3/23/2012 Results

LMaD: This is College Day! Joseph (dressed as a mad scientist) plays The New Car Pong for the 2012 Mazda3 Sport (Curtain #3; still worth $17.5K like it was first offered on Movin' On Up).

Prompt: Top three party schools according to The Princeton Review
Choices: University of Georgia, University of Mississippi, Brigham Young University & Ohio University
PICKS: University of Mississippi, University of Georgia & Ohio University

BAILOUT
FINAL RESULT- NOTHING

BTW, Jonathan went to Louisiana State University, but he's not needed in choosing Valeria (dressed as an Indian), Armani (dressed as Wonder Woman) & Hannah (dressed as Tort's Law) to be in No Complaining.

Valeria's Round: SILVER ENVELOPE (something you can use for school)
CURTAIN #1- Wreck room w/ $1K PartyCity gift card ($3,592)

Armani's Round: CURTAIN #2- FLY 150 scooter w/ helmet, backpack & acer laptop ($4,576)

Hannah's Round: CURTAIN #2

Armani's Final Round: $1,200
CURTAIN #3- Dumpster time machine

SE (Valeria)- $1K textbooks.com gift card

The Sound Effects Deal awaits the attendant Camille from Southwest College & Nositn from Cal State-Long Beach.

WINNER- Camille

She takes CURTAIN #1 out of a choice of that & the BIG BOX.

CURTAIN #1- Apple electronics ($2,368; she really wanted these)
BB- Spring Break trip for four to Cancun courtesy of StudentCity ($7,600)

Krista from NY Film Academy plays Smash For Ca$h.

1. #4- DANGER ZONE ENFORCED ALREADY
2. #6- $3 ($1K)
3. #10- $2 ($5; $2K)
4. #3 (& it broke by itself as soon as it falls on the ground)- BUCK ($6)
5. #7 (ditto)- BUCK ($7)
6. #8 (the audience groans for some reason)- LAST OF THE $1 BANKS ($8; $3K)
7. #1- $2 ($10)
8. #9- FLUNK OUT

Taylor (a girl dressed as a giraffe) & David (who's wearing brown suspenders) are in the Head-to-Head for a Car Game.

Curtain Choices:

David: #2
Taylor: #3

Usually, one car's good & the other's a ZONKMOBILE; however, once recently, BOTH WERE ZONKS.

OFFERS: $200, $300, $500, $800, $1K & $1.5K- THAT'S ENOUGH FOR DAVID

CURTAIN #2 (David)- Chevrolet Sonic 1LT
CURTAIN #3 (Taylor)- Hyundai Accent GS

Thanks, Dan & Mike, for mixing it up in this deal starting this season (& personally, the next time they offer two good rides in this deal should be on the fourth season premiere)! BUT TAYLOR'S GOING BIG! She's the second trader this season to give up a car for a shot at a Big Deal of the Day.

But before then, we're looking in this program's yearbook.

Cody's Round: $1K
SMALL BOX (Tiffany; featuring her Game Day picture on a basketball court)- Tickets to the NCAA Final Four w/ airfare for two from PrimeSport ($3,399)

Shannon's Round (a Cal Poly-Pomona student dressed as a painter): BB (featuring Campus Life-related pictures of all three main cast members)- A year's worth of Tropical Cafe Smoothies (daily), Papa John's Pizza (weekly at dorm room) & seventh GENERATION detergent ($2,506)

THE BIG DEAL: The value of this BD's worth $27,202, so it could be that Subaru Outback we first saw on the Family Edition episode. Like Ali earlier this season when she was successful, Taylor chooses Door #1. Behind the dreaded #2 was a Panasonic 37" HDTV w/ The Maids dorm cleaning service every week for a year, a total of $3,540. Behind #3 was The Tuition Bank Vault w/...four seven's inside- SHE'S DONE IT!!! Not only has this week been officially salvaged, a Mitsubishi Lancer's actually going home w/ her ($17,455) & she and a friend are going to The pink Palace in Cortu, Greece ($9,747)!

(For the record, the Vault was revealed first & the TV was unveiled second on this episode.)

In Quickie Deals, another Ali (this one's dressed as a basketball hoop) pulls out a scantron sheet ordered by the host worth $500! Elsewhere, another lady dressed as Dr. Hot Mess can't give Jonathan a flash drive for $100, whereas Elizabeth (a birthday girl) hands over a pen & after Tiffany tests it out on one of her own hands, it's blue for $100.

Remember, the 500th taped episode finally graces our screens on Monday, when the two-week Super Deal period starts!

TPiRecap

WoF: Things haven't gone so badly in this week's maingames, but we've had NO luck whatsover in Bonusland. Let's hope tonight changes that part of the program.

