Ladies' Choice for the Guy: CURTAIN #1- Polaris Phoenix 200 ($3,599)
Glenn & Kara's Choice for Elizabeth: BB- 40" SONY HDTV & VAIO laptop ($3.5K)
Glen & Elizabeth's Choice for Kara: CURTAIN #2- Designer shoes/accessories ($3,150; everybody could've had $1K in this part of the deal)
THE BIG RISK (SE): Glenn & Elizabeth- Five-night trip to the JW Marriott Beijing ($7,543)
Irene (dwarf) is the last trader this season to play Car Pong for the 2012 KIA Forte LX worth $15,950 (Curtain #3).
Prompt: Singers who appeared on Tony Bennett's "Duets 2" CD
Choices: Carrie Underwood, Lady GaGa, Olivia Newton-John & John Mayer
PICKS: Lady GaGa, Carrie Underwood & John Mayer
She's only offered $500 to not play it out instead of the usual $100 per second.
RESULT- WINS $1K W/ WEST CUP
Veronica's Fast Deal Decision (a standardized patient who's wearing a few leaves): $1K each time an 8 appears on a $50 bill's serial code (SE)- 01265617 (so she only gets the $50 bill)
SB- Dining room ($3,197)
Ericka (fashion victim) gets her chance to fill out a Blank Check.
Red: EIGHT ($8)
Blue: THREE ($38)
Yellow: ONE ($138)- BAILOUT TO BUY CURTAIN #3
Green: EIGHT ($8,138)
#3 (because of her uncle)- Bathtub car
The Big Deal of the Day's that $23,175 Argentinian Adventure, I believe.
CD Jukebox Deal time.
Sharon's Round (a customer service manager from Orange County, CA dressed as a package of Twinsies): #3 (Broadway)- $2K
SB (Tiffany)- Trip to Santa Barbara ($4K)
Zsolt (pig in a blanket) will have likely the other shot of the day at an automobile amongst everything else on that Strike a Match board.
1. #5: #1
2. #2: $2K
3. #7: $1.5K
4. #8: #1- Outdoor patio canopy bed w/ stainless-steel beverage cooler ($2,980)
5. #17: SE
6. #23: $500
7. #9: SE- $1K Sur la table gift tag
8. #15: DANGER ZONE ENFORCED
9. #10: LOSS$500- #6
$1K- #14 & #19
$1.5K- #4
$2K- #2 & #16
SB- #3 & #11
#3- #18 & #21
Tedminia Hardaway's FD Decision (reindeer): CURTAIN #3 ($1K; her husband Delvin's dressed as a blue surgeon)- Ford Focus S (I think this was the leftover behind the same place during SaM)
SB- Honeycomb purse & wallet
PERFECT DEAL!
THE BD: To turn his China trip tickets into the ones for Argentina, he chooses DOOR #2...WIPEOUT- he'll have to settle for the $1,099 AjMadison BBQ w/ the $1K Omaha Steaks gift card.
#1- Five-night getaway to the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort ($7,872)
#3- The Bank Vault (which was revealed second & I was wrong about this episode again)
For the last taped Quickie Deal, Mathis (Mexican) gets a chance to toss his sombrero. If it lands anywhere on the main hub, he'll get $100. If it reaches the blue part w/ the show's logo on it, he'll pocket $300 & should it land on Wayne's head, Jonathan will pay Mathis $700. The result...$300.
The end-of-show item this time around that the entire studio messes w/ is birthday cake.
Video Bonus: "LMaD" S3 Staff Fight
TPiR: Thuy Tran, Gregory Rousseau, Mary Polenta & Matthew Everett all "Come on Down" to become the First Four winner wannabes here. The opening PUFB's three pairs of Casadei shoes (Amber & Rachel)(Edd Kalehoff cue).
Matthew: $650/Mary: $1,100/Gregory: $475/Thuy: $500
ARP: $2,350
LFaT Mary plays 1 Right Price ("We Found Love" by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris) for these getaways to the Marriott S.F. Marquis (Rachel) & the Omni Hotel & Resort in Cancun (Amber).
ORP: $5,780
PICK: Cancun- WIN! ($5,780)
S.F.- $6,397
Blue player #2's a Virginian, Gail Farmer! The second one-bid thing's the four pairs of Tom Ford sunglasses (Amber & George)("Give Your Heart a Break" by Demi Lovato).
