12/5/2011 Results

LMaD: After Wayne welcomed the studio audience to Season 3 of the current version of this GS (which took place on his birthday, BTW!), there should be No Complaining in the first deal.

Left behind in Big Box- Home entertainment center, including a SONY 55" HDTV & the SAMSUNG Blu-Ray Disc system ($2,600)

Sierra (dressed as "Cinderella"): Check- $1.5K
Stacey (who's dressed like Wayne; he nearly took the money away from Sierra): Curtain #2- BMS 400 Sand Sniper dune buggy ($5,495)
Sarah (a stay-at-home mom w/ five babies dressed as an American superhero; she wants to win something for her husband's birthday that took place about a week later): Curtain #1- Volkswagen Jetta

(Notes: The word "Now" was omitted for Wayne's intro. Also, during every deal at the start of this season's tapings, the audience lights dimmed.)

Katelyn (who's dressed as the board game Twister) is about to play this show's version of Triple Play from "The Price is Right" for the following:

Red Box: Six-night trip to the Marriott in Aruba ($6,782)
Green Box: Four-night trip to the Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach Resort & Spa in Cabo San Lucas ($4,542)
Blue Box: Four-night trip to the Sandals Whitehouse European Village & Spa ($7,060)

To win all three vacations, she needs to put these three destinations in order in terms of the number of miles from LAX.

1. Mexico- 910

The Sure Thing Jackpot starts w/ a $2,280 home gym (Curtain #3).

2. Aruba- 3,374

BAILOUT W/ GYM & $500 (she wanted the money to pay for her move to NYC that Sunday)

FINAL BOX: Jamaica- 2,708

Megan's Fast Deal (dressed as a dinosaur): 10X Envelope, 50X Envelope or Curtain #2?
DECISION: Curtain #2- "The Flintstones" living room

10X- $115 ($1,150- three $5s & one $100)
50X- $80 ($4K- three $10s & one $50)

Gladys' Incomplete Prize Deal (dressed as a raincloud): AU_________ (Small Box)(Jonathan)
DECISION: GO ON ($2K)
COMPLETE WORD: AUTOMOBILE- KIA Soul (Curtain #1)

Now I'm really wishing the network had made this the de-facto third season premiere.

Elsa's Rorschach Test Deal (for first offered curtain only): Curtain #1 or #3?
PICK: #3- VESPA LX-50 ($3,889)
#1- Squid ink factory

PERFECT ROUND

Mary & Trevor (dressed as sheep) are about to Smash for (up to $20K) Ca$h.

(Note: The game's new sign wasn't on top of the gameboard this early in the tapings.)

Round 1:

Mary: #3- $2
Trevor: #6- DANGER ZONE ENFORCED; TURNS DOWN $500

REST OF THE GAME FOR MARY:

3. #5- BUCK ($3; $1K)
4. #1- DOUBLE
5. #9- $2 ($8; $3K)
6. #7- $2 ($10)
7. #10- LOSES $2,700

In the last regular deal today, Jarett (dressed as a holy person) goes the distance:

SB (Jonathan)- MacBook & iPad2 ($1,498)
CURTAIN #2- Plushpod dining room w/ display shelf ($4,338)
CURTAIN #1- Giant cream pie w/ a fairly big fork

No matter what happened there, Stacey has a chance at the Big Deal Round.

THE BIG DEAL: $25,627 worth of something's on the line. Stacey chooses Door #3 because not only are we in Season 3, his daughter's three years old...it's NOT to be & he'll be going on a $1,640 getaway to the Chancellor Hotel in S.F.

#1- Retro kitchen appliances ($6,990)
#2- The Bank Vault (which was revealed second)

(Note: The wrong musical cue was played by Cat when his door was opened.)

As far as the Quickie Deals go, two guys are awarded $100 apiece by the host for bringing vegetables, a lady's given a Benjamin by Jonathan for bringing a pair of headphones as something anybody can plug in, Ernesto (dressed as a boxer, I think) finds a mouthguard in his gym bag as requested by Tiffany for $100 & Linda (dressed as a pirate) chews some gum for five seconds in front of Jonathan but fails to win her $100 bill because she didn't blow a bubble w/ it right afterwards. Finally, Carmen pulls out her own stick of gum to allow Wayne to pay her $100.

