12/8/2011 Results

LMaD: Before I begin this morning's "Deal" recap, I have a big announcement to make courtesy of a recent taping report from Hollywood Junket- if I heard correctly, at least one time later this season, the most expensive Big Deal of the Day in this version's history worth at least $50K will be offered!!!!

But let's focus on today's activities in the meantime. The couple of the day are Kelly & Norman (dressed as construction people; Norman's a former foreman). Their choices are something that goes in your purse (Silver Envelope), something for your body (Small Box- Jonathan), something for inside (Big Box), something for outside (Curtain #1) or something away from home (Curtain #2). They start w/ the SE before settling on Curtain #1 & turning down $500.

SB- His/her TagHauer Formula 1 watches ($2,950)
BB- Kitchen w/ 10 pieces of cookware ($4,198)
SE- $1.5K
CURTAIN #2- Trip to Four Seasons Resorts in Hawaii ($13,045)
CURTAIN #1- Garden-style Volkswagen Beetle

For the second Thursday in a row, we're doing the Dice Duel. Today's rollers are Scott (dressed as a buckaroo) & Ileen (dressed as a princess). The qualifying part of the deal's a little bit different in this playing.

Qualifying Question: How many karats were in the sapphire engagement ring given to Kate Middleton by Prince William?

Scott: 11
Ileen: 3.5
ANSWER: 18

1. Scott: 5/2- $600
2. Ileen: 6/2- $400
3. Scott: 3/4- DANGER ZONE ENFORCED
4. Scott: 4/3- LOSES ALREADY (the ZONK cue's never played by Cat during this playing)

Because Wayne doesn't at least offer Ileen the $600 Scott just lost, she obviously will buy what's behind Curtain #3 for just her $400...a Ford Fiesta SE Sedan worth $15,295- PERFECT ROUND!

Another couple's chosen in Robert (dressed as Abraham Lincoln) & Dianne (who've been married for 35 years), but only Robert has all the Presidential power for at least this deal only that involves this Mystery Money Board:

? 5 ? 1

He makes the switch:

? 1 ? 5

(Note: This season, the MMB can be flipped instead of just moving its panels.)

Then, he chooses Curtain #2 for the team...

$ 6 1 1 5

...& not only do they miss out on the big money, they're ELIMINATED w/ the UFO car.

Sophia's Fast Deal: Giant "cookie" prize (Jonathan; yes, it's edible) or Curtain #3?
DECISION: Curtain #3- TOSHIBA 55" HDTV w/ sling box & MacBook Air ($2,899)(Cookie cash: $99)

Theresa & Stephen (a law enforcement officer who's wearing yellow & green in addition to an afro) both get $500 to start out the next full deal.

Video Bonus: Pre-Deal Clip

Stephen's Round (Jonathan w/ SB): PASS TO THERESA- Louis Vuitton monogrammed bag & sunglasses (Current total: $2,590)
Theresa's Round (BB): PASSES $500 & DESIGNER STUFF TO STEVEN- Elliptical machine ($3,299)

THE BIG RISK (Curtain #3): BOTH- Strong Spa 8

PERFECT ROUND #2!

Denise (dressed as a Hawaiian w/ a purple wig), Manuel (dressed as a doctor) & Nicole (who's wearing pink) are the next traders to face that Beat the Dealer board.

$500 Round:

Denise: D- THREE
Manuel: G- SIX
Nicole: A- FOUR

R2 Prize (Curtain #2): Dining room set w/ stoneware & flatware & a private chef gourmet meal ($2,450)

Nicole: H- SEVEN
Manuel: F- WIN (NINE)

He then takes the near-obvious stab at a Toyota Yaris w/ a cost of $16,483 (Curtain #1).

Wayne: B- YARIS (EIGHT)
Manuel: I- TWO

C- ZONK
E- FIVE

(Note: The buzzer doesn't sound.)

The last two regular traders of the episode are Beatrice & Amir; they're in the Sound Effects Deal. The winner's...Amir.

