Total for the Season: $1,733,200 -Maingame: $1,283,200 -BR Wins: $450K
4-Round Games: 0 (1 game went to Round 5)
Perfect Rounds: 6
Shutout Victims: 3
Toss-Up Triple Stumpers: 0
Triple Toss-Up Sweeps: 2 (1 swept every Toss-Up in a game)
Red Winners: 8 Yellow Winners: 4 Blue Winners: 6
This Week’s BANKRUPT Trash: $2,900 (Game 1) Total BANKRUPT Trash for the Season: $100,300 Biggest BANKRUPT: $18,200 (Thomas Lennon on Week 3, Game 2) Biggest BANKRUPT Trash in a Game: $18,200 (Week 3, Game 2)
Letter Combo Wipeouts: 1 ($1M TOTAL TRAINWRECKS: 0)
BR Categories AROUND THE HOUSE: 1/1; 0-1 EVENT: 0/2 FOOD & DRINK: 2/4; 0-2 FUN & GAMES: 1/1; 0-1 IN THE KITCHEN: 1/1; 1-0 LIVING THING(S): 1/1; 1-0 PERSON/PEOPLE: 2/2; 0-2 PHRASE: 2/12; 0-2 PLACE(S): 1/1; 0-1 SHOW BIZ: 1/2; 1-0 THING(S): 1/16; 0-1 WHAT ARE YOU DOING?: 5/11; 2-3 WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?:
My blogging anniversary week could have been so much better had De’Shawna won the big one…
Speaking of $100K, we DONOT want to hear anybody tell us to change $100K losses into technical wins. ALOSSisaLOSS. If you wanna fight with SONY about it, call 310-244-4000 and DON’T WASTE OUR TIME. 😡
Total for this Week: $339,642 -Maingame: $254,572 -BR Wins: $85,070
Total for the Season: $2,914,832 -Maingame: $1,978,817 -BR Wins: $936,015
Prize Wedge Wins: 11
Gift Tag Wins: 16
MW Wins: 4 MW was Flipped-Declined: 22-6 MW Flip was $10K–BANKRUPT: 7-15 $10KMW was Next to LaT–$650: 8-14
EXPRESS was Played-Passed: 14-1 –Gone all the Way: 7 –Stopped Too Soon: 0 –Crashes: 7
WC Usages: 8 -Maingame: 1 (on $3,500) -BR: 7
5-Round Games: 6
Perfect Rounds: 23
Gooseegg Victims: 8
Toss-Up Triple Stumpers: 2
Triple Toss-Up Sweeps: 7 (2 swept every Toss-Up)
Red Winners: 23 Yellow Winners: 15 Blue Winners: 12
Players who Needed the PP to Win: 14 (11 lost BR)
Average Maingame Winning Score this Week: $38,435 (+$14,212) Average Maingame Winning Score this Season: $24,857 (+$1,509)
This Week’s BANKRUPT Trash: $15,500 Total BANKRUPT Trash for the Season: $202,748 Biggest Known BANKRUPT: $9,548 (Oct. 6) Biggest Known BANKRUPT Trash in a Game: $15,650 (October 11)
BR Categories AROUND THE HOUSE: 2/4; 1-1 EVENT: 3/8; 1-2 FOOD & DRINK: 5/9; 3-2 FUN & GAMES: 3/5; 2-1 IN THE KITCHEN: 2/2; 1-1 LIVING THING(S): 1/1; 1-0 OCCUPATION: ON THE MAP: 0/1 PERSON/PEOPLE: 4/9; 1-3 PHRASE: 20/39; 5-15 PLACE(S): 7/14; 4-3 SHOW BIZ: THING(S): 0/50 WHAT ARE YOU DOING?: 2/4; 1-1 WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?: 1/4; 1-0
Skipps here. Let’s sit and watch for a potentially XL ending to this second XL week!
