$100K Pyramid Recap: December 6, 2022 — HOLIDAY SPECIAL (ft. S36 alum Doug)

This guy who I am describing lost $100K when he was on WoF (January 25, 2019) for not WATCHING A WORKOUT VIDEO, but he’s here to try to win up to $150K on this Christmas special that aired this past Tuesday.

Celebrities this game: Jason Alexander (he appeared in the S2 premiere of “Celebrity WoF”) and Bobby Moynihan

Playing with Jason is DOUG ROBERTS from Media, PA. He and his hubby Nick have a 10- month-old baby girl who watches “Pyramid” w/ him.

Playing with Bobby is…Caroline from Aliso Viejo, CA. She’s a first grade teacher known for dressing up for different holidays and lessons. And she’s also wearing Pyramid-like earrings.

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Game 1 Categories

Top: “WOW, SANTA’S GOT A HUGE STACK”

Middle: “HEY, HEY, SLEIGH, SLEIGH”, “THE “NYE” STAND’S FOR NEW YEAR’S EVE”

Bottom: “CHRISTMAS IS COMING, JON SNOW”, “UNDER THE TREE”, “DEEZ NUTS ROASTING OPEN AN OPEN FIRE”

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Jason & Doug: Hey, Hey, Sleigh, Sleigh (Doug describes words that rhyme w/ “hey” and “sleigh”)

• Clay
• Gay
• Cafe
• Obey
• Stray
• Croquet
• Bae — Jason said “sea” on the buzzer

Bobby & Caroline: Under the Tree (Caroline describes words that come after “tree” in the dictionary)

• Triangle
• Trigger
• Trek
• Tutor
• Twenty
• Twitch — PASSED
• Tunnel
• Back to Twitch…said it after the buzzer

Jason & Doug: NYE Stands for New Year’s Eve (Jason describes things Bill Nye then Science Guy might talk about at a holiday party.)

• Planets
• Oxygen
• Fossil
• Lab
• Magnet
• Climate
• Bow Ties (Doug initially left out the S, but said the necessary S just it time)

Bobby & Caroline: Christmas is Coming, Jon Snow (Bobby describes holiday gifts you might get a character on “Game of Thrones”)

• Sword
• Dragon
• Crow
• Fur
• Bodyguard
• Goblet — she said mug and sconce

Bobby & Caroline: Wow, Santa’s got a huge sack (Caroline describes toys in Santa’s sack)

• Doll
• Frisbee
• Dinosaur
• Chalk
• Slinky
• Pokemon
• Transformers — SWEPT w/ 7 sec. left

Jason & Doug: Deez Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire  (Doug describes words you hope your immature kids DON’T sing when your family goes caroling)

• Boogers
• Wedgie
• Toilet Paper
• Potty
• Diarrhea
• Boobs — WIN w/ 9 sec. left!

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WINNER’S CIRCLE

If Doug wins the $50K, he’ll take Nick and their daughter to Disney so that she can meet all the Disney princesses.

$1K: THINGS A CAR DOES

Doug: Runs, parks, brakes
Jason: parts of baseball
Doug: Tires
Jason: Things a car does 

$1,500: CLEANING PRODUCTS

Doug: Mop, Broom
Jason: Things you clean with

$2K: WHAT WHISKERS MIGHT SAY

Doug: I am the little hairs that stick off of a cat’s face.
Jason: What whiskers might say 

$3K: THINGS ON AN ENVELOPE

Doug: Return address, sending address
Jason: Things on an envelope

$4K: FAMOUS MEN NAMED JIMMY

Doug: Mr. Fallon, Mr. Kimmel
Jason: Famous Jimmys

$5K: PLACES WITH BIRDS

Doug: Zoo, aviary
Jason: Things where there are birds

WIN!

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Game 2 Categories (w/ a “Seinfeld” theme)

Top: “YULE BE BACK”

Middle: “GO JESUS, IT’S YA BIRTHDAY”, “I GOT HO’S IN DIFFERENT AREA CODES”

Bottom: “UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER”, “BAH, HAM, BUG”, “SANTA CLAUS IS GOING TO TOWN…ON THOSE COOKIES”

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Jason & Caroline: Ugly Christmas Sweater (Caroline describes things you’d be surprised to see on a holiday sweater)

• Garbage
• Satan
• Tadpole
• Spock
• Lewinsky
• Hairball
• Urinal — SWEPT w/ 5 sec. left

