12/12/2011 Results

LMaD: Designated Monday's personal assistant's Kelly (who's a stay-at-home mom dressed as a golden ticket). She's given $2,500 to start.

Shasha's Round (dressed as a kid on a black bouncy ball): Curtain #1 ($300)- Home bar set ($4,646)
Benjamin's Round (dressed as a cowboy originally from Phoenix who wants to be a singer): Small Box (Jonathan)($1,200)- Mayonnaise tar rolls snack kit
Kelly's Round: Curtain #2 ($2.5K)- Trip to Barcelona ($10,021)

Kelly & Steven from Sacramento (dressed as mustard & ketchup bottles, respectively; they've been married for a year) play Gold Rush for some money or a 2012 Toyota Tacoma Regular Cab worth $17,685 (Curtain #3).

1. #7- GOLD
2. #3- GOLD
3. #1- GOLD
4. #8- TRUCK OUT OF PLAY
5. #6- GOLD
6. #5- GOLD; STOPS W/ $1K
FINAL PICK: #2- ZONK

Mark (dressed as the middle P in a P pod) finds himself in the Incomplete Word Deal. His choices:

SB (Jonathan): E_______
Big Box: T______
Silver Envelope: J______

Hoping for a Hyundai Elantra (BTW, Lisa Marie Hall now owns one of those), he chooses the SB.

BB- (SAMSUNG) TELEVISION; home entertainment suite ($3,100)
SE- (Kawasaki) JET SKI (Curtain #1)
SB- (Jalapeno) EYE CREAM (he also misses out on $1K)

This next deal's a new one titled the Music Genre CD Song Deal. Behind each of the five CD cases (Jonathan) are CDs w/ music themes on them & on the backs of them are cash amounts worth up to $2K in case they don't want to go w/ the prize in question.

Luci's Round (Curtain #2): #3- DISCO
DECISION: Curtain #2- La Bella Cosa custom dining room ($7,656)(#3: $1,900)

Emily's Round (dressed as mother nature)(Curtain #3): #1- POLKA
DECISION: Money- $1,800
CURTAIN #3- Giant stick of butter

Antonette (a 6th Grade Science teacher who's wearing a silver wig) is the first aired trader to play Go For a Spin for the $16,785 Scion xB (Curtain #1)!

In front of Curtain #2's a giant wheel w/ cash amounts ranging from $100-$500 & $1K-$5K, five ZONKS & a car logo in between $100 & $400. Before we get to that wheel, she'll be asked three survey questions w/ two choices for each. Every correct answer's worth $500 & a chance to remove a ZONK in favor of another car space.

1. Diet soda or regular soda: REGULAR- YES
2. Sing in the car or sing in the shower: IN THE CAR- YES
3. Carrie Bradshaw or Bridget Jones: CARRIE- YES

She buys herself a spin of the wheel (she's actually just spinning the pointer like it was during the 1990-91 version of "Match Game") for the $1.5K she just accumulated. The ZONKS she removes are in between the $4K & $5K, the $100 & $2K & the $200 & $3K. The other two ZONKS are in between $400 & $3K and $500 & $1K.

BIG SPIN RESULT- $400

Jame Fast Deal (dressed as an octopus): NO to Trip SB (Jonathan)($900)- Trip to The Palazzo in Vegas ($5K)

THE BIG DEAL: The first Kelly's going for it w/ Door #2. #1 had...a $2,078 bicycle package. That means she trades down to...a 3-D Playstation3 video gaming suite w/ a $1K GameStop gift card totaling $6,058, so Luci's won the day. But since this episode was taped on November 10th, there's the possibility that a prize worth at least $50K is behind Door #3 this morning (I think it's going to be the '12 Chevrolet Corvette worth $50.5K; if not, it'll should be a '12 Porsche Boxster or maybe they've increased the top cash prize in the Six Checks Deal to an even $50K). I hope not...























































































































































































...well, she actually misses out on an $18.5K trip to the Hyatt Park Mendoza Hotel & Resort in Argentina & $10K in spending money.

Melissa brings an eyelash curler to Wayne for the $500 twitter wad!

TPiRecap (remember, this episode was taped exactly a week ago)

WoF: This is Sandals Resorts Golf Getaway Week, where you Wheel Watchers could win a trip to the Sandals Exuma, Bahmas (& I think I saw Jimmy in the intro video w/ Pat & Vanna)!

The first Toss-Up category for the in-studio folks is Place:

_ _ _ V _ _ G

R _ N _ _

Susan solves DRIVING RANGE, so we'll greet her first:

Susan Chappelle (Miami Beach, FL)- A makeup artist for print work who has no children, but two cats named Naughty & Wicked
David Adams (Atkinson, NH)- Automotive salesman
Count Cook (Omaha, NE)- A mental health therapist involved in a fatherhood initiative

The category of the $2K T-U's Living Things:

_ _ _ P _ C A L

F _ _ H

Susan envisions some TROPICAL FISH to triple her cash.

