WoF Retro Recap: January 4, 2001

This was originally labeled as a Wednesday, but it was actually a Thursday.

EPISODE #3404: LAS VEGAS WEEK

Toss-Up #1: PHRASE

C O N S I _ E R
I _ / _ _ N _

Trenton only gets the first word.

C O N S I _ E R
I _ / _ _ N E

CONSIDER IT DONE — Betsy scored and she’s the only lady from this panel…

Betsy Bigley: married lady to Paul w/ two daughters and a new grandchild from Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Trenton Marsh: junior at American University studying marketing and enterprise management and a musician (he plays baritone trumpet) from Shaker Heights, OH

Phillip Hebert: junior at University of Texas-Austin who also raised money for cancer awareness (he won a drag contest held by the Kappa Phi Gamma sorority) from Orangefield, TX

Gift Tag: MyPoints

Round 1: SHOW BIZ

Betsy’s first letters this night were a $1K S pair, an $1,800 R trio, but then T for trouble. Trenton did the rest of the work for a $1,050 N trio, four A’s, a $1,600 D pair, four E’s, an $800 W, I, a $2,400 C trio, O, a $350 G, a $1,350 L trio, and the final vowel of U.

C _ A R L I E ‘ S
A N G E L S / L U C _
C A _ E R O N / A N D
D R E W

He slowly and dramatically IDs “CHARLIE’S ANGELS” LUCY, CAMERON AND DREW (it’s the 2000 film) for $6,300.

SOLE DUD: T (Betsy)

FEATURED PRIZE #1: Co-Pilot 2000 navigator w/ CompUSA service (labeled TRAVEL) worth $2,900

Jackpot Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Early leader Trenton started w/ a $600 N, five A’s, but then the LaT. Second, Phillip called up an $800 T pair (he looked at the wrong arrow on this spin), an S for the Free SPIN, a $600 H pair, an $800 C, and four E’s, followed by three $600 R’s and two $600 W’s, but then the LaT and he used his FS. Next up were a $900 L trio and a $3,500 G (should’ve saved the L’s for that) before we looked at…

T H E / G R E A T
W A L L / _ _ / C H _ N A
A N _ / S _ L _ E R W A R E

There’s no such landmark called THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA AND SILVERWARE, but he solved for $9,350. And in the celebration, he jumped and accidentally bounced his Toss-Up signaling device out of its holder — whoops!

LaTs: 2 (men)
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $11,800

Trenton: $6,300/Phillip: $9,350/Betsy: $1K

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FEATURED PRIZE #2: trip to Vegas from National Airlines Vacations plus a tour of the Grand Canyon (LAS VEGAS) worth $4,359

Round 3: EVENT

First for Phillip were a $550 S, a $600 R pair, a T as in the TRAVEL wedge, but then LaT. Betsy next picked a $1K N pair, a $600 G, two I’s and O’s, a $3,500 L, and a $500 B. We had…

B R _ _ _ I N G / _
R _ S O L _ T I O N

There’s bound to be some people who are BREAKING A RESOLUTION after New Year’s Day, but Betsy solved for $5,100.

SOLE LaT: Phillip

Trenton: $6,300/Phillip: $9,350/Betsy: $6,100

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Toss-Up #2: PEOPLE

D _ C T _ R S / &
N U R _ E _

Betsy mistakenly blurted out the answer without buzzing in; it’s Phillip who solved DOCTORS & NURSES.

Round 4: THING

After that man said an instant dud of N, the consonants in Speed-Up mode were worth $1,300 apiece.

Betsy: F
Trenton: T
Phillip: 2 L’s
Betsy: B (DUD)
Trenton: 3 R’s
Phillip: S
Betsy: O

_ / R O L L
O F / _ _ _ R T _ R S

Betsy got A ROLL OF QUARTERS that’s good for the Final Spin amount.

SOLE DUD: B (Betsy)

FINAL SCORES
Trenton: $6,300/Phillip: $10,350/Betsy: $7,400

GT: $24,050
NO BANKRUPTS!

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Bonus Round

Phillip picked the H envelope.

Category: AROUND THE HOUSE

Almost 1/2 of this seven-letter answer already…

_ L _ _ _ E N

GBMA only added the vowel…

_ L A _ _ E N

Without the P’s, he apparently DIDN’T have a PLAYPEN in his house, and also lost out on the Paris & Paris trips (though he didn’t want to go there anyway).

MY RATING: 6