WoF Retro Recap: January 11, 2002

EPISODE #3605: NFL PLAYERS WEEK

$1K Toss-Up: PHRASE

_ A K E / _
W _ L _ / G U _ _ S

TAKE A WILD GUESS if Nicole or these other ladies would win the super prize this week…

Nicole Scharf: married lady to Michael w/ two kids from Wauwatosa, WI; her partner is Ahman Green (Green Bay Packers) whose charities are Girls Inc. & Boys and Girls Club of Omaha

Ronda Richardson: radiological control monitor for a major shipbuilding company, karaoke singer, and gourmet cook from Hampton, VA; her partner is John Riggins (Washington Redskins) whose charity’s are the New York Firefighters 9/11 Disaster Relief Fund and World Trade Center Police Disaster Relief Fund

Cathy Akel: computer teacher and mentor at the Wantagh School who has a boyfriend named Kevin and a graduate student at Columbia Univ. going for her Master’s in technology and education from Huntington, NY; her partner is Ron Dayne (NY Giants) whose charity is the Autism Society of America

$2K Toss-Up: THINGS

_ _ G H – _ E _ L
_ _ _ E _

Cathy solved the WAYW? item of HIGH-HEEL SHOES.

Round 1: ON THE MAP

Cathy: insta-dud of T

Nicole: also missed w/ R

Ronda: $300 N, bad O buy

Cathy: S for sorry

Nicole: $700 L, one E, $2,500 K, two A’s, $800 M, $400 C, one H for gift tag, solve…

L A K E
M _ C H _ _ A N

Nicole located LAKE MICHIGAN for $4,900 cash & GC.

FEATURED PRIZE: NFL GameDay 2002 on the PS2 console plus fifteen 989 Sports games and SONY TV worth $3,300 (NFL GameDay)

Jackpot Round: HEADLINE

Nicole: six R’s for $2,700, four E’s and I, $10,500 S trio, two A’s, $550 B, two C’s for Free SPIN, $300 D, four O’s (NMV), $1,400 F pair, $3,500 X, no N and used FS, $1,600 H pair, $3,500 Y (huh?), $2K T quartet, solve…

H A R R Y / _ O T T E R
S H A T T E R S
B O X / O F F I C E
R E C O R D S

After all that, she finally solved “HARRY POTTER” SHATTERS BOX OFFICE RECORDS for $25,050!

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $19,200

Nicole: $30,950 cash & GC/Ronda: ZERO/Cathy: $2K

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FEATURED PRIZE #2: Reebok home gym (treadmill, elliptical trainer, and heart rate monitors) plus gift certificate worth $4,100

Round 3: BEFORE & AFTER

Ronda: insta-dud of N

Cathy: $2,400 T trio, $300 R, $1,800 H pair, five E’s and four A’s, $1,800 L trio, D for dud

Nicole: $900 S trio, $1,800 P trio, solve…

L A T E R A L
P A S S / T H E
_ E T _ H _ P
P L E A S E

Nicole solved LATERAL PASS THE KETCHUP PLEASE for $2,700.

Nicole: $33,650 cash & GC/Ronda: ZILCH/Cathy: $2K

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$3K Toss-Up: EVENT

A / H _ _ _ ‘ S
W _ L C _ M _

Ronda’s still not on the board after blowing it w/ A HOME’S WELCOME. Cathy capitalizes w/ A HERO’S WELCOME.

Speed-Up: ARPUND THE HOUSE

Consonants were worth $1,600 apiece (too strong for the big one).

Cathy: 2 T’s
Nicole: 2 R’s
Ronda: N (DUD)
Cathy: L (DUD)
Nicole: S
Ronda: H
Cathy: 3 C’s (NMC)

C _ T
S C R _ T C H _ R

Cathy got CAT SCRATCHER for $8K.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	T, S (Cathy) R (Nicole) O (Ronda)
Round 2	N (Nicole)
Round 3	N (Ronda), D (Cathy)
Round 4	N (Ronda), L (Cathy)

FINAL SCORES
Nicole: $33,650 cash & GC/Ronda: PARTING GIFTS/Cathy: $13K

GT: $46,650
NO PENALTY SPINS!

