WoF Retro Recap: March 1, 1996

Jennine Smith’s first appearance

EPISODE #2465: AFRICAN SAFARI

Jennine Smith: 1-day champ w/ $10K (thanks to Pat’s final spin) from Knoxville, TN

James Lao: a guy who likes spending time at the beach, traveling and indulging in food and wine from Venice, CA

Bev Kearns: executive secretary at the University of Michigan married to George w/ a combined family of eight kids and seven grandkids from New Hudson, MI

Round 1: PERSON

Jennine: LaT

James: $500 N, $1K R, E for end of turn

Bev: LaT

Jennine: $800 T pair, two A’s, $500 S pair, one O, $300 P, $400 F, $500 C (NMC), solve…

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

Whether Jennine’s a big SPORTS FANATIC or not, she scored first for $2K.

FEATURED PRIZE: Lobster Gram, Omaha Steaks and Desert of the Month worth $2K (GOURMET)

Round 2: THE 50’s

James: two T’s for SURPRISE, $800 H pair, five E’s and three A’s, $600 S pair, BANKRUPT (lost $900 and SURPRISE)

Bev: four R’s for DOUBLE PLAY, $700 Y, used DP…$700 x 2 and one J, solve…

J E R R Y
_ A T H E R S / A S
T H E / _ E A _ E R

Bev IDed JERRY MATHERS AS THE BEAVER for $2,100.

Jennine: $2K/James: ZIP/Bev: $2,100

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Round 3: FILL IN THE BLANK

Bev: $500 N pair, BANKRUPT near pink $500

Jennine: exact same fate

James: $7K T pair, one E and three I’s, $200 H, $400 L, $1K S pair, A for awful

Bev: $3,500 R, two O’s (NMV), $400 M, D for dud

Jennine: $300 W, $10K’s right side

? / L I S T
? / R O O M
? / I N / T H E
W I N _ S

James solved ? LIST ? ROOM ? IN THE WINGS for $7,850 and correctly filled in waiting for the bonus.

Jennine: $2K/James: $8,850/Bev: $2,100

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FEATURED PRIZE #2: marked ARIZONA

Round 4: THING

Jennine: LaT

James: $500 N pair, four E’s, T for turnover

Bev: R for rats

Jennine: $200 S, M for mistake

_ _ N E _ _ _ _ E
_ _ S _ _ E – _ _ _ N
_ _ _ E

After Pat spun the GOURMET package, consonants were worth $500 apiece.

James: L
Bev: 2 D’s

_ _ N E _ _ _ L E
_ _ S _ D E – D _ _ N
_ _ _ E

Bev could buy a nice PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE for $1K.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	E (James)	2 (ladies)
Round 2			James
Round 3	A (James), D (Bev)		3 (Bev, Jennine 2x)
Round 4	T (James), R (Bev), M (Jennine)	Jennine

FINAL SCORES
Jennine: $2K (out w/ $12K)/James: $8,850/Bev: $3,100

GT: $13,950
BANKRUPT TRASH: $1,400 + SURPRISE

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Bonus Round

The African safari and the cash were the leftover prizes in both E’s; James picked the first E.

Category: THING

This is a specific type of meat…

S _ _ S _ _ E

CPMA gave him two of the vowel…

S A _ S A _ E

…but he BLEW IT w/ SALSAFE, SASHAME and SASHANE. It was SAUSAGE and he lost the safari.

MY RATING: 4