TBR (SB- Jonathan)- Aquarium shoes

THE BIG DEAL: Since Stephen was chosen first in the deal when the Strong Spas were won, he'll be playing for a $27,834 Big Deal. But it's definitely NOT behind Door #2- he leaves w/ the $3,250 Yamaha ZUMA 125 scooter. He needed to have chosen #1 to have also won:

#3- Trip to New Orleans ($7,894)
#1- KIA Forte

(Final note: Cat had an off day, because he played the wrong cue for a non-winning BD prize again.)

TPiRecap

WoF: We're on the dips & columns set for the sixth time this season. On the Toss-Up menu first is a familiar Phrase:

M _ _ _ / _ _

_ _ _ / U . _ . A .

Jason says most stuff's MADE IN THE U.S.A. Let's do the rundown on the competition:

Jason Ondeck (Chula Vista, CA)- A zoo freak who does H.R., payroll & accounting
Cindy Henderson (Hernando, MS)- Married flight attendant
Jenn Blum (Tucson, AZ)- A third-year law school student who'll graduate next year; she also did some Peace Corps duties in China for two years & plays the flute

The topic for the $2K T-U's Person:

T E _ _

_ E A _ _ R

For now, Jenn's a TEAM LEADER.

IHOP Jackpot Round subject's & out on the wheel now's a trip to NYC sponsored by "The Smurfs" worth $5,740. She starts out the letter-calling w/ a $500 S while on Jackpot & two N's for a tripler & the blue 1/2 KIA, then she buys four A's & E's, Free Plays the only dud vowel on the board (I) & Bankrupts next to $2.5K to lose the 1/2 KIA & a grand. Second, Jason calls two R's for $800 apiece, buys the O, calls out two T's for another six bills & we have...

_ R _ _ E

_ A _ N E ' S

A _ T E R / E _ O

_ A T _ A N

...he identifies BRUCE WAYNE'S ALTER EGO BATMAN for the early lead by a $950 margin & will start the second round.

SOLE DUD: I (Jenn)
SOLE BANKRUPT: Jenn
LEFT BEHIND IN JACKPOT: $7,600

It's Prize Puzzle Round time w/ some pretty long Song Lyrics. He starts out w/ the Lose a Turn. Cindy secondly calls six T's for three thou, three N's for the Wild Card & purchases three E's & five A's, followed by a $450 D, two O's, five Y's to add $2.5K & three W's for an additional $2,700. The board now...

A N Y / W A Y

Y O _ / W A N T / _ T

T _ A T ' _ / T _ E / W A Y

Y O _ / N E E D / _ T

...she solves Journey's "ANY WAY YOU WANT IT, THAT'S THE WAY YOU NEED IT" for $7,900 in potential spending money on a $6,700 trip to the Sandals Whitehouse European Village & Spa, making this a $14,600 round for her as the new leader; she also remains in control of the wheel.

SOLE LaT: Jason

TONIGHT'S SPIN ID: JJ5035231 (Jacqueline J.)

Fittingly, the question we're asking in this Mystery Round What Are You Doing? She picks up the earlier 1/2 KIA w/ two G's for a C-note, two N's for the Big Apple vacation & an S while on the Mystery Wedge next to the Million Dollar Wedge. After much deliberation, she risks $6,740 in cash & NYC in addition to her 1/2 KIA & the WC...but she loses it all. Second for Jenn is the MDW's right-side Bankrupt, her second of the night. Third, Jason puts up two T's for $1K, two I's & A's, a $3.5K H & an E before losing his next turn w/ the sole negative vowel (U). On Cindy's second try in the round, she lights a $900 R, the two O's to round out the vowels & an $800 L prior to saying a dud in P. After Jenn's two C's for $1,100 & the same quantity of K's to add $1,800...

_ O R K I N G

A G A I N S T

T H E / C L O C K

...she realizes everybody's WORKING AGAINST THE CLOCK to be $100 shy of $5K.

