WoF Recap: May 3, 2024

EPISODE #7985: 🏨🩴MARGARITAVILLE RESORTS WEEK🩴🏨

The short intro’s used for the final time this week.

$1K Tossup: ON THE MAP

K _ _ / W _ _ T
_ L _ R _ _ _

Jeri or one of these last contestants this week might win a Margaritaville trip near KEY WEST, FLORIDA…

Jeri Holst: grandma married to Greg with two sons with wives and two grandsons (they’re adventurous and have jumped out of an airplane at 15,000 ft., zip-lined, and went water rafting) from Escondido, CA

Tracy McBride: first auditioned 28 years ago (she started trying at the age of 20) with a daughter named Marlina from Greenville, SC

Joe Kelly: man whose better half is named Sarah with three kids and recently picked up a couple of bonus kids; he’s joined the golf league which he’s been trying to do for years and took a backpacking trip with his dad last year and had time to try out for this show) from Warren, MI

$2K Tossup: AROUND THE HOUSE

D _ _ _ G _ _ R
P _ R _ _ M E

Joe gets a bottle of DESIGNER PERFUME.

FEATURED MARGARITAVILLE TRIP: Fort Myers Beach, FL worth $8,200

Round 1: WAYD?

Joe: G ($500), I, N ($650), A, O
Jeri: R ($650), two E’s, U (NMV), M ($600)
Tracy: T ($900), H ($900), two L’s ($700), BANKRUPTS NEAR $650 (-$3,200)
Joe: Two Y’s (MDW)

_ L A Y I N G / _ Y
T H E / R U L E _

He’s PLAYING BY THE RULES for the house minimum.

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Eggland’s Best Mystery Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Jeri: S ($500)
Tracy: LaT
Joe: *gruffly* Arr. ($550; Pat: The worst pirate impression I’ve ever heard. ), M (MW next to LaT)
Jeri: Two N’s (other MW… $$$), T ($500), E, A
Tracy: C (TD), two I’s, F ($500), two U’s (NMV)

F R U I T
_ U N C _
_ I N E

She blows the solve by a letter w/ FRUIT PUNCH WINE — this is a G-Rated show, ma’am! 😡 Joe then gets FRUIT PUNCH LINE.

Joe: $4K MDW/Jeri: $1K/Tracy: ZIP

You know we’re in big trouble when we have scores like that going into the next round… -___-

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PP/Express Round: PHRASE

Tracy: Two M’s ($600), two I’s, four T’s ($650), E

I ‘ M / T _ T _ _ _ _
_ M I T T E _

I’M TOTALLY SMITTEN– she solves for $3,300 and a trip to NASSAU worth $8,048 — QUICK PR!

Joe: $4K MDW/Jeri: $1K/Tracy: $11,348 cash & Bahamas

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Triple Tossup: THING

1.

_ A _ _ I N G
P _ R M I T

All of these have “parking” in them; Tracy has her PARKING PERMIT.

2.

_ _ _ _ _ _ G
M _ T _ _

Joe puts a coin in a PARKING METER.

3 (I correctly predicted this one).

_ _ _ _ _ _ G
_ I _ _ _ _

Jeri hands in a PARKING TICKET.

Speed-Up: LIVING THING

Final Spin Amount: $1,650

Jeri: Two T’s
Tracy: N
Joe: Two R’s
Jeri: B

R _ _ N B _ _
T R _ _ T

She catches a RAINBOW TROUT for $4,950.

PENALTY BOX	BANKRUPTS	LaTs	DUDS	MISSOLVES
ROUND 1	Tracy		O (Joe), M (Jeri)
MYSTERY ROUND		Tracy	S (Jeri), M (Joe), A (Jeri)	Tracy

FINAL SCORES
Joe: $6K MDW/Jeri: $7,950/Tracy: $13,348 cash & Bahamas

GT: an underwhelming $27,298
BANKRUPT TRASH: $3,200

Tracy’s category list is pretty much the same from last night…

• PHRASE
• PLACE
• THINGS

Fan Friday Word of the Day: MARGARITA (enter for your chance to win a Frozen Concoction maker and Margaritaville gift card)

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$100K Bonus Round

Tracy brought her daughter Marlena and brother Armond Pryor.

SPIN: I of WIN

Easy one, IMHO…

_ _ R / _ _ _ T
_ T ‘ S / _ _ R T _

FKPI is an interesting combo, but it will only add this column of letters…

F _ R / _ _ _ T
I T ‘ S / _ _ R T _

FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH… she’s won herself a Ford Edge SEL worth $41,420 for a final total of $54,768 cash & prizes.

MY RATING: 5.5
MY GRADE: E