Bobby & Doug: Go, Jesus, It’s Ya Birthday (Doug describes words50 Cent might use in a rap about Jesus Christ)

• God
• Son
• Heaven
• Mary
• Sandals
• The Lord – PASSED
• Amen
• Back to The Lord…Bobby said Christ & Gentlemen

Jason & Caroline: Santa Claus is Going to Town…on those Cookies (Jason describes things you might leave out instead of cookies if Santa was on a diet)

• Water
• Lettuce
• Broccoli
• Hummus
• Almonds
• Celery
• Smoothie — SWEPT w/ 7 sec. left

Bobby & Doug: Bah, Hum, Bug (Bobby describes words like “bah”, “hum”, and “bug” that are three letters long)

• Pig
• Job
• Now
• Baa
• Tap
• Fix
• Jab — SWEPT w/ 5 sec. left

Bobby & Doug: I’ve got Ho’s in Different Area Codes (and Doug must describe places Santa visits around the world on Christmas Eve)

• France
• Atlanta
• Equator
• Campus
• Swamp
• Alley
• 90210 — SWEPT w/ 4 sec. left

Jason & Caroline: Yule Be Back — MYSTERY 7

• Toaster
• Calendar
• Puzzle
• Necklace
• Board Game
• Fudge
• Whoopee Cushion (that won her not only the game, but also an 8d/7n Rhine River cruise from National Geographic Expeditions)

Oh, missing The Lord really cost Doug. I hope you spend your $50K wisely, man.

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WINNER’S CIRCLE #2

Caroline’s been saving up for a down payment for a house of her own. She’s been living with her parents in her very purple childhood bedroom.

$1K: THINGS YOU MAKE W/ EGGS

Caroline: Omelets, Benedict
Jason: Eggs, things you make with eggs

$1,500: TYPES OF TV’S

Caroline: Flat screen, plasma
Jason: Kinds of TVs

$2K: WHAT MATH MIGHT SAY

Caroline: I am the subject with numbers
Jason: What mathematics says

$3K: THINGS IN MEXICO

Caroline: The tacos
Jason: Kinds of Mexican food

$4K: FEMALE ROCK BANDS (WOMEN)

PASSES

$5K: THINGS WITH FILTERS 

Caroline: Your coffee maker
Jason: Appliances in the kitchen
Caroline: Your camera lens
Jason: Things with on/off buttons, small appliances
Caroline: Your photo, your Instagram photo
Jason: Things that represent you

BACK TO FEMALE ROCK BANDS (WOMEN)

Caroline: ABBA
Jason: Pop groups from the 80’s, 70’s
Caroline: ABBA
Jason: From Sweden, Pop groups, rock & roll groups,
Caroline: Dixie Chicks
Jason: Quartets, musical quartets,
Caroline: Dixie Chicks
Jason: groups bands, female groups

TIME OVER

ABBA is more of a pop group and not rock. Saying The Bangles or the Go-Gos might have been key here. With that, Caroline left w/ $7,500.

S3 Primetime Week 9 Stats

Yeah… I don’t see this season getting any better. I’d be VERY surprised if there was a 4th season of CWoF at this point.

This Week’s Charity Total: $270,250
-Maingame: $270,250 ($124,700 on Sunday, $145,550 on Tuesday)
-BR Wins: $0

Total for the Season: $2,003,450
-Maingame: $1,553,450
-BR Wins: $450K

4-Round Games: 0 (1 game went to Round 5)

Perfect Rounds: 7

Shutout Victims: 5 (1 double shutout)

Toss-Up Triple Stumpers: 0

Triple Toss-Up Sweeps: 2 (1 swept every Toss-Up in a game)

Red Winners: 8
Yellow Winners: 7
Blue Winners: 7

This Week’s BANKRUPT Trash: $29,250 ($21K in Game 1 on Sunday, $8,250 on Tuesday)
Total BANKRUPT Trash for the Season: $129,550
Biggest BANKRUPT: $18,200 (Thomas Lennon on Week 3, Game 2)
Biggest BANKRUPT Trash in a Game: $21K (Week 9 Sunday, Game 1)

BANKRUPT Trash-Free Games: 2
BANKRUPT-Free Games: 0
Penalty Spin-Free Games: 3

MDWs Lost to BANKRUPT: Week: 2, Season: 4

Unclaimed MDWs: Week: 3, Season: 16

Unused MDWs: Week: 0, Season: 3

Top Winning Celebs

1. Joel Madden ($198,250)
2. Nikki Glaser ($165,100)
3. June Diane Raphael ($160,900)

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FINAL SPIN STATS

Spinners
Spun by Red: 2
Spun by Yellow: 4
Spun by Blue: 5

Final Spin Amounts
$1,500: 1
$1,550: 
$1,600: 1
$1,650: 1
$1,700: 4
$1,800: 1
$1,900: 1
$1,950: 2
$6K: 

Final Spins Edited Out: 1

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BONUS ROUND STATS

BR Win Record: 5-17 (.227) — This is getting out of hand… -___-

MDBRs: 7

Letter Combo Wipeouts: 2 ($1M TOTAL TRAINWRECKS: 0)

BR Categories
AROUND THE HOUSE: 1/2; 0-1
EVENT: 0/2
FOOD & DRINK: 2/5; 0-2
FUN & GAMES: 2/2; 0-2
IN THE KITCHEN: 1/1; 1-0
LIVING THING(S): 1/1; 1-0
PERSON/PEOPLE: 2/2; 0-2
PHRASE: 2/14; 0-2
PLACE(S): 1/1; 0-1
SHOW BIZ: 1/2; 1-0
THING(S): 3/20; 0-3
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?: 6/14; 2-4
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?:

BR Prizes
$25K: 0/6
$50K: 0/3
$75K: 2/8
$100K: 3/4
$1M: 0/1

MDBR Result
Landed on $1M: 1
1-3 Spaces Away: 1
4-6 Spaces Away: 2
7-9 Spaces Away: 2
10-12 Spaces Away: 1

S40 Week 13 Stats

Total for this Week: $226,630
-Maingame: $226,630
-BR Wins: NOTHING BUT COAL

Total for the Season: $3,692,355
-Maingame: $2,587,490
-BR Wins: $1,104,865

Prize Wedge Wins: 17

Gift Tag Wins: 20

MW Wins: 6
MW was Flipped-Declined: 27-6
MW Flip was $10K–BANKRUPT: 10-17
$10K MW was Next to LaT–$650: 10-17

EXPRESS was Played-Passed: 17-2
–Gone all the Way: 8
–Stopped Too Soon: 0
–Crashes: 9

WC Usages: 11
-Maingame: 1 (on $3,500)
-BR: 10

5-Round Games: 6

Perfect Rounds: 29

Gooseegg Victims: 13

Toss-Up Triple Stumpers: 3

Triple Toss-Up Sweeps: 9 (3 swept every Toss-Up)

Red Winners: 28
Yellow Winners: 18
Blue Winners: 19

Players who Needed the PP to Win: 18 (13 lost BR)

Average Maingame Winning Score this Week: $28,743 (-$1,608)
Average Maingame Winning Score this Season: $25,396 (+$278)

This Week’s BANKRUPT Trash: $31,050
Total BANKRUPT Trash for the Season: $277,198
Biggest Known BANKRUPT: $10K (Nov. 22)
Biggest Known BANKRUPT Trash in a Game: $21,500 (Nov. 22)

BANKRUPT Trash-Free Games: 7
BANKRUPT-Free Games: 4
Penalty Spin-Free Games: 4

BANKRUPT Losses
WCs: Week: 3, Season: 14
MDWs: Week: 0, Season: 7
$10K MWs: Week: 0, Season: 0
Prize Wedges: Week: 0, Season: 3
Gift Tags: Week: 1, Season: 4

Unclaimed Cardboard
MDWs: Week: 0, Season: 12
$10K MWs: Week: 0, Season: 4
Prize Wedges: Week: 1, Season: 8
Gift Tags: Week: 1, Season: 13

Unused WCs: 7
Unused MDWs: 4

Top Winning Totals

1. $123,090 (Sept. 14)
2. $97,454 (Nov. 17)
3. $87,240 (Sept. 16)

Top Maingame Winning Scores

1. $52,384 (Nov. 17)
2. $48,132 (Dec. 9)
3. $46,690 (Nov. 15)

Bottom Winning Totals

1. $12,130 (Oct. 21)
2. $13,650 (Oct. 10)
3. $15K (Nov. 16)

Season-High Week: WHEEL of FORTUNE XL ($422,670)
Season-Low Week: Veterans Week ($185,209)

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FINAL SPIN STATS

Occurrence
Start of Round 4: 46
Middle of Round 4: 13
Start of Round 5+: 5
Middle of Round 5+: 1

Spinners
Spun by Red: 25
Spun by Yellow: 17
Spun by Blue: 23

Final Spin Amounts
$1,500: 21
$1,550: 4
$1,600: 6
$1,650: 12
$1,700: 10
$1,800:
$1,850: 3
$1,900: 6
$6K: 3

Final Spins Edited Out: 7

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BONUS ROUND STATS

BR Win Record: 25-40 (.385)

PBRWs: 0
4-1 Weeks: 0
3-2 Weeks: 6
2-3 Weeks: 2
1-4 Weeks: 3
SKUNKINGS: 2 (TOTAL TAPING DAY WASHOUTS: 1)

MDBRs: 4

Letter Combo Wipeouts: 4 (TOTAL TRAINWRECKS: 0)

BR Categories
AROUND THE HOUSE: 2/4; 1-1
EVENT: 3/10; 1-2
FOOD & DRINK: 6/10; 3-3
FUN & GAMES: 3/5; 2-1
IN THE KITCHEN: 2/2; 1-1
LIVING THING(S): 2/2; 1-1
OCCUPATION:
ON THE MAP: 0/1
PERSON/PEOPLE: 6/13; 2-4
PHRASE: 22/52; 5-17
PLACE(S): 8/16; 5-3
SHOW BIZ:
THING(S): 2/65; 0-2
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?: 7/10; 3-4
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?: 2/5; 1-1

BR Prizes
CAR: 9/19
$40K: 10/35
$45K: 5/7
$50K: 1/1
$100K (or $1M): 0/3

Car Wins

• 2 BMW X3s
• 1 Ford Mustang GT
• 3 MINI Cooper S Hardtops 2dr (2 yellow, 1 red)
• 1 Ford Explorer XLT
• 1 Mercedes-Benz GLB250
• 1 Lincoln Corsair

MDBR Result
Landed on $1M: 1
1-3 Spaces Away: 1
4-6 Spaces Away:
6-9 Spaces Away:
10-12 Spaces Away: 2

BR Wins Despite Losing WC to BANKRUPT: 1
Non-$100K Wins After Losing MDW to BANKRUPT: 1

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I’ve called in @nickskapower to help cover the first three episodes of the second Secret Santa week while I do the last two. And I will be covering the next primetime episode of that awful season on Tuesday (orig. scheduled this Sunday).

WoF Recap: December 9, 2022

Natalie won the game including a trip to Oahu where she and the kids will meet Moana. And while she’s there, she might rent a cabana.

But in the BR, she wasn’t QUICK TO ACTION. And that loss didn’t give us any satisfaction.

The situation in the BR is looking bleak. Can someone save us from the Grinch this week?

If the savior can’t come through, then some of us viewers are gonna give this week a bad review.

EPISODE #7685: DISNEY SECRET SANTA I

Maggie plugs the sweepstakes in the cold open before she and Minnie take a selfie. After the opening graphic for Secret Santa, Mickey introduces the hosts and Donald brings Vanna to the puzzleboard. Pluto’s seen standing behind the contestant podiums in between the red and yellow contestants.

$1K Toss-Up: PHRASE

_ _ M I L _ / I S
_ O R E V E _ 

Kate knows that FAMILY IS FOREVER. These people are here to salvage this first Secret Santa week…

Kate Mock Elliott: a lady who wrote and starred in a one-woman show that was about the first 10 years of her marriage but comparing the Christmas card version to real life from Cincinnati 

Monica Reasor: a lady who has NEVER been to any of the Disney parks in her lifetime from Gulfport, MS

Jordan Moss: a guy whose bar mitzvah theme was Jordan’s Magic Kingdom and his grandma made all the centerpieces out of Disney toys (those toys were donated to a local children’s hospital) from Carlsbad, CA

$2K Toss-Up: TV TITLE

T H E / _ O O _ / O F
B _ B A / _ E T T

Kate IDs the Disney+ series “THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT” to triple up. Oh, and her hubby has been binge-watching that show.

FEATURED DISNEY TRIP: the $9,082 WALT DISNEY WORLD vacation for the 50th anniversary celebration (same one from Mon.)

Round 1: WAYD?

Kate: $500 G, one I, three N’s for WALT DISNEY WORLD 50 trip, three O’s, $600 W, three A’s and two E’s (NMV), $1,200 M pair, $1K R pair, $1,300 T pair, $1,950 L trio, solve…

T A _ I N G / A
_ T R O L L / _ O W N 
M E M O R _ / L A N E

I wonder if they’re gonna be TAKING A STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE later in their 40th anniversary season? Anyway, she’s won $7,050 and that WDW trip in that intense PR and has $19,132 already!

Mystery Round: BEFORE & AFTER 

Monica: one T for Disney gift card, no R on MW near LaT

Jordan: $1,800 S pair, W for worthless

Kate: M for mistake

Monica: $900 H, one O, MDW’s right side (lost $2,150 cash & GC)

Jordan: three E’s, $800 F, A for awful

Kate: $500 L, $600 K, LaT

Monica: P for phooey

Jordan: the last vowel of two I’s, solve…

S I L K
S H E E T
O F / I _ E

He solves SILK SHEET OF ICE for $1,850.

Monica: ZERO/Jordan: $1,850/Kate: $19,132 cash & WDW

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PP/Express Round: THINGS

Jordan: $1,300 pair of S’s, $600 T, one I and two E’s, the A fails somebody again (and it’s the sole dud vowel of the puzzle)

Kate: $3,500 N, one O and two U’s, $500 C, BANKRUPT near $650 (lost $3,500)

Monica: $850 P, two R’s for WC, same BANKRUPT ($1,850 + WC gone to waste)

Jordan: other normal BANKRUPT (lost $1,150)

Kate: $1,200 D pair, solve…

_ U N D R E D S / O _ 
P I C T U R E S 

She’ll take HUNDREDS OF PICTURES on her DANUBE RIVER CRUISE courtesy of Adventures by Disney worth a whopping $17,800 — holy smokes! 🤯

Monica: COAL ALERT/Jordan: $1,850/Kate: $38,132 cash & Disney vacations

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Triple Toss-Up: SONG LYRICS

1.

_ / P _ _ T _ _ _ _ E
_ _ / A / _ E _ _ / _ _ _ E

Think of “Twelve Days of Christmas” here, and Kate solves “A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE”.

2.

_ _ _ _ _ 
F _ _ N _ H / _ E _ S

Kate’s right again w/ “THREE FRENCH HENS”…

3.

_ _ _ V _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ S
P _ _ I N _ 

…and she scores a total Toss-Up sweep w/ “ELEVEN PIPERS PIPING”!

Speed-Up: FOOD & DRINK 

Kate’s flipper clicks on to $1,500 at the last second.

Kate: T (DUD)
Monica: 3 S’s
Jordan: 2 R’s
Kate: F
Monica: T repeat
Jordan: K
Kate: C (not MADE-FRESH SUGAR COOKIES)
Monica: H
Jordan: G
Kate: 3 E’s
Monica: A
Jordan: N

_ _ E N – F R E S H
S _ G A R / C _ _ K _ E S

Jordan bakes a batch of OVEN-FRESH SUGAR COOKIES for $7,500.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	BIG PERFECT ROUND!
Round 2	R, P (Monica) W, A (Jordan) M (Kate)	Kate	Monica
Round 3	A (Jordan)		3 (whole panel)
Round 4	T (Kate)			2 (Monica’s T repeat, Kate’s missolve)

FINAL SCORES
Monica: $1K LUMP OF COAL/Jordan: $9,350/Kate: $48,132 cash & Disney vacations

GT: $58,482
BANKRUPT TRASH (excl. WC): $8,650 cash & GC

Jordan SPIN ID: DB8545203 (Debra B.)
Monica SPIN ID: KB1879542 (Kevin B.)

Oh, dang it, I think our Grinchy fate is sealed w/ THAT list yet again…

• THING
• PHRASE
• WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

She goes for WAYD?.

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$100K Bonus Round

Kate also has no supporters, but she lands on the R. This is what plumbers do while on the job…

_ _ _ _ N _ 
_ / L E _ _ 

DCHA only adds two A’s…

_ _ _ _ N _ 
A / L E A _ 

She’s off the mark w/ TAKING, HOPING A LEAP, MOVING A LEAF, and RAKING A LEAF, so we’ve been GRINCHED for the very first time in Secret Santa history (also the second overall SKUNKING this season). Since she wasn’t FIXING A LEAK, she also loses the $40K. Oh, and she admitted she was thinking of doing something else with a “leak” (that being TAKING) but didn’t think that was it, causing Pat to awkwardly look into the camera and drop the envelope.

FINAL SPIN ID: ES5079681 (Evelyn S.)

MY RATING: 6

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Kate made a very big haul. She’s definitely gonna have a ball.

But alas, we got ourselves a very Grinchy fate. That’s something we always hate.

Can our luck turn around next week? A big win is something we seek.

For now, it’s time for me to go. This whole week had nothing to show.