Matthew: $701/GAIL: $700/Gregory: $1,600/Thuy: $1,700 (she realizes her likely mistake)
ARP: $1,505
Matthew from Temecula plays Switcheroo (Rachel) for a Hyundai Elantra Sedan AT (Std., Pref., Armor, Mats, Net)(Amber at Door #3)("Call Me Maybe" for the car, "Eyes Open" by Taylor Swift for the SPs). Board:
$ 1 9 , 6 _ 4: ELANTRA S.
$ _ 0: Ice cream maker
$ _ 5: Hair dryer
$ _ 0: Blender
$ _ 2: Sunny Morning toaster
NUMBERS AVAILABLE: 1, 2, 3, 5 & 7
R1 (he's done in :15):
$19,674: ELANTRA S.
$50: I.C. maker
$25: Hair dryer
$30: Blender
$12: Toaster
ALL WRONG
FINAL ANSWERS:
$19,614: ELANTRA S.
$70: I.C. maker
$55: Hair dryer
$30: Blender
$22: Toaster
The bad news is that he gets penalized for not making enough changes, so that'll cost him...
ARPs:
$19,614: ELANTRA S.- WIN!
$70: I.C. maker- WIN
$35: Hair dryer
$50: Blender
$22: Toaster- WIN
...not much of anything!
Sixth's Alyssa Rydberg & the third IUFB's the Paradigm home theater speaker system (Rachel at Door #5)(IUFB/truck cue variant).
ALYSSA: $1K/Gail: $500/Gregory: $525/Thuy: $1,025
Alyssa overbid by a dollar, so Gregory (an ad agency worker from West Hollywood, CA) plays the Balance Game for a La-Z-Boy Quinn sky blue living room group w/ the Panasonic 65" HDTV ("Young, Wild & Free" by Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg feat. Bruno Mars)(Rachel at Door #3). Whether he wins or loses, he'll spin The Big Wheel first.
DOLLAR VALUES AVAILABLE: $2K, $3K & $5K
GUESS: $5,915- WIN!
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Gregory ($6,914): 15 + Dime = Quarter
Mary ($14,527): $.95
Matthew ($21,211): 70 + 55 = OVER BY A QUARTER
Orange occupant #2's Barbara Tirado & IUFB #4's 26 pieces of Zercoca cookware/tools (Amber behind splitting sign)("Love You Betta" by Neon Hitch).
Alyssa: $399/Gail: $551/BARBARA: $550/Thuy: $350 (STAGE GARF)
Barbara's $500 richer! And she plays Freeze Frame for, fittingly, a kitchen (Rachel at Door #3)("Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele). There are two real choices, IMHO- $4,854 & $5,479. Actually, she pulls the lever at $6,997...& wins! She also could've incorrectly guessed $2,169, $3,221, $7,986, $8,632 or $9,748.
The next winner might be named Gregory Gaer & the next IUFB will be pairs of Nikon digital cameras & 4 GB memory cards (ceiling)("Not Over You" by Gavin DeGraw).
Alyssa: $420/Gail: $426/GREGORY: $350/Thuy: $399
Gail wins the $518 electronics package by default & this Virginia volunteer plays Check-Out for The Maids service, groceries & Fandango tickets for a yr., all worth $8,151 (both at Door #3)("Fortune Hunter" variant by Edd). This morning's items ("Saxy Showcase" underscore by Michael Karp) are Francesco Rinaldi Traditional Pasta Sauce, C&H Pure Cane Powdered Sugar, bubble gum lip gloss, Krusteaz Blueberry Complete Pancake Mix & Sunny D.
Guesses:
Sauce: $2.89
Sugar: $1.79
Gloss: $.89
Mix: $2.9
Sunny D: $5
TOTAL GUESS: $13.47
ANSWERS:
Sauce: $2.99
Sugar: $1.49
Gloss: $.99
Mix: $3.29
Sunny D: $3.59ACTUAL TOTAL: $12.35- WIN W/ $1.12 DIFFERENCE!
Samantha Christensen could be the one to complete a Perfect Show, but Thuy's in danger of going to the FF Breakfast Club. The last IUFB that will decide quite a bit is gonna be those eVOLUTION power tools (Rachel's the conductor).
Alyssa: $570/SAMANTHA: $1,250/Gregory: $556/Thuy: $600
Thuy has escaped & also wins the $500 wad! She's a Geometry student from Western University.
Now, it all comes down to any number, where she hopefully will win a Honda Accord LX Sedan (Std., Sensors, Mats)(Rachel at Door #2)(MDS theme by Karp). If not, maybe she'll at least get the Endurance 82u exercise bike (Amber)("Good Feeling" by Flo Rida).
