher- Emily
Big air rider- Lindsey
Power lines- Brian & Sharon
SCORE: 20
GAHRES G-DOGS:
Launcher- John Mark
Big air rider- Donald
Power lines- Cathy & John
SCORE: 10
FORMULA GUTS:
KICKIN' JOHNSONS:
Driver #1- Sharon
Driver #2- Brian
In the pits- Emily & Lindsey
TIME- 1:02
GAHRES G-DOGS:
Driver #1- Donald
Driver #2- John Mark
In the pits- Cathy & John
TIME- :54; WIN!
SCORES AFTER TWO EVENTS:
GAHRES G-DOGS: 110
KICKIN' JOHNSONS: 95
VOLLEY BRAWL:
KICKIN' JOHNSONS: 150
GAHRES G-DOGS: 210
PRE-AGGRO CRAG SCORES:
GAHRES G-DOGS: 320
KICKIN' JOHNSONS: 245
The Gahres G-Dogs get an 7.5 advantage in the Crag.
AGGRO CRAG:
GAHRES G-DOGS:
1. John
2. Kathy
3. Donald
4. John Mark
KICKIN' JOHNSONS:
1. Lindsey
2. Sharon
3. Brian
4. Emily
The Gahres G-Dogs have a big lead at the halfway mark as Sharon has some problems with the switchbacks. The Kickin' Johnsons start to cut into their lead when Donald gets lost in the maze. The last team in this Saturday's Aggro Bowl is...
...the Gahres G-Dogs!
Trivial Pursuit: America Plays Video Bonus:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
"Dancing With the Stars" Season Premiere Week ratings
The two-hour Monday season premiere of "Dancing With the Stars" scored a 13.3 Fast Nielsen with a 20 share. Tuesdays' two-hour episode with the season's first elimination scored a 11.7/18.
The premiere of "Opprtunity Knocks" that preceded the Tuesday episode of "Dancing" scored an OK 4.2/7.
Source: The Futon Critic
The premiere of "Opprtunity Knocks" that preceded the Tuesday episode of "Dancing" scored an OK 4.2/7.
Source: The Futon Critic
"America's Got Talent"- FINAL PERFORMANCES
The start of the show was delayed 15 minutes due to a President Bush Address on our slumping economy.
Now, because this is the final round of competition, I WILL NOT be scoring any of the five performances. But I will include some judges' comments if I feel like it.
First to go are Nuttin' But Stringz! During their performance, there are a series of acrobats performing in the air! Piers said they're his pick to win it all next week.
Going second is Donald Braswell. His final song in competition is "You Raise Me Up".
Third is Neal E. Boyd doing "The Eternal" as his last song.
Then, "Take a Look At Me Now" is performed by Eli Mattson. Piers thought his chances of falling short of the $1,000,000 victory have dropped dramatically, thus making him a candidate to win.
Finally, Queen Emily hopes her coronation song is "One Moment in Time" by Whitney Houston, which is also the song I had to perform along with many other students during my Elementary School Graduation at Henry D. Ward Elementary School. Confetti drops at the end of her performance!
Now, because this is the final round of competition, I WILL NOT be scoring any of the five performances. But I will include some judges' comments if I feel like it.
First to go are Nuttin' But Stringz! During their performance, there are a series of acrobats performing in the air! Piers said they're his pick to win it all next week.
Going second is Donald Braswell. His final song in competition is "You Raise Me Up".
Third is Neal E. Boyd doing "The Eternal" as his last song.
Then, "Take a Look At Me Now" is performed by Eli Mattson. Piers thought his chances of falling short of the $1,000,000 victory have dropped dramatically, thus making him a candidate to win.
Finally, Queen Emily hopes her coronation song is "One Moment in Time" by Whitney Houston, which is also the song I had to perform along with many other students during my Elementary School Graduation at Henry D. Ward Elementary School. Confetti drops at the end of her performance!
"Dancing With the Stars" 9/24
We start out with a performance by the dancing pros!
Before having to wait until the season finale to dance again, Jeffrey Ross and Edyta Sliwinska performed their most recent dance that Ross couldn't fully do because of his eye injury.
The musical performances tonight are Jesse McCartney with "Leavin'" and the Jonas Brothers with "Love Bug".
This week's last two teams standing might surprise you a bit...
...Toni & Alec and Ted & Inna. The second team eliminated this week is...
Toni & Alec
Ted & Inna
...Ted McGinley & Inna Brayer.
Before having to wait until the season finale to dance again, Jeffrey Ross and Edyta Sliwinska performed their most recent dance that Ross couldn't fully do because of his eye injury.
The musical performances tonight are Jesse McCartney with "Leavin'" and the Jonas Brothers with "Love Bug".
This week's last two teams standing might surprise you a bit...
...Toni & Alec and Ted & Inna. The second team eliminated this week is...
Toni & Alec
Ted & Inna
...Ted McGinley & Inna Brayer.
9/24/2008 Results
DOND: Yesterday, we had an amazing game on our hands involving Olivia Figure. The top three amounts on the board ($100,000, $250,000 and $500,000) were all next to each other, with #11 being the $100K case, #12 having the $500K and #13 having the $250K. She came SO CLOSE to winning the 100 grand, but she still left with $33,000, which hopefully will be enough to help out her baby.
Today, Brandi Younger at #10 is our contestant. She's a special ed teacher and she's expecting a baby as well. Why, you might ask? All contestants this week are expecting at least one baby! The actual case she wants to keep is #7.
ROUND 1:
1. #12 (Ali)- $50,000
2. #20 (Julie)- $500,000
3. #8 (Falon)- $2,500
4. #16 (Melony)- $10
5. #17 (Kimberly)- $100
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $11,000
ROUND 2:
1. #15 (Vera)- $25,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
2. #11 (Brooke S.)- $300
3. #4 (Heather E.)- $25
4. #22 (Megan)- $7,500
5. #14 (Danielle)- BUCK
SECOND OFFER: $16,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 3:
1. #3 (Lisa)- $100,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
2. #21 (Chelsea)- $5
3. #18 (Steph)- $1,000
4. #9 (Heather S.)- $250,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
THIRD OFFER: $3,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #1 (Vivianne)- PENNY
2. #6 (Jennifer)- $500
FOURTH OFFER: $8,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #5 (Zabella)- $5,000
2. #2 (Christina)- $50
FIFTH OFFER: $11,500- NO DEAL
PICK #19: #13 (Melissa)- $400
SIXTH OFFFER: $15,000- DEAL
Her case had...$200, so she made a good deal. But had she gone on one more time with Kristen's #10, she would've knocked out $10,000 and likely had taken an offer of $27,000.
TPIR: We begin today with Dianna, Matthew, Manon and Cliff. The first IUFB is a plasma HDTV (Tamiko; the HDTV has Drew in the hosting position!).
Cliff: $2,499
Manon: $1,400
Matthew: $750
Dianna: $2,500
ARP: $2,199
Manon Crevier from Canada plays Lucky Seven for a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited X 4X4 (Std., AT, Conv., SRadio, Steps, HTop, #24S, Prot)(All)! First number is 2. Her second number guess is 4...
$ 2 9 , _ _ _
...she's down to $2 already. Third number guess is 3, my guess as well...
$ 2 9, 8 _ _
...game over already. ARP: $29,854. That second number was bound to kill somebody, and it sure did today.
Jason comes on down next and the second IUFB is a set of dumbbells (Brandi).
Jason: $250 (STUPID BID)
Matthew: $300 (STUPID BID)
Dianna: $450
Cliff: $455
ARP: $1,200
Almost by default, Cliff Thomas, who just turned 37, will play for up to $16,000 worth of birthday cash in It's In the Bag (the big sign was displayed by Tamiko and Rachael). The products today are hot sauce, Maxwell House coffee, Hot Pockets, Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Lotion, Capzasin HP and Clorox wipes. His guesses:
$1,000: $.75- Hot sauce
$2,000: $14.09- Capzasin HP
$4,000: $2.49- Hot Pockets
$8,000: $3.99- Wipes
$16,000: $9.12- Lotion
I can tell you that he definitely has everything but the $3.99 item correct. After he gets to $4,000, he goes on with the wipes. This is the make-or-break item here. If it's the wipes, he most likely will go on to win $16,000. Otherwise, all the money goes down the drain...
...NO. It was the coffee as I expected. Too bad.
Coming on down next is Elisa and the third IUFB is a washer/dryer (Rachael). The winner also gets four Libman mops.
Elisa: $1,150
Jason: $2,300
Matthew: $2,399
Dianna: $1,250
ARP: $2,248
Dianna Crossman, a retired showgirl, plays Bonkers for a hybrid go cart (Tamiko). Board:
2 8 5 3
She should already know where to place that first disc.
1. HLHH- BULLSEYE IN SEVEN SECONDS- A NEW BONKERS RECORD!!!
ARP: $4,598
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Cliff ($1,200): $.50
Manon ($2,199): $.95
Dianna ($6,886): 20 + 75 = $.95
SPIN-OFF:
Manon: $.75
Dianna: $.55
Manon goes to the Showcase to maybe get a second chance at a car, and if that's the case, hopefully get a much easier setup than the one she faced during Lucky Seven.
Next to leave their seat is Norbert and the fourth IUFB is snowboarding equipment (Brandi).
Norbert: $1,650
Elisa: $850
Jason: $851
Matthew: $852
ARP: $1,294
With that extra buck, Matthew Reddoch, part of a Christian college group called Project Impact, visits Barker's Bargain Bar to try and win a trip to Montreal marked at $3,202 (Rachael) and a trip to Miami marked at $3,129 (Tamiko). I pick Montreal, but his group sides with Miami.
MONTREAL:
BARGAIN PRICE: $3,202
ARP: $6,702
DIFFERENCE: $3,500
MIAMI:
BARGAIN PRICE: $3,129
ARP: $7,129
DIFFERENCE: $4,000- WIN!
I thought for sure he had lost when the $3,500 difference for Montreal was revealed!
Next to hear those famous words is Debbie and the fifth IUFB is a home theatre sound system (Rachael).
Debbie: $2,650
Norbert: $1,600
Elisa: $1,850
Jason: $2,651
ARP: $3,190
Jason Hain from Indiana plays One Away for a Dodge Avenger (Tamiko). Board:
$ 3 1 , 5 2 6
His first guess:
$ 2 2 , 4 3 5
Three are right. He changes to $22,417...NO FREAKIN' WAY. It was $20,635. If he wanted to lose, he should've said $22,615 instead.
The final called contestant is Karen and the final IUFB is a waterfall (Tamiko).
Karen: $825
Debbie: $1,350
Norbert: $1,450
Elisa: $1,450
ARP: $1,000
Just like that, Karen Walker plays Double Prices for a mini travel trailer (Brandi)! It's either $14,195 or $16,980. She goes with $16,980, which is wrong.
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #2:
Karen ($1,000): $.95 (after the season's first Big Wheel Penalty on her first spin)
Jason ($3,190): 25 + 20 = $.45
Matthew ($15,125): 35 + 25 = $.60
I'm sure Manon's happy to hear that Karen will be joining her in today's Showcase.
The first Showcase features stuff that can help you get away. First, you could go into the wilderness with new backpacking equipment (Tamiko). Second, you could leave the country for a trip to Greece (Rachael). Finally, if you want the best way to escape a robbery scene, head for the waters with a new Catalina 250 Sailboat!
MANON BIDS $29,595 ON TRIP/BOAT SHOWCASE- GARF OF THE CENTURY
For Karen, we have flowers for a year (Tamiko), a dining room with dinnerware and a hot tub (Rachael).
KAREN BIDS $12,575 ON ROOM/SPA SHOWCASE- STAGE GARF #2
KAREN'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $12,575
ARP: $19,466
DIFFERENCE: $6,891
MANON'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $29,595
ARP: $48,995
DIFFERENCE: $19,400- LOSS
Manon just had about as much bad luck as Gary did with 3 Strikes yesterday; she leaves with parting gifts on her way back to Canada. Karen wins today with $20,466.
WOF: The first Toss-Up's category is Event:
_ P _ _ Y I _ G/_ _/
_ O L _ _ G E
Kelsey and Christina's guess of APPLYING TO COLLEGE...is right for $1,000. Tonight's players:
Kelsey Perry (a senior who plays the guitar and is a varsity soccer team co-captain) & Christina Atchley (a senior who also is a varsity soccer team co-captain)
Michael Shagran (a senior doubles tennis player who's also the vice president of his senior class & Caleb Bere (a senior doubles tennis player who also enjoys photography)
Lauren Coscoll (a sophomore who runs track/cross-country and plays soccer) & Emily Jockum (a sophomore who's a lacrosse player and the treasurer of her school's Pink Ribbon Club)(they've been friends for eight years)
$2,000 Toss-Up category is Rhyme Time:
F _ _ D E R
B _ _ D _ R
Lauren & Emily are incorrect with FOLDER BOULDER. Kelsey & Christina then come up with a better guess of FINDER BINDER...but they're also incorrect. Michael & Caleb then solve FENDER BENDER for $2,000.
Round 1 category is Same Name and out on the wheel now are a pair of trips to the Cedar Point amusement park worth $7,238. At the start, Caleb & Michael fall just short of the Million Dollar Wedge and get a Bankrupt instead. Later, after Kelsey & Christina call the D, we have...
_ _ _ I R A T I _ N/&/_ R _ _/
D A T _
...I'm fearing somebody will instead say GRADUATION & PROM DATE. They clean out the vowels with the E's and the O's, then call the P's for another $1,000, but then get Lose a Turn. Caleb & Michael then solve EXPIRATION & PROM DATE to double to $4,000.
DUDS: H
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Caleb & Michael)
IHOP Jackpot Round category is On the Map. Lauren & Emily start the round by calling a dud in T, marking the second time in a row that they've missed out on picking up the Free Spin. Later, after Kelsey & Christina buy the E's...
N E _/_ _ _ _/&/
N E _/_ E _ _ E _
...they call the W's for $1,000 and solve NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY for $2,000 and $3,000 total.
DUDS: T
Gold Bond $10,000 Mystery/Prize Puzzle Round category is What Are You Doing? After Michael & Caleb clean out the vowel by buying the A's, they call a T while on a Mystery Wedge and decide to take $1,000 for that T (bad move, because that was the $10,000 one). At that point, we have...
_ I _ _ I N G/_ A _ _/IN/A/
_ _ I _ A T E/_ A _ A N A
...I think I've got it. They call a dud in F. Lauren & Emily call three C's for $1,500 but then hit Lose a Turn. Kelsey & Christina then jump in and solve KICKING BACK IN A PRIVATE CABANA for another $1,550 and a pair of trips to Cabo San Lucas, for a new total of $13,550 in cash and trips.
DUDS: F, S
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: GL01193
(I would've said KICKING BACK IN A PRIVATE HAVANA instead.)
$3,000 Toss-Up category is Thing:
S _ _ R A _
_ T _ I R _ _ S E
Kelsey & Christina solve SPIRAL STAIRCASE to increase their leading total to $16,550. Next category is Phrase. Early on, they hit Bankrupt. Later, Lauren & Emily have this showing...
WE'RE/_ _ M _ L E T E/
_ _ _ _ S I T E S
...I've got it. After a $500 C, it's Speed-Up Time with the remaining consonants being worth $1,500 apiece. They then call the P's for another $4,500 and solve WE'RE COMPLETE OPPOSITES for their only $6,100 on the night! Michael & Caleb have $4,000 and Kelsey & Christina win with $16,550.
DUDS: A, D, N, V
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Kelsey & Christina)
Big Money Round: Kelsey & Christina spin the I in SPIN and the category is Around the House. Starting with:
_ _ N _
_ E _ S
I thought it was _____ KEYS at first, but now I think I know it. They call D, C, F and O and get...
_ _ N _
_ E D S
...despite the limited help, they solve the fairly-unrelated BUNK BEDS (which I think are usually related to the military) for $25,000 and $41,550 total!
At the end, we see a collection of some of the fruits and veggies direct from Vanna's garden!
Jeopardy!: Elza Reeves defends her crown against these challengers:
Rebecca Malloy (St. Paul, MN)- Attorney
Brian Levinson (Queens, NY)- Writer
Opening categories, fellers:
70 YEARS AGO: 1938
TV VARIETY SHOWS
HUMOROUS MEDICAL SLANG
JELLY BELLY FLAVORS
LET'S GET BIBLICAL
STARTS WITH FEB, TREBEK (LOL!; each correct response is a date somewhere in the month of February)
Reeves quickly finds the Daily Double on the second clue of the round, the $400 one in Let's Get Biblical. With $200 right now, she bets the face value of the clue ($400):
In the Book of Matthew, all the other disciples call Jesus "Lord", but this man calls him "Rabbi".
"Who is Matthew?"...don't think so, so that plus next to that $200 becomes a minus. It was Judas.
Funny moment- when Levinson was choosing the Starts with Feb Trebek clues, he did a great Sean Connery impression like he might do on a "Celebrity Jeopardy!" skit!
At the first break, Reeves leads with $2,800, the other lady has two grand and Levinson has $1,600. At the end of the round:
Elza: $5,800
Brian: $5,400
Rebecca: $3,200
LACH TRASH IN ROUND 1: $1,000
(Before he tossed it to the second commercial break, Alex said "Why are you looking at me?"!)
DJ! Categories:
PHILOSOPHY
ACTRESSES
INTERNATIONAL ETIQUETTE
ASTEROID NAMES
"Z" IN THE COUNTRY NAME
VERY PUNNY
For the second round in a row, Reeves finds a Daily Double in just two clues; in this case, she finds it under the $800 Actresses clue with $6,200. She wagers her $800 lead over Levinson on this:
Conscious awareness is sometimes called this, the Latin word for "I think" used by Descartes.
She's unable to come up with "What is cogito ergo sum?", so she falls to a tie for the lead at $5,400 apiece. A little later, Malloy finds the other Daily Double under the $1,200 "Z" in the Country Name clue. She has $4,000, while Levinson has $6,200 and Reeves is back in front by herself with $6,600. Malloy's wager is $2,000. To make this game very tight:
One of the three in Africa that DON'T begin with "Z" but still have "Z" in their name.
"What is Tanzania?"...IS RIGHT to go to $6,000! After Reeves hits five figures, after a reverse ruling on one of her previous correct responses, she falls to seven grand. Later on, Levinson's the first one to legitimately reach five digits.
LACH TRASH FOR DJ!: $8,800
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Elza: $7,000
Brian: $18,600
Rebecca: $10,000
CORYAT SCORES:
Elza: $8,200
Brian: $18,600
Rebecca: $9,200
FJ! CATEGORY: Novels.
This title character of an 1851 work doesn't show up until Chapter 133.
ELZA:
Response: "Who is Moby Dick?"
Wager: $3,000
Final score: $10,000
Malloy...is right to go to 20 grand! That means Reeves is definitely leaving with $17,800. Is the new champ Mr. Levinson after his response and wager is revealed...YES with $20,001!
My Family's Got GUTS: Our second semi-final pits these two teams:
EICHEN-SPLAT: Jared, Keith, Lisa & Moriah
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: Marty, Morgan, Annie & Alex
AIR SLALOM
EICHEN-SPLAT:
Launcher- Moriah
Big air rider- Lisa
Power lines- Jared & Keith
SCORE: 20
HOWLIN' HOWELLS:
Launcher- Morgan
Big air rider- Alex
Power lines- Annie & Marty
SCORE: 20
Both teams struggled in this event.
FORMULA GUTS:
EICHEN-SPLAT:
Driver #1- Jared
Driver #2- Keith
In the pits- Lisa & Moriah
TIME- :54
HOWLIN' HOWELLS:
Driver #1- Annie
Driver #2- Morgan
In the pits- Alex & Marty
TIME-1:12
(Note: 22 seconds into her run, Annie wiped out near the pit stop; she's OK.)
Eichen-Splat takes a 25 point lead heading into the final pre-Crag event.
EVENT #3: VOLLEY BRAWL
EICHEN-SPLAT: 80
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: 80
PRE-AGGRO CRAG RESULTS:
EICHEN-SPLAT: 200
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: 175
Eichen-Splat has a 2.5 head start.
AGGRO CRAG:
EICHEN-SPLAT:
1. Keith
2. Lisa
3. Moriah
4. Jared
HOWLIN' HOWELLS:
1. Morgan
2. Marty
3. Alex
4. Annie
The Howlin' Howells have the lead by the halfway point...and never look back! Moriah had some BIG problems in the maze.
Today, Brandi Younger at #10 is our contestant. She's a special ed teacher and she's expecting a baby as well. Why, you might ask? All contestants this week are expecting at least one baby! The actual case she wants to keep is #7.
ROUND 1:
1. #12 (Ali)- $50,000
2. #20 (Julie)- $500,000
3. #8 (Falon)- $2,500
4. #16 (Melony)- $10
5. #17 (Kimberly)- $100
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $11,000
ROUND 2:
1. #15 (Vera)- $25,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
2. #11 (Brooke S.)- $300
3. #4 (Heather E.)- $25
4. #22 (Megan)- $7,500
5. #14 (Danielle)- BUCK
SECOND OFFER: $16,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 3:
1. #3 (Lisa)- $100,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
2. #21 (Chelsea)- $5
3. #18 (Steph)- $1,000
4. #9 (Heather S.)- $250,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
THIRD OFFER: $3,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #1 (Vivianne)- PENNY
2. #6 (Jennifer)- $500
FOURTH OFFER: $8,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #5 (Zabella)- $5,000
2. #2 (Christina)- $50
FIFTH OFFER: $11,500- NO DEAL
PICK #19: #13 (Melissa)- $400
SIXTH OFFFER: $15,000- DEAL
Her case had...$200, so she made a good deal. But had she gone on one more time with Kristen's #10, she would've knocked out $10,000 and likely had taken an offer of $27,000.
TPIR: We begin today with Dianna, Matthew, Manon and Cliff. The first IUFB is a plasma HDTV (Tamiko; the HDTV has Drew in the hosting position!).
Cliff: $2,499
Manon: $1,400
Matthew: $750
Dianna: $2,500
ARP: $2,199
Manon Crevier from Canada plays Lucky Seven for a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited X 4X4 (Std., AT, Conv., SRadio, Steps, HTop, #24S, Prot)(All)! First number is 2. Her second number guess is 4...
$ 2 9 , _ _ _
...she's down to $2 already. Third number guess is 3, my guess as well...
$ 2 9, 8 _ _
...game over already. ARP: $29,854. That second number was bound to kill somebody, and it sure did today.
Jason comes on down next and the second IUFB is a set of dumbbells (Brandi).
Jason: $250 (STUPID BID)
Matthew: $300 (STUPID BID)
Dianna: $450
Cliff: $455
ARP: $1,200
Almost by default, Cliff Thomas, who just turned 37, will play for up to $16,000 worth of birthday cash in It's In the Bag (the big sign was displayed by Tamiko and Rachael). The products today are hot sauce, Maxwell House coffee, Hot Pockets, Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Lotion, Capzasin HP and Clorox wipes. His guesses:
$1,000: $.75- Hot sauce
$2,000: $14.09- Capzasin HP
$4,000: $2.49- Hot Pockets
$8,000: $3.99- Wipes
$16,000: $9.12- Lotion
I can tell you that he definitely has everything but the $3.99 item correct. After he gets to $4,000, he goes on with the wipes. This is the make-or-break item here. If it's the wipes, he most likely will go on to win $16,000. Otherwise, all the money goes down the drain...
...NO. It was the coffee as I expected. Too bad.
Coming on down next is Elisa and the third IUFB is a washer/dryer (Rachael). The winner also gets four Libman mops.
Elisa: $1,150
Jason: $2,300
Matthew: $2,399
Dianna: $1,250
ARP: $2,248
Dianna Crossman, a retired showgirl, plays Bonkers for a hybrid go cart (Tamiko). Board:
2 8 5 3
She should already know where to place that first disc.
1. HLHH- BULLSEYE IN SEVEN SECONDS- A NEW BONKERS RECORD!!!
ARP: $4,598
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Cliff ($1,200): $.50
Manon ($2,199): $.95
Dianna ($6,886): 20 + 75 = $.95
SPIN-OFF:
Manon: $.75
Dianna: $.55
Manon goes to the Showcase to maybe get a second chance at a car, and if that's the case, hopefully get a much easier setup than the one she faced during Lucky Seven.
Next to leave their seat is Norbert and the fourth IUFB is snowboarding equipment (Brandi).
Norbert: $1,650
Elisa: $850
Jason: $851
Matthew: $852
ARP: $1,294
With that extra buck, Matthew Reddoch, part of a Christian college group called Project Impact, visits Barker's Bargain Bar to try and win a trip to Montreal marked at $3,202 (Rachael) and a trip to Miami marked at $3,129 (Tamiko). I pick Montreal, but his group sides with Miami.
MONTREAL:
BARGAIN PRICE: $3,202
ARP: $6,702
DIFFERENCE: $3,500
MIAMI:
BARGAIN PRICE: $3,129
ARP: $7,129
DIFFERENCE: $4,000- WIN!
I thought for sure he had lost when the $3,500 difference for Montreal was revealed!
Next to hear those famous words is Debbie and the fifth IUFB is a home theatre sound system (Rachael).
Debbie: $2,650
Norbert: $1,600
Elisa: $1,850
Jason: $2,651
ARP: $3,190
Jason Hain from Indiana plays One Away for a Dodge Avenger (Tamiko). Board:
$ 3 1 , 5 2 6
His first guess:
$ 2 2 , 4 3 5
Three are right. He changes to $22,417...NO FREAKIN' WAY. It was $20,635. If he wanted to lose, he should've said $22,615 instead.
The final called contestant is Karen and the final IUFB is a waterfall (Tamiko).
Karen: $825
Debbie: $1,350
Norbert: $1,450
Elisa: $1,450
ARP: $1,000
Just like that, Karen Walker plays Double Prices for a mini travel trailer (Brandi)! It's either $14,195 or $16,980. She goes with $16,980, which is wrong.
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #2:
Karen ($1,000): $.95 (after the season's first Big Wheel Penalty on her first spin)
Jason ($3,190): 25 + 20 = $.45
Matthew ($15,125): 35 + 25 = $.60
I'm sure Manon's happy to hear that Karen will be joining her in today's Showcase.
The first Showcase features stuff that can help you get away. First, you could go into the wilderness with new backpacking equipment (Tamiko). Second, you could leave the country for a trip to Greece (Rachael). Finally, if you want the best way to escape a robbery scene, head for the waters with a new Catalina 250 Sailboat!
MANON BIDS $29,595 ON TRIP/BOAT SHOWCASE- GARF OF THE CENTURY
For Karen, we have flowers for a year (Tamiko), a dining room with dinnerware and a hot tub (Rachael).
KAREN BIDS $12,575 ON ROOM/SPA SHOWCASE- STAGE GARF #2
KAREN'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $12,575
ARP: $19,466
DIFFERENCE: $6,891
MANON'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $29,595
ARP: $48,995
DIFFERENCE: $19,400- LOSS
Manon just had about as much bad luck as Gary did with 3 Strikes yesterday; she leaves with parting gifts on her way back to Canada. Karen wins today with $20,466.
WOF: The first Toss-Up's category is Event:
_ P _ _ Y I _ G/_ _/
_ O L _ _ G E
Kelsey and Christina's guess of APPLYING TO COLLEGE...is right for $1,000. Tonight's players:
Kelsey Perry (a senior who plays the guitar and is a varsity soccer team co-captain) & Christina Atchley (a senior who also is a varsity soccer team co-captain)
Michael Shagran (a senior doubles tennis player who's also the vice president of his senior class & Caleb Bere (a senior doubles tennis player who also enjoys photography)
Lauren Coscoll (a sophomore who runs track/cross-country and plays soccer) & Emily Jockum (a sophomore who's a lacrosse player and the treasurer of her school's Pink Ribbon Club)(they've been friends for eight years)
$2,000 Toss-Up category is Rhyme Time:
F _ _ D E R
B _ _ D _ R
Lauren & Emily are incorrect with FOLDER BOULDER. Kelsey & Christina then come up with a better guess of FINDER BINDER...but they're also incorrect. Michael & Caleb then solve FENDER BENDER for $2,000.
Round 1 category is Same Name and out on the wheel now are a pair of trips to the Cedar Point amusement park worth $7,238. At the start, Caleb & Michael fall just short of the Million Dollar Wedge and get a Bankrupt instead. Later, after Kelsey & Christina call the D, we have...
_ _ _ I R A T I _ N/&/_ R _ _/
D A T _
...I'm fearing somebody will instead say GRADUATION & PROM DATE. They clean out the vowels with the E's and the O's, then call the P's for another $1,000, but then get Lose a Turn. Caleb & Michael then solve EXPIRATION & PROM DATE to double to $4,000.
DUDS: H
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Caleb & Michael)
IHOP Jackpot Round category is On the Map. Lauren & Emily start the round by calling a dud in T, marking the second time in a row that they've missed out on picking up the Free Spin. Later, after Kelsey & Christina buy the E's...
N E _/_ _ _ _/&/
N E _/_ E _ _ E _
...they call the W's for $1,000 and solve NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY for $2,000 and $3,000 total.
DUDS: T
Gold Bond $10,000 Mystery/Prize Puzzle Round category is What Are You Doing? After Michael & Caleb clean out the vowel by buying the A's, they call a T while on a Mystery Wedge and decide to take $1,000 for that T (bad move, because that was the $10,000 one). At that point, we have...
_ I _ _ I N G/_ A _ _/IN/A/
_ _ I _ A T E/_ A _ A N A
...I think I've got it. They call a dud in F. Lauren & Emily call three C's for $1,500 but then hit Lose a Turn. Kelsey & Christina then jump in and solve KICKING BACK IN A PRIVATE CABANA for another $1,550 and a pair of trips to Cabo San Lucas, for a new total of $13,550 in cash and trips.
DUDS: F, S
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: GL01193
(I would've said KICKING BACK IN A PRIVATE HAVANA instead.)
$3,000 Toss-Up category is Thing:
S _ _ R A _
_ T _ I R _ _ S E
Kelsey & Christina solve SPIRAL STAIRCASE to increase their leading total to $16,550. Next category is Phrase. Early on, they hit Bankrupt. Later, Lauren & Emily have this showing...
WE'RE/_ _ M _ L E T E/
_ _ _ _ S I T E S
...I've got it. After a $500 C, it's Speed-Up Time with the remaining consonants being worth $1,500 apiece. They then call the P's for another $4,500 and solve WE'RE COMPLETE OPPOSITES for their only $6,100 on the night! Michael & Caleb have $4,000 and Kelsey & Christina win with $16,550.
DUDS: A, D, N, V
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Kelsey & Christina)
Big Money Round: Kelsey & Christina spin the I in SPIN and the category is Around the House. Starting with:
_ _ N _
_ E _ S
I thought it was _____ KEYS at first, but now I think I know it. They call D, C, F and O and get...
_ _ N _
_ E D S
...despite the limited help, they solve the fairly-unrelated BUNK BEDS (which I think are usually related to the military) for $25,000 and $41,550 total!
At the end, we see a collection of some of the fruits and veggies direct from Vanna's garden!
Jeopardy!: Elza Reeves defends her crown against these challengers:
Rebecca Malloy (St. Paul, MN)- Attorney
Brian Levinson (Queens, NY)- Writer
Opening categories, fellers:
70 YEARS AGO: 1938
TV VARIETY SHOWS
HUMOROUS MEDICAL SLANG
JELLY BELLY FLAVORS
LET'S GET BIBLICAL
STARTS WITH FEB, TREBEK (LOL!; each correct response is a date somewhere in the month of February)
Reeves quickly finds the Daily Double on the second clue of the round, the $400 one in Let's Get Biblical. With $200 right now, she bets the face value of the clue ($400):
In the Book of Matthew, all the other disciples call Jesus "Lord", but this man calls him "Rabbi".
"Who is Matthew?"...don't think so, so that plus next to that $200 becomes a minus. It was Judas.
Funny moment- when Levinson was choosing the Starts with Feb Trebek clues, he did a great Sean Connery impression like he might do on a "Celebrity Jeopardy!" skit!
At the first break, Reeves leads with $2,800, the other lady has two grand and Levinson has $1,600. At the end of the round:
Elza: $5,800
Brian: $5,400
Rebecca: $3,200
LACH TRASH IN ROUND 1: $1,000
(Before he tossed it to the second commercial break, Alex said "Why are you looking at me?"!)
DJ! Categories:
PHILOSOPHY
ACTRESSES
INTERNATIONAL ETIQUETTE
ASTEROID NAMES
"Z" IN THE COUNTRY NAME
VERY PUNNY
For the second round in a row, Reeves finds a Daily Double in just two clues; in this case, she finds it under the $800 Actresses clue with $6,200. She wagers her $800 lead over Levinson on this:
Conscious awareness is sometimes called this, the Latin word for "I think" used by Descartes.
She's unable to come up with "What is cogito ergo sum?", so she falls to a tie for the lead at $5,400 apiece. A little later, Malloy finds the other Daily Double under the $1,200 "Z" in the Country Name clue. She has $4,000, while Levinson has $6,200 and Reeves is back in front by herself with $6,600. Malloy's wager is $2,000. To make this game very tight:
One of the three in Africa that DON'T begin with "Z" but still have "Z" in their name.
"What is Tanzania?"...IS RIGHT to go to $6,000! After Reeves hits five figures, after a reverse ruling on one of her previous correct responses, she falls to seven grand. Later on, Levinson's the first one to legitimately reach five digits.
LACH TRASH FOR DJ!: $8,800
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Elza: $7,000
Brian: $18,600
Rebecca: $10,000
CORYAT SCORES:
Elza: $8,200
Brian: $18,600
Rebecca: $9,200
FJ! CATEGORY: Novels.
This title character of an 1851 work doesn't show up until Chapter 133.
ELZA:
Response: "Who is Moby Dick?"
Wager: $3,000
Final score: $10,000
Malloy...is right to go to 20 grand! That means Reeves is definitely leaving with $17,800. Is the new champ Mr. Levinson after his response and wager is revealed...YES with $20,001!
My Family's Got GUTS: Our second semi-final pits these two teams:
EICHEN-SPLAT: Jared, Keith, Lisa & Moriah
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: Marty, Morgan, Annie & Alex
AIR SLALOM
EICHEN-SPLAT:
Launcher- Moriah
Big air rider- Lisa
Power lines- Jared & Keith
SCORE: 20
HOWLIN' HOWELLS:
Launcher- Morgan
Big air rider- Alex
Power lines- Annie & Marty
SCORE: 20
Both teams struggled in this event.
FORMULA GUTS:
EICHEN-SPLAT:
Driver #1- Jared
Driver #2- Keith
In the pits- Lisa & Moriah
TIME- :54
HOWLIN' HOWELLS:
Driver #1- Annie
Driver #2- Morgan
In the pits- Alex & Marty
TIME-1:12
(Note: 22 seconds into her run, Annie wiped out near the pit stop; she's OK.)
Eichen-Splat takes a 25 point lead heading into the final pre-Crag event.
EVENT #3: VOLLEY BRAWL
EICHEN-SPLAT: 80
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: 80
PRE-AGGRO CRAG RESULTS:
EICHEN-SPLAT: 200
HOWLIN' HOWELLS: 175
Eichen-Splat has a 2.5 head start.
AGGRO CRAG:
EICHEN-SPLAT:
1. Keith
2. Lisa
3. Moriah
4. Jared
HOWLIN' HOWELLS:
1. Morgan
2. Marty
3. Alex
4. Annie
The Howlin' Howells have the lead by the halfway point...and never look back! Moriah had some BIG problems in the maze.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
DEBUT: "Opportunity Knocks"
Your host is J.D. Roth, who usually is a producer nowadays.
The first family to play will be the Guiterrez family. Each team on the show has four members, and each one gets four questions. At the end of the show, the team can elect to either try to double their final total or risk everything they have earned up to that point for a chance at the top prize of $250,000.
Up first is Lucas.
1. The dad came up with a catchy phrase to show Lucas how important doing schoolwork is: "More school, more choices...". How does it end?
A: "...more choices, more future"
B: "...less school, less money"
C: "...less school, less choices"
For $2,500, he says C...yes!
If he should answer all four of his questions correctly, the family will win Vizio TVs for every room in their house, plus a subscription to DirecTV (which my family now has).
2. While blindfolded, Lucas must feel and smell the heads of four friends/relatives and must pick the one that is his brother Nathaniel. Nathaniel is the one that wears a certain kind of gel in his head every day.
FOR $5,000:
GUESS: #3- YES ($7,500)
3. Go inside the dad's bedroom and find a pair of bins filled with many toy cars, and bring back the one that is his dad's favorite.
FOR $7,500:
GUESS: 1969 Camaro- RIGHT ($15,000)
4. Her sister recently won a medal in cheerleading for doing a move called the Toe Touch. Each of the four cheerleaders on stage performs a different move, with one of them being the Toe Touch; Lucas must pick the cheerleader that's doing it.
FOR $10,000 AND THE TV PRIZE PACKAGE:
GUESS: #4- SWEEP! ($25,000)
Now, it's the mom's turn. If she runs the table, she'll win new kitchen appliances.
1. In one of the two bus photo albums, there's a picture of Nathaniel missing his two front teeth. What grade did he take that picture in?
She says 4th Grade...one off. It was 3rd Grade, so the new kitchen is out of play.
2. Guess how much the father, Walter, weighs within a ten-pound range.
Her guess is 235 lbs. If the actual weight is between 225 and 245, $5,000 will be put into the bank...it's 225 ($30,000)!
3. Out of four tiger drawings, which three were NOT made by Nathaniel? The three chosen ones get shredded up, and if the one remaining painting was done by Nathaniel, $7,500 goes to the pot.
She thinks the one Nathaniel did is #1, thus getting rid of #2, #3 and #4...yes indeed ($37,500)!
4. She must know the birthdays to each one of these people: Sergio Sr., Sergio Jr., Sergio, Tony Sr. and Tony Jr. The birthday choices: May 20, March 1, July 12, August 28 and January 23. Here are her guesses:
Sergio Sr.- July 12
Sergio Jr.- August 28
Sergio- January 23
Tony Sr.- May 20
Tony Jr.- March 1
If all five are right, they will go to $47,500...
Sergio Sr.- July 12
Sergio Jr.- August 28
Sergio- January 23
Tony Sr.- May 20
Tony Jr.- March 1
...yes!
It's the dad's turn. The bonus prize for him is a vintage 1969 Camaro SS, worth $43,000!
1. On the house's chore chart, Mrs. Jonas is listed on two of the chores- doing the dishes and feeding the pets. Alexis really loves Nick of the Jonas Brothers. Thus, the dad must now pick the one out of the three Jonas Brothers that is Nick. He places the necklace on #2...that's Nick to take the money total to 50 grand!
2. The dad must now go inside the master bedroom to find 15 different bedspreads laying around; he must choose the one that's his and bring it back. Does he find it...yes for another $5,000 ($55,000)!
3. Coming on out now are an electric blanket, jellybean pajamas, a leather jacket and a 20-year-old white dress. He must pick the one that is his mom's least favorite.
GUESS: White dress- RIGHT AGAIN ($62,500)
He is then given the option of buying the car for $25,000 out of the team's bank...NO SALE.
4. Lucas is missing a quarter from his state quarter book; which state's quarter is it?
GUESS: Arizona- NO (A: New Mexico)
Now, it's Alexis' turn. Her bonus prize will be the right to send her and her four girlfriends to a Jonas Brothers concert in L.A. with VIP backstage passes.
1. Which cookie did her mom win a bake-off with- peanut butter with a chocolate chunk in the center or a sugar cookie with a peanut butter cup in the center?
GUESS: Sugar cookie with peanut butter cup- RIGHT ($65,000)
She's now given the option of giving up $5,000 for the bonus prize...SOLD!
2. Which of the four girls does Lucas have a secret crush on?
She thinks it's Katie...incorrect. It was Rachel, so she'd better be glad she accepted that $5,000 offer for the Jonas Brothers concert.
3. Which celebrity did his father say he wanted to kiss?
A: Salma Hayek
B: Jessica Alba
C: Angelina Jolie
D: George Lopez
She picks Salma Hayek...that's right to take the pot up to $67,500!
4. Three different dog barks are played, and she must pick the one that's done by her dog.
GUESS: #2- RIGHT AGAIN ($77,500)
Bonus Round: The team chooses Lucas as the one whom they feel knows about the family the best. He can either try to double his money or go for the entire $250,000.
If he goes for the doubler, he must answer two out of three questions correctly about the other three family members. But if he goes for the $250K, he must risk everything in the bank earned up to that point to answer all three questions correctly. No matter what happens, the bonus prizes are theirs to keep.
His decision is...to try and double the money.
MOM: If you could take one thing with you should your house burn down to the ground, what would it be?
DAD: What's your all-time favorite movie?
ALEXIS: Name your favorite pair of sneakers.
He tries to match his mom and Alexis.
His guesses:
DAD: "The Terminator"
MOM: Computer
ALEXIS: Red Converse
"The Terminator" was right. But the only answers that matter here are the ones for Mom and Alexis. If both turn green, they will win $155,000, the electronics and the Jonas Brothers concert tickets/passes...
MOM: Computer
ALEXIS: Red Converse
...no. But they still leave with well over $80,000 in cash and prizes!
The first family to play will be the Guiterrez family. Each team on the show has four members, and each one gets four questions. At the end of the show, the team can elect to either try to double their final total or risk everything they have earned up to that point for a chance at the top prize of $250,000.
Up first is Lucas.
1. The dad came up with a catchy phrase to show Lucas how important doing schoolwork is: "More school, more choices...". How does it end?
A: "...more choices, more future"
B: "...less school, less money"
C: "...less school, less choices"
For $2,500, he says C...yes!
If he should answer all four of his questions correctly, the family will win Vizio TVs for every room in their house, plus a subscription to DirecTV (which my family now has).
2. While blindfolded, Lucas must feel and smell the heads of four friends/relatives and must pick the one that is his brother Nathaniel. Nathaniel is the one that wears a certain kind of gel in his head every day.
FOR $5,000:
GUESS: #3- YES ($7,500)
3. Go inside the dad's bedroom and find a pair of bins filled with many toy cars, and bring back the one that is his dad's favorite.
FOR $7,500:
GUESS: 1969 Camaro- RIGHT ($15,000)
4. Her sister recently won a medal in cheerleading for doing a move called the Toe Touch. Each of the four cheerleaders on stage performs a different move, with one of them being the Toe Touch; Lucas must pick the cheerleader that's doing it.
FOR $10,000 AND THE TV PRIZE PACKAGE:
GUESS: #4- SWEEP! ($25,000)
Now, it's the mom's turn. If she runs the table, she'll win new kitchen appliances.
1. In one of the two bus photo albums, there's a picture of Nathaniel missing his two front teeth. What grade did he take that picture in?
She says 4th Grade...one off. It was 3rd Grade, so the new kitchen is out of play.
2. Guess how much the father, Walter, weighs within a ten-pound range.
Her guess is 235 lbs. If the actual weight is between 225 and 245, $5,000 will be put into the bank...it's 225 ($30,000)!
3. Out of four tiger drawings, which three were NOT made by Nathaniel? The three chosen ones get shredded up, and if the one remaining painting was done by Nathaniel, $7,500 goes to the pot.
She thinks the one Nathaniel did is #1, thus getting rid of #2, #3 and #4...yes indeed ($37,500)!
4. She must know the birthdays to each one of these people: Sergio Sr., Sergio Jr., Sergio, Tony Sr. and Tony Jr. The birthday choices: May 20, March 1, July 12, August 28 and January 23. Here are her guesses:
Sergio Sr.- July 12
Sergio Jr.- August 28
Sergio- January 23
Tony Sr.- May 20
Tony Jr.- March 1
If all five are right, they will go to $47,500...
Sergio Sr.- July 12
Sergio Jr.- August 28
Sergio- January 23
Tony Sr.- May 20
Tony Jr.- March 1
...yes!
It's the dad's turn. The bonus prize for him is a vintage 1969 Camaro SS, worth $43,000!
1. On the house's chore chart, Mrs. Jonas is listed on two of the chores- doing the dishes and feeding the pets. Alexis really loves Nick of the Jonas Brothers. Thus, the dad must now pick the one out of the three Jonas Brothers that is Nick. He places the necklace on #2...that's Nick to take the money total to 50 grand!
2. The dad must now go inside the master bedroom to find 15 different bedspreads laying around; he must choose the one that's his and bring it back. Does he find it...yes for another $5,000 ($55,000)!
3. Coming on out now are an electric blanket, jellybean pajamas, a leather jacket and a 20-year-old white dress. He must pick the one that is his mom's least favorite.
GUESS: White dress- RIGHT AGAIN ($62,500)
He is then given the option of buying the car for $25,000 out of the team's bank...NO SALE.
4. Lucas is missing a quarter from his state quarter book; which state's quarter is it?
GUESS: Arizona- NO (A: New Mexico)
Now, it's Alexis' turn. Her bonus prize will be the right to send her and her four girlfriends to a Jonas Brothers concert in L.A. with VIP backstage passes.
1. Which cookie did her mom win a bake-off with- peanut butter with a chocolate chunk in the center or a sugar cookie with a peanut butter cup in the center?
GUESS: Sugar cookie with peanut butter cup- RIGHT ($65,000)
She's now given the option of giving up $5,000 for the bonus prize...SOLD!
2. Which of the four girls does Lucas have a secret crush on?
She thinks it's Katie...incorrect. It was Rachel, so she'd better be glad she accepted that $5,000 offer for the Jonas Brothers concert.
3. Which celebrity did his father say he wanted to kiss?
A: Salma Hayek
B: Jessica Alba
C: Angelina Jolie
D: George Lopez
She picks Salma Hayek...that's right to take the pot up to $67,500!