TPiRecap

WoF: We're on the Home Sweet Home set tonight to start off the season's first "America's Game" week, so we'll have family pairs competing. The $1,000 Toss-Up category is Phrase:

_ H _ / C A T ' S

_ E O _

Joan & Joe are THE CAT'S MEOW. Here are tonight's six contestants:

Joan & Joe Hall (mother/son)- Joe's a professional dancer that recently danced in Vegas for 2.5 years, while Joan's a psychiatric registered nurse & a professional bull riding fan
Bill & Tony Wright (father/son)- Tony's an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran who's currently the captain of the Central Bell County Fire Rescue in Nolanville, TX, while Bill's a Loyal Friend & True
Asuncion & Rommel Riemedio (father/son)(S.F.)- Asuncion's been married for 37 years & has two grandchildren, while Rommel's a project manager for a karaoke company

The $2K T-U's about a very long one-line Occupation:

S P _ _ T S _ _ I _ _ R

Joan & Joe just barely come up w/ SPORTSWRITER to triple up.

Tonight's prize wedge is worth a pair of trips to the Bienville House in New Orleans worth $4.5K apiece & the IHOP Jackpot Round category's Fictional Character (w/ the Wheelmobile category wipe & the Omaha Steaks gift tag). Joan & Joe first Bankrupt on the Million Dollar Wedge's left part. Bill & Tony secondly call two R's for $800 but then a dud of S. Third, Asuncion & Rommel call three T's for the gift certificate & an N for the Wild Card, Free Play a dud in L & get the trip wedge w/ three H's, then they call for a K, which isn't there. Returning to Joan & Joe, they say two D's & a G for $500 apiece & a $400 D to leave this board w/ only the vowels...

T H _ R

T H _ / G _ D

_ F / T H _ N D _ R

...& they solve THOR THE GOD OF THUNDER to slightly rise to $5K.

DUDS: $300 K (Asuncion & Rommel), $500 L (Asunccion & Rommel), $900 S (Bill & Tony)
SOLE BANKRUPT OF THE ROUND: Joan & Joe
LEFT BEHIND IN JACKPOT: $8.5K

To begin the Before & After Round for the night, Bill & Tony call two L's for six bills & three T's for another $2,700, purchase five E's & call the obvious two G's for an extra $1,800, then traveling their route are four O's and an F & two G's for an extra $900 a pop before...

T H E / T _ L E / O F

T H E / G O L _ E _

G O O _ E

_ _ _ _ _

...they blank out on the last word, so they might've missed out on $6,700 & a $1,700 lead. After Asuncion & Rommel hit the regular Bankrupt next to where they picked up the WC to lose that, Joe & Joan have a $500 N & D, an A & an $1,100 pair of S's before they dud out w/ the I, the only such vowel on this board. Bill & Tony get a reprieve, but NOT for long- they go Bankrupt the same way Asuncion & Rommel did, so their $6,700's gone for good. Asuncion & Rommel then light the $300 B & quadruple that amount w/ a P call...

T H E / T A L E / O F

T H E / G O L D E N

G O O S E

B _ _ P S

...& solve "THE TALE OF THE GOLDEN GOOSE" BUMPS to add $800 & keep control.

BANKRUPTS: 2 (Asuncion & Rommel and Bill & Tony)
SOLE DQ: Bill & Tony (time over)

Mystery/Prize Puzzle Round topic will be Food & Drink. Asuncion & Rommel first put up a $300 T but then spin up the other normal Bankrupt. Second for our current leaders Joan & Joe is the same MDW Bankrupt from two rounds ago. Third, Bill & Tony take a $400 R but then get the beeper for the second time this evening after repeating the T while on the red $900 wedge. Asuncion & Rommel resume their turn w/ an S & two N's for $900 apiece, an A, two I's & a $900 L, but they then Bankrupt out like they did the first time, costing them $3,100; that's their third one of the match. Joan & Joe follow that w/ three P's for $1,050, a $3.5K M & the leftover vowels of three O's...

_ R O _ E N

P I N E A P P L E

S M O O T _ I E

...they'll probably want to get a FROZEN PINEAPPLE SMOOTHIE, because they've boosted their lead considerably courtesy of another $4,300 & a $10,820 pair of trips to the Turtle Bay Resort, for a new total of $20,120 in cash & Oahu.

