EPISODE #3308: FAMILY WEEK
Preview Puzzle: PHRASE
_ H O _ _ / _ N D
_ W E E _
A: SHORT AND SWEET
Johnny & Ronnie Roberts (identical twin bros.): both engaged from Palmdale, CA; Johnny’s a father of one daughter Lorena (college student at Howard Univ.) engaged to Edwina Looper and an electrician at the finest Univ. and medical center in L.A. while Ronnie’s also a father of one daughter (Charmaine attending Howard Univ.) and is a middle school teacher (FUN FACT: Johnny sang like Al Green while Ronnie sang like James Brown)
Kris & Karen Carr (sisters): from Downers Grove, CA IL; Kris worked full-time a major floral wire service while Karen’s a senior at North Central College studying psychology in Naperville (Karen’s celebrating a birthday the day after this taping day)
Dina & Esti Goldstein (mother/daughter): Dina’s married w/ one other daughter while Esti’s a senior at UCLA studying accounting and worked for a real estate co.
Gift Tag: MEADE Telescopes
Round 1: BEFORE & AFTER
Robertses: insta-dud of S
Carrs: not quite out of BANKRUPT near $600
Goldsteins: $1,200 T pair, H for halt
Robertses: $400 L, three E’s, $900 R trio, $900 M trio, two I’s, solve…
_ _ M I L _
T R E E
T R I M M E R
Those men solved FAMILY TREE TRIMMER for $1,700.
FEATURED PRIZE: Yahoo! shopping spree worth $2,500 (YAHOO! Shopping)
Round 2: EVENT
Carrs: $300 N, six T’s for $1,800 more, three I’s, $400 G, $700 W, one A, $10K’s left side (lost $2,700)
Goldsteins: normal BANKRUPT near $600
Robertses: one H for MEADE gift tag (Ronnie placed it on the contestant arrow), $500 L, $2,700 R trio, solve…
W R I T I N G / A
L _ T T _ R / T _
T H _ / _ _ I T _ R
They’re WRITING A LETTER TO THE EDITOR and earned $4,200 cash & telescope in return. Now for PHRASE…
P _ _ N _ / _ F / _ _ E W
They knew it’s POINT OF VIEW.
Robertses: $8,900 cash & telescope/Lady teams: $0 each
FEATURED PRIZE #2: the $4,100 trip for four to Univ. Orlando at Portofino Hotel
Jackpot Round: TITLE
Goldsteins: $300 T, $1,200 H pair, four E’s, $1,800 R pair, one O, $600 S pair, solve…
T H E
_ _ _ E R / H O _ S E
R _ _ E S
They IDed the John Irving novel “THE CIDER HOUSE RULES” for $3,400 (not $2,800 as displayed; the people in control never added another $600 for the second H) — PR.
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $7,100
Robertses: $8,900/Carrs: NOTHING/Goldsteins: $3,400
Round 4: THING
Robertses: NULL CYCLE, BANKRUPT near $500
Carrs: $900 L, one E and two A’s, $1,200 H pair, LaT
Goldsteins: $500 M, $900 P, solve…
H _ M P _ A _ _
_ H A L E
They spotted the HUMPBACK WHALE for $1,400. And game over right there.
| PENALTY BOX | DUDS | LaTs | BANKRUPTS | DQs |
| Round 1 | S (Robertses), H (Goldsteins) | Carrs | ||
| Round 2 | 2 (those before Robertses) | |||
| Round 3 | PERFECT ROUND | |||
| Round 4 (aired) | Carrs | Robertses |
FINAL SCORES
Robertses: $8,900/Carrs: PARTING GIFTS/Goldsteins: $4,800
GT: $13,700
BANKRUPT TRASH (Carrs in Round 2): $2,700
Bonus Round
Johnny chose the second E from -HEE-.
Category: ON THE MAP
This is the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba…
_ _ N N _ _ E _
YCMI added nothing but two I’s…
_ I N N I _ E _
Ronnie located WINNIPEG and those men won the pair of Volkswagen Beetle GLS 2drs worth $39K, giving them a final total of $47,900 cash & cars.
MY RATING: 7
WHEEL of FORTUNE with Andy Nguyen 