WoF Retro Recap: June 12, 1990

Unfortunately, there’s no video for Monday nor Wednesday episodes of S7 finale week, so I guess this is the last one I could do for all of this season.

Applicable for this Week: Thurs., S7 finale

EPISODE #1362

Over $142K waiting to be won.

Coco Carino: junior at the Univ. of Washington majoring in psychology planning to go into education and a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority 

Terri Brooks: 3rd grade teacher in Vista married to Lou w/ a son named Gavin (and she’s the eighth generation in her family) from San Diego

Gary Fisher: worker for a major amusement park and 1-day champ w/ $34,349 from Altmonte Springs, FL (he’s also a fan of the Three Stooges and his favorite is Curly)

Round 1: PHRASE

Coco: $300 T pair, $900 H, three E’s, BANKRUPT (lost $950)

Terri: R for rats

Gary: S for sorry 

Coco: four N’s for $3,600, $1,050 G trio, solve…

_ E G _ N
_ T / T H E
_ E G _ N N _ N G

Coco knew we had to BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING and she solved for $4,650.

FEATURED PRIZE: Encyclopedia Britanica (32-volume edition), Smith Corona PWP 7000 laptop and word processor plus printer worth $2,548 (LEARN)

Round 2: THINGS

Terri: insta-dud of T (she mistakenly looked at Coco’s arrow and grabbed that prize wedge)

Gary: $500 N, BANKRUPT 

Coco: $900 D, $900 R, one A, $1,800 S pair, $250 M, two I’s, $1,800 C pair, solve…

M _ S I C 
A N D 
_ _ R I C S

She solved MUSIC AND LYRICS for $5,150.

Coco: $9,800/Others: $0 each 

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Round 3: PHRASE

Gary: quick BANKRUPT near red $500

Coco: $2K T pair, $1,200 H pair, four E’s, $600 R, $600 W, $1,200 S pair, solve…

T H _ S E / W E R E
T H E / _ _ _ _
_ _ _ / _ _ _ S

THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS we had from classic seasons like this one, and she did it again for $5,350; her new subtotal was $15,150.

FEATURED PRIZE #2: Tennessee Furniture two-door china cabinet and oak w/ beveled glass plus Haviland French Limoges porcelain (service for 12) worth $6,661 (CHINA)

Round 4: BEFORE & AFTER 

Coco: $400 T, $400 H, $800 R pair, three E’s, $400 N, $400 G, one A and I, $250 D, sole dud vowel of O

Terri: $600 M, $600 B (NMC), solve…

G R E E N
T H _ M B
A / R I D E

She solved GREEN THUMB A RIDE for $1,200.

Coco: $15,150/Terri: $1,200/Gary: ZIP

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Round 5: PHRASE 

Terri: $250 T, H for halt 

Gary: $700 R, N for negative 

Coco: $500 S, $500 M, two I’s, $500 Y, one O and E, solve…

Y O _ R / T I M E
I S / _ _

YOUR TIME IS (not) UP yet, girl — you’ve won another $750.

Coco: $15,900/Terri: $1,200/Gary: ZIlCH

Speed-Up: THING

Consonants were worth $500 apiece.

Gary: 2 R’s
Coco: N
Terri: T
Gary: W (DUD)
Coco: M
Terri: O (DUD)
Gary: P

P _ R _ _ N _
M _ T _ R

Gary solved PARKING METER for his only $1,500 of the game.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
ROUND 1	R (Terri), S (Gary)		Coco
ROUND 2	T (Terri)		Gary
ROUND 3			Gary
ROUND 4	O (Coco)
ROUND 5	H (Terri), N (Gary)
ROUND 6	W (Gary), O (Terri)

FINAL SCORES 
Coco: $15,900/Terri: $1,200/Gary: $1,500 (out w/ $35,849)

GT: $18,600
BANKRUPT TRASH: $1,450

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Bonus Round

The cash was already won by Gary in the previous episode, so what they have leftover were a sailing vacation (including a boat), a shopping vacation, and driving vacation (including a Toyota Celica) and a precious metals package. The delightful Coco picked the W from W-EEL.

Category: PLACE

Lead-offs…

_ _ _ L
_ _ N E

CDPA gave her…

C _ A L
_ _ N E

She got COAL MINE and won the shopping vacation (Bel Air Summit Hotel, Carey Limousine service, Fred Hayman Beverly Hills shopping spree, and $10K credit at Fred Joaillier jewelry) worth $20,284, giving her a 1-day total of $36,184 cash & prizes. She was greeted by her parents Gayle and Ernie.

MY RATING: 7

Well, this season has been a fun one to cover. Too bad about the missing episodes of June 6, June 11 and June 13. Hopefully the video of those lost episodes from that season will surface soon.

I shall take the rest of the week off and say happy early Canada Day to all Canadian readers and to @nickskapower.