MLK Day 2012 Results

LMaD: Deal #1 this week's the Money Envelopes Deal.

Bronze Round:

Laura (dressed as a geeky nerd w/ overalls)- $250
Jillian (dressed as a football cheerleader)- $250
Melissa- $750

Melissa's Round: CURTAIN #3- SAMSUNG desktop & acer laptop ($1,979)

Silver Round:

Laura- DOUBLE
Jillian- QUADRUPLE

Jillian's Round: CURTAIN #2- Trip to Treasure Island Resort

Laura's Final Round: Big Box- Sweet workout equipment (Golden Envelope: $3K)

Charles & Susan (who've been married for five years), who rode about 4,200 miles on their motorcycle from West Virginia to the Sunset Gower Studios in L.A., play Card Sharks for the Honda Fit MT (Curtain #1).

M: KING OF HEARTS- LOWER
L: 6 OF DIAMONDS- HIGHER
K: KING OF SPADES ($1K)- LOWER
D: 7 OF SPADES- LOWER
A: 6 OF SPADES- HIGHER
Y: 6 OF HEARTS ($2.5K)- DANGER ZONE ENFORCED

GO ON W/ HIGHER

C: 3 OF DIAMONDS- LOSES $2,400 (& she was thinking about going against the odds again)
A: 7 OF HEARTS
R: JACK OF CLUBS (they also got this wrong)

(Note: The ZONK cue for a game over signal in this game's apparently now permanent.)

Also NOT winning that Honda's Marsha (dressed as the Red Devil) after defeating Marsha in the Sound Effects Deal; she leaves w/ $400 from the ATM.

Next to make deals are Lori (dressed as a referee), April (dressed as Raggedy Ann) & Lian (dressed as Katy Perry). Their base gift's a $1K HD camcorder (Jonathan).

April & Lian's Round for Lori: Silver Box (Tiffany in front of Curtain #2)- Pair of Laura's Jewelry white gold hoop earrings ($3,400)

Lori & Lian's Round for April: BB- Retro kitchen set ($3,332)

April & Lori's Round for Lian: Camcorder
SE- One-week trip to the Lexington Jackon Hole ($3,548)

THE BIG RISK (CURTAIN #2): April & Lian- Gorilla in the giant carriage

For Jenna-Lee (dressed as a ceiling fan), the sky's the limit for her while she's playing Go Big or Go Home for the Hyundai Accent GLS (Curtain #3). The featured prize space located on the top-right corner of the board has the $1K newegg.com gift card today.

1. 3: SE- Camping gear ($2,163)(Bad roll: 5)
2. 4: $750 ($2,913)(BR: 1)
3. 2: $500 ($3,413)(BR: 5)
4. 4: $750 ($4,163)(a 3 wins her the car, but a 1 or 6 means she goes bust)
5. 3: GO BIG- PERFECT DEAL!!! ($17,503)

Linda (dressed as a flower girl that turned 70 about three months after this episode was shot) is the final trader of the morning.

Rejected in R1: SB (Jonathan)- ABC bubble gum jewelry
Rejected in Other Round: SE (she leaves w/ $1.5K)- 12 pairs of designer shoes

THE BIG DEAL: We blow the whistle on Lori for choosing Door #2...in a good way- she's going on both a four-night vacation to the Ludlow's Island Resort on Beautiful Lake Vermillion in Cook, MN & a six-night stay at the lebua Hotel & Resort in Thailand w/ Ricardo luggage, for a total value of $22,440!

#1- Home gym ($3,480)(revealed last)
#3- HDTV trio ($6,960)

Trevor fails to win the $500 twitter Quickie Deal wad from Tiffany for not bringing a pair of hair rollers.

TPiR: Attention- marching on down to Contestant's Row first are Kristy Mann, Anthony Glenn II (from the front row of a fairly big Marine Corps group), Merle Gencher & Garrett Hoffman. Monday's first IUFB's a trio of Judah Ripka jewelry worn by Manuela (originally from Columbia), who was officially granted her U.S. citizenship late last year ("Pass At Me" by Timbaland featuring Pitbull & Bruno Mars)!