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Bonus Round

While Linda from Monday was sweating it out, Nicole has her lucky rubber cheese and landed on the C of CASH.

Category: FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

These are two of Snow White’s dwarves…

_ _ _ / &
_ _ S _ _ _ L

HMBA will pretty much give her the second name…

_ _ _ / &
B A S H _ _ L

…she didn’t need any help on top, because she got DOC & BASHFUL! Her reward was the Chevy Blazer 4×4 worth $24,790, giving her $58,440 cash & prizes! Mike the hubby came to greet her.

Oh, and she’s the biggest winner that week, so she also won the Super Bowl prize package! Thus, her final total was $77,810 cash & prizes! And for the week, $320,994 was donated to charity.

MY RATING: 8

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Next weekend, the rest of the New Orleans salute…

WoF Retro Recap: January 9, 2002

EPISODE #3603: NFL PLAYERS WEEK

$1K Toss-Up: EVENT

S _ A P P _ N G / T H E
_ A L L

La Shawn knows about SNAPPING THE BALL. It’s ladies’ night on this Wednesday…

La Shawn Walker: scenic artist and painter (she does murals for some museums and libraries in the Chicagoland area from Chicago; she’s partnered w/ Brian Urlacher (Chicago Bears) whose charity is Special Olympics for New Mexico and Special Olympics of Illinois

Lindsay Baum: dental student from San Francisco; she’s partnered w/ Dana Stubblefield (S.F. 49ers) whose charity is Northern California Special Olympics

Terrolyn Bennett: graphic designer for a publishing company married w/ two children (her hubby’s actually a Steelers fan — uh oh 😰) from Atlantic Beach, FL; her partner is Mark Brunell (Jacksonville Jaguars) whose charity is his self-titled foundation

$2K Toss-Up: FICTIONAL CHARACTER (the puzzle chimes didn’t sound)

_ I L _ / E .
C _ Y _ _ E

Lindsay’s DQed for adding an extra syllable in this character’s name (she said it as WILEY E. COYOTE), so Terrolyn capitalizes w/ WILE E. COYOTE.

The Sports Authority is the gift tag all week long.

Round 1: SHOW BIZ

Terrolyn: insta-dud of T

La Shawn: also missed w/ N

Lindsay: $900 R, three E’s, LaT

Terrolyn: LaT as well

La Shawn: $600 L pair, $350 S, two I’s, $700 H, $1,200 D pair, one O, $300 P, $800 M pair, two U’s (NMV), NULL CYCLE…

S U P E R M O D E L
H E I D I / _ L U M

…but she repeated the P (not acknowledged as such), so $3,200 was going to waste for her. Lindsay then said the K for $300…

S U P E R M O D E L
H E I D I / K L U M

…and named the host of “Project Runaway” and judge on “America’s Got Talent” for $950.

FEATURED PRIZE: Fantasy GameDay party featuring the contestant as host, their NFL player, and 30 of the contestant’s friends provided by Players, Inc. worth $4K (GAMEDAY PARTY)

Jackpot Round: BEFORE & AFTER

La Shawn: $600 T pair, $800 R, two E’s, two M’s for GAMEDAY PARTY, five I’s, $1,400 L pair, $3,500 F, two O’s and A, BANKRUPT near JACKPOT (there goes $9,300 cash & party)

Lindsay: $1,500 D trio, $600 Y, $1,600 N pair, solve…

F O R / A
L I M I T E D / T I M E
O N L Y
_ I D D I N _

She solved FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY KIDDING for $3,700.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $12,200

La Shawn: $1K/Lindsay: $4,650/Terrolyn: $2K

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FEATURED PRIZE #2: Paradise Beach Village Resort & Spa in Puerto Vallarta worth $4,225 (MEXICO)

Round 3: PHRASE

Lindsay: $350 R, $3,500 S, two E’s, $800 T, $1,500 N trio, two A’s, LaT

Terrolyn: L for loss of turn

La Shawn: $800 D, $300 H, two O’s, $10K’s left side (lost $850)

Lindsay: $500 G, two I’s (NMV), one F for MEXICO trip, $700 V, $600 Y, $600 M pair, solve…

M A _ I N G / M O N E Y
H A N D / O V E R / F I S T

Lindsay’s MAKING MONEY HAND OVER FIST for $7,800 and the MEXICO trip.