4. Three different dog barks are played, and she must pick the one that's done by her dog.
GUESS: #2- RIGHT AGAIN ($77,500)
Bonus Round: The team chooses Lucas as the one whom they feel knows about the family the best. He can either try to double his money or go for the entire $250,000.
If he goes for the doubler, he must answer two out of three questions correctly about the other three family members. But if he goes for the $250K, he must risk everything in the bank earned up to that point to answer all three questions correctly. No matter what happens, the bonus prizes are theirs to keep.
His decision is...to try and double the money.
MOM: If you could take one thing with you should your house burn down to the ground, what would it be?
DAD: What's your all-time favorite movie?
ALEXIS: Name your favorite pair of sneakers.
He tries to match his mom and Alexis.
His guesses:
DAD: "The Terminator"
MOM: Computer
ALEXIS: Red Converse
"The Terminator" was right. But the only answers that matter here are the ones for Mom and Alexis. If both turn green, they will win $155,000, the electronics and the Jonas Brothers concert tickets/passes...
MOM: Computer
ALEXIS: Red Converse
...no. But they still leave with well over $80,000 in cash and prizes!
"Dancing With the Stars"- 7th Season Premiere Week, Day 2
For this show only, the reveals of the teams that are safe and the one eliminated will be the same as the ones on "Nashville Star".
Tonight's featured dances are the Quick Step and the Mambo.
The first team to perform tonight are Lance Bass & Lacey Schwimmer! They're performing the Quick Step.
CARRIE ANN: 7
LEN: 6
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 21
That's about as good as their first performance.
The second to dance are Misty May-Treanor and Maksim Chermovsiky with the night's first Mambo. I thought it was worthy of a 7, and all three judges agree with me.
Team #3 tonight consists of Maurice Greene and Cheryl Burke. They also get the Mambo; towards the end, Greene does the Worm! They also get three 7's tonight.
Fourth to advance are Brooke Burke & Derek Hough, the highest-scoring team from last night. They have the Quick Step to work with tonight. Like last night, Len said it was the best dance so far this season.
CARRIE ANN: 9
LEN: 8
BRUNO: 9
TOTAL: 26!
So far, they're the team to beat this season!
The fifth ones to advance are Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas with the Mambo. Ever since she's been on the show, Leachman has been flirting with the judges while they're critiquing her team!
CARRIE ANN: 6
LEN: 5
BRUNO: 5
TOTAL: 16
It looks like whether or not the home viewers like her shenanigans with the judges will determine how long her team lasts on the show.
At the midway point, the next team safe to perform are Toni Braxton and Alec Mazo. They're dancing the Quick Step to "Blue Skies".
CARRIE ANN: 8
LEN: 7
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 23
Hoping that they're lucky in the seventh performance spot are Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson. They also have the Quick Step to deal with.
CARRIE ANN: 7
LEN: 7
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 22
Next are Ted McGinley and Inna Brayer with their shot at the Mambo.
CARRIE ANN: 6
LEN: 6
BRUNO: 7
TOTAL: 19
The next ones to survive and doing the Quick Step next...Cody Linley and Julianne Hough!
CARRIE ANN: 8
LEN: 7
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 23
Next to survive and do the night's next Mambo...Rocco DiSpirito and Karina Smirnoff. They get three 7's for that performance.
The next-to-last team definitely safe...Susan Lucci & Tony Dovolani! That means they get to perform the Quick Step.
CARRIE ANN: 7
LEN: 7
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 22
That leaves Jeffrey Ross & Edyta Sliwinska and Kim Kardashian & Mark Ballas in the bottom two. Despite their star suffering an injury, one team didn't get enough sympathy votes from the home viewers and are the first team eliminated on the season. And that team is...
Jeffrey & Edyta
Kim & Mark
...Jeffrey & Edyta.
That means Kim & Mark get to close the show with the Mambo. In the end, they get three 6's.
I have no idea who will be eliminated tomorrow night.
Tonight's featured dances are the Quick Step and the Mambo.
The first team to perform tonight are Lance Bass & Lacey Schwimmer! They're performing the Quick Step.
CARRIE ANN: 7
LEN: 6
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 21
That's about as good as their first performance.
The second to dance are Misty May-Treanor and Maksim Chermovsiky with the night's first Mambo. I thought it was worthy of a 7, and all three judges agree with me.
Team #3 tonight consists of Maurice Greene and Cheryl Burke. They also get the Mambo; towards the end, Greene does the Worm! They also get three 7's tonight.
Fourth to advance are Brooke Burke & Derek Hough, the highest-scoring team from last night. They have the Quick Step to work with tonight. Like last night, Len said it was the best dance so far this season.
CARRIE ANN: 9
LEN: 8
BRUNO: 9
TOTAL: 26!
So far, they're the team to beat this season!
The fifth ones to advance are Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas with the Mambo. Ever since she's been on the show, Leachman has been flirting with the judges while they're critiquing her team!
CARRIE ANN: 6
LEN: 5
BRUNO: 5
TOTAL: 16
It looks like whether or not the home viewers like her shenanigans with the judges will determine how long her team lasts on the show.
At the midway point, the next team safe to perform are Toni Braxton and Alec Mazo. They're dancing the Quick Step to "Blue Skies".
CARRIE ANN: 8
LEN: 7
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 23
Hoping that they're lucky in the seventh performance spot are Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson. They also have the Quick Step to deal with.
CARRIE ANN: 7
LEN: 7
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 22
Next are Ted McGinley and Inna Brayer with their shot at the Mambo.
CARRIE ANN: 6
LEN: 6
BRUNO: 7
TOTAL: 19
The next ones to survive and doing the Quick Step next...Cody Linley and Julianne Hough!
CARRIE ANN: 8
LEN: 7
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 23
Next to survive and do the night's next Mambo...Rocco DiSpirito and Karina Smirnoff. They get three 7's for that performance.
The next-to-last team definitely safe...Susan Lucci & Tony Dovolani! That means they get to perform the Quick Step.
CARRIE ANN: 7
LEN: 7
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 22
That leaves Jeffrey Ross & Edyta Sliwinska and Kim Kardashian & Mark Ballas in the bottom two. Despite their star suffering an injury, one team didn't get enough sympathy votes from the home viewers and are the first team eliminated on the season. And that team is...
Jeffrey & Edyta
Kim & Mark
...Jeffrey & Edyta.
That means Kim & Mark get to close the show with the Mambo. In the end, they get three 6's.
I have no idea who will be eliminated tomorrow night.
9/23/2008 Results
TPIR: Day 2 is on, beginning with Kimberly, Jill, Lynette and William. The first IUFB is a trip to Las Vegas (Brandi).
William: $1,200
Lynette: $1,350
Jill: $5 (STUPID BID)
Kimberly: $800
ARP: $2,732
Lynette Bean from Playa Del Ray could be skirting her beach's water with a new party boat (Rachael) after Super Push Over. Board:
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I say $21,990 and she agrees. However, she really has some problems moving the number line- she pushed some of the blocks out of the line a few times! Anyway, is she a winner?...
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...YES! Even Drew has some problems with the game board- he had trouble revealing the correct price for the boat!
Coming on down fifth is Gary and the second IUFB is an electric guitar (Brandi).
Gary: $1,190
Jill: $759
Kimberly: $750
William: BUCK
ARP: $1,869
Gary Arritt gets the season's first playing of 3 Strikes for a Cadillac CTS (Std., AT, LCollection, Prots, Wheels, Tire)(Tamiko)! The rules from the past few seasons still apply for at least this playing. Numbers are 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
First, he draws the strike. Second he tries the 7 and says that's the third digit...incorrect. Third, he draws strike two. Fourth...STRIKE THREE! Ouch. ARP was $47,986. Tough luck, man.
Coming on down next is Patty and the third IUFB is a digital camera.
Patty: $625
Jill: $990
Kimberly: $1,200
William: $1,350
ARP: $968
Patty Walley plays the NEW Check Game for a pair of motorcycles (Rachael). As of this season, the total must fall withing a $7,000-$8,000 range. She writes her check for $5,500...NO WAY. ARP of the motorcycles: $4,368, for a losing total of $9,868. Too bad they weren't at least $4,500, because that would've broken the scoreboard!
I really hope Gary gets to the Showcase after that HORRIBLE experience in 3 Strikes.
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Patty ($968): 65 + 40 = DOH
Gary ($1,869): 35 + 85 = OUCH (he had no luck at all today!!)
Lynette ($24,722): WINS BY DEFAULT WITH A NICKEL
Well, the top winner so far goes to the Showcase instead.
Cynthia is then told to "Come on Down" and the fourth IUFB is a daybed (Rachael).
Cynthia: $990
Jill: $1,250
Kimberly: BUCK
William: $750
ARP: $1,304
Jill Coad, a kindergarten teacher from Long Beach, plays Dice Game for a Ford Mustang Convertible (Std., AT, Starter, Net)(Brandi)! First number is 2, and the dice table is brought out by Tamiko. First, she rolls a 4, which is wrong, and I'm worried already. But she says higher and she's on her way. It's 6. For the third digit, she rolls 4 again...incorrect, and I'm worried again. She says lower, and I think she's right. On the fourth digit, she rolls a 1, which is wrong, but that's a freebie. On digit #5, she rolls a 4 for the third time out of four...obviously wrong, and she says higher. Second number of course is 6. Third number is 1. Fourth number is 6...and the last number is 5 to win the $26,165 Mustang! Great win, Jill, despite the dice not being too kind to you! And I think we have the first legitimate "Broken Fingers" on the show since Fingers took over as producer (this is the term I've come up for her instead of "Dob-stopper")!
The next-to-last contestant to hear the magic words today is Jennifer and the fifth IUFB is a set of golf clubs (Tamiko).
Jennifer: $850
Kimberly: $1,150
William: $900
Cynthia: BUCK
ARP: $2,175
Kimberly Meeks plays the Grand Game. Target is $8 and the products are Capzasin HP, Hot Pockets, Ziploc bags, Phillips Caplets, hot sauce and Slow-Mag.
1. Hot Pockets- $2.49 ($10)
2. Ziploc- $2.99 ($100)
3. Hot sauce- $.75 ($1,000)
Unfortunately, she loses the $1,000 to the Capzasin HP, which is $14.09. The Phillips Caplets were the way to go at $5.50, and the Slow-Mag was $11.77.
The last contestant called on down today is Mario and the final IUFB is a pearl necklace (Brandi).
Mario: $1,800
William: $1,600
Cynthia: BUCK
Jennifer: $1,400
ARP: $1,458, meaning William's the season's first member of the First Four Breakfast Club.
Meanwhile, Jennifer Holman's marriage to Hank presumably stays alive for now and she'll play Switch? for a Heartland range marked at $5,845 (Rachael) and a floor clock marked at $6,595 (Tamiko). She listens to Hank's advice on switching the prices instead of the audience's...WINNER! For the second straight time, we have a break even day.
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Kimberly ($2,175): Nickel + 30 = $.35
Jennifer ($13,898): $.55
Jill ($27,469): $.60
The two top winners of the day are in today's Showcase!
Showcase #1 has an Ashley living room, Carpet One carpeting, maid service for a year (Brandi) and a trip to Hong Kong (Rachael).
JILL KEEPS SHOWCASE #1 AND BIDS $13,500 ON IT
MY BID FOR ROOM/TRIP SHOWCASE: $18,000
Lynette thus has Showcase #2, featuring prizes that can help you rule the world. They are a computer system (Brandi), a home gym (Tamiko) and a Ford F-150 4X2 Crew Cab (Std., Towing, Chrome, SRadio)(Rachael).
LYNETTE BIDS $29,650 ON TRUCK SHOWCASE
MY BID FOR TRUCK SHOWCASE: $28,500
JILL'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $13,500
ARP: $18,186 (I would've DSWed this one)
DIFFERENCE: $4,686
LYNETTE'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $29,650
ARP: $33,747
DIFFERENCE: $4,097- WIN!
Lynette takes home stuff totaling $58,469, including a truck and a boat!
DOND: #5 Olivia Figure is our player today. Like yesterday's contestant, she's going to have a baby (in her case, it's a boy, according to a sonogram Howie read). She swaps out her case for #11.
ROUND 1:
1. #1 (Vivianne)- $100
2. #8 (Falon)- $2,500
3. #15 (Vera)- $500
4. #22 (Megan)- $5
5. #16 (Melony)- BUCK
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $17,500
ROUND 2:
1. #6 (Jennifer)- $1,000
2. #10 (Brandi)- $200
3. #14 (Danielle)- $75,000
4. #19 (Brooke C.)- $300
5. #20 (Julie)- $50,000
SECOND OFFER: $22,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 3:
1. #4 (Heather E.)- $10,000
2. #9 (Heather S.)- $25,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
3. #12 (Ali)- $500,000 (STRIKE ONE; she was one off the big one!)
4. #13 (Melissa)- $250,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
HORRIBLE round.
THIRD OFFER: $4,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #3 (Lisa)- $10
2. #2 (Brooke S.)- $7,500
FOURTH OFFER: $9,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #21 (Chelsea)- $25
2. #18 (Steph)- $5,000
She needs to take a deal NOW, because there's very little chance that the top three amounts will go side-by-side-by-side (#12 had $500K while #13 had $250K; she has #11)
FIFTH OFFER: $15,000- NO DEAL
19th PICK: #7 (Kristen)- PENNY
SIXTH OFFER: $21,000- NO DEAL!
20th PICK: #17 (Kimberly)- $50
FINAL OFFER: $33,000- DEAL
I'll bet you the 100 grand was in her original case of #5...BUT IT WAS IN HER #11, MEANING THE TOP THREE AMOUNTS WERE SIDE-BY-SIDE-BY-SIDE!! What kind of luck is that?!? As disappointed as she may be, the pain would've been MUCH worse had she gone next door with #12.
WOF: Yesterday, Adam Weiss & Bryan Beverman became the highest winners of the season so far with $72,550 in cash and trips. Let's see what's in store tonight on Day 2 of Teen Best Friends Week. We start with Pat & Vanna entering via the RIGHT side of the stage (they hadn't done that, I do believe, at home since the 1995-96 season).
Opening Toss-Up category is What Are You Doing?:
P A _ _ L L E L
P _ _ _ _ _ _
Matthew & Alex solves PARALLEL PARKING for $1,000. Our teams tonight:
Matthew Wade (a sophomore who plays baseball, basketball and football) & Alex Colzano (a sophomore who plays a lot of sports as well)(they've been friends for nine years)
Lori Anderson (a senior who has being doing swimming and water polo since she was 7; she's also a swimming instructor and a lifeguard) & Colleen Joyce (a senior who also plays water polo; she and Lori are both water polo team captains)
Maile Stant (a senior who's the president and founder of the Invisible Children's Club of her school and has also been a dance tutor for 13 years) and Kaitlin Alporque (a senior who is the league president of her school's ASB)(they've been friends ever since Maile was born)
$2,000 Toss-Up category is Event:
G U _ T _ R
L E _ S O _
Matthew and Alex triple up with GUITAR LESSON, and Matthew would've been a little disappointed had his team not solved that (because he plays the guitar).
Round 1 is Before & After and out on the wheel now are a pair of trips to Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach worth $8,000. After Matthew & Alex call the T's, we have...
L _ _ E
S U P E R _ _ R
A T T _ T U _ E
...got it, but they spin Lose a Turn. Lori & Colleen call a $2,500 D, buy the A's, call the K for a $1,000 VocoPro package, and solve LAKE SUPERIOR ATTITUDE for $4,100 in cash and prizes.
DUDS: F, N, V
IHOP Jackpot Round category is Food & Drink. Everybody hits Lose a Turn early on in the round. Then, Colleen and Lori call a pair of D's for $7,000. A little later, Maile and Kaitlyn call a pair of T's for $600 and the Free Spin. After they call the M, we have...
B A _ _ D/M A C A R _ N _/AND/
C _ _ _ _ _
...they usually bake this dish? Hmmm. After buying the E's, they call a $500 H and solve BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE for their first $2,000.
DUDS: G
Gold Bond $10,000 Mystery/Prize Puzzle Round category is Things. At the start, Maile and Kaitlyn call three S's for the Wild Card. They use their Free Spin after buying a dud vowel in I, but they then call a dud consonant in N. Later, Lori & Colleen call two F's while on a Mystery Wedge and flip it...Bankrupt. At that point, Maile and Kaitlyn are in control with this showing:
A _ R _ S/_ F/_ _ S H/
F _ R _ S T
I have no idea. They call a $300 L, call the C for the Hard Rock Park trips and solve ACRES OF LUSH FOREST for another $450, the trips to Hard Rock Park and a pair of trips to Costa Rica, for a new total of $20,450 in cash and trips!
DUDS: I, M, N
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Lori & Colleen)
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: JC29134
$3,000 Toss-Up category is Living Things:
Y E _ _ _ _
J A _ K E T S
Matthew & Alex sweep the Toss-Ups with YELLOW JACKETS, making their total $6,000.
Speed-Up Round category is Phrase and consonants are worth $6,000 each here for the first time this season! Maile and Kaitlyn's lead is not so safe now; will they hang on to take the Wild Card to Bonusland? Let's find out. Lori & Colleen make a potentially fatal error by calling L during their thinking time after they had called a pair of H's for $12,000; they blank out. Maile and Kaitlyn then call that L and we have...
_ _ S H _ N _/T H _/
_ N _ _ L _ _ _
...they solve PUSHING THE ENVELOPE to seal the deal with $32,450 in cash and trips! Lori & Colleen leave with $4,100 in cash and prizes and Matthew & Alex will share in $6,000.
DUDS: F
Big Money Round: Maile & Kaitlyn are the first players this season to take the Wild Card into the endgame; let's see how it works out for them. And let's find out if we give away a car, $40K, $50K or the 100 grand here for the first time this season tonight.
They spin the P and the category is Fun & Games. Starting with:
_ N _ _ _ - _ N _ _ _
_ _ _ E
I've got this. Their opening choices are P, M, C and A. Their final consonant is H. We get...
_ N _ C _ - _ N _ C _
_ _ _ E
...they started with KNICK-KNACK, then got in the right direction with KNOCK...but they can't quite pull out KNOCK-KNOCK JOKE in time. If they had called O instead of A as their chosen vowel, they might have won another $25,000.
My Family's Got GUTS: Time to begin the semi-finals! First two teams competing:
CYCLONE JONES: Kevin, Kali, Brock & Matt
CHASTAIN CHARGE: Troy, Hunter, Diane & Cody
In the semi-finals, the two teams will compete in three events before taking on the Aggro Crag.
EVENT #1: AIR SLALOM
The job is for the team to clear a series of gates back and forth without touching them. Each cleared gate is worth ten points.
CYCLONE JONES:
Launcher- Kali
Big air rider- Matt
Power lines- Brock & Kevin
SCORE: 80
CHASTAIN CHARGE:
Launcher- Diane
Big air rider- Cody
Power lines- Troy & Hunter
SCORE: 60
EVENT #2: FORMULA GUTS
Two players from each team ride a pod bike 2.5 laps across a track, with penalties possibly being assessed if they knock over any cones and/or run off the track. Also, halfway through their run, they must make a pit stop and switch drivers before they can complete their run. The team with the best time gets 100 points, while the other team gets 75.
CHASTAIN CHARGE:
Driver #1- Troy
Driver #2- Hunter
In the pits- Cody & Diane
TIME- 1:05
CYCLONE JONES:
Driver #1- Matt
Driver #2- Kevin
In the pits- Brock & Kali
TIME- :57; WIN!
SCORES AFTER TWO EVENTS:
CYCLONE JONES: 180
CHASTAIN CHARGE: 135
EVENT #3: VOLLEY BRAWL
The objective is to get as many volleyballs as possible over the net, with two players on each team being the spikers. Each successful score is worth ten points.
RESULTS:
CYCLONE JONES: 330
CHASTAIN CHARGE: 230
PRE-AGGRO CRAG RESULTS:
CYCLONE JONES: 510
CHASTAIN CHARGE: 365
For the second time in a row, Cyclone Jones gets the maximum advantage in the Aggro Crag! For the semi-finals, the head start limit is 10 seconds.
AGGRO CRAG: The Crag is different this round, as all four players on each team will participate. The first players have to get across some ledges. The second player on each team must climb some switchbacks and then navigate through some stalagmites before hitting an aquator that allows them to go down a spiral slide. Then, the players that are going third must go through a maze in order to reach and cross the Glacial Gorge. Finally, the last players must climb up that big wall before they hit that final button at the top. Here are the orders for both teams.
CYCLONE JONES:
1. Kali
2. Matt
3. Brock
4. Kevin
CHASTAIN CHARGE:
1. Diane
2. Cody
3. Hunter
4. Troy
Cyclone Jones has a big early lead, but it's all even by the time we get to that big wall. The winners, and the first team in this Saturday's Aggro Bowl is...
...BY INCHES, Cyclone Jones! That may be the closest finish in "GUTS" history!
Jeopardy!: Tom Witek will try to make it three in a row against these players:
Elza Reeves (Louisville)- Bank teller
Mike Bindis (originally from Garfield Heights, OH)- Graduate student
First set of categories:
GRAMMAR
CLOSING WORDS IN THE CINEMA (the film must be IDed in each correct response)
MY OFF-SHOW WARDROBE (Alex is placed in a different type of clothing in each picture)
5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN (this, I think, is a sequel to a celebrity who once responded on a clue with "Who are three people that have never been in my kitchen?")
A LINE
IN THE SAND
The champ is aiming for an instant sweep of Grammar. Here's the $1,000 clue:
It's best to use this type of voice when possible; "Bob ate the pie" is good..."The pie was eaten by Bob", not so much.
Elza: "What is active"- CORRECT ($1,000)
She then takes the lead by the time we get to the first break, and she has $3,800. The champ still has $2,000 and Bindis has $800.
Funny moments- on the $400 My Off-Show Wardrobe clue, we see Alex wearing Bermuda Shorts and on the $1,000 clue, we see Alex wearing a poodle skirt!!! LOL!
Near the end of the round, Reeves finds the Daily Double under the $800 In the Sand clue, now with $4,800 thus far. The champion has $3,200 and Bindis' still stuck at $800. Her wager is a grand.
Russian Thistle is also called this, since the plant detaches from its base and scatters seeds as it rolls.
"What is tumbleweed?"...yes it is to go to $5,800! At the end of the round, her leading score is now $8,000, with the champ now at half her total. Bindis is still at $800.
ROUND 1 LACH TRASH: $3,000
DJ! Categories:
BRITISH AUTHORS
POP SINGERS
ALL ABOUT ARTISTS
BUSINESS
LAND OF THE DICTATOR (the dictator is given in each clue, and the players have to ID the country)
______ OF ______
Early on, Witek takes the lead with ten grand after getting the last clue of Land of the Dictator correct. He then finds the first Daily Double under the $2,000 clue in _____ of _____ with $11,200, leading Reeves by $1,600. Bindis now has twice as much as he did before this round began ($1,600). The champ's wager is $5,200 on the following:
In 1950, Scottish nationalists stole this object from under the coronation chair at Westminster Abbey.
"What is the coronation stone?"...NO, because he didn't remember the category. It was the Stone of Scoon, so he's out of the lead with $6,000. But he gets the chance to redeem himself with the other Daily Double under the $1,600 British Authors clue, now with $7,200. Reeves still has $9,600 and Bindis now has two grand. His wager is...$3,000. The clue:
She opened a 1938 novel with the line "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again".
All he can say is "What is I absolutely have no idea?". It was Daphne du Maurier, dropping him this time to $4,200.
LACH TRASH IN DJ!: $3,600
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Tom: $8,200
Mike: $7,600
Elza: $16,400
CORYAT SCORES:
Tom: $16,400
Mike: $7,600
Elza: $16,200
There's a chance we could have co-champions tonight.
FJ! CATEGORY: Tennis.
This grand slam stadium is named for a WWI pilot who pioneered the use of machine guns on fighter planes.
MIKE:
Response: "What is Arthur Ashe?"
Wager: $7,599
Final score: BUCK
The champ's response was "What is Rickenbacker?"...
"What is Rickenbacker?"
...NO, AND HE LOSES EVERYTHING. But he does leave with $52,001 for his three days. Reeves wrote down "What is Messerschmidt?", but it was Roland Garros, the home of the French Open. As it turns out, she didn't wager anything, so if the champ had gotten that right, we would've had co champions. Instead, Reeves is the only one out of these three that will return tomorrow with $16,400.
(Note: The new main theme and think music are composed by Chris Bell Music, Inc.)
William: $1,200
Lynette: $1,350
Jill: $5 (STUPID BID)
Kimberly: $800
ARP: $2,732
Lynette Bean from Playa Del Ray could be skirting her beach's water with a new party boat (Rachael) after Super Push Over. Board:
132199085
I say $21,990 and she agrees. However, she really has some problems moving the number line- she pushed some of the blocks out of the line a few times! Anyway, is she a winner?...
132199085
...YES! Even Drew has some problems with the game board- he had trouble revealing the correct price for the boat!
Coming on down fifth is Gary and the second IUFB is an electric guitar (Brandi).
Gary: $1,190
Jill: $759
Kimberly: $750
William: BUCK
ARP: $1,869
Gary Arritt gets the season's first playing of 3 Strikes for a Cadillac CTS (Std., AT, LCollection, Prots, Wheels, Tire)(Tamiko)! The rules from the past few seasons still apply for at least this playing. Numbers are 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
First, he draws the strike. Second he tries the 7 and says that's the third digit...incorrect. Third, he draws strike two. Fourth...STRIKE THREE! Ouch. ARP was $47,986. Tough luck, man.
Coming on down next is Patty and the third IUFB is a digital camera.
Patty: $625
Jill: $990
Kimberly: $1,200
William: $1,350
ARP: $968
Patty Walley plays the NEW Check Game for a pair of motorcycles (Rachael). As of this season, the total must fall withing a $7,000-$8,000 range. She writes her check for $5,500...NO WAY. ARP of the motorcycles: $4,368, for a losing total of $9,868. Too bad they weren't at least $4,500, because that would've broken the scoreboard!
I really hope Gary gets to the Showcase after that HORRIBLE experience in 3 Strikes.
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Patty ($968): 65 + 40 = DOH
Gary ($1,869): 35 + 85 = OUCH (he had no luck at all today!!)
Lynette ($24,722): WINS BY DEFAULT WITH A NICKEL
Well, the top winner so far goes to the Showcase instead.
Cynthia is then told to "Come on Down" and the fourth IUFB is a daybed (Rachael).
Cynthia: $990
Jill: $1,250
Kimberly: BUCK
William: $750
ARP: $1,304
Jill Coad, a kindergarten teacher from Long Beach, plays Dice Game for a Ford Mustang Convertible (Std., AT, Starter, Net)(Brandi)! First number is 2, and the dice table is brought out by Tamiko. First, she rolls a 4, which is wrong, and I'm worried already. But she says higher and she's on her way. It's 6. For the third digit, she rolls 4 again...incorrect, and I'm worried again. She says lower, and I think she's right. On the fourth digit, she rolls a 1, which is wrong, but that's a freebie. On digit #5, she rolls a 4 for the third time out of four...obviously wrong, and she says higher. Second number of course is 6. Third number is 1. Fourth number is 6...and the last number is 5 to win the $26,165 Mustang! Great win, Jill, despite the dice not being too kind to you! And I think we have the first legitimate "Broken Fingers" on the show since Fingers took over as producer (this is the term I've come up for her instead of "Dob-stopper")!
The next-to-last contestant to hear the magic words today is Jennifer and the fifth IUFB is a set of golf clubs (Tamiko).
Jennifer: $850
Kimberly: $1,150
William: $900
Cynthia: BUCK
ARP: $2,175
Kimberly Meeks plays the Grand Game. Target is $8 and the products are Capzasin HP, Hot Pockets, Ziploc bags, Phillips Caplets, hot sauce and Slow-Mag.
1. Hot Pockets- $2.49 ($10)
2. Ziploc- $2.99 ($100)
3. Hot sauce- $.75 ($1,000)
Unfortunately, she loses the $1,000 to the Capzasin HP, which is $14.09. The Phillips Caplets were the way to go at $5.50, and the Slow-Mag was $11.77.
The last contestant called on down today is Mario and the final IUFB is a pearl necklace (Brandi).
Mario: $1,800
William: $1,600
Cynthia: BUCK
Jennifer: $1,400
ARP: $1,458, meaning William's the season's first member of the First Four Breakfast Club.
Meanwhile, Jennifer Holman's marriage to Hank presumably stays alive for now and she'll play Switch? for a Heartland range marked at $5,845 (Rachael) and a floor clock marked at $6,595 (Tamiko). She listens to Hank's advice on switching the prices instead of the audience's...WINNER! For the second straight time, we have a break even day.
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Kimberly ($2,175): Nickel + 30 = $.35
Jennifer ($13,898): $.55
Jill ($27,469): $.60
The two top winners of the day are in today's Showcase!
Showcase #1 has an Ashley living room, Carpet One carpeting, maid service for a year (Brandi) and a trip to Hong Kong (Rachael).
JILL KEEPS SHOWCASE #1 AND BIDS $13,500 ON IT
MY BID FOR ROOM/TRIP SHOWCASE: $18,000
Lynette thus has Showcase #2, featuring prizes that can help you rule the world. They are a computer system (Brandi), a home gym (Tamiko) and a Ford F-150 4X2 Crew Cab (Std., Towing, Chrome, SRadio)(Rachael).
LYNETTE BIDS $29,650 ON TRUCK SHOWCASE
MY BID FOR TRUCK SHOWCASE: $28,500
JILL'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $13,500
ARP: $18,186 (I would've DSWed this one)
DIFFERENCE: $4,686
LYNETTE'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $29,650
ARP: $33,747
DIFFERENCE: $4,097- WIN!
Lynette takes home stuff totaling $58,469, including a truck and a boat!
DOND: #5 Olivia Figure is our player today. Like yesterday's contestant, she's going to have a baby (in her case, it's a boy, according to a sonogram Howie read). She swaps out her case for #11.
ROUND 1:
1. #1 (Vivianne)- $100
2. #8 (Falon)- $2,500
3. #15 (Vera)- $500
4. #22 (Megan)- $5
5. #16 (Melony)- BUCK
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $17,500
ROUND 2:
1. #6 (Jennifer)- $1,000
2. #10 (Brandi)- $200
3. #14 (Danielle)- $75,000
4. #19 (Brooke C.)- $300
5. #20 (Julie)- $50,000
SECOND OFFER: $22,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 3:
1. #4 (Heather E.)- $10,000
2. #9 (Heather S.)- $25,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
3. #12 (Ali)- $500,000 (STRIKE ONE; she was one off the big one!)
4. #13 (Melissa)- $250,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
HORRIBLE round.
THIRD OFFER: $4,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #3 (Lisa)- $10
2. #2 (Brooke S.)- $7,500
FOURTH OFFER: $9,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #21 (Chelsea)- $25
2. #18 (Steph)- $5,000
She needs to take a deal NOW, because there's very little chance that the top three amounts will go side-by-side-by-side (#12 had $500K while #13 had $250K; she has #11)
FIFTH OFFER: $15,000- NO DEAL
19th PICK: #7 (Kristen)- PENNY
SIXTH OFFER: $21,000- NO DEAL!
20th PICK: #17 (Kimberly)- $50
FINAL OFFER: $33,000- DEAL
I'll bet you the 100 grand was in her original case of #5...BUT IT WAS IN HER #11, MEANING THE TOP THREE AMOUNTS WERE SIDE-BY-SIDE-BY-SIDE!! What kind of luck is that?!? As disappointed as she may be, the pain would've been MUCH worse had she gone next door with #12.
WOF: Yesterday, Adam Weiss & Bryan Beverman became the highest winners of the season so far with $72,550 in cash and trips. Let's see what's in store tonight on Day 2 of Teen Best Friends Week. We start with Pat & Vanna entering via the RIGHT side of the stage (they hadn't done that, I do believe, at home since the 1995-96 season).
Opening Toss-Up category is What Are You Doing?:
P A _ _ L L E L
P _ _ _ _ _ _
Matthew & Alex solves PARALLEL PARKING for $1,000. Our teams tonight:
Matthew Wade (a sophomore who plays baseball, basketball and football) & Alex Colzano (a sophomore who plays a lot of sports as well)(they've been friends for nine years)
Lori Anderson (a senior who has being doing swimming and water polo since she was 7; she's also a swimming instructor and a lifeguard) & Colleen Joyce (a senior who also plays water polo; she and Lori are both water polo team captains)
Maile Stant (a senior who's the president and founder of the Invisible Children's Club of her school and has also been a dance tutor for 13 years) and Kaitlin Alporque (a senior who is the league president of her school's ASB)(they've been friends ever since Maile was born)
$2,000 Toss-Up category is Event:
G U _ T _ R
L E _ S O _
Matthew and Alex triple up with GUITAR LESSON, and Matthew would've been a little disappointed had his team not solved that (because he plays the guitar).
Round 1 is Before & After and out on the wheel now are a pair of trips to Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach worth $8,000. After Matthew & Alex call the T's, we have...
L _ _ E
S U P E R _ _ R
A T T _ T U _ E
...got it, but they spin Lose a Turn. Lori & Colleen call a $2,500 D, buy the A's, call the K for a $1,000 VocoPro package, and solve LAKE SUPERIOR ATTITUDE for $4,100 in cash and prizes.
DUDS: F, N, V
IHOP Jackpot Round category is Food & Drink. Everybody hits Lose a Turn early on in the round. Then, Colleen and Lori call a pair of D's for $7,000. A little later, Maile and Kaitlyn call a pair of T's for $600 and the Free Spin. After they call the M, we have...
B A _ _ D/M A C A R _ N _/AND/
C _ _ _ _ _
...they usually bake this dish? Hmmm. After buying the E's, they call a $500 H and solve BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE for their first $2,000.
DUDS: G
Gold Bond $10,000 Mystery/Prize Puzzle Round category is Things. At the start, Maile and Kaitlyn call three S's for the Wild Card. They use their Free Spin after buying a dud vowel in I, but they then call a dud consonant in N. Later, Lori & Colleen call two F's while on a Mystery Wedge and flip it...Bankrupt. At that point, Maile and Kaitlyn are in control with this showing:
A _ R _ S/_ F/_ _ S H/
F _ R _ S T
I have no idea. They call a $300 L, call the C for the Hard Rock Park trips and solve ACRES OF LUSH FOREST for another $450, the trips to Hard Rock Park and a pair of trips to Costa Rica, for a new total of $20,450 in cash and trips!
DUDS: I, M, N
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Lori & Colleen)
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: JC29134
$3,000 Toss-Up category is Living Things:
Y E _ _ _ _
J A _ K E T S
Matthew & Alex sweep the Toss-Ups with YELLOW JACKETS, making their total $6,000.
Speed-Up Round category is Phrase and consonants are worth $6,000 each here for the first time this season! Maile and Kaitlyn's lead is not so safe now; will they hang on to take the Wild Card to Bonusland? Let's find out. Lori & Colleen make a potentially fatal error by calling L during their thinking time after they had called a pair of H's for $12,000; they blank out. Maile and Kaitlyn then call that L and we have...
_ _ S H _ N _/T H _/
_ N _ _ L _ _ _
...they solve PUSHING THE ENVELOPE to seal the deal with $32,450 in cash and trips! Lori & Colleen leave with $4,100 in cash and prizes and Matthew & Alex will share in $6,000.
DUDS: F
Big Money Round: Maile & Kaitlyn are the first players this season to take the Wild Card into the endgame; let's see how it works out for them. And let's find out if we give away a car, $40K, $50K or the 100 grand here for the first time this season tonight.
They spin the P and the category is Fun & Games. Starting with:
_ N _ _ _ - _ N _ _ _
_ _ _ E
I've got this. Their opening choices are P, M, C and A. Their final consonant is H. We get...
_ N _ C _ - _ N _ C _
_ _ _ E
...they started with KNICK-KNACK, then got in the right direction with KNOCK...but they can't quite pull out KNOCK-KNOCK JOKE in time. If they had called O instead of A as their chosen vowel, they might have won another $25,000.
My Family's Got GUTS: Time to begin the semi-finals! First two teams competing:
CYCLONE JONES: Kevin, Kali, Brock & Matt
CHASTAIN CHARGE: Troy, Hunter, Diane & Cody
In the semi-finals, the two teams will compete in three events before taking on the Aggro Crag.
EVENT #1: AIR SLALOM
The job is for the team to clear a series of gates back and forth without touching them. Each cleared gate is worth ten points.
CYCLONE JONES:
Launcher- Kali
Big air rider- Matt
Power lines- Brock & Kevin
SCORE: 80
CHASTAIN CHARGE:
Launcher- Diane
Big air rider- Cody
Power lines- Troy & Hunter
SCORE: 60
EVENT #2: FORMULA GUTS
Two players from each team ride a pod bike 2.5 laps across a track, with penalties possibly being assessed if they knock over any cones and/or run off the track. Also, halfway through their run, they must make a pit stop and switch drivers before they can complete their run. The team with the best time gets 100 points, while the other team gets 75.
CHASTAIN CHARGE:
Driver #1- Troy
Driver #2- Hunter
In the pits- Cody & Diane
TIME- 1:05
CYCLONE JONES:
Driver #1- Matt
Driver #2- Kevin
In the pits- Brock & Kali
TIME- :57; WIN!
SCORES AFTER TWO EVENTS:
CYCLONE JONES: 180
CHASTAIN CHARGE: 135
EVENT #3: VOLLEY BRAWL
The objective is to get as many volleyballs as possible over the net, with two players on each team being the spikers. Each successful score is worth ten points.
RESULTS:
CYCLONE JONES: 330
CHASTAIN CHARGE: 230
PRE-AGGRO CRAG RESULTS:
CYCLONE JONES: 510
CHASTAIN CHARGE: 365
For the second time in a row, Cyclone Jones gets the maximum advantage in the Aggro Crag! For the semi-finals, the head start limit is 10 seconds.
AGGRO CRAG: The Crag is different this round, as all four players on each team will participate. The first players have to get across some ledges. The second player on each team must climb some switchbacks and then navigate through some stalagmites before hitting an aquator that allows them to go down a spiral slide. Then, the players that are going third must go through a maze in order to reach and cross the Glacial Gorge. Finally, the last players must climb up that big wall before they hit that final button at the top. Here are the orders for both teams.
CYCLONE JONES:
1. Kali
2. Matt
3. Brock
4. Kevin
CHASTAIN CHARGE:
1. Diane
2. Cody
3. Hunter
4. Troy
Cyclone Jones has a big early lead, but it's all even by the time we get to that big wall. The winners, and the first team in this Saturday's Aggro Bowl is...
...BY INCHES, Cyclone Jones! That may be the closest finish in "GUTS" history!
Jeopardy!: Tom Witek will try to make it three in a row against these players:
Elza Reeves (Louisville)- Bank teller
Mike Bindis (originally from Garfield Heights, OH)- Graduate student
First set of categories:
GRAMMAR
CLOSING WORDS IN THE CINEMA (the film must be IDed in each correct response)
MY OFF-SHOW WARDROBE (Alex is placed in a different type of clothing in each picture)
5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN (this, I think, is a sequel to a celebrity who once responded on a clue with "Who are three people that have never been in my kitchen?")
A LINE
IN THE SAND
The champ is aiming for an instant sweep of Grammar. Here's the $1,000 clue:
It's best to use this type of voice when possible; "Bob ate the pie" is good..."The pie was eaten by Bob", not so much.
Elza: "What is active"- CORRECT ($1,000)
She then takes the lead by the time we get to the first break, and she has $3,800. The champ still has $2,000 and Bindis has $800.
Funny moments- on the $400 My Off-Show Wardrobe clue, we see Alex wearing Bermuda Shorts and on the $1,000 clue, we see Alex wearing a poodle skirt!!! LOL!
Near the end of the round, Reeves finds the Daily Double under the $800 In the Sand clue, now with $4,800 thus far. The champion has $3,200 and Bindis' still stuck at $800. Her wager is a grand.
Russian Thistle is also called this, since the plant detaches from its base and scatters seeds as it rolls.
"What is tumbleweed?"...yes it is to go to $5,800! At the end of the round, her leading score is now $8,000, with the champ now at half her total. Bindis is still at $800.
ROUND 1 LACH TRASH: $3,000
DJ! Categories:
BRITISH AUTHORS
POP SINGERS
ALL ABOUT ARTISTS
BUSINESS
LAND OF THE DICTATOR (the dictator is given in each clue, and the players have to ID the country)
______ OF ______
Early on, Witek takes the lead with ten grand after getting the last clue of Land of the Dictator correct. He then finds the first Daily Double under the $2,000 clue in _____ of _____ with $11,200, leading Reeves by $1,600. Bindis now has twice as much as he did before this round began ($1,600). The champ's wager is $5,200 on the following:
In 1950, Scottish nationalists stole this object from under the coronation chair at Westminster Abbey.
"What is the coronation stone?"...NO, because he didn't remember the category. It was the Stone of Scoon, so he's out of the lead with $6,000. But he gets the chance to redeem himself with the other Daily Double under the $1,600 British Authors clue, now with $7,200. Reeves still has $9,600 and Bindis now has two grand. His wager is...$3,000. The clue:
She opened a 1938 novel with the line "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again".
All he can say is "What is I absolutely have no idea?". It was Daphne du Maurier, dropping him this time to $4,200.
LACH TRASH IN DJ!: $3,600
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Tom: $8,200
Mike: $7,600
Elza: $16,400
CORYAT SCORES:
Tom: $16,400
Mike: $7,600
Elza: $16,200
There's a chance we could have co-champions tonight.
FJ! CATEGORY: Tennis.
This grand slam stadium is named for a WWI pilot who pioneered the use of machine guns on fighter planes.
MIKE:
Response: "What is Arthur Ashe?"
Wager: $7,599
Final score: BUCK
The champ's response was "What is Rickenbacker?"...
"What is Rickenbacker?"
...NO, AND HE LOSES EVERYTHING. But he does leave with $52,001 for his three days. Reeves wrote down "What is Messerschmidt?", but it was Roland Garros, the home of the French Open. As it turns out, she didn't wager anything, so if the champ had gotten that right, we would've had co champions. Instead, Reeves is the only one out of these three that will return tomorrow with $16,400.
(Note: The new main theme and think music are composed by Chris Bell Music, Inc.)
Monday, September 22, 2008
Another GSN note
"Tic Tac Dough" moves to 9:30 AM starting October 6th. And on that day where "Bingo America" begins its second season, the third season of "Tic Tac Dough" will start airing.
FOX Ratings notes
Last week's "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" scored a 3.8 Fast Nielsen with a 7 share.
"Don't Forget the Lyrics!" dropped to a 3.4/6.
"Hole in the Wall" got a 3/5 last Thursday.
Neither "Hole" or "Lyrics" will be airing this week (the former because of a "Kitchen Nightmares" doubleheader while the latter will be because of a presidential debate).
Sources: Zap2it.com, The Futon Critic
"Don't Forget the Lyrics!" dropped to a 3.4/6.
"Hole in the Wall" got a 3/5 last Thursday.
Neither "Hole" or "Lyrics" will be airing this week (the former because of a "Kitchen Nightmares" doubleheader while the latter will be because of a presidential debate).
Sources: Zap2it.com, The Futon Critic
"Dancing With the Stars"- A new season is underway!
After tonight's 13 opening performances, you'll vote and one couple will be eliminated tomorrow night. Another couple will then be eliminated on Wednesday after Tuesday's performances and voting.
Tonight's dances are the Cha-Cha-Cha and the Fox Trot.
First up are Cody Linley and Julianne Hough with the Cha-Cha-Cha. They dance to "Dance All Night" by Ryan Adams. All judges give them a 6.
Second are Rocco DiSpirito and Karina Smirnoff (who is dancing tonight with a sprained ankle that she suffered while in practice) with the Fox Trot.
CARRIE ANN: 5
LEN: 4
BRUNO: 5
TOTAL: 14
The third team to perform are Toni Braxton and Alec Mazo. They've got the CCC to work with while we hear "Smooth" by Santana.
CARRIE ANN: 7
LEN: 7
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 22
Going fourth are Maurice Greene and Cheryl Burke, with their first dance being the Fox Trot. Their dance song is "Gonna Have a Funky Good Time" by James Brown. They get nothing but 6's from the judges.
Team #5 consists of Brooke Burke and Derek Hough. The background song for their CCC is "Crazy In Love" by Beyonce.
CARRIE ANN: 7
LEN: 8
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 23
Getting close to the halfway mark, our sixth team to perform are Ted McGinley and Inna Brayer. For their Fox Trot, they have the song "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys. They got triple 6's.
We're now at the halfway mark with this next team- Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer! Let's see what their CCC nets them:
CARRIE ANN: 8
LEN: 6
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 22
Not bad for Lacey's first time on "Dancing With the Stars"!
Hoping to be great at the eighth spot with their Fox Trot are Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas. The background song for them is "I Wish I Were in Love Again" by Frank Sinatra. I wonder what Paul Salos must be thinking right now watching this at home? Carrie Ann gave a 6 while the men have 5s for a total of 16.
Next are Jeffrey Ross and Edyta Sliwinska's take on the CCC. Now, Ross is dancing tonight with an eye patch on one of his eyes because he was inadvertently poked by Sliwinska during practice. The dance song this time is "Play That Funky Music". They may get some sympathy, but it won't be with the judges- each one only gave them a 4.
Next to perform are Kim Kardashian (foot injury and all) and recent co-champ Mark Ballas, with the Fox Trot while performing to "The Pink Panther"!
CARRIE ANN: 6
LEN: 7
BRUNO: 6
TOTAL: 19
Now, it's Susan Lucci's turn to dance the CCC with Tony Dovolani while "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is playing! Like yours truly, each judge gave them a 5.
Olympic Beach Volleyball Champion Misty-May Treanor and Maksim Chmerkovsiky do the night's last Fox Trot. The background song is "This Will Be" by Natalie Cole.