DUDS: $300 P (Cindy), U (Jason)(LOL!)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (women)

The concluding T-U's about an NFL Proper Name:

_ A _ T I _ O R E

R A V E _ S

Cindy scores on the BALTIMORE RAVENS, for a new haul of $17,600 in cash & Jamaica.

For the Last Chance Round, we need a Thing & the consonant value's...$6K! After an S...

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ N S _ _ _

R _ N G

...NO CHAMPIONSHIP RING for Jason as far as this program's concerned, but he's $12K richer & finishes as the runner-up w/ $14,950! $4,900 belongs to Jenn & Cindy didn't win the $18K that was in her bank for that final round, but she still wins this title w/ $17,600 in money & trip.

The maingame earnings add up to $37,450.

DUDS (both by Jenn): L & T (for Lawrence Taylor)

TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding cardboard): $7,740 in cash & trip

Maxwell House Big Money Round #54: Tonight, Cindy could win more money &/or a Chrysler 200 Convertible (this car will also be offered during Best of the Best Week on this set on the last week of the year, which means the previous maingame round format will still be used through at least that week). She spins the S of SPIN & she gets 1/3 of this Thing to lead off:

S _ N _ _ _

_ _ _ _ E T

HDMA are her calls...

S _ N D A _

_ _ _ _ E T

...this sounds like more of an Event or Place to me, but she's still attending a SUNDAY BUFFET of cash totaling $35K, which brings her total in cash & plane trip to $52,600 & the Feeding America bank to $170K!

Christian Dashiell's Changing Lives segment is replayed to end this episode.

J!: Including Tony Hightower, we've got an all-male panel:

Dan Kull (Colorado Springs)- U.S. Army captain
William Castanera (S.F.)- Human resources professional

These six categories are first lit up:

SCHOOLS OF THE HEISMEN (remember, The Heisman Trophy will be awarded this Saturday night on ESPN)
NON-ROMAN EMPERORS
EBONY & IVORY
YOU AUTO KNOW THE CAR MAKER
TOYS & GAMES
"PRE"-CISELY

William's slightly in Lock Game Territory at halftime w/ $4K; Tony's in second place w/ $1,600 & Dan's just $200 behind the champion. W/ three clues to go, it's Daily Double time for William to end Non-Roman Emperors; he's leading Tony $4,800-$4K. William's wager is $2,800, so to keep first, here's the clue:

As the mighty emperor of The Incas in 1532, Atahualpa faced 180 soldiers led by this Spaniard.

"Who is (Francisco) Pizarro?"...he's still got the lead w/ $7,600! At the round's conclusion, he's still in first over Tony, $8,200-$5,800.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $800 (Ebony & Ivory)
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $2,800
TOTAL LACH TRASH: $3,600

Double Jeopardy! Lowdown:

FUN WITH THE PERIODIC TABLE
THE ANNIE HALL OF FAME
GREEK LETTER HOMOPHONES
QUOTES ABOUT PLACES
BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES
ONCE THERE WERE NO COMPUTERS

A bit into this round, Tony & William are tied for the lead w/ $10,200 each & Dan's fallen to $200 in the hole. But after Dan gets to $1,800 on the plus side, he goes DD Hunting starting on the $800 clue regarding those Quotes About Places...William, however, finds his second of the night to round out the Once There Were No Computers answers w/ $14,600; he's $4,800 ahead of Tony, while Dan's at $2,600. His wager on this answer's its face value.

A "non-existent domain" error on a failed e-mail is kind of the new version of this 1962 Elvis song.

"What is 'Return to Sender'?"...$16,600! Dan later catches a DD behind the $1,600 Quote About Places w/ $4,600 showing; Tony's slightly back to nine G's & William's down to $15,400. Dan gambles all but a Benjamin on the following:

In "The Third Man", Orson Welles said it "...had 500 years of democracy & peace, & what did that produce? The cuckoo clock".