1. 3- ACCORD S. ($ 2 _ , _ 3 _)
2. 4- Butt Bank ($ 4 . _ _)
3. 8- E. Bike ($ 8 _ _)
4. 2- ACCORD S. ($ 2 2 , _ 3 _)
5. 5- E. Bike ($ 8 _ 5)
6. 0- Butt Bank ($ 4 . _ 0)
7. 6- ACCORD S. ($ 2 2 , _ 3 6)
Does she pick the 9 last for a PERFECTO???...
...NO, SHE FALLS TWO SHORT. Darn. She'll have to settle for the $875 exerciser; the piggy bank thus had $4.10. If Honda hadn't increased the base prices on all of their cars back then, the result would've been much different.
SCSD #2:
Thuy ($1,975): $.85
Barbara ($8,047): 30 + 70 = WINS $1K & SHOWCASE BERTH
Gail ($8,669; she got a kidney transplant four yrs. ago): 95 + 75 = OVER
Barbara needs to win something in her Bonus Spin to be the Top Winner in the Showcase Round. It stops on...$.85.
NIGHT UNDER THE STARS SHOWCASE:
In between Door #2- Weekend camping package (Rachel)
Inside- Camping tent trailer & Toyota Tacoma AT (Amber driving it in reverse next to the trailer on the right)
MARY PASSES TO BARBARA; BARBARA BIDS 35 GRAND ON CAMPING SHOWCASE- POSSIBLE WILLY OF THE CENTURY
MARY'S SUGAR RUSH SHOWCASE:
Door #3- Five-night Vegas.com trip & $1K Rocket Fizz shopping spree (Amber)
Door #1- His/her BMW GS650 motorcycles (Rachel)
MARY BIDS $18K ON TRIP/MOTORCYCLES SHOWCASE- WIN
And nobody in the studio left empty-handed on this day- they got stuff from Rocket Fizz.
Showcase ARPs:
Barbara: $25,269
Mary: $23,548 (Difference: $5,048)
Including her trips & motorcycles, Mary's total prize haul: $38,075.
TODAY'S PG RECORD: 5-1 (if only there wasn't the $100 base price increase on that Accord)
TOTAL WINNINGS: $85,891
Video Bonuses: Footage of This Episode- Part 1/Part 2
FF: Two familiar families this season are back today.
TODAY'S GAME: Karapetians (whose two-day cash winnings total $895) vs. Woodys (whose two-day cash winnings total $505)
R1: Name something an actor or actress does to prepare for a nude scene. First answer (s) of the game:
#1: Undress (27; Shay described that as "Dress without your clothes off", which is a gramatically wrong statement)
#2:
#3:
#4:
#5:
Woodys:
Bryauna: Rehearse lines- X
Marcus: Visit a nudist colony- XX
Contessa: WIPEOUT
Joe Steal: Work out/sit-ups- #5 (7)
#2: Lose weight/diet (21)
#3: Shave/wax (12)
#4: Bathe/shower (11)
R2: Name something you get a new one of because you're tired of looking at the old one. Example(s) ahoy:
#1: Clothes/undies/shoes (23)(Sylvia)
#2:
#3:
#4:
#5: Car (8)(Bryauna)
#6:
#7:
Karapetians:
Nick (who's presumably part of an agency that's similar to the CIA): Watch- X
Ani (who's from L.A. & has a scarf line called The Love Project): Spouse/mate- #2 (15)
Taline (single): Home- XX
Joe: Job- XXX
Shay Steal (for 46 & the early lead): TV- #3 (12)
#4: Furniture (11)
#6: Curtains (6)
#7: Purse (4)
Double: Name a place people don't want to end up. Let's see at least one:
#1:
#2:
#3:
#4: Cemetery (8)(Nick)
#5:
DUD- Alone (Marcus)
Karapetians:
Ani: Jail- #1 (52)
Taline: Hell- #2 (22)
Joe: Hospital- X
Sylvia: Court- XX
Nick: Back at home w/ their parents- XXX
Shay Steal (for another 164 & to stay ahead): Unemployed- NO (Karapetians: 191)
#3: Street/poorhouse (10)
#5: Loony bin (3)
Triple: According to 100 women, name something you would do if you had a bad hair day. Whether anyone likes it or not, here is/are the base answer (s):
#1: Wear hat/scarf (67)(Contessa)
#2:
#3:
#4:
Woodys:
Jonathan: Go to the hair salon- X
Shay: Pull it up in a ponytail- #3 (8)
Bryauna: Put on a wig- #2 (9)
Marcus: Stay at home- WIN! (7)(319)
FAST MONEY:
