WoF Retro Recap: May 29, 1990

EPISODE #1352

Over $217K waiting to be won.

Karen Harding: 1-day champion w/ $13,450 from SoCal (orig. from New York) who restored classic cars as her hobby

Harvey Bradshaw: retired engineer married with five kids, 7 grandkids, and one great grandchild from Grand Prairie, TX

Marie Wilson: accounting supervisor for an air conditioning and heating distributor married with three children and one grandchild plus another due in July from Baltimore

Round 1: PHRASE

Karen BANKRUPTed from the get-go. Harvey did all the work for a $2,400 R trio, triple E’s, a $300 T, two $800 S’s, an O buy, and a $300 Y at the beginning.

Y O _ ‘ R E
_ R R E S _ S T _ _ _ E

He’s right in saying to Pat “YOU’RE IRRESISTIBLE” for $4,100.

QUICK BANKRUPT: Karen

FEATURED PRIZE #1: Van Cleef & Arpels 18-karat gold polished kangaroo pin worth $5K (PIN)

Round 2: BEFORE & AFTER

Harvey’s first w/ a $400 T and almost got LaT, but there’s no N anyway. Marie secondly lit up four S’s for $3,200, a $200 R, but then repeated the N. Karen got the pin and found two M’s for $300, but she said B for bad. Harvey next tried a $300 L, two A’s, but then C for crud. Marie grabbed that Free SPIN and lit up two W’s for a grand. After cleaning out the consonants w/ an $800 W pair and $1,500 F pair…

F A M _ _ S / L A S T
W _ R D S
_ F / W _ S D _ M

She gave her FAMOUS LAST WORDS OF WISDOM for $6,700.

DUDS: N (Harvey), B (Karen), C (Harvey)
SOLE DQ: Marie’s N repeat

Karen: NIL/Harvey: $4,100/Marie: $6,700 FS

Round 3: THINGS

Marie led off w/ a $450 T, but BANKRUPTed near red $500 just as quick. Karen’s second in line w/ four S’s for $2,400, a $500 N, a $250 D, two A’s, but then R for rats. Harvey quickly LaTed out. Marie found the last multiple of two L’s for $1,200, a $3,500 C, and a $150 P, but her $4,850 was sent to the same BANKRUPT she got before. Karen won’t take any chances…

S _ _ _ T S / A N D
P _ L L _ _ C A S _ S

She got out some SHEETS & PILLOWCASES for $2,900.

SOLE DUD: R (Karen)
SOLE LaT: Harvey
BANKRUPTS: 2 (both by Marie)

Karen: $2,900/Harvey: $4,100/Marie: $6,700 FS

FEATURED PRIZE #2: Samick grand piano worth $9,995 (PIANO)

Round 4: THING

First from Karen were three N’s for $750, three I’s, a $1,500 G, but then T for terrible on $5K. Harvey didn’t quite make it to $5K, but there’s a $500 R. He followed w/ an $800 P, $700 W, $700 Z, a single E, and a $3K L pair before he takes a shot at this…

P R I Z E W I N N I N G
_ _ L L

He solved PRIZEWINNING BULL for $5,450.

SOLE DUD: T (Karen)

Karen: $2,900/Harvey: $9,550/Marie: $6,700 FS

Round 5: THING

Harvey BANKRUPTed near $1,500 right out of the gate this time. Marie quickly landed on LaT and handed in the FS…only to strike out w/ S. Karen uncovered a $1,500 N trio, the obvious I, three $200 G’s, an A buy, but then E for end of turn. Harvey then lit up the $900 R…

R _ N N I N G
G A G

I dunno what’s the RUNNING GAG for the show back then, but he solved for $900 more and the game was over.

DUDS: S (Marie), E (Karen)
SOLE LaT: Marie
INSTA-BANKRUPT: Harvey

FINAL SCORES
Karen: $2,900 (left w/ $16,350)/Harvey: $10,450/Marie: $6,700

GT: $20,050
BANKRUPT TRASH: $5,300

Bonus Round

This week’s non-$25K prizes were…

1990 Jaguar XJ6 ($40K+)
Four Seasons Greenhouse ($47K+)
golf vacation plus Volkswagen Cabriolet ($25K+)
$39K earclips

Harvey picked the H for his name.

Category: EVENT

This event is where two racers race against each other in the streets…

_ R _ _
R _ _ E

CDMI added a couple more…

D R _ _
R _ C E

He got DRAG RACE for the $39K cabochon ruby and diamond earclips (13 carats of rose rubies and over 6 carats of diamonds) from Van Cleef & Arpels, giving him a 1-day total of $49,450 cash & prizes. He was greeted by his wife Alma, daughter Teri, and granddaughter Shawn.

MY RATING: 7