FAMOUS footwear Jackpot Round category will be TV Title (w/ a golf course category wipe) & this will be the featured wheel prize all week long that the WWC members can win- a trip to Sandals Emerald Bay in Exuma w/ Greg Norman apparel worth $9,400 (Pat reads the entire plug for it; there's also a Golf Channel gift tag available). Susan starts off by calling out three T's for $900 & a $450 H, purchasing five E's but then Bankrupting on the right side of the Million Dollar Wedge to lose $1,100. Secondly, David calls two R's for nine hundred dollars & a $300 L, buys the first letter of the last word but he then goes Bankrupt next to the Wild Card to lose the remaining $950. Third, Count Loses a Turn. Susan next calls a dud in M while on the Jackpot, then David calls a Y for that trip, two C's for nine bills & we have...

T H E / C E L E _ R _ T Y

A _ _ R E _ T _ C E

...he solves "THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE" for the early lead w/ $10,300 in cash & Bahamas & keeps control.

SOLE DUD OF THE ROUND: $500 M (Susan)
SOLE LaT OF THE ROUND: Count
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Susan & David)
FINAL UNWON JACKPOT AMOUNT: $7,450

(Note: Vanna does this week's closed-captioning & Mystery Round bumpers.)

At the start of a Mystery/Before & After Round, David spins LaT. Count secondly calls a dud of T. Third, Susan calls for an M while on the Mystery Wedge next to the MDW & flips it over...for the 10 G's! But it's too bad none of that's spendable, because she then Bankrupts the same way David did to lose it right back. On his second turn, he calls a negative of S while on the MDW. Count follows that w/ choices of four N's for $1,600, three I's, an E, three O's, a $550 D & a C for that MDW & after a $600 L...

I ' M / O N / C L O _ D

N I N E

I _ O N

...he says "I'M ON CLOUD NINE" IRON to stay in control & win his first two grand.

DUDS: S (David), $800 T (Count)
SOLE LaT OF THE ROUND: David
SOLE BANKRUPT OF THE ROUND: Susan (2nd tonight)

It's Prize Puzzle Round time on a What Are You Doing? solution. He leads off w/ three N's for $10.5K, a $300 G, four T's for another two C-notes & the green 1/2 KIA, three I's & five A's, followed by a $450 S, four E's, a $350 H, but then his second LaT of the night. Susan's letters at this time are a $300 K, two C's for the WC, two U's to clean out the vowels, a $300 M & quad R's for $2,200 more, then we see...

T A K I N G

_ I C T U R E S / _ I T H

A N / U N _ E R _ A T E R

C A M E R A

...& she wins another $2,550, takes the lead & will be TAKING PICTURES WITH AN UNDERWATER CAMERA on a vacation to the Sandals Whitehouse European Village & Spa (which Vanna describes in its entirety) valued at $5,750, for a first-place total by a $1K margin of $11,300 in cash & Jamaica.

SOLE LaT: Count

TONIGHT'S SPIN ID: YM4955949 (Yvonne M.)

The identity of the $3K T-U's at least one place you can see On the Map:

_ _ _ T _ A _ D

& / _ A _ E _

Susan nails SCOTLAND & WALES to quadruple her lead w/ $14,300.

On a Last Chance Round Phrase, consonants are worth $1,300 a pop. Once two F's are put up by Ms. White...

L _ S T - _ _ T C _

_ F F _ R T

...Susan's LAST-DITCH EFFORT is good enough to go to the endgame w/ $18,200 in cash & trip! David leaves w/ his JR booty ($10,300) & Count will do said action w/ $2K.

$32.5K in cash & travel have been won up to this point on the evening.

SOLE DUD: N (Susan)

TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH: $12,050

Maxwell House Big Money Round #56: Exactly a week ago, the first bonus round cars of the season were awarded in the form of two Honda CR-V EX-Ls. This week's sole BR car's a MINI Cooper Convertible & you know the drill about sweepstakes like this one. As for Susan, she spins the A in GAME & the Monday BMR topic's Phrase. Starting w/:

L _ _ E / _

_ _ _ _

VMCAD do...

L _ _ E / A

_ A _ _

...not much & she's incorrect w/ LIKE A CAKE & LIKE A PACE. She needed the K's & the H, because it was LIKE A HAWK & she loses the $45K. She leaves w/ $18,200 in cash & holiday.

(Note: Unless otherwise stated, all of this week's end-of-show chats were prerecorded in the Bahamas.)