CARRIE ANN: 6
LEN: 8
BRUNO: 7
TOTAL: 21
Tackling the dancing floor last with their CCC are Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson. Their dance song is "Livin' it Up" by Ja Rule. Everybody gives them a 7.
Any team below an 18 that DOES NOT include Susan Lucci are in the most danger of being eliminated, IMO.
Tonight's dances are the Cha-Cha-Cha and the Fox Trot.
First up are Cody Linley and Julianne Hough with the Cha-Cha-Cha. They dance to "Dance All Night" by Ryan Adams. All judges give them a 6.
Second are Rocco DiSpirito and Karina Smirnoff (who is dancing tonight with a sprained ankle that she suffered while in practice) with the Fox Trot.
CARRIE ANN: 5
LEN: 4
BRUNO: 5
TOTAL: 14
The third team to perform are Toni Braxton and Alec Mazo. They've got the CCC to work with while we hear "Smooth" by Santana.
CARRIE ANN: 7
LEN: 7
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 22
Going fourth are Maurice Greene and Cheryl Burke, with their first dance being the Fox Trot. Their dance song is "Gonna Have a Funky Good Time" by James Brown. They get nothing but 6's from the judges.
Team #5 consists of Brooke Burke and Derek Hough. The background song for their CCC is "Crazy In Love" by Beyonce.
CARRIE ANN: 7
LEN: 8
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 23
Getting close to the halfway mark, our sixth team to perform are Ted McGinley and Inna Brayer. For their Fox Trot, they have the song "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys. They got triple 6's.
We're now at the halfway mark with this next team- Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer! Let's see what their CCC nets them:
CARRIE ANN: 8
LEN: 6
BRUNO: 8
TOTAL: 22
Not bad for Lacey's first time on "Dancing With the Stars"!
Hoping to be great at the eighth spot with their Fox Trot are Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas. The background song for them is "I Wish I Were in Love Again" by Frank Sinatra. I wonder what Paul Salos must be thinking right now watching this at home? Carrie Ann gave a 6 while the men have 5s for a total of 16.
Next are Jeffrey Ross and Edyta Sliwinska's take on the CCC. Now, Ross is dancing tonight with an eye patch on one of his eyes because he was inadvertently poked by Sliwinska during practice. The dance song this time is "Play That Funky Music". They may get some sympathy, but it won't be with the judges- each one only gave them a 4.
Next to perform are Kim Kardashian (foot injury and all) and recent co-champ Mark Ballas, with the Fox Trot while performing to "The Pink Panther"!
CARRIE ANN: 6
LEN: 7
BRUNO: 6
TOTAL: 19
Now, it's Susan Lucci's turn to dance the CCC with Tony Dovolani while "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is playing! Like yours truly, each judge gave them a 5.
Olympic Beach Volleyball Champion Misty-May Treanor and Maksim Chmerkovsiky do the night's last Fox Trot. The background song is "This Will Be" by Natalie Cole.
CARRIE ANN: 6
LEN: 8
BRUNO: 7
TOTAL: 21
Tackling the dancing floor last with their CCC are Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson. Their dance song is "Livin' it Up" by Ja Rule. Everybody gives them a 7.
Any team below an 18 that DOES NOT include Susan Lucci are in the most danger of being eliminated, IMO.
9/22/2008 Results- "Price" returns!
TPIR: Well, folks, the 37th season is on! The nighttime set from last season has carried over to daytime, sans the black floor, and the contestants now have to stop Fingers Greco from going on a severe case of budget saving. And the show is now in HD!
Yvette: $2,000
Nathan: $3,500
Jasmine: $2,999
ARP: $3,349
Chevrolet Impala (Std., ALB, EBH)(Tamiko)
Impala: $23,075
G6: $21,491
Chanell then leaves the audience and the second IUFB is a treadmill (Rachael).
Chanell: $1,200
Daniel: $1,295
Yvette: $1,300
Nathan: $1,400
Nathan Yant, a camp counselor, gets to be the first player this season to play Plinko! All of the SPs here today are modeled by Brandi.
INCORRECT PRICE: $87
CHOICE: 7
ARP: $82- WRONG
INCORRECT PRICE: $10
CHOICE: 0
ARP: $20- RIGHT
INCORRECT PRICE: $15
CHOICE: 5
ARP: $35- RIGHT
INCORRECT PRICE: $40
CHOICE: 0
ARP: $10- RIGHT
2. $500 (Left)
3. $500 (Left)
4. DUD (Right)
Chanell: $1,350
Daniel: $1,700
Yvette: $1,200
$21,445
$23,160
$25,350
$29,675
$21,445- $2,000 ($5,000); CONTINUES
$23,160- $4,000 ($9,000); GOES FOR IT
$29,675- WINS CAR AND $10,000!!
Video Bonus: The Gas Money Premiere (standard definition version)
Time for the season’s first Showcase Showdown, where contestants can now win up to $26,000 and a Showcase berth! For at least this week’s shows, the sides of the Big Wheel are decorated with the orange checkerboard pattern with silver dollar signs. The edges of the carpet are checkered as well, and the font on the wheel is slightly different.
Nathan ($2,564): Nickel + 60 = $.65
Jasmine ($3,349): Quarter + 30 = $.55
Daniel ($37,149): Dime + 20 = $.30
Yvette: $2,495
Cathy: $3,000
Chanell: $3,050
Cathy: $2,000
Chanell: $1,000
Kelly: $2,001
(85)(24)(72)
(29)(40)(26)
Mark: $700
Cathy: $1,000
Shanell: BUCK
Kelly ($3,574): $.70
Mary ($7,601): 55 + 45 = WINS $1,000!
Yvette ($11,268): 60 + 65 = OVER
MARY KEEPS 3 & 7 SHOWCASE AND GOES WITH MY BID OF $50,000
For Nathan, we have prizes directly relating to the number 37. First, there's 37 inches on a new LCD TV (Rachael). Second, there's 37 spaces on a roulette wheel, which you could be seeing on a trip to Monte Carlo (Brandi). Finally, 37 crew members tried to get this final prize inside the studio, but since they were unsuccessful, they had to bring the cameras outside to show what it is- a new Jayco 37" Designer luxury trailer (Rachael)!
NATHAN BIDS $65,000 ON 37 SHOWCASE
MY BID FOR 37 SHOWCASE: $75,000
NATHAN'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $65,000
ARP: $82,285
DIFFERENCE: $17,285 (GARF OF THE CENTURY)
MARY'S SHOWCASE:
BID: $50,000
ARP: $52,791
DIFFERENCE: $2,791- WIN!
Nathan gave that trailer showcase a great try, but it just wasn't meant to be. Mary, meanwhile, does better in the Showcase than the first returning player and wins cash and prizes totaling $61,392!
DOND: This was the 11th week of episodes taped.
The first contestant of the week is #14, Erika Hillard! She's expecting her first child.
ROUND 1:
1. #15 (Vera; she's a twin of somebody)- $7,500
2. #22 (Megan)- $500,000
3. #12 (Ali)- $5,000
4. #6 (Jennifer)- $50,000
5. #9 (Heather S.)- $100
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $7,000
ROUND 2:
1. #17 (Kimberly)- PENNY
2. #5 (Olivia)- $400
3. #20 (Julie)- BUCK
4. #7 (Kristen)- $2,500
5. #16 (Melony)- $75,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
SECOND OFFER TURNED DOWN: $12,000
ROUND 3:
1. #13 (Melissa)- $10
2. #10 (Brandi)- $100,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
3. #8 (Falon)- $5
4. #21 (Chelsea)- $300
THIRD OFFER: $9,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #2 (Christina)- $500
2. #3 (Lisa)- $25
FOURTH OFFER: $19,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #4 (Heather E.)- $10,000
2. #1 (Vivianne)- $200
FIFTH OFFER: $31,000- DEAL
Her case had...$25,000, so she made an OK deal. However, she could've won more with these next two picks:
#11 (Brooke S.)- $1,000 (Offer: $62,000)
#18 (Steph)- $50 (Final offer: $103,000)
The quarter million therefore was in Brooke C's #19.
(Note: The first week of aired episodes was the ninth week of episodes taped.)
WOF: It's Teen Best Friends Week already! The first category for this Toss-Up is Person:
M _/_ _ _ _/F _ I _ _ D/
_ O _ E _ E R
Colleen and Madison solve MY BEST FRIEND FOREVER for $1,000. Tonight's teams:
Colleen Grant (a senior who's the leadoff hitter for her softball team and does volunteer work for a hospital's ER) & Madison Lowry (a senior who plays volleyball and works with autistic children)(both have been friends since Kindergarten)
Carli Perez (a junior who plays softball) & Briana Murkovich (a junior who also plays softball)
Adam Weiss (a senior who does his school's morning announcements and plays volleyball) & Bryan Beverman (a senior who plays many sports, including basketball and volleyball)
Toss-Up #2 category is Event:
_ H _ _ P _ N G
_ P _ _ E
Adam and Bryan solve SHOPPING SPREE for $2,000.
Round 1 is Before & After and out on the wheel now are a pair of Disney-themed Wheel of Fortune games worth $5,050. The boys call a $2,500 T right off the bat, but then miss with N.
Colleen and Madison just miss the Million Dollar Wedge and get a Bankrupt instead. Back to Adam and Bryan, after they buy the I's, we have...
_ _ S S I _
_ I R L
S _ _ _ T
_ _ _ _ I _ S
...the first half is a TV show while the second half is a food. After the G's for another $1,000, they buy the O's and call the C's for another $1,800. They then solves GOSSIP GIRL SCOUT COOKIES for another $6,100 and $8,100 total.
DUDS: N
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Colleen & Madison, Carli & Briana)
IHOP Jackpot/Prize Puzzle Round category is Things. Early on, Colleen & Madison call a pair of S's for $600 and the Free Spin. They use it after buying a dud vowel in O, but they then call another dud in R. Carli & Briana then call a $500 G while on Jackpot and obviously don't want to solve for $6,950. Later, after the men call the H, we have...
_ H _ T E/S _ N _/&/GENTLE/
_ L _ E/_ _ _ E S
...I think I've got this. After the W's for $1,000, they buy the I, the A's and the U (to clean out the vowels), call a $300 D and solve WHITE SAND & GENTLE BLUE WAVES for another $1,450 and a pair of trips to St. Maarten, for a new total of $19,550 in cash and trips.
DUDS: M, O, R
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: LF9429074
Gold Bond $10,000 Mystery Round category is What Are You Doing? Right away, Carli & Briana call four N's for $14,000. But they then hit a Bankrupt to lose $14,300. Ouch. The other ladies, Colleen & Madison, later hit a Mystery Wedge and call three T's and flip...$10,000! But they immediately call a dud in H. Carli & Briana then hit their second Bankrupt in a row while on the Million Dollar Wedge. A little later, Adam & Bryan call the R for a $1,000 UBid.com gift certificate. After they call the C's, we have...
_ _ _ I N G
C _ N C E R T
T I C _ E T S
_ N _ I N E
...but they spin Lose a Turn. Colleen & Madison then solve BUYING CONCERT TICKETS ONLINE for the $10,000 wedge and multiply their winnings by 11 ($11,000)!
DUDS: H, P
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Carli & Briana twice)
Final Toss-Up category is Around the House:
C O M F Y
_ O _ _ _
Adam & Bryan say COMFY SOFAS...good guess, but incorrect. Colleen & Madison then answer with COMFY COUCH...right to go to $14,000!
Speed-Up Round category is Phrase and consonants are worth $1,600 apiece. After Carli & Briana call the Y's...
THE/_ _ _ _ Y/S Y S T E _
...they draw a blank. Adam & Bryan call the M but don't solve. Colleen & Madison dud out with C.
Carli & Briana call the B but again have nothing. Adam & Bryan call the D's and solve THE BUDDY SYSTEM to hang on with $27,550 in cash and trips! Colleen & Madison get $14,000. Carli & Briana had a ton of bad luck tonight, but they will share in $2,000.
DUDS: C
Big Money Round: This week, the luckiest teens could win up to $100,000 (or $1 Million) or each win a Honda CR-V. Adam & Bryan spin the second A in AMERICA'S and the category is Phrase. Starting with:
L _ _ _ S/_ _/_ _ N
They call M, D, H and O and get...
L O _ D S/O _/_ _ N
...this game can be LOADS OF FUN when people win, and these boys will split another $45,000! That makes them the biggest winners so far this season with $72,550!
Jeopardy!: Back to regular action, here are tonight's players:
Carol Lee (a legal analyst from Brooklyn)
Chris Frankel (a bartender from Houston; I hope he's OK after Hurricane Ike hit his area)
CHAMPION: Tom Witek (a high school math teacher from Gurnee, IL with a one-day total of $24,200)
Opening categories:
2008 NEWS
ANIMALS IN ITALIAN
BLAME THE FRENCH
A BIT OF EVERYTHING
GIN & JUICE
SNOOP DOGG
Lee finds the Daily Double under the $1,000 Gin & Juice clue with $800, trailing Frankel by $200 while the champ has yet to get on the board. Her wager is $400 for a $200 lead if she knows this clue:
A writer into "self-reliance" goes for this one-word drink with maraschino liqueur, vermouth, gin & lemon juice.
"What is a martini?"...no, ma'am. It was an Emerson, so she loses half her dough. She then misses the $600 2008 News clue to fall to $200 in the hole, which is where she is at the first break. Frankel has $1,200 and the champ has $200. At the end of the round:
Tom: $4,000
Chris: $5,200
Carol: $2,800
ROUND 1 LACH TRASH: $3,400
DJ! Categories:
AMERICAN LIT
THEY MADE THE TOP 40
RACING BIKES (Clue Crew clues from Trek Bikes in Madison, WS)
MYTHS & LEGENDS
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
COLORFUL LANGUAGE
Frankel finds the first Daily Double under the $1,600 Myths & Legends clue. Like the first Daily Double, he and Lee are in a tight match- he now leads $6,800 to $6,400, while the champ has four grand. His wager is a big $5,000. The clue:
The judgment of Paris was fixed; this Greek goddess won the title by promising to give him Helen.
“Who is Aphrodite?”…BULLSEYE to go to $11,800! But here comes the champ, as he gets everything but the $800 clue in Colorful Language to jump to $11,200. He then gets the first two Inventors & Inventions clues to take the lead with $12,400, only to see that $1,200 gain go to waste with an incorrect response on the $1,200 in the same category (taking him back to $11,200 in the process). He then hits the other Daily Double with the $1,600 clue, with Lee now at $7,200. His wager is $5,200. For the lead back:
A national weapons lab in Livermore, CA is named for this physicist who invented the cyclotron in 1929.
“Who is Lawrence?”…IS RIGHT to go back ahead with $16,400! He then adds another two large with the final clue in that category.
ROUND 2 LACH TRASH: $9,600
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY! (after a reverse ruling on his $1,200 incorrect response in Inventors & Inventions):
Tom: $20,400
Chris: $13,400
Carol: $7,200
CORYAT SCORES:
Tom: $16,800
Chris: $10,000
Carol: $7,600
FJ! CATEGORY: Symbols.
This symbol incorporates the semaphore signs for the letters N & D, for nuclear disarmament.
CAROL:
Response: “What is the peace symbol?” (Alex then does his best impersonation of it!)
Wager: $7,199
Final score: $14,399
Frankel…is wrong with the atom, costing him EVERYTHING. The champ…is right and with a $6,401 wager, retains at $26,801! Two-day total, which is now the highest of the season thus far: $51,001!
My Family's Got GUTS: These two teams battle it out in the last preliminary round game:
KICKIN' JOHNSONS: Sharon, Lindsey, Brian & Emily
RICHARDS RIPTIDE: Lori, Shawna, Zach & Ray
FREE RUN CITY: The course from last Friday's episode is being used again tonight.
KICKIN' JOHNSONS:
Sharon- Skybridge
Lindsay- Skyscraper
Brian- Water Tower
Emily- Construction
Sharon- :09
Lindsey- :14
Brian- :24
Emily- :22
TOTAL: 1:09- 51 POINTS
RICHARDS RIPTIDE:
Lori- Skybridge
Shawna- Skyscraper
Zach- Water Tower
Ray- Construction
Results:
Lori- :15
Shawna- :14
Zach- :32
Ray- :21
TOTAL: 1:22- 38 POINTS
EVENT #2: SUPERTOE PK
Teams:
KICKIN' JOHNSONS: Brian and Lindsey
RICHARDS RIPTIDE: Shawna and Ray
KICKIN' JOHNSONS: 12 (120)
RICHARDS RIPTIDE: 12 (120)
SCORES AFTER TWO EVENTS:
KICKIN' JOHNSONS: 171
RICHARDS RIPTIDE: 158
The Kickin' Johnsons will have a 1.3 head start.
AGGRO CRAG:
KICKIN' JOHNSONS: Sharon and Emily
RICHARDS RIPTIDE: Lori and Zach
The Kickin' Johnsons breeze through this thing and win!
Video Bonus: Clip of a $1,000 question on today's "Millionaire"
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Who Won the Reality TV Host Emmy?
The answer to that question is...Jeff Probst of "Survivor" fame, beating Howie Mandel, Tom Bergeron, Heidi Klum and Ryan Seacrest.
"The Amazing Race" retained its title as Best Reality Game/Competition Show.
"The Amazing Race" retained its title as Best Reality Game/Competition Show.
GSN reminders
As of tomorrow, "That's the Question" and "Camouflage" return to late night and the "Trivia Trap"/"Now You See It" block moves to 2-3 AM.
Also, GSN Live is now six hours long. The first three hours are hosted by "Catch 21" host Alfonso Ribeiro and Heidi Ramsay, while the second half will be hosted by "The Money List" host Fred Roggin and Kelly Packard.
Also, GSN Live is now six hours long. The first three hours are hosted by "Catch 21" host Alfonso Ribeiro and Heidi Ramsay, while the second half will be hosted by "The Money List" host Fred Roggin and Kelly Packard.
"Trivial Pursuit: America Plays" update
While looking at the Game Show Forum, one person who attended the taping (s) reported the following:
-Contrary to what I said earlier in the week, the dollar values for Round 1 will range from $250-$500.
-In the final round, should the solo player clinch the game before the final question is asked, he/she is given the opportunity to go double or nothing on one final question.
-The second round is known as Hot Pursuit, contrary to what I said earlier.
-Contrary to what I said earlier in the week, the dollar values for Round 1 will range from $250-$500.
-In the final round, should the solo player clinch the game before the final question is asked, he/she is given the opportunity to go double or nothing on one final question.
-The second round is known as Hot Pursuit, contrary to what I said earlier.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Next Week in Game Shows: September 22-28
Another big week in store for you next week:
The Price is Right: The 37th season begins next week with new producers (one of which is Kathy Greco), a little more money (espesically on the Big Wheel) and a new Pricing Game (Gas Money)!
Trivial Pursuit: America Plays: For those of you that carry it in my area (Richmond, VA doesn't carry the show; so sorry), it begins on Monday! Very smart contestants could win over $20,000 against the people who write all the questions.
Dancing With the Stars: A new season begins, with this being my first watching it in HD!
America's Got Talent: The five remaining acts peform for their last time in competition before America votes for the big winner!
Survivor: Their first season in HD begins in Gabon!
My Family's Got GUTS: The first season winners will be crowned in next Saturday's one-hour championship show!
Also, the teens are expected to visit "Wheel of Fortune", "Jeopardy!" gets back to normal and more.
The Price is Right: The 37th season begins next week with new producers (one of which is Kathy Greco), a little more money (espesically on the Big Wheel) and a new Pricing Game (Gas Money)!
Trivial Pursuit: America Plays: For those of you that carry it in my area (Richmond, VA doesn't carry the show; so sorry), it begins on Monday! Very smart contestants could win over $20,000 against the people who write all the questions.
Dancing With the Stars: A new season begins, with this being my first watching it in HD!
America's Got Talent: The five remaining acts peform for their last time in competition before America votes for the big winner!
Survivor: Their first season in HD begins in Gabon!
My Family's Got GUTS: The first season winners will be crowned in next Saturday's one-hour championship show!
Also, the teens are expected to visit "Wheel of Fortune", "Jeopardy!" gets back to normal and more.
The Week's Big Winners- June 15-21
Players of the Week:
WINNER: Dan Gheesling ($500,000 "Big Brother X" champion)
RUNNER-UP: Anika Keller ($66,000)("Deal or No Deal"- Syndicated)
3rd PLACE: The five remaining "America's Got Talent" finalists
Other Big Winners and Notables:
Looper Family- $41,650 as four-time champs ("Family Feud")
This week's five "Jeopardy! Kids Reunion Week" winners
Jenny & Allison Horowitz- $200,000 ("Don't Forget the Lyrics!")
Jeri Chandler and Richard Allen- $175,000 each ("Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?")
Maryann Vazquez- $91,000 ("Deal or No Deal"- NBC)
Memphis Garrett- $50,000 ("Big Brother X")
Louise Hauser- $50,000 ("WWTBAM")
Betsy Smith- $48,300 ("Wheel of Fortune")
Josh Broadfuehrer- $45,600 ("WOF")
WINNER: Dan Gheesling ($500,000 "Big Brother X" champion)
RUNNER-UP: Anika Keller ($66,000)("Deal or No Deal"- Syndicated)
3rd PLACE: The five remaining "America's Got Talent" finalists
Other Big Winners and Notables:
Looper Family- $41,650 as four-time champs ("Family Feud")
This week's five "Jeopardy! Kids Reunion Week" winners
Jenny & Allison Horowitz- $200,000 ("Don't Forget the Lyrics!")
Jeri Chandler and Richard Allen- $175,000 each ("Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?")
Maryann Vazquez- $91,000 ("Deal or No Deal"- NBC)
Memphis Garrett- $50,000 ("Big Brother X")
Louise Hauser- $50,000 ("WWTBAM")
Betsy Smith- $48,300 ("Wheel of Fortune")
Josh Broadfuehrer- $45,600 ("WOF")
"America's Toughest Jobs" 9/19
(This is my first episode that I'm watching this in HD.)
THIS WEEK'S JOB: Working on an oil rig, with the contestants now in Midland, TX. There are three teams of three.
1. Ben, Michaela & Steven
2. Sandy, Rommel & Chris
3. Rie, Bryce & Eric
Ben has some early troubles because of his dreadlocks. Naturally, Chris has early problems as well. Bryce was doing nothing special.
Team #1 rolls the pipes, Team #2 lifts and carries several heavy bags and Team #3's scrubbing the rig.
After Team #1 finishes, they now work on the floor of the rig. Steven nearly cuts off one of his hands by placing it in an improper position while the mud drilling's going on.; he is then given a warning by the designated boss.
Team #3 then works on the first task Team #1 was working on (pipe rolling). Eric struggles towards the end of the first day.
TASK FOR DAY 2: Everybody had to help remove the 6,500-foot pipe out of the ground (tripping the pipe, as oil riggers call it) in order for the rig to prepare for striking oil. One person at a time will go up to the top of the rig and put away a section of the big pipe.
Eric & Michaela work the floor part to start. Meanwhile, Eric's downward trend from the latter part of Day 1 carries over to the early part of Day 2.
Chris absolutely hates climbing that long ladder to the top.
AVERAGE SALARY FOR OIL DRILLING: $35,184.22
NEW POT TOTAL: $157,784.12
The two best workers this time out are...
...Rommel and Rie!
BOTTOM FOUR: Bryce, Chris, Eric & Steven
That's FOUR TIMES IN A ROW Bryce's been in danger. This is the third appearance in the bottom four for each of the other three contestants.
Elimination Round: First, they have to roll ten pipes from one side of the rack to the other. Second, they must haul five bags of drilling gel and dump them into the mud hopper. Finally, they must clamp the tong. The one who does it the slowest is eliminated.
Bryce: 3:30
Steven: 3:34
Eric: 5:35
And Chris' time is...
...5:22, meaning Eric Waterhouse has been dismissed. Both El Cheapos (Bryce and Chris) survive another episode.
THIS WEEK'S JOB: Working on an oil rig, with the contestants now in Midland, TX. There are three teams of three.
1. Ben, Michaela & Steven
2. Sandy, Rommel & Chris
3. Rie, Bryce & Eric
Ben has some early troubles because of his dreadlocks. Naturally, Chris has early problems as well. Bryce was doing nothing special.
Team #1 rolls the pipes, Team #2 lifts and carries several heavy bags and Team #3's scrubbing the rig.
After Team #1 finishes, they now work on the floor of the rig. Steven nearly cuts off one of his hands by placing it in an improper position while the mud drilling's going on.; he is then given a warning by the designated boss.
Team #3 then works on the first task Team #1 was working on (pipe rolling). Eric struggles towards the end of the first day.
TASK FOR DAY 2: Everybody had to help remove the 6,500-foot pipe out of the ground (tripping the pipe, as oil riggers call it) in order for the rig to prepare for striking oil. One person at a time will go up to the top of the rig and put away a section of the big pipe.
Eric & Michaela work the floor part to start. Meanwhile, Eric's downward trend from the latter part of Day 1 carries over to the early part of Day 2.
Chris absolutely hates climbing that long ladder to the top.
AVERAGE SALARY FOR OIL DRILLING: $35,184.22
NEW POT TOTAL: $157,784.12
The two best workers this time out are...
...Rommel and Rie!
BOTTOM FOUR: Bryce, Chris, Eric & Steven
That's FOUR TIMES IN A ROW Bryce's been in danger. This is the third appearance in the bottom four for each of the other three contestants.
Elimination Round: First, they have to roll ten pipes from one side of the rack to the other. Second, they must haul five bags of drilling gel and dump them into the mud hopper. Finally, they must clamp the tong. The one who does it the slowest is eliminated.
Bryce: 3:30
Steven: 3:34
Eric: 5:35
And Chris' time is...
...5:22, meaning Eric Waterhouse has been dismissed. Both El Cheapos (Bryce and Chris) survive another episode.
"Project Runway" 9/17
THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: Create a head-to-toe makeover for a recent college graduate. This was sponsored by TRESemme.
College graduates: Anna, Megan, Laura, Holly, Avital and Caitlin. Their mothers joined them at all times.
Assignments:
Kenley- Anna
Korto- Megan
Joe- Laura
Leanne- Holly
Suede- Avital
Jerell- Caitlin
Joe, Kenley and Leanne had some early problems.
Before the runway show, Jeanie Syfu, the head stylist of TRESemme, looked over the college graduates' hairstyles.
The winner this week had their winning makeover featured in ELLE Magazine.
This week's guest judge is fashion designer Cynthia Rowley.
1. Joe- Black jacket and skirt, grey/pink/white striped shirt
2. Leanne- White and grey suit with a black skirt (I really liked this one, because it resembled a female teacher)
3. Jerell- Black jacket/skirt with brown top
4. Korto- Beige jacket with green/white dress
5. Suede- Brown jacket with purple/pink/orange and black dress featuring white lines
6. Kenley- Brown vest, white belt, multicolored dress with most of it being purple
The winner is...
Joe
Leanne
Jerell
Korto
Suede
Kenley
...Jerell Scott for the second time in a row! In this week's bottom two...
Joe
Leanne
Korto
Suede
Kenley
...Joe and Suede. For both, this is their second trip to the bottom two. The 11th contestant eliminated this season is...
Joe
Suede
...Joe Faris.
College graduates: Anna, Megan, Laura, Holly, Avital and Caitlin. Their mothers joined them at all times.
Assignments:
Kenley- Anna
Korto- Megan
Joe- Laura
Leanne- Holly
Suede- Avital
Jerell- Caitlin
Joe, Kenley and Leanne had some early problems.
Before the runway show, Jeanie Syfu, the head stylist of TRESemme, looked over the college graduates' hairstyles.
The winner this week had their winning makeover featured in ELLE Magazine.
This week's guest judge is fashion designer Cynthia Rowley.
1. Joe- Black jacket and skirt, grey/pink/white striped shirt
2. Leanne- White and grey suit with a black skirt (I really liked this one, because it resembled a female teacher)
3. Jerell- Black jacket/skirt with brown top
4. Korto- Beige jacket with green/white dress
5. Suede- Brown jacket with purple/pink/orange and black dress featuring white lines
6. Kenley- Brown vest, white belt, multicolored dress with most of it being purple
The winner is...
Joe
Leanne
Jerell
Korto
Suede
Kenley
...Jerell Scott for the second time in a row! In this week's bottom two...
Joe
Leanne
Korto
Suede
Kenley
...Joe and Suede. For both, this is their second trip to the bottom two. The 11th contestant eliminated this season is...
Joe
Suede
...Joe Faris.
"America's Got Talent" ratings
Wednesday's Top 10 performance show scored a 7.5 Fast Nielsen with a 13 share. Last night's results show posted a 6.3/11.
Source: The Futon Critic
Source: The Futon Critic
"RW/RR Challenge: The Island"- Epsiode 2
Early on, we learned that Dave has already suffered several injuries on his short stay on the island.
Quite a few boys (including Abram) ran from a swamp that they didn't know was filled with wasps. Tell my mom about that- there was a wasp nest near my house's garage a few weeks ago.
And Abram got stung quite a few times!! OUCH.
Dave sparked a confrontation with Dan because he thought Dan was weak. A little later, we learned that Dan has been drinking a lot.
Shortly after the drinking admission, the season's second air drop came. One of the luxury items this week was using a cell phone for ten minutes.
As it turns out, as soon as T.J. arrived, Dave announced that he was quitting the show.
FACE OFF #2: Derrick vs. Johnny vs. Abram
In "Ring Wrestle", there were a pair of steel rings inside a giant rope circle. Starting with the bigger ring, all three tried to yank it from each other's grasp. Once a player stepped on part of the rope circle, stepped outside of it, or let go of the ring altogether, they got a strike. Two strikes eliminated a player. When two remained, the smaller ring came into play. The last one standing won.
BONUS PRIZE: VUDU BOX 100
Abram got the first strike...then Johnny got a strike...and Abram struck out! The winner was...
...Derrick!
Has Abram's Face Off gamble backfired in his face? By a vote of 9-6...
...the answer is YES. OUCH.
Quite a few boys (including Abram) ran from a swamp that they didn't know was filled with wasps. Tell my mom about that- there was a wasp nest near my house's garage a few weeks ago.
And Abram got stung quite a few times!! OUCH.
Dave sparked a confrontation with Dan because he thought Dan was weak. A little later, we learned that Dan has been drinking a lot.
Shortly after the drinking admission, the season's second air drop came. One of the luxury items this week was using a cell phone for ten minutes.
As it turns out, as soon as T.J. arrived, Dave announced that he was quitting the show.
FACE OFF #2: Derrick vs. Johnny vs. Abram
In "Ring Wrestle", there were a pair of steel rings inside a giant rope circle. Starting with the bigger ring, all three tried to yank it from each other's grasp. Once a player stepped on part of the rope circle, stepped outside of it, or let go of the ring altogether, they got a strike. Two strikes eliminated a player. When two remained, the smaller ring came into play. The last one standing won.
BONUS PRIZE: VUDU BOX 100
Abram got the first strike...then Johnny got a strike...and Abram struck out! The winner was...
...Derrick!
Has Abram's Face Off gamble backfired in his face? By a vote of 9-6...
...the answer is YES. OUCH.
"America's Next Top Model" 9/17
In the beginning, the remaining contestants all got their makeovers!
TYRA MAIL #8: "Sometimes even Top Models have to work the late shift!"
Challenge #1: It's the Wal Mart CoverGirl challenge from last season. Whitney Thompson, who won this last season, went on to become that season's champion.
Not doing well here were Analeigh, Brittany, Elena and Marjorie (who said Walgreens in her ad instead of Wal-Mart; LOL!).
Winner...
...Hannah! In addition to having her face on the CoverGirl displays at Wal-Mart and the CoverGirl section of Wal-Mart's website, she won a $1,000 Wal-Mart gift card.
TYRA MAIL #9: "Which one of you is suited to be America's Next Top Model?"
PHOTO SHOOT: The remaining models had to do swimsuit shots. Taking the photos was Russell James, the photographer who took Tyra Banks' picture for her Sports Illustrated Swimwuit Issue cover. Supermodel Susan Holmes designed the swimsuits.
1. Sheena: Great!
2. Joslyn: She did great too!
3. Analeigh: She was sub-par.
4. Mckey: She was pretty good.
5. Hannah: Average.
6. Clark: Good.
7. Brittany: Not good.
8. Samantha: Decent.
9. Elina: Great job in something outside her comfort zone!
10. Marjorie: She was OK.
11. Lauren Brie: Good job.
12. Isis: She didn't do very well.
The bottom two this week: Analeigh & Brittany, because they blew both their challenge and their Photo Shoot. Isis caught a lucky break here. The next model cut is...
Analeigh
Brittany
...Brittany Rubalcaba.
TYRA MAIL #8: "Sometimes even Top Models have to work the late shift!"
Challenge #1: It's the Wal Mart CoverGirl challenge from last season. Whitney Thompson, who won this last season, went on to become that season's champion.
Not doing well here were Analeigh, Brittany, Elena and Marjorie (who said Walgreens in her ad instead of Wal-Mart; LOL!).
Winner...
...Hannah! In addition to having her face on the CoverGirl displays at Wal-Mart and the CoverGirl section of Wal-Mart's website, she won a $1,000 Wal-Mart gift card.
TYRA MAIL #9: "Which one of you is suited to be America's Next Top Model?"
PHOTO SHOOT: The remaining models had to do swimsuit shots. Taking the photos was Russell James, the photographer who took Tyra Banks' picture for her Sports Illustrated Swimwuit Issue cover. Supermodel Susan Holmes designed the swimsuits.
1. Sheena: Great!
2. Joslyn: She did great too!
3. Analeigh: She was sub-par.
4. Mckey: She was pretty good.
5. Hannah: Average.
6. Clark: Good.
7. Brittany: Not good.
8. Samantha: Decent.
9. Elina: Great job in something outside her comfort zone!
10. Marjorie: She was OK.
11. Lauren Brie: Good job.
12. Isis: She didn't do very well.
The bottom two this week: Analeigh & Brittany, because they blew both their challenge and their Photo Shoot. Isis caught a lucky break here. The next model cut is...
Analeigh
Brittany
...Brittany Rubalcaba.
9/19/2008 Results
DOND: We wrap up Week 2 with the contestant at #1, Anika Keller! She's a 19-year-old tomboy. She swaps out for #13.
ROUND 1:
1. #4 (Chale)- $2,500
2. #14 (Jim)- $100,000
3. #9 (Kimberly)- $5
4. #11 (John)- $400
5. #12 (Ruben)- $50,000
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $16,000
ROUND 2:
1. #2 (Antaneeca)- $500
2. #22 (Christopher)- $100
3. #18 (Darci)- $10,000
4. #1 (Felicia)- $25,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
5. #8 (Joe)- $5,000
SECOND OFFER: $20,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 3:
1. #15 (Cynthia)- $75,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
2. #3 (Rose)- $300
3. #7 (Mandy)- $50
4. #16 (Keith)- $7,500
THIRD OFFER: $33,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #19 (Jonathan)- BUCK
2. #10 (Annie)- PENNY
Perfect round!
FOURTH OFFER: $48,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #20 (Jerry)- $25
2. #17 (Steve)- $10
Another fantastic round!!
FIFTH OFFER: $81,000- NO DEAL!
Her next pick is Toni's #21...
...$250,000- STRIKE TWO.
SIXTH OFFER: $66,000- DEAL
Let's see what happened in the end...
...she made a great deal, because her case had $1,000! HOWEVER, had she picked #6 and William next, she might've very well taken a $240,000 offer. Thus, Monica had the big one today to close out the week.
WOF: Tonight's episode will be much better than last night's, I promise. Tonight's first Toss-Up category is Rhyme Time:
F I N E
_ I N E
The only one to ring in, Jeff, says FINE DINE...incorrect. It was FINE WINE, so nobody wins the $1,000 on this Toss-Up. First time this season a Toss-Up goes unsolved. Tonight's players:
Betsy Smith (Naperville, IL)- Stay-at-home comedian
Jeff Brill (Tampa, FL)- Dentist
Ashlea Meyer (Selersberg, IN)- Attorney and postal service manager
$2,000 Toss-Up category is Show Biz:
THE/_ I G/S C R _ _ N
Betsy solves THE BIG SCREEN for $2,000 and control of Round 1.
Speaking of Round 1, the category for it is Fun & Games and it's tonight's Prize Puzzle! There's a trip to Vegas on the wheel now, worth $5,376. Midway in the round, Betsey calls the G's for $600 and the Free Spin. Later, after she calls the R's, we have...
_ A _ I N G/IN/A/_ R _ S _ _ A T _ R/
_ A G _ _ N
...I have the idea, but she calls a dud in P to miss out on picking up the Vegas wedge, so she uses her Free Spin. She then buys the O's, then calls a $300 L, a $500 D, buys the E's and solves WADING IN A FRESHWATER LAGOON for another $3,100 and a trip to Mexico, for a new total of $11,100 in cash and trip.
DUDS: P
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: CN4170509
Eggland's Best Jackpot Round category is Thing. Early on, Ashlea hits the night's first Bankrupt after calling a pair of S's for $1,800. After Betsy calls the P...
P R I _ E L E S S
_ _ _ I L _
_ E I R L _ _ _
...she solves PRICELESS FAMILY HEIRLOOM for another $4,600 and $15,700 total.
DUDS: T
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Ashlea)
Gold Bond $10,000 Mystery Round category is Place. Early on, Betsy calls four R's for the Wild Card. But she loses it to a Bankrupt two spins later. After Jeff buys the E's, on the board is the following:
_ _ _ _ _ R T E _
T E R R _ T _ R _
After buying the O, the I and the A, he calls a $900 N, buys the U and solves UNCHARTED TERRITORY for $2,900.
DUDS: L, M, S
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Betsy)
$3,000 Toss-Up subject is Occupation:
_ _ _ I C/_ O O K/
A _ _ _ S _
Ashlea solves COMIC BOOK ARTIST for $3,000. Next category is Event. After Betsy cleans out the vowels...
SETTING/A/N E _/
_ O _ L _/_ E _ O _ _
...she calls the W's for another $1,200 and it's Speed-Up time with the remaining consonants being worth $1,500 apiece. She then calls the R's and solves SETTING A NEW WORLD RECORD to seal the match with $23,300! Jeff leaves with $2,000 and Ashlea has $3,000.
DUDS: H
Big Money Round: She spins the first A in AMERICA'S and the category is Things. Starting with:
_ _ _ _ _ _ N _
_ _ R _ S
Smith calls C, F, P and O and gets...
C O _ P O _ N _
_ O R _ S
...she solves COMPOUND WORDS! The last two times, the Mercedes was lost...
...but she'll have to settle for $25,000 tonight. But it still gives her a fine total of $48,300 in cash and trip!
My Family's Got GUTS: Let's fill out the last part of the semi-final bracket. Tonight's teams:
DIONNE DASH: Donald, Sharee, DJ & Danny
GAHRES G-DOGS: Donald, Cathy, John Mark & John
FREE RUN CITY: The course is much different tonight. We start with the Skybridge, which is mostly made up of catwalk swings. Second, we must climb up to the top of a Skyscraper. Then comes the Water Tower and the Construction obstacles.
DIONNE DASH:
Donald- Skybridge
Sharee- Skyscraper
DJ- Water Tower
Danny- Construction
Results:
Donald- :17
Sharee- MAX OUT
DJ- :42
Danny- TIME EXPIRES
NO POINTS for Dionne Dash here.
GAHRES G-DOGS:
Donald- Skybridge
Cathy- Skyscraper
John Mark- Water Tower
John- Constuction
Results:
Donald- :23
Cathy- :20
John Mark- :27
John- :23
TOTAL: 1:33- 27 POINTS
EVENT #2: SKY SLAM
Teams:
DIONNE DASH: Donald & DJ
GAHRES G-DOGS: Donald & John
Results:
DIONNE DASH: 2 (20)
GAHRES G-DOGS: 5 (50)
With a final score of 77-20, the Gahres G-Dogs earn a 5.7 head start.
AGGRO CRAG:
DIONNE DASH: Sharee & Danny
GAHRES G-DOGS: Cathy & John Mark
In the closest finish thus far...the Gahres G-Dogs win!
Jeopardy!: We close out the Kids Week Reunion with these three:
David Hudson (a junior at the University of Virginia!)
Cassie Hill (recent graduate of the University of Mary Washington)
Robert Arshonsky (a senior at Cal Poly)
First set of categories:
POLITICANS
MOVIES BY QUOTE (a quote from a movie is given during each clue, and the movie must be IDed in each correct response)
WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG
NICE RIDE
BOOKS & AUTHORS
HIDDEN COLORS (each correct response will be a color that's hidden somewhere within each clue)
Arshonsky immediately decides to start each category with the $1,000 clue and go up from there (when this game was played in the schools I attended, students usually started with the higher-valued clues). At the first break, Hill's ahead with $2,800. Arshonsky has two grand and Hudson has half the guy's total ($1,000).
Later, Hudson closes out When You Were Young by finding the Daily Double under the $1,000 clue, now with $1,800 so far. Arshonsky has $2,600 and Hill still leads with $3,200. His wager is $500.
In 2000, Clinton became the first sitting president to visit this country since Nixon visited the troops in 1969.
"What is Vietnam?"...right to go to $2,300. After the round ends, both Arshonsky and Hill are tied for the lead at $4,200, while Hudson is still at $2,300.
FIRST ROUND LACH TRASH: $2,800
DJ! Categories:
EUROPEAN CITIES
WE LOVE THE THEATRE
SO WHAT'D YOU DO WITH THE MONEY?
WORD ORIGINS
COME UP TO THE LAB
...SEE WHAT'S ON THE SLAB
After the first Triple Stumper of the round with the $1,200 Word Origins clue, Arshonsky finds the first Daily Double under the $1,600 clue in the same category. With $5,400 and the lead, his wager is EVERYTHING! For $10,400 or nothing, here's the clue:
This adjective that means "behaving disobediently or mischievously" comes from the Old English for "nothing".
He blanks, so he's down to zero. The right word was naught. On the $1,200 European Cities clue, he tries to redeem himself with the other Daily Double. He has $800 while Hill leads with $4,600 and Hudson has half her total. He bets the full $2,000 on this:
A majority of this Italian city's population has left the islands and now lives on the mainland in Mestre.
"What is Sicily?"...wrong again, so he's now $1,200 in the hole. Correct: What is Venice? At the end of the round, he's virtually out of it with $800. Hill has $6,600 and Hudson has $10,700.
DJ! LACH TRASH: $11,200
CORYAT SCORES:
Robert: $8,200
Cassie: $6,600
David: $11,200
With that, no champion this week will win more than $25,000.
FJ! CATEGORY: NBA Logos. I might very well like that category.
The logo of this NBA team has a rowel on it.
ROBERT:
Response: "Who are the hornets"
Wager: $796
Final score: $4
The lady's response was "Who is the Knicks"...incorrect also. She risked $4,101, dropping her to $2,499. Hudson wrote down "Who are the Cavaliers?"...no to that too. The right team was the San Antonio Spurs, which I was slightly leaning towards, but I went with the Portland Trail Blazers in the end. His wager was just $2,501, so a final score of $8,199 is enough for him to win the top prize. Back to normal on Monday.
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?: Jeri Chandler is back with us. Here's her 4th Grade U.S. History question for $25,000 or nothing:
The first ever westbound Pony Express delivery started in Missouri and ended in what U.S. state?
She peeks at Josh's answer, which was Massachusetts. She goes with that...and she's at the safe haven! Next up for her is 3rd Grade Music.
T or F: The mandolin is a string instrument.
Everyone's right with True for $50,000! Her fourth classmate selection is Olivia and the $100,000 question will be asked from the subject of 3rd Grade Animal Science. This is also a Classroom Club Question, written by Ria from Monmouth Junction School:
In terms of average weight, what animal is the largest living member of the ape family?
A: Chimpanzee
B: Gorilla
C: Orangutan
She talks it out and says gorilla...that's $100,000! For another $75,000, her next stop is 4th Grade Astronomy.
The Sun is the brightest star we can see during the day. What's the name of the brightest star we can see in the night sky?
She goes with Venus, which is definitely wrong. The right answer was the Dog Star...and Olivia saves her to go to $175,000! Her last partner is Meagan and the 5th Grade category she tries to answer a question in for $300,000 is Science.
There are three elements that are found in all carbohydrates. Carbon and Hydrogen are two of them. What's the third?
She drops out with $175K. Answer: Oxygen, which Meagan said.
Our next contestant is Richard Allen, a dentist. His game is also a Visiting Class game like Jeri's; in his case, though, the Visiting Class are five female dental hygenists (Diana, Amanda, Dorothy, Susan and Jordan)! His first partner is Olivia and these are his categories:
1st Grade Grammar
1st Grade Social Studies
2nd Grade Spelling
2nd Grade U.S. Geography
3rd Grade Science
3rd Grade World Geography
4th Grade Astronomy
4th Grade World History
5th Grade U.S. History
5th Grade Measurements
The first subject of his choice is Social Studies.
T or F: The District of Columbia is one of the 50 United States.
He's right with False. The second topic is Grammar.
What punctuation mark appears at the end of this sentence?
You bet he nails the question mark. His second partner is Susan and his third category is Spelling.
Spell "genius".
Jordan wrote down "geneous", but Allen's right. He continues his slow climb with U.S. Geography.
There are two U.S. states whose names start with the letter K. Kentucky's one of them; what's the other?
He easily knows it's Kansas (Susan wrote down "Kanos" instead). The third partner of his choosing is Francesca and he will attempt to get to the safe haven by way of 3rd Grade Science.
How many poles does a magnet have?
He's right with two for $25,000! Next up is 3rd Grade World Geography.
Which of the following is a country in Africa?
A: Albania
B: Argentina
C: Algeria
Algeria is chosen by Dr. Allen for $50,000! After he tells Jonathan to join him next, his next category is 4th Grade Astronomy.
What constellation, which contains the star Betelgeuse, is named for a hunter in Greek mythology?
