As usual on Thursday and Friday around this time, I’m being preempted due to NCAA March Madness. For today, there weren’t any early feeds on YouTube, but I watched this episode on the 10 Tampa Bay CBS affiliate provided by Robert on the boards.
EPISODE #7959: 🏞️NATIONAL PARKS🏞️
$1K Toss-Up: ON THE MAP
_ _ _ R G L A _ _ _
_ _ T _ _ _ _ _ / P _ _ K
Remember this puzzle from Matt DeSanto’s EPIC run in late 2014? Marissa names the place as EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK. Thursday’s trio…
Marissa Rogers: lady who likes to bake cookies and naked cakes (the frosting is inside the layers) from Loveland, CO
Stuart Rose: married man to Tammy w/ two boys and gives a shout-out to her “Mamaw” from Waco, KY
Yolanda Ashburn: married lady who enjoys dancing (she tries to drag her husband out the door and do line dancing) from Flint, MI
$2K Toss-Up: PHRASE
S _ _ _ I G H _ / T O
T H E / T _ P
Yolanda takes too long, but she blows it anyway w/ SLEIGH TO THE TOP.
S T R _ I G H T / T O
T H E / T O P
Almost a Triple Stumper, but Marissa triples up w/ STRAIGHT TO THE TOP.
FEATURED NATIONAL PARKS TRIP: COWBOY COUNTRY from collette
Round 1: PROPER NAME
Marissa: $1,800 T trio, SIX E’s, one N for COWBOY COUNTRY (worth over $8,500), $1,400 S pair, four O’s, CRITICAL PURCHASE of A ($2,950 + COWBOY COUNTRY at risk)
Stuart: $500 P, $1,800 R trio, $1,300 D pair, solve…
P R E S _ D E N T
T _ E O D O R E
R O O S E _ E L T
He’s one of the four faces of Mount Rushmore, and Stuart names him as PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT for $3,600.
Mystery Round: SAME NAME
Stuart: one S on MW near $650 and OBVIOUSLY FLIPS…oops
Yolanda: one T for WC (Pat didn’t remind her to pick it up), $500 H, buys of I and two A’s, N for negative even after dodging BANKRUPT near $600
Marissa: $900 R, two E’s, BANKRUPT near $650 (loses her own $650)
Stuart: $800 J, unnecessary O and U buys (NMV), $550 M, $550 L…
J O S H U A / &
_ A M I L _
T R E E
…but he BOMBS OUT on the very next pick of P — seriously, sir?! -__- That allows Yolanda to solve JOSHUA & FAMILY TREE for the house minimum.
Yolanda: $1K WC/Marissa: $3K/Stuart: $3,600
PP/Express Round: THINGS
Yolanda: $500 S (almost to the big one), unfortunate dud of D on MDW
Marissa: $7K T pair, two E’s and four O’s, $1,100 H pair, buys of A and I (NMV), $500 F, MDW’s left side (lost $7,600)
Stuart: M for mistake
Yolanda: other bad side of MDW (lost her $500 and WC; she mistakenly looked at the other lady’s arrow)
Marissa: $900 L, $600 C, $800 N, $1,300 R pair, $650 W, solve…
T H E / C O L O R S / O F
T H E / R A I N _ O W
She solves for $4,250 and might’ve seen THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW on her Amtrak rail tour of the GREAT NORTHWEST (Chicago, Seattle, and Glacier National Park) worth $8,799.
Yolanda: $1K/Marissa: $16,049 cash & rail tour/Stuart: $3,600
Triple Toss-Up: OCCUPATION
1.
I N _ E _ I O _
_ _ C _ R _ T O R
All “decorators”, and Yolanda solves INTERIOR DECORATOR.
2.
S _ _
_ E _ _ _ _ _ O R
Marissa solves SET DECORATOR.
3.
C _ K _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ R
Marissa also solves CAKE DECORATOR.
Speed-Up: PEOPLE
Marissa has spun $1,550 per consonant.
Marissa: 2 T’s
Stuart: N
Yolanda: 3 R’s
Marissa: 4 S’s
Stuart: L (DUD)
Yolanda: D
Marissa: 4 E’s
Stuart: M (DUD)
Yolanda: B (DUD)
Marissa: G
_ D _ E N T _ R E R S
& / S _ G _ T S E E R S
Marissa solves ADVENTURERS & SIGHTSEERS for $10,850.
| PENALTY BOX | DUDS | LaTs | BANKRUPTS | DQs |
| Round 1 | A (Marissa) | |||
| Round 2 | N (Yolanda), P (Stuart) | 2 (Stuart, Marissa) | ||
| Round 3 | D (Yolanda), M (Stuart) | 2 (ladies) | ||
| Round 4 | L, M (Stuart) B (Yolanda) |
FINAL SCORES
Yolanda: $3K/Marissa: $30,899 cash & rail tour/Stuart: $3,600
GT: $37,499
BANKRUPT TRASH (excl. MW flip and WC): $8,750
Marissa’s given the same category list Matt H. got from Tuesday…
- THING
- PHRASE
- PLACE
She’s the next PHRASE picker.
$100K Bonus Round
Marissa has no supporters, but she lands on the P. She needs help in the last word…
T _ E _ / _ R E
_ _ _ _ _
HDCO gives her two of something in the bottom besides the H…
T H E _ / _ R E
_ _ D D _
In regards to Pat and Vanna, THEY ARE GIDDY of the possibility of another win…but Marissa flubs that last word w/ MUDDY, BUDDY, and READY, costing her $40K.
MY RATING: 5 (maingame was too shaky)
WHEEL of FORTUNE with Andy Nguyen 