$1K T-U: Movie Quote

S _ _ _ _ / _ _

P L _ Y / _ / _ _ M E ?

As the 1983 movie "WarGames" might ask, Joe says "SHALL WE PLAY A GAME?" & we certainly are, after we interview him & his challengers:

Joe Lourenco (Arlington, MA)- A project manager for a non-profit health care organization who's married to Jenna & has two boys named Connor & Rowan
Daveon Swan (L.A.)- A retail company executive who's also an online program worker for Villanova University & is getting his Master's of Science in Church Management; at times, when they can't solve a "Wheel" puzzle at home, they hang up the phone on grandma
Jenny Scott (NYC)- A Brooklyn Law School student who backpacked in Europe for five months

$2K T-U: Living Things

G R _ _ _ N G

S H _ E P

Jenny makes the obvious missolve w/ GROWING SHEEP.

G R A _ _ N G

S H _ E P

Joe senses some GRAZING SHEEP to triple his cash.

Last WG This Week: Voyagaire Lodge & Houseboats houseboat ride on Crane Lake in Minnesota ($6,327)

IHOP Jackpot Round: Around the House

Joe first gets up there a $500 R, two E's & two $500 N's before saying a dud vowel of A. Daveon secondly calls back-to-back T's on the third & final word on the bottom for $600, two S's to add $5K in front of that figure but then gets horned on the second A buy. Third, Jenny calls a $500 H for the blue 1/2 KIA, buys a U to finish the last word (SHUTTERS) and takes two $450 D's & three $550 W's to leave only the vowels in this puzzle...

W _ _ D E N

W _ N D _ W

S H U T T E R S

...& she makes the $2,800 solve of WOODEN WINDOW SHUTTERS.

SOLE DUD: A (Joe)
SOLE DQ: Daveon (A repeat)
FINAL UNWON JACKPOT AMOUNT THIS WEEK: $10,300

Current Scores:

Daveon: $0/Jenny: $2,800 (1/2 KIA)/Joe: $3K

Mystery Round: Fictional Family

Daveon leads the way by lighting four R's worth $450 each, three S's for the houseboat trip & five A's, but his second vowel buy of O doesn't make this board. Jenny secondly asks for a T to get that Vegas.com gift card & two $1K N's while on the Mystery Wedge in between Free Play & Lose a Turn (but the big money was behind it), then a $1.5K trio of N's before she gets zapped for bobbling that O, so maybe it's just as well she didn't flip for the $10K. Anyway, Joe's third in line w/ three K's for nine Benjamins, a $500 H & triple the L's for another $10.5K, then...

D A R T H / _ A D _ R

L _ K _ / S K _ _ A L K _ R

A N D / _ R _ N _ _ S S

L _ _ A

...he gives the three "Star Wars" characters we're looking for, DARTH VADER, LUKE SKYWALKER AND PRINCESS LEIA, to claim his $11,900 bank for the round.

SOLE DUD: O (Daveon)
SOLE DQ: Jenny (O repetition)

Current Scores:

Daveon: $0/Jenny: $2,800 (1/2 KIA)/Joe: $14,900

Prize Puzzle Round: What Are You Doing?

Jenny's opening letters are the quad N's for $3,600, two I's, an $800 G & three O's, followed by a $1K T pairing, a $600 S at the end but then the Bankrupt next to $3.5K steals her plate & $3,900. Second for Joe are $1,200 worth of double C's, the rest of the vowel shop (two U's, an E & three A's), a $600 B but then the same Bankrupt to cost him $1,050. After that, Daveon puts in an $800 R & two M's to triple that much dough & let's have a look...

C O U N T I N G / M _

N U M B E R / O _

_ A C A T I O N / _ A _ S

...he says he'll be "COUNTING MY NUMBER OF VACATION DAYS" towards spending some of the first $2,400 he just won on his $5.5K Caravan.com Panama Tour.

BANKRUPTS: 2 (Jenny & Joe)

TONIGHT'S SPIN ID: TD3155339 (Troy D.)

Current Scores:

Daveon: $7,900 in cash & tour/Jenny: $2,800/Joe: $14,900

$3K T-U: Things

U _ W R I _ T E N

_ U _ E S

I'm aware that Daveon takes too long on the second word.

U N W R I _ T E N

_ U _ E S

Joe apparently knows enough UNWRITTEN RULES in life to go to $17,900.

Last Chance Round: Person

$1.5K's the consonant price. After Joe cleans out the consonants w/ a D (but the vowel beeps don't sound)...

_ M M E D _ _ T E

S _ P E R V _ S _ R

...he gets IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR to bag $4.5K extra. That was also the amount Jenny was playing for, while Daveon left behind six thou.