"What is...Vienna?"...NO. The correct country was Switzerland & the last Annie Hall of Fame clue will remain hidden from view.

DJ! LACH TRASH (all attempted): $1,200 (Greek Letter Homophones)

Post-DJ! Totals:

Tony: $12,600
William: $17,400
Dan: $1,700- MATHEMATICALLY ELIMINATED

CORYAT SCORES:

Tony: $12,600
William: $16,600
Dan: $6,200

FINAL JEOPARDY! SUBJECT: Declaration of Independence Signers.

The only Roman Catholic signer represented this state.

DAN:
Response: "What is Massachusetts?"
Wager: $1,030
Final score: $670

Tony wrote "What is Pennsylvania?"...also NOT it & he gives back $5K to slide to $7,600 & leave w/ $23,300. William's wrong also w/ "What is Delaware?"; the right state was Maryland, but he'll take $9,400 into tomorrow.

WW: Unofficially, welcome to a new season of "Wipeout"! This is Vanessa Lachey's debut episode as the female co-host.

Qualifier: Sweet Nut Cracker/(Spinning) Candy Canes/Jingle (Big) Balls (yellow, red, green & blue; the blue one has a $500 bonus for anyone that can grab it & there's a Santa Claus Motivator)/Snowfall/Santa's Workshop

(Note: This season will feature new camera technology intended to make us see all those Wipeouts that much closer.)

Notables:

Jessica "Penguin" Kerr: 4:39.2
Emily Spoonrong: 5:42.5
Shawn "Captain Christmas" Townsend: 3:31.1

Also qualifying are Carley Coney, Jeff Ferrari, Mike Gonzalez, Amanda "Blitzer" Ciurdar, Sam "Eboneezer Snooze" Ciurdar (her husband), Sandra Taylor, Jim "Cookie Tease" Cashman (who brought along a cookie sheet for Vanessa), Leonardo Sanchez, David "Bag Man" Bracken & Autumn "Gamer Girl '93" Bates.

Pain in the Ice: The Top 12 start around an icehole, where they must drop through on a Fishing Pole Sweeper & make it to a platform. After going up a small set of stairs, they have to get past the Lumber Tumbler & a wooden plank to make it to the other side of the course, which begins w/ the Frosty Woodbridge & ends w/ belly slides down the Snow Chute.

Advancing to Round 3:

1. Autumn
2. Shawn
3. Sam
4. David
5. Sandra
6. Jim

The Cold-Hearted Snake: Our players will start out trying to get across two Snow Sweepers to Plummet Summit, where they must slide down as high as 25 feet. To reach the finals after that, they have to successfully jump to the snowball after Shivering Timbers & the finish platform.

FINALISTS:

1. Jim
2. David
3. Sam

THE WIPEOUT ZONE: Killer Luge (seven stories high)/Psychedelic Snow Globe (w/ a big button in the center that each player has to press to activate the exit platform; every time one gets on this obstacle, it goes from orange to blue before turning to green once that button's been pressed)/The Frozen Fury /Iced Over

FINAL TIME RESULTS:

Jim- 14:25.66

David- LOSS ON FINAL OBSTACLE

Sam- WIN W/ 13.74 LEFT

p!: Remember, new episodes air Thursdays at 9 PM EST.

Cort & Elena Millar: 2005 Honda Element (she'll be the captain)

(Notes: I hear the theme music that was used for Austin Aires while he was in Ring of Honor in the background as they pull in; he's currently the Impact Wrestling/TNA X Division Champion.)

regular:

1. The heights of horses are usually measured in feet.
Guess: TRUE- HANDS

2. Upon accepting his Academy Award for "Titanic", James Cameron exclaimed "I'm the king of the world!".
Guess: FALSE- WRONG AGAIN

3. It's illegal to drive your car barefoot.
Guess: FALSE- CORRECT ($25)(1/4)

Final Question: Thomas Edison's credited as the inventor of the CD player.
Guess: FALSE- YES ($50)(1/2)

plus:

