"Wheel of Fortune"/"Jeopardy!" 12/6

WoF Intro Flashback Moment #43 ('03): Vanna bursting out laughing repeatedly during their promo shoot for KDRV in Medford, OR

$1K T-U: Food & Drink

H _ _ _ M A _ _

_ _ _ C O L A _ _ / C _ K E

Melissa eats HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE CAKE. Can we have some players, please:

Melissa Carraway (Florence, SC)- A bank teller married to William
Lindsey Pollino (Mt. Vernon, WA)- A Child Psychology major at the University of Washington who has a 27-pound cat named Mister
David Warpness (Palm Desert)- A social worker & "king of comfort food" w/ two sons & two grandchildren (w/ a third on the way)

$2K T-U: Phrase

R E A _ Y / F O R

A C _ I O _

In the old days of "Family Feud", when the first clan was introduced, Gene Wood would say "READY FOR ACTION" & Melissa has the tripler.

B & B Trip: The Inn at Bowman's Hill in New Hope, PA ($7,123)

Eggland's Best Jackpot R: What Are You Doing?

She immediately gets that eBags.com gift card w/ a G-spot for two G's, buys the I, calls the $700 N & purchases the A at the end of the second line & four O's, then coming her way is the Bankrupt next to $650 to wipe her out of $1,950 in cash & luggage. Second, Lindsey calls out two L's for that MDW, a $500 K to finish the first word (LOOKING) & pick up the 1/2 CAR w/ $900 next door, but she then LaT. Third, David gets a $650 R, the other two vowels (three E's in the last word & a U), two FP T's to add a grand but the LaT also stops him. Melissa then plays it safe...

L O O K I N G

T _ R O U G _ / A

T E L E _ _ O _ E

...& she's LOOKING THROUGH A TELESCOPE for $4K total so far this game.

LaTs: 2 (Lindsey & David)
SOLE BANKRUPT: Melissa
LEFT BEHIND IN JACKPOT: $7,850

Mystery R: Before & After

W/ a fresh start, Lindsey leads off by finding a T for five bills & an S while on the MW next to FP. She turns down tripling her base $500...& has the $10K wedge! After purchasing three A's & an E w/ her spendable $500, she tries the R & gets two of 'em for the other 1/2 CAR & a thousand dollars, but next is H for hush. Second, David immediately loses a turn by calling C while on the WC. Third, Melissa calls in a $500 N for the 1/2 CAR from the previous rd. & two $500 L's to triple her current cash stash for this puzzle & the right to pick up the getaway wedge. After a U buy, an $1,100 M pair & a leftover I to finish the third & final word (ANIMAL), Melissa has displayed...

S L U M _ E R

_ A R T _

A N I M A L

...she could be a SLUMBER PARTY ANIMAL in PA, because she's won that trip & another $2,100, for a total of $9,223 in the rd.

DUDS: $500 C (David), $900 H (Lindsey)

Current Scores:

Melissa: $13,223 in cash & trip 1/2 CAR/Everybody else: $0 each

Bonus Puzzle Blast from the Past #48 (Early '02)(Person)(Teresa called HCDA):

T H E

S _ _ _ _ E R

A: THE SKIPPER (unsolved)

Prize Puzzle R: Fun & Games

David can take that WC off the big wheel, because there are four N's to get him off to a $2K start; then come an E, an O, an $800 T, three I's, a $600 H to complete the third word out of four (THE) & the other two pairs of vowels. After that, he calls on tres D's to throw in $2,700 but then hits that LaT for the second time this evening. Second, Melissa calls the $300 G & the $900 L before spinning the other Bankrupt in play to lose her plate & the $1,200. That opens an opportunity for Lindsey...

_ I N D _ U _ _ I N G

A _ O U N D / T H E

I _ L A N D

...& she'll be WINDSURFING AROUND THE ISLAND at Windjammer Landing, a St. Lucia trip worth $6,623.

SOLE LaT: David
SOLE BANKRUPT: Melissa

Current Scores:

David: WC/Melissa: $13,223 in cash & PA/Lindsey: $6,623 in St. Lucia travel

$3K T-U: Occupation

_ _ Y S _ _ A L

T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T

Melissa doesn't need a PHYSICAL THERAPIST for the T-U Sweep & a new score of $16,223.

