On this Turkey Day week, we’re doing another edition of College Week. The LED backdrop behind the players isn’t used since the generic set is being decorated w/ college related stuff.
EPISODE #7671: 🏫COLLEGE WEEK🏫
In the cold openings this week, the players for each night introduce themselves and their school before the logo for this week appears.
$1K Toss-Up: PHRASE
_ _ _ ‘ _ E / G O T
T _ _ _ !
Lauren, “I’VE GOT THIS!” is too short.
_ _ _ ‘ V E / G O T
T _ _ _ !
To this Andrea, “YOU’VE GOT THIS!” and we’ll go from left to right in meeting our first collegians this week…
Andrea Vetro (UNLV): junior studying graphic design who’s part of an internship where she’s learning more about her subject and wanted to pursue a job in that field and maybe work for a magazine company (she’s also a gamer) from Las Vegas
Chris Langley (LSU): senior majoring in mass communication (his branch being broadcast journalism) and minoring in English who wanted to be a reporter, producer, or photographer and has been doing creative writing since his senior year in high school (he’s released 12 short stories and 3 multi-part series to the Internet) from Gretna, LA
Lauren McCartney (Georgia State Univ.): senior studying film and media w/ a minor in acting who’s part of the black student achievement program and theater program (she’s also the valedictorian at her high school) from Glen Carbon, IL
$2K Toss-Up: PLACE
_ C _ E _ C E
L _ _ O _ _ T _ _ Y
Chris has studied at a SCIENCE LABORATORY.
FEATURED TRIP: contiki tour of London, Italy, Swiss Alps and Amsterdam worth $9,400 (EUROPE)
Mon./Wed./Fri. Gift Tag: DICK’s Sporting Goods
Round 1: WAYD?
Chris: insta-dud of T
Lauren: five N’s for $3K, three I’s and two A’s, three G’s for EUROPE, E for end of turn
Andrea: $1K D pair, $1,800 R trio, triple O’s (NMV), six L’s for $3,600, solve…
_ _ R O L L I N G
A N D / _ _ R O L L I N G
A N D / _ _ R O L L I N G
She doesn’t count her N’s carefully and blows the $6,150 solve w/ ENROLLING AND ENROLLING AND ENROLLING. Chris then says three C’s for $1,500…
_ C R O L L I N G
A N D / _ C R O L L I N G
A N D / _ C R O L L I N G
He’s SCROLLING AND SCROLLING AND SCROLLING for that much money.
Mystery/Crossword Round: WIND INSTRUMENTS
Lauren: $650 R, two E’s, BANKRUPT near the big one (lost $400 remainder)
Andrea: same BANKRUPT
Chris: one S for gift tag, one A, $600 T, one U and I, $2,400 B quartet, three O’s, one N on MW near LaT and DECLINES, $800 M, same BANKRUPT (lost $5,300 cash & GC)
Lauren: just solves…
| T | R | O | M | B | O | N | E | |
| U | B | |||||||
| B | O | |||||||
| B | A | _ | _ | I | _ | E | S |
BAGPIPES is the last remaining wind instrument.
Chris: $3,500/Girls: $1K each
Not that great of a game thus far…
PP/Express Round: THING
Andrea: four R’s for $2,600, S for sorry
Chris: $1,500 T trio, one E and three O’s, $3,500 D, other three vowels (two A’s, two I’s, and U), $1,300 N pair, solve…
E _ T R A O R D I N A R _
O _ _ O R T U N I T _
He’s won $5,050 and an EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY of taking a trip to Ramon’s Village Resort in BELIZE worth $7K.
Chris: $15,550 cash & trip/Girls: $1K each
Triple Toss-Up: ON THE MAP
1.
_ _ R T
_ A _ D _ R _ _ L E
Chris locates FORT LAUDERDALE.
2.
_ A Y _ _ N A
_ _ A C _
Chris is right again w/ DAYTONA BEACH.
3.
C A B _
_ A N / L _ C A S
This is not a Florida city, but Lauren’s right w/ CABO SAN LUCAS even though she’s uncertain.
Round 4: COLLEGE LIFE
Lauren: $1K R pair, $1,300 T pair
SPEED-UP
_ R _ _ _ _ T _ _ _
_ _ T _ / _ _ _ _ R _
Lauren makes the consonants worth the $1,500 minimum.
Lauren: 2 H’s
Andrea: P (DUD)
Chris: S
Lauren: M (DUD)
Andrea: 2 G’s
G R _ _ _ _ T _ _ G
_ _ T H / H _ _ _ R S
Why is Andrea smiling according to Pat? She knows it’s GRADUATING WITH HONORS for $3K.
| PENALTY BOX | DUDS | LaTs | BANKRUPTS | DQs |
| Round 1 | T (Chris), E (Lauren) | Andrea’s blown solve | ||
| Round 2 | 3 (whole panel) | |||
| Round 3 | S (Andrea) | |||
| Round 4 | P (Andrea), M (Lauren) |
FINAL SCORES
Andrea: $4K/Chris: $19,550 cash & trip/Lauren: $3K
GT: an underwhelming $26,550
BANKRUPT TRASH: $5,700 cash & GC
Chris has this generic list to choose from…
- PLACES
- THING
- PHRASE
We’ve got another PHRASE picker.
$100K Bonus Round
We’ve got another MINI Cooper S Hardtop 2dr waiting to be won (and this is a red 2023 one w/ black stripes). Chris didn’t bring anybody, but he lands on the ***. Could this be the same one used in S29 on Valentine’s Day 2012?…
_ E / _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ T / _ T
CMHI doesn’t add too much more…
_ E / _ _ I C _
_ _ _ _ T / I T
BE QUICK ABOUT IT and solve it, man…he gets the top line wrong w/ WE STICK, WE THINK and WE LAUGH, so he loses $40K.
MY RATING: 5 (bad first half)
WHEEL of FORTUNE with Andy Nguyen 