"Wheel of Fortune"/"Jeopardy!" 12/4

WoF:

Intro Flashback Moment #41 (11/21/96- College Week): Vanna & Pat's switcheroo during a bonus round

$1K T-U: On the Map

_ _ W

_ _ G _ _ _ D

Home of those Patriots, Jaclyn solves NEW ENGLAND. We start from the right end of the line on the interviews tonight:

Jaclyn Fischer (NY)- A media assistant who also plays softball & golf
Cale Weissman (Colrain, MA)- A recent Reed College graduate who's interning at the Harvard School of Law & is both a beer & coffee taster (he was a barista for a while)
Megan White (Bryan, TX)- A private music lesson teacher who plays the cello; she just got married to financial worker Emery

$2K T-U: Rhyme Time

_ E E P

_ _ E _ P

Cale gets DEEP SLEEP.

B & B Trip: Abbeymoore Manor B & B Inn in Victoria, BC ($6K)
Tues./Thurs. Gift Tag: eBags

Eggland's Best Jackpot R: Show Biz

He spins top dollar instantly & calls an R for its $2.5K face value and three Jackpot R's to go to $4K, then he buys two E's & duds out w/ T while on the gift card. Second, Megan LaT. Third, Jaclyn chooses three N's for 27 bills, the I, two $350 W's & six A's, then she takes the trip w/ a $1.5K D set...

A _ A D E _ _

A W A R D / W I N N E R

S A N D R A

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

...& recognizes ACADEMY AWARD WINNER SANDRA BULLOCK to keep the getaway & another $4,400.

SOLE DUD: $500 T (Cale)
SOLE LaT: Megan
LEFT BEHIND IN JACKPOT: $10,250

Current Scores:

Cale: $2K/Megan: $0/Jaclyn: $11,400 in cash & Canada

Mystery R: Before & After

On her second spin of the game, Megan says a $550 T, two E's, two S's for an additional 13 Benjamins but then L for loss of turn. Jaclyn secondly picks out an N for 500 clams & the 1/2 CAR next to $900, two O's, the $500 Y at the end for the other 1/2 CAR, a $500 R for the gift tag, a C for just the extra $500, an I & a good consonant guess of B for $400 extra. Here we go...

N O S E

_ O B

S E C _ R I T Y

...she'd better get her NOSE JOB SECURITY in check, because she's bagged another $17,560 in cash & goodies, including her Chevrolet Sonic; also, she's still in control!

SOLE DUD: $300 L (Megan)

Current Scores:

Cale: $2K/Megan: $0/Jaclyn: $28,960 in cash & stuff

(Note: Jimmy forgot to plug George Chevrolet the first time that car was won this season.)

Bonus Puzzle Blast from the Past #46 ('98)(Phrase)(she called KPDI):

_ E E _ / I T / _ P

A: BEEF IT UP (not solved)

Tom & Brooke from "dancing with the stars: all-stars" gives "Wheel" a shout-out just before the next rd. of play.

Prize Puzzle R: Event

She begins her letter search for this board w/ trip N's for $1.5K but then she goes Bankrupt next to $3.5K. Second for Cale is a dummy of R. Third, Megan cooks up a $400 G at the end of the second word of three, three I's & a FP of an E, but that same Bankrupt gets her too. Resuming her turn, Jaclyn digs up two T's for seven Benjamins, a couple of A's, the same number of C's to add $600, the $350 D to wrap up the second word (DANCING) & after the rest of the vowels are bought...

_ U _ A / D A N C I N G

C O _ _ E T I T I O N

...she's banked another nine crisp $100s & could win a HULA DANCING COMPETITION during her $6,250 Turtle Bay vacation.

SOLE DUD: $450 R (Cale)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (ladies)

Current Scores:

Cale: $2K/Megan: $0/Jaclyn: $36,110 in cash & prizes

$3K T-U: Food & Drink

H _ _

A _ _ _ _ / C _ _ _ R

Megan missolves it as HOT APPLE COBBLER, one too many letters.

H _ _

A _ _ _ _ / C _ D _ R

Cale drinks the HOT APPLE CIDER for the extra three biggies.