EPISODE #7670: WHEEL OF FORTUNE XL II
$1K Toss-Up: FOOD & DRINK
_ O O T _ _ N G H _ T / _ O G
Linda takes the first bite of this FOOTLONG HOTDOG and of being interviewed…
Linda Caldwell: longshore woman married to Wesley for just over a year w/ six combined children from Brentwood, CA (the one near San Fran)
Stacy Shub: lady whose daughters have created puzzles (under the categories F&D and WAYD?) about her from Buffalo Grove, IL
Jeff Bower: stay-at-home dad w/ two sons from Ann Arbor, MI (he was on Scrabble in ’85 and on TPiR in 2016)
$2K Toss-Up: OCCUPATION
_ X _ C _ T _ _ E _ I _ E _ _ _ R
Stacy finds Krista Ostensen Osche’s name on the credits of this show as EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
FEATURED PRIZE: Viking Rhine RIVER CRUISE ($9K+)
Round 1: SONG LYRICS (biggie alert)
Stacy: $1,600 T pair, $1,100 pair of H’s, five E’s, four I’s, $2,100 D trio, $1,600 N pair, M for MDW, $900 P, one O, $800 F, $600 S, two A’s (NMV), one V for the WC…
I ‘ M / O F F / T H E D E E P / E N D _ A T _ H / A S I / D I V E / I N
She goes on much to our dismay…and pays for it w/ a PAINFUL LaT to throw away $9,600 and MDW — Oy vey. -__- It is instead Jeff who sings out the Lady Gaga tune “I’M OFF THE DEEP END WATCH AS I DIVE IN” for the house minimum.
Mystery/Crossword Round: BURSTING WITH _____
Jeff: $1K pair of R’s, $650 P, $550 D, one E, one I, T for terrible
Linda: One J on MW near $650 and flips…sorry
Stacy: BANKRUPT near TD (there goes the WC)
Jeff: $650 Y, two O’s (NMV), $900 C, two L’s for the Viking cruise, solve…
L
J
C
O
L
O
R
_
Y
P
R
I
D
E
He’s gonna have exactly this last remaining word, LOVE, for his Viking Cruise to the heart of Europe worth $9,298.
Jeff: $14,298 cash & cruise/Linda: $1K/Stacy: $2K
PP/Express Round: PHRASE (another biggie alert)
Linda: $1K T pair, $1,400 N pair, four A’s, SAME BANKRUPT AS BEFORE (goodbye $2,150)
Stacy: $2,100 trio of H’s, five E’s, $1,100 pair of W’s, $500 D, pesky white wedge strikes her again ($3,250 sitting there)
Jeff: $700 K, one G for the other MDW near $650, $900 Y, bad vowel of I
Linda: $1,300 pair of C’s, $2,100 M trio, two unnecessary U’s (HUH?!), solve…
M U C H / M U C H M _ _ E / T H A N A / W E E K E N D G E T A W A Y
Along w/ $3,050 it’s going to be MUCH MUCH MORE THAN A WEEKEND GETAWAY for her, in this XL trip package, to the ARUBA Marriott Beach Resort & Stellaris Casino (prize plug wrongly displayed the San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino in Puerto Rico) worth $12,500.
We take these three steps towards prosperity, and Jeff reaps the benefits of STARTING EARLY.
2.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ E
Stacy, STARTING LATE is one letter too long, and you don’t wanna do that. Trust me.
S _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ E
Jeff buzzes in too early and has nothing.
S T A _ I N G / L A T E
LindaFOOLISHLY REPEATSStacy’s incorrect guess, so we have our second TRIPLE STUMPER this season — UGH. -__- No one here showed interest in STAYING LATE.
3.
S U C C E E _ I N G
Jeff is SUCCEEDING in retaking the lead.
Speed-Up: SHOWBIZ
Jeff, this just got more interesting, because you have just spun $6K!
Jeff: S (DUD) Linda: 2 T’s Stacy: R Jeff: 4 H’s Linda: D (DUD) Stacy: 2 L’s Jeff: 3 E’s Linda: M
M _ _ _ _ _ / T H E H _ _ H L _ _ H T / R E E L
Linda’s $18K solve to ultimately win the game will be MAKING THE HIGHLIGHT REEL of this week, that’s for sure!
GT: $54,848 BANKRUPT TRASH (sans WC and MW buyout): $2,150
Oh no, it’s THAT trio…
PHRASE
THING
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
She’s the third & final PHRASE picker this week.
$100K Bonus Round
No one’s with her. We’re on the N in WIN. Not sure if I feel comfortable with this…
N _ / T _ _ E T _ / _ _ _ _ _ L E
HMDO doesn’t add much…
N O / T _ M E T O / _ _ _ _ _ L E
There is NO TIME TO QUIBBLE for the trolls about this result of her losing $40K (or Tuesday’s $100K loss) and declare a technical win, but I will say that was a FORCED LOSS setup by Bellamie & co. right there.
MY RATING: 5 (D) ($6K FS made up for an otherwise frustrating episode)
WHEEL OF FORTUNE XL II
WHEEL of FORTUNE with Andy Nguyen 