1. How old were you before your parents trusted you to be home alone?
2. Name something kids accidentally leave at school.
3. Name a crop grown in the South.
4. A state that starts w/ "New".
5. Name something you might do to another person that rhymes w/ "lump".
Marcus:
1. 16- 8
2. Book satchel- 10
3. Corn- 35
4. New York (he almost said New Orleans)- 46
5. Bump- 43
TOTAL- 142
Jonathan:
1. 13- 16
2. Lunchbox- 7
3. Peaches- 6
4. New Jersey- 19
5. Hump- 30
TOTAL- WIN AT 229!
They have two wins & $20,505 to their credit after three appearances.
#1s:
1. 14
2. Books/notebooks
3. Cotton
Instead of the usual FM instant replay during the credits, everyone on stage's dancing!
WoF:
$1K T-U: Phrase
_ O T / O N
T H E / _ _ _ I L
Cheryl enjoys eating stuff that's HOT ON THE GRILL, but that's a wrong answer.
H O T / O N
T H E / T R _ I L
She wasn't quite HOT ON THE TRAIL, but Chris is for now alongside his female opponents:
Chris Warren (Lake Oswego, OR)- A 14 Major in the Oregon Army National Guard & the executive officer for their recruiting & national batallion who's been deployed twice to Iraq & Afghanistan
Cheryl Corum (Newberg, OR)- A nine-yr. flight attendant nurse married to Casey for 36 yrs.
Jessica Allen (Vancouver, WA)- An outdoors kind of girl who has a boyfriend & three dogs
$2K T-U: Show Biz
T A K _ _ _
C E N T E _ / S _ A _
Chris' currently TAKING CENTER STAGE, making him $3K richer than he was before.
Thursday's Featured Prize: g adventure to Peru ($7,298)
Centrum Jackpot Round: What Are You Doing?
He gets the trip right away w/ the N, two G's for $700, two I's, five T's for an additional $2,250 & a $600 couple of H's, then he buys the sole negative vowel (U). Second, Cheryl's called two S's for the River City Bicycles gift tag & three $300 R's, then she buys an E set & an A single and...
S E T T I N G
T H E / R E _ _ R _
S T R A I G H T
...she's SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT for $1,400 in cash & gift certificate & will begin the second full maingame round.
SOLE DUD: U (Chris)
LEFT BEHIND IN JACKPOT: $6,400
Current Scores:
Chris: $3K/Cheryl: $1,400 in cash & tag/Jessica: $0
Mystery Round: Before & After
Cheryl's opening letters happen to be a $300 T at the end of the top line (out of four) & a dud of N while on the Mystery Wedge in between Free PLAY & Lose a Turn. Second, Jessica grabs the other MW after calling an S on the bottom...which has the $10K! Then come three R's for $1,800, two $3.5K L's, an O, quadruple E's, but she then gets stopped by the only dud vowel in the round (A). Chris claims two Y's for nine $100 bills, two P's to add six & a $300 M, but he then Bankrupts out next to top dollar to lose the 18 Benjamins. Cheryl then gets the green 1/2 KIA because of a $500 G & then...
Y O _ / L _ G _ T
_ P / M Y
L _ _ E
P R E S E R _ E R
...she says "YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE PRESERVER" for a $200 bonus.
DUDS: A (Jessica), N (Cheryl)
SOLE BANKRUPT: Chris
Current Scores:
Chris: $3K/Cheryl: $2,400 in cash & card (1/2 KIA)/Jessica: ZIP
Prize Puzzle Round: Fun & Games
Two S's (one on the top line out of three & the other on the very bottom) net Jessica the Wild Card right out of the chute, but she & Chris both bust out on the same Bankrupt, so that's gone just like that (that's also the man's second of the night). Cheryl then lights up triple N's for $900, two D's for a doubler, five A's, an E & four I's & the U to clean out the vowels in one sitting, followed by a $2,200 T quartet, three $500 R's while on FP & a $7K L couplet...a $900 H, an $800 G & a $500 M later...
T H R I L L / R I D E S
A N D / A M A _ I N G
A T T R A _ T I O N S
...she's definitely the new leader w/ $13,700 & a chance to see some THRILL RIDES AND AMAZING ATTRACTIONS at Universal Studios Florida on their $5K trip.
