WoF Recap: March 29, 2013

EPISODE #5795: PURE PARADISE

Opening Clip (Feb. 2001 in HI): Pat laughs w/ his wife Leslie.

$1K Toss-Up: TITLE

A L _ _ _ / _ N
_ _ N _ _ R L _ _ D

Torrie (female) solves “ALICE IN WONDERLAND”. We end the month w/ these players…

Torrie Sheard: 2nd grade teacher at Cole Manor ES and karaoke singer from Norristown, PA

Michael Archambo: real estate worker who plays piano and woodwinds and likes to fly airplanes from Huntington Beach

Anne Perez: homemaker and church volunteer who’s a former daily newspaper reporter, has five teenage boys and a husband, plays tennis and spends time with her horse from Dallas, TX

$2K Toss-Up: SHOW BIZ

L _ _ _ / _ _ U _ I O
A _ D I _ _ _ _

Anne’s incorrect w/ LOUD STUDIO AUDIENCE.

L _ V E / _ _ U _ I O
A U D I _ _ _ _

Michael solves LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE.

FEATURED TRIP: Omni Hotels & Resorts Amelia Island Plantation in FL worth $5,264

Jackpot Round: PHRASE

He begins w/ two N’s for the WC and an E before calling four T’s via Jackpot. After buying four I’s, he picks up the SpaFinder.com gift tag w/ four H’s and fills in the $500 R before he faces…

R I _ H T / I N
T H E / T H I _ _
_ _ / T H I N _ _

He’s RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THINGS w/ $6K cash and gift tag — PR.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $7K

Mystery Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Anne takes four N’s for a $2K start, buys two I’s and three E’s, and lights up three $800 T’s, but next is sole dud vowel of this puzzle (A). Second, Torrie calls an L while on the MW next to the MDW and takes the obvious gamble…$10K! Next up are a $350 D, four O’s, and a C while on the other MW…

O N / C L O _ D
N I N E
T I _ E _ / O _ T
O _ / T E N

…and she’s ON CLOUND NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN for $11,100!

SOLE DUD: A (Anne)

Michael: $8K cash and gift tag WC/Anne: ZERO/Torrie: $12,100

Bonus Puzzle Flashback (Sept. 25, 1992): PHRASE

CHPO gave Gordon Schnaper…

R _ _ S E / _
R _ C _ _ S

He’s able to RAISE A RUCKUS by solving this puzzle for the spa/gazebo package.

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Prize Puzzle Round: THINGS

Torrie uses her initial $500 from an S to buy two E’s and I’s. She next FPs the R and buys the remaining vowels (A and O singles). After that, she picks up the 1/2 CAR next to $450 w/ two T’s, two $700 D’s, and the other half of the Chevy Spark w/ three N’s. But she then says a MAJOR DUD in M to leave $3,900 and the Spark on the table. Michael then inserts two G’s for $1,400…

G E N T _ _
_ _ O _ I N G
T R A D E / _ I N D S

…and he’ll feel the GENTLY BLOWING TRADE WINDS during his stay at Nick Troubetzkoy’s Anse Chastanet in ST. LUCIA worth $9,500.

SOLE DUD: M (Torrie)

Michael: $18,900 cash and prizes WC/Anne: GOOSEEGG ALERT/Torrie: $12,100

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$3K Toss-Up: FOOD & DRINK

_ _ N _ / _ _ D
C _ E _ S _

Anne’s finally off the schneid w/ WINE AND CHEESE.

Round 4: PLACES

First from Anne are a $350 N, two A’s and the LaT. Second for Torrie are a $900 D, E and I singles, and two $350 S’s, but we hear the bell for Speed-Up Mode…

_ I _ _ S / A N D
_ A _ _ E _ S

The remaining consonants are worth $1,350 apiece.

Torrie: R (DUD)
Michael: G (DUD)
Anne: T (DUD)
Torrie: 4 L’s

_ I L L S / A N D
_ A L L E _ S

Torrie gets HILLS AND VALLEYS for $6,500, but she still loses by $300.

DUDS (during Speed-Up only): R (Torrie), G (Mike), T (Anne)
SOLE LaT OF THE NIGHT: Anne

FINAL SCORES
Michael: $18,900 cash and prizes WC/Anne: $3K/Torrie: $18,600

CUMULATIVE TOTAL: $40,500
NO BANKRUPT TRASH THIS EPISODE!

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$100K Bonus Round

Mike’s parents (John & Carol) and his sister Patty are here; he has claimed the G envelope.

Category: PEOPLE

Here’s how we begin…

_ _ L _
_ _ _ R S _ _ E

The first four letters of the alphabet (BCDA) and H…are all DUDS and he’s wrong thinking the first word is POLO. The answer was GOLF FOURSOME, and he’s not the other Jetta owner of the week.

$5K SPIN ID: SP4670437

MY EP. RATING: 6