WoF Retro Recap: October 6, 1992

EPISODE #1777

Sandy Joseph: professor of nursing at Santa Monica College who’s married w/ three children and also coached soccer and baseball

Jennifer Burger: married computer programmer and 1-day champ w/ $34,700 cash & car (including the Volvo 940 GLS sedan) from Huguenot, NY

Dalet Brady: copy editor for a magazine publisher in Southern California

Round 1: PHRASE

Sandy BANKRUPTed from the get-go. Second, Jennifer called up a $500 T, a $500 N, two A’s, a $450 D, a $500 R pair, three E’s to clean out the vowels, a $250 S, and a $300 C. We had…

C _ A _ T E R
A N D
_ E R S E

She solved CHAPTER AND VERSE for $2K.

INSTA-BANKRUPT: Sandy

FEATURED PRIZE: Orrefors barware and stemware plus Oneida Silversmiths serving pieces worth $3,355

Round 2: BEFORE & AFTER

Jennifer’s first w/ three T’s for $750, two E’s, four H’s for $3K, but then a baddie of G. Dalet secondly picked a C for the SURPRISE, an N for the Free SPIN, a $900 D, and two A’s, followed by an $800 W, two O’s, an $800 R pair, and a solve attempt….

_ E T / _ O _ R
H A _ R / D O W N
T H E / H A T C H

It’s probably a bad idea if you LET YOUR HAIR DOWN THE HATCH, but she solved for $2K and the SURPRISE, which was a trip to the Caribe Hilton Hotel & Casino in Puerto Rico worth $3,102.

SOLE DUD: G (Jennifer)

Sandy: NIL/Jennifer: $2K/Dalet: $5,102 cash & P.R. FS

Round 3: CLUE

Dalet got going w/ a $400 R, an S for the crystal, a $300 T, a single E, a $600 N, a $1K L pair, and four A’s, after which came a $500 G pair, the last vowel of U, but then C for crud and she used the FS…only to strike out w/ M, so $2,050 and the crystal prize were at risk. Sandy wouldn’t get a $1K B. Jennifer then said an $800 Y pair, a $3,500 P, but she repeated the the C after much thought. Dalet then said a $200 F…

L A N G U A G E
& / F L A _ Y
P A S T R Y

She solved LANGUAGE & FLAKY PASTRY for $2,250 and the crystal. She also got the $500 bonus answer of Danish.

DUDS: C, M (Dalet), B (Sandy)
SOLE DQ: Jennifer’s C repeat

Sandy: NADA/Jennifer: $2K/Dalet: $11,207 cash & prizes

FEATURED PRIZE #2: trip to Hotel Zurich Switzerland worth $7,758

Round 4: THING

Sandy opened w/ a $700 T, but then S for sorry. Jennifer got up there a $400 N, but no more w/ R on the Switzerland trip. Dalet lit up a $500 L, a $5K D, but then A for awful. After Sandy’s non-existing H, it’s S-U time…

_ _ N D
_ _ L _ _ _ T _

…w/ a $5K Final Spin!

Jennifer: M (DUD)
Dalet: C
Sandy: B (DUD)
Jennifer: P (DUD)
Dalet: E
Sandy: F (DUD)
Jennifee: W