Speed-Up: Proper Name

$1,900 every time a consonant shows up on this board. After she calls two C's...

C _ N C _ N N _ T _

_ E N _ _ L S

...she left off the S at first, but Melissa does ID the CINCINNATI BENGALS for the 57 Benjamins. David had $7,600 in unclaimed moolah & Lindsey had 1/2 his amount.

SOLE DUD: R (Melissa)

Final Scores:

David: $1K GOOSEEGG/Melissa: $21,923 in cash & PA/Lindsey: $6,623 St. Lucia trip
GT: $29,546

TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding cardboard): $3,150 in cash & tag

Maxwell House Regular BR #56: After we get a shot of her hubby, Melissa spins the G.

Subject: Thing

If it's what I think it is, she may have a tough time w/ this:

T _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ L E

BDFU are her calls...

T _ U _ _

_ U _ _ L E

...but a TRUCK BUNDLE's so wrong. This TOUGH PUZZLE (I thought it was TOPIC BUBBLE) just cost her the $30K.

$5K SPIN ID #49: DB501169

Jeopardy! Contesti:
Noah Rachels (Astoria, NY)- University fundraiser
Skylar Rampersaud (Kapolei, HI)- Computer security researcher
CHAMP: Mike McCormick (one-day total of $16,801)

Board For Starters:
HOME SWEET MOTOR HOME
MOVIE MONEY
SHALL I COMPARE THEE?
THE NAME OF THE FLAG
AMERICAN WOMAN
STAY AWAY FROM MEAT

Halfway in this J! Rd., Noah's the early leader w/ $2K & is $400 ahead of Mike & $1K ahead of Skylar. Mike's slightly taken over first place w/ $2,600 as soon as he snags the DD from the center of The Name of the Flag; he has just a $200 lead over Skylar. The titleholder puts up $1,600 against this clue:

This Caribbean nation flies La Estrella Solitaria, "The Solitary Star".

"What is...The Dominican Republic?"...sorry- Cuba. Noah's in LGT at the end of the rd. w/ $6K; Mike's starting Double J! at $2,600 & Skylar's $200 ahead of our current champ.

LT (all unattempted): $1,800

DJ! Categories:
SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT
AUTHORS ON AUTHORS
THEIR TV ROLES (two different characters per answer)
JA, DAS IST MEIN POSSE
1930s SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
"TAR" & "FEATHER"S

The $1,600 Authors on Authors screen shows a DD that was just claimed by Mike as well w/ $7,400; he's just $200 off Noah's leading bank & Skylar's slid slightly to $2,600. This go-rd., he gambles $2.5K in the hopes of trying to regain first. The clue is this:

Conan Doyle wrote "Where was the detective story until..." this author "...breathed the breath of life into it?".

"Who is Wilkie Collins?"...no- Edgar Allan Poe. No DD Sweep for him- Skylar concludes '30s Science & Technology w/ one & $4,400; Mike's made it back to $7,300 & Noah has exactly $10K. W/ less than a min. in this rd., she gambles $2,400:

In '35, this American became the first to shoot a liquid-fuel rocket faster than the speed of sound.

"Who is (Ernst) Mach?"...wasn't him- he was Robert Goddard. Left on the board were the $800 & $1,200 Ja, Das Ist Mein Posse answers.

ATTEMPTED LT: $2,800
UNATTEMPTED LT: $8K
TOTAL DJ! LT: $10,800

Pre-Final J! Scoring:
Mike: $7,300
Skylar: $2K- MATHEMATICALLY ELIMINATED
Noah: $13,600

CORYAT SCORES:
Mike: $11,400
Skylar: $4,400
Noah: $13,600

FJ! CATEGORY #59: World Geography.

Though it consists entirely of islands, this populous country borders three other nations.

SKYLAR:
Response: "What is Malaysia?"
BUSTED

MIKE:
Response: "What is Indonesia?"
Final score: DOUBLE TO $14,600

NOAH:
Response: SAME AS MIKE
Wins w/ : $15,099 (Mike leaves w/ $18,801)

EPISODE RATING FOR BOTH: 6