(AIRED) DUDS: C (Daveon), N (Joe)

(Notes: Pat mistakenly thought S was a dud; also, there had to have been a null cycle edited out of this round.)

Final Scores:

Daveon: $7,900 in cash & travel/Jenny: $2,800/Joe: $22,400
GT: $32,900

Last Chance BR Saloon #7: Joe spins the G for hopefully 100 of them.

Category: Phrase

Light 'em, Corwin:

_ / _ _ _ L _ / _ E

_ E L _ _ _ T E _

BPHA gives him not too much more...

_ / _ _ _ L _ / B E

_ E L _ _ H T E _

...but NO skunking this time! I WOULD BE DELIGHTED if he wins the same thing that Bonus Wheel has landed on for the past three seasons on this day of the year...
















































































































































































...IT ISN'T THE BIG ONE ON THIS OCCASION, but it's better than the 30K- 40! He has $62,400 in his pockets to take w/ him!

Pat checks to make sure Vanna's Joanna Mastroianni's dress isn't detachable at the end.

J!: These two are looking to deny Cathy Guiles her end-of-week trifecta:

Eileen O'Toole (Boulder, CO)- Student of Economics
Dennis Wright (Council Grove, KS)- Welder

Friday's Opening Half-Dozen:

NATIONAL PARKS
IT DIDN'T SELL AT McDONALD'S (these were foods that were eventually discontinued at said fast-food restaurant)
THE IMMORTALS
HYPHENTATED TERMS
GOVERNORS SPEAK
WORD & PHRASE DECADES (we're looking for the decade on each clue in which the word/phrase was first used in writing)

After the first three topics are wiped off that big board, Dennis leads Cathy $3,600-$2,800, while Eileen's $200 in the hole (she was at -$1,200 before being right on the final The Immortals answer). Right after the break, Alex talks to Eileen about her being a fan of Tim Tebow because he was playing for the Denver Broncos at the time (now, he's been traded to the NY Jets because the Broncos just replaced him as starting quarterback w/ the Colts' Peyton Manning two days ago, who was released by the Colts not too long before then).

Later, Dennis has closed out the Hyphenated Terms w/ that Daily Double & $6,800; he's $2,800 ahead of Cathy, while Eileen's $200 is now in the positive. He'll try to make it to the $10K mark because of this clue:

Willard Libby developed a method of this, used to determine the age of fossils & the like.

"What is carbon dating?"...he got it! By round's end, he's in Lock Game Territory w/ $10,400, while Cathy's dropped to $2,600 & Eileen's back in the red to the tune of $600.

ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $1,200
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $1,600
TOTAL LACH TRASH: $2,800

Double J! Subjects:

LET'S TALK ABOUT "SEX"
WHO WROTE THE NO. 1 HIT?
AUTHORS W/ MASS. APPEAL
ABDICATIONS
IN UNION
THERE IS STRENGTH

It takes Dennis just two clues to claim tonight's second DD within In Union. Again, for 3,200 more bucks:

Formed by seven janitor organizations, The Seiu's this type of "employees international union".

"What is a service employee?"...$14K! Cathy can very well get back into this game, because she selects the round's other one from the $1,600 clue on Authors W/ Mass. Appeal. She's currently at $6,200, while Dennis has $20,800 & Eileen's $3K on the good side. The champion wagers...$4K on the following:

Before the rags-to-riches stories (& more than 100 books), his story began on Jan. 13, 1832 in Revere.

"Who is Horatio Alger?"...that was the man to get her to $10,200.

ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $3,200
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: $2K (Abdications)
TOTAL DJ! LACH TRASH: $5,200

Scores After Two Rounds:

Cathy: $12,600
Dennis: $25,200
Eileen: $3K- MATHEMATICALLY ELIMINATED

CORYAT SCORES:

Cathy: $10,200
Dennis: $20,600
Eileen: $3K

FINAL J! CATEGORY: Toys & Games.

In 1953, the maker of this board game was floored w/ letters w/ ideas for timing devices, turntables & bags to hold game pieces.

EILEEN:
Response: "What is Scrabble?" (also the title of the original version of the TV GS hosted by Chuck Woolery)
Wager: ALL-IN
Final score: $6K

Cathy Guiles needs to have gotten this right in the worst way...actually, she loses $6K & the title w/ Monopoly, also a short-lived GS title. That means she'll leave w/ $29,801 & Dennis will be the new champ w/ $25,200, even though he also got it "Wright"!

Episode ratings:

9: "Let's Make a Deal"
8: "Wheel of Fortune"
7: "Jeopardy!" & "The Price is Right"