He goes with Orion, also the name of a defunct production company...he's at 100 grand! For his $175K topic, he goes with 5th Grade Measurements.
In U.S. measurements, how many feet are in one furlong?
He decides to take a big gamble by copying Jonathan's answer, which was 660...YES INDEED for $175,000!
His final partner of the game is Jordan (ugh) and his $300,000 subject will be 5th Grade U.S. History (I would've chosen 4th Grade World History instead). This is the night's other Classroom Club Question, with this one being sent in by Marianna from Monte Vista Elementary:
Lewis and Clark were famous explorers who reached Oregon in 1805. Clark's first name was William. What was Lewis' first name?
He also decides to walk away at 175 grand. Answer: Meriwether, and Jordan wrote down Bob instead.
Don't Forget the Lyrics!: Our contestant now is Jenny Horowitz from Cleveland. She's a flight attendant for a major airline, and after this show, she'll be sent to London! Her sister Allison is in the audience, and host Wayne Brady then announces that Jenny and Allson will be playing the game as a team! Their potential backup singers are Michele (mom) and Steve (a friend of Jenny's). Categories:
COUNTRY
1970s
R & B
ROCK
DRIVING SONGS
MY HOMETOWN
POP
ROCK ANTHEMS
WHITNEY HOUSTON
First up for them is Pop. The song choices are "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley and "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" by Dionne Warwick. They go with Elvis and their first target is four words long:
"When you don't believe a word I say, we ____ __ ____ ______"
They're pretty sure with "...can't go on together"...they're on the board.
They try a Country song secong. The choices are "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash and "On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson. Their pick is "On the Road Again" and they have another four-word target:
"The life I love is making _____ ____ ___ _____"
They're correct with "...music with my friends".
They go with Whitney Houston third. The two choices made available from Whitney's long song collection are "So Emotional" and "Didn't We Almost Have it All". They side with "Didn't We Almost Have it All" and they once again must fill in four:
"When love was all __ ___ _____ _____"
Their answer is "...we had worth giving" and it's right.
They try to get to the safety level with Rock. Choices now are "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by the Rolling Stones and "Everybody Wants You" by Billy Squier. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" is their choice and their target this time is five words long:
"I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash, ___ _ ___ ___ ___"
They're unsure with "It's a gas gas gas", so they call for a multiple choice:
A: "Won't you let me pass"
B: "I've got class class class"
C: Their guess
They go with their original guess...and have $25,000!
Their $50,000 category will be Driving Songs. The two available are "Life is a Highway" by Tom Cochrane and "King of the Road" by Roger Miller. They decide on "King of the Road" and must fill in six blanks this time around:
"Four-bit room, I'm a ___ __ ____ __ __ ____"
They lock in "...man of means by no means"...they double up.
Rock Anthems is next for these ladies. "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk and "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake are the choices this time. They attempt "Here I Go Again" and the missing word counter is still set at six:
"Like a drifter, _ ___ ____ __ ____ _____"
They're confident with "I was born to walk alone"...and they're walking into six figures!
"My Hometown" is next. The two songs up for grabs now are "Boy From New York City" by Manhattan Transfer and "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" by Dionne Warwick. The city-themed song they choose is "Boy From New York City". Once again, they deal with a six-word target:
"OO EE, __ ____ __ ____ __ __
They sing "...you ought to come and see", but they're not totally sold on it, so they use their two words backup. They select the second and fourth missing words, both of which are already correct. They lock in the rest for $200,000!
Their $350,000 category is the 1970s. Two songs from that decade that made it on tonight's gameboard are "Everlasting Love" by Carl Carlton and "Knock Three Times" by Dawn. They'll sing "Everlasting Love". Their next target is their toughest so far- nine words. They follow after "Need you by my side". They sing "...want to be your bride, here I stand with my everlasting love"...that's too many words, so they must use a backup singer.
They call on Steve, who helps change their guess to "...won't you be my bride, you'll never be denied". But they're still not 100% sure, so they decide to walk away with 100 grand apiece, a total of $200,000! Steve was close with his guess, though- it was "...girl to be my bride, you'll never be denied".
ROUND 1:
1. #4 (Chale)- $2,500
2. #14 (Jim)- $100,000
3. #9 (Kimberly)- $5
4. #11 (John)- $400
5. #12 (Ruben)- $50,000
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $16,000
ROUND 2:
1. #2 (Antaneeca)- $500
2. #22 (Christopher)- $100
3. #18 (Darci)- $10,000
4. #1 (Felicia)- $25,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
5. #8 (Joe)- $5,000
SECOND OFFER: $20,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 3:
1. #15 (Cynthia)- $75,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
2. #3 (Rose)- $300
3. #7 (Mandy)- $50
4. #16 (Keith)- $7,500
THIRD OFFER: $33,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #19 (Jonathan)- BUCK
2. #10 (Annie)- PENNY
Perfect round!
FOURTH OFFER: $48,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #20 (Jerry)- $25
2. #17 (Steve)- $10
Another fantastic round!!
FIFTH OFFER: $81,000- NO DEAL!
Her next pick is Toni's #21...
...$250,000- STRIKE TWO.
SIXTH OFFER: $66,000- DEAL
Let's see what happened in the end...
...she made a great deal, because her case had $1,000! HOWEVER, had she picked #6 and William next, she might've very well taken a $240,000 offer. Thus, Monica had the big one today to close out the week.
WOF: Tonight's episode will be much better than last night's, I promise. Tonight's first Toss-Up category is Rhyme Time:
F I N E
_ I N E
The only one to ring in, Jeff, says FINE DINE...incorrect. It was FINE WINE, so nobody wins the $1,000 on this Toss-Up. First time this season a Toss-Up goes unsolved. Tonight's players:
Betsy Smith (Naperville, IL)- Stay-at-home comedian
Jeff Brill (Tampa, FL)- Dentist
Ashlea Meyer (Selersberg, IN)- Attorney and postal service manager
$2,000 Toss-Up category is Show Biz:
THE/_ I G/S C R _ _ N
Betsy solves THE BIG SCREEN for $2,000 and control of Round 1.
Speaking of Round 1, the category for it is Fun & Games and it's tonight's Prize Puzzle! There's a trip to Vegas on the wheel now, worth $5,376. Midway in the round, Betsey calls the G's for $600 and the Free Spin. Later, after she calls the R's, we have...
_ A _ I N G/IN/A/_ R _ S _ _ A T _ R/
_ A G _ _ N
...I have the idea, but she calls a dud in P to miss out on picking up the Vegas wedge, so she uses her Free Spin. She then buys the O's, then calls a $300 L, a $500 D, buys the E's and solves WADING IN A FRESHWATER LAGOON for another $3,100 and a trip to Mexico, for a new total of $11,100 in cash and trip.
DUDS: P
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: CN4170509
Eggland's Best Jackpot Round category is Thing. Early on, Ashlea hits the night's first Bankrupt after calling a pair of S's for $1,800. After Betsy calls the P...
P R I _ E L E S S
_ _ _ I L _
_ E I R L _ _ _
...she solves PRICELESS FAMILY HEIRLOOM for another $4,600 and $15,700 total.
DUDS: T
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Ashlea)
Gold Bond $10,000 Mystery Round category is Place. Early on, Betsy calls four R's for the Wild Card. But she loses it to a Bankrupt two spins later. After Jeff buys the E's, on the board is the following:
_ _ _ _ _ R T E _
T E R R _ T _ R _
After buying the O, the I and the A, he calls a $900 N, buys the U and solves UNCHARTED TERRITORY for $2,900.
DUDS: L, M, S
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Betsy)
$3,000 Toss-Up subject is Occupation:
_ _ _ I C/_ O O K/
A _ _ _ S _
Ashlea solves COMIC BOOK ARTIST for $3,000. Next category is Event. After Betsy cleans out the vowels...
SETTING/A/N E _/
_ O _ L _/_ E _ O _ _
...she calls the W's for another $1,200 and it's Speed-Up time with the remaining consonants being worth $1,500 apiece. She then calls the R's and solves SETTING A NEW WORLD RECORD to seal the match with $23,300! Jeff leaves with $2,000 and Ashlea has $3,000.
DUDS: H
Big Money Round: She spins the first A in AMERICA'S and the category is Things. Starting with:
_ _ _ _ _ _ N _
_ _ R _ S
Smith calls C, F, P and O and gets...
C O _ P O _ N _
_ O R _ S
...she solves COMPOUND WORDS! The last two times, the Mercedes was lost...
...but she'll have to settle for $25,000 tonight. But it still gives her a fine total of $48,300 in cash and trip!
My Family's Got GUTS: Let's fill out the last part of the semi-final bracket. Tonight's teams:
DIONNE DASH: Donald, Sharee, DJ & Danny
GAHRES G-DOGS: Donald, Cathy, John Mark & John
FREE RUN CITY: The course is much different tonight. We start with the Skybridge, which is mostly made up of catwalk swings. Second, we must climb up to the top of a Skyscraper. Then comes the Water Tower and the Construction obstacles.
DIONNE DASH:
Donald- Skybridge
Sharee- Skyscraper
DJ- Water Tower
Danny- Construction
Results:
Donald- :17
Sharee- MAX OUT
DJ- :42
Danny- TIME EXPIRES
NO POINTS for Dionne Dash here.
GAHRES G-DOGS:
Donald- Skybridge
Cathy- Skyscraper
John Mark- Water Tower
John- Constuction
Results:
Donald- :23
Cathy- :20
John Mark- :27
John- :23
TOTAL: 1:33- 27 POINTS
EVENT #2: SKY SLAM
Teams:
DIONNE DASH: Donald & DJ
GAHRES G-DOGS: Donald & John
Results:
DIONNE DASH: 2 (20)
GAHRES G-DOGS: 5 (50)
With a final score of 77-20, the Gahres G-Dogs earn a 5.7 head start.
AGGRO CRAG:
DIONNE DASH: Sharee & Danny
GAHRES G-DOGS: Cathy & John Mark
In the closest finish thus far...the Gahres G-Dogs win!
Jeopardy!: We close out the Kids Week Reunion with these three:
David Hudson (a junior at the University of Virginia!)
Cassie Hill (recent graduate of the University of Mary Washington)
Robert Arshonsky (a senior at Cal Poly)
First set of categories:
POLITICANS
MOVIES BY QUOTE (a quote from a movie is given during each clue, and the movie must be IDed in each correct response)
WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG
NICE RIDE
BOOKS & AUTHORS
HIDDEN COLORS (each correct response will be a color that's hidden somewhere within each clue)
Arshonsky immediately decides to start each category with the $1,000 clue and go up from there (when this game was played in the schools I attended, students usually started with the higher-valued clues). At the first break, Hill's ahead with $2,800. Arshonsky has two grand and Hudson has half the guy's total ($1,000).
Later, Hudson closes out When You Were Young by finding the Daily Double under the $1,000 clue, now with $1,800 so far. Arshonsky has $2,600 and Hill still leads with $3,200. His wager is $500.
In 2000, Clinton became the first sitting president to visit this country since Nixon visited the troops in 1969.
"What is Vietnam?"...right to go to $2,300. After the round ends, both Arshonsky and Hill are tied for the lead at $4,200, while Hudson is still at $2,300.
FIRST ROUND LACH TRASH: $2,800
DJ! Categories:
EUROPEAN CITIES
WE LOVE THE THEATRE
SO WHAT'D YOU DO WITH THE MONEY?
WORD ORIGINS
COME UP TO THE LAB
...SEE WHAT'S ON THE SLAB
After the first Triple Stumper of the round with the $1,200 Word Origins clue, Arshonsky finds the first Daily Double under the $1,600 clue in the same category. With $5,400 and the lead, his wager is EVERYTHING! For $10,400 or nothing, here's the clue:
This adjective that means "behaving disobediently or mischievously" comes from the Old English for "nothing".
He blanks, so he's down to zero. The right word was naught. On the $1,200 European Cities clue, he tries to redeem himself with the other Daily Double. He has $800 while Hill leads with $4,600 and Hudson has half her total. He bets the full $2,000 on this:
A majority of this Italian city's population has left the islands and now lives on the mainland in Mestre.
"What is Sicily?"...wrong again, so he's now $1,200 in the hole. Correct: What is Venice? At the end of the round, he's virtually out of it with $800. Hill has $6,600 and Hudson has $10,700.
DJ! LACH TRASH: $11,200
CORYAT SCORES:
Robert: $8,200
Cassie: $6,600
David: $11,200
With that, no champion this week will win more than $25,000.
FJ! CATEGORY: NBA Logos. I might very well like that category.
The logo of this NBA team has a rowel on it.
ROBERT:
Response: "Who are the hornets"
Wager: $796
Final score: $4
The lady's response was "Who is the Knicks"...incorrect also. She risked $4,101, dropping her to $2,499. Hudson wrote down "Who are the Cavaliers?"...no to that too. The right team was the San Antonio Spurs, which I was slightly leaning towards, but I went with the Portland Trail Blazers in the end. His wager was just $2,501, so a final score of $8,199 is enough for him to win the top prize. Back to normal on Monday.
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?: Jeri Chandler is back with us. Here's her 4th Grade U.S. History question for $25,000 or nothing:
The first ever westbound Pony Express delivery started in Missouri and ended in what U.S. state?
She peeks at Josh's answer, which was Massachusetts. She goes with that...and she's at the safe haven! Next up for her is 3rd Grade Music.
T or F: The mandolin is a string instrument.
Everyone's right with True for $50,000! Her fourth classmate selection is Olivia and the $100,000 question will be asked from the subject of 3rd Grade Animal Science. This is also a Classroom Club Question, written by Ria from Monmouth Junction School:
In terms of average weight, what animal is the largest living member of the ape family?
A: Chimpanzee
B: Gorilla
C: Orangutan
She talks it out and says gorilla...that's $100,000! For another $75,000, her next stop is 4th Grade Astronomy.
The Sun is the brightest star we can see during the day. What's the name of the brightest star we can see in the night sky?
She goes with Venus, which is definitely wrong. The right answer was the Dog Star...and Olivia saves her to go to $175,000! Her last partner is Meagan and the 5th Grade category she tries to answer a question in for $300,000 is Science.
There are three elements that are found in all carbohydrates. Carbon and Hydrogen are two of them. What's the third?
She drops out with $175K. Answer: Oxygen, which Meagan said.
Our next contestant is Richard Allen, a dentist. His game is also a Visiting Class game like Jeri's; in his case, though, the Visiting Class are five female dental hygenists (Diana, Amanda, Dorothy, Susan and Jordan)! His first partner is Olivia and these are his categories:
1st Grade Grammar
1st Grade Social Studies
2nd Grade Spelling
2nd Grade U.S. Geography
3rd Grade Science
3rd Grade World Geography
4th Grade Astronomy
4th Grade World History
5th Grade U.S. History
5th Grade Measurements
The first subject of his choice is Social Studies.
T or F: The District of Columbia is one of the 50 United States.
He's right with False. The second topic is Grammar.
What punctuation mark appears at the end of this sentence?
You bet he nails the question mark. His second partner is Susan and his third category is Spelling.
Spell "genius".
Jordan wrote down "geneous", but Allen's right. He continues his slow climb with U.S. Geography.
There are two U.S. states whose names start with the letter K. Kentucky's one of them; what's the other?
He easily knows it's Kansas (Susan wrote down "Kanos" instead). The third partner of his choosing is Francesca and he will attempt to get to the safe haven by way of 3rd Grade Science.
How many poles does a magnet have?
He's right with two for $25,000! Next up is 3rd Grade World Geography.
Which of the following is a country in Africa?
A: Albania
B: Argentina
C: Algeria
Algeria is chosen by Dr. Allen for $50,000! After he tells Jonathan to join him next, his next category is 4th Grade Astronomy.
What constellation, which contains the star Betelgeuse, is named for a hunter in Greek mythology?
He goes with Orion, also the name of a defunct production company...he's at 100 grand! For his $175K topic, he goes with 5th Grade Measurements.
In U.S. measurements, how many feet are in one furlong?
He decides to take a big gamble by copying Jonathan's answer, which was 660...YES INDEED for $175,000!
His final partner of the game is Jordan (ugh) and his $300,000 subject will be 5th Grade U.S. History (I would've chosen 4th Grade World History instead). This is the night's other Classroom Club Question, with this one being sent in by Marianna from Monte Vista Elementary:
Lewis and Clark were famous explorers who reached Oregon in 1805. Clark's first name was William. What was Lewis' first name?
He also decides to walk away at 175 grand. Answer: Meriwether, and Jordan wrote down Bob instead.
Don't Forget the Lyrics!: Our contestant now is Jenny Horowitz from Cleveland. She's a flight attendant for a major airline, and after this show, she'll be sent to London! Her sister Allison is in the audience, and host Wayne Brady then announces that Jenny and Allson will be playing the game as a team! Their potential backup singers are Michele (mom) and Steve (a friend of Jenny's). Categories:
COUNTRY
1970s
R & B
ROCK
DRIVING SONGS
MY HOMETOWN
POP
ROCK ANTHEMS
WHITNEY HOUSTON
First up for them is Pop. The song choices are "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley and "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" by Dionne Warwick. They go with Elvis and their first target is four words long:
"When you don't believe a word I say, we ____ __ ____ ______"
They're pretty sure with "...can't go on together"...they're on the board.
They try a Country song secong. The choices are "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash and "On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson. Their pick is "On the Road Again" and they have another four-word target:
"The life I love is making _____ ____ ___ _____"
They're correct with "...music with my friends".
They go with Whitney Houston third. The two choices made available from Whitney's long song collection are "So Emotional" and "Didn't We Almost Have it All". They side with "Didn't We Almost Have it All" and they once again must fill in four:
"When love was all __ ___ _____ _____"
Their answer is "...we had worth giving" and it's right.
They try to get to the safety level with Rock. Choices now are "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by the Rolling Stones and "Everybody Wants You" by Billy Squier. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" is their choice and their target this time is five words long:
"I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash, ___ _ ___ ___ ___"
They're unsure with "It's a gas gas gas", so they call for a multiple choice:
A: "Won't you let me pass"
B: "I've got class class class"
C: Their guess
They go with their original guess...and have $25,000!
Their $50,000 category will be Driving Songs. The two available are "Life is a Highway" by Tom Cochrane and "King of the Road" by Roger Miller. They decide on "King of the Road" and must fill in six blanks this time around:
"Four-bit room, I'm a ___ __ ____ __ __ ____"
They lock in "...man of means by no means"...they double up.
Rock Anthems is next for these ladies. "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk and "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake are the choices this time. They attempt "Here I Go Again" and the missing word counter is still set at six:
"Like a drifter, _ ___ ____ __ ____ _____"
They're confident with "I was born to walk alone"...and they're walking into six figures!
"My Hometown" is next. The two songs up for grabs now are "Boy From New York City" by Manhattan Transfer and "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" by Dionne Warwick. The city-themed song they choose is "Boy From New York City". Once again, they deal with a six-word target:
"OO EE, __ ____ __ ____ __ __
They sing "...you ought to come and see", but they're not totally sold on it, so they use their two words backup. They select the second and fourth missing words, both of which are already correct. They lock in the rest for $200,000!
Their $350,000 category is the 1970s. Two songs from that decade that made it on tonight's gameboard are "Everlasting Love" by Carl Carlton and "Knock Three Times" by Dawn. They'll sing "Everlasting Love". Their next target is their toughest so far- nine words. They follow after "Need you by my side". They sing "...want to be your bride, here I stand with my everlasting love"...that's too many words, so they must use a backup singer.
They call on Steve, who helps change their guess to "...won't you be my bride, you'll never be denied". But they're still not 100% sure, so they decide to walk away with 100 grand apiece, a total of $200,000! Steve was close with his guess, though- it was "...girl to be my bride, you'll never be denied".
Rules of "Trivial Pursuit: America Plays"
These rules come from a member of the Game Show Forum:
Three studio players compete.
Round 1: Six categories are in play. On each turn, the computer picks a category and assigns a dollar value for the question from $300-$600. Then, the writer of that question appears on the screen and asks it to the players. If one of the three studio players buzzes in correctly, they fill up the corresponding section of their pie and the cash amount goes into the Studio Bank. If nobody answers a question correctly, the amount goes into America's Bank. Whomever answered the first question correctly keeps answering questions unopposed until they either miss one or have filled three sections of their pie. The first two players to fill three sections of their pie advance to the second round.
Round 2: All questions could come from any subject at all, with each question being worth $1,000. The first player to fill their entire pie wins the game and a chance to play for the money.
Hot Pursuit: One question is asked from a new batch of six categories. The order of the categories are randomly determined before the round begins. The first question is worth $500, the second is worth $1,000, and each of the remaining four questions are worth $1,000 more than the last, up to $5,000 for the last question. If the champion manages to keep the Studio Bank's total higher than America's Bank at the end of this round, he/she wins everything in the Studio Bank; otherwise, he/she leaves with nothing and the question writers for the day share in everything earned in America's Bank.
Three studio players compete.
Round 1: Six categories are in play. On each turn, the computer picks a category and assigns a dollar value for the question from $300-$600. Then, the writer of that question appears on the screen and asks it to the players. If one of the three studio players buzzes in correctly, they fill up the corresponding section of their pie and the cash amount goes into the Studio Bank. If nobody answers a question correctly, the amount goes into America's Bank. Whomever answered the first question correctly keeps answering questions unopposed until they either miss one or have filled three sections of their pie. The first two players to fill three sections of their pie advance to the second round.
Round 2: All questions could come from any subject at all, with each question being worth $1,000. The first player to fill their entire pie wins the game and a chance to play for the money.
Hot Pursuit: One question is asked from a new batch of six categories. The order of the categories are randomly determined before the round begins. The first question is worth $500, the second is worth $1,000, and each of the remaining four questions are worth $1,000 more than the last, up to $5,000 for the last question. If the champion manages to keep the Studio Bank's total higher than America's Bank at the end of this round, he/she wins everything in the Studio Bank; otherwise, he/she leaves with nothing and the question writers for the day share in everything earned in America's Bank.
Tuesday ratings
The season premiere of "The Biggest Loser: Families" scored a 5.1 Fast Nielsen with an 8 share. That's virtually the same rating as the fourth season premiere.
The season finale of "Big Brother X" scored a 5/8. As for "Wipeout", it did just a 3.5/5.
Source: The Futon Critic
The season finale of "Big Brother X" scored a 5/8. As for "Wipeout", it did just a 3.5/5.
Source: The Futon Critic
"The Biggest Loser"- SIXTH SEASON PREMIERE
Here are this season's teams:
Renee Wilson and Michelle Aguilar (mother/daughter from Ft. Worth)
Tom Desrochers Sr. and Jr. (father/son from Everett, MA)
Shellay Cremen and Amy Cremen (mother/daughter from Auburn Hills, Mich.)
Jerry Skeaback and Coleen Skeaback (father/daughter from Cleveland)
Ed Brantley and Heba Salama (couple from Raleigh, NC)
Brady and Vicky Vilcan (couple from Houma, LA)
Adam and Stacey Capers (couple from Gainesville, VA!)
Phillip and Amy Parham (couple from Greer, SC)
The eight teams are brought in to see the biggest gym ever on the show.
STARTING WEIGHTS:
Michelle (242) and Renee (267) = 509 lbs
Coleen (218) and Jerry (380) = 598 lbs
Amy (239) and Shellay (216) = 455 lbs
Amy (229) and Phillip (331) = 560 lbs
Stacey (221) and Adam (340) = 561 lbs
Vicky (246) and Brady (341) = 587 lbs
Heba (294) and Ed (335) = 629 lbs
Tom Jr. (357) and Tom Sr. (314) = 671 lbs
(Note: Tom Jr. is known as L.T. on this show.)
Bob Harper will train the four couples, while Jillian Michaels will train the four parent/child teams. But only one contestant in the end will win the check for $250,000, which is sponsored by JELL-O.
Amy Cremen, Tom Sr. and Jerry had a tough beginning in their workouts.
Immunity Challenge: Each team had to traverse over a mile of tough terrain in order to grab one of eight prize banners, one of which was the immunity one. The last team to make it up got a TWO POUND PENALTY. The other prizes available: Two days of luxury, a phone call home, a day home for 24 hours, $5,000, a bonus vote at the elimination ceremony and 24 hours alone with their trainer.
Let's see who got what:
IMMUNITY: Coleen & Jerry
2. Stacey & Adam- Luxury
3. Heba & Ed- $5,000
4. Tom Jr. & Sr.- Extra vote
5. Michelle & Renee- Phone call
6. Amy & Phillip- Visit home
7. Amy & Shellay- 24 hrs. with trainer
PENALTY: Vicky & Brady
(Note: Jerry & Tom Sr. were medically unable to compete in this challenge.)
WEIGH-IN: The two teams that lost the least percentage of their weight (sans Coleen & Jerry)go to the Danger Zone.
Coleen (208) and Jerry (363) = 571 lbs, 27 pounds lost, 4.51%
Heba (282) and Ed (318) = 600 lbs, 29 pounds lost, 4.61%
Michelle (225) and Renee (253) = 478 lbs, 31 pounds lost, 6.09%
L.T. (339) and Tom (290) = 629 lbs, 42 pounds lost, 6.26%
Amy (213) and Phil (308) = 521 lbs, 39 pounds lost, 6.96%
Stacey (212) and Adam (321) = 533 lbs, 28 pounds lost, 4.99%
Amy (222) and Shellay (204) = 426 lbs, 29 pounds lost, 6.37%
Vicky (227) and Brady (313) = 540 lbs, 45 pounds lost (with penalty), 7.67%
Vicky & Brady really worked hard after getting that penalty and became the leading team this week! Heba & Ed and Stacey & Adam, though, are in danger.
By a unanimous vote...
...Heba & Ed are safe. That means STACEY & ADAM HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED RIGHT OFF THE BAT!! Tough luck, you two. But one of you two could still win $100,000 on the season finale.
Renee Wilson and Michelle Aguilar (mother/daughter from Ft. Worth)
Tom Desrochers Sr. and Jr. (father/son from Everett, MA)
Shellay Cremen and Amy Cremen (mother/daughter from Auburn Hills, Mich.)
Jerry Skeaback and Coleen Skeaback (father/daughter from Cleveland)
Ed Brantley and Heba Salama (couple from Raleigh, NC)
Brady and Vicky Vilcan (couple from Houma, LA)
Adam and Stacey Capers (couple from Gainesville, VA!)
Phillip and Amy Parham (couple from Greer, SC)
The eight teams are brought in to see the biggest gym ever on the show.
STARTING WEIGHTS:
Michelle (242) and Renee (267) = 509 lbs
Coleen (218) and Jerry (380) = 598 lbs
Amy (239) and Shellay (216) = 455 lbs
Amy (229) and Phillip (331) = 560 lbs
Stacey (221) and Adam (340) = 561 lbs
Vicky (246) and Brady (341) = 587 lbs
Heba (294) and Ed (335) = 629 lbs
Tom Jr. (357) and Tom Sr. (314) = 671 lbs
(Note: Tom Jr. is known as L.T. on this show.)
Bob Harper will train the four couples, while Jillian Michaels will train the four parent/child teams. But only one contestant in the end will win the check for $250,000, which is sponsored by JELL-O.
Amy Cremen, Tom Sr. and Jerry had a tough beginning in their workouts.
Immunity Challenge: Each team had to traverse over a mile of tough terrain in order to grab one of eight prize banners, one of which was the immunity one. The last team to make it up got a TWO POUND PENALTY. The other prizes available: Two days of luxury, a phone call home, a day home for 24 hours, $5,000, a bonus vote at the elimination ceremony and 24 hours alone with their trainer.
Let's see who got what:
IMMUNITY: Coleen & Jerry
2. Stacey & Adam- Luxury
3. Heba & Ed- $5,000
4. Tom Jr. & Sr.- Extra vote
5. Michelle & Renee- Phone call
6. Amy & Phillip- Visit home
7. Amy & Shellay- 24 hrs. with trainer
PENALTY: Vicky & Brady
(Note: Jerry & Tom Sr. were medically unable to compete in this challenge.)
WEIGH-IN: The two teams that lost the least percentage of their weight (sans Coleen & Jerry)go to the Danger Zone.
Coleen (208) and Jerry (363) = 571 lbs, 27 pounds lost, 4.51%
Heba (282) and Ed (318) = 600 lbs, 29 pounds lost, 4.61%
Michelle (225) and Renee (253) = 478 lbs, 31 pounds lost, 6.09%
L.T. (339) and Tom (290) = 629 lbs, 42 pounds lost, 6.26%
Amy (213) and Phil (308) = 521 lbs, 39 pounds lost, 6.96%
Stacey (212) and Adam (321) = 533 lbs, 28 pounds lost, 4.99%
Amy (222) and Shellay (204) = 426 lbs, 29 pounds lost, 6.37%
Vicky (227) and Brady (313) = 540 lbs, 45 pounds lost (with penalty), 7.67%
Vicky & Brady really worked hard after getting that penalty and became the leading team this week! Heba & Ed and Stacey & Adam, though, are in danger.
By a unanimous vote...
...Heba & Ed are safe. That means STACEY & ADAM HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED RIGHT OFF THE BAT!! Tough luck, you two. But one of you two could still win $100,000 on the season finale.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
"The Contender Muay Thai"- Episode 8
THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: A four-part obstacle course in the air. First, one player had to cross a bridge. Second, somebody had to navigate across a pair of tightropes. Third, another person had to cross a plank. Finally, another player had to cross a rope with several vines flying in their face. The team who did it faster won.
The Wild Boars finished in 3:27. As for the Tiger Kings...
...they did it in 3:09, so by a margin of 18 seconds, they won another challenge! They got to visit Velvet Underground, but after everybody talked, it was agreed that everyone would go there!
During training, John Wayne Parr caught a skin disease and was in serious danger of being forced to withdraw from the competition.
LAST FIRST ROUND FIGHT: Jose "Pitu" Sans (Tiger Kings) vs. Joakim "Yukay" Karlsson (Wild Boars)
Karlsson won with a devestating first round KO.
The Wild Boars finished in 3:27. As for the Tiger Kings...
...they did it in 3:09, so by a margin of 18 seconds, they won another challenge! They got to visit Velvet Underground, but after everybody talked, it was agreed that everyone would go there!
During training, John Wayne Parr caught a skin disease and was in serious danger of being forced to withdraw from the competition.
LAST FIRST ROUND FIGHT: Jose "Pitu" Sans (Tiger Kings) vs. Joakim "Yukay" Karlsson (Wild Boars)
Karlsson won with a devestating first round KO.
"America's Got Talent"- Who's in the Top 5?
The results are in, and America will decide everything from here on out. Let us find out who's in this year's final five on the third season of "America's Got Talent"...
Paul Salos
Kaitlyn Maher
Donald Braswell
Jessica Price
Joseph Hall
Neal E. Boyd
The Wright Kids
Queen Emily
Nuttin' But Stringz
Eli Mattson
...well, no totally big surprises here, although I will admit the Donald Braswell-Paul Salos decision was a tough call and Jessica's elimination was a mild surprise (did I jinx her with my dislike of Sarah McLachlan's "Angel")?
In the middle of the show, Natasha Bedingfield performed her new single "Angel".
My two big favorites out of those remaining are Nuttin' But Stringz and Queen Emily.
Paul Salos
Kaitlyn Maher
Donald Braswell
Jessica Price
Joseph Hall
Neal E. Boyd
The Wright Kids
Queen Emily
Nuttin' But Stringz
Eli Mattson
...well, no totally big surprises here, although I will admit the Donald Braswell-Paul Salos decision was a tough call and Jessica's elimination was a mild surprise (did I jinx her with my dislike of Sarah McLachlan's "Angel")?
In the middle of the show, Natasha Bedingfield performed her new single "Angel".
My two big favorites out of those remaining are Nuttin' But Stringz and Queen Emily.
"The Ultimate Fighter" 8th Season Premiere
Last season, Amir Sadollah became one of the few people from the Richmond, VA area to really win big on a TV show! How will this season turn out?
For the past few seasons, the show has focused on only one weight division. Now, they're returning to their roots at least for this season. A champion will be crowned in both the lightweight and light heavyweight divisions.
Just as Dana White was welcoming this season's 32 competitiors, Phillipe Nover fainted!!! He was OK, though.
This season's coaches are former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir and current UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Antonio Nogueira.
Jason Guida was forced to leave the show due to not making weight in time for his qualifying round fight. Mike Stewart, a light heavyweight, took his place.
QUALIFYING FIGHT #1: Mike Stewart vs. Krzysztof Soszynski (Light Heavyweight)
Referee: Steve Mazzagatti
Soszynski got off to such a great start...that he won by TKO in just 16 seconds!
QUALIFYING FIGHT #2: Fernando Bernstein vs. Dave Kaplan (Lightweight)
Referee: Steve Mazzagatti
Bernstein got several warnings by the ref for holding onto the fence. Shortly after those warnings, Kaplan made him tap out at 2:19.
QUALIFYING FIGHT #3: Joe Duarte vs. Phillipe Nover (Lightweight)
Referee: Herb Dean
Round 1: Early on, Nover delivered a low blow to Duarte. Duarte then controlled Nover for a minute or two, but Nover got back in it with several kicks and stomps. Late in the round, Duarte knocked him down and attempted a submission, but couldn't finish him off. 10-9, Duarte.
Round 2: Nover got the first takedown of the round. Shortly thereafter, he was able to make part of Nover's face bleed and he choked him out!
QUALIFYING FIGHT #4: Eric Magee vs. Jules Bruchez (Light Heavyweight)
Referee: Herb Dean
Magee tried for a quick win with the front face sleeper but couldn't put Bruchez away. Soon, it was Bruchez going for a submission win, this time with a rear-naked choke...got it!
Other results:
Vinny Magalhaes def. Lance Evans due to Evans suffering a rib injury
Antwain Britt def. Ryan Jimmo by majority decision
Brian McLaughlin vs. Brandon Garner ended in a no contest; McLaughlin moved on to the next round
Junie Browning def. Jose Aguilar by TKO
For the past few seasons, the show has focused on only one weight division. Now, they're returning to their roots at least for this season. A champion will be crowned in both the lightweight and light heavyweight divisions.
Just as Dana White was welcoming this season's 32 competitiors, Phillipe Nover fainted!!! He was OK, though.
This season's coaches are former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir and current UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Antonio Nogueira.
Jason Guida was forced to leave the show due to not making weight in time for his qualifying round fight. Mike Stewart, a light heavyweight, took his place.
QUALIFYING FIGHT #1: Mike Stewart vs. Krzysztof Soszynski (Light Heavyweight)
Referee: Steve Mazzagatti
Soszynski got off to such a great start...that he won by TKO in just 16 seconds!
QUALIFYING FIGHT #2: Fernando Bernstein vs. Dave Kaplan (Lightweight)
Referee: Steve Mazzagatti
Bernstein got several warnings by the ref for holding onto the fence. Shortly after those warnings, Kaplan made him tap out at 2:19.
QUALIFYING FIGHT #3: Joe Duarte vs. Phillipe Nover (Lightweight)
Referee: Herb Dean
Round 1: Early on, Nover delivered a low blow to Duarte. Duarte then controlled Nover for a minute or two, but Nover got back in it with several kicks and stomps. Late in the round, Duarte knocked him down and attempted a submission, but couldn't finish him off. 10-9, Duarte.
Round 2: Nover got the first takedown of the round. Shortly thereafter, he was able to make part of Nover's face bleed and he choked him out!
QUALIFYING FIGHT #4: Eric Magee vs. Jules Bruchez (Light Heavyweight)
Referee: Herb Dean
Magee tried for a quick win with the front face sleeper but couldn't put Bruchez away. Soon, it was Bruchez going for a submission win, this time with a rear-naked choke...got it!
Other results:
Vinny Magalhaes def. Lance Evans due to Evans suffering a rib injury
Antwain Britt def. Ryan Jimmo by majority decision
Brian McLaughlin vs. Brandon Garner ended in a no contest; McLaughlin moved on to the next round
Junie Browning def. Jose Aguilar by TKO
9/18/2008 Results
DOND: Located at #22, today's player is Joseph Palaca from Pittsburgh. He swaps out for Steve's #17 (which almost got accidentially opened!).
ROUND 1:
1. #20 (Jerry)- $100,000
2. #21 (Toni)- BUCK
3. #22 (Steve)- PENNY
4. #8 (Joe)- $100
5. #14 (Jim)- $200
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $20,000
ROUND 2:
1. #10 (Annie)- $400
2. #12 (Ruben)- $50,000
3. #5 (Monica)- $10
4. #3 (Rose)- $25,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
5. #2 (Antaneeca)- $500
SECOND OFFER: $24,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 3:
1. #16 (Keith)- $500,000 (STRIKE ONE; he was ONE OFF the big one!)
2. #18 (Darci)- $300
3. #15 (Asia)- $5,000
4. #11 (John)- $250,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
That's the second day in a row a contestant has come THIS CLOSE to picking the $500,000 case (yesterday's player's final case choice was two off the big one).
THIRD OFFER REJECTED: $4,700
ROUND 4:
1. #13 (Felicia)- $2,500
2. #9 (Kimberly)- $10,000
FOURTH OFFER: $6,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #19 (Jonathan)- $50
2. #7 (Mandy)- $7,500
FIFTH OFFER: $13,000- NO DEAL
PICK #19: #1 (Anika)- $25
SIXTH OFFER: $21,000- DEAL
He made a great deal, and it's a perfect one because his next pick of Chale's #4 had the 75 grand! He controlled $5. Willam had $1,000 at #6.
WOF: We start with this $1,000 Toss Up in the category of What Are You Doing?:
_ L Y I _ G
F I R _ _ - C _ A S S
Lauren solves FLYING FIRST-CLASS to pocket $1,000. Tonight's players:
Lauren Alfonso (Fort Myers, FL)- Pharmecutical sales representative
Shakia Nitchum (Jamaica, NY)- Tax accountant and trying to get her Master's Degree
Casey Stumpe (Owingsville, MD)
Second Toss-Up category is Rhyme Time:
C _ _ _ M/TO/F A M _
Casey solves CLAIM TO FAME for $2,000.
Round 1 category is Food & Drink and a $5,550 trip to Hawaii is now on the wheel. Right away, Casey hits one of the Bankrupts on the Million Dollar Wedge. Midway in the round, Shakia calls three R's for the Wild Card. A little later, Casey calls three M's for Hawaii. After buying the O's...
FRESH/_ _ A _ A M O _ E/M A _ E/
FROM/S _ R A T _ H
...but he spins Lose a Turn. Lauren calls the C's for $1,800 and solves FRESH GUACAMOLE MADE FROM SCRATCH to win that amount and go to $2,800. This could've very well been a Prize Puzzle. Oh well.
DUDS: I, N
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Casey)
Eggland's Best Jackpot Round category is Before & After. At the start, Lauren calls a pair of S's for $1,000 while on Jackpot; obviously, she doesn't want to solve for another five grand. Second, she calls a T for the $1,000 Red Envelope gift certificate. After buying the A's and the E's, she calls a pair of R's for another $600 and the Free Spin. After buying the O's, we have...
T _ E R E ' S/_ O/_ _ A _ E/_ _ _ E/
_ O _ E/_ R _ E S
...I know it, but she has to use her Free Spin immediately as she hits Lose a Turn, but next comes a Bankrupt. Shakia then calls the H's for $7,000 and then uses her Wild Card to call an M for another $3,500. After buying the I's, she calls a $3,500 N but then spins a Bankrupt to lose $13,750! Ouch. Casey then calls the L's for $1,200 and solves THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME FRIES to go to $3,200, taking a mere $400 lead.
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Lauren, Shakia)
Gold Bond $10K Mystery/Prize Puzzle Round category is Thing. After Shakia calls the S's, we have...
A/_ _ _ _ E T/S _ A N _ S _ - E N _ _ _ S _/
_ _ _ T _ _ N A R _
...she buys the other vowels (the I's and the O's), calls the H's for another $800, a $600 G, but then comes her second Bankrupt tonight to lose four grand this time. Casey then solves A POCKET SPANISH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY for a trip to Costa Del Sol worth $5,758, a new total now of $8,958 in cash and trip.
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Shakia)
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: HP8740813
Final Toss-Up category is Athletes:
_ L I _ _
A _ H _ E _ E S
Lauren guesses ELITE ATHLETES...right to go to $5,800. Speed-Up Round category is Place and consonants are worth $1,600 each. Low-scoring pitcher's duel here. After Casey calls the P's...
_ _ _ _ _ _ _/R _ P _ _ R
S H _ P
...I have an idea, but he blanks. Lauren calls the C's and solves BICYCLE REPAIR SHOP for the championship at $10,600! Casey leaves with $8,958 in cash and trip and Shakia gets the $1,000 consolation thanks to mostly bad luck.
DUDS: N, T
Big Money Round: She spins the S in SPIN and the category is Thing. It's a one-wordy, and we start with:
_ _ _ E _ _ _
Alfonso calls C, D, P and O and gets...
_ _ _ E _ O _
...she can't solve the retro thing JUKEBOX and is the second straight Mercedes loser.
Hole in the Wall: For our first game:
Burger Boyz: Michael (captain), Dave & Gip
Chicken Wing Chicks: Angela (captain), Janieya & Valencia
Round 1: Michael was closer than Angela here, but neither captain scores.
Round 2: Dave & Gip are way off, while Janieya & Valencia just miss it, as at least one girl moved out of the play area.
Round 3: The Burger Boyz are successful but not the Chicken Wing Chicks, so the men take a 3-0 lead.
Speed Wall: The Burger Boyz need to get at least two through this wall to clinch the game…but they get absolutely nothing. As for the Chicken Wing Chicks…they only get one, so the Burger Boyz win 3-2.
Blind Wall: Gip’s going…but he can’t bag the extra 100 grand for his team.
Game #2:
Small But Mighty (all are midgets, and they bring a doggus as a good luck charm!): Shorty (captain), Leif & Sebastian
Flex Appeal: Bee (captain), Emery & Lauren
Round 1: The odds are that Shorty will do better than Bee…alas, the results turn out to be the other away around, giving the 1-0 lead to Flex Appeal.
Rounds 2 & 3: Nothing.
Speed Wall: If Flex Appeal scores the $5,000 sweep here, they automatically win…but it’s the other way around- a skunking. Do Small But Mighty capitalize and win…YES with one clear!
Blind Wall: Does the dog mascot and Leif add up to the first $100,000 win on the show…nope.
My Family’s Got GUTS: Whoever wins tonight will face Eichen-Splat next week in the semi-finals:
LOWE RIDERS: Dakota, Randy, Chris & Hudson
HOWLIN’ HOWELLS: Marty, Morgan, Annie & Alex
FREE RUN CITY: The backwards course is in use tonight.
LOWE RIDERS:
Dakota- Street Hop
Randy- Skybridge
Chris- Water Tower
Hudson- Construction
Results:
Dakota- :21 (including :02 PENALTY for running onto one of the Street Hop platforms instead of jumping on it)
Randy- :08
Chris- :41
Hudson- :25
TOTAL: 1:35- 25 POINTS
HOWLIN’ HOWELLS:
Marty- Street Hop
Morgan- Skybridge
Annie- Water Tower
Alex- Construction
Results:
Marty- :20
Morgan- :12
Annie- :45 (which is a MAX OUT on this show)
Alex- :24
TOTAL: 1:41- 19 POINTS
EVENT #2 TONIGHT: VERT BALL
This is an aerial version of dodgeball with two players from each team. Each hit or catch is worth ten points within a 90-second time limit.
TEAMS:
LOWE RIDERS: Dakota and Randy
HOWLIN’ HOWELLS: Marty & Morgan
Results:
LOWE RIDERS: 1 (10)
HOWLIN’ HOWELLS: (30)
SCORES AFTER TWO EVENTS:
LOWE RIDERS: 35
HOWLIN’ HOWELLS: 49
No matter which teams wins tonight, they’re going to have their work cut out against Eichen-Splat, because neither team has done that well.
AGGRO CRAG:
LOWE RIDERS: Chris and Hudson
HOWLIN’ HOWELLS: Alex and Annie
The Howlin’ Howells have a slim 1.4 head start. Annie keeps most of that head start by the time she starts climbing the big wall, but she slips. That allows Hudson to possibly steal her lead, but he slips as well. In the end, Annie hangs on to give the Howlin’ Howells the win.
Jeopardy!: Let’s hope tonight’s game will go more smoothly with these three players:
Dmitry Spivak (Junior at Northwestern)
Zach Safford (Senior at Williams College)
Lisa Makar (Senior at University of Maryland)
Opening categories:
KINGS & QUEENS
60 YEARS OF THE EMMYS
AMERICANA
FRUIT
KIDS IN LIT
ALL GROWN “UP” (each correct response begins with the word “up”)
Safford finds the Daily Double under the $400 Americana clue while he’s leading with $2,200. Spivak has $1,200 and Makar has a grand. His wager is his $1,000 lead.
Two of the most-performed songs in the U.S. after “Happy Birthday”; both were sung March 31, 2008 at Dodger Stadium.
“What are Take Me Out to the Ballgame and the National Anthem?”…are the right two to go to $3,200! At the first break, he’s still ahead with $4,600. The scores for the other two players stay the same. Let’s see what happened after the round ends:
Lisa: $2,000
Zach: $6,000
Dmitry: $2,200
LACH TRASH FOR ROUND 1: $6,400
(The round ended with SIX Triple Stumpers in a row!)
DJ! Categories:
YOU GOT AN F MINUS! (each correct response asks for two different words, with one including an F and the other missing that F)
ANGELINA JOLIE
U.S. RIVERS
WORK ON IT
CLOSE TO YOU (three things are given in each clue, and the players have to pick the one that’s closest to where they are now inside the studio)
ACCELERATOR (all clues told by Clue Crew from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)
Early on, Spivak’s idea in going Daily Double Hunting pays off, as he finds one of the DD’s under the $2,000 Accelerator clue with three grand so far, half of Safford’s leading total ($6,000). Makar has $2,800. His wager is $2,500 on a clue told by Jimmy:
At one end of the accelerator, particles are fired out of a gun, then uses this type of negative electrode, just like the ray on your TV set.