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Jessica & Chris)
TONIGHT'S SPIN ID: AB8442100 (Amy B.)
Current Scores:
Chris: $3K/Cheryl: $21,100 in cash & gifts/Jessica: ZILCH
$3K T-U: Place
_ A T _ _ _ A L
F _ R _ S T
Chris solves NATURAL FOREST for the T-U Sweep.
Last Chance Round: Food & Drink
Consonants are worth $1,800 per appearance. After his P call...
S _ L _ _ R / _ _ L L _ R
P _ N C _ K _ S
...he eats some SILVER DOLLAR PANCAKES for 9K more bucks. Cheryl had $3,600 & Jessica had twice her bank.
DUDS: H (Cheryl), M (Cheryl), T (Jessica)
Final Scores:
Chris: $15K/Cheryl: $21,100 in cash & prizes/Jessica: $1K GOOSEEGG
GT: $37,100
TONIGHT'S BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding cardboard): $1,800
Maxwell House Regular BR #170: Cheryl hits the E in AMERICA'S.
Category: Thing
This one-wordy starts as:
_ _ _ E R _ _ R _
CHMO gives her just said vowel...
_ _ _ E R _ O R _
...well, she wasn't going to be signing the PAPERWORK for a '12 Highlander Hybrid, because she also loses the $35K. In any event, $21,100 in cash & stuff go home w/ her.
J!:
Julie Zukowski (Crystal Lake, IL)- Public librarian
Ursula Rodgers (Denver)- Homemaker/visual artist
CHAMPION: Joel Pool (whose three-day cash winnings total $69,600)
Light up some categories, please:
SHAKESPEAREAN LINES
WE BAND OF BROTHERS
MY SALAD DAYS
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE
2B OR NOT TO 2B (there are two words in each right response, one of which has two B's)
THE WINTER OF OUR DISCOUNT TENT
Ursula barely leads Julie $2,800-$2,600 at halftime, while Joel's sitting on $1,200. The Daily Double is NOT found; it was left underneath the $800 or $1K clue from All the World's a Stage. W/ that, Ursula has $6,400, Joel's got $3,400 & Julie's $4K behind Ursula.
LACH TRASH (all unattempted): $3K
Next Subject Menu:
50 YEARS AGO-- 1962
ANIMAL VERBS
OPERA CHARACTERS
ROMAN THE ROADS
"O", HOW ENTERTAINING
NEWSPAPER TOWNS (the right response each time's the name of the largest newspaper in circulation from that town)
The middle categories (Opera Characters & Roman the Roads) are left w/ each of them having a DD...& the champ's got one w/ the $1,600 clue in the latter category at $9K. He trails Ursula by a mere $200 & Julie's again $4K off Ursula's first-place score (but this time w/ $5,200). The wager will be 1/3 his bank, so for the lead, his clue is:
These stones bearing a dedication to the emperor were set every 1K paces along Roman roads.
"What are milestones?"...yes indeed for 12 big ones & the lead! That leaves about a minute left in the round for the other one to be chosen from Opera Characters...& Ursula has one from a $1,200 screen while doubling up Julie to $10,400; Joel's currently on $14K & has a $3,600 leading cushion between him & Ursula. For another two thou:
In a Franz Lehar opera, Hanna Glawari, who recently lost her banker-husband, is this title character.
Time runs out on her & this round, so we won't see either of the last two clues for that same theme. Correct: "What was The Merry Widow?".
ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $3,600
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $5,200
TOTAL DJ! LACH TRASH: $8,800
Heading into Final:
Joel: $14K
Ursula: $8,200
Julie: $5,200- MATHEMATICALLY ELIMINATED
CORYAT SCORES:
Joel: $12,600
Ursula: $9K
Julie: $5,200
FJ! TOPIC: Biographies.
The Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century is a biography of this scientist born in The Balkans.
JULIE:
Response: "Who was N. Tesla?"
Wager: $5,100
Final score: $10,300
Ursula...BLANKED & gives up $3,800, so Joel's complete correct FJ! response doesn't matter this time & he's won another 17 grand! Four-match total: $86,600.
Millionaire Thursday:
Game 1
Game 2
$1K Q Game
Episode ratings:
8: "Family Feud" & "The Price is Right"
7: "Jeopardy!", "Let's Make a Deal" & "Wheel of Fortune"
6: "Millionaire"