R4: People

After starting the wheel spinning, he Bankrupts right out of the gate next to top dollar. Continuing to try to escape gooseegg land, Megan loses another turn w/ a T request. Third, Jaclyn lights a $450 R & makes that a grand w/ a $550 N before the final bell sounds...

_ _ _ _ _ _ N _

_ _ R _ _

...all left consonants are worth $1.5K apiece. Five G's later...

G _ G G L _ N G

G _ R L S

...Jaclyn's one of those GIGGLING GIRLS to the tune of $8.5K more! Megan had $3K left in her podium.
 
DUDS:
Before Speed-Up: $500 T (Megan)
Afterwards: D (Jaclyn)
SOLE BANKRUPT: Cale

Final Scores:

Cale: $5K/Megan: $1K GOOSEEGG/Jaclyn: $44,610 in cash & gifts (second-highest maingame haul this season)
GT: $50,610

TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH: $1,650

Maxwell House Regular BR #54: Jaclyn sees her boyfriend Dave in the audience & then spins the solo star.

Category: What Are You Doing?

This is also a Megaword:

_ _ _ R _ _ _ S _ N _

CDPI will guarantee at least an I...

I _ P R _ _ I S I N _

...but she still doesn't solve IMPROVISING. Could she have been the new top winner this season?...







































































































































































































...NO, she loses a MINI Cooper S Convertible instead. But she still departs w/ $44,610 in cash & stuff.

$5K SPIN ID #47: CM4942586 

EPISODE RATING: 7

Entering the Jeopardy! Studio:
Bryan Shilowich (Cambridge, MA)- Graduate student of Neuroscience
Jennifer North (Jersey City)- Attorney
CHAMP: Jason Shore (whose four-day cash winnings total $85,200)

Opening Board:
DOUBLE "L" WORDS
OREGON
A BIT O' HONEY
ALSO A SEA
ITS REIGNING MEN
SOCCER (Clue Crew clues from Johannesburg)

Jason hits a DD early on at the end of Its Reigning Men w/ $1,800; he leads Jennifer by $400 & Bryan by $1K. Jason makes this a TDD:

Hercule Grimaldi, Honore Grimaldi

"What is Italy?"...down to zero he goes; they were in Monaco. He gets $600 back just before break & Bryan's currently tied for first place w/ Jennifer at $1,400 each.

LT (all unattempted): $2K

Scores After the Rd.:
Jason: $4,400
Jennifer: $3,800
Bryan: $4,600

Next Revealed Categories:
NUCLEAR ENERGY
OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESSES
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
PHOTOGRAPHERS
WORLD AUTHORS
"FOUR" LETTER WORDS

Concluding Nuclear Energy, Jason has captured his second DD tonight w/ $7,200 & gambles $5K, so he risks dropping to third place if he misses the following:

The U.S. leads the world in operating nuclear reactors w/ 104, followed by this European country w/ 58.

"What is France?"...oui to jump to a LGT-quality score of $12,200! He has also gotten a DD Sweep; the last of the three appear in the $2K Supreme Court Justices box w/ seven clues remaining after that. Currently, Jason has $14,200 & is $3,200 ahead of Jennifer; Bryan's a distant third w/ $3K. The titleholder plays it safe by risking the face value:

After WWI, this justice headed a delegation of American Zionists to a conference in London.

"Who is (Louis) Brandeis?"...the verdict is that he's right! Time expires before we can get to either the $2K Photographers or World Authors clues (also, the $1,600 World Authors answer went unpicked).

DJ! LT (all unattempted): $8,400

Post-DJ! Totals:
Jason: $17K
Jennifer: $13K
Bryan: $4,600

CORYAT SCORES:
Jason: $15,800
Jennifer: $13K
Bryan: $4,600

FINAL J! SUBJECT #57: American Icons.

He has a Medal of Freedom, a Pulitzer Citation & membership in the Rock N' Roll & Minnesota Music Halls of Fame.

BRYAN:
Response: "Who is (Eric) Clapton"
Final score: $10

Jennifer's final Q was "Who is Prince?"...costs her $3,800 & drops her to $9,200. Jason agrees w/ her (the correct musician was Bob Dylan) & he didn't risk $9,001...he bet $10K, so he leaves temporarily w/ $87,200.

EPISODE RATING: 6