WoF Retro Recap: February 26, 2007

Thank you Lucas Cox for uploading this S24 episode yesterday. The new Frankie Blue cues were played for the first time back home after their Charleston road trip.

EPISODE #4606: CHILL OUT!

$1K Toss-Up: THING

_ P E N – _ O _ R
P O L I _ _

Ben followed this OPEN-DOOR POLICY and these were the first players on that week back then…

Ben Logan: recent graduate of Brown Univ. w/ a degree in political science who played in the World Series of Poker the previous summer from Bristol, RI (orig. from Winston-Salem, NC)

Shontell Brewer: married for nearly 11 yrs. to Mike (she referred to him as “Hot Lips” Houlihan, a character from M*A*S*H) w/ five kids from Reno, NV

Satara Brown: program assistant at the medical Univ. of SC who enjoys shopping from Moncks Corner, SC

$2K Toss-Up: TV TITLE

_ _ _ L / _ R
_ _ / _ _ _ _

Howie Mandel’s best known for hosting this game show, as Shontell quickly solved “DEAL OR NO DEAL”.

FEATURED PRIZE: LastMinuteTravel.com trip to Montreal, Quebec, CANADA worth $4,500
Mon./Wed./Fri. Gift Tag: DVDEmpire.com

Round 1: PHRASE (PRIZE PUZZLE)

She kicked off w/ two N’s for $1,100, a $900 R, four E’s, a $2,400 H trio, and an A, followed by a $600 G pair, but then the sole dud vowel of O for oh no. Second, Satara called up four T’s for $3,600, two I’s and U to clean out the vowels, an S for the WC, an an $800 F pair. Board…

G E T T  I N G
T H E R E / I S
H A _ F / T H E
F U N

She won her first $3,900 and GETTING THERE IS HALF THE FUN, because she would be going on a Princess Cruise of the MEXICAN RIVIERA worth $5,278.

SOLE DUD: O (Shontell)

Jackpot Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Satara’s first w/ four N’s for $1,200, but then a baffling dud of K. Ben secondly BANKRUPTed near $600. Shontell thirdly lit up two R’s for $600, a single O, but then a not-so-good consonant of G on Jackpot. Satara next picked two T’s for $800, bought two E’s, but BANKRUPTed near Jackpot to lose $1,750 and the WC. Ben got up there a $700 C, a $300 P, two A’s, and a $300 S (not quite to TD) to clean out the consonants.

_ N _ O N
C A R P E N T E R
A N T S

He spotted some UNION CARPENTER ANTS for $1,050.

DUDS: K (Satara), G (Shontell)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Ben, Satara)
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $8,400

Ben: $2,050/Shontell: $2K/Satara: $9,178 cash & cruise

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Mystery Round: FOOD & DRINK

Ben’s off and running w/ four T’s for the Montreal trip, a $300 R, SEVEN E’s, but then the BANKRUPT near TD to hand over $4,550 cash & trip. Shontell’s second in line w/ a B for the DVD empire.com gift tag, a $300 S, three A’s, a $1,200 C quartet, and two O’s and U’s to clean out the vowels. After an $1,100 H pair…

C H O C O _ A T E
_ E A _ U T / B U T T E R
C H E E S E C A _ E

She got a piece of CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CHEESECAKE for $2,850 cash & DVDs.

SOLE BANKRUPT: Ben

Ben: $2,050/Shontell: $4,850/Satara: $9,178 cash & cruise

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$3K Toss-Up: FUN & GAMES

_ _ _ _ / P _ K E R
_ _ _

Despite Ben’s poker playing experience, he goofed right away saying DRAW POKER.

H _ M E / P O K E R
S E T

Satara just made it w/ HOME POKER SET.

Round 4: PLACE

Next from her mouth were a $2,700 R trio, three S’s for $2,400 more, but then the BANKRUPT near $500 to give up $5,100. Ben’s up second w/ a $600 T pair, a $300 N, four E’s, but then the same BANKRUPT to fork over $650. Shontell next picked off an $1,800 C pair and an $800 L before we looked at…

E L E C T R _ N _ C S
S _ _ E R S T _ R E

She won another $2,600 towards shopping at an ELECTRONICS SUPERSTORE.

BANKRUPTS: 2 (Satara, Ben)

Ben: $2,050/Shontell: $7,450/Satara: $12,178 cash & cruise

Speed-Up: LIVING THING

Consonants were worth $1,700 apiece.

Ben: T
Shontell: N

_ T _ N _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _

Shontell nailed STANDARD POODLE way too quickly for the Final Spin amount.

FINAL SCORES
Ben: $2,050/Shontell: $9,150/Satara: $12,178 cash & cruise

GT: $23,378
BANKRUPT TRASH (minus WC): $12,050 cash & Montreal

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Bonus Round

This week’s cars were the MINI Cooper Convertible and a Ford Escape Hybrid (it’s NOT a Land Rover LR3). After we see her mom Janie, Satara landed on the second zero.

Category: THINGS

These are two weather-related things…

_ _ _ / _ N _
_ _ S T

DIMP won’t give her anything in the first word besides the obvious…

_ _ _ / _ N D
M I S T

…but she was able to see through the FOG AND MIST for $25K and a final total of $37,178 cash & cruise.

MY RATING: 6