WoF Recap: May 22, 2024

EPISODE #7998: 💰BIG MONEY💰

$1K Tossup: PHRASE

(The chime didn’t sound.)

T A _ E / T H E / _ _ N E Y
A _ _ / _ U _

Jessica and her opposition are here to TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN…

Jessica Huffman: married to Brian (their moms were best friends growing up and neighbors and their backyards touched) with three kids and wants enough money to buy a minivan with sliding doors from Moore, OK

Venetia Brown: will be turning 50 in 20 days with three children and says she feels like Danny Glover in “Lethal Weapon” from Tobyhanna, PA

Paul Dodson: married to Rachel for almost a decade with two children (Venetia and Pat trade places when interviewing him ) from Aurora, OH

$2K Tossup: AROUND THE HOUSE

C R _ _ T A _
C _ A N D _ _ I E R

Venetia might not have a CRYSTAL CHANDELIER, but she’s right anyway.

Round 1: PLACE

Venetia: BANKRUPTS NEAR $650
Paul: Two T’s ($600), R ($650), four E’s, S ($700), two A’s, I
Jessica: N (WC), three O’s (NMV), F ($700), two H’s ($550)

A _ E S O _ E
_ E A _ H F R O N T
H O T E _

She wins $2,050 and might stay in an AWESOME BEACHFRONT HOTEL if she wins tonight’s Prize Puzzle.

AARP Mystery Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Paul: Two T’s (TD), three S’s ($900), A
Jessica: R ($550)
Venetia: L (DJ IN BEWEEN $650/$800), three I’s, N ($650)
Paul: E, two C’s ($900), two P’s ($900), O (NMV), K (DJ)

P O P S I C L E
S T I C K
S _ I _ T

He controls a POPSICLE STICK SHIFT for $13,550.

Paul: $13,550 DJ$Jessica: $3,050 WC$Venetia: $2K

PP/Express Round: OCCUPATION

Jessica: Two T’s ($650), E
Venetia: SAME BANKRUPT
Paul: MDW’s LEFT SIDE
Jessica: Two R’s ($700), O, C (TD), U, two N’s ($500), G ($850), two S’s ($900), three I’s, M (EXPRESS)
Venetia: W ($650)
Paul: L (MDW; NMC)

S _ I L I N G
I N S T R U C T O R

He might see a SAILING INSTRUCTOR on his trip to The Springs Resort & Spa in COSTA RICA worth $10K.

Paul: $23,550 cash & trip MDW$Jessica: $3,050 WC$Venetia: $2K

Triple Tossup: LIVING THING

W I L _ / H O _ S E

All of these start w/ “wild”; Paul solves WILD HORSE.

W I L D / _ O _ S E

Paul also WILD GOOSE…

_ I L D _ L O _ _ R

...and he smells a WILDFLOWER for the Triple Tossup sweep!

Speed-Up: FOOD & DRINK

Final Spin Amount: $1,500

Paul: Two F’s
Jessica: Two N’s
Venetia: L
Paul: R
Jessica: ~~SOLVE ATTEMPT~~ B

_ / B _ _ _ L _ / _ F
F _ N _ / _ _ N _

She drinks A BOTTLE OF FINE WINE for $4,500.

PENALTY BOX	BANKRUPTS	DUDS
ROUND 1	Venetia	I (Paul)
MYSTERY ROUND		A (Paul), R (Jessica), N (Venetia)
PP/EXPRESS ROUND	2 (Venetia, Paul)	E (Jessica), M (Jessica), W (Venetia)
SPEED-UP		R (Paul)

FINAL SCORES
Paul: $33,550 cash & trip MDW$Jessica: $7,550 WC$Venetia: $2K

FINAL JACKPOT TONIGHT: $31,350

GT: $43,100
NO MONETARY BANKRUPT TRASH!

The DREADED TRIO strikes again…

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
THING
PHRASE

MILLION DOLLAR BONUS ROUND #11

Paul brought father-in-law Donald.

SPIN: A of GAME

This could pose problems…

_ _ _ _ _ L _ N _

He WIPES OUT of the game w/ CHPA and he misses w/ FUNNELING and FINDING. We would be QUIBBLING about the difficulty of this puzzle…

…

…and he’s not the second INFINITI owner this week (the audience was right to boo at this answer).

$1M LOCATION: ‘ (4 away) (you can enter the Bonus Puzzle for your chance to win that Jackpot regardless of result)

Pat showed off a scrapbook at the end, which contains thank you messages from past contestants,

MY RATING: 6
MY GRADE: D-

Friendship Feed May 22, 2024 / 7:58 pm

Another good night especially Paul but that BR, rather saying, this is rather criticized (yeah the audience also did) for its hard difficulty (BTW, exactly 10 years ago there was also a QUIBBLE puzzle). He was lucky enough he was 10 o’clock direction shy from grand prize DX.

Our rating: 6 😮

Could this be an all-male winning and BR Car sweep again???

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- Friendship Feed May 22, 2024 / 8:08 pm
  
  Featured 8K style (there was a 8K resolution) that people are QUIBBLING about it (as what video says):
  
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Malek Masoud May 22, 2024 / 9:51 pm

When we have that NASTY trio of categories show up and then get a QU- trap puzzle from one of them, then that is just a brutal and deadly combination for the BR right there!

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JL323 May 23, 2024 / 2:21 am

Paul finished strong at the end of the maingame, but that BR puzzle is insanely difficult (and the audience was right to boo at the answer). Thankfully he didn’t miss out on the super big one.

My Rating: 6 (D+)

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jbeaugard01 May 23, 2024 / 9:30 pm

Paul finished strong at the end of the maingame, thanks to him sweeping the triple toss-ups, but that BR was setup for a loss. (The audience had a reason to boo). Thankfully he avoided a super total trainwreck.

My rating: 6

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Friendship Feed May 24, 2024 / 9:52 am

Oh good lord, that booing on the BR also got headlines, and that was plain awful right there (but the title was not a $1M loss to be exact):
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2468131/contestant-misses-1-million-on-wheel-of-fortune-with-challenging-puzzle-audience-boos

We dunno if Andy gonna react to that when he returns after the season’s end…

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jpgenius May 25, 2024 / 9:40 am

Aside from the wild PP, Paul cleaned up midway through this match. I’m not surprised the audience booed the tough BR (although I never expected that).

My rating: 6

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andynwof June 12, 2024 / 7:37 pm

Paul sure cleaned up nicely this night, but QUIBBLING again?! 😳 The audience had every right to boo at that answer.

My Rating: 6

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- andynwof June 12, 2024 / 8:21 pm
  
  I also forgot to mention that Pat showed off a scrapbook in the end chat featuring thank you messages from past contestants, and I was one of them. I’ve added that in at the end of this recap.
  
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