Garrett: $2.5K/Merle: $1,200/Anthony: $2,750/Kristy: $1,300

Anthony just won herself an All-American $500 bonus! Then, this drill instructor plays Cover Up for the Scion xB (Std., SGP, Mats, Cover)(Gwendolyn at Door #3)("Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock). Board:

First digit: 1 or 3?
Second digit: 1, 4 or 9?
Third digit: 0, 1, 3 or 9?
Fourth digit: 1, 4, 5, 7 or 8?
Last digit: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 or 8?
Base Price: $27,509

1. $ 1 4 , 9 7 6
2. $ 1 9 , 3 5 4
3. $ 1 9 , 3 8 2
FINAL TRY: $ 1 9 , 3 4 2- PAINFUL LOSS

Participant #5's Pamela Cunningham & the second one-bid prize's a 24-inch dishwasher (Manuela behind splitting sign)("Self Back Home" by Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch).

Garrett: $680/Merle: $799/PAMELA: $950/Kristy: $465

ARP: $750

Garrett, a bridge engineer from Pennsylvania, could build his Grand Game bank all the way up to $10K if he can choose the four items out of these six that cost less than $2.5- the Clabber Girl Double Acting Baking Powder, Joy Sugar Cones, the 36-ounce bottle of Heinz Tomato Ketchup, the 50 SOLO squared plastic cups, a 3.4 oz. box of Jell-O Vanilla & the small bottle of pepsi ("I Like It Like That" by Hot Chelle Rae feat. New Boyz).

1. pepsi- $.99 ($10)
2. Jell-O- $1.19 ($100)
3. Cones- $1.99 ($1K)
FOR $10K: Powder- $1.89 (& he picks up Drew for a few seconds!)
Ketchup- $3.29
Cups- $3.49

Called out sixth's Claire Egges & the third GUFB on the train (Gwen) a small Playstation3/XBOX 360 package (Amber)("Young, Wild & Free" by Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg feat. Bruno Mars).

CLAIRE: $450/Merle: $900/Pamela: $350 (STAGE GARF)/Kristy: $451

ARP: $1,025

Merle, a retired housewife from Ottawa, Canada, plays 2 for the price of 1 for skiing equipment (Amber) that she could take on a trip to the DestinationsWest Hidden Pines resort in Winter Park, CO (Manuela)('94 Trip Cue by Edd Kalehoff), making this Pricing Game's prize package worth $8,298. Setup for the skiing stuff:

First digit: 3 or 7?
Second digit: 5 or 7?
Last digit: 1 or 8?

After making the first digit her freebie, she loses w/ $778.

SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Merle ($1,025): 55 + 30 = $.85
Anthony ($3,250): 25 + 60 = $.85
Garrett ($10,750): 45 + 30 = Three Quarters

SPIN-OFF:
Merle: Two Dimes
Anthony: $.70

Seventh's Gustavo Ramos & next on tap for the one-bids is a La-Z-Boy chair (Manuela behind rising sign)("Heartbeat" by Fray).

Claire: BUCK (STAGE GARF)/GUSTAVO: $375 (STAGE GARF)/Pamela: $425 (STAGE GARF)/Kristy: $475

Kristy, a waitress from Nigara Falls, wins the $549 piece of furniture by default, completes the First Four Sweep (& picks Drew up as well!) & now has to decide which of the following's the Most Expen$ive- a MacBook Pro w/ MacSpeech Dictate software (Gwen), an eCruiser (Amber) & some Christian Dior accessories (Amber)("It Girl" by Jason Derulo). She takes a risk on the accessories:

MacBook- $2,098
Motorscooter- $1,289
Accessories- $3,020

Going green second will be Lorena Stern from the top-left corner of the Peanut Gallery & a Paradigm home theater system's the next PUFB (Amber & Gwen)("Wish You Were Here" by Avril Lavigne).

Claire: $825/Gustavo: $500/Pamela: $900/LORENA: $750

ARP: $999

Pamela plays the Rat Race for an Endurance recumbent bike (Manuela), the Panasonic 55" 3-D HDTV (Manuela) &/or the same automobile won at the end of last week- the KIA Forte Koup (Amber)(MGHS theme for the car, "Headlines" by Drake for the previous prizes).

Rat Lane Assignments:

#1- Yellow
#2- Pink
#3- Blue
#4- Orange
#5- Green

Designated SP Cue of the Day: "Work Out" by J. Cole

1. Sun-Maid Natural California Raisins (24 oz.): $3.75- $3.99; CAPTURES PINK RAT (for her daughter)
2. Cuisinart 3.5 quart slow cooker: $37- $60
3. Hoover WindTunnelMAX: $375 ($199)

RACE RESULTS:

DEAD LAST: Green (& it nearly didn't finish)
NEXT-TO-LAST: Orange
R. Bike: Blue
TV: Yellow
KIA: Pink- WIN!