“What is cathode?”…correct to be within $500 of the lead! He takes the lead after he gets the $1,200 clue in the same category. A few turns later, he finds the other Daily Double under the $2,000 clue in You Got An F-Minus with $9,500. The other scores remain as they are. His wager again is $2,500.
Lasting a short time, without an F, becomes a French cheese.
“What is brief and brie?”…is right to hit the 12 grand mark!
DJ! LACH TRASH: $8,800
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Lisa: $3,200
Zach: $12,800
Dmitry: $11,200
CORYAT SCORES:
Lisa: $3,200
Zach: $12,200
Dmitry: $10,200
FJ! CATEGORY: Plays.
In a 16th Century Work, the feud between these two groups is described as an “ancient grudge”.
LISA:
Response: “Who are the Capulets & Montegues”
Wager: $200
Final score: $3,400
Spivak’s response of “Who are the Capulets + the Montesques?” is disqualified because of the letter Q replacing the G in Montegues, so he drops $3,000 to go to $8,200. His error doesn’t matter though- Safford’s right and wins the 25 grand with $22,401!
Millionaire Video Bonus (including Richmond's own Walter Lindsey!):
Clips of his first day:
Part 1
Part 2
His second episode:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
ROUND 1:
1. #20 (Jerry)- $100,000
2. #21 (Toni)- BUCK
3. #22 (Steve)- PENNY
4. #8 (Joe)- $100
5. #14 (Jim)- $200
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $20,000
ROUND 2:
1. #10 (Annie)- $400
2. #12 (Ruben)- $50,000
3. #5 (Monica)- $10
4. #3 (Rose)- $25,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
5. #2 (Antaneeca)- $500
SECOND OFFER: $24,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 3:
1. #16 (Keith)- $500,000 (STRIKE ONE; he was ONE OFF the big one!)
2. #18 (Darci)- $300
3. #15 (Asia)- $5,000
4. #11 (John)- $250,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
That's the second day in a row a contestant has come THIS CLOSE to picking the $500,000 case (yesterday's player's final case choice was two off the big one).
THIRD OFFER REJECTED: $4,700
ROUND 4:
1. #13 (Felicia)- $2,500
2. #9 (Kimberly)- $10,000
FOURTH OFFER: $6,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #19 (Jonathan)- $50
2. #7 (Mandy)- $7,500
FIFTH OFFER: $13,000- NO DEAL
PICK #19: #1 (Anika)- $25
SIXTH OFFER: $21,000- DEAL
He made a great deal, and it's a perfect one because his next pick of Chale's #4 had the 75 grand! He controlled $5. Willam had $1,000 at #6.
WOF: We start with this $1,000 Toss Up in the category of What Are You Doing?:
_ L Y I _ G
F I R _ _ - C _ A S S
Lauren solves FLYING FIRST-CLASS to pocket $1,000. Tonight's players:
Lauren Alfonso (Fort Myers, FL)- Pharmecutical sales representative
Shakia Nitchum (Jamaica, NY)- Tax accountant and trying to get her Master's Degree
Casey Stumpe (Owingsville, MD)
Second Toss-Up category is Rhyme Time:
C _ _ _ M/TO/F A M _
Casey solves CLAIM TO FAME for $2,000.
Round 1 category is Food & Drink and a $5,550 trip to Hawaii is now on the wheel. Right away, Casey hits one of the Bankrupts on the Million Dollar Wedge. Midway in the round, Shakia calls three R's for the Wild Card. A little later, Casey calls three M's for Hawaii. After buying the O's...
FRESH/_ _ A _ A M O _ E/M A _ E/
FROM/S _ R A T _ H
...but he spins Lose a Turn. Lauren calls the C's for $1,800 and solves FRESH GUACAMOLE MADE FROM SCRATCH to win that amount and go to $2,800. This could've very well been a Prize Puzzle. Oh well.
DUDS: I, N
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Casey)
Eggland's Best Jackpot Round category is Before & After. At the start, Lauren calls a pair of S's for $1,000 while on Jackpot; obviously, she doesn't want to solve for another five grand. Second, she calls a T for the $1,000 Red Envelope gift certificate. After buying the A's and the E's, she calls a pair of R's for another $600 and the Free Spin. After buying the O's, we have...
T _ E R E ' S/_ O/_ _ A _ E/_ _ _ E/
_ O _ E/_ R _ E S
...I know it, but she has to use her Free Spin immediately as she hits Lose a Turn, but next comes a Bankrupt. Shakia then calls the H's for $7,000 and then uses her Wild Card to call an M for another $3,500. After buying the I's, she calls a $3,500 N but then spins a Bankrupt to lose $13,750! Ouch. Casey then calls the L's for $1,200 and solves THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME FRIES to go to $3,200, taking a mere $400 lead.
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Lauren, Shakia)
Gold Bond $10K Mystery/Prize Puzzle Round category is Thing. After Shakia calls the S's, we have...
A/_ _ _ _ E T/S _ A N _ S _ - E N _ _ _ S _/
_ _ _ T _ _ N A R _
...she buys the other vowels (the I's and the O's), calls the H's for another $800, a $600 G, but then comes her second Bankrupt tonight to lose four grand this time. Casey then solves A POCKET SPANISH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY for a trip to Costa Del Sol worth $5,758, a new total now of $8,958 in cash and trip.
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Shakia)
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: HP8740813
Final Toss-Up category is Athletes:
_ L I _ _
A _ H _ E _ E S
Lauren guesses ELITE ATHLETES...right to go to $5,800. Speed-Up Round category is Place and consonants are worth $1,600 each. Low-scoring pitcher's duel here. After Casey calls the P's...
_ _ _ _ _ _ _/R _ P _ _ R
S H _ P
...I have an idea, but he blanks. Lauren calls the C's and solves BICYCLE REPAIR SHOP for the championship at $10,600! Casey leaves with $8,958 in cash and trip and Shakia gets the $1,000 consolation thanks to mostly bad luck.
DUDS: N, T
Big Money Round: She spins the S in SPIN and the category is Thing. It's a one-wordy, and we start with:
_ _ _ E _ _ _
Alfonso calls C, D, P and O and gets...
_ _ _ E _ O _
...she can't solve the retro thing JUKEBOX and is the second straight Mercedes loser.
Hole in the Wall: For our first game:
Burger Boyz: Michael (captain), Dave & Gip
Chicken Wing Chicks: Angela (captain), Janieya & Valencia
Round 1: Michael was closer than Angela here, but neither captain scores.
Round 2: Dave & Gip are way off, while Janieya & Valencia just miss it, as at least one girl moved out of the play area.
Round 3: The Burger Boyz are successful but not the Chicken Wing Chicks, so the men take a 3-0 lead.
Speed Wall: The Burger Boyz need to get at least two through this wall to clinch the game…but they get absolutely nothing. As for the Chicken Wing Chicks…they only get one, so the Burger Boyz win 3-2.
Blind Wall: Gip’s going…but he can’t bag the extra 100 grand for his team.
Game #2:
Small But Mighty (all are midgets, and they bring a doggus as a good luck charm!): Shorty (captain), Leif & Sebastian
Flex Appeal: Bee (captain), Emery & Lauren
Round 1: The odds are that Shorty will do better than Bee…alas, the results turn out to be the other away around, giving the 1-0 lead to Flex Appeal.
Rounds 2 & 3: Nothing.
Speed Wall: If Flex Appeal scores the $5,000 sweep here, they automatically win…but it’s the other way around- a skunking. Do Small But Mighty capitalize and win…YES with one clear!
Blind Wall: Does the dog mascot and Leif add up to the first $100,000 win on the show…nope.
My Family’s Got GUTS: Whoever wins tonight will face Eichen-Splat next week in the semi-finals:
LOWE RIDERS: Dakota, Randy, Chris & Hudson
HOWLIN’ HOWELLS: Marty, Morgan, Annie & Alex
FREE RUN CITY: The backwards course is in use tonight.
LOWE RIDERS:
Dakota- Street Hop
Randy- Skybridge
Chris- Water Tower
Hudson- Construction
Results:
Dakota- :21 (including :02 PENALTY for running onto one of the Street Hop platforms instead of jumping on it)
Randy- :08
Chris- :41
Hudson- :25
TOTAL: 1:35- 25 POINTS
HOWLIN’ HOWELLS:
Marty- Street Hop
Morgan- Skybridge
Annie- Water Tower
Alex- Construction
Results:
Marty- :20
Morgan- :12
Annie- :45 (which is a MAX OUT on this show)
Alex- :24
TOTAL: 1:41- 19 POINTS
EVENT #2 TONIGHT: VERT BALL
This is an aerial version of dodgeball with two players from each team. Each hit or catch is worth ten points within a 90-second time limit.
TEAMS:
LOWE RIDERS: Dakota and Randy
HOWLIN’ HOWELLS: Marty & Morgan
Results:
LOWE RIDERS: 1 (10)
HOWLIN’ HOWELLS: (30)
SCORES AFTER TWO EVENTS:
LOWE RIDERS: 35
HOWLIN’ HOWELLS: 49
No matter which teams wins tonight, they’re going to have their work cut out against Eichen-Splat, because neither team has done that well.
AGGRO CRAG:
LOWE RIDERS: Chris and Hudson
HOWLIN’ HOWELLS: Alex and Annie
The Howlin’ Howells have a slim 1.4 head start. Annie keeps most of that head start by the time she starts climbing the big wall, but she slips. That allows Hudson to possibly steal her lead, but he slips as well. In the end, Annie hangs on to give the Howlin’ Howells the win.
Jeopardy!: Let’s hope tonight’s game will go more smoothly with these three players:
Dmitry Spivak (Junior at Northwestern)
Zach Safford (Senior at Williams College)
Lisa Makar (Senior at University of Maryland)
Opening categories:
KINGS & QUEENS
60 YEARS OF THE EMMYS
AMERICANA
FRUIT
KIDS IN LIT
ALL GROWN “UP” (each correct response begins with the word “up”)
Safford finds the Daily Double under the $400 Americana clue while he’s leading with $2,200. Spivak has $1,200 and Makar has a grand. His wager is his $1,000 lead.
Two of the most-performed songs in the U.S. after “Happy Birthday”; both were sung March 31, 2008 at Dodger Stadium.
“What are Take Me Out to the Ballgame and the National Anthem?”…are the right two to go to $3,200! At the first break, he’s still ahead with $4,600. The scores for the other two players stay the same. Let’s see what happened after the round ends:
Lisa: $2,000
Zach: $6,000
Dmitry: $2,200
LACH TRASH FOR ROUND 1: $6,400
(The round ended with SIX Triple Stumpers in a row!)
DJ! Categories:
YOU GOT AN F MINUS! (each correct response asks for two different words, with one including an F and the other missing that F)
ANGELINA JOLIE
U.S. RIVERS
WORK ON IT
CLOSE TO YOU (three things are given in each clue, and the players have to pick the one that’s closest to where they are now inside the studio)
ACCELERATOR (all clues told by Clue Crew from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)
Early on, Spivak’s idea in going Daily Double Hunting pays off, as he finds one of the DD’s under the $2,000 Accelerator clue with three grand so far, half of Safford’s leading total ($6,000). Makar has $2,800. His wager is $2,500 on a clue told by Jimmy:
At one end of the accelerator, particles are fired out of a gun, then uses this type of negative electrode, just like the ray on your TV set.
“What is cathode?”…correct to be within $500 of the lead! He takes the lead after he gets the $1,200 clue in the same category. A few turns later, he finds the other Daily Double under the $2,000 clue in You Got An F-Minus with $9,500. The other scores remain as they are. His wager again is $2,500.
Lasting a short time, without an F, becomes a French cheese.
“What is brief and brie?”…is right to hit the 12 grand mark!
DJ! LACH TRASH: $8,800
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Lisa: $3,200
Zach: $12,800
Dmitry: $11,200
CORYAT SCORES:
Lisa: $3,200
Zach: $12,200
Dmitry: $10,200
FJ! CATEGORY: Plays.
In a 16th Century Work, the feud between these two groups is described as an “ancient grudge”.
LISA:
Response: “Who are the Capulets & Montegues”
Wager: $200
Final score: $3,400
Spivak’s response of “Who are the Capulets + the Montesques?” is disqualified because of the letter Q replacing the G in Montegues, so he drops $3,000 to go to $8,200. His error doesn’t matter though- Safford’s right and wins the 25 grand with $22,401!
Millionaire Video Bonus (including Richmond's own Walter Lindsey!):
Clips of his first day:
Part 1
Part 2
His second episode:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
"America's Got Talent"- TOP 10 PERFORMANCES
The first Top 10 act to take the stage is Paul Salos. The Frank Sinatra hit he attempts to do well on this time is "New York, New York". Piers buzzed him about midway in the performance because he thought he wasn't a $1,000,000 act. The other judges disagreed. I gave him an 8.
#2 is Kaitlyn Maher with "I'll Be There", originally performed by the Jackson 5. Piers thought it wouldn't be fair for her to perform under a Vegas stage. Sharon loved her singing and song choice. David said she has made him happy every time she's performed. I also gave her an 8.
Third, Donald Braswell sings "To Where You Are" by Josh Groban. Piers was unsure he was the best out of the remaining singers. Sharon thought he was sexy in the trousers he was wearing and thought he does great singing romantic songs. David said he would buy his album. Another 8.
The fourth performance spot goes to Jessica Price. This time out, the song she performs is "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan. Piers thought it was her best performance to date thanks to taking the judges' advice over time. Sharon and David agreed. Because I personally dislike this song, I gave her a 9.
At the halftime mark, Joseph Hall's next Elvis song is "A Little Less Conversation". Piers thought his singing was terrible but was still entertaining. Sharon couldn't hear the entire song because of the crowd screaming. David thought he sounded terrific. I gave him a 7.
Now, it's Neal E. Boyd's turn. His song tonight is "All By Myself" by Celine Dion. Piers thought he took a risk with that song pick, but sounded pretty sure he would make it to the Top 5 and suggested that he sing some Opera next time. Sharon agreed with Piers that he started slowly but built as the song went on; she didn't like the song choice. David agreed with the other two. I gave him an 8.
Now, for the Wright Kids. Their song tonight is "ABC" by the Jackson 5, with streamers flying at the end! But I thought they sounded out of tune. Piers said while they made their family and friends proud, they had some tough competition ahead of them. Sharon feared the worst when they picked the song but thought they made it their own. David wished them well. I gave them a 7.
Queen Emily is next with "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" by newly-married Jennifer Hudson. Piers thought that was a brilliant performance. Sharon thought she had the perfect combination of talents. David agreed that she hit it out of the park. I gave her the night's first perfect 10!
Next to go is Nuttin' But Stringz, performing to their own song, "Winner". Piers thought they were taking a risk by performing to their own song, but thought it paid off nicely. Sharon loves the show so much because of an act like this one. David thought they were still fresh. I also give them a 10!
Finally, Eli Mattson sings Elton John's "Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word". Piers thought the performance felt great, espescially the piano playing. Sharon was sure Elton John would be proud of that performance. David thought performing last would be tough prior to his performace, but thought he did very well. My score: 9.
Nuttin' But Stringz and Queen Emily are pretty safe bets to be in the Top 5; the other three are fair game.
#2 is Kaitlyn Maher with "I'll Be There", originally performed by the Jackson 5. Piers thought it wouldn't be fair for her to perform under a Vegas stage. Sharon loved her singing and song choice. David said she has made him happy every time she's performed. I also gave her an 8.
Third, Donald Braswell sings "To Where You Are" by Josh Groban. Piers was unsure he was the best out of the remaining singers. Sharon thought he was sexy in the trousers he was wearing and thought he does great singing romantic songs. David said he would buy his album. Another 8.
The fourth performance spot goes to Jessica Price. This time out, the song she performs is "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan. Piers thought it was her best performance to date thanks to taking the judges' advice over time. Sharon and David agreed. Because I personally dislike this song, I gave her a 9.
At the halftime mark, Joseph Hall's next Elvis song is "A Little Less Conversation". Piers thought his singing was terrible but was still entertaining. Sharon couldn't hear the entire song because of the crowd screaming. David thought he sounded terrific. I gave him a 7.
Now, it's Neal E. Boyd's turn. His song tonight is "All By Myself" by Celine Dion. Piers thought he took a risk with that song pick, but sounded pretty sure he would make it to the Top 5 and suggested that he sing some Opera next time. Sharon agreed with Piers that he started slowly but built as the song went on; she didn't like the song choice. David agreed with the other two. I gave him an 8.
Now, for the Wright Kids. Their song tonight is "ABC" by the Jackson 5, with streamers flying at the end! But I thought they sounded out of tune. Piers said while they made their family and friends proud, they had some tough competition ahead of them. Sharon feared the worst when they picked the song but thought they made it their own. David wished them well. I gave them a 7.
Queen Emily is next with "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" by newly-married Jennifer Hudson. Piers thought that was a brilliant performance. Sharon thought she had the perfect combination of talents. David agreed that she hit it out of the park. I gave her the night's first perfect 10!
Next to go is Nuttin' But Stringz, performing to their own song, "Winner". Piers thought they were taking a risk by performing to their own song, but thought it paid off nicely. Sharon loves the show so much because of an act like this one. David thought they were still fresh. I also give them a 10!
Finally, Eli Mattson sings Elton John's "Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word". Piers thought the performance felt great, espescially the piano playing. Sharon was sure Elton John would be proud of that performance. David thought performing last would be tough prior to his performace, but thought he did very well. My score: 9.
Nuttin' But Stringz and Queen Emily are pretty safe bets to be in the Top 5; the other three are fair game.
9/17/2008 Results
DOND: At #1, today's player is Luke Harrison (who is a firefighter and a paramedic). He's known as "The Hammer".
ROUND 1:
1. #2 (Antaneeca)- $10
2. #9 (Kimberly)- $250,000
3. #22 (Joseph)- $500
4. #14 (Jim)- $50
5. #11 (John)- $7,500
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $15,000
ROUND 2:
1. #5 (Monica)- $75,000
2. #19 (Jonathan)- PENNY
3. #7 (Mandy)- $5
4. #8 (Joe)- $10,000
5. #16 (Keith)- BUCK
SECOND REJECTED OFFER: $23,000
ROUND 3:
1. #20 (Jerry)- $200
2. #3 (Rose)- $500,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
3. #6 (William)- $5,000
4. #12 (Ruben)- $300
THIRD OFFER: $11,600- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #10 (Annie)- $1,000
2. #4 (Chale)- $25,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
FOURTH OFFER: $19,000- DEAL
His case had...$400, so he made a good, but not great deal. The playout had he gone on:
ROUND 5:
1. #13 (Felicia)- $100
2. #18 (Darci)- $50,000
FIFTH OFFER: $28,000
PICK #19: #17 (Steve)- $25
SIXTH OFFER: $37,000
PICK #20: #21 (Toni)- $2,500
FINAL OFFER: $53,000
Thus, Asia had the $100,000 in #15. But "The Hammer" was just two off the big one.
WOF: Our first Toss-Up category is Place:
_ R _ S I _ E N T I _ L
_ _ I T E
Amy's the first one to solve PRESIDENTIAL SUITE for $1,000. Tonight's players:
Amy Mills (Texarcana, Arkansas)- Works at a steakhouse
Chris Smith (Birmingham, AL)- Nursing student
Holly Hidagal (Dowington, PA)- Just graduated from Penn State and is about to start a master's program at Columbia University
$2,000 Toss-Up category is Fun & Games:
P _ C - _ A _/&/
_ _ N _ E Y/_ O _ G
Holly solves the video games PAC-MAN & DONKEY KONG for $2,000.
Round 1 category is Show Biz and out on the wheel now is a trip to Taos, NM worth $5,051. Holly starts off on the wrong foot with a Bankrupt. A little later, Chris calls the N's for the $1,000 Berry Factory gift tag and we have:
S T _ N _ _ N _
_ _ _ T _ _ N
But he then calls a dud of P while on the $2,500 space. Holly also duds out with M. Amy calls a $300 G and buys the I's and the O's, then solves STANDING OVATION for another $1,700 and $2,700 total.
DUDS: L, M, P
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Holly)
Eggland's Best Jackpot Round category is Where Are We? After Chris buys the I's...
E I _ _ E _/T _ _ E R
S I _ E _ _ _ _/_ _ _ E S
_ I _ _/_ _ S _ I _ _
...I've got the idea of this puzzle. He calls an N for the New Mexico trip, then calls a pair of L's for another $600 and the Free Spin. After buying a pair of O's, he calls four F's for another $2,000 while on the Jackpot space. For a $7,700 Jackpot...no. He then calls a pair of W's for the Wild Card and buys three A's to clean out the vowels. We now have...
EIFFEL/TOWER
S I _ E W A L _/_ A F E S
_ I _ _/F A S _ I O N
...but he spins a Bankrupt next, losing everything including the Wild Card; he then uses his Free Spin. After a $500 K, he spins Lose a Turn. Holly calls the D for $500, doubles that with a C, calls the H's for another $1,050 and solves EIFFEL TOWER, SIDEWALK CAFES, HIGH FASHION for another $2,050; she then gets Paris as the bonus answer for a total of $5,050 this round and $7,050 overall.
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Chris)
Gold Bond $10,000 Mystery/Prize Puzzle Round category is Things. Early on, Chris calls three N's for $10,500. Unfortunately, a few spins later, he spins Bankrupt to lose 11 grand. Ouch. After Holly calls the M's, we have...
M I _ E _/AND/M I _ E _/OF/
_ R I _ T I N E/_ O A _ T _ I N E
...I have an idea, but she spins her second Bankrupt of the night. Amy calls the S's for $3,200 and then solves MILES AND MILES OF PRISTINE COASTLINE to add that to her score and win a trip to Aruba, for a new total of $11,800.
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Chris, Holly)
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: KS0775359
The last Toss-Up is in the subject of Food & Drink:
I _ P _ R T E _/_ W I S _/
_ _ _ _ S E
Holly solves IMPORTED SWISS CHEESE to go to $10,050 and close in on the other lady. Speed-Up Round category is Song Title and consonants are worth $1,500 apiece. Holly starts by calling the T's...
_ _ _ _ _ _ _/_ _/T _ _/
_ T _ _ _ T
...honest to God, I think I know already; obviously, she doesn't. Amy calls the S and solves DANCING IN THE STREET to seal the win at $13,300! Holly leaves with $10,050 and Chris has the $1,000 consolation.
Big Money Round: She spins the P and the category is Person. Starting with:
_ _ S _ _ N _
_ _ _ _ _
Mills calls H, G, M and I and gets...
_ I S H I N G
_ _ _ _ _
...she needed the D's, because she can't get FISHING BUDDY. She loses the Mercedes.
My Family’s Got GUTS: The teams tonight:
ROJO GRANDE: Danny, Rigo, Danaechia & Pearl
EICHEN-SPLAT: Jared, Keith, Lisa & Moriah
FREE RUN CITY: Monday’s course is being used.
ROJO GRANDE:
Danny- Construction
Rigo- Water Tower
Danaechia- Skybridge
Pearl- Street Hop
Results:
Danny- :15
Rigo- :28
Danaechia- :05
Pearl- :20
TOTAL: 1:08- 52 POINTS
EICHEN-SPLAT:
Jared- Construction
Keith- Water Tower
Lisa- Skybridge
Moriah- Street Hop
Results:
Jared- :15
Keith- :27
Lisa- :12
Moriah- :18
TOTAL: 1:12- 48 POINTS
EVENT #2 TONIGHT: SKY SLAM
Two players from each team compete. One player from each team passes the ball to their teammate, who then tries to slam the ball into their basket. Each score is worth ten points.
Teams:
ROJO GRANDE: Rigo and Danny
EICHEN-SPLAT: Moriah and Keith
Results:
ROJO GRANDE: 9 (90)
EICHEN-SPLAT: 2 (20)
SCORES AFTER TWO EVENTS:
ROJO GRANDE: 142
EICHEN-SPLAT: 68
AGGRO CRAG:
ROJO GRANDE: Danaechia and Pearl
EICHEN-SPLAT: Jared and Lisa
Rojo Grande gets the seven second head start. Pearl loses her team’s lead the minute she starts her wall climb. Final result…Jared helps Eichen-Splat win!
Jeopardy!: Tonight's players:
Anjali Tripathi (Senior at MIT)
Kendra Pettis (Junior at Overland College)
Curtis Joseph (Sophomore at Scottsdale Community College)
POETS & POETRY
THE REAL MTV
19, 20, 21 & 22
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY (three cities are given in each clue)
ANNUAL EVENTS
IN "B"ETWEEN (B will literally be in the middle of each correct response)
A bit of a slow start at the first break, with each player separated by $200. Pettis leads with $800, Joseph has $600 and Tripathi has $400. Soon, Tripathi goes Daily Double Hunting and finds the Daily Double under the $600 Annual Events clue. With a grand at this point, she tries to double it on this:
For over 40 years, St. Albans in this state has hosted an annual maple festival.
"What is Vermont?"...will double her up to $2,000! At the end of the round, she and Pettis are tied for the lead at $2,200 while Joseph has $1,800.
LACH TRASH DURING ROUND 1: $6,800
DJ! Categories:
HANCOCK
LITERARY VILLAINS' PERSONAL ADS
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
MOVIE COMEDY
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
DIA-GRAMMAR
Early on, Joseph takes over the lead. Tripathi soon finds the first Daily Double under the $1,200 Colleges & Universities clue with three grand. Pettis has $4,600 and Joseph leads with $6,600. Her wager is EVERYTHING like the last time:
This Louisana university with a famed marching band began as the Colored Industrial and Agricultural School in 1901.
"What is Tulane?"...NO. It was Grambling, so she's down to zero. She continues to go Daily Double Hunting for the other DD, but it's Joseph who finds it under the $1,600 Dia-Grammar clue with $7,000 and the lead. Pettis has $4,600 and Tripathi's recovered nicely from that botched all-in DD with $5,200 now. His wager is $500 on a clue told by Jimmy:
A verb phrase can either be just Vi or Vt plus a noun phrase; the "i" and the "t" stand for these opposites.
He blanks. It was transitive and intransitive.
DJ! LACH TRASH: $11,600
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Curtis: $6,500
Kendra: $4,600
Anjali: $5,200
CORYAT SCORES:
Curtis: $7,000
Kendra: $4,600
Anjali: $7,800
This is definitely not the best game I've seen.
FJ! CATEGORY: U.S. Geography.
It's 277 miles long, it's up to 18 miles wide, it's six million years old and at a given time, temperatures within it can vary by 25 degrees.
We start with Pettis, who wrote down nothing but "What is Miss", as in the Mississippi River, which is wrong anyway. She risked four large, dropping her to $600. Tripathi had "What is the Grand Canyon?"...right for another $2,600 and $7,800 total. Joseph...got it right, but only risked $1,200, meaning he just blew it by a Benjamin at $7,700. That means the 25 grand instead goes to Anjali Tripathi, sending Mr. Joseph home with $5,000.
ROUND 1:
1. #2 (Antaneeca)- $10
2. #9 (Kimberly)- $250,000
3. #22 (Joseph)- $500
4. #14 (Jim)- $50
5. #11 (John)- $7,500
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $15,000
ROUND 2:
1. #5 (Monica)- $75,000
2. #19 (Jonathan)- PENNY
3. #7 (Mandy)- $5
4. #8 (Joe)- $10,000
5. #16 (Keith)- BUCK
SECOND REJECTED OFFER: $23,000
ROUND 3:
1. #20 (Jerry)- $200
2. #3 (Rose)- $500,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
3. #6 (William)- $5,000
4. #12 (Ruben)- $300
THIRD OFFER: $11,600- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #10 (Annie)- $1,000
2. #4 (Chale)- $25,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
FOURTH OFFER: $19,000- DEAL
His case had...$400, so he made a good, but not great deal. The playout had he gone on:
ROUND 5:
1. #13 (Felicia)- $100
2. #18 (Darci)- $50,000
FIFTH OFFER: $28,000
PICK #19: #17 (Steve)- $25
SIXTH OFFER: $37,000
PICK #20: #21 (Toni)- $2,500
FINAL OFFER: $53,000
Thus, Asia had the $100,000 in #15. But "The Hammer" was just two off the big one.
WOF: Our first Toss-Up category is Place:
_ R _ S I _ E N T I _ L
_ _ I T E
Amy's the first one to solve PRESIDENTIAL SUITE for $1,000. Tonight's players:
Amy Mills (Texarcana, Arkansas)- Works at a steakhouse
Chris Smith (Birmingham, AL)- Nursing student
Holly Hidagal (Dowington, PA)- Just graduated from Penn State and is about to start a master's program at Columbia University
$2,000 Toss-Up category is Fun & Games:
P _ C - _ A _/&/
_ _ N _ E Y/_ O _ G
Holly solves the video games PAC-MAN & DONKEY KONG for $2,000.
Round 1 category is Show Biz and out on the wheel now is a trip to Taos, NM worth $5,051. Holly starts off on the wrong foot with a Bankrupt. A little later, Chris calls the N's for the $1,000 Berry Factory gift tag and we have:
S T _ N _ _ N _
_ _ _ T _ _ N
But he then calls a dud of P while on the $2,500 space. Holly also duds out with M. Amy calls a $300 G and buys the I's and the O's, then solves STANDING OVATION for another $1,700 and $2,700 total.
DUDS: L, M, P
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Holly)
Eggland's Best Jackpot Round category is Where Are We? After Chris buys the I's...
E I _ _ E _/T _ _ E R
S I _ E _ _ _ _/_ _ _ E S
_ I _ _/_ _ S _ I _ _
...I've got the idea of this puzzle. He calls an N for the New Mexico trip, then calls a pair of L's for another $600 and the Free Spin. After buying a pair of O's, he calls four F's for another $2,000 while on the Jackpot space. For a $7,700 Jackpot...no. He then calls a pair of W's for the Wild Card and buys three A's to clean out the vowels. We now have...
EIFFEL/TOWER
S I _ E W A L _/_ A F E S
_ I _ _/F A S _ I O N
...but he spins a Bankrupt next, losing everything including the Wild Card; he then uses his Free Spin. After a $500 K, he spins Lose a Turn. Holly calls the D for $500, doubles that with a C, calls the H's for another $1,050 and solves EIFFEL TOWER, SIDEWALK CAFES, HIGH FASHION for another $2,050; she then gets Paris as the bonus answer for a total of $5,050 this round and $7,050 overall.
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Chris)
Gold Bond $10,000 Mystery/Prize Puzzle Round category is Things. Early on, Chris calls three N's for $10,500. Unfortunately, a few spins later, he spins Bankrupt to lose 11 grand. Ouch. After Holly calls the M's, we have...
M I _ E _/AND/M I _ E _/OF/
_ R I _ T I N E/_ O A _ T _ I N E
...I have an idea, but she spins her second Bankrupt of the night. Amy calls the S's for $3,200 and then solves MILES AND MILES OF PRISTINE COASTLINE to add that to her score and win a trip to Aruba, for a new total of $11,800.
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Chris, Holly)
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: KS0775359
The last Toss-Up is in the subject of Food & Drink:
I _ P _ R T E _/_ W I S _/
_ _ _ _ S E
Holly solves IMPORTED SWISS CHEESE to go to $10,050 and close in on the other lady. Speed-Up Round category is Song Title and consonants are worth $1,500 apiece. Holly starts by calling the T's...
_ _ _ _ _ _ _/_ _/T _ _/
_ T _ _ _ T
...honest to God, I think I know already; obviously, she doesn't. Amy calls the S and solves DANCING IN THE STREET to seal the win at $13,300! Holly leaves with $10,050 and Chris has the $1,000 consolation.
Big Money Round: She spins the P and the category is Person. Starting with:
_ _ S _ _ N _
_ _ _ _ _
Mills calls H, G, M and I and gets...
_ I S H I N G
_ _ _ _ _
...she needed the D's, because she can't get FISHING BUDDY. She loses the Mercedes.
My Family’s Got GUTS: The teams tonight:
ROJO GRANDE: Danny, Rigo, Danaechia & Pearl
EICHEN-SPLAT: Jared, Keith, Lisa & Moriah
FREE RUN CITY: Monday’s course is being used.
ROJO GRANDE:
Danny- Construction
Rigo- Water Tower
Danaechia- Skybridge
Pearl- Street Hop
Results:
Danny- :15
Rigo- :28
Danaechia- :05
Pearl- :20
TOTAL: 1:08- 52 POINTS
EICHEN-SPLAT:
Jared- Construction
Keith- Water Tower
Lisa- Skybridge
Moriah- Street Hop
Results:
Jared- :15
Keith- :27
Lisa- :12
Moriah- :18
TOTAL: 1:12- 48 POINTS
EVENT #2 TONIGHT: SKY SLAM
Two players from each team compete. One player from each team passes the ball to their teammate, who then tries to slam the ball into their basket. Each score is worth ten points.
Teams:
ROJO GRANDE: Rigo and Danny
EICHEN-SPLAT: Moriah and Keith
Results:
ROJO GRANDE: 9 (90)
EICHEN-SPLAT: 2 (20)
SCORES AFTER TWO EVENTS:
ROJO GRANDE: 142
EICHEN-SPLAT: 68
AGGRO CRAG:
ROJO GRANDE: Danaechia and Pearl
EICHEN-SPLAT: Jared and Lisa
Rojo Grande gets the seven second head start. Pearl loses her team’s lead the minute she starts her wall climb. Final result…Jared helps Eichen-Splat win!
Jeopardy!: Tonight's players:
Anjali Tripathi (Senior at MIT)
Kendra Pettis (Junior at Overland College)
Curtis Joseph (Sophomore at Scottsdale Community College)
POETS & POETRY
THE REAL MTV
19, 20, 21 & 22
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY (three cities are given in each clue)
ANNUAL EVENTS
IN "B"ETWEEN (B will literally be in the middle of each correct response)
A bit of a slow start at the first break, with each player separated by $200. Pettis leads with $800, Joseph has $600 and Tripathi has $400. Soon, Tripathi goes Daily Double Hunting and finds the Daily Double under the $600 Annual Events clue. With a grand at this point, she tries to double it on this:
For over 40 years, St. Albans in this state has hosted an annual maple festival.
"What is Vermont?"...will double her up to $2,000! At the end of the round, she and Pettis are tied for the lead at $2,200 while Joseph has $1,800.
LACH TRASH DURING ROUND 1: $6,800
DJ! Categories:
HANCOCK
LITERARY VILLAINS' PERSONAL ADS
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
MOVIE COMEDY
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
DIA-GRAMMAR
Early on, Joseph takes over the lead. Tripathi soon finds the first Daily Double under the $1,200 Colleges & Universities clue with three grand. Pettis has $4,600 and Joseph leads with $6,600. Her wager is EVERYTHING like the last time:
This Louisana university with a famed marching band began as the Colored Industrial and Agricultural School in 1901.
"What is Tulane?"...NO. It was Grambling, so she's down to zero. She continues to go Daily Double Hunting for the other DD, but it's Joseph who finds it under the $1,600 Dia-Grammar clue with $7,000 and the lead. Pettis has $4,600 and Tripathi's recovered nicely from that botched all-in DD with $5,200 now. His wager is $500 on a clue told by Jimmy:
A verb phrase can either be just Vi or Vt plus a noun phrase; the "i" and the "t" stand for these opposites.
He blanks. It was transitive and intransitive.
DJ! LACH TRASH: $11,600
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Curtis: $6,500
Kendra: $4,600
Anjali: $5,200
CORYAT SCORES:
Curtis: $7,000
Kendra: $4,600
Anjali: $7,800
This is definitely not the best game I've seen.
FJ! CATEGORY: U.S. Geography.
It's 277 miles long, it's up to 18 miles wide, it's six million years old and at a given time, temperatures within it can vary by 25 degrees.
We start with Pettis, who wrote down nothing but "What is Miss", as in the Mississippi River, which is wrong anyway. She risked four large, dropping her to $600. Tripathi had "What is the Grand Canyon?"...right for another $2,600 and $7,800 total. Joseph...got it right, but only risked $1,200, meaning he just blew it by a Benjamin at $7,700. That means the 25 grand instead goes to Anjali Tripathi, sending Mr. Joseph home with $5,000.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
9/16/2008 Results
DOND: Today's contestant is #8, Barry Gunner! He wrote a book about how to pick up girls; if he should win a ton of money, he may soon be dating somebody. He keeps his case.
ROUND 1:
1. #6 (William)- $100
2. #1 (Luke)- $300
3. #14 (Jim)- $500,000
4. #21 (Toni)- $5
5. #17 (Steve)- $10
FIRST OFFER TURNED DOWN, WHICH IS AN ALL-TIME RECORD LOW IN AMERICA: ONE BUCK (LOL!)
ROUND 2:
1. #10 (Annie)- $7,500
2. #16 (Keith)- $10,000
3. #19 (Jonathan)- $400
4. #12 (Ruben)- $25
5. #15 (Asia)- $50,000
SECOND OFFER REJECTED: $9,500
ROUND 3:
1. #22 (Joseph)- $25,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
2. #4 (Chale)- $200
3. #5 (Monica)- $100,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
4. #11 (John)- $250,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
THIRD OFFER THROWN AWAY: $1,200
ROUND 4:
1. #13 (Felicia)- $75,000 (STRIKE THREE!!! YOU'RE OUT!!!!)
2. #20 (Jerry)- $1,000
FOURTH OFFER NOT TAKEN: $450
He leaves with a $250 deal. His case had $500. Let's see the remainder of the playout before dealing:
ROUND 5:
1. #18 (Darci)- PENNY
2. #3 (Rose)- $2,500
FIFTH OFFER: $900- NO DEAL
PICK #19: #7 (Mandy)- $50
SIXTH OFFER: $1,750- NO DEAL
PICK #20: #2 (Antaneeca)- $5,000
WOF: Opening Toss-Up category is Thing:
_ T _ E T C H
_ _ _ O U S _ N E
Wendy's the first one to come up with STRETCH LIMOSUINE for $1,000. Tonight's panel:
Wendy Connolly (Overland Park, KS)- Stay-at-home mom
Lonny Oreck (Covington, LA)- Electronics engineer
Joycelyn Walker (Redando Beach, CA)- Karaoke singer
$2,000 Toss-Up category is On the Map:
_ A _ I _ _/B E _ _ H/
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I A
Lonny's in first, but gives the first incorrect response of the season with VENICE BEACH CALIFORNIA (home of Sting). Wendy then steals MALIBU BEACH CALIFORNIA to triple her money.
Round 1 category is Same Name and out on the wheel now is a $6,900 trip to Paris. Wendy starts off with a pair of L's for a $1,000 gift certificate from Red Envelope. Later, after she calls the C, we have...
_ _ _ R E _ E/&/H _ N _ _ _ L L/
C _ _ R T
...I've got it. She buys the O and the U's, then calls a $2,500 B and buys the A's to clean out the vowels. Then comes a $550 D but then a Bankrupt. Lonny then calls a $300 S, a $400 M, and then solves SUPREME & HANDBALL COURT for his first $1,000.
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Wendy)
Eggland's Best Jackpot/Prize Puzzle Round category is What Are You Doing? Lonny hits a Bankrupt early after calling a $400 T. Then, Joycelyn calls three N's for the Wild Card and then calls a G to become the first player to pick up the Million Dollar Wedge! Next, she calls a $300 H for the Free Spin. Unfortunately, a few spins later, she loses that and the Wild Card to a Bankrupt, and she decides to use the Free Spin. After she calls the D's, we have...
R E _ _ _ I N G/UNDER/THE/
M I D D _ _/SUN
...I think I know it. After a $450 Y, she buys the A's to rid the current board of all its vowels, but then repeats the H. Wendy then solves RELAXING UNDER THE MIDDDAY SUN for a trip to
Mazatlan worth $5,539, making her leading total $8,539.
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Lonny, Joycelyn)
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: JH6150540
Gold Bond $10,000 Mystery Round category is Food & Drink. Joycelyn spins her second Bankrupt early on. A little later, Lonny calls the R's and we have...
_ R _ N _ _ R R _/_ _ _ _ I N/WITH/
_ R _ N _ _/_ _ _ _ _
...I have the idea. He buys three E's, then calls a $300 B, buys three A's, calls a $400 C and then buys the sole O on the board. Then, he calls a $3,500 L in the last word and I definitely know this now. After buying the U, he spins his second Bankrupt. Joycelyn calls the G's for $1,200, a $700 Z, an $800 Y, but then spins Bankrupt once again. After that, Wendy calls the F's for another $7,000 and solves CRANBERRY MUFFIN WITH ORANGE GLAZE for another $10,250 and $18,789 total.
DUDS: S
BANKRUPTS: 3 (2 by Joycelyn, 1 by Lonny)
Final Toss-Up category is Occupation:
_ _ V E R T I _ _ N G
_ _ E C _ _ _ _ _
Joycelyn's in first with ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE...yes for her first $3,000! Speed-Up Round category is Place and consonants are worth $1,600 apiece. After Wendy calls the D's...
T H _/D _ R _/S _ D _/_ _/
T H _/_ _ _ _
...she solves THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON to ice her cake with another $4,800 and $23,589 in cash and trip! Joycelyn leaves with $3,000 and Lonny gets one grand.
Big Money Round: Let's see if the streak goes to five episodes. She spins the I in WIN and the category is Thing. Starting with:
_/_ R _ S _/_ _ _ E
I have an idea. Connolly calls H, C, F and A and gets...
A/_ R _ S _/_ A C E
...she can't come up with A BRISK PACE, and she's the season's first loser of $25,000.
My Family's Got GUTS: Let's meet tonight's teams:
CYCLONE JONES: Kevin, Kali, Brock & Matt
HURRICANE HUTAGALUNGS: Selina, Horas, Ashley & Arnold
FREE RUN CITY: Tonight's course is being run BACKWARDS.
CYCLONE JONES:
Kevin- Street Hop
Kali- Skybridge
Brock- Water Tower
Matt- Construction
Results:
Kevin- :13
Kali- :09
Brock- :27
Matt- :15
TOTAL: 1:04- 56 POINTS
HURRICANE HUTAGALUNGS:
Selina- Street Hop
Horas- Skybridge
Ashley- Water Tower
Arnold- Construction
Results:
Selina- :20
Horas- :07
Ashley- :33
Arnold- :22
TOTAL: 1:22- 38 POINTS
EVENT #2: SUPERTOE PK
In this event, one player from each team is the kicker while the other player on each team is the defender. Each goal scored is worth ten points.
Selected players:
CYCLONE JONES: Kali and Brock
HURRICANE HUTAGALUNGS: Selina and Arnold
Results:
CYCLONE JONES: 20 (200)
HURRICANE HUTAGALUNGS: 10 (120)
SCORES AFTER TWO EVENTS:
CYCLONE JONES: 256
HURRICANE HUTAGALUNGS: 158
AGGRO CRAG:
CYCLONE JONES: Matt and Kevin
HURRICANE HUTAGALUNGS: Horas and Ashley
On this show, there's a limit on head start time for the leading team heading into the Aggro Crag- it's seven seconds, so that's what Cyclone Jones has to work with in the beginning. But who needs the extra seconds- Cyclone Jones wins with little trouble! They're one of my early favorites to win this.
Jeopardy!: Our second trio of grown-up kids:
Joel Serna (looking into IT and computer science)
Yoni Freund (a PhD from Columbia University)
Allex Fambles (a sophomore from Brown University)
Opening categories:
MY, HOW YOU'VE GROWN!
MUSICAL ADJECTIVES
LITERARY HODGEPODGE
LEARN TO COOK
THE DISAPPOINTING 21st CENTURY
REMEMBER "Y" 2 "K" (each correct response has one Y and two K's)
Freund finds the Daily Double under the $600 Literary Hodgepodge clue with $2,200 thus far and wagers IT ALL on this:
Part I of this 1995 Gregory Maguire novel that inspired a musical is called "Munchkinlanders".
"What is Wicked?"...is right to double up to $4,400! At the first break:
Allex: $800
Yoni: $4,400
Joel: $3,600
After the round is over:
Allex: $3,600
Yoni: $4,000
Joel: $7,200
LACH TRASH IN FIRST ROUND: $1,600
DJ! Categories:
BIBLE PEOPLE
ONE-WORD MOVIES
CHINA & INDIA
NOT TO BE CONFUSED
GEOMETRY
THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT
Early on, Serna's the first one to hit five figures with $10,400 after the category of There's a Word for That is over. He later finds the first Daily Double under the $1,600 Bible People clue with $12,400. He leads Freund by $4,000 and Fambles by six. His wager is his $4,000 lead:
In I Samuel, David saved this king's life more than once.
"Who is Saul?"...IS RIGHT to double his lead and go to $16,400! At one point, he has a $10,000 lead. Late in the round, he finds the other Daily Double under the $1,200 Geometry clue with $17,200. Freund has $10,400 and Fambles now has $7,200. His wager is five grand, which would put the game on ice. Here's the clue from Kelly:
In this triangle, if angle A is 42 degrees and angle B is 60 degrees, then angle C has to equal this.
"What is 78 degrees?"...YOU BET IT IS to go to $22,200! That ends the round.
LACH TRASH IN DJ!: $10,800
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Allex: $7,200
Yoni: $10,400
Joel: $22,200 (lock game)
CORYAT SCORES:
Allex: $7,200
Yoni: $8,800
Joel: $16,000
FJ! CATEGORY: Presidential Lasts.
He was the most recent president who had not previously been a state governor.
ALLEX:
Response: "Who is Reagan"
Wager: $6,801
Final score: $399
YONI:
Response: "Who is George Bush Sr."
Wager: $4,001
Final score: $14,401
JOEL:
Response: "Who is Ford?"
