EPISODE #7041: LET’S EAT!
$1K Toss-Up: THINGS
_ _ L I _ I O _ S
_ L _ V _ R S
Justin has tasted some DELICIOUS FLAVORS. Meeting him in the middle first…
Justin Fisher: P.E. ES teacher in Calabasas married to Heather from Simi Valley, CA
Melissa Grega: hairdresser in Guilderland who likes golf married to Bob from Troy, NY
Bethany Gross: 6th-grade math teacher at Bedford MS who wants to see a Taylor Swift concert from Oolitic, IN
$2K Toss-Up: PEOPLE
L O Y A _
_ U _ T _ _ E R S
I am one of their LOYAL CUSTOMERS, and so is Melissa.
FEATURED CULINARY TRIP: Thailand from Club Adventures worth $7,800
$ Gift Tag for Most of the Week: Krispy Krunchy Chicken
Crossword Round: ________ CHEESE
Melissa does most of the work — a $600 B, E, a $700 L, two A’s, a $1,650 T trio, two O’s, a $1,300 G pair, the other vowels in singles (U and I), and a $700 C before she LaTs out. After Bethany BANKRUPTs near top dollar…
- _ T _ I _ G B
- O L
- A U
- C O T T A G E
...Justin gets a piece of STRING cheese for the house minimum.
SOLE LaT: Melissa
INSTA-BANKRUPT: Bethany
Mystery Round: WAYD?
Bethany’s first w/ a $2,100 N trio, buys of two I’s, two A’s and three E’s, but then the LaT. Second, Justin calls up two L’s for the Thailand trip, a $1,500 D trio, and four obvious G’s for another $2,600. After he buys the remaining vowels as pairs…
G E _ _ I N G / A L L
D _ E _ _ E D / U _
A N D / G O I N G / O U _
He’ll be GETTING ALL DRESSED UP AND GOING OUT to Thailand soon; that was a $12,400 round for him.
SOLE LaT: Bethany
Bethany: NOTHING/Justin: $14,400 cash & Thailand/Melissa: $2K
PP/Express Round: PHRASE (w/ a ? at the end)
Justin leads off w/ an S for the WC, A and three E’s, and three H’s on EXPRESS before he GOES ABOARD.
Current Bank: $3K and WC
Next Picks: three O’s…two W’s…two T’s…R…I (NMV)…three N’s…BIG CRASH w/ M (he just blew $10,500 and WC)
After Melissa picks up that MDW w/ L (NOT a single reaction — UGH)…
H O W ‘ S / T H E
W E A T H E R / I N
L O N _ O N ?
She asks “HOW’S THE WEATHER IN LONDON?” for a $10K trip to said place plus a $40 Blu-ray copy of “SPIDER-MAN: Far From Home”.
PAINFUL BANKRUPT: Justin
Bethany: HARD LUCK/Justin: $14,400 cash & Thailand/Melissa: $12,040 cash & prizes MDW
Triple Toss-Up: PROPER NAME
1.
B O B
_ Y _ A N
Justin IDs American singer BOB DYLAN.
2.
_ _ B
M A _ _ _ Y
Bethany IDs reggae singer BOB MARLEY to finally get some money on her plate.
3.
_ _ _ _ Y / B O B
T _ _ R _ _ _ N
All three of these famous people have BOB in their names — Melissa takes control w/ actor BILLY BOB THORNTON.
Round 4: FOOD & DRINK
Her next picks are a $650 T, three E’s, a $1K S pair, but it’s S-U time…
_ _ S _ E T / _ _
_ _ E S _ / _ _ E _ _
…w/ a $1,500 Final Spin. She then says two B’s…
B _ S _ E T / _ _
_ _ E S _ / B _ E _ _
…and gets $4,400 from a BASKET OF FRESH BREAD — PR.
FINAL SCORES
Bethany: $2K/Justin: $16,400 cash & Thailand/Melissa: $18,440 cash & prizes MDW
GT: $36,840
BANKRUPT TRASH (disregarding WC): $10,500
Choose your MDBR category wisely, Melissa…
- PLACE
- THINGS
- WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?
She’s going for WAYW?.
MILLION DOLLAR BONUS ROUND #2
If Melissa doesn’t win the whole lot, she might drive off in this week’s CUV — a maZDa CX-5 Grand Touring. After we see her hubby hold that sparkly green wedge, she lands on my spot of the M of AMERICA’S (and maybe MILLIONAIRE). Two E’s and a T to start this answer…
_ E _ _ _
_ _ _ _ E T
CKPA gives her most of the second word…
_ E A _ _
_ A C K E T
…and a key letter on top — she takes away this amount of money from the pockets of Harry’s HEAVY JACKET…
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…$37K for a final total of $55,440 cash & prizes. And she wasn’t even close, because the super big one was under the P.
At the end, we see a segment of the hosts chatting w/ Lunchmeat Luke & Miles of Smiles Mandy in front of the Wienermobile.
MY RATING: 6 (Justin’s painful R3 brought it down for me)
WHEEL of FORTUNE with Andy Nguyen 