The last player name George yells is Mary Demott & the final GUFB on the episode's a hayneedle outdoor gas fire pit (Manuela behind GPT)("Set Fire To the Rain" by Adele).

Claire: $1,290/Gustavo: BUCK/MARY: $1,101/Lorena: $1,200

ARP: $800

Gustavo, who's on his honeymoon w/ his birthday wife Kathryn, plays Super Pushover for the Sea-Doo GTI (Gwen at Door #2). Number line...

112103845

...& he completes a perfect second half w/ that $10,384 Sea-Doo!

SCSD #2 (would've been the same order even if we had a winless second half):
Kristy ($6,956): 20 + Half-Dollar = $.70
Gustavo ($11,184): 35 + 85 = OVER BY TWO DIMES
Pamela ($19,953): Half-Dollar + 55 = OVER BY A NICKEL

COFFEE SHOWCASE (Amber):

In front of Door #1- Dunkin' Donuts/jura Capresso coffee package
Inside Door #1- Trips to the Outrigger Royal Sea Cliff Resort Condominium in Kona, HI & the Atlante Hotel in Rome

KRISTY BIDS 22 GRAND ON COFFEE/TRIPS SHOWCASE

MY BID FOR COFFEE/TRIPS SHOWCASE: $20,223

ANTHONY'S TEA SHOWCASE (all presented by Gwen):

In front of Contestant's Row- TheRepublicofTea teas for a year w/ Salisbury Pewter tea set
Door #4- Trip to London
Door #3- 2012 KIA Soul+ (Std., AT, Mats)(Manuela)(MDS theme by Michael Karp)

ANTHONY BIDS $22,750 ON TRIP/CAR SHOWCASE- STAGE GARF

MY BID FOR TRIP/CAR SHOWCASE: $28,925

Prices:

Anthony: $29,524
Kristy: $20,418 (I would've DSWed)

Anthony wins $32,774 in cash & stuff.

TODAY'S PG RECORD: 4-2
TOTAL WINNINGS: $82,642

HitW: I think this celebrity episode was the last one taped for Season 2 on Cartoon Network:

"Dude, What Would Happen": C.J. Manigo, Ali Sepasyar & Jackson Rogow
"Level Up": Gaelan Connell, Jessie Usher & Connor Del Rio

R1:

"DWWH" (Super Pooch's face)- CLEAR
"LU"- FAIL

Blindfold Wall Round:

Jackson & C.J. (Bodybuilding)- NO
Jessie & Connor (Orange part of the rainbow w/ a leprechaun, clouds & a pot of gold on top)- NO

R3:

C.J. & Ali (S.P. tinkling on a human tree)- CLEAR (50)
Gaelan & Connor- DITTO (20)

Speed Mirror Wall Round:

Ali & Jackson (a wall w/ "DUDE!" at the top in blue on a green background)- FAIL
Gaelan & Jessie- LOSS

IMPOSSIWALL #29: The "Dude, What Would Happen" representatives take on the Limbo Wall...but they fall just one member short at the end (Jackson).

WoF: Another new week begins w/ a Toss-Up that's been attached to the topic of Phrase:

T O O / _ _ O _ / T O

B _ / _ R _ _

Ricky says it's indeed TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. But I mean it- these are your first puzzle solvers of the week:

Ricky DeSisto (Revere, MA)- A workshop supervisor for a non-profit program that helps special-needs adults; he also performs community theater
Carrie Bishop (Athens, GA)- An instructional designer at the University of Georgia married to Jacob for four years & is an identical twin w/ Cathy
Steven Simmons (Sherwood, AR; originally from Pine Bluff, AR)- A local hospital marketer who also goes bowling

This kind of Food & Drink sells for $2K as far as "Wheel's" concerned:

_ _ L T _ _ T E R

_ _ _ F _

Carrie eats some SALTWATER TAFFY.

The first featured trip of the week's a $7,200 MSC Mediterranean Cruise from Hotwire.com (w/ the SpaFinder.com gift tag being available for tonight, Wednesday & Friday) & the IHOP Jackpot Round subject's What Are You Doing? (w/ a yellow flower category wipe that leads to several small flowers appearing on the category strips during each puzzle's intro only). She calls first the three G's for $1,650, buys the same amount of E's & Free Plays a dud vowel in A, followed by a $300 N, a $550 V, three T's for an additional $1,800 & three E's. At this point, the board now...

G I V I N G / I T

T _ E / _ _ _

_ _ _ _ E G E / T _ _

...she's currently GIVING IT THE OLD COLLEGE TRY to make her current cash winnings $5,800.

