WoF Retro Recap: February 21, 1992

EPISODE #1680

Over $141K given away so far this week. The all-male panel to wrap up the second week of the Watch & Win sweepstakes…

Larry Baldwin: 1-day champ w/ $33,260 cash & prizes

Tim Bragstad: manager in organization development for a major airline and full-time student in an executive MBA program at the Univ. Of Minnesota married to Cheryl from Minneapolis

Stan Sanders: married man to Vicki w/ four kids and two granddaughters who’s also a chemistry student in graduate school and part-time teacher from Oklahoma City 

Round 1: PEOPLE

Larry: $600 N pair, $1,600 S pair, two E’s, $300 R, $800 T, solve…

T _ E
S _ _ N N E R S 

He solved the American R&B group THE SPINNERS for $3,050 — PR.

FEATURED PRIZE: trip to Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL (including a 7d cruise of Brazil & Argentina) from Travel Programmers worth $6,800

Round 2: BEFORE & AFTER

Tim: SIX T’s for $2,100, $500 H pair, $700 S, four I’s, two E’s and SIX A’s, solve…

T A _ E / I T
_ I T H / A / _ _ A I _ 
_ _ / S A _ T / _ A _ E 
_ I T _ / _ T A H

Two L’s and K’s left behind, but he solved TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH for $2,550 — PR #2.

Larry: $3,050/Tim: $2,550/Stan: SPINNING NEXT

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Round 3: THING

Stan: $1,800 N pair, four E’s, BANKRUPT near red $500 (lost $1,550)

Larry: LaT

Tim: T for turnover

Stan: $500 R pair, $2,700 C trio, A for awful

Larry: $1,800 H pair, BANKRUPT near pink $500

Tim: $1K P pair, $200 K, $500 D, two I’s, same BANKRUPT Stan got (lost $1,450)

Stan: $600 Y, solve…

C H _ P P E D 
C H I C K E N
_ I _ E R 
_ N / R Y E 

He solved CHOPPED CHICKEN LIVER ON RYE for $3,550, and everyