EPISODE #2426: BEST FRIENDS WEEK
Cristina Talley & Gretchen Carner: Cristina’s an attorney and a newlywed for three months while Gretchen’s also an attorney and is single; these ladies from the L.A. area met at a law firm eight years ago and became friends ever since.
Kara Taguchi & Samantha Martinez: Kara from Cerritos, CA, was a senior at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA who’s studying psychology and sociology and was trying to get into grad school while Samantha from Cerritos (but currently living in Westwood) was a fourth-year psychology major at UCLA (the two became friends in junior high)
Mike Brunetto & Todd Biederman: Mike originally from New York moved to California about six years ago where he and Todd worked together in market research in Santa Monica; Todd had seniority in the company as Mike’s boss
Round 1: STAR & ROLE
C & G: $350 T, $200 S, four A’s, $400 N, three E’s, $1,500 R trio, $250 J, BANKRUPT (lost $2,200)
K & S: $400 M, $900 C pair, $250 Y, solve…
J _ M / C A R R E Y
A S / A C E
_ E N T _ R A
K & S IDed JIM CARREY AS ACE VENTURA for $1,550.
FEATURED PRIZE: pair of Yahmha Razz scooters worth $2,598 (SCOOTERS)
Round 2: BEFORE & AFTER
K & S: insta-BANKRUPT
M & T: five S’s for $4K, two T’s for $600 more, four E’s, $1K H pair, two O’s, $5K N pair, $400 L pair, $800 K, solve…
O N E / S _ _ E
_ _ T S / _ L L
T H E / K _ N _ ‘ S
H O _ S E S
…but they’re DQed big time for duplicating the word ALL in their response, so they just threw away $11,300 — UGH. -__-
C & G: $500 G, one F for SURPRISE, solve…
O N E / S _ _ E
F _ T S / _ L L
T H E / K _ N G ‘ S
H O _ S E S
They solved ONE SIZE FITS ALL THE KING’S HORSES w/o anything extra for $500 and trips to Biloxi Bay, MS at the Biloxi Grand Casino Hotel from the Biloxi Chamber of Commerce worth $11,400.
C & G: $11,900 cash & MS/K & S: $1,550/M & T: ZERO
Round 3: WHO SAID IT?
M & T: $10K’s right side right away
C & G: four T’s for $2K, one N for DOUBLE PLAY, four E’s, four H’s for $14K, three A’s and I, $500 W, CRITICAL DUD of S on the SCOOTERS ($15,750 at risk)
K & S: $400 G pair, $1,800 R pair, BANKRUPT near pink $500 (lost $2,200)
M & T: exact same fate as middle ladies
C & G: solve…
G R A N _ _ _ T H E R
W H A T / _ I G
T E E T H
_ _ _ / H A _ E
C & G capitalized for $15,750, and after Pat mistakenly threw to commercial, did these women know who said “GRANDMOTHER, WHAT BIG TEETH YOU HAVE”? They did w/ Red Riding Hood (and Pat mistakenly said the bonus answer was worth $500 before he corrected himself to $1K).
C & G: $28,650 cash & Biloxi/K & S: $1,550/M & T: ZILCH
Speed-Up: THINGS
Consonants were worth $350 apiece.
C & G: T (DUD)
K & S: 2 S’s
M & T: L
C & G: N (DUD)
K & S: R (DUD)
M & T: H (DUD)
C & G: G (DUD)
K & S: 2 D’s
M & T: M (DUD)
C & G: V
D _ V _ L ‘ S
_ _ _ D
_ _ _ _ _ _ S
Cristina nailed DEVIL’S FOOD COOKIES for $350.
| PENALTY BOX | DUDS | LaTs | BANKRUPTS | DQs |
| Round 1 | C & G | |||
| Round 2 | K & S | M & T‘s blown solve | ||
| Round 3 | S (C & G) | 3 (M & T 2x, K & S) | ||
| Round 4 | T, N & G (all by C & G) R (K & S), M (M & T) |
FINAL SCORES
C & G: $29K cash & Biloxi/K & S: $1,550/M & T: PARTING GIFTS
GT: $30,550
BANKRUPT TRASH: $4,400
Bonus Round
C & G picked the W.
Category: THING
It’s another word for a tip that is voluntarily given by customers for some service…
_ R _ T _ _ T _
GMDA gave them…
G R A T _ _ T _
They would pay the GRATUITY during their trips to the Bora Bora Lagoon Resort by the Mansour Travel Co. totaling $18,840; they may be coming back w/ $47,840 cash & trips. Greeting them were Gretchen’s parents and sister and Cristina’s dad and good friend Sam.
MY RATING: 7
WHEEL of FORTUNE with Andy Nguyen 