Wager: NOTHING
Wins $25,000 with: $22,400
ROUND 1:
1. #6 (William)- $100
2. #1 (Luke)- $300
3. #14 (Jim)- $500,000
4. #21 (Toni)- $5
5. #17 (Steve)- $10
FIRST OFFER TURNED DOWN, WHICH IS AN ALL-TIME RECORD LOW IN AMERICA: ONE BUCK (LOL!)
ROUND 2:
1. #10 (Annie)- $7,500
2. #16 (Keith)- $10,000
3. #19 (Jonathan)- $400
4. #12 (Ruben)- $25
5. #15 (Asia)- $50,000
SECOND OFFER REJECTED: $9,500
ROUND 3:
1. #22 (Joseph)- $25,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
2. #4 (Chale)- $200
3. #5 (Monica)- $100,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
4. #11 (John)- $250,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
THIRD OFFER THROWN AWAY: $1,200
ROUND 4:
1. #13 (Felicia)- $75,000 (STRIKE THREE!!! YOU'RE OUT!!!!)
2. #20 (Jerry)- $1,000
FOURTH OFFER NOT TAKEN: $450
He leaves with a $250 deal. His case had $500. Let's see the remainder of the playout before dealing:
ROUND 5:
1. #18 (Darci)- PENNY
2. #3 (Rose)- $2,500
FIFTH OFFER: $900- NO DEAL
PICK #19: #7 (Mandy)- $50
SIXTH OFFER: $1,750- NO DEAL
PICK #20: #2 (Antaneeca)- $5,000
WOF: Opening Toss-Up category is Thing:
_ T _ E T C H
_ _ _ O U S _ N E
Wendy's the first one to come up with STRETCH LIMOSUINE for $1,000. Tonight's panel:
Wendy Connolly (Overland Park, KS)- Stay-at-home mom
Lonny Oreck (Covington, LA)- Electronics engineer
Joycelyn Walker (Redando Beach, CA)- Karaoke singer
$2,000 Toss-Up category is On the Map:
_ A _ I _ _/B E _ _ H/
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I A
Lonny's in first, but gives the first incorrect response of the season with VENICE BEACH CALIFORNIA (home of Sting). Wendy then steals MALIBU BEACH CALIFORNIA to triple her money.
Round 1 category is Same Name and out on the wheel now is a $6,900 trip to Paris. Wendy starts off with a pair of L's for a $1,000 gift certificate from Red Envelope. Later, after she calls the C, we have...
_ _ _ R E _ E/&/H _ N _ _ _ L L/
C _ _ R T
...I've got it. She buys the O and the U's, then calls a $2,500 B and buys the A's to clean out the vowels. Then comes a $550 D but then a Bankrupt. Lonny then calls a $300 S, a $400 M, and then solves SUPREME & HANDBALL COURT for his first $1,000.
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Wendy)
Eggland's Best Jackpot/Prize Puzzle Round category is What Are You Doing? Lonny hits a Bankrupt early after calling a $400 T. Then, Joycelyn calls three N's for the Wild Card and then calls a G to become the first player to pick up the Million Dollar Wedge! Next, she calls a $300 H for the Free Spin. Unfortunately, a few spins later, she loses that and the Wild Card to a Bankrupt, and she decides to use the Free Spin. After she calls the D's, we have...
R E _ _ _ I N G/UNDER/THE/
M I D D _ _/SUN
...I think I know it. After a $450 Y, she buys the A's to rid the current board of all its vowels, but then repeats the H. Wendy then solves RELAXING UNDER THE MIDDDAY SUN for a trip to
Mazatlan worth $5,539, making her leading total $8,539.
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Lonny, Joycelyn)
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: JH6150540
Gold Bond $10,000 Mystery Round category is Food & Drink. Joycelyn spins her second Bankrupt early on. A little later, Lonny calls the R's and we have...
_ R _ N _ _ R R _/_ _ _ _ I N/WITH/
_ R _ N _ _/_ _ _ _ _
...I have the idea. He buys three E's, then calls a $300 B, buys three A's, calls a $400 C and then buys the sole O on the board. Then, he calls a $3,500 L in the last word and I definitely know this now. After buying the U, he spins his second Bankrupt. Joycelyn calls the G's for $1,200, a $700 Z, an $800 Y, but then spins Bankrupt once again. After that, Wendy calls the F's for another $7,000 and solves CRANBERRY MUFFIN WITH ORANGE GLAZE for another $10,250 and $18,789 total.
DUDS: S
BANKRUPTS: 3 (2 by Joycelyn, 1 by Lonny)
Final Toss-Up category is Occupation:
_ _ V E R T I _ _ N G
_ _ E C _ _ _ _ _
Joycelyn's in first with ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE...yes for her first $3,000! Speed-Up Round category is Place and consonants are worth $1,600 apiece. After Wendy calls the D's...
T H _/D _ R _/S _ D _/_ _/
T H _/_ _ _ _
...she solves THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON to ice her cake with another $4,800 and $23,589 in cash and trip! Joycelyn leaves with $3,000 and Lonny gets one grand.
Big Money Round: Let's see if the streak goes to five episodes. She spins the I in WIN and the category is Thing. Starting with:
_/_ R _ S _/_ _ _ E
I have an idea. Connolly calls H, C, F and A and gets...
A/_ R _ S _/_ A C E
...she can't come up with A BRISK PACE, and she's the season's first loser of $25,000.
My Family's Got GUTS: Let's meet tonight's teams:
CYCLONE JONES: Kevin, Kali, Brock & Matt
HURRICANE HUTAGALUNGS: Selina, Horas, Ashley & Arnold
FREE RUN CITY: Tonight's course is being run BACKWARDS.
CYCLONE JONES:
Kevin- Street Hop
Kali- Skybridge
Brock- Water Tower
Matt- Construction
Results:
Kevin- :13
Kali- :09
Brock- :27
Matt- :15
TOTAL: 1:04- 56 POINTS
HURRICANE HUTAGALUNGS:
Selina- Street Hop
Horas- Skybridge
Ashley- Water Tower
Arnold- Construction
Results:
Selina- :20
Horas- :07
Ashley- :33
Arnold- :22
TOTAL: 1:22- 38 POINTS
EVENT #2: SUPERTOE PK
In this event, one player from each team is the kicker while the other player on each team is the defender. Each goal scored is worth ten points.
Selected players:
CYCLONE JONES: Kali and Brock
HURRICANE HUTAGALUNGS: Selina and Arnold
Results:
CYCLONE JONES: 20 (200)
HURRICANE HUTAGALUNGS: 10 (120)
SCORES AFTER TWO EVENTS:
CYCLONE JONES: 256
HURRICANE HUTAGALUNGS: 158
AGGRO CRAG:
CYCLONE JONES: Matt and Kevin
HURRICANE HUTAGALUNGS: Horas and Ashley
On this show, there's a limit on head start time for the leading team heading into the Aggro Crag- it's seven seconds, so that's what Cyclone Jones has to work with in the beginning. But who needs the extra seconds- Cyclone Jones wins with little trouble! They're one of my early favorites to win this.
Jeopardy!: Our second trio of grown-up kids:
Joel Serna (looking into IT and computer science)
Yoni Freund (a PhD from Columbia University)
Allex Fambles (a sophomore from Brown University)
Opening categories:
MY, HOW YOU'VE GROWN!
MUSICAL ADJECTIVES
LITERARY HODGEPODGE
LEARN TO COOK
THE DISAPPOINTING 21st CENTURY
REMEMBER "Y" 2 "K" (each correct response has one Y and two K's)
Freund finds the Daily Double under the $600 Literary Hodgepodge clue with $2,200 thus far and wagers IT ALL on this:
Part I of this 1995 Gregory Maguire novel that inspired a musical is called "Munchkinlanders".
"What is Wicked?"...is right to double up to $4,400! At the first break:
Allex: $800
Yoni: $4,400
Joel: $3,600
After the round is over:
Allex: $3,600
Yoni: $4,000
Joel: $7,200
LACH TRASH IN FIRST ROUND: $1,600
DJ! Categories:
BIBLE PEOPLE
ONE-WORD MOVIES
CHINA & INDIA
NOT TO BE CONFUSED
GEOMETRY
THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT
Early on, Serna's the first one to hit five figures with $10,400 after the category of There's a Word for That is over. He later finds the first Daily Double under the $1,600 Bible People clue with $12,400. He leads Freund by $4,000 and Fambles by six. His wager is his $4,000 lead:
In I Samuel, David saved this king's life more than once.
"Who is Saul?"...IS RIGHT to double his lead and go to $16,400! At one point, he has a $10,000 lead. Late in the round, he finds the other Daily Double under the $1,200 Geometry clue with $17,200. Freund has $10,400 and Fambles now has $7,200. His wager is five grand, which would put the game on ice. Here's the clue from Kelly:
In this triangle, if angle A is 42 degrees and angle B is 60 degrees, then angle C has to equal this.
"What is 78 degrees?"...YOU BET IT IS to go to $22,200! That ends the round.
LACH TRASH IN DJ!: $10,800
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Allex: $7,200
Yoni: $10,400
Joel: $22,200 (lock game)
CORYAT SCORES:
Allex: $7,200
Yoni: $8,800
Joel: $16,000
FJ! CATEGORY: Presidential Lasts.
He was the most recent president who had not previously been a state governor.
ALLEX:
Response: "Who is Reagan"
Wager: $6,801
Final score: $399
YONI:
Response: "Who is George Bush Sr."
Wager: $4,001
Final score: $14,401
JOEL:
Response: "Who is Ford?"
Wager: NOTHING
Wins $25,000 with: $22,400
"Big Brother X"- SEASON FINALE
Coming into the finals, GSNN has Memphis as a 5-2 favorite to win the battle of the Renegades and the $500,000. We'll see how it works out.
FIRST VOTE (Libra): DAN (Dan leads, 1-0)
SECOND VOTE (April): DAN (Dan leads, 2-0)
THIRD VOTE (Michelle): DAN (Dan leads, 3-0)
Has Dan Gheesling closed out the $500,000 victory??...
FOURTH VOTE (Ollie): DAN- WINS $500,000!!!!
...YES!!!
(Confetti was shot out of a cannon the minute Dan came to greet the audience!!!)
In fact, he won by a unanimous vote!
$25,000 JURY PRIZE WINNER: KEESHA
FIRST VOTE (Libra): DAN (Dan leads, 1-0)
SECOND VOTE (April): DAN (Dan leads, 2-0)
THIRD VOTE (Michelle): DAN (Dan leads, 3-0)
Has Dan Gheesling closed out the $500,000 victory??...
FOURTH VOTE (Ollie): DAN- WINS $500,000!!!!
...YES!!!
(Confetti was shot out of a cannon the minute Dan came to greet the audience!!!)
In fact, he won by a unanimous vote!
$25,000 JURY PRIZE WINNER: KEESHA
NBC's Monday ratings continue to drop
Last night's episode of primetime "Deal or No Deal" scored a 5.8 Fast Nielsen with a 9 share. That is the third week in a row "Deal" has dropped in the ratings. It is also the first time it was not Monday's top-rated show ("Two and a Half Men" pulled a 6.6/10).
Additionally, "America's Toughest Jobs" pulled its lowest rating so far, a 3.1/5.
Source: The Futon Critic
Additionally, "America's Toughest Jobs" pulled its lowest rating so far, a 3.1/5.
Source: The Futon Critic
"Family Feud" Video Bonus
Here are the links to last Friday's episode of "Family Feud":
Rounds 1 and 2
Round 3
Round 4
Fast Money
For the most part, the stuff from "Celebrity Family Feud" have carried over to the regular version.
Rounds 1 and 2
Round 3
Round 4
Fast Money
For the most part, the stuff from "Celebrity Family Feud" have carried over to the regular version.
Monday, September 15, 2008
"America's Toughest Jobs"- Episode 4
The job this time out is monster truck driving, with some people driving the "Grave Digger" one owned by Dennis Anderson, a former three-time world monster truck driving champion.
In the first challenge, contestants had to take a test lap around a track and were judged on accelerating, braking, steering, shifting gears and obeying the safety marshals.
Eric was busted on his practice run for speeding and not stopping in a timely manner. Chris wound up having the same problem, but to a bigger degree. Chris wound up doing worse the second time around.
Meanwhile, Bryce got caught for a false start, resulting in the truck nearly running over a safety marshal.
Rick, Rie and Ben did the best here.
The second task was to change the tires for the monster trucks.
BLUE THUNDER: Ben, Sandy, Bryce, Rommel and Michaela
GRAVE DIGGER: Chris, Eric, Rie, Steven and Rick
The Grave Digger team had major problems with the jack and wound up destroying it, resulting in a $2,000 penalty for the pot.
MAJOR TASK: Everybody had to do the ramp jump, one of the mainstays in monster truck racing. Contestants were judged on throttle control, the height and length of the jumps and complying with the rules.
Ben and Rie continued to do very well, while Bryce and Chris continued to struggle.
During Rick's run, Rick inadvertantly put his controls in neutral. After conferring with officials, he was given a second chance and he completed his run that time.
Eric, however, had his turn thrown out when he committed a false start. During his practice run, he nearly ran into a wall.
THIS WEEK'S JOB SALARY: $47,614.58
NEW POT TOTAL: $122,599.90
BEST DRIVER: BEN
Joining Bryce, Chris and Eric in this week's bottom four will be...
...Rick.
This is Bryce's third trip in a row to the bottom four, and the second for both Chris and Eric.
Elimination Round: Each of the four contestants get two attempts to perform an Iron Wall Skywheelie. Each attempt is scored from 0 to 10. The one with the lowest score is eliminated.
Eric: He bombed his first attempt, but did much better the second time.
Chris: Both of his tries were OK, but the first one was better.
Bryce: He did great both times! However, during his second try, the truck fell to the ground; Bryce was OK.
Rick: He didn't do that well on either try.
FINAL SCORES:
BRYCE:
1. 10
2. 8
TOTAL: 18
CHRIS:
1. 9
2. 5
TOTAL: 14
ERIC:
1. 4
2. 9
TOTAL: 13
RICK:
1. 7
2. 5
TOTAL: 12- ELIMINATED
In the first challenge, contestants had to take a test lap around a track and were judged on accelerating, braking, steering, shifting gears and obeying the safety marshals.
Eric was busted on his practice run for speeding and not stopping in a timely manner. Chris wound up having the same problem, but to a bigger degree. Chris wound up doing worse the second time around.
Meanwhile, Bryce got caught for a false start, resulting in the truck nearly running over a safety marshal.
Rick, Rie and Ben did the best here.
The second task was to change the tires for the monster trucks.
BLUE THUNDER: Ben, Sandy, Bryce, Rommel and Michaela
GRAVE DIGGER: Chris, Eric, Rie, Steven and Rick
The Grave Digger team had major problems with the jack and wound up destroying it, resulting in a $2,000 penalty for the pot.
MAJOR TASK: Everybody had to do the ramp jump, one of the mainstays in monster truck racing. Contestants were judged on throttle control, the height and length of the jumps and complying with the rules.
Ben and Rie continued to do very well, while Bryce and Chris continued to struggle.
During Rick's run, Rick inadvertantly put his controls in neutral. After conferring with officials, he was given a second chance and he completed his run that time.
Eric, however, had his turn thrown out when he committed a false start. During his practice run, he nearly ran into a wall.
THIS WEEK'S JOB SALARY: $47,614.58
NEW POT TOTAL: $122,599.90
BEST DRIVER: BEN
Joining Bryce, Chris and Eric in this week's bottom four will be...
...Rick.
This is Bryce's third trip in a row to the bottom four, and the second for both Chris and Eric.
Elimination Round: Each of the four contestants get two attempts to perform an Iron Wall Skywheelie. Each attempt is scored from 0 to 10. The one with the lowest score is eliminated.
Eric: He bombed his first attempt, but did much better the second time.
Chris: Both of his tries were OK, but the first one was better.
Bryce: He did great both times! However, during his second try, the truck fell to the ground; Bryce was OK.
Rick: He didn't do that well on either try.
FINAL SCORES:
BRYCE:
1. 10
2. 8
TOTAL: 18
CHRIS:
1. 9
2. 5
TOTAL: 14
ERIC:
1. 4
2. 9
TOTAL: 13
RICK:
1. 7
2. 5
TOTAL: 12- ELIMINATED
9/15/2008 Results
DOND (Syn.)- This is the second week of the daytime version, airing-wise and taping-wise. The week’s first contestant is located at #19, Maurice Jones! He keeps his case.
ROUND 1:
1. #11 (John)- WIPEOUT ($500,000)
2. #14 (Jim)- $10
3. #7 (Mandy)- $2,500
4. #15 (Asia)- $300
5. #4 (Chale)- $400
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $8,000
ROUND 2:
1. #21 (Toni)- $50,000
2. #9 (Kimberly)- $500
3. #12 (Ruben)- $50
4. #17 (Steve)- $25,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
5. #13 (Felicia)- $10,000
SECOND OFFER TURNED DOWN: $13,000
ROUND 3:
1. #22 (Joseph)- BUCK
2. #6 (William)- $250,000 (BIG STRIKE ONE!)
3. #2 (Antaneeca)- $7,500
4. #10 (Annie)- $1,000
THIRD OFFER: $6,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #5 (Monica)- $5
2. #20 (Jerry)- $5,000
FOURTH OFFER: $12,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #18 (Darci)- $100,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
2. #3 (Rose)- $100
FIFTH OFFER: $8,000- DEAL
His case had…
…THE PENNY, so he made a good deal! However, he could’ve won more. The rest of the playout had he gone on:
#1 (Luke)- $25 (Offer: $27,000)
#16 (Keith)- $200 (Final offer: $41,000)
Thus, Barry had the $75,000 in his #8 case.
WOF: Before I start this recap, I would like to make a note- as of right now, only one car will be offered every week. I'll tell you what this week's car is later. Right now, time to focus on the maingame action. We start with this Toss-Up in the category of Things:
F _ O N _ - R _ W
_ E _ T _
Tiffany rings in with FRONT-ROW SEATS...right for the first $1,000 (I would've messed up saying FRONT-ROW TEETH). Our players tonight:
Tiffany Chow (Fullerton, CA)- UCLA senior majoring in European Studies and Political Science; she's also aspiring to work for the United Nations one day
Lois Altman (Fort Payne, AL)- Has worked in commercial bakery business for 26 years
Josh Brodfuehrer (Louisville)- Has worked in the cell phone business for 12 years
Toss-Up #2 category is Place. Josh's first on the buzzer this time...
I _ E/C _ E A M/_ _ _ L _ R
...he solves ICE CREAM PARLOR for $2,000.
(They could've used this puzzle last week to fit the "Endless Summer" theme.)
Round 1 category is What Are You Doing? and it's tonight's Prize Puzzle! Out on the wheel now is a Caribbean Cruise from Costa worth $5,550. After Tiffany buys the A's, we have...
_ _ A _ I N G/IN/THE/A _ E _ _ _ E/
_ _ E N E R _
...I don't know the first word. After a $550 Y, she buys the O's to clean out the vowels and we now have...
_ O A _ I N G/IN/THE/A _ E _ O _ E/
_ _ E N E R Y
...I believe I've got it now, but she then spins Bankrupt. Lois repeats the R. Josh then calls the C for the Wild Card, the S's for another $1,350 and solves SOAKING IN THE AWESOME SCENERY for another $3,400 and a trip to British Columbia, for a total of $10,900 in cash and trip.
DUDS: L
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Tiffany)
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: AR8399762
Eggland's Best Jackpot Round category is Around the House. Right out of the gate, Tiffany hits Jackpot and calls a pair of T's for a grand but obviously doesn't want to guess for the Jackpot right now. A little later, she calls a pair of R's for a $1,000 gift certificate from The Berry Factory. But a few spins later, she spins a Bankrupt for the second time tonight. Then, Lois calls a $550 F and we have...
F I N E - _ _ T
_ R _ _ T A _
_ _ A _ _ W A R E
...I think I've got it now, but she then buys the only dud vowel on the board (O). Josh then calls the S's for $1,500 and solves FINE-CUT CRYSTAL GLASSWARE to add that amount to his total, for a new total of $12,400 in cash and trip.
DUDS: O
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Tiffany)
Gold Bond $10,000 Mystery Round category is Before & After. Early on, Lois calls a pair of S's for $7,000. Later, after she buys the O's, E's and I's, we have...
_ _ O T O
_ I _ I S _
_ O _ _
_ E _ E T _ _ _ E S
...I know it. She then calls a $1,000 P on a Mystery Wedge and decides not to flip the wedge over (good, because that was the Bankrupt one). After a pair of H's for another $1,800, she buys the other vowels (A and U). Next is a $600 F, a $300 N, and she then solves PHOTO FINISH YOUR VEGETABLES for $10,350!
NO DUDS OR BANKRUPTS THIS ROUND
Final Toss-Up category is On the Map. Lois is in first...
_ H _/P A _ _ _ _ C/_ C E A _
...she solves THE PACIFIC OCEAN to take the lead with $13,350. Next category is Song Title. Early on, Lois hits Bankrupt immediately after a $550 T, then Josh loses his Wild Card to a Bankrupt. Tiffany then also hits Bankrupt after a $500 N. A little later, we go to Speed-Up Mode with consonants being worth $1,600 apiece. After Josh calls the H's...
_ _/_ _ _/T H _/_ H _ _ P _ _ N S
...he solves the Queen song "We Are the Champions" to become the champ here with $15,600! Lois has $13,350 and Tiffany gets $1,000.
BANKRUPTS: 3 (Lois' second spin, Josh's first spin, Tiffany's second spin)
Big Money Round: If Josh can keep the winning streak alive, he'll either win up to $100,000 or a new Mercedes SLK Convertible. He spins the I in SPIN and the category is Show Biz. Beginning with:
_ _ L _ _ E
_ R _ _ _
He calls C, D, M and A and gets...
_ _ L _ C E
D R A M A
...he guesses POLICE DRAMA...YES! That wasn't the easiest puzzle in the world, but he does win another $30,000 for a total of $45,600 in cash and Canada!
DOND (NBC)- Playing the second game of Million Dollar Mission IV is Chris Williams from Detroit (who is a P.E. teacher and loves to play video games). Three $1,000,000 cases are on his board, and his chosen suitcase is #22.
ROUND 1:
1. #6- $300
2. #17- $75,000
3. #21- $500
4. #3- $100
5. #1- $100,000
6. #15- $750
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $74,000
ROUND 2:
1. #19- $10
2. #5- $200,000
3. #25- $400
4. #7- $50
5. #13- BUCK
SECOND REJECTED OFFER: $103,000
ROUND 3:
1. #9- $300,000
2. #10- $25,000
3. #18- ONE MILLION DOLLARS
4. #24- $5
THIRD OFFER THROWN AWAY: $81,000
ROUND 4:
1. #20- $400,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
2. #23- $10,000
3. #4- $5,000
FOURTH OFFER: $126,000
BANKER BONUS: A trip to the Electronic Arts headquarters in Canada, where he would get the entire collection of the company's video games, get to attend the "NBA Live 2009" launch party in L.A., get to participate in the "NBA Live 2009" motion capture process and the right to be immortalized as the game's referee in "NBA Live 2010" ($5,700).
TOTAL OFFER: $131,700
DECISION: NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #8- ONE MILLION DOLLARS (STRIKE ONE!)
2. #26- ONE MILLION DOLLARS (BIG STRIKE TWO!!)
FIFTH OFFER REJECTED: $5,000
PICK #21: #14- $50,000 (STRIKE THREE!!! YOU'RE OUT!!!!)
OFFER: $250- NO DEAL
Looks like he should've followed the video game dream, because he had HORRIBLE luck on his last three picks! Now, is he about to become the second American member of the "1p club"?
PICK #22: $75
OFFER: $300- NO DEAL
PICK #23: $1,000
OFFER: $75- NO DEAL
PICK #24: #12- $25
FINAL OFFER: $110- DEAL
Could he have been the second one penny winner?...
...NO, because $200 was in his case. Claudia had the penny in #1.
Maryann Vazquez from Chicago is next with four $1,000,000 cases in play. Her case of destiny is #3.
ROUND 1:
1. #10- $100
2. #17- $750
3. #12- $10,000
4. #2- $5
5. #14- $200,000
6. #16- $200
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $113,000
ROUND 2:
1. #21- BUCK
2. #22- $5,000
3. #25- $100,000
4. #9- $75,000
5. #1- ONE MILLION DOLLARS
SECOND REJECTED OFFER: $88,000
ROUND 3:
1. #26- $25
2. #24- PENNY
3. #23- $50,000
4. #6- $300
THIRD OFFER: $157,000- NO DEAL
TONIGHT'S WINNING BEAT THE BANKER CASE: #6
ROUND 4 (the models are now in Howie Mandel costumes!):
1. #4- $25,000
2. #19- ONE MILLION DOLLARS (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
3. #11- ONE MILLION DOLLARS (STRIKE ONE!)
FOURTH OFFER: $91,000- DEAL
I was surprised she took the deal, because I thought for sure she would be back on the next episode. Her case had...
...$1,000, so not too bad of a deal made by her. #18 was the last remaining $1,000,000 case. Other cases:
#5- $75
#7- $10
#8- $400
#13- $500
#15- $300,000
#20- $50
The next time, five $1,000,000 cases will be in play; this was the same situation in which Jessica Robinson won the big one. Will the next player duplicate her feat? You'll have to wait to find out.
Jeopardy!: It's Kids Week Reunion time! Remember, each day's winner will receive a minimum of 25 grand, while second place is worth a flat $5,000 and third is worth $2,500. The first set of players:
Max Johansen (a senior at the University of Miami)
Melanie Bruchet (a senior at Bryn Mawr)
Nate Austin (Hutchison Community College)
Opening categories:
REUNIONS
THIS IS YOUR WIFE! (the current husband must be IDed in each correct response)
HOPE THIS ISN'T AN OPERA CATEGORY
WHERE YA BEEN?
1 SYLLABLE + 1 LETTER = 3 SYLLABLES (one word in each clue will be in quotation marks and the players have to add a letter to that word to form the correct response)
MISCELLANY
At the first break, Johansen leads with $4,200. Bruchet has $1,600 and Austin, the guy who now wants to be a sports broadcaster like I do, is at zero thanks to making a few mistakes early on. Left at this point are This is Your Wife!, Hope This Isn't An Opera Category and 1 Syllable + 1 Letter = 3 Syllables. $200 This is Your Wife clue with Johansen in control:
Katie Holmes
Nate: "Who is Tom Cruise"- YOU BET ($200); $400 WIFE CLUE
Demi Moore
Max: "Who is Ashton Kutcher?"- CORRECT ($4,600); MIDDLE WIFE CLUE
Eva Longoria
Nate: "Who is Tony Parker?"- OF COURSE IT IS ($800); $800, SAME CATEGORY
Mariah Carey
Max: "Who is Nick Cannon?"- YOU BET ($5,400); FINAL WIFE CLUE
Heidi Klum
Melanie: "Who is Seal?"- YES INDEED ($2,600); $200 SYLLABLE CLUE
Add a letter to "rode" and you get this public exhibition of cowboy skills.
Melanie: "What is rodeo?"- YES ($2,800); $400 SYLLABLE CLUE
Add a letter to "came" to get this word for a minor acting part played by a prominent performer.
Melanie: "What is cameo?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($3,200); MIDDLE CLUE, SAME CATEGORY
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLYYYYY DOUBLE! Her wager is two grand on the following:
Add a letter to "crime" and you get this peninsula in Southern Ukraine.
"What is Crimea?"...yes indeed to go to $5,200! $800, same subject:
Add a letter to "lien" and you get this word for a foreigner.
Max: "What is an alien?"- RIGHT ($6,200); LAST SYLLABLE CLUE
Add a letter to "smile" and you get this figure of speech.
Nate: "What is simile?"- YOU BET ($1,800)
$200 OPERA CLUE:
The Joad Family sings up a storm (make that a dust storm) in the opera adapted from this Steinbeck novel.
Nate: "What is Grapes of Wrath?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($2,000)
$400:
Fuhgedaboudit! The opera company of this NYC borough performs in unusual venues, like people's living rooms.
Max: "What is Brooklyn?"- CORRECT ($6,600)
$600:
Four sisters cavort in the March Family Attic in Act I of the opera based on this 1868 novel.
Nate: "What is Little Women?"- RIGHT ($2,600)
$800:
The bewitching opera based on this Arthur Miller play is set in Salem.
Melanie: "What is The Crucible?"- RIGHT ($6,000)
FINAL CLUE OF THE ROUND:
If you like swinging furniture-- and who doesn't-- you'll love "L'enfant et les Sortileges" by this "Bolero" composer.
TRIPLE STUMPER #2: Maurice Ravel
LACH TRASH IN ROUND 1: $1,600
DJ! Categories:
AMERICAN LIT
SPORTS
PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES
GENEALOGY
13-LETTER WORDS
MYTH-ELLANY
Because Austin's a sports guy now, he goes to the Sports category first, but only gets the last two clues of that category (Johansen got the first three but missed on the $2,000 clue there). A little later, Johansen closes out the Presidents & First Ladies category with the first Daily Double of the round. He still leads with $6,600, but this game has gotten very tight, as Bruchet is just $600 behind him and Austin is at $5,800. The leader's wager is EVERYTHING! For a big lead, here's the clue:
His wife Frances left the White House, returned four years later, and may have said, "Look what they've done to the place!".
"Who is Grover Cleveland?"...
"Who is Grover Cleveland?"
...IS RIGHT to double up to $13,200!
With American Lit and 13-Letter Words left, the scores aren't that tightly bunched now:
Nate: $2,200
Melanie: $12,800
Max: $8,800
Austin's going to need a miracle now. Bruchet has control and chooses the $400 13-Letter Words clue.
It's the "R" of CPR.
Max: "What is resuscitation?"- CORRECT ($9,200); $800 13-LETTER WORDS CLUE
From Latin for "to speak", this type of performer tries to keep a stiff upper (and lower) lip.
Max: "What is a ventriloquist?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($10,000); MIDDLE CLUE, SAME CATEGORY
Usually the highest academically ranked student in a graduating class.
Max: "What is a valedictorian?"- YOU BET ($11,200); $1,600, SAME TOPIC
Formerly dementia praecox, this term does not mean a patient has more than one personality.
Max: "What is schizophrenia?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($12,800); TO SWEEP THE CATEGORY, THIS CLUE IS TOLD BY KELLY
I'm simulating this futuristic method of conveying a person from place to place.
Max: "What is teleportation?"- SWEEP! ($14,800)
THE LAST CATEGORY OF AMERICAN LIT BEGINS WITH THIS $400 CLUE:
Unlike some of his other scary stories, "The Pit and the Pendulum" has a happy ending.
Max: "Who is Poe?"- RIGHT YET AGAIN ($15,200)
$800:
Edna Ferber set most of her novel "Giant" in this giant state.
Nate: "What is Alaska?"- NO WAY ($1,400)
Melanie: "What is Texas?"- CORRECT ($13,600)
$1,200:
Her 1922 novel "One of Ours" tells the tale of a Nebraska farm boy who dies in WWI (Nebraska is your big clue).
TRIPLE STUMPER: Willa Cather
$1,600:
Much of "The Beautiful and Damned", his 1922 novel about a self-destructive couple, now seems autobiographical.
ANOTHER TRIPLE STUMPER: F. Scott Fitzgerald
That means Bruchet has the other Daily Double to close the round. Her wager is...$2,000.
"The soul selects her own society- then- shuts the door", she wrote in her poem No. 303.
"Who is Elizabeth Browning?"...incorrect. It was Emily Dickenson.
ROUND 2 LACH TRASH: $8,000
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Nate: $1,400
Melanie: $11,600
Max: $15,200
CORYAT SCORES:
Nate: $1,400
Melanie: $12,800
Max: $10,600
FJ! CATEGORY: Signs & Symbols.
Created in 1970 and made up of three arrows, the universal symbol for this was based on the Mobius Strip.
NATE:
Response: "What is Tride"
Wager: $1,399
Final score: BUCK
Bruchet's response to this was "What is recycling?"...
"What is recycling?"
...right! She risked $7,000, taking her to $18,600. Johansen's response...
...the same thing, and an $8,001 wager gives him the $25,000 victory!
My Family's Got GUTS: Nickelodeon's answer to "American Gladiators" from the '90s is back in primetime! As you know, Ben Lyons, now one of the hosts of "At the Movies", is the host. Each season will have 11 episodes, with the championship episode being an hour long (the other episodes will be a half-hour long). Episodes air weeknights at 8 PM. This time out, families of four compete. Here are the first two teams:
CHASTAIN CHARGE: Troy, Hunter, Diane & Cody
SHERRY STORM: Tim, Lauren, Shawna & TJ
Future matchups:
Cyclone Jones vs. Hurricane Hutagalungs
Rojo Grande vs. Eichen-Splat
Lowe Riders vs. Howlin' Howells
Dionne Dash vs. Gahres G-Dogs
Kickin' Johnsons vs. Richards Riptide
The winners of each match move on to the semi-finals and get a small piece of the big rock. In the end, only three teams will make the one-hour season finale called the Aggro Bowl, where the ultimate winners get the biggest piece of the rock and the sports vacation of a lifetime.
The original theme has been remixed a bit, and the referee is now Asha Kuerten. We still have the Extreme Arena. Each first round game has two events before the Aggro Crag.
EVENT #1: FREE RUN CITY
Contestants start off by climbing a series of I-beams, then they vault across a series of four wedges before getting to the V-Wall. After that, one player goes onto a water tower 18 feet above the Extreme Arena floor and must go around it three times. Then, the players have to cross a moving Skybridge. After crossing that, they finish by climbing the Street Hop.
This is a relay race. Each player is assigned one of the obstacles; once a player completes their obstacles, the next player on the team starts their obstacle. The faster they complete the course, the more points they're awarded for this event. I believe the scoring for each team's run in this event is 120 minus the number of seconds elapsed.
Since the red team won the coin toss, they get the option of going first or second; they decided to go second. Here are the green team assignments:
Troy: Construction
Diane: Water tower
Hunter: Skybridge
Cody: Street Hop
The results:
Troy- :13
Diane- :27
Hunter- :04
Cody- :18
TOTAL: 1:02- 58 POINTS
Now, for Sherry Storm.
Lauren: Construction
TJ: Water tower
Tim: Skybridge
Shawna: Street Hop
Results:
Lauren- :18
TJ- :22
Tim- :03
Shawna- :20
TOTAL: 1:03- 57 POINTS
EVENT #2: FLYING FOOTBALL
Two players from each team compete. One acts as the quarterback, while the other acts as the receiver. The quarterback must throw balls throw the goalposts, and hopefully get them into the hands of the receiver. Every time this is successfully done, ten points are awarded. 90 seconds are put on the clock. The teams:
SHERRY STORM: TJ & Tim
CHASTAIN CHARGE: Hunter & Diane
Results:
SHERRY STORM: 10 (100)
CHASTAIN CHARGE: 3 (30)
SCORES AFTER TWO EVENTS:
SHERRY STORM: 157
CHASTAIN CHARGE: 88
AAGRO CRAG:
SHERRY STORM: Lauren & Shawna
CHASTAIN CHARGE: Cody & Troy
This is their verson of the "Eliminator" from "American Gladiators". For each point the leading team is ahead, one-tenth of a second in head start time is given. Hence, Sherry Storm has a 6.9 head start.
The first player on each team must activate three actuators before unlocking their ice portal; that allows the other member of each team to do the second half of the Crag. The first team to finish moves on to the next round.
Sherry Storm has the lead after the first half. Do they hang on for the win?...
...NO, because Shawna has major trouble with the wall climb. That means Troy just helped Chastain Charge come back to win!
Millionaire Video Bonus:
Part 1
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Part 3
Part 4
ROUND 1:
1. #11 (John)- WIPEOUT ($500,000)
2. #14 (Jim)- $10
3. #7 (Mandy)- $2,500
4. #15 (Asia)- $300
5. #4 (Chale)- $400
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $8,000
ROUND 2:
1. #21 (Toni)- $50,000
2. #9 (Kimberly)- $500
3. #12 (Ruben)- $50
4. #17 (Steve)- $25,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
5. #13 (Felicia)- $10,000
SECOND OFFER TURNED DOWN: $13,000
ROUND 3:
1. #22 (Joseph)- BUCK
2. #6 (William)- $250,000 (BIG STRIKE ONE!)
3. #2 (Antaneeca)- $7,500
4. #10 (Annie)- $1,000
THIRD OFFER: $6,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #5 (Monica)- $5
2. #20 (Jerry)- $5,000
FOURTH OFFER: $12,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #18 (Darci)- $100,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
2. #3 (Rose)- $100
FIFTH OFFER: $8,000- DEAL
His case had…
…THE PENNY, so he made a good deal! However, he could’ve won more. The rest of the playout had he gone on:
#1 (Luke)- $25 (Offer: $27,000)
#16 (Keith)- $200 (Final offer: $41,000)
Thus, Barry had the $75,000 in his #8 case.
WOF: Before I start this recap, I would like to make a note- as of right now, only one car will be offered every week. I'll tell you what this week's car is later. Right now, time to focus on the maingame action. We start with this Toss-Up in the category of Things:
F _ O N _ - R _ W
_ E _ T _
Tiffany rings in with FRONT-ROW SEATS...right for the first $1,000 (I would've messed up saying FRONT-ROW TEETH). Our players tonight:
Tiffany Chow (Fullerton, CA)- UCLA senior majoring in European Studies and Political Science; she's also aspiring to work for the United Nations one day
Lois Altman (Fort Payne, AL)- Has worked in commercial bakery business for 26 years
Josh Brodfuehrer (Louisville)- Has worked in the cell phone business for 12 years
Toss-Up #2 category is Place. Josh's first on the buzzer this time...
I _ E/C _ E A M/_ _ _ L _ R
...he solves ICE CREAM PARLOR for $2,000.
(They could've used this puzzle last week to fit the "Endless Summer" theme.)
Round 1 category is What Are You Doing? and it's tonight's Prize Puzzle! Out on the wheel now is a Caribbean Cruise from Costa worth $5,550. After Tiffany buys the A's, we have...
_ _ A _ I N G/IN/THE/A _ E _ _ _ E/
_ _ E N E R _
...I don't know the first word. After a $550 Y, she buys the O's to clean out the vowels and we now have...
_ O A _ I N G/IN/THE/A _ E _ O _ E/
_ _ E N E R Y
...I believe I've got it now, but she then spins Bankrupt. Lois repeats the R. Josh then calls the C for the Wild Card, the S's for another $1,350 and solves SOAKING IN THE AWESOME SCENERY for another $3,400 and a trip to British Columbia, for a total of $10,900 in cash and trip.
DUDS: L
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Tiffany)
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: AR8399762
Eggland's Best Jackpot Round category is Around the House. Right out of the gate, Tiffany hits Jackpot and calls a pair of T's for a grand but obviously doesn't want to guess for the Jackpot right now. A little later, she calls a pair of R's for a $1,000 gift certificate from The Berry Factory. But a few spins later, she spins a Bankrupt for the second time tonight. Then, Lois calls a $550 F and we have...
F I N E - _ _ T
_ R _ _ T A _
_ _ A _ _ W A R E
...I think I've got it now, but she then buys the only dud vowel on the board (O). Josh then calls the S's for $1,500 and solves FINE-CUT CRYSTAL GLASSWARE to add that amount to his total, for a new total of $12,400 in cash and trip.
DUDS: O
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Tiffany)
Gold Bond $10,000 Mystery Round category is Before & After. Early on, Lois calls a pair of S's for $7,000. Later, after she buys the O's, E's and I's, we have...
_ _ O T O
_ I _ I S _
_ O _ _
_ E _ E T _ _ _ E S
...I know it. She then calls a $1,000 P on a Mystery Wedge and decides not to flip the wedge over (good, because that was the Bankrupt one). After a pair of H's for another $1,800, she buys the other vowels (A and U). Next is a $600 F, a $300 N, and she then solves PHOTO FINISH YOUR VEGETABLES for $10,350!
NO DUDS OR BANKRUPTS THIS ROUND
Final Toss-Up category is On the Map. Lois is in first...
_ H _/P A _ _ _ _ C/_ C E A _
...she solves THE PACIFIC OCEAN to take the lead with $13,350. Next category is Song Title. Early on, Lois hits Bankrupt immediately after a $550 T, then Josh loses his Wild Card to a Bankrupt. Tiffany then also hits Bankrupt after a $500 N. A little later, we go to Speed-Up Mode with consonants being worth $1,600 apiece. After Josh calls the H's...
_ _/_ _ _/T H _/_ H _ _ P _ _ N S
...he solves the Queen song "We Are the Champions" to become the champ here with $15,600! Lois has $13,350 and Tiffany gets $1,000.
BANKRUPTS: 3 (Lois' second spin, Josh's first spin, Tiffany's second spin)
Big Money Round: If Josh can keep the winning streak alive, he'll either win up to $100,000 or a new Mercedes SLK Convertible. He spins the I in SPIN and the category is Show Biz. Beginning with:
_ _ L _ _ E
_ R _ _ _
He calls C, D, M and A and gets...
_ _ L _ C E
D R A M A
...he guesses POLICE DRAMA...YES! That wasn't the easiest puzzle in the world, but he does win another $30,000 for a total of $45,600 in cash and Canada!
DOND (NBC)- Playing the second game of Million Dollar Mission IV is Chris Williams from Detroit (who is a P.E. teacher and loves to play video games). Three $1,000,000 cases are on his board, and his chosen suitcase is #22.
ROUND 1:
1. #6- $300
2. #17- $75,000
3. #21- $500
4. #3- $100
5. #1- $100,000
6. #15- $750
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $74,000
ROUND 2:
1. #19- $10
2. #5- $200,000
3. #25- $400
4. #7- $50
5. #13- BUCK
SECOND REJECTED OFFER: $103,000
ROUND 3:
1. #9- $300,000
2. #10- $25,000
3. #18- ONE MILLION DOLLARS
4. #24- $5
THIRD OFFER THROWN AWAY: $81,000
ROUND 4:
1. #20- $400,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
2. #23- $10,000
3. #4- $5,000
FOURTH OFFER: $126,000
BANKER BONUS: A trip to the Electronic Arts headquarters in Canada, where he would get the entire collection of the company's video games, get to attend the "NBA Live 2009" launch party in L.A., get to participate in the "NBA Live 2009" motion capture process and the right to be immortalized as the game's referee in "NBA Live 2010" ($5,700).
TOTAL OFFER: $131,700
DECISION: NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #8- ONE MILLION DOLLARS (STRIKE ONE!)
2. #26- ONE MILLION DOLLARS (BIG STRIKE TWO!!)
FIFTH OFFER REJECTED: $5,000
PICK #21: #14- $50,000 (STRIKE THREE!!! YOU'RE OUT!!!!)
OFFER: $250- NO DEAL
Looks like he should've followed the video game dream, because he had HORRIBLE luck on his last three picks! Now, is he about to become the second American member of the "1p club"?
PICK #22: $75
OFFER: $300- NO DEAL
PICK #23: $1,000
OFFER: $75- NO DEAL
PICK #24: #12- $25
FINAL OFFER: $110- DEAL
Could he have been the second one penny winner?...
...NO, because $200 was in his case. Claudia had the penny in #1.
Maryann Vazquez from Chicago is next with four $1,000,000 cases in play. Her case of destiny is #3.
ROUND 1:
1. #10- $100
2. #17- $750
3. #12- $10,000
4. #2- $5
5. #14- $200,000
6. #16- $200
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $113,000
ROUND 2:
1. #21- BUCK
2. #22- $5,000
3. #25- $100,000
4. #9- $75,000
5. #1- ONE MILLION DOLLARS
SECOND REJECTED OFFER: $88,000
ROUND 3:
1. #26- $25
2. #24- PENNY
3. #23- $50,000
4. #6- $300
THIRD OFFER: $157,000- NO DEAL
TONIGHT'S WINNING BEAT THE BANKER CASE: #6
ROUND 4 (the models are now in Howie Mandel costumes!):
1. #4- $25,000
2. #19- ONE MILLION DOLLARS (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
3. #11- ONE MILLION DOLLARS (STRIKE ONE!)
FOURTH OFFER: $91,000- DEAL
I was surprised she took the deal, because I thought for sure she would be back on the next episode. Her case had...
...$1,000, so not too bad of a deal made by her. #18 was the last remaining $1,000,000 case. Other cases:
#5- $75
#7- $10
#8- $400
#13- $500
#15- $300,000
#20- $50
The next time, five $1,000,000 cases will be in play; this was the same situation in which Jessica Robinson won the big one. Will the next player duplicate her feat? You'll have to wait to find out.
Jeopardy!: It's Kids Week Reunion time! Remember, each day's winner will receive a minimum of 25 grand, while second place is worth a flat $5,000 and third is worth $2,500. The first set of players:
Max Johansen (a senior at the University of Miami)
Melanie Bruchet (a senior at Bryn Mawr)
Nate Austin (Hutchison Community College)
Opening categories:
REUNIONS
THIS IS YOUR WIFE! (the current husband must be IDed in each correct response)
HOPE THIS ISN'T AN OPERA CATEGORY
WHERE YA BEEN?
1 SYLLABLE + 1 LETTER = 3 SYLLABLES (one word in each clue will be in quotation marks and the players have to add a letter to that word to form the correct response)
MISCELLANY
At the first break, Johansen leads with $4,200. Bruchet has $1,600 and Austin, the guy who now wants to be a sports broadcaster like I do, is at zero thanks to making a few mistakes early on. Left at this point are This is Your Wife!, Hope This Isn't An Opera Category and 1 Syllable + 1 Letter = 3 Syllables. $200 This is Your Wife clue with Johansen in control:
Katie Holmes
Nate: "Who is Tom Cruise"- YOU BET ($200); $400 WIFE CLUE
Demi Moore
Max: "Who is Ashton Kutcher?"- CORRECT ($4,600); MIDDLE WIFE CLUE
Eva Longoria
Nate: "Who is Tony Parker?"- OF COURSE IT IS ($800); $800, SAME CATEGORY
Mariah Carey
Max: "Who is Nick Cannon?"- YOU BET ($5,400); FINAL WIFE CLUE
Heidi Klum
Melanie: "Who is Seal?"- YES INDEED ($2,600); $200 SYLLABLE CLUE
Add a letter to "rode" and you get this public exhibition of cowboy skills.