J!: Our new champion Drew Bayers is a music supervisor originally from Millford, CT & his challengers tonight are:

Chuck Rezac (Emmett, KS)- Cattle ranchhand
Ellen Tabor (NYC)- Psychiatrist

The Week's First Topics:

AMERICAN POETS
INITIAL TV
COOKBOOKS
NOT ACTUALLY A STATE CAPITAL
TAKING SPECIAL MEASURES
GET A "CLU"

Chuck catches the Daily Double under the middle clue from Not Actually a State Capital w/ $400; everyone's separated by $200, w/ Ellen the early leader at $600. For $1K, here's his clue:

You'll find the University of Missouri's main campus in this city-- the one in Missouri, not in South Carolina.

"What is Columbia?"...yes to be in first at least for now w/ $1,400. He's doubled that to $2,800 before the first TV timeout & leads Drew (who drew a picture at age 11 related to this GS featuring Alex on a get-well card for grandma) by $400 & Ellen by $800.

ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $1,800
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $2K
TOTAL LACH TRASH: $3,800

Scores After Jeopardy! Round:

Drew & Ellen: $5,200 each
Chuck: $2,400

DJ! Categories:

MATH
ALSO A PRESIDENT'S SURNAME
BILLIARDS
FRENCH HISTORY
CARTS, WAGONS & SLEDS
RAND CORPORATION

Drew takes a Photo DD at the end of the Rand Corp. w/ $10K & a $400 lead over Chuck; Ellen's a close third w/ $7,600. He'll bet the face value of this answer:

The field called this theory which has influenced Economics & other discliplines was expanded at Rand in the '40s.

"What is (The) String Theory?"...incorrect; it was The Game Theory, so he's back to $8K & $1,600 out of first. Once he uncovers the other DD underneath the middle French History screen w/ $8,400, he's still $1,600 behind Chuck. Again, for an extra $2K & the lead:

In a July 6, 2003 referendum, this Mediterranean island narrowly defeated a plan for limited autonomy (& also shared its name w/ a former Chevy model).

"What is Corsica?"...is right to get back ahead of the pack by $800!

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS OF THE ROUND: $2K (French History)
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $6,400
TOTAL DJ! LACH TRASH: $8,400

Going Into Final Jeopardy!:

Drew: $11,600
Ellen: $10K
Chuck: $13,600

CORYAT SCORES:

Drew: $12,800
Ellen: $10K
Chuck: $13,200

FJ! SUBJECT: The Billboard Top 40.

Previously done by The Trapp Family, this song about an instrumentalist was a Top 40 hit every December from 1958-1962.

Ellen Tabor wrote a question of "What is 'My Favorite Things?'", which she knows she's wrong just before her response's revealed, but it doesn't cost her a penny. Drew Bayers struggled to write "What was 'The Little Drummer Boy'?"...but he's right for the DOUBLER to $23,200! Chuck Rezac...wins the title w/ $25,200; Drew leaves w/ $4K less than that.

FF: "Fear factor" is back w/ that same disclaimer from Joe at the beginning & now in HD! The old theme's still intact, too.

Episode #108 (last one taped for this cycle; "Scorpion Tales"):

Alex & Amanda (brother/sister)
Monica & Matias (mother/son)
Anthony Jr. & Sr. (son/father)
Natalie & Olivia (sisters)

Remember, only one time in the history of this program has the $50K cash prize gone completely unclaimed in a regular episode. Sometimes, the money may be cut in half if nobody does that well on a stunt.

First Stunt: Each team will hang from a black/yellow helicopter; once they're on the ground, they have to grab a cargo box & use the crowbars on top of it to pry it open & pull the lever on an old green Ford truck to send that vehicle towards a live ammo dump. At that point, they have to get on the back of that truck & release as many flags as they can from inside its barrels. The team who grabs the least flags the slowest will go home (pending there aren't any stunt wipeouts).

Alex & Amanda- SEVEN IN :49 (four by Amanda)

Monica & Matias- SIX IN :46

Anthonys- SIX IN :47

Natalie & Olivia- FIVE

(Note: This season's status graphics are yellow amongst a spike background.)

Stunt #2: One member of each team has to go into a barrel of black sludge & find a scorpion container that they have to unscrew from the bottom. Then, their teammate has to undo the wingnuts & both teammates have to eat up to five of those scorpions apiece.

Anthonys- CLEAR IN 7:15.3

Monica (when this episode was taped, this was the anniversary of her father's death) & Matias- CLEAR IN 4:06

Alex & Amanda- CLEAR IN 3:39.1

$50K STUNT: Both members of the final duos are strapped to a cement mixer as it goes through a barrier-filled course & grab as many of the 32 flags as possible (four per barrier). The couple w/ the most flags the fastest wins the 50 thou.

