WoF Retro Recap: June 15, 1990 — SEASON 7 FINALE

EPISODE #1365

Over $112K given away on season finale week.

Lynn Shuldiner: 2-day champion with $19,850 cash and prizes from Poughkeepsie, NY

Mark Chait: actor/writer/guitar player (he claimed that playing the guitar is just a hobby)

Kathleen Ross: gymnast who likes to lift weights and do aerobics and studying for a Master’s Degree in business psychology at UCLA

Round 1: PEOPLE

Lynn started w/ a $150 N, but BANKRUPTed just as quick. Mark controlled the rest of the round for a $750 D, a $2,700 S trio, A, four E’s and four I’s, an $800 T pair, a $450 L, a $200 B, a $700 K, the last vowel of O (NMV), a $1K R pair, and a $300 M.

M O _ I E
_ R I T I _ S
S I S K E L / A N D
E B E R T

He IDed MOVIE CRITICS SISKEL AND EBERT for $5,900. BTW, the Free SPIN got loose and ended up in the middle of the red $200 and yellow $500; Pat placed it back on the $500.

SOLE BANKRUPT: Lynn

FEATURED PRIZE: Schonbek diadem crystal chandelier worth $3,585 (CRYSTAL)

Round 2: EVENT

Mark LaTed out from the get-go. Kathleen secondly spun her way to a $900 T, a $2,250 N trio, two A’s, O and E, a $400 G pair, but then W for worthless. Lynn also missed w/ M. Mark filled in a $200 S, two $200 L’s, but struck out w/ R for rats. Kathleen then said a $200 F, and two I’s. We had…

_ A _ I N G / O N E n
L A S T / F L I N G

She’s HAVING ONE LAST FLING for $2,750. Oh, and the Free SPIN stayed on the yellow $500 this time.

DUDS: W (Kathleen), M (Lynn), R (Mark)
INSTA-LaT: Mark

Lynn: NOTHING/Mark: $5,900/Kathleen: $2,750

Round 3: BEFORE & AFTER

Kathleen did most of the work: four T’s for $2,800, three H’s for $450 more, three E’s, a $1,200 S pair, two A’s, a $2,400 N quartet, a $1,650 R trio, a single U, a $900 G, three I’s, an $800 F pair, a $150 C, and three O’s to clean out the vowels before BANKRUPTing near the red $500 to give up $9,100 — ouch. Lynn then said the leftover M’s for $2K…

T H E / M O M E N T
O F / T R U T H / I S
S T R A N G E R / T H A N
F I C T I O N

…and read the answer correctly to get on the board.

PAINFUL BANKRUPT: Kathleen

Lynn: $2K/Mark: $5,900/Kathleen: $2,750

FEATURED PRIZE #2: trip to the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts (featuring a Philip Freeman koi fish sculpture) worth $3,820 (FESTIVAL)

Round 4: EVENT

Lynn’s first moves w/ three R’s for $750, but then the BANKRUPT near $1,500. Mark lit up a $700 N, but it’s S-U time…

_ N _ _ R
_ _ _ _ _
_ R R _ _ _

…and after Pat spun the same BANKRUPT, the consonants were worth $800 each.

Mark: T
Kathleen: two S’s
Lynn: D

_ N D _ R
_ _ _ S _
_ R R _ S T

Lynn’s NOT UNDER HOUSE ARREST, because she solved for $800.

SOLE BANKRUPT: Lynn

FINAL SCORES
Lynn: $2,800 (out w/ $22,650)/Mark: $5,900/Kathleen: $2,750

GT: $11,450
BANKRUPT TRASH: $10K

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Bonus Round

The remaining prizes were the driving vacation to San Francisco (included a Toyota Celica GTS sports coupe), a sailing package (boat included) and a precious metals package. With –EEL still remaining, Mark chose the L.

Category: PHRASE

Just an L to start this short one…

_ L _ _
_ _

CBMI was also of limited help…

B L _ _
_ _

He thought of BLAD, then the right first word, but then trailed off w/ BLUE. I hope he didn’t BLOW UP in frustration on not winning the precious metals. He returned the next season to hopefully improve on his $5,900 total.

MY RATING: 4