Melanie: "What is rodeo?"- YES ($2,800); $400 SYLLABLE CLUE
Add a letter to "came" to get this word for a minor acting part played by a prominent performer.
Melanie: "What is cameo?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($3,200); MIDDLE CLUE, SAME CATEGORY
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLYYYYY DOUBLE! Her wager is two grand on the following:
Add a letter to "crime" and you get this peninsula in Southern Ukraine.
"What is Crimea?"...yes indeed to go to $5,200! $800, same subject:
Add a letter to "lien" and you get this word for a foreigner.
Max: "What is an alien?"- RIGHT ($6,200); LAST SYLLABLE CLUE
Add a letter to "smile" and you get this figure of speech.
Nate: "What is simile?"- YOU BET ($1,800)
$200 OPERA CLUE:
The Joad Family sings up a storm (make that a dust storm) in the opera adapted from this Steinbeck novel.
Nate: "What is Grapes of Wrath?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($2,000)
$400:
Fuhgedaboudit! The opera company of this NYC borough performs in unusual venues, like people's living rooms.
Max: "What is Brooklyn?"- CORRECT ($6,600)
$600:
Four sisters cavort in the March Family Attic in Act I of the opera based on this 1868 novel.
Nate: "What is Little Women?"- RIGHT ($2,600)
$800:
The bewitching opera based on this Arthur Miller play is set in Salem.
Melanie: "What is The Crucible?"- RIGHT ($6,000)
FINAL CLUE OF THE ROUND:
If you like swinging furniture-- and who doesn't-- you'll love "L'enfant et les Sortileges" by this "Bolero" composer.
TRIPLE STUMPER #2: Maurice Ravel
LACH TRASH IN ROUND 1: $1,600
DJ! Categories:
AMERICAN LIT
SPORTS
PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES
GENEALOGY
13-LETTER WORDS
MYTH-ELLANY
Because Austin's a sports guy now, he goes to the Sports category first, but only gets the last two clues of that category (Johansen got the first three but missed on the $2,000 clue there). A little later, Johansen closes out the Presidents & First Ladies category with the first Daily Double of the round. He still leads with $6,600, but this game has gotten very tight, as Bruchet is just $600 behind him and Austin is at $5,800. The leader's wager is EVERYTHING! For a big lead, here's the clue:
His wife Frances left the White House, returned four years later, and may have said, "Look what they've done to the place!".
"Who is Grover Cleveland?"...
"Who is Grover Cleveland?"
...IS RIGHT to double up to $13,200!
With American Lit and 13-Letter Words left, the scores aren't that tightly bunched now:
Nate: $2,200
Melanie: $12,800
Max: $8,800
Austin's going to need a miracle now. Bruchet has control and chooses the $400 13-Letter Words clue.
It's the "R" of CPR.
Max: "What is resuscitation?"- CORRECT ($9,200); $800 13-LETTER WORDS CLUE
From Latin for "to speak", this type of performer tries to keep a stiff upper (and lower) lip.
Max: "What is a ventriloquist?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($10,000); MIDDLE CLUE, SAME CATEGORY
Usually the highest academically ranked student in a graduating class.
Max: "What is a valedictorian?"- YOU BET ($11,200); $1,600, SAME TOPIC
Formerly dementia praecox, this term does not mean a patient has more than one personality.
Max: "What is schizophrenia?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($12,800); TO SWEEP THE CATEGORY, THIS CLUE IS TOLD BY KELLY
I'm simulating this futuristic method of conveying a person from place to place.
Max: "What is teleportation?"- SWEEP! ($14,800)
THE LAST CATEGORY OF AMERICAN LIT BEGINS WITH THIS $400 CLUE:
Unlike some of his other scary stories, "The Pit and the Pendulum" has a happy ending.
Max: "Who is Poe?"- RIGHT YET AGAIN ($15,200)
$800:
Edna Ferber set most of her novel "Giant" in this giant state.
Nate: "What is Alaska?"- NO WAY ($1,400)
Melanie: "What is Texas?"- CORRECT ($13,600)
$1,200:
Her 1922 novel "One of Ours" tells the tale of a Nebraska farm boy who dies in WWI (Nebraska is your big clue).
TRIPLE STUMPER: Willa Cather
$1,600:
Much of "The Beautiful and Damned", his 1922 novel about a self-destructive couple, now seems autobiographical.
ANOTHER TRIPLE STUMPER: F. Scott Fitzgerald
That means Bruchet has the other Daily Double to close the round. Her wager is...$2,000.
"The soul selects her own society- then- shuts the door", she wrote in her poem No. 303.
"Who is Elizabeth Browning?"...incorrect. It was Emily Dickenson.
ROUND 2 LACH TRASH: $8,000
SCORES AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY!:
Nate: $1,400
Melanie: $11,600
Max: $15,200
CORYAT SCORES:
Nate: $1,400
Melanie: $12,800
Max: $10,600
FJ! CATEGORY: Signs & Symbols.
Created in 1970 and made up of three arrows, the universal symbol for this was based on the Mobius Strip.
NATE:
Response: "What is Tride"
Wager: $1,399
Final score: BUCK
Bruchet's response to this was "What is recycling?"...
"What is recycling?"
...right! She risked $7,000, taking her to $18,600. Johansen's response...
...the same thing, and an $8,001 wager gives him the $25,000 victory!
My Family's Got GUTS: Nickelodeon's answer to "American Gladiators" from the '90s is back in primetime! As you know, Ben Lyons, now one of the hosts of "At the Movies", is the host. Each season will have 11 episodes, with the championship episode being an hour long (the other episodes will be a half-hour long). Episodes air weeknights at 8 PM. This time out, families of four compete. Here are the first two teams:
CHASTAIN CHARGE: Troy, Hunter, Diane & Cody
SHERRY STORM: Tim, Lauren, Shawna & TJ
Future matchups:
Cyclone Jones vs. Hurricane Hutagalungs
Rojo Grande vs. Eichen-Splat
Lowe Riders vs. Howlin' Howells
Dionne Dash vs. Gahres G-Dogs
Kickin' Johnsons vs. Richards Riptide
The winners of each match move on to the semi-finals and get a small piece of the big rock. In the end, only three teams will make the one-hour season finale called the Aggro Bowl, where the ultimate winners get the biggest piece of the rock and the sports vacation of a lifetime.
The original theme has been remixed a bit, and the referee is now Asha Kuerten. We still have the Extreme Arena. Each first round game has two events before the Aggro Crag.
EVENT #1: FREE RUN CITY
Contestants start off by climbing a series of I-beams, then they vault across a series of four wedges before getting to the V-Wall. After that, one player goes onto a water tower 18 feet above the Extreme Arena floor and must go around it three times. Then, the players have to cross a moving Skybridge. After crossing that, they finish by climbing the Street Hop.
This is a relay race. Each player is assigned one of the obstacles; once a player completes their obstacles, the next player on the team starts their obstacle. The faster they complete the course, the more points they're awarded for this event. I believe the scoring for each team's run in this event is 120 minus the number of seconds elapsed.
Since the red team won the coin toss, they get the option of going first or second; they decided to go second. Here are the green team assignments:
Troy: Construction
Diane: Water tower
Hunter: Skybridge
Cody: Street Hop
The results:
Troy- :13
Diane- :27
Hunter- :04
Cody- :18
TOTAL: 1:02- 58 POINTS
Now, for Sherry Storm.
Lauren: Construction
TJ: Water tower
Tim: Skybridge
Shawna: Street Hop
Results:
Lauren- :18
TJ- :22
Tim- :03
Shawna- :20
TOTAL: 1:03- 57 POINTS
EVENT #2: FLYING FOOTBALL
Two players from each team compete. One acts as the quarterback, while the other acts as the receiver. The quarterback must throw balls throw the goalposts, and hopefully get them into the hands of the receiver. Every time this is successfully done, ten points are awarded. 90 seconds are put on the clock. The teams:
SHERRY STORM: TJ & Tim
CHASTAIN CHARGE: Hunter & Diane
Results:
SHERRY STORM: 10 (100)
CHASTAIN CHARGE: 3 (30)
SCORES AFTER TWO EVENTS:
SHERRY STORM: 157
CHASTAIN CHARGE: 88
AAGRO CRAG:
SHERRY STORM: Lauren & Shawna
CHASTAIN CHARGE: Cody & Troy
This is their verson of the "Eliminator" from "American Gladiators". For each point the leading team is ahead, one-tenth of a second in head start time is given. Hence, Sherry Storm has a 6.9 head start.
The first player on each team must activate three actuators before unlocking their ice portal; that allows the other member of each team to do the second half of the Crag. The first team to finish moves on to the next round.
Sherry Storm has the lead after the first half. Do they hang on for the win?...
...NO, because Shawna has major trouble with the wall climb. That means Troy just helped Chastain Charge come back to win!
Millionaire Video Bonus:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Saturday, September 13, 2008
"Millionaire" Video Bonus from Wednesday
Next Week in Game Shows: September 15-21
Here's what's on tap next week:
Big Brother 10: Which one of the Renegades will win $500,000?
The Biggest Loser: A new season begins!
America's Toughest Jobs: Two new episodes air this week- one on Monday at 9 PM EST and one on Friday at 8 PM EST!
Jeopardy!: 15 former Kids Week contestants come back to play for at least $25,000!
Also, for those of you watching "Millionaire" in your area, Ogi Ogas will be the Ask the Expert guess that week! In addition, find out if a "Wheel of Fortune" contestant will finally land the Million Dollar Wedge next week, and much more!
Big Brother 10: Which one of the Renegades will win $500,000?
The Biggest Loser: A new season begins!
America's Toughest Jobs: Two new episodes air this week- one on Monday at 9 PM EST and one on Friday at 8 PM EST!
Jeopardy!: 15 former Kids Week contestants come back to play for at least $25,000!
Also, for those of you watching "Millionaire" in your area, Ogi Ogas will be the Ask the Expert guess that week! In addition, find out if a "Wheel of Fortune" contestant will finally land the Million Dollar Wedge next week, and much more!
The Week in Review: September 8-12
Players of the Week:
WINNERS: Chloe McGlover ($105,000)("Deal or No Deal"- Syndicated) and Jeremy Setti ($68,866 during his total clean sweep)("Wheel of Fortune")
RUNNER-UP: Eric Cunningham ($100,000)("Millionaire")
3rd PLACE: Tiffany Wilcoxson ($350,000)("Don't Forget the Lyrics!")
Other Big Winners and Notables:
Daniel & Dylan Cox- $175,000 ("Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?")
Jim Miracle- $72,000 ("Deal or No Deal")
Kyle Sullivan- $51,000 ("Wipeout")
Christian Readyhoff- $50,000 and Wipeout Zone record ("Wipeout")
Janell Jones- $50,850 ("Wheel of Fortune")
Dan Gheesling and Memphis Garrett- FINALISTS ("Big Brother 10")
Lane Miley- $45,280 ("WOF")
Greg Lindsay- $41,200 as two-day champ ("Jeopardy!")
ZONK ANSWER OF THE WEEK: During a David Letterman Top 10-themed category on Tuesday's episode of "Jeopardy!", on the first clue of that category, when told "The Aston Martin won't start, so (he) drives a '95 Ford Focus", instead of saying James Bond, Virginian Carlo Uchello said "Who was Meyers?". WTF? I'm not sure if Meyers is even a movie actor.
Dishonorable mention: After a pair of identical twin contestants had walked away, Bryce thought the M in the abbreviation AM for radio stood for morning!
WINNERS: Chloe McGlover ($105,000)("Deal or No Deal"- Syndicated) and Jeremy Setti ($68,866 during his total clean sweep)("Wheel of Fortune")
RUNNER-UP: Eric Cunningham ($100,000)("Millionaire")
3rd PLACE: Tiffany Wilcoxson ($350,000)("Don't Forget the Lyrics!")
Other Big Winners and Notables:
Daniel & Dylan Cox- $175,000 ("Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?")
Jim Miracle- $72,000 ("Deal or No Deal")
Kyle Sullivan- $51,000 ("Wipeout")
Christian Readyhoff- $50,000 and Wipeout Zone record ("Wipeout")
Janell Jones- $50,850 ("Wheel of Fortune")
Dan Gheesling and Memphis Garrett- FINALISTS ("Big Brother 10")
Lane Miley- $45,280 ("WOF")
Greg Lindsay- $41,200 as two-day champ ("Jeopardy!")
ZONK ANSWER OF THE WEEK: During a David Letterman Top 10-themed category on Tuesday's episode of "Jeopardy!", on the first clue of that category, when told "The Aston Martin won't start, so (he) drives a '95 Ford Focus", instead of saying James Bond, Virginian Carlo Uchello said "Who was Meyers?". WTF? I'm not sure if Meyers is even a movie actor.
Dishonorable mention: After a pair of identical twin contestants had walked away, Bryce thought the M in the abbreviation AM for radio stood for morning!
Friday, September 12, 2008
9/12/2008 Results- "Lyrics" returns
DOND: We wrap up the first week of syndicated "Deal" with #11, known as T-Rex, Robert Taylor! He's a California investigator and a mentor. He keeps his case. Remember, those contestants who never get called on down to play each week might be brought back on future syndicated shows or maybe even get called up to play on the NBC version.
ROUND #1:
1. #8 (Taminika)- $5,000
2. #10 (Jennifer)- $400
3. #13 (Kim Marie)- $7,500
4. #3 (Mike)- $2,500
5. #21 (Erin)- $100,000
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $15,000
ROUND 2:
1. #6 (Barry)- $300
2. #4 (Jaye)- $25,000
3. #2 (Michelle)- $50
4. #17 (Amber)- $5
5. #14 (Kat)- $500,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
SECOND OFFER: $9,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 3:
1. #19 (Mark)- $100
2. #20 (Devin)- $250,000 (BIG STRIKE ONE!)
3. #16 (Phillipe)- $10
4. #12 (Emmett)- $10,000
THIRD OFFER TURNED DOWN: $7,500
ROUND 4:
1. #5 (Dorina)- PENNY
2. #1 (Maranda)- BUCK
Best round so far!
FOURTH OFFER: $10,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #7 (Jimmy)- $1,000
2. #22 (Devyn)- $200
FIFTH OFFER: $16,500- NO DEAL
T-REX'S 19th PICK: #15 (Christine)- $75,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
SIXTH OFFER: $7,000- NO DEAL
20th PICK: #18 (Yolanda)- $500
FINAL OFFER: $19,000- DEAL
Would he have won the 50 grand...yes.
WOF: Let's start this Friday episode with the first Toss-Up category of Show Biz. Board:
O U _ _ O O R
C O N C _ R _
Ashley solves OUTDOOR CONCERT for $1,000. The three players who have the daunting task of following up last night's outstanding episode:
Ashley Evans (Houston)- 3rd Grade teacher
Lane Miley (Biloxi, MS)- Former Marine journalist and now an assistant for an orthopedic shipment company
Jonelle Kamai (Malkawi, HI)- Food/beverage manager at a hotel
$2,000 Toss-Up category is Place. Board after Lane buzzes in...
_ _ T T _ R Y
S _ U D _ _
...he solves POTTERY STUDIO for $2,000.
After a trip to the Dominican Republic worth $6,028 appears on the wheel, the Round 1 category is On the Map. After Ashley buys the E, the board reads like this:
_ _ _ _ _ _ R N _ _ - N E _ _ _ _
_ _ R _ E R
She then calls a $500 L, but then hits Bankrupt. Lane calls the D's for $800 and solves CALIFORNIA-NEVADA BORDER for another grand and $3,000 total.
DUDS: S, T
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Ashley)
IHOP Jackpot Round category is Event. Early on, Jonelle calls the L's for the trip. Later, after she buys the O's, we have...
A N N _ A L/L I _ E S T O _ _/S _ O _/
AND/_ O D E O
...I've got it. After a $900 C, she spins a Bankrupt. Ashley calls a $450 H and solves ANNUAL LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO to double her winnings.
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Jonelle)
V8 $10K Mystery/Prize Puzzle Round category is Things. Early on, Ashley calls an F for the Wild Card. Later, after she buys the A...
_ O N _ E R _/OF/N A _ _ R E
...she calls a $400 T, buys the U, but calls a dud in Y. Lane then steals WONDERS OF NATURE for a $5,080 trip to Canada, giving him $8,080 in cash and trip.
DUDS: Y
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: WS1400194
Last Toss-Up category is Around the House. Lane rings in...
S _ E P
_ _ _ _ L
...he solves STEP STOOL to jump to $11,080.
Next category is Phrase. After Jonelle calls the R's, we have...
T _ _ _ _ _/_/T _ R _/_ _ R/
T _ E/_ E T T E R
...but she then spins Bankrupt for the second time tonight. Ashley spins Lose a Turn. Lane calls a $300 B and buys the O. Next, he calls a $600 F and buys the A's, then solves TAKING A TURN FOR THE BETTER for another grand and $12,080 total.
DUDS: L
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Jonelle)
Speed-Up Round category is People and consonants are worth $1,600 each. After Lane calls the C's...
S _ C _ N _
C _ _ S _ N S
...he solves SECOND COUSINS to seal the match with $15,280! Ashley leaves with $2,000 and Jonelle gets one.
DUDS: L, T
Big Money Round: Lane spins the C in AMERICA'S and the category is Phrase. Starting with:
_ _ _/_ _ _ E/_ E/_ L _ S _
He calls F, B, H and A and gets...
_ _ _/_ A _ E/_ E/B L _ S H
...by saying to the host "YOU MADE ME BLUSH", he also pockets the $30,000 envelope for a final total of $45,280! We ended the week strong with three bonus round wins in a row and last night's total clean sweep!
Video Bonus: Ten minutes of footage of Thursday's big episode!
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?: Last week's third season premiere will be an extremely tough act to follow. In tonight's first game, a pair of identical twin boys are playing and oddly enough have the same last name as the first-ever $1,000,000 winner on this show (Kathy)- Daniel and Dylan Cox, originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Here are their categories:
1st Grade Music
1st Grade U.S. Geography
2nd Grade Measurements
2nd Grade Grammar
3rd Grade Animal Science
3rd Grade U.S. History
4th Grade Math
4th Grade English
5th Grade World History
5th Grade Science
Their first classmate choice is Jenna and their first subject is Music.
Which of the following patriotic songs contains the lyrics "Let Freedom Ring"?
A: "Yankee Doodle"
B: "America"
C: "You're a Grand Old Flag"
Dylan wants to say "You're a Grand Old Flag", but he's unsure. They decide to peek at Jenna's answer, which was "America". They agree to get on the board. Their second category is Grammar.
T or F: In the English language, every grammatically correct sentence must contain at least one word with a capital letter.
They're correct with True. Their second chosen partner is Jonathan and for their third question, they choose Measurements.
Jenna has a subscription to a magazine that comes every other week. How many issues of the magazine will she receive over the course of eight weeks?
They nail 4. Subject #4 for them is U.S. Geography.
What is the name of the bridge shown in the following picture?
They get the Golden Gate Bridge. For the $25,000 and $50,000 questions, they choose Olivia. Their next category is 3rd Grade Animal Science.
In terms of average size, what's the largest species of penguin?
They guess emperor...that's $25,000! Their freebie category is 4th Grade Math.
When 17 is divided by 3, the remainder is R. What's the remainder when 13's divided by R?
They come up with 1...for $50,000!
Their fourth partner is Francesca and their next category is 4th Grade English.
Which of the following is an example of an oxymoron?
A: Peanut gallery
B: Rhyme time
C: Living dead
They solve living dead for 100 grand! If they get the next question correct, they'll tie the peformance of the first set of twins featured on the show ($175,000). Their next subject is 3rd Grade U.S. History.
What automotive company introduced a car called the Model T in 1908?
They get Ford with little trouble to hit that $175K mark! Next category is 5th Grade Science, now with Bryce as their partner. For 300 large:
In the radio frequency abbreviation AM, the A stands for the word amplitude. What word does the M stand for?
They decide to end with the same fate as the show's first set of identical contestants, $175,000. Answer: Modulation. They would've said meridian, while Bryce said morning (LOL!).
Jeri Chandler is next. She's a mother of quintuplets...and speaking of them, they're the Visiting Class in this game (Meagan, Joshua, Amanda, Emily and Heidi)! Her subjects:
1st Grade Spelling
1st Grade Health
2nd Grade Math
2nd Grade Earth Science
3rd Grade Music
3rd Grade Animal Science
4th Grade U.S. History
4th Grade Astronomy
5th Grade Social Studies
5th Grade Science
Her first partner is Heidi. The first category of her choosing is Health.
What joint in the human body connects the foot to the leg?
She immediately gets the ankle. Her second chosen topic is Spelling.
What word in this question comes first alphabetically?
This is probably the easiest question I've ever seen on this show, and she gets alphabetically. Her second partner is Bryce and her third subject is Earth Science.
T or F: All plants have flowers.
Her answer is False...False it is. Her fourth category is Math.
How many sides does a quadrilateral have?
She goes with the obvious guess of 4...got it. For the third pair of questions, she goes with Josh as her partner. Her $25,000 category is 4th Grade U.S. History.
(School bell rings)
But we're out of time for tonight. As the first carryover contestant of the season, Jeri will be back the next time.
Don't Forget the Lyrics!: The first contestant of the new season is Tiffany Wilcoxson from L.A. She's a roller derby queen (known as "Sugar & Spice" on the skating track). The categories are:
R & B
CLASSIC ROCK
HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS
ROCK
PARTY SONGS
BREAK UP SONGS
BALLADS
1970s
POP
First up for her is Pop. Her first pair of song choices are "Any Way You Want It" by Journey and "You Were Meant For Me" by most recent "Nashville Star" judge Jewel. She goes with "You Were Meant For Me" and must get by a four word target.
"And I ___ _____ ___ ___"
She easily gets "...was meant for you".
The second category is the 1970s. Choices this time are "Love is Like Oxygen" by Sweet and "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" by Dawn. Her choice is "'Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" and only has a three word target this time.
"Do ya ____ ___ __"
She's unsure with "...still want me", so she uses her two words backup. But it proves to be a waste, as the first two words she has revealed turn out to be her original ones sung. She then locks in "...still want me" for $5,000.
Tonight's backup singers for her are Edie (one of her roller derby teammates) and Steve (a friend).
Subject #3 is Party Songs. In this case, the two are "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & the Comets and "It's My Party" by Lesley Gore. "It's My Party" is her choice and again must fill in three words.
"You would cry too if it _______ __ ___"
She locks in "...happened to you" no problem.
Her $25,000 category turns out to be Break Up Songs, and she will choose this time from either "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)" by Air Supply and "Oh Girl" by the Chi-Lites. She goes with "Here I Am" and her target is three words long once again.
"And I just can't go __ _____ ___"
Her final three words here are "...on without you" and she locks them in to reach the safe haven.
Next stop for this athlete is Ballads. The two that appear are "Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now)" by Phil Collins and "One Hundred Ways" by Quincy Jones with James Ingram. "Against All Odds" is her choice and she gets her highest target so far- six words.
"So take a look at me ___, _____ ___ __ ____ ____"
She fills in the blanks with "Now there's just an empty space", but she's not totally sure, so she uses her multiple choice:
A: "...now, there's nothing left to see"
B: Her guess
C: "...now, look at my broken heart"
She goes with her gut to double up. That's the second time tonight she used a backup at the wrong time.
The 100 grand topic she chooses is R & B. Now, we have "You Are My Lady" by Freddie Jackson and "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" by Billy Ocean. She wants "You Are My Lady", and her target this time again is six words.
"You are my lady, ___ _______ _ ___ ___ ____"
She blanks out, so she calls on Edie to help her out. Her suggestion is "You're everything I need and more". Wilcoxson agrees with her...she's double up again!
To get to $200K, she has to get past a Rock song next. The song choices this time are "Angel" by Aerosmith and "Call Me" by Blondie. She wants the Blondie song, and has another six word deficit.
"Cover me with _____ ____, ____ __ ____ ____"
Her guess is "...kisses baby, cover me with love" and locks them in...after the host checks the lyric one word at a time and the contestant turns around to face the board, she now has $200,000!
Next topic is Classic Rock and her choices now are "Take It On the Run" by REO Speedwagon and "Give a Little Bit" by Supertramp. She decides on "Take It On the Run" and has her toughest target to date- ten words. They follow after "You're putting on your bedroom eyes". Her follow-up guess is "You say you're coming home but you won't say when". She then is sure enough to go for it...
"You say you're coming home but you won't say when"
...just won $350,000!
That means a Huey Lewis and the News song stands between her and the season's first crack at the Million Dollar Song. Her final set of choices are "I Want a New Drug" and "Hip to be Square". She chooses "I Want a New Drug" and again must fill in ten words. They follow after "One that". Her guess is "Makes me feel the way I feel when I'm with", which doesn't sound complete at all. She can't come up with a legitimate idea, so she decides to go home as the first big winner of the season with $350,000! The right lyric, which Steve knew: "...makes me feel like I feel when I'm with you". If only she had that backup singer help with her at that point and then chosen Steve...
Catch 21: Another early-taped episode with Mikki at her table during the opening and just host Alfonso Ribiero walking out. In this case, he uses the spiel from Wednesday's episode. And tonight's players are:
Jeremy (Charleston, SC)- Chauffeur
Amy Galley (Grafton, ND)- Registered nurse
Jason (San Clemente, CA)- IT manager
BASE CARDS FOR ROUND 1:
JEREMY: 4 OF DIAMONDS
AMY: JACK OF DIAMONDS
JASON: 9 OF CLUBS
1. Which character on "Sex and the City" calls herself a trisexual because she'll try anything...?
JASON: Samantha- CORRECT (100)
CARD: 10 OF SPADES; FREEZES AT 19
2. What is the color of traditional Italian pesto sauce?
A: Red
B: White
C: Green
AMY: Green- YOU BET (100)
CARD: 4 OF SPADES; PASSES TO JEREMY (8)
3. What celebrity did sports fans accuse of putting a Jessica jinx on her boyfriend quarterback Tony Romo?
JEREMY: Jessica Simpson- YOU BET (100)
CARD: 6 OF HEARTS; PASSES TO AMY (16)
4. In what romantic comedy do Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan...?
JEREMY: "Sleepless in Seattle"- YES INDEED (200)
CARD: JACK OF CLUBS, BUSTING AMY
JEREMY:
CARD #5: 10 OF CLUBS (18)
CARD #6: 3 OF DIAMONDS- WIN! (700)
OPENING CARDS FOR SECOND ROUND:
JEREMY: 4 OF HEARTS
AMY: JACK OF HEARTS
JASON: 8 OF SPADES
1. According to the American Kennel Club, what has been the most popular breed of dog in the U.S. for the past ten years?
AMY: Golden Retriever- NOT ONE OF THE THREE CHOICES
Choices for the men:
A: Yorkshire Terrier
B: Labrador Retriever
C: Shih Tzu
JASON: Labrador Retriever- CORRECT (200)
CARD: QUEEN OF CLUBS; PASSES TO JEREMY (14)
2. What wooly boots that became a celebrity fashion statement...?
JASON: Uggs- RIGHT AGAIN (300)
CARD: 3 OF HEARTS; KEEPS IT (11)
3. Winners of 13 Grammys, Natalie, Martie and Emily are better known as what?
JASON: Dixie Chicks- YOU BET (400)
CARD: 2 OF SPADES; PASSES TO AMY (12)
4. According to a December 2007 Glamour.com poll, 59% of men say it's a don't for a woman to say while making love?
A: I love you
B: Oh daddy
C: Your time is up
JASON: I love you- NO
AMY: Oh daddy- CORRECT (200)
CARD: QUEEN OF SPADES, WHICH BUSTS JEREMY
5. During a 2007 Democratic presidential debate, Dennis Kucinich admitted he had seen what?
A: Angel
B: UFO
C: Hillary in a skirt
JASON: UFO- RIGHT (500)
CARD: QUEEN OF DIAMONDS- WIN!
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND OPENING CARDS:
JEREMY: 9 OF HEARTS
JASON: 4 OF CLUBS
1. What co-host of "The View" first gained fame as a contestant on "Survivor"?
A: Lisa Ling
B: Elisabeth Hasselbeck
C: ???
JASON: Elisabeth Hasselbeck- OF COURSE IT'S HER
CARD: 5 OF HEARTS; PASSES TO JEREMY (14)
2. According to a 2008 Forbes article, what destination is the most visited tourist attraction in the U.S.?
A: Disneyworld
B: Times Square
C: Nigara Falls
JEREMY: Disneyworld- NO
JASON: Times Square- CORRECT
If this next card is higher than a 7, the game is Jeremy's.
CARD: 10 OF HEARTS- WIN!
Super Catch 21: Two Power Chips to work with.
HAND #1: 6 OF SPADES
HAND #2: ACE OF CLUBS
HAND #3: 3 OF CLUBS
CARD #1: 10 OF HEARTS; HAND #2 CLEARED ($1,000)
CARD #2: 4 OF CLUBS; PLACED IN HAND #3 (7)
CARD #3: QUEEN OF SPADES; CHANGES IT
CARD #4: QUEEN OF CLUBS; PLACED IN HAND #1 (16)
CARD #5: JACK OF HEARTS; CHANGES IT
CARD #6: JACK OF CLUBS, WHICH IS PLACED IN HAND #3 (17); STOPS AT $2,000
CARD #7: 10 OF SPADES
ROUND #1:
1. #8 (Taminika)- $5,000
2. #10 (Jennifer)- $400
3. #13 (Kim Marie)- $7,500
4. #3 (Mike)- $2,500
5. #21 (Erin)- $100,000
FIRST OFFER REJECTED: $15,000
ROUND 2:
1. #6 (Barry)- $300
2. #4 (Jaye)- $25,000
3. #2 (Michelle)- $50
4. #17 (Amber)- $5
5. #14 (Kat)- $500,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
SECOND OFFER: $9,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 3:
1. #19 (Mark)- $100
2. #20 (Devin)- $250,000 (BIG STRIKE ONE!)
3. #16 (Phillipe)- $10
4. #12 (Emmett)- $10,000
THIRD OFFER TURNED DOWN: $7,500
ROUND 4:
1. #5 (Dorina)- PENNY
2. #1 (Maranda)- BUCK
Best round so far!
FOURTH OFFER: $10,500- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #7 (Jimmy)- $1,000
2. #22 (Devyn)- $200
FIFTH OFFER: $16,500- NO DEAL
T-REX'S 19th PICK: #15 (Christine)- $75,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
SIXTH OFFER: $7,000- NO DEAL
20th PICK: #18 (Yolanda)- $500
FINAL OFFER: $19,000- DEAL
Would he have won the 50 grand...yes.
WOF: Let's start this Friday episode with the first Toss-Up category of Show Biz. Board:
O U _ _ O O R
C O N C _ R _
Ashley solves OUTDOOR CONCERT for $1,000. The three players who have the daunting task of following up last night's outstanding episode:
Ashley Evans (Houston)- 3rd Grade teacher
Lane Miley (Biloxi, MS)- Former Marine journalist and now an assistant for an orthopedic shipment company
Jonelle Kamai (Malkawi, HI)- Food/beverage manager at a hotel
$2,000 Toss-Up category is Place. Board after Lane buzzes in...
_ _ T T _ R Y
S _ U D _ _
...he solves POTTERY STUDIO for $2,000.
After a trip to the Dominican Republic worth $6,028 appears on the wheel, the Round 1 category is On the Map. After Ashley buys the E, the board reads like this:
_ _ _ _ _ _ R N _ _ - N E _ _ _ _
_ _ R _ E R
She then calls a $500 L, but then hits Bankrupt. Lane calls the D's for $800 and solves CALIFORNIA-NEVADA BORDER for another grand and $3,000 total.
DUDS: S, T
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Ashley)
IHOP Jackpot Round category is Event. Early on, Jonelle calls the L's for the trip. Later, after she buys the O's, we have...
A N N _ A L/L I _ E S T O _ _/S _ O _/
AND/_ O D E O
...I've got it. After a $900 C, she spins a Bankrupt. Ashley calls a $450 H and solves ANNUAL LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO to double her winnings.
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Jonelle)
V8 $10K Mystery/Prize Puzzle Round category is Things. Early on, Ashley calls an F for the Wild Card. Later, after she buys the A...
_ O N _ E R _/OF/N A _ _ R E
...she calls a $400 T, buys the U, but calls a dud in Y. Lane then steals WONDERS OF NATURE for a $5,080 trip to Canada, giving him $8,080 in cash and trip.
DUDS: Y
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: WS1400194
Last Toss-Up category is Around the House. Lane rings in...
S _ E P
_ _ _ _ L
...he solves STEP STOOL to jump to $11,080.
Next category is Phrase. After Jonelle calls the R's, we have...
T _ _ _ _ _/_/T _ R _/_ _ R/
T _ E/_ E T T E R
...but she then spins Bankrupt for the second time tonight. Ashley spins Lose a Turn. Lane calls a $300 B and buys the O. Next, he calls a $600 F and buys the A's, then solves TAKING A TURN FOR THE BETTER for another grand and $12,080 total.
DUDS: L
BANKRUPTS: 1 (Jonelle)
Speed-Up Round category is People and consonants are worth $1,600 each. After Lane calls the C's...
S _ C _ N _
C _ _ S _ N S
...he solves SECOND COUSINS to seal the match with $15,280! Ashley leaves with $2,000 and Jonelle gets one.
DUDS: L, T
Big Money Round: Lane spins the C in AMERICA'S and the category is Phrase. Starting with:
_ _ _/_ _ _ E/_ E/_ L _ S _
He calls F, B, H and A and gets...
_ _ _/_ A _ E/_ E/B L _ S H
...by saying to the host "YOU MADE ME BLUSH", he also pockets the $30,000 envelope for a final total of $45,280! We ended the week strong with three bonus round wins in a row and last night's total clean sweep!
Video Bonus: Ten minutes of footage of Thursday's big episode!
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?: Last week's third season premiere will be an extremely tough act to follow. In tonight's first game, a pair of identical twin boys are playing and oddly enough have the same last name as the first-ever $1,000,000 winner on this show (Kathy)- Daniel and Dylan Cox, originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Here are their categories:
1st Grade Music
1st Grade U.S. Geography
2nd Grade Measurements
2nd Grade Grammar
3rd Grade Animal Science
3rd Grade U.S. History
4th Grade Math
4th Grade English
5th Grade World History
5th Grade Science
Their first classmate choice is Jenna and their first subject is Music.
Which of the following patriotic songs contains the lyrics "Let Freedom Ring"?
A: "Yankee Doodle"
B: "America"
C: "You're a Grand Old Flag"
Dylan wants to say "You're a Grand Old Flag", but he's unsure. They decide to peek at Jenna's answer, which was "America". They agree to get on the board. Their second category is Grammar.
T or F: In the English language, every grammatically correct sentence must contain at least one word with a capital letter.
They're correct with True. Their second chosen partner is Jonathan and for their third question, they choose Measurements.
Jenna has a subscription to a magazine that comes every other week. How many issues of the magazine will she receive over the course of eight weeks?
They nail 4. Subject #4 for them is U.S. Geography.
What is the name of the bridge shown in the following picture?
They get the Golden Gate Bridge. For the $25,000 and $50,000 questions, they choose Olivia. Their next category is 3rd Grade Animal Science.
In terms of average size, what's the largest species of penguin?
They guess emperor...that's $25,000! Their freebie category is 4th Grade Math.
When 17 is divided by 3, the remainder is R. What's the remainder when 13's divided by R?
They come up with 1...for $50,000!
Their fourth partner is Francesca and their next category is 4th Grade English.
Which of the following is an example of an oxymoron?
A: Peanut gallery
B: Rhyme time
C: Living dead
They solve living dead for 100 grand! If they get the next question correct, they'll tie the peformance of the first set of twins featured on the show ($175,000). Their next subject is 3rd Grade U.S. History.
What automotive company introduced a car called the Model T in 1908?
They get Ford with little trouble to hit that $175K mark! Next category is 5th Grade Science, now with Bryce as their partner. For 300 large:
In the radio frequency abbreviation AM, the A stands for the word amplitude. What word does the M stand for?
They decide to end with the same fate as the show's first set of identical contestants, $175,000. Answer: Modulation. They would've said meridian, while Bryce said morning (LOL!).
Jeri Chandler is next. She's a mother of quintuplets...and speaking of them, they're the Visiting Class in this game (Meagan, Joshua, Amanda, Emily and Heidi)! Her subjects:
1st Grade Spelling
1st Grade Health
2nd Grade Math
2nd Grade Earth Science
3rd Grade Music
3rd Grade Animal Science
4th Grade U.S. History
4th Grade Astronomy
5th Grade Social Studies
5th Grade Science
Her first partner is Heidi. The first category of her choosing is Health.
What joint in the human body connects the foot to the leg?
She immediately gets the ankle. Her second chosen topic is Spelling.
What word in this question comes first alphabetically?
This is probably the easiest question I've ever seen on this show, and she gets alphabetically. Her second partner is Bryce and her third subject is Earth Science.
T or F: All plants have flowers.
Her answer is False...False it is. Her fourth category is Math.
How many sides does a quadrilateral have?
She goes with the obvious guess of 4...got it. For the third pair of questions, she goes with Josh as her partner. Her $25,000 category is 4th Grade U.S. History.
(School bell rings)
But we're out of time for tonight. As the first carryover contestant of the season, Jeri will be back the next time.
Don't Forget the Lyrics!: The first contestant of the new season is Tiffany Wilcoxson from L.A. She's a roller derby queen (known as "Sugar & Spice" on the skating track). The categories are:
R & B
CLASSIC ROCK
HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS
ROCK
PARTY SONGS
BREAK UP SONGS
BALLADS
1970s
POP
First up for her is Pop. Her first pair of song choices are "Any Way You Want It" by Journey and "You Were Meant For Me" by most recent "Nashville Star" judge Jewel. She goes with "You Were Meant For Me" and must get by a four word target.
"And I ___ _____ ___ ___"
She easily gets "...was meant for you".
The second category is the 1970s. Choices this time are "Love is Like Oxygen" by Sweet and "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" by Dawn. Her choice is "'Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" and only has a three word target this time.
"Do ya ____ ___ __"
She's unsure with "...still want me", so she uses her two words backup. But it proves to be a waste, as the first two words she has revealed turn out to be her original ones sung. She then locks in "...still want me" for $5,000.
Tonight's backup singers for her are Edie (one of her roller derby teammates) and Steve (a friend).
Subject #3 is Party Songs. In this case, the two are "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & the Comets and "It's My Party" by Lesley Gore. "It's My Party" is her choice and again must fill in three words.
"You would cry too if it _______ __ ___"
She locks in "...happened to you" no problem.
Her $25,000 category turns out to be Break Up Songs, and she will choose this time from either "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)" by Air Supply and "Oh Girl" by the Chi-Lites. She goes with "Here I Am" and her target is three words long once again.
"And I just can't go __ _____ ___"
Her final three words here are "...on without you" and she locks them in to reach the safe haven.
Next stop for this athlete is Ballads. The two that appear are "Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now)" by Phil Collins and "One Hundred Ways" by Quincy Jones with James Ingram. "Against All Odds" is her choice and she gets her highest target so far- six words.
"So take a look at me ___, _____ ___ __ ____ ____"
She fills in the blanks with "Now there's just an empty space", but she's not totally sure, so she uses her multiple choice:
A: "...now, there's nothing left to see"
B: Her guess
C: "...now, look at my broken heart"
She goes with her gut to double up. That's the second time tonight she used a backup at the wrong time.
The 100 grand topic she chooses is R & B. Now, we have "You Are My Lady" by Freddie Jackson and "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" by Billy Ocean. She wants "You Are My Lady", and her target this time again is six words.
"You are my lady, ___ _______ _ ___ ___ ____"
She blanks out, so she calls on Edie to help her out. Her suggestion is "You're everything I need and more". Wilcoxson agrees with her...she's double up again!
To get to $200K, she has to get past a Rock song next. The song choices this time are "Angel" by Aerosmith and "Call Me" by Blondie. She wants the Blondie song, and has another six word deficit.
"Cover me with _____ ____, ____ __ ____ ____"
Her guess is "...kisses baby, cover me with love" and locks them in...after the host checks the lyric one word at a time and the contestant turns around to face the board, she now has $200,000!
Next topic is Classic Rock and her choices now are "Take It On the Run" by REO Speedwagon and "Give a Little Bit" by Supertramp. She decides on "Take It On the Run" and has her toughest target to date- ten words. They follow after "You're putting on your bedroom eyes". Her follow-up guess is "You say you're coming home but you won't say when". She then is sure enough to go for it...
"You say you're coming home but you won't say when"
...just won $350,000!
That means a Huey Lewis and the News song stands between her and the season's first crack at the Million Dollar Song. Her final set of choices are "I Want a New Drug" and "Hip to be Square". She chooses "I Want a New Drug" and again must fill in ten words. They follow after "One that". Her guess is "Makes me feel the way I feel when I'm with", which doesn't sound complete at all. She can't come up with a legitimate idea, so she decides to go home as the first big winner of the season with $350,000! The right lyric, which Steve knew: "...makes me feel like I feel when I'm with you". If only she had that backup singer help with her at that point and then chosen Steve...
Catch 21: Another early-taped episode with Mikki at her table during the opening and just host Alfonso Ribiero walking out. In this case, he uses the spiel from Wednesday's episode. And tonight's players are:
Jeremy (Charleston, SC)- Chauffeur
Amy Galley (Grafton, ND)- Registered nurse
Jason (San Clemente, CA)- IT manager
BASE CARDS FOR ROUND 1:
JEREMY: 4 OF DIAMONDS
AMY: JACK OF DIAMONDS
JASON: 9 OF CLUBS
1. Which character on "Sex and the City" calls herself a trisexual because she'll try anything...?
JASON: Samantha- CORRECT (100)
CARD: 10 OF SPADES; FREEZES AT 19
2. What is the color of traditional Italian pesto sauce?
A: Red
B: White
C: Green
AMY: Green- YOU BET (100)
CARD: 4 OF SPADES; PASSES TO JEREMY (8)
3. What celebrity did sports fans accuse of putting a Jessica jinx on her boyfriend quarterback Tony Romo?
JEREMY: Jessica Simpson- YOU BET (100)
CARD: 6 OF HEARTS; PASSES TO AMY (16)
4. In what romantic comedy do Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan...?
JEREMY: "Sleepless in Seattle"- YES INDEED (200)
CARD: JACK OF CLUBS, BUSTING AMY
JEREMY:
CARD #5: 10 OF CLUBS (18)
CARD #6: 3 OF DIAMONDS- WIN! (700)
OPENING CARDS FOR SECOND ROUND:
JEREMY: 4 OF HEARTS
AMY: JACK OF HEARTS
JASON: 8 OF SPADES
1. According to the American Kennel Club, what has been the most popular breed of dog in the U.S. for the past ten years?
AMY: Golden Retriever- NOT ONE OF THE THREE CHOICES
Choices for the men:
A: Yorkshire Terrier
B: Labrador Retriever
C: Shih Tzu
JASON: Labrador Retriever- CORRECT (200)
CARD: QUEEN OF CLUBS; PASSES TO JEREMY (14)
2. What wooly boots that became a celebrity fashion statement...?
JASON: Uggs- RIGHT AGAIN (300)
CARD: 3 OF HEARTS; KEEPS IT (11)
3. Winners of 13 Grammys, Natalie, Martie and Emily are better known as what?
JASON: Dixie Chicks- YOU BET (400)
CARD: 2 OF SPADES; PASSES TO AMY (12)
4. According to a December 2007 Glamour.com poll, 59% of men say it's a don't for a woman to say while making love?
A: I love you
B: Oh daddy
C: Your time is up
JASON: I love you- NO
AMY: Oh daddy- CORRECT (200)
CARD: QUEEN OF SPADES, WHICH BUSTS JEREMY
5. During a 2007 Democratic presidential debate, Dennis Kucinich admitted he had seen what?
A: Angel
B: UFO
C: Hillary in a skirt
JASON: UFO- RIGHT (500)
CARD: QUEEN OF DIAMONDS- WIN!
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND OPENING CARDS:
JEREMY: 9 OF HEARTS
JASON: 4 OF CLUBS
1. What co-host of "The View" first gained fame as a contestant on "Survivor"?
A: Lisa Ling
B: Elisabeth Hasselbeck
C: ???
JASON: Elisabeth Hasselbeck- OF COURSE IT'S HER
CARD: 5 OF HEARTS; PASSES TO JEREMY (14)
2. According to a 2008 Forbes article, what destination is the most visited tourist attraction in the U.S.?
A: Disneyworld
B: Times Square
C: Nigara Falls
JEREMY: Disneyworld- NO
JASON: Times Square- CORRECT
If this next card is higher than a 7, the game is Jeremy's.
CARD: 10 OF HEARTS- WIN!
Super Catch 21: Two Power Chips to work with.
HAND #1: 6 OF SPADES
HAND #2: ACE OF CLUBS
HAND #3: 3 OF CLUBS
CARD #1: 10 OF HEARTS; HAND #2 CLEARED ($1,000)
CARD #2: 4 OF CLUBS; PLACED IN HAND #3 (7)
CARD #3: QUEEN OF SPADES; CHANGES IT
CARD #4: QUEEN OF CLUBS; PLACED IN HAND #1 (16)
CARD #5: JACK OF HEARTS; CHANGES IT
CARD #6: JACK OF CLUBS, WHICH IS PLACED IN HAND #3 (17); STOPS AT $2,000
CARD #7: 10 OF SPADES
"America's Next Top Model"- Cycle 11, Episode 2
TYRA MAIL #4: "Don't get it twisted, will you bend over backwards to be on top?"