FINAL RESULTS:

Monica & Matias- 22

(Note: Monica got hit in the face during their run & is bleeding as a result.)

Alex & Amanda- WIN BY ONE FLAG!

Episode #105 ("Broken Hearts & Blood Baths"):

Ron & Julie (exes)
Joe & CC (divorced)
Ryan & Jillian (exes)
Shawn & Jennifer (exes)

Opening Stunt: While inside a vintage convertible, they'll crash through a wall from a ramp into a giant water tank. As it sinks, they have to unscrew its seven yellow wingnuts & gather the two flags inside the box in order to unstrap themselves & be able to place the flags on the yellow posts back on shore to stop the clock.

Ryan & Jillian- 1:10.1

Joe & CC- 1:20

Shawn & Jennifer- TECHNICAL SUBMISSION W/ BOTH FLAGS (Jennifer has to be rescued)

Ron & Julie- 1:00.1

Stunt #2: Inside a massive tank's over 3K gallons of cow's blood. While bound together by the wrist, the duos will take turns retrieving cow hearts & putting it into their partner's mouth before s/he spits it out into a tank. The ones w/ the least amount of good hearts within three minutes are eliminated.

CC & Joe- EIGHT

Ron & Julie- 10

Ryan & Jillian- NINE

$50K STUNT #2: Each team starts inside a tour bus powered by natural gas; they have to climb on top of it via a ladder & grab the lines attached to that helicopter, at which point they'll be flown & dropped into a speedboat, where they need to retrieve some keys & swim over to the helicopter's hanging cargo net. Finally, they have to unlock the backpacks attached to it to get some flares that they have to light up & toss at a fuel station that will explode.

FINAL RESULTS:

Ryan & Jillian- 5:46.3 (only Jillian was successful on two flare tosses because Ryan fell off the net)

Ron & Julie- 4:27.3

YDI: Local deputy sheriff & newlywed Greg Fisher's playing for his mom Amy, who recently lost her husband to a liver disease; she's been recently running the Aliso Viejo Little League.

$10K (Who): '80s CHILD

1. #6 ($400): TRIPLE THREAT
2. #4 ($2.5K): EMMY WINNER
3. #7 ($500): MOUSEKETEER
4. #1 ($100): WARDROBE MALFUNCTION
5. #2 ($200): BRITNEY, CAMERON & JESSICA- JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ($6,300)
Other Clues: 6 GRAMMYS, "SEXYBACK", SINGER & *NSYNC

$25K (What): FRENCH TOAST

1. #9 ($200): BRUNCH
2. #7 ($4K): MIDNIGHT
3. #2 ($6K): LOCKER ROOM
4. #1 ($1.5K): FLUTE
5. #8 ($100): BUBBLY
6. #6 ($400): DOM PERIGNON- CHAMPAGNE ($19,100)
OC: POP THE CORK, NEW YEAR'S EVE & CELEBRATORY DRINK

$50K (Where): TIME SHARE

1. #5 ($1K): OFFSHORE
2. #2 ($6K): 1963
3. #9 ($500): OVER 1,500 "GUESTS"
4. #6 ($1.5K): PELICANS
5. #7 ($5K): FERRY
6. #8 ($3K): HAUNTED
7. #3 ($8K): S.F.- ALCATRAZ ($44,100)
OC: FAILED ESCAPES & PRISON

$100K (Who): TV STAR

1. #4 ($1K): HAIRLESS
2. #1 ($4K): OSCAR-NOMINATED SONG
3. #5 ($30K): FELT MANIPULATED
4. #7 ($20K): PBS
5. #2 ($12.5K): SWINE FEVER
6. #9 ($2K): GREEN
7. #6 ($17.5K): MIDDLE NAME "THE"
8. #3 ($10K): SESAME STREET- KERMIT THE FROG ($47,100)
OC: MUPPET

$250K (What): LIFE SAVER

1. #1 ($15K): TREAT FOR DOGS
2. #5 ($30K): COOL WHEN IT'S HOT
3. #9 ($50K): USUALLY CLOSED
4. #2 ($5K): SOME ARE YELLOW
5. #7 ($40K): SOME ARE RED
6. #4 ($7.5K): NO PARKING
7. #6 ($2.5K): IN CASE OF EMERGENCY- FIRE HYDRANT ($147,100)

Millionaire Monday:

Game 1
Game 2
$1K Question Game

(Also: In an episode of "Family Feud" that was skipped for some reason, the Masons left w/ $620 after being beaten by Virginia natives The Harringtons, who oddly enough finished their sole Fast Money visit w/ that same amount.)

Episode ratings:

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