WoF Retro Recap: October 18, 2000

EPISODE #3348: SHOPPING SPREE

Toss-Up #1: THE 60’s

W _ A R I _ G
L O V _ / B E A D S

Martin solved WEARING LOVE BEADS.

Martin McCauley: substitute teacher for L.A. Unified School District married to his wife Davita w/ three kids (they’re all Lakers fans) from L.A.

Heide Boullt: sales representative for an eyewear company and newlywed to 2 stepdaughters who’s also a grandmother from Sacramento

Jana Dean: accounts receivable clerk married w/ 3 sons and a daughter-in-law who works at a doctor’s office, has a church family, and owns over 200 music boxes from Andover, KS

Gift Tag: Skagen Denmark

Round 1: SAME NAME

Martin: $400 T, $300 N, two E’s, $350 R, one I, $300 C, $800 H, one A and O, $1,200 P pair, solve…

P H O N E / &
P R I C E
T A _

He solved PHONE & PRICE TAG for a $2,350 PR.

FEATURED PRIZE: $2,500 American Eagle Outfitters gift card (ON-LINE SHOPPING)

Jackpot Round: WHO SAID IT?

Heide: BANKRUPT near JACKPOT

Jana: five T’s for $1,500, four E’s, $2,400 H quartet, three A’s and I, $500 V, two O’s, one Y for ON-LINE SHOPPING, two U’s (NMV), same BANKRUPT (lost $5,650 cash & GC)

Martin: $1,600 G pair, BANKRUPT near $600

Heide: two B’s for $1,200, two R’s for Free SPIN, $700 M (the M took a long time to light up), solve…

B U T
G R A _ _ M O T H E R
_ H A T / B I G / T E E T H
Y O U / H A V E

She recited “BUT GRANDMOTHER, WHAT BIG TEETH YOU HAVE” for $1,900, but she blanked on Little Red Riding Hood.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $8,500

Martin: $3,350/Heide: $1,900 FS/Jana: ZERO

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FEATURED PRIZE #2: shopping trip to the Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas worth $6,100 (LAS VEGAS)

Round 3: PLACE

Jana: $300 N, no T on Skagen Denmark gift tag

Martin: S for strikeout

Heide: $600 R, M for mistake on $3,500 and used FS, $500 L, two A’s, D for dud

Jana: $300 F, one G for LAS VEGAS, solve…

F _ _ R – L A N _
_ _ G _ _ A _

Jana solved FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY for $6,700 cash & Vegas spree.

Martin: $3,350/Heide: $1,900/Jana: $6,700 cash & spree

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Toss-Up #2: THINGS

A U T _ _ N
_ E A _ E S

Jana raked these AUTUMN LEAVES.

Round 4: OCCUPATION

Jana: $800 T pair, BANKRUPT near $600

Martin: three R’s for $1,650, $300 S, $300 M

SPEED-UP

R _ S T _ _ R _ _ T
M _ _ _ _ _ R

Consonants were worth the $1,300 minimum. He then said two N’s…

R _ S T _ _ R _ N T
M _ N _ _ _ R

…and solved RESTAURANT MANAGER for $4,850 and the win by $500.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	PERFECT ROUND
Round 2			3 (everybody)
Round 3	T (Jana) S (Martin) M, D (Heide)
Round 4			Jana

FINAL SCORES
Martin: $8,200/Heide: $1,900/Jana: $7,700 cash & Vegas spree

GT: $17,800
BANKRUPT TRASH: $8,050 cash & GC

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Bonus Round

Martin chose the second E.

Category: PHRASE

Lead-offs…

T _ _ E
_ L _ _ _ T

MPHI added two in the bottom…

T _ _ E
_ L I _ H T

He flubbed w/ TIME FLIGHT, so he wouldn’t TAKE FLIGHT on the shopping spree trip to Beverly Hills & NYC.

MY RATING: 5