WoF Recap: June 2, 2017

EPISODE #6625: AMERICA’S GAME V

Thank goodness we’re not on “Wheel Around the World” — we’re actually on next week’s season finale set of “Summer Vacation”.

$1K Tossup: PHRASE

M _ _ _ / I N
A _ _ R _ _ _

Tami realized that this program’s MADE IN AMERICA. Wrapping up the last AG week of the season are…

Tami West: freelance writer of children’s books engaged for 30 yrs. (that long?) w/ 3 kids and 3 grandkids from Florence, OR

Nate Kaczor: exercise science student at Bowling Green Univ. from Norwalk, OH

Darralyn Hooker: married lady to a geneticist named Dr. Stanley w/ a 3-yr.-old daughter named Victoria and the oldest of six children in her family from Tucson, AZ (orig. from Brooklyn w/ roots in Bamberg, SC)

$2K Tossup: TV TITLE

G _ E _ ‘ S
A _ A _ O _ Y

Tami’s two for two w/ “GREY’S ANATOMY”.

Round 1: PEOPLE

First on her letter list are a $600 T, two A’s, an E, but then the LaT. Second, Nate calls up a $500 N, an O, a $700 S, and the other two vowels (the two I’s were via FP). But after a $700 J is the BANKRUPT near $2,500 to lose $1,400. Third, Darralyn tries a $600 L but then D for dud. Tami follows suit w/ $500 B, $600 G, $600 M, and two P’s for the SS wedge before she tries to solve…

_ U S T / O N E
B I G / _ A P P _
_ A M I L _

…JUST ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY is right for $2,800 and a spree from The AMERICANA at Brand (aka Caruso Affiliated) in Glendale, CA.

SOLE DUD: D (Darralyn)
SOLE LaT: Tami
SOLE BANKRUPT: Nate

Tami: $11,800 cash & SS/Others: $0 each

Mystery/Crossword Round: THINGS THAT FLOAT

A $1,300 pair of T’s get Nate started, but he buys a bad vowel in E. Darralyn secondly retrieves the WC w/ three S’s, buys two O’s and four A’s, but the MDW’s right side steals $1K and her WC. Tami thirdly LaTs out. Nate tries again w/ a $600 B, but the other dud vowel of I stops him cold. Darralyn then inserts a $1,300 pair of R’s, two U’s, a $900 F, an N for the Peter Thomas Roth gift tag, and an L on the MW near LaT before she gambles $3,450 cash & GT…$$$…

•        R                   B
•        A            C L O U _ S
•        F                   A
• A S T R O N A U T S

…and she’s won $13,450 cash & GT that rained from the CLOUDS.

DUDS (both by Nate): E & I
SOLE LaT: Tami
SOLE BANKRUPT: Darralyn

Darralyn: $13,450 cash & GT/Tami: $11,850 cash & SS/Nate: ZIP

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PP/Express Round: PLACES

Darralyn kicks off w/ four T’s for $2,400, two E’s and an O, three S’s for the 1/2 CAR near $600, and five A’s. But after a $1,500 N trio is the sole dud vowel of I. Tami then puts up five R’s for $2,500…

_ A T E R _ R O N T
R E S T A _ R A N T S
A N _ / _ A R S

…she might be seeing WATERFRONT RESTAURANTS AND BARS at The Westin Dawn Beach Resort & Spa in ST. MAARTEN worth $8,315.

SOLE DUD: I (Darralyn)

Darralyn: $13,450 cash & GT/Tami: $22,665 cash & prizes/Nate: HARD LUCK

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$3K Tossup: WAYD?

_ _ _ _ _ _ G
_ / C _ _

Nate (as well as yours truly) thinks it’s DRIVING A CAR…incorrect.

_ _ _ K _ _ G
_ / C O _

Tami’s also wrong thinking it’s PARKING.

_ I L K _ N G
_ / C O _

Darralyn gets MILKING A COW to go to $16,450.

Speed-Up: RHYME TIME

We fall just short of the big one, because the FS is $1,500.

Darralyn: N
Tami: D
Nate: T (DUD)
Darralyn: L (DUD)
Tami: 2 A’s
Nate: 5 S’s
Darralyn: 2 H’s
Tami: 3 C’s
Nate: 2 I’s
Darralyn: W

C H I C _ _ _ A S / A N D
S W I S S / C H _ _ S _

Darralyn gets CHICKPEAS AND SWISS CHEESE for $6K, though she still loses by $215.

DUDS: T (Nate), L (Darralyn)

FINAL SCORES
Darralyn: $22,450 cash & GT/Tami: $22,665 cash & prizes/Nate: $1K GOOSEEGG

GT: $46,115
BANKRUPT TRASH (minus WC): $2,400

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$100K Bonus Round

The last car offered this season is a Jeep Wrangler Freedom Edition (this has a base price of almost $31K per jeep.com). Tami brought along fiancé Rick and daughter Jessica, then she lands on the M in AMERICA’S.

Category: FOOD & DRINK

Only one letter out of ten to start…

_ _ _ _ _
_ E _ _ _

CPMO gives her…

_ _ _ C _
P E _ C _ (they were late in lighting up the P)

She doesn’t even get the second word right w/ PEACE. It was JUICY PEACH and she loses the Wrangler.

$5K SPIN ID: LG03608

MY RATING: 7