BANKRUPTS: 3 (two by Asuncion & Rommel, Joan & Joe)
SOLE DQ: Bill & Tony

TONIGHT'S SPIN ID: RT0009169 (Rebecca T.)

Last up in the T-U department's a Thing:

C R _ S _ A L

B A L _

Joe & Joan get the T-U Sweep from a CRYSTAL BALL, making their overall cash/trip bank worth $23,120.

Some Song Lyrics are on the Last Chance Round board & consonants are worth...$1.5K each this time. After they call an H...

_ ' M / H _ _ _ _ _

_ N / _ / F _ _ L _ N G

...Joan identifies "I'M HOOKED ON A FEELING" by Blue Swede to top off their match win w/ 4.5K more dollars & $27,620 overall! Everyone else gets the $2K consolation purse; Asuncion & Rommel's is not gooseegged.

Which means $31,620 in cash & trips have been won so far on this Monday.

SOLE DUD: R (Asuncion & Rommel)

TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding WC): $10,100

Maxwell House Big Money Round #51: Joan spins the N in WIN & the BMR topic that The Halls get is Place. Here's where we begin:

_ N / T _ E

_ _ R E _ R _ _ N _

HDBA give them...

_ N / T H E

_ _ R E _ R _ _ N D

...IN THE FOREGROUND, they've won...





































































































































...$5K more & they're the first BR car winners all season long w/ these two Honda CR-V EX-L 2WDs worth $54,850, which means they're the NEW SEASON 29 CHAMPS w/ $87,470 in cash & prizes; in addition, the Rebuilding Together bank's $167.5K!

Millionaire:

Game 1
Start of Game 2

YDI: Lindsay Chavez has a chance to make her former Naval Corpsman brother (& former Bronze Star & Purple Heart recipient) Randell Leonico's dreams of becoming a prosthetics doctor come true.

$10K (What): ADDICTIVE

1. #8 ($200): LAWSUITS
2. #4 ($2.5K): 13 AND UP
3. #6 ($300): 2004
4. #1 ($1K): BANNED BY BOSSES- FACEBOOK ($6K)
Other Clues: HARVARD, "FARMVILLE", MILLIONS OF FRIENDS,
"THE SOCIAL NETWORK" & MARK ZUCKERBERG

$25K (What): MEXICO

1. #1 ($300): TOY
2. #7 ($4K): 6 LBS. (maximum)
3. #3 ($6K): BEVERLY HILLS- CHIHUAHUA ($20,700)
Other Clues: PARIS HILTON, BREED, YAPPY, "YO QUIERO TACO BELL", HAIRY & SMALL DOG

$50K (Where): INSPIRED A VEGAS CASINO

1. #5 ($5K): GODS
2. #8 ($3K): 2 CONTINENTS
3. #3 ($6K): WONDER-FULL COUNTRY
4. #4 ($1K): DESERT
5. #6 ($8K): 80'S WALK- EGYPT ($47,700)
Other Clues: CAIRO, CLEOPATRA, SPHINX & KING TUT

$100K (What): BOW ON TOP

1. #2 ($12.5K): SPECIAL OCCASION
2. #5 ($10K): 2 LEGS
3. #8 ($17.5K): WORN OUT
4. #9 ($1K): MOSTLY BLACK- TUXEDO ($106,700)
Other Clues: BOND, PENGUIN, PROM, CUMMERBUND & FORMAL WEAR (another clue I would've come up w/ was TENNESSEE __________)

$250K (Who): 80'S TV STAR

1. #8 ($5K): "SNL"
2. #3 ($15K): COLORFUL NAME?
3. #5 ($75K): 2011 CALENDAR GIRL
4. #7 ($40K): PET PROJECTS
5. #4 ($7.5K): SNICKERS
6. #3 ($50K): "NATIONAL TREASURE"
7. #1 ($30K): 7-DECADE CAREER- BETTY WHITE ($134,200)
Other Potential Clues: "GOLDEN GIRL (S)" & "HOT IN CLEVELAND"

(Also: Bhibas Das secured a lock game win on "Jeopardy!" tonight to the tune of $21,179, making her two-game total $41,380.)

Episode ratings:

10: "Wheel of Fortune"
8: "Let's Make a Deal"
7: "Jeopardy!", "Millionaire" & "You Deserve It"
6: "The Price is Right"