Day: September 25, 2015

WoF Recap: September 25, 2015

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EPISODE #6250: HOME SWEET HOME

$1K Tossup: LIVING THING

_ _ N T U _ K Y
_ L _ E G R _ S S

Mike solves KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS. Friday’s trio…

Mike Enenbach: child psychologist w/ two daughters and golden retrievers and is on a kickball team from West L.A.

Kimberly Pusateri: community college public speaker working on doctorate at Univ. of IL from Champaign (orig. from Pallatine)

Jeanette James-Newsome: retiree from air travel customer service married to George for 30+ yrs. w/ two daughters from Henderson, NV

$2K Tossup: RHYME TIME

_ N A _ K
_ _ _ _ _

Mike’s thinking SNACK ATTACK, but he has no guess.

_ N A C K
S H _ _ K

Jeanette capitalizes w/ SNACK SHACK.

$6K SS WEDGE: Choxi

Round 1: SONG AND ARTIST

Jeanette’s off to a bad start w/ the MDW’s left side. Second, Mike calls a dud of T. Third, Kimberly spots two $500 B’s and three N’s for the Yankee Candle gift tag, buys an O and four I’s, but then LaTs out. After Jeanette gets her second straight BANKRUPT near TD, Mike picks a $700 G, two E’s, two $600 R’s, a $700 L, and three A’s to clean out the vowels, but the other MDW BANKRUPT comes by to take away $2,100. Kimberly then fills in two $900 M’s, a $600 T, a $650 C and a $700 W before she…

L I _ I N G / I N
A M E R I C A
B Y / _ A M E _
B R O W N

…solves the 1985 hit “LIVING IN AMERICA” BY JAMES BROWN for $6,750 cash & candle.

SOLE DUD: T (Mike)
SOLE LaT: Kimberly
BANKRUPTS: 3 (Jeanette 2x, Mike)

Jeanette: $2K/Mike: $1K/Kimberly: $6,750 cash & candle

Mystery Round: SAME LETTER

Mike insta-BANKRUPTs next to TD. Second, Kimberly captures the 1/2 CAR near the pink $600 w/ the SL Bonus of four T’s, buys two E’s and an O, calls up an $1,800 N pair, but then runs into the MDW’s right side to forfeit $4,300 and her plate. Jeanette thirdly hits the other normal BANKRUPT; that’s her third one tonight. After Mike LaTs out, Kimberly lights up a $500 R, but gets the exact same fate as the man.  Jeanette then takes the other 1/2 CAR w/ a G, the leftover vowels (two A’s and an I), and a $1,400 pair of S’s. We have…

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

…her eating TWO TASTY TANGERINES for the 14 Benjamins.

LaTs: 2 (Mike & Kimberly)
BANKRUPTS: 3 (everybody)

Jeanette: $3,400 1/2 CAR/Mike: $1K/Kimberly: $6,750 cash & candle

PP/Express Round: WAYD?

Kimberly first retrieves the same 1/2 CAR she lost before w/ an N, a single I, and two obvious $500 G’s. Next up are triple A’s, three $650 S’s, but then a trap in P (she was thinking PASSAGE for the third word). Jeanette secondly gets the other 1/2 CAR w/ an M, buys two E’s, but then duds out w/ R. Mike thirdly has the same result w/ T. After Kimberly buys the one bad vowel of O, Jeanette tacks on a $500 L, the last vowel of U, and a $500 C. Board…

S C _ E _ U L I N G
A / M A S S A G E

…we have out first 1/2 CAR win this season! In addition to a grand and the $14,965 ’16 Ford Fiesta, she needs to be SCHEDULING A MASSAGE on her trip to the Iberostar Hacienda Dominicus in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC worth $6,429.

DUDS: P (Kimberly), R (Jeanette), T (Mike), O (Kimberly)

Jeanette: $25,794 cash & prizes/Mike: $1K/Kimberly: $6,750 cash & candle

$3K Tossup: SHOW BIZ

T _ _ _ T _ R
C U _ T _ I N

Mike opens up a THEATER CURTAIN to x4 up.

Speed-Up Round: THING

$1,500 per consonant on this Friday.

Mike: 2 N’s
Kimberly: T (DUD)
Jeanette: G (DUD)
Mike: R
Kimberly: 2 C’s
Jeanette: D
Mike: O
Kimberly: 2 B’s

B R _ N D / N _ _
B _ C _ C _ _

Kimberly blows the solve w/ BRAND NEW BRACELET and BRAND NEW BRACKETS.

Jeanette: S (DUD)
Mike: W
Kimberly: 2 E’s
Jeanette: A

B R A N D / N E W
B _ C _ C _ E

Jeannette’s won some more money towards buying a BRAND NEW BICYCLE.

DUDS: T (Kimberly), G (Jeanette), O (Mike), S (Jeanette)
DQs: 2 blown solves (Kimberly)

FINAL SCORES
Jeanette: $27,294 cash & prizes/Mike: $4K/Kimberly: $6,750 cash & candle

GT: $38,044
BANKRUPT TRASH (excl. plate): $6,400

$100K Bonus Round

Jeanette brought along daughters Ryan and Niecy and grandson Xavier Daniel. Here comes the I in WIN for Jeanette.

Category: THING
Vanna can only provide this much at the start…

S _ _ _ _ N _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _

GHCI all make it, but I have to stick a fork in her…

S _ _ _ I N G
H _ _ _ _ C _

…for good reason — she’s way off w/ SMOKING HUTCH when it was actually SWAYING HAMMOCK, and we have our first SKUNKING of the season. It also means she’s the third and final player this week to lose the Jeep Cherokee.

$5K SPIN ID: TW8270383

MY EP. RATING: 6