Benny Ninja then lectured the remaining contestants about modeling. Bree Robertson, an Austrailian model, then appeared. Each lady had to pose in a fabric tube.
Hannah and Nikeysha struggled with this.
TYRA MAIL #5: "Did you learn your lesson? If so, you've got this one in the bag."
The models now had to audition for jewelry and handbag designer Tarina Tarantino. Using the poses they learned with the fabric tubes as well as items from Tarina's collection, they now had to pose in a way that would allow Tarina's item line to stand out. The winner would get a handbag with jewelry and accessories.
Let's see the aired contestant order, excluding two:
1. Lauren Brie
2. Isis
3. Brittany
4. Samantha
5. Mckey
6. Hannah
7. Joslyn
8. Analeigh
9. Nikeysha (the reason why she did so horribly- she had to go to the bathroom!!!)
10. Elina
11. Sheena
The winner was...
...Elina!
TYRA MAIL #6: "You want to be on top? Then you better start climbing that ladder!"
PHOTO SHOOT #2: Posing on a hot air balloon's ladder, way above the air. Nikeysha needed to do extremely well in this or else.
1. Lauren Brie: Despite being nervous initially, she did excellent!
2. Elina: Very good.
3. Analeigh: Terrible.
4. Sheena: She was OK.
5. Isis: Sub-par.
6. Nikeysha: She had problems with her dress at the start...and she didn't do that well, which might have put the final nail in the coffin for her.
7. Brittany: She struggled with the ladder.
8. Joslyn: Excellent!
9. Clark: Average.
10. Hannah: Her shots were too straight.
11. Samantha: She had severe garment problems.
12. Mckey: She missed a good chance to impress by not hitting her smirk shots.
13. Marjorie: She did great to end the photo shoot!
TYRA MAIL #7: "Tomorrow you will meet with the judges. Only 12 will continue on in the hope of becoming America's Next Top Model."
By a unanimous vote, Nikeysha Clarke was eliminated, capping off one of the worst single performances in the show's history. Isis was the other one in the bottom two, not like that it mattered.
It was also said that Lauren Brie's photo shoot was one of the best in the show's history!
Benny Ninja then lectured the remaining contestants about modeling. Bree Robertson, an Austrailian model, then appeared. Each lady had to pose in a fabric tube.
Hannah and Nikeysha struggled with this.
TYRA MAIL #5: "Did you learn your lesson? If so, you've got this one in the bag."
The models now had to audition for jewelry and handbag designer Tarina Tarantino. Using the poses they learned with the fabric tubes as well as items from Tarina's collection, they now had to pose in a way that would allow Tarina's item line to stand out. The winner would get a handbag with jewelry and accessories.
Let's see the aired contestant order, excluding two:
1. Lauren Brie
2. Isis
3. Brittany
4. Samantha
5. Mckey
6. Hannah
7. Joslyn
8. Analeigh
9. Nikeysha (the reason why she did so horribly- she had to go to the bathroom!!!)
10. Elina
11. Sheena
The winner was...
...Elina!
TYRA MAIL #6: "You want to be on top? Then you better start climbing that ladder!"
PHOTO SHOOT #2: Posing on a hot air balloon's ladder, way above the air. Nikeysha needed to do extremely well in this or else.
1. Lauren Brie: Despite being nervous initially, she did excellent!
2. Elina: Very good.
3. Analeigh: Terrible.
4. Sheena: She was OK.
5. Isis: Sub-par.
6. Nikeysha: She had problems with her dress at the start...and she didn't do that well, which might have put the final nail in the coffin for her.
7. Brittany: She struggled with the ladder.
8. Joslyn: Excellent!
9. Clark: Average.
10. Hannah: Her shots were too straight.
11. Samantha: She had severe garment problems.
12. Mckey: She missed a good chance to impress by not hitting her smirk shots.
13. Marjorie: She did great to end the photo shoot!
TYRA MAIL #7: "Tomorrow you will meet with the judges. Only 12 will continue on in the hope of becoming America's Next Top Model."
By a unanimous vote, Nikeysha Clarke was eliminated, capping off one of the worst single performances in the show's history. Isis was the other one in the bottom two, not like that it mattered.
It was also said that Lauren Brie's photo shoot was one of the best in the show's history!
Thursday ratings
"Hole in the Wall" continues to struggle, as last night's episode pulled just a 3.1 Fast Nielsen with a 6 share.
"Big Brother" pulled a 5.1/9.
The "America's Got Talent" Top 20 Results show pulled a 6.3/11.
Source: The Futon Critic
"Big Brother" pulled a 5.1/9.
The "America's Got Talent" Top 20 Results show pulled a 6.3/11.
Source: The Futon Critic
Thursday, September 11, 2008
"Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Island"- Season Premiere
This season of “Real World/Road Rules Challenge” is radically different than ever before. There are no teams or team challenges whatsoever. Here are this season’s contestants:
Abram Boise
Ashli Robson
Cohutta Lee Grindstaff
Colie Edison
Dan Walsh
Dave Malinosky
Derrick Kosinski
Dunbar Flinn
Evelyn Smith
Jennifer Grijalva
Johanna Botta
Johnny Devenanzio
KellyAnne Judd
Kenny Santucci
Paula Meronek
Rachel Robinson
Robin Hibbard
Ryan Kehoe
Tyrie Ballard
Tonya Cooley
All they are told for now is that inside a treasure chest on an island is $300,000 worth of treasure. Everybody will be given supplies to build up to two four-person boats that will be used to get to that island.
The supplies for building the boats will be part of each round of “Air Drops”, sponsored by the US Army. Also included in there will be luxury items, including food.
Tonya was said to be in the worst shape early on. Also off to weak starts were Ashli and Johnny.
In order for a contestant to get on a boat, they had to have a treasure chest key. At the end of the season, only four players will be able to share in that treasure.
Now, it’s time for the season’s first Face Off. Unlike the elimination challenges in previous series, there will be three players competing. The winner of each Face Off gets a key, while the other two players face elimination.
Then, a public vote will be held, and the one who gets the most votes casted against him/her will be asked to leave the island (as in “Survivor”). The other gets a key and stays alive. Players can also steal a key from any eliminated friend of theirs.
FACE OFF #1: Tonya vs. Abram vs. Kenny
This one is called “The Leaning Tower”. There are three telephone poles submerged in the water, each with twelve holes in them. Each player also has a set of three coconuts in the water. Underneath each coconut are dowels, with colors that match the holes of the contestants’ telephone poles. Each player has to grab one dowel at a time. The first player to plug in all twelve of their holes and ring the bell wins.
BONUS PRIZE: ZOOM digital media player
For the most part, it’s a tight battle between the men (Abram & Kenny). The winner is…
…Abram!
By a vote of 14-3, Tonya Cooley is the season’s first eliminated contestant.
Abram Boise
Ashli Robson
Cohutta Lee Grindstaff
Colie Edison
Dan Walsh
Dave Malinosky
Derrick Kosinski
Dunbar Flinn
Evelyn Smith
Jennifer Grijalva
Johanna Botta
Johnny Devenanzio
KellyAnne Judd
Kenny Santucci
Paula Meronek
Rachel Robinson
Robin Hibbard
Ryan Kehoe
Tyrie Ballard
Tonya Cooley
All they are told for now is that inside a treasure chest on an island is $300,000 worth of treasure. Everybody will be given supplies to build up to two four-person boats that will be used to get to that island.
The supplies for building the boats will be part of each round of “Air Drops”, sponsored by the US Army. Also included in there will be luxury items, including food.
Tonya was said to be in the worst shape early on. Also off to weak starts were Ashli and Johnny.
In order for a contestant to get on a boat, they had to have a treasure chest key. At the end of the season, only four players will be able to share in that treasure.
Now, it’s time for the season’s first Face Off. Unlike the elimination challenges in previous series, there will be three players competing. The winner of each Face Off gets a key, while the other two players face elimination.
Then, a public vote will be held, and the one who gets the most votes casted against him/her will be asked to leave the island (as in “Survivor”). The other gets a key and stays alive. Players can also steal a key from any eliminated friend of theirs.
FACE OFF #1: Tonya vs. Abram vs. Kenny
This one is called “The Leaning Tower”. There are three telephone poles submerged in the water, each with twelve holes in them. Each player also has a set of three coconuts in the water. Underneath each coconut are dowels, with colors that match the holes of the contestants’ telephone poles. Each player has to grab one dowel at a time. The first player to plug in all twelve of their holes and ring the bell wins.
BONUS PRIZE: ZOOM digital media player
For the most part, it’s a tight battle between the men (Abram & Kenny). The winner is…
…Abram!
By a vote of 14-3, Tonya Cooley is the season’s first eliminated contestant.
"Big Brother X"- FINAL THREE
The season's last Head of Household Competition is divided into three parts. The winner of part one automatically goes to the final part.
PART 1: The three players are standing on small airplanes. They will go up and down several times. The last player standing earns a bye.
Eliminated first is...
...Jerry. The winner of part one is...
...Dan! He's pretty happy about getting that bye.
Part 2: Memphis and Jerry's job is to identify the Head of Household and the two houseguests that were put up for eviction during each week by knocking down the other houseguests' pictures. And this challenge had a boxing theme in it! The one who does it faster faces Dan in the final round.
This one wasn't even close- by a margin of 8:35 to 51:22, facing Dan in the final part is...
...his Renegades partner Memphis!
Final Part: The beginning of a statement by one of the six jury members at the jury house is read and the Renegades' job is to pick the correct ending for that statement from one of two choices. The one who answers more questions correctly becomes the season's last HoH.
1. Libra: "If I could go back in time in this game, I would change..."
A: My alliance
B: My behavior in the house
Dan: A
Memphis: B
Correct: A, giving Dan the early lead.
2. April: "The houseguest who I think coasted under the radar in this game is..."
A: Jerry
B: Memphis
Dan: A
Memphis: B
Answer: Memphis, so we're tied up.
3. Michelle: "The best strategic move made in the house was..."
A: Me winning HoH and getting revenge for Jessie
B: Backdooring me
Dan: B
Memphis: B
Answer: B, so it's now tied at 2.
4. Ollie: "The fatal error I made in the house was..."
A: Trusting Dan
B: Letting my heart get into the game
Dan: A
Memphis: A
Right answer: B, so the score stays the same.
5. Renny: "The moment in the house that irritated me the most was..."
A: When Jerry took his dentures out and brushed them in the sink
B: Jessie being a punk and disrespecting me on live TV
Dan: A
Memphis: B
The right answer is: A, giving Dan a 3-2 lead heading into the last question!
6. Keesha: "The most uncomfortable moment in the house was..."
A: My 30th birthday
B: The night before my eviction
Memphis said my 30th birthday. If Dan said that also, he's won...
...NO. So here's the deal. If B is right, Dan wins; if it's A, we go to a tiebreaker. The correct answer is...
A: My 30th birthday
B: The night before my eviction
...the night before her eviction, meaning Dan's a finalist!!
Will it be an all-Renegades final, or will Jerry's big money dreams stay alive? Let's find out who's joining Dan in the finals next week...
Jerry
Memphis
...both Renegades are finalists! This is the second time in three seasons that an evil duo has gone all the way! As for Jerry, he could still win the most popular houseguest online poll for $25,000, and assuming that there is one, the results will be announced on Tuesday's season finale. Hope to see you then!
PART 1: The three players are standing on small airplanes. They will go up and down several times. The last player standing earns a bye.
Eliminated first is...
...Jerry. The winner of part one is...
...Dan! He's pretty happy about getting that bye.
Part 2: Memphis and Jerry's job is to identify the Head of Household and the two houseguests that were put up for eviction during each week by knocking down the other houseguests' pictures. And this challenge had a boxing theme in it! The one who does it faster faces Dan in the final round.
This one wasn't even close- by a margin of 8:35 to 51:22, facing Dan in the final part is...
...his Renegades partner Memphis!
Final Part: The beginning of a statement by one of the six jury members at the jury house is read and the Renegades' job is to pick the correct ending for that statement from one of two choices. The one who answers more questions correctly becomes the season's last HoH.
1. Libra: "If I could go back in time in this game, I would change..."
A: My alliance
B: My behavior in the house
Dan: A
Memphis: B
Correct: A, giving Dan the early lead.
2. April: "The houseguest who I think coasted under the radar in this game is..."
A: Jerry
B: Memphis
Dan: A
Memphis: B
Answer: Memphis, so we're tied up.
3. Michelle: "The best strategic move made in the house was..."
A: Me winning HoH and getting revenge for Jessie
B: Backdooring me
Dan: B
Memphis: B
Answer: B, so it's now tied at 2.
4. Ollie: "The fatal error I made in the house was..."
A: Trusting Dan
B: Letting my heart get into the game
Dan: A
Memphis: A
Right answer: B, so the score stays the same.
5. Renny: "The moment in the house that irritated me the most was..."
A: When Jerry took his dentures out and brushed them in the sink
B: Jessie being a punk and disrespecting me on live TV
Dan: A
Memphis: B
The right answer is: A, giving Dan a 3-2 lead heading into the last question!
6. Keesha: "The most uncomfortable moment in the house was..."
A: My 30th birthday
B: The night before my eviction
Memphis said my 30th birthday. If Dan said that also, he's won...
...NO. So here's the deal. If B is right, Dan wins; if it's A, we go to a tiebreaker. The correct answer is...
A: My 30th birthday
B: The night before my eviction
...the night before her eviction, meaning Dan's a finalist!!
Will it be an all-Renegades final, or will Jerry's big money dreams stay alive? Let's find out who's joining Dan in the finals next week...
Jerry
Memphis
...both Renegades are finalists! This is the second time in three seasons that an evil duo has gone all the way! As for Jerry, he could still win the most popular houseguest online poll for $25,000, and assuming that there is one, the results will be announced on Tuesday's season finale. Hope to see you then!
"The Contender Muay Thai"- Episode 7
Zidov is the new captain of the Wild Boars.
THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: Each member of the team has to first grab a sign from a rack that either says "Punch It" or "Kick It", then run back to their team's set of watermelons and smash one with the chosen action. Once a team smashed all their watermelons, the last team member has to pick up their team's flag and stick it into the sand for the win.
The orders for both teams:
TIGER KINGS:
1. Yodsaenklai
2. Pitu
3. Soren
4. John Wayne
WILD BOARS:
1. Joakim
2. Sean
3. Naruepol
4. Zidov
The Tiger Kings had a pretty good lead early on...
...but the Wild Boars come back to win! They won a dinner which included drinking some cocktails.
PRELIMINARY FIGHT #7: Zidov (Wild Boars) vs. Zach (Tiger Kings)
Zidov's got guts. He just helped his team end their losing streak. Can he top off a good outing this episode with a berth in the second round? Let's find out.
Round 1: I gave the first round to Zidov.
Round 2: Early on, Zach sustained a dislocated shoulder. He tried to continue but the pain proved to be too much for him, so Zidov won by TKO.
THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: Each member of the team has to first grab a sign from a rack that either says "Punch It" or "Kick It", then run back to their team's set of watermelons and smash one with the chosen action. Once a team smashed all their watermelons, the last team member has to pick up their team's flag and stick it into the sand for the win.
The orders for both teams:
TIGER KINGS:
1. Yodsaenklai
2. Pitu
3. Soren
4. John Wayne
WILD BOARS:
1. Joakim
2. Sean
3. Naruepol
4. Zidov
The Tiger Kings had a pretty good lead early on...
...but the Wild Boars come back to win! They won a dinner which included drinking some cocktails.
PRELIMINARY FIGHT #7: Zidov (Wild Boars) vs. Zach (Tiger Kings)
Zidov's got guts. He just helped his team end their losing streak. Can he top off a good outing this episode with a berth in the second round? Let's find out.
Round 1: I gave the first round to Zidov.
Round 2: Early on, Zach sustained a dislocated shoulder. He tried to continue but the pain proved to be too much for him, so Zidov won by TKO.
"America's Got Talent"- Top 10 Revealed
Four contestants from Tuesday and four from Wednesday are voted into next week by the home viewers, with the other two being chosen by the judges.
The first three definitely advancing:
The Cadence
Queen Emily
The Wright Kids
The James Gang
Daniel Jens
ZOOperstars!
Neal E. Boyd
Jessica Price
Extreme Dance FX
Paul Salos
The first two definitely eliminated:
The Cadence
The James Gang
Daniel Jens
ZOOperstars!
Jessica Price
Extreme Dance FX
Paul Salos
Next to advance or be eliminated...
The Candence
Daniel Jens
Jessica Price
Extreme Dance FX
Paul Salos
...and after that, we have a male singer and a female singer left. The fifth spot in next week's Top 10, according to the judges (by a vote of 2-1; last vote went to Piers), goes to...
Daniel Jens
Jessica Price
...Jessica Price!
Now, let's fill out the second half. The first two out of the other 10 to definitely continue on:
SickStep
Donald Braswell
Joseph Hall
Taubl Family
Sarah Lenore
Nuttin' But Stringz
Kaitlyn Maher
The Tapping Dads
Eli Mattson
Jonathan Burkin
The first ones from Wednesday's group that are going home:
SickStep
Joseph Hall
Taubl Family
Sarah Lenore
Nuttin' But Stringz
The Tapping Dads
Eli Mattson
Jonathan Burkin
Let's see who's staying or going next...
Joseph Hall
Taubl Family
Sarah Lenore
Nuttin' But Stringz
Eli Mattson
Jonathan Burkin
...OK, when I meant this field was very deep, I mean it! That's because despite getting 10s from me last night, Joseph Hall and Jonathan Burkin are hoping the judges will save them. Something's gotta give here. The last Top 10 spot, by a vote of 2-1 (David got the last vote) will be going to...
Joseph Hall
Jonathan Burkin
...Joseph Hall! Jonathan Burkin goes down in flames.
The Top 10 performance show will be two hours long and will air Wednesday at 8 PM EST. The results show airs next Thursday at 8 PM EST.
The first three definitely advancing:
The Cadence
Queen Emily
The Wright Kids
The James Gang
Daniel Jens
ZOOperstars!
Neal E. Boyd
Jessica Price
Extreme Dance FX
Paul Salos
The first two definitely eliminated:
The Cadence
The James Gang
Daniel Jens
ZOOperstars!
Jessica Price
Extreme Dance FX
Paul Salos
Next to advance or be eliminated...
The Candence
Daniel Jens
Jessica Price
Extreme Dance FX
Paul Salos
...and after that, we have a male singer and a female singer left. The fifth spot in next week's Top 10, according to the judges (by a vote of 2-1; last vote went to Piers), goes to...
Daniel Jens
Jessica Price
...Jessica Price!
Now, let's fill out the second half. The first two out of the other 10 to definitely continue on:
SickStep
Donald Braswell
Joseph Hall
Taubl Family
Sarah Lenore
Nuttin' But Stringz
Kaitlyn Maher
The Tapping Dads
Eli Mattson
Jonathan Burkin
The first ones from Wednesday's group that are going home:
SickStep
Joseph Hall
Taubl Family
Sarah Lenore
Nuttin' But Stringz
The Tapping Dads
Eli Mattson
Jonathan Burkin
Let's see who's staying or going next...
Joseph Hall
Taubl Family
Sarah Lenore
Nuttin' But Stringz
Eli Mattson
Jonathan Burkin
...OK, when I meant this field was very deep, I mean it! That's because despite getting 10s from me last night, Joseph Hall and Jonathan Burkin are hoping the judges will save them. Something's gotta give here. The last Top 10 spot, by a vote of 2-1 (David got the last vote) will be going to...
Joseph Hall
Jonathan Burkin
...Joseph Hall! Jonathan Burkin goes down in flames.
The Top 10 performance show will be two hours long and will air Wednesday at 8 PM EST. The results show airs next Thursday at 8 PM EST.
9/11/2008 Results
DOND: To elaborate on what happened on the episode I didn't cover yesterday, a lady named Stacy had HORRIBLE luck for the most part, even knocking out the $500,000 on her second pick (#1). At least she salvaged $1,000 at the end.
What's interesting about this premiere week is that the $500,000 has been in #1 every time so far.
Let's see if this contestant will not have the same experience as Stacy did- at #19, it's Jim Miracle! He's a truck driver (on Monday's primetime episode, a truck driver didn't do so hot) and an assistant youth football coach. He decides to exchange #19 for #8.
ROUND 1:
1. #4 (Jaye)- $400
2. #16 (Phillipe)- $25,000
3. #7 (Jimmy)- $100
4. #20 (Devin)- $500
5. #6 (Barry)- BUCK
OPENING OFFER TURNED DOWN: $16,500
ROUND 2:
1. #11 (Robert)- PENNY
2. #12 (Emmett)- $5
3. #9 (Jessica)- $300
4. #14 (Kat)- $10
5. #13 (Kim Marie)- $50
An all green round!
RECORD SECOND OFFER: $28,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 3:
1. #15 (Christine)- $250,000
2. #3 (Mike)- $25
3. #2 (Michelle)- $75,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
4. #22 (Devyn)- $1,000
THIRD OFFER: $23,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #18 (Yolanda)- $10,000
2. #19 (Taminika)- $200 (LEFT SIDE CLEARED!)
He's guaranteed at least $2,500!
FOURTH OFFER: $44,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #10 (Jennifer)- $2,500
2. #21 (Erin)- $100,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
FIFTH OFFER: $37,000- NO DEAL
19th PICK: #5 (Dorina)- $50,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
SIXTH OFFER: $72,000- DEAL
I didn't agree with that decision...
...no wonder why- HE HAD $500,000!!! OUCH. He's the first contestant thus far to pass up the grand prize. Had he continued on with #17 and Amber, he would've knocked off $7,500 and gotten a final offer of $198,000.
WOF: Our first Toss-Up category is Food & Drink. Board:
F _ E _ _/F _ _ _ T/_ _ L A _
Jeremy solves FRESH FRUIT SALAD for the night's first $1,000. Tonight's players:
Jeremy Setti (New Orleans)- Tulane graduate and future law school student
Tamara Watson (Chicago)- Works for one of the city's colleges
Brynn Marcinek (Phoenix)- ASU student majoring in communications; she would also like to have a music recording career
$2,000 Toss-Up category is Landmark. Jeremy's first again...
_ _ _/_ _ N _ M A/_ A _ A _
...he solves THE PANAMA CANAL no problem to triple his money.
Round 1 category is Show Biz and it's a fairly big puzzle. And there's a $6,000 Cabo San Lucas trip waiting on the wheel. Early on, he calls the S's for the first Wild Card pickup of the season. A little later, he calls the N's for $900 and the Free Spin. Then, he buys the E's and we have...
S _ _ E N _ E
_ _ _ T _ _ N
T E _ E _ _ S _ _ N
S E R _ E S
...I've got it. He does land on the Million Dollar Wedge next...but on one of the Bankrupts, so he loses the Wild Card and decides to use his Free Spin. He then calls the C's for $1,800, the F for the trip and solves SCIENCE FICTION TELEVISION SERIES for $1,800 and the trip, a new total of $10,800 in cash and trip.
BANKRUPTS: 1 (by Jeremy late in the round)
IHOP Jackpot Round category is Before & After. Early on, after Tamara buys the A, we have...
_ _ _ _
_ A _
_ _ N _
...I think I know already. She then lands on Jackpot (first landing there this season) and calls the L's for $1,000. The Jackpot's at six grand now...but she spins again, and then calls a dud in P. Brynn also duds out with G. Jeremy calls a $900 B, buys the E's, calls a $900 J and solves BLUE JAY LENO for another $1,550 and $12,350 total!
DUDS: G, P
V8 $10K Mystery/Prize Puzzle Round category is Places. After Jeremy calls the F's for a grand...
F _ E _ _ S/_ F/_ _ _ _ E R
...the last word's key here. After buying the I and a pair of O's to clean out the vowels, he lands on a Mystery Wedge and calls a pair of L's. He flips...$10,000! At that point, we now have...
F I E L _ S/OF/_ L O _ E R
...I'm fearing he will say FIELDS OF FLOWER...but he gets FIELDS OF CLOVER for another $10,500 (second night in a row, BTW, the $10K Mystery Prize is won!) and the trip to Ireland, a new total of $29,316 in cash and prizes!
DUDS: A
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: BS7138402
He then rings in first on the following $3,000 Toss-Up in Occupation...
A _ T I _ U E
D E _ L _ _
...he solves ANTIQUE DEALER to keep his perfect record intact and go to $32,316! He may be about to become the first player in three years to sweep the maingame!
Next category is Living Things. Early on, he has this showing on the board...
_ _ _ _ _ E - N _ S E D
D _ _ _ _ _ N S
...I think I know. He calls the L's for $600, buys the O's, calls a $300 P, a $600 H, then buys the I. After that, he calls the T's for another $600 and solves BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS for another $5,250 and $37,566 total!
NO DUDS OR BANKRUPTS THIS ROUND
Speed-Up Round category is Thing and consonants are worth $1,300 apiece. This is the closest we've been to a maingame sweep since the fourth College Week episode last May. Let's see if he can close the sweep out. He calls the L when it's his turn...
L _ T T _ R/T _/T _ _/
_ _ _ T _ R
...AND HE SOLVES LETTER TO THE EDITOR FOR THE FIRST MAINGAME SWEEP IN THREE YEARS!!! His winning total is $38,866! The ladies get $1,000 each.
Big Money Round: Let's see him work some more magic here, shall we? He spins the I in AMERICA'S and the category is Person. Starting with:
_ _ S T _ R _
_ _ _ _
The last time this puzzle was used, somebody won a Ford Mustang Convertible. How about this guy? He calls C, M, D and I and gets...
_ I S T _ R _
_ _ _ _
...with little trouble, he solves HISTORY BUFF to win...
...another 30 grand, for a final total of $68,866 in cash and prizes! Well done, Jeremy!!
Hole in the Wall: On each hour-long episode like this one, two games are played. The teams for Game 1:
Sumo Sandwich: Americus (captain), Dustin & Mark
Super Jockeys: David (captain), Chris & Hunter
ROUND 1:
DAVID: NO
AMERICUS: YES (1)
(BTW, David's result was spoiled on Sumo Sandwich's scoreboard just before Americus went up. Another early bad sign for the show.)
ROUND 2:
DUSTIN & MARK: NO GOOD
CHRIS & HUNTER: ALSO NOT CLEAR
ROUND 3:
SUMO SANDWICH: CLEAR (4)
SUPER JOCKEYS: ONLY ONE MAKES IT THROUGH
SPEED WALL:
SUPER JOCKEYS: 4 (including one DQ)
SUMO SANDWICH: 4- WINS AT 8!
Blind Wall: Americus tries for the big money...
...he doesn't quite do it.
Now, for Game 2.
Sweet Georgia Peaches: Portia (captain), Jackie and Carlise
Spicy New York Meatballs: Beth (captain), Caterina and Michelina
ROUND 1:
PORTIA: NO WAY
BETH: NO
ROUND 2:
JACKIE & CARLISE: WAY OFF
CATERINA & MICHELINA: ONLY HALFWAY DONE
ROUND 3:
SWEET GEORGIA PEACHES: MISSED BY ONE
SPICY NEW YORK MEATBALLS: DQ
SPEED WALL:
SWEET GEORGIA PEACHES: 2
SPICY NEW YORK MEATBALLS: WIPEOUT- SWEET GEORGIA PEACHES WIN
Blind Wall: The odds are not looking good for challenger Jackie...
...and it doesn't happen, capping off the worst game so far.
Catch 21: Now, this may be the earliest-taped episode. As soon as Alfonso Ribiero makes his entrance, he says "You are about to see a not-so-friendly game of cards and quiz". In addition, instead of dealer Mikki Padilla joining him in the intro, she's just standing there at the card table. With all of that out of the way, here are the players:
April Mowsbrook (San Diego but originally from the state of Arkansas)
Emily Redding (Holden, Mass.)
Ryan Duggett (originally from Texas and N.J.)
BASE CARDS FOR ROUND 1:
APRIL: 10 OF HEARTS
EMILY: 10 OF SPADES
RYAN: QUEEN OF CLUBS
1. What '90s music group appeared on "Today" last April to announce they're back together?
APRIL: New Kids on the Block- RIGHT (100)
CARD: 4 OF CLUBS; KEEPS IT (14)
2. On "Desperate Housewives" Victor, Gabrielle's second husband, was killed by what?
A: Runaway car
B: Food poisoning
C: Flying fence post
APRIL: Flying fence post- RIGHT AGAIN (200)
CARD: 3 OF CLUBS; PASSES TO RYAN (13)
3. According to a January 2007 survey published in Esquire Magazine, 35% of women would be open to having sex where?
A: On a beach
B: On a plane
C: In the Oval Office
RYAN: On a beach- INCORRECT
EMILY: On a plane- CORRECT (100)
CARD: 4 OF DIAMONDS; KEEPS IT (14)
4. Hoop, dropped and stud are all types of what?
A: Skirts
B: Earrings
C: ???
APRIL: Earrings- YOU BET (300)
CARD: 9 OF SPADES; BUSTS RYAN
5. What did James Cameron shout when he received his Best Director Oscar for "Titanic"?
April: "I'm the king of the world!"- OF COURSE IT IS (400)
If this next card is a 7 or higher, she wins the round.
CARD: 7 OF SPADES- WINS WITH 21 (900)
BASE CARDS FOR ROUND 2:
APRIL: 9 OF DIAMONDS
EMILY: 5 OF DIAMONDS
RYAN: 10 OF DIAMONDS
1. Which name refers to a dish with spinach?
A: Florentine
B: Julienne
C: Al Dente
RYAN: Julienne- NO WAY
APRIL: Florentine- YES INDEED (1,000)
CARD: 2 OF CLUBS; KEEPS IT (11)
2. Which of the following European cities has NOT been replicated in a Vegas casino?
A: Paris
B: London
C: Venice
APRIL: London- YES (1,100)
CARD: QUEEN OF SPADES- 21 AGAIN!
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND OPENING CARDS:
APRIL: ACE OF CLUBS
EMILY: 6 OF SPADES
1. Which of these seven dwarfs exhibits the symptoms of narcolepsy?
A: Sneezy
B: Bashful
C: Sleepy
APRIL: Sleepy- RIGHT AGAIN
CARD: 2 OF DIAMONDS; PASSES TO EMILY (8)
2. According to a May 2008 Glamour Magazine poll, what celebrity perk would people most like to have?
A: Hair and makeup team
B: Keep me skinny team
C: Do my shopping team
APRIL: Keep me skinny team- RIGHT YET AGAIN
CARD: KING OF HEARTS- WIN!!!
That's the first time ever somebody has swept the maingame with three 21's!
Super Catch 21: Her chances of making the season's last $25,000 win happen look pretty good so far, espescially with three Power Chips in play!
HAND #1: JACK OF DIAMONDS
HAND #2: QUEEN OF HEARTS
HAND #3: 8 OF SPADES
(For at least this episode only, the bonus board appears on a blue background.)
CARD #1: 10 OF CLUBS; CHANGES IT
CARD #2: 8 OF CLUBS; PLACED IN HAND #3 (16)
CARD #3: JACK OF HEARTS; CHANGES IT
CARD #4: 4 OF DIAMONDS; PLACED IN HAND #1 (14)
CARD #5: QUEEN OF CLUBS; CHANGES IT
CARD #6: 9 OF DIAMONDS, WHICH IS PLACED IN HAND #2 (19)
CARD #7: 2 OF CLUBS; HAND #2 CLEARED ($1,000); GOES ON
CARD #8: ACE OF CLUBS; PLACED IN HAND #3 (17)
CARD #9: KING OF HEARTS- LOSS
For the most part, she had the same luck as Jason Block. Too bad.
What's interesting about this premiere week is that the $500,000 has been in #1 every time so far.
Let's see if this contestant will not have the same experience as Stacy did- at #19, it's Jim Miracle! He's a truck driver (on Monday's primetime episode, a truck driver didn't do so hot) and an assistant youth football coach. He decides to exchange #19 for #8.
ROUND 1:
1. #4 (Jaye)- $400
2. #16 (Phillipe)- $25,000
3. #7 (Jimmy)- $100
4. #20 (Devin)- $500
5. #6 (Barry)- BUCK
OPENING OFFER TURNED DOWN: $16,500
ROUND 2:
1. #11 (Robert)- PENNY
2. #12 (Emmett)- $5
3. #9 (Jessica)- $300
4. #14 (Kat)- $10
5. #13 (Kim Marie)- $50
An all green round!
RECORD SECOND OFFER: $28,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 3:
1. #15 (Christine)- $250,000
2. #3 (Mike)- $25
3. #2 (Michelle)- $75,000 (DANGER ZONE ENFORCED)
4. #22 (Devyn)- $1,000
THIRD OFFER: $23,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 4:
1. #18 (Yolanda)- $10,000
2. #19 (Taminika)- $200 (LEFT SIDE CLEARED!)
He's guaranteed at least $2,500!
FOURTH OFFER: $44,000- NO DEAL
ROUND 5:
1. #10 (Jennifer)- $2,500
2. #21 (Erin)- $100,000 (STRIKE ONE!)
FIFTH OFFER: $37,000- NO DEAL
19th PICK: #5 (Dorina)- $50,000 (STRIKE TWO!!)
SIXTH OFFER: $72,000- DEAL
I didn't agree with that decision...
...no wonder why- HE HAD $500,000!!! OUCH. He's the first contestant thus far to pass up the grand prize. Had he continued on with #17 and Amber, he would've knocked off $7,500 and gotten a final offer of $198,000.
WOF: Our first Toss-Up category is Food & Drink. Board:
F _ E _ _/F _ _ _ T/_ _ L A _
Jeremy solves FRESH FRUIT SALAD for the night's first $1,000. Tonight's players:
Jeremy Setti (New Orleans)- Tulane graduate and future law school student
Tamara Watson (Chicago)- Works for one of the city's colleges
Brynn Marcinek (Phoenix)- ASU student majoring in communications; she would also like to have a music recording career
$2,000 Toss-Up category is Landmark. Jeremy's first again...
_ _ _/_ _ N _ M A/_ A _ A _
...he solves THE PANAMA CANAL no problem to triple his money.
Round 1 category is Show Biz and it's a fairly big puzzle. And there's a $6,000 Cabo San Lucas trip waiting on the wheel. Early on, he calls the S's for the first Wild Card pickup of the season. A little later, he calls the N's for $900 and the Free Spin. Then, he buys the E's and we have...
S _ _ E N _ E
_ _ _ T _ _ N
T E _ E _ _ S _ _ N
S E R _ E S
...I've got it. He does land on the Million Dollar Wedge next...but on one of the Bankrupts, so he loses the Wild Card and decides to use his Free Spin. He then calls the C's for $1,800, the F for the trip and solves SCIENCE FICTION TELEVISION SERIES for $1,800 and the trip, a new total of $10,800 in cash and trip.
BANKRUPTS: 1 (by Jeremy late in the round)
IHOP Jackpot Round category is Before & After. Early on, after Tamara buys the A, we have...
_ _ _ _
_ A _
_ _ N _
...I think I know already. She then lands on Jackpot (first landing there this season) and calls the L's for $1,000. The Jackpot's at six grand now...but she spins again, and then calls a dud in P. Brynn also duds out with G. Jeremy calls a $900 B, buys the E's, calls a $900 J and solves BLUE JAY LENO for another $1,550 and $12,350 total!
DUDS: G, P
V8 $10K Mystery/Prize Puzzle Round category is Places. After Jeremy calls the F's for a grand...
F _ E _ _ S/_ F/_ _ _ _ E R
...the last word's key here. After buying the I and a pair of O's to clean out the vowels, he lands on a Mystery Wedge and calls a pair of L's. He flips...$10,000! At that point, we now have...
F I E L _ S/OF/_ L O _ E R
...I'm fearing he will say FIELDS OF FLOWER...but he gets FIELDS OF CLOVER for another $10,500 (second night in a row, BTW, the $10K Mystery Prize is won!) and the trip to Ireland, a new total of $29,316 in cash and prizes!
DUDS: A
WINNING ID FOR TRIP: BS7138402
He then rings in first on the following $3,000 Toss-Up in Occupation...
A _ T I _ U E
D E _ L _ _
...he solves ANTIQUE DEALER to keep his perfect record intact and go to $32,316! He may be about to become the first player in three years to sweep the maingame!
Next category is Living Things. Early on, he has this showing on the board...
_ _ _ _ _ E - N _ S E D
D _ _ _ _ _ N S
...I think I know. He calls the L's for $600, buys the O's, calls a $300 P, a $600 H, then buys the I. After that, he calls the T's for another $600 and solves BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS for another $5,250 and $37,566 total!
NO DUDS OR BANKRUPTS THIS ROUND
Speed-Up Round category is Thing and consonants are worth $1,300 apiece. This is the closest we've been to a maingame sweep since the fourth College Week episode last May. Let's see if he can close the sweep out. He calls the L when it's his turn...
L _ T T _ R/T _/T _ _/
_ _ _ T _ R
...AND HE SOLVES LETTER TO THE EDITOR FOR THE FIRST MAINGAME SWEEP IN THREE YEARS!!! His winning total is $38,866! The ladies get $1,000 each.
Big Money Round: Let's see him work some more magic here, shall we? He spins the I in AMERICA'S and the category is Person. Starting with:
_ _ S T _ R _
_ _ _ _
The last time this puzzle was used, somebody won a Ford Mustang Convertible. How about this guy? He calls C, M, D and I and gets...
_ I S T _ R _
_ _ _ _
...with little trouble, he solves HISTORY BUFF to win...
...another 30 grand, for a final total of $68,866 in cash and prizes! Well done, Jeremy!!
Hole in the Wall: On each hour-long episode like this one, two games are played. The teams for Game 1:
Sumo Sandwich: Americus (captain), Dustin & Mark
Super Jockeys: David (captain), Chris & Hunter
ROUND 1:
DAVID: NO
AMERICUS: YES (1)
(BTW, David's result was spoiled on Sumo Sandwich's scoreboard just before Americus went up. Another early bad sign for the show.)
ROUND 2:
DUSTIN & MARK: NO GOOD
CHRIS & HUNTER: ALSO NOT CLEAR
ROUND 3:
SUMO SANDWICH: CLEAR (4)
SUPER JOCKEYS: ONLY ONE MAKES IT THROUGH
SPEED WALL:
SUPER JOCKEYS: 4 (including one DQ)
SUMO SANDWICH: 4- WINS AT 8!
Blind Wall: Americus tries for the big money...
...he doesn't quite do it.
Now, for Game 2.
Sweet Georgia Peaches: Portia (captain), Jackie and Carlise
Spicy New York Meatballs: Beth (captain), Caterina and Michelina
ROUND 1:
PORTIA: NO WAY
BETH: NO
ROUND 2:
JACKIE & CARLISE: WAY OFF
CATERINA & MICHELINA: ONLY HALFWAY DONE
ROUND 3:
SWEET GEORGIA PEACHES: MISSED BY ONE
SPICY NEW YORK MEATBALLS: DQ
SPEED WALL:
SWEET GEORGIA PEACHES: 2
SPICY NEW YORK MEATBALLS: WIPEOUT- SWEET GEORGIA PEACHES WIN
Blind Wall: The odds are not looking good for challenger Jackie...
...and it doesn't happen, capping off the worst game so far.
Catch 21: Now, this may be the earliest-taped episode. As soon as Alfonso Ribiero makes his entrance, he says "You are about to see a not-so-friendly game of cards and quiz". In addition, instead of dealer Mikki Padilla joining him in the intro, she's just standing there at the card table. With all of that out of the way, here are the players:
April Mowsbrook (San Diego but originally from the state of Arkansas)
Emily Redding (Holden, Mass.)
Ryan Duggett (originally from Texas and N.J.)
BASE CARDS FOR ROUND 1:
APRIL: 10 OF HEARTS
EMILY: 10 OF SPADES
RYAN: QUEEN OF CLUBS
1. What '90s music group appeared on "Today" last April to announce they're back together?
APRIL: New Kids on the Block- RIGHT (100)
CARD: 4 OF CLUBS; KEEPS IT (14)
2. On "Desperate Housewives" Victor, Gabrielle's second husband, was killed by what?
A: Runaway car
B: Food poisoning
C: Flying fence post
APRIL: Flying fence post- RIGHT AGAIN (200)
CARD: 3 OF CLUBS; PASSES TO RYAN (13)
3. According to a January 2007 survey published in Esquire Magazine, 35% of women would be open to having sex where?
A: On a beach
B: On a plane
C: In the Oval Office
RYAN: On a beach- INCORRECT
EMILY: On a plane- CORRECT (100)
CARD: 4 OF DIAMONDS; KEEPS IT (14)
4. Hoop, dropped and stud are all types of what?
A: Skirts
B: Earrings
C: ???
APRIL: Earrings- YOU BET (300)
CARD: 9 OF SPADES; BUSTS RYAN
5. What did James Cameron shout when he received his Best Director Oscar for "Titanic"?
April: "I'm the king of the world!"- OF COURSE IT IS (400)
If this next card is a 7 or higher, she wins the round.
CARD: 7 OF SPADES- WINS WITH 21 (900)
BASE CARDS FOR ROUND 2:
APRIL: 9 OF DIAMONDS
EMILY: 5 OF DIAMONDS
RYAN: 10 OF DIAMONDS
1. Which name refers to a dish with spinach?
A: Florentine
B: Julienne
C: Al Dente
RYAN: Julienne- NO WAY
APRIL: Florentine- YES INDEED (1,000)
CARD: 2 OF CLUBS; KEEPS IT (11)
2. Which of the following European cities has NOT been replicated in a Vegas casino?
A: Paris
B: London
C: Venice
APRIL: London- YES (1,100)
CARD: QUEEN OF SPADES- 21 AGAIN!
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND OPENING CARDS:
APRIL: ACE OF CLUBS
EMILY: 6 OF SPADES
1. Which of these seven dwarfs exhibits the symptoms of narcolepsy?
A: Sneezy
B: Bashful
C: Sleepy
APRIL: Sleepy- RIGHT AGAIN
CARD: 2 OF DIAMONDS; PASSES TO EMILY (8)
2. According to a May 2008 Glamour Magazine poll, what celebrity perk would people most like to have?
A: Hair and makeup team
B: Keep me skinny team
C: Do my shopping team
APRIL: Keep me skinny team- RIGHT YET AGAIN
CARD: KING OF HEARTS- WIN!!!
That's the first time ever somebody has swept the maingame with three 21's!
Super Catch 21: Her chances of making the season's last $25,000 win happen look pretty good so far, espescially with three Power Chips in play!
HAND #1: JACK OF DIAMONDS
HAND #2: QUEEN OF HEARTS
HAND #3: 8 OF SPADES
(For at least this episode only, the bonus board appears on a blue background.)
CARD #1: 10 OF CLUBS; CHANGES IT
CARD #2: 8 OF CLUBS; PLACED IN HAND #3 (16)
CARD #3: JACK OF HEARTS; CHANGES IT
CARD #4: 4 OF DIAMONDS; PLACED IN HAND #1 (14)
CARD #5: QUEEN OF CLUBS; CHANGES IT
CARD #6: 9 OF DIAMONDS, WHICH IS PLACED IN HAND #2 (19)
CARD #7: 2 OF CLUBS; HAND #2 CLEARED ($1,000); GOES ON
CARD #8: ACE OF CLUBS; PLACED IN HAND #3 (17)
CARD #9: KING OF HEARTS- LOSS
For the most part, she had the same luck as Jason Block. Too bad.
First "Millionaire" episode with new format
"Hole in the Wall" ratings not good so far
It looks like "Hole in the Wall" may not be that popular here in America. Sunday's sneak preview episode only scored a 4 Fast Nielsen with a 7 share. The Tuesday sneak preview show then got a 3.3/5.
Source: The Futon Critic
Source: The Futon Critic
"Project Runway" 9/10
Kendall was the next model cut.
THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: This involved all of this season's contestants. Each remaining contestant teamed up with one of the eliminated contestants up to this point to create an avant garde look inspired by an astrological sign from one team member. The contestant order was determined by the month and date of their births.
1. Korto (Aquarius)- Kelli (Cancer)
2. Kenley (Aquarius)- Wesley (Scorpio)
3. Joe (Aries)- Daniel (Sagittarius)
4. Leanne (Libra)- Emily (Scorpio)
5. Blayne (Libra)- Stella (Scorpio)
6. Terri (Sagittarius)- Keith (Leo)
7. Jerell (Sagittarius)- Jennifer (Taurus)
8. Blayne (Sagittarius)- Jerry (Libra)
One more thing- this was a DOUBLE ELIMINATION EPISODE. Also, immunity is now out of play for the remainder of the season.
Terri initially didn't look happy that she got paired with Keith. Now, for the fashion descriptions of some of the signs:
Libra (The Scales):
Colors: Ivory, pink and turq
THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: This involved all of this season's contestants. Each remaining contestant teamed up with one of the eliminated contestants up to this point to create an avant garde look inspired by an astrological sign from one team member. The contestant order was determined by the month and date of their births.
1. Korto (Aquarius)- Kelli (Cancer)
2. Kenley (Aquarius)- Wesley (Scorpio)
3. Joe (Aries)- Daniel (Sagittarius)
4. Leanne (Libra)- Emily (Scorpio)
5. Blayne (Libra)- Stella (Scorpio)
6. Terri (Sagittarius)- Keith (Leo)
7. Jerell (Sagittarius)- Jennifer (Taurus)
8. Blayne (Sagittarius)- Jerry (Libra)
One more thing- this was a DOUBLE ELIMINATION EPISODE. Also, immunity is now out of play for the remainder of the season.
Terri initially didn't look happy that she got paired with Keith. Now, for the fashion descriptions of some of the signs:
Libra (The Scales):
Colors: Ivory, pink and turq