SOLE DUD OF THE ROUND: A (Carrie)
LEFT BEHIND IN JACKPOT: $7.5K

To begin a Mystery/Before & After Round, Steven immediately spins the Bankrupt next to the Wild Card. Secondly, Ricky says two S's for six bills apiece but he then gets the same fate right after that. Third, Carrie calls two T's to retrieve the $1,200 that man just lost, buys two A's, inserts two R's for another nine Benjamins & buys three E's & a pair of O's before...

_ _ _ T O R _ A ' S

S E _ R E T

_ E A _ O _

...she allegedly shows off her VICTORIA'S SECRET WEAPON to make it to $7,150.

BANKRUPTS: 2 (guys)

The identity of this evening's Prize Puzzle Round solution appears to be Show Biz & it's a big puzzle. First for Ricky is the other regular Bankrupt. Second, Carrie collects a $3.5K S but then buys a surprising dud of E. Third, Steven puts up a $450 T but then calls a dud of H, as does Ricky, so he gets beeped. On Carrie's next turn, she goes Bankrupt next to the WC to lose $3,250. Steven next takes double R's for $1,100, five A's & a $14K quartet of N's, followed afterwards by the rest of the vowel department (three I's, two O's & a singleton of U) but then a critical negative of P. That gives Ricky a chance to steal this round...

T O N _ / A _ A R _

_ I N N I N _

_ R O A _ _ A _

_ U S I _ A _

...& he'll be seeing a TONY AWARD WINNING BROADWAY MUSICAL titled "Rock of Ages" during his trip to the The Westin New York At Times Square, for a new total of $6,780 in cash & travel. Steven just missed out on a $20,330 round.

DUDS: E (Carrie), $600 H (Steven), $350 P (Steven)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Ricky, Carrie)
SOLE DQ OF THE ROUND: Ricky (H repeat)

TONIGHT'S SPIN ID: SV5156329 (Sandy V.)

The next chance to score comes on this T-U Event:

_ _ Y C H _ C

R E A _ _ N _

Carrie barely solves PSYCHIC READING to break the $10K mark by $150.

People's the next puzzle theme. She leads off w/ an $800 N, his & her E's, the $900 S at the end & then a baddie of T. Steven's subsequently Bankrupts next to where the WC formerly resided. Third, Ricky puts up trip R's for $600 per appearance but then loses his turn w/ an A purchase. After Carrie spins Lose a Turn, Steven says another dud of M. Ricky next Bankrupts the same way Steven just did to lose the $1,800 right back; that's his third (& likely final) one of the night. Right after Carrie's I buy follow a $600 F, the leftover vowels of two O's, a $500 D, an $800 L & a $900 Y, then we look at...

F R I E N D L Y

_ O - _ O R _ E R S

...& she meets some FRIENDLY CO-WORKERS to be paid $3,750 more, a new haul of $13,900.

DUDS: A (Ricky), $300 M (Steven), $800 T (Carrie)
SOLE LaT OF THE MATCH: Carrie
BANKRUPTS: 2 (men)

Off to the Last Chance Round we go w/ Things on the board & consonants worth...$1,350 each. Following Vanna putting up a couple F's...

F R _ N _ _

B _ N _ F _ T S

...Steven finally avoids getting shut out w/ $5,400 worth of FRINGE BENEFITS. Ricky leaves w/ the NYC getaway & $1K in spending money & Carrie's going to the big show w/ $13,900!

Through this maingame, $26,080 in cash & vacation has been awarded.

SOLE DUD: H (Ricky)

TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH: $3K

Big Money Round #80: Like a year ago on this particular week of the year, the endgame car's a Mazda MX-5 Miata. Carrie spins the second A of AMERICA'S & the prompt's a 10-letter Person, starting w/:

_ _ R L _

_ _ _ _ _

BYDA give her...

_ _ R L D

_ _ A _ _

...all she can say is WORLD COACH. Because she didn't prove she was a WORLD CHAMP at this game, she doesn't add the $30K to her $13,900.

Millionaire (Regular games resume):

Game 1
Start of Game 2

(Also: Brandon Libby's luck on "Jeopardy!" finally ran out tonight, when he busted out in Final Jeopardy! & left w/ $32,600; Betsy Schroeder from Blacksburg, VA's the new champ w/ $12,200 in Lock Game fashion.)

Episode ratings:

7: "Hole in the Wall", "Jeopardy!", "Let's Make a Deal" & "The Price is Right"
6: "Millionaire" & "Wheel of Fortune"