WoF Recap: November 3, 2022

EPISODE #7659: 🏰EUROPEAN VACATION🏰

$1K Toss-Up: PERSON

F _ M _ U S / C _ _ F

Gordon Ramsay is one example of a FAMOUS CHEF, and Owen’s right with that response. Thursday’s trio from left to right…

Owen Panno: a tall self-taught piano player (he LIED at his audition when he was 16 years old and so he spent a couple weeks online teaching himself which key was which) & big basketball fan from Laguna Beach (his father Carlo was a J! writer in the 80s)

Yodit Teklu: ambulatory care clinical pharmacist at an academic medical center who’s a fan of doughnuts from San Diego

Jess Lapensee: baker married to Steve (Air Force member) w/ a son named Gavin who formerly was a figure skater of 15 years from El Paso, TX

You may recognize Owen from the official series premiere (& 2nd overall aired ep.) of the 2019 ABC reboot of “Press Your Luck” where he nearly won but then WHAMMIED after being passed the very last spin of the game. So with that being said, hopefully his luck turns around on this show.

$2K Toss-Up: ON THE MAP

_ L _ _ _ N _ E
_ _ _ L _

Ash Colwell went here for his PP trip, and Owen locates FLORENCE, ITALY.

FEATURED RAILBOOKERS TRIP: Amsterdam, Paris, Lake Geneva, and Italy worth $11,099 (EUROPE)

Round 1: THING

Owen: four T’s for $2,200, one E, $7,500 H trio, three I’s and two O’s, BANKRUPT near $650 (there goes $8,950)

Yodit: three S’s for WC, last vowel of A, $1,650 N trio, solve…

S H O O T I N _
S T A _ / I N / T H E
N I _ H T / S _ _

She spots SHOOTING STAR IN THE NIGHT SKY for $2,900. Oh, and if you take away the first word and add the S at the end of the second, you would get the puzzle S33 Shermian Daniel messed up when she foolishly said START IN THE RIGHT WAY.

Mystery/Crossword Round: ________ STYLE

Yodit: insta-dud of T on MDW

Jess: $500 R, S for sorry 

Owen: $7K L pair, one A and two I’s, $800 M, one H on MW near LaT and DECLINES to risk $7,300, $650 Y, CRITICAL PURCHASE of O ($8,700 at risk)

Yodit: three F’s on other MW and DECLINES (NMC), solve…

	H		L
F	A	M	I	L	Y
	I		F
F	R	_	_

FREE and LIFE are right for the three grand.

Owen: $3K/Yodit: $5,900 WC/Jess: ZIP

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PP/Express Round: PLACE

Jess: LaT right away 

Owen: $700 T, three E’s, $1K R pair, one A and three I’s, LaT 

Yodit: solves…

_ _ I _ _ E R I _ _
T _ R _ _ _ I _ E / _ E A

Yodit will see a SHIMMERING TURQUOISE SEA (I was afraid the first word would be GLIMMERING) on her trip to the Botanika Osa Peninsula, Curio Collection by Hilton in COSTA RICA worth $8,620.

Owen: $3K/Yodit: $14,520 cash & C.R. WC/Jess: NO LUCK

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Triple Toss-Up: FOOD & DRINK 

1.

_ _ T _ _ R / &
_ U _ _ E _ _ _ _ K

The first word in each of these solutions also appears in the bottom, and Owen’s right w/ BUTTER & BUTTERMILK.

2.

B _ E _ _ / &
B _ _ A _ _ _ _ _ B S

Owen’s right again w/ BREAD & BREADCRUMBS and is on the verge of a total Toss-Up sweep.

3.

_ R U _ _ / &
_ R U _ _ _ _ _ E

Yodit’s wrong w/ CRUMB & CRUMBCAKE.

_ R U _ _ / &
_ R U I _ C _ _ E

Owen completes the total Toss-Up sweep w/ FRUIT & FRUITCAKE!

Round 4: SHOW BIZ

After he starts with three T’s for $2,550, it’s SPEED-UP time…

_ _ _ _ – _ _ T
_ _ _ _ _ _ T / T _ _ _

…and he makes the consonants worth $1,550 each. He then says two R’s…

_ _ _ _ – _ _ T
_ _ _ _ _ R T / T _ _ R

…and nails SOLD-OUT CONCERT TOUR for $5,650 and the comeback win — PR.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1			Owen
Round 2	T (Yodit), S (Jess), O (Owen)
Round 3		2 (Jess, Owen)
Round 4	PERFECT ROUND

FINAL SCORES
Owen: $18,650/Yodit: $14,520 cash & C.R. WC/Jess: $1K GOOSEEGG 

GT: $34,170
Owen’s BANKRUPT TRASH: $8,950

Owen’s category list…

• EVENT
• PHRASE
• THING

We’re not doing PHRASE for the fourth time in a row, because he actually goes for EVENT.

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$100K Bonus Round

Nobody with this guy, but he lands on the second A of AMERICA’S. Two R’s and an N to start…

_ _ _ _ R
_ _ _ N _ _ _ R

DPMO is a PERFECT combo…

M _ _ O R
D O _ N P O _ R

Here’s a MAJOR DOWNPOUR of cash in the amount of $40K, giving him a final all-cash total of $58,650.

MY RATING: 7