La Shawn: $1K/Lindsay: $16,675 cash & Mexico/Terrolyn: $2K

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$3K Toss-Up: THING

T H _ E E – P _ _ C E
_ U I _

La Shawn solved the WAYW? item of THREE-PIECE SUIT.

Speed-Up: THE 80’s

Oh boy, it’s a $6K Final Spin!

La Shawn: 3 T’s
Lindsay: H
Terrolyn: S (DUD)
La Shawn: D (DUD)
Lindsay: R
Terrolyn: L (DUD)
La Shawn: 2 E’s

_ _ _ _ / T _
T H E / _ _ T _ R E

La Shawn screamed the right film of “BACK TO THE FUTURE” for $18K and the comeback win.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1 (aired)	T (Terrolyn), N (La Shawn)	2 (Lindsay, Terrolyn)		La Shawn’s P repeat
Round 2			La Shawn
Round 3	L (Terrolyn)	Lindsay	La Shawn
Round 4	S, L (Terrolyn) D (La Shawn)

FINAL SCORES
La Shawn: $22K/Lindsay: $16,675 cash & Mexico/Terrolyn: $2K

NON-CHARITY GT: $40,675
La Shawn’s BANKRUPT TRASH: $10,150 cash & party

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Bonus Round

La Shawn spun the C in CASH.

Category: THING

Two R’s to start…

_ / _ _ R _
_ R _ _

CDMA didn’t add much…

A / _ _ R M
_ R _ _

…but she had A FIRM GRIP on the puzzle for $25K and a final all-cash total of $47K. The two women she brought along were her cousin and her mom.

MY RATING: 7

Thurs.

WoF Retro Recap: January 7, 2002

Are you ready for some football? Well, let’s get started w/ the Season 19 edition of NFL Players Week. On this week, we don’t see the civilians’ playing partners in the studio.

EPISODE #3601: NFL PLAYERS WEEK

$1K Toss-Up: PERSON

_ / _ A P _ Y
_ _ _ _ E R

Linda looked like she was A HAPPY CAMPER. The first three civilians that week and their partners were…

Linda Metz: newspaper reporter for the county and the courthouse who’s married from Jeanette, PA; she’s partnered w/ Jerome “The Bus” Bettis (Pittsburgh Steelers) whose charity is Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Bob Lupo: structural engineer who played football at Penn State married to Mary for 2 years from Ronkonkoma, NY; he’s partnered w/ Tiki Barber (NY Giants; he recently appeared on Celebrity WoF on Sept. 29, 2022) whose charity is Verizon Reads

Susan Haviluk: worker in the promotions and advertising business from St. Louis; she’s partnered w/ Kurt Warner (St. Louis Rams) whose charity is the First Things First Foundation

$2K Toss-Up: EVENT

F A _ S / _ O I N G
_ H _ / W _ V E

Linda’s aware of FANS DOING THE WAVE, so she’s tripled up.

Gift Tag: The Sports Authority

Round 1: LANDMARK

Linda: three T’s for $1,650, two H’s for gift tag, two E’s, R for rats

Bob: LaT

Susan: four N’s for $10K, two O’s, $1,100 M pair, buy of U…

T H E
_ _ _ H _ N _ T O N
M O N U M E N T

…but she repeated the E, so $10,350 went down the drain for her and Linda responded w/ THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT for $2,400 cash & GC.

