WoF Retro Recap: February 28, 2007

Fast-forwarding exactly four years to S24 and the third day of “Chill Out!” week.

EPISODE #4608: CHILL OUT!

$1K Tossup: SHOW BIZ

L _ _ ‘ _ / _ A _ E / _ T
_ _ _ _ / _ _ _ / T _ _

Shelly didn’t have an answer ready.

L _ T ‘ _ / T A _ E / _ T
F _ _ _ / _ H _ / T _ P

David rightly said “LET’S TAKE IT FROM THE TOP”. The midweek panelists that week were…

David Deery: firefighter/paramedic married to Sandi w/ two kids from Des Moines, IA

Rhonda Hulsizer: admin. assistant for a dental supplier married to David for 4 yrs. from Joelton, TN

Shelly Sherer: restaurant mgr. w/ a 7-yr.-old son named Kyle who once beat Steve Mizerak in a game of 9-Ball from Greeley, CO

$2K Toss-Up: THING

P _ N _ _ _ L
M A _ H _ _ _

Rhonda scored on this PINBALL MACHINE.

FEATURED PRIZE: Maruba Jungle Resort & Spa in Belize worth $7,320
Gift Tag: Omaha Steaks

Round 1: PLACE

Off she went w/ an R for for the $10K, an $1,800 T pair, four E’s, an $800 N, a $2,500 L, and three A’s, but then P for potentially fatal dud to leave $14,600 on the table. Shelly then said three D’s for $2,400 and a $300 G. We had…

R _ A D _ _ D E
_ E G E T A _ L E
_ T A N D

She got her first $2,700 from a ROADSIDE VEGETABLE STAND.

SOLE DUD: P (Rhonda)

Jackpot Round: EVENT (PRIZE PUZZLE)

This round’s all Shelly: a $600 S, two R’s to triple up, three E’s and two A’s, a $2,700 N trio, three O’s, and five T’s for the Belize trip.

E A T _ N _ / T O
_ O _ R / _ E A R T ‘ S
_ O N T E N T

You would be EATING TO YOUR HEART’S CONTENT if you’ve won a $7K Collette Vacations tour of ROME w/ AA.com airfare like this woman did; she also won $3,750 and the Belize trip — PR.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $7,100

David: $1K/Rhonda: $2K/Shelly: $20,770 cash & trips

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Mystery Round: BEFORE & AFTER

David’s first w/ two S’s and N for $10,500, but then the sole dud vowel of E for end of turn. Rhonda also missed w/ T for turnover. Shelly got up there a D for the WC, a W for the Omaha Steaks gift tag, a $1,600 C pair, two A’s and an L on the MW near $800 before she declined to risk $3,350 cash & steaks as well as her WC (good call; that’s the BANKRUPT one). After she bought the other three vowels (U, I and three O’s), she lit up a $1,200 B pair and we had…

O _ _ A _ ‘ S / B O O _
C L U B
S A N D W I C _

She ate up OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB SANDWICH for $3,800 cash & steaks.

DUDS: E (David), T (Rhonda)

David: $1K/Rhonda: $2K/Shelly: $24,570 cash & prizes WC

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$3K Toss-Up: AROUND THE HOUSE

_ E R _ _ _ A L
B L I N D _

Shelly blanked.

_ E R T _ C A L
B L I N D _

Rhonda opened the VERTICAL BLINDS.

Round 4: PEOPLE

She rattled off a $550 N, a $600 R pair, a $1,200 S trio, an E buy, a $600 M, a $550 C and three O’s before she BANKRUPTed near $600 and lost $3K (not $2,450 as displayed). After Shelly said D for dud, David picked an $1,800 P trio and a $300 H to clean out the consonants.

C O M P _ R _ S O N
S H O P P E R S

He solved COMPARISON SHOPPERS for $2,100 and $3,100 so far.

SOLE DUD: D (Shelly)
SOLE BANKRUPT: Rhonda

Speed-Up: TV TITLE

Consonants in this one-wordy were worth $1,400 each.

Shelly: 2 N’s
David: T
Rhonda: R (DUD)
Shelly: D (DUD)
David: S (DUD)
Rhonda: G

N _ G _ T _ _ N _

Rhonda IDed the late abc news program “NIGHTLINE” for the Final Spin amount.

DUDS: R (Rhonda), D (Shelly), S (David)

FINAL SCORES
David: $3,100/Rhonda: $6,400/Shelly: $24,570 cash & prizes

GT: $34,070
Rhonda’s BANKRUPT TRASH: $3K

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Bonus Round

Shelly brought along her hubby Ed, then she landed on the second zero.

Category: PLACE (Pat said it as two syllables)

Here’s 1/3 of the answer…

_ _ N _ _
_ _ L L

MHDA and C filled in something completely…

_ _ N _ _
H A L L

…the entire second word, and she lost $30K in this BINGO HALL.

MY RATING: 6