WoF Retro Recap: September 25, 1998

EPISODE #2940: GREAT GETAWAYS

Chris Picone: account executive for a financial services company married to Paula w/ a 4.5-yr.-old son (Anthony) from Henderson, NV

Nick Schneider: bartender in San Francisco and a big brother for YMCA in his hometown married to Rachel w/ a 5-wk.-old baby from San Rafael, CA

Angie Foree: crossing guard volunteer during the school year married w/ three kids from Bartlett, TN

Round 1: SHOW BIZ

Chris: $1K S pair, $400 T, one O, BANKRUPT (lost $1,150)

Nick: $400 R, $300 M, G for goof

Angie: $1K H pair, baffling dud of K

Chris: C for crud

Nick: three A’s, $800 B…

S M A S H
B R O A _ _ A _
H _ T

…but he BOMBED OUT w/ a FOOLISH DUD of J — really, man?! -__- Angie capitalized w/ SMASH BROADWAY HIT for a grand. Now she had to ID this PUZZLER under a TITLE…

_ _ G T I _ _

…but she blanked on “RAGTIME”.

FEATURED PRIZE: $2,500 shopping spree to Nike Town (SPORTS)

Round 2: PHRASE

Nick: one T for SPORTS, $600 S pair, $5K R pair, three O’s and A, M for mistake

Angie: $1,100 L pair, $250 Y, two U’s, same BANKRUPT near $250 (lost $1,100)

Chris: $1,200 N trio, D for dud

Nick: $300 G, solve…

Y O U ‘ L L / N _ _ _ R
G U _ S S / _ _ O / _
R A N / _ N T O

He solved “YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHO I RAN INTO” for $7,900 cash & sports shopping spree.

Chris: NIL/Nick: $7,900 cash & sports/Angie: $1K

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FEATURED PRIZE #2: trip to the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA (incl. VIP treatment w/ two 3d passes to the races plus all-access pass to the Ocean Club and accommodations at Hilton Long Beach) and a mini Indy car replica from Manco worth $5,550 (GRAND PRIX)

Jackpot Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Angie: $900 R pair, $300 S, $7K T pair, two E’s, BANKRUPT near JACKPOT (lost $7,950)

Chris: $600 N, no L

Nick: $600 M pair, D’s no good again

Angie: $300 H, $700 C, two A’s, $600 W, two O’s, $550 F, $250 G, three I’s, solve…

M O I S T _ R I _ I N G
C R E A M
O F / W H E A T

…but she’s DQed for leaving out a syllable in the first word (she said it as MOISTURING CREAM OF WHEAT). Chris then said the last consonant of a $900 Z…

M O I S T _ R I Z I N G
C R E A M
O F / W H E A T

MOISTURIZING CREAM OF WHEAT sounds yucky to me, but he’s right for $1,500.

JACKPOT ENDED AT: $14K

Chris: $1,500/Nick: $7,900 cash & sports/Angie: $1K

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Speed-Up: OCCUPATION

Consonants were worth $600 apiece (just missed the big one).

Chris: 2 T’s
Nick: 3 R’s
Angie: 2 S’s
Chris: 3 N’s
Nick: M (DUD)
Angie: P (DUD)
Chris: G
Nick: D (DUD)
Angie: H (DUD)
Chris: 3 A’s
Nick: L

A _ R L _ N _
R _ S _ R _ A T _ _ N S
A G _ N T

Nick solved AIRLINE RESERVATIONS AGENT for $2,400 worth of icing.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	G (Nick), K (Angie), C (Chris), J (Nick)		Chris
Round 2	M (Nick), D (Chris)		Angie
Round 3	L (Chris), D (Nick)		Angie	Angie’s missolve
Round 4	M, D (Nick) P, H (Angie)

FINAL SCORES 
Chris: $1,500/Nick: $10,300 cash & sports/Angie: $1K

GT: $12,800
BANKRUPT TRASH: $10,200

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Bonus Round

All eyes were on this Nick as he tried to make a PBRW happen after picking the H from WH—-.

Category: THING

Here’s the first two letters of this six-letter answer…

T R _ _ _ _ 

GDMA triggered a WIPEOUT and he was wrong w/ TRAINS, TREE, and TRAMPLE, so we were DENIED PERFECTION and no $25K TROPHY for him. 

MY RATING: 4