FEATURED PRIZE: $2,500 NFL.com shopping spree

Jackpot Round: SHOW BIZ

Bob: LaT right away

Susan: $1,200 N pair, $400 S, four E’s, BANKRUPT near $600 (lost $1,350)

Linda: one G for Free SPIN, $1,200 R trio, two T’s for NFL.com spree, solve…

_ _ _ N T R _ / S T _ R
_ E E / G R E E N _ _ _ _

He’s best known for the song “God Bless the USA”, and Linda named him as COUNTRY STAR LEE GREENWOOD for $1,200 and the NFL.com spree.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $6,400

Linda: $9,100 cash & spree FS/Others: $0 each

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FEATURED PRIZE #2: $6,300 PRINCESS Caribbean Cruise

Round 3: AROUND THE HOUSE

Susan: $700 T, $600 N, two A’s, $400 D, $900 S trio, two E’s, LaT

Linda: no L and used FS, $900 R pair, $1,800 H trio (too strong for TD), one I, $1K B pair (NMC), solve…

H I S / A N D / H E R S
B A T H R _ B E S

Linda’s won another $3,450 w/ HIS AND HERS BATHROBES.

Linda: $12,550 cash & spree FS/Others: ZERO a head

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$3K Toss-Up: PHRASE

A I N ‘ T / _ T
T _ _ / _ _ U T H ?

Linda’s still perfect after solving this puzzle. AIN’T IT THE TRUTH?

Round 4: BEFORE & AFTER

Linda: $5K T, no N

SPEED-UP

_ _ _ _
_ _ _ T
_ _ _ _ _ _

Consonants were worth $1,800 apiece.

Bob: R (DUD)
Susan: S
Linda: P
Bob: L
Susan: M (DUD)
Linda: G
Bob: 2 F’s

G _ A L
P _ S T
_ F F _ _ _

Bob kicked one into the GOAL POST OFFICE for his only $5,400 on the night.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	R (Linda)	Bob		Susan’s E repeat
Round 2		Bob	Susan
Round 3	L (Linda)	Susan
Round 4	N (Linda), R (Bob), M (Susan)

FINAL SCORES ($10K minimum for NFL stars’ charities this week)
Linda: $15,550 cash & spree/Bob: $5,400/Susan: PARTING GIFTS

All players that week would receive a gift package from Players, Inc.

NON-CHARITY GT: $20,950
BANKRUPT TRASH: $1,350

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Bonus Round

The super prize winner that week would receive merchandise from Players Inc., a SONY laptop computer, a $1K Shopping Spree at the NFL Shop, and a PS2 console plus NFL games. They would also receive a 5n trip to New Orleans to attend the NFL Players Party, NFL Player Mania and Super Bowl 36.

As for the vehicles that week, they’re all Chevys…

• Tahoe ($35K+)
• Corvette Coupe ($47K+)
• Blazer 4×4 ($24K+)

Linda landed on the U of BONUS.

Category: PHRASE

She needed help in the bottom…

_ _ N ‘ T / _ E
_ _ S _ _

DWCO isn’t much help…

D O N ‘ T / _ E
_ _ S _ _

She got that last word wrong w/ NASTY, MESSY, DUMPY and FUSSY. Please DON’T BE PUSHY on her not solving this one for the $25K.

MY RATING: 6

Tues.

OBIT: Irene Cara

This morning, we’ve received news that 80’s actress and pop star Irene Cara, best known for the movie songs “Fame” and “Flashdance”, has passed away at the age of 63 at her home in Florida. The cause of death is not immediately known. She won the Grammy award for the latter song for best pop vocal performance.

Those songs were used as puzzles on the following dates:

• December 2, 1999 (“FLASHDANCE” was the Preview Puzzle)
• May 18, 2009 (“WHAT A FEELING”; used again on May 4, 2012 and May 22, 2018)
• May 27, 2013 (HIT MOVIE “FLASHDANCE”)
• October 17, 2021 (Celebrity): “FAME — I’M GONNA LIVE FOREVER”

Message for Logan Dockery

Unfortunately, somebody needs to be taught a lesson on cheating. After I posted the placeholder for yesterday’s recap, Logan Dockery harassed me on my Facebook page of giving him the answers on every show before it airs in his area, because he’s ADDICTED TO CHEATING. And yet, he wanted to do this to beat his family members before they solve the puzzle.

Are you out of your damn mind, sir?! 😡 I put up the placeholder to signal readers to get ready to watch the show. And I don’t publish the recaps until after it appears in my area and label them as SPOILERS. If you do this one more time, Logan, YOU’RE GONE. You hear me, mister?! I am NOT going to forgive you for this. 😡