1. Which of the following actors didn't voice a main character in the '06 Disney/PIXAR movie "Cars"- Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Tim Allen or Larry the Cable Guy?
Guess: Paul- NO (A: Tim)(1/4)

2. What electronics company manufactured the world's first portable cellular phone- Motorola, Apple, Panasonic or SAMSUNG?
Guess: Motorola- CORRECT ($100)(1/2)

3. Driven by front man Rick Ocasek, the debut album of what automotive-themed band went platinum in '78- REO Speedwagon, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Cars or Crash Test Dummies?
Guess: REO Speedwagon- NO (A: The Cars)(1/4)

FQ: As of this year, for which team did Dale Earnhardt, Jr. race- Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, Roush Fenway Racing or Earnhardt Ganassi?
Guess: LOSE w/ Earnhardt Ganassi (A: Hendrick Motorsports)

Melissa Cole: '83 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (w/ removable roof)

regular:

1. An aircraft traveling at MACH 1 is traveling at Supersonic speed.
Guess: TRUE- FALSE (Supersonic's greater than MACH 1)

2. The Kansas City Chiefs franchise was originally known as the Dallas Texans.
Guess: FALSE- TRUE

3. In the U.S., stop signs are the only traffic signs that have eight sides.
Guess: TRUE- YES ($25)(1/4)

FQ: There are more than 13K yellow medallion taxicabs operating in NYC.
Guess: TRUE ($50)(1/2)(I've known that fact because I watch "Ca$h Cab")

(Note: I hear the AA RoH theme again while Greg's looking over her Camaro.)

plus:

1. Portrayed on "SNL" by Chris Farley, the motivational speaker Chris Farley makes his home in a van driven by what body of water- lake, river, stream or tidal estuary?
Guess: River- RIGHT ($100)(3/4)

2. In U.S. gas stations, what color handle has historically been used to designate a diesel pump- green, brown, blue or orange?
Guess: Green- RIGHT ($150)(FULL)

3. According to their '86 album, The Beastie Boys are licensed to do what- drink, cut hair, party or ill?
Guess: Ill- OVERFLOW FOR GAS CARD ($200)

FQ: What's the most visited U.S. national park- Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains, Yellowstone or Yosemite?
Guess: Yellowstone- INCORRECT (A: Great Smoky Mountains)(3/4)

bonus round: The "Bumper to Bumper" theme of the week's college mascots.

Gator- UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Buckeye- UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
Bulldog- OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Duck- UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Wolverine- UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ($350)

high octane:

1. A dreaded spare, what combination of pins are referred to by bowlers as "bedposts"?
Guess: Back Two- NOT ACCEPTABLE (A: 7/10 Split)(1/2)

2. What brand got its name after winning a contest to be the exclusive dog sold at Detroit Tigers home games?
Guess: Sebrett (A: Ball Park)(1/4)

3. Used to guide directionally-challenged drivers, what does the abbreviation GPS stand for?
Guess: Global Positioning Satellite (A: Global Positioning System)($400)

Andrew Capriotti (who just got engaged): '08 Accord Sedan

regular: Andrew gets half of those T/F statements.

plus: He quadruples his money w/ a 3 out of 4 effort.

br: The theme of this "Squeegee Challenge" is Racetracks.

$200: Shake and Bake- TALLEDEGA ($400)

ho: He overflows after being right on the first query of the round; eventually, he gets half of the round's Q's right to finish w/ $600 in addition to the card.

top-off challenge: Who was the first President to fly in an airplane designated Air Force One?
Guess: George Bush (A: Dwight Eisenhower)($350)

Millionaire Thursday:

Lori Ussery's Classic Millionaire Round
Game 2
Game 3

Episode ratings:

7: "Let's Make a Deal", "Millionaire", "Wheel of Fortune" & "Wipeout"
6: "Jeopardy!" & "The Price is Right"
5: "pumped!"