WoF Recap: April 8, 2013 — My 26th Birthday!

As I celebrate my 26th birthday today, we’re going “Island Hopping” all week long.

EPISODE #5801: ISLAND HOPPING

Opening Flashback Clip (2011): At a Sandals resort, Vanna makes a sleeping Pat fall off a sofa into the water.

Dalmatian Location on the Set: under a hut

$1K Toss-Up: RHYME TIME

B A H _ _ A
M _ _ _

Debbie gets BAHAMA MAMA, and let’s talk to our first panel this week…

Debbie Pizzulo: VP of accounts receivable for 34 skilled nursing facilities married to Tony w/ two sons and two daughters-in-law from Coral Springs, FL

Tameka Thomas: Air Force program manager and soccer mom married to Darren w/ four children from Dayton, OH

Austin Arcenaeux: policy analyst for a state Senator who got his Master’s (Political Science) from Texas State Univ. and likes to play basketball, video games, and paintball from San Marcos, TX

$2K Toss-Up: PLACE

B _ _ C H _ R
S H O P

Tameka will spin first after solving BUTCHER SHOP.

FEATURED ISLAND GETAWAY: Greece from g adventures worth $8,856
Mon./Wed./Fri. Gift Tag: h2o+
THIS WEEK’S 1/2 CAR: smart car

Jackpot Round: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? (hula girl statue)

Her first picks are three $900 N’s, four I’s, two $300 G’s, three A’s, a $350 T, and three $450 S’s. She thought of solving at this point, but she decides to go on. She next gets the h2o+ gift tag w/ two L’s, gets the Greece trip w/ the P, and buys two E’s (she forgot to pick up the wedge after buying the E). Now she decides to solve…

L E A _ I N G
A / L A S T I N G
I _ P _ E S S I _ N

She’s LEAVING A LASTING IMPRESSION for $6,750 cash and skin care plus the Greek trip worth a total of $15,606 that round — PR.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $8K

Mystery Round: FOOD & DRINK

Austin picks up the WC right away w/ a T. He follows up w/ a $550 R, six E’s, but then a dud vowel of A. After that, it’s all Debbie — six $500 S’s, two I’s and O to finish off the vowels, a $400 D, and four $500 N’s.

_ O N E _ E S S
S _ I N _ E S S
_ _ I _ _ E N
T E N D E R S

She eats up some BONELESS, SKINLESS CHICKEN TENDERS for $4,900.

SOLE DUD: A (Austin)

Austin: WC/Debbie: $5,900/Tameka: $17,606 cash and prizes

Bonus Puzzle Flashback (Oct. 21, 1988): THING

Myrna had this to work w/ after calling CDPA…

_ _ N _ E R
P A _ N T _ N _

…but she didn’t solve FINGER PAINTING.

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Prize Puzzle Round: MOVIE QUOTE

Debbie does most of the work here — two $900 S’s, buys of four A’s, three I’s, and six E’s, a $300 V, the last vowel of four O’s, three $600 T’s, but then D for dud. Tameka then goes for her second trip…

T O T O / I ‘ V E / A
_ E E _ I _ _ / _ E ‘ _ E
_ O T / I _ / _ A _ S A S
A _ _ _ O _ E

She correctly recites “TOTO, I’VE A FEELING WE’RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE” (from “The Wizard of Oz” and not “Rambo 2”, Pat!) for a $6,400 Hotwire trip to the Renaissance ST. CROIX Carambola Beach Resort & Spa.

SOLE DUD: D (Debbie)

Austin: WC/Debbie: $5,900/Tameka: $24,006 cash and prizes

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$3K Toss-Up: SHOW BIZ

_ E _ E V I _ I O N
S T U _ I _

Debbie knows that she paid a visit to a TELEVISION STUDIO, so up to $8,900 she goes.

Round 4: PHRASE

Two $500 T’s get her started followed by all the valid vowels of this puzzle (three A’s, three E’s, and an O), but then S for sorry. Second, Tameka hits the roadblock in R. Third, Austin takes two N’s while on a $500 space and uses the WC on the advice of Pat (still a bad move even if it’s late in the game, IMO) to get $1K more from two M’s. Board right now…

M A _ E / A
M E N T A _ / N O T E

He will MAKE A MENTAL NOTE that he finally got on the board w/ $2K.

DUDS: S (Debbie), R (Tameka)

Austin: $2K/Debbie: $8,900/Tameka: $24,006 cash and prizes

Round 5: THINGS

Tameka’s first three spins all land on $500 — S, two T’s, two N’s. In between these consonant picks are A and two E’s. But after a $1,200 pair of T’s, it’s S-U time…

_ _ S T E _ _ / A N D
_ N T _ _ _ _ E

…and the leftover consonants are worth $1,500 each (there was a BANKRUPT edited out).

Tameka: 2 R’s
Austin: M
Debbie: G

M _ S T E R _ / A N D
_ N T R _ G _ E

There’s no MYSTERY AND INTRIGUE that Debbie won another $1,500.

FINAL SCORES
Austin: $2K/Debbie: $10,400/Tameka: $24,006 cash and prizes

GT: $36,406
PENALTY SPACE FREE EPISODE!

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$100K Bonus Round

The ’13 maZDa MX-5 Miata is back in play for this week. Tameka brought along her cousin and two of her friends, then she lands on the &.

Category: PHRASE

Light up some letters, Vanna…

_ _ _ _ L _
_ R _ _ _ T _ _ L E

CDPA doesn’t add too much…

_ _ _ _ L _
P R _ _ _ T A _ L E

…and she loses the $45K in what could’ve been a HIGHLY PROFITABLE round.

$5K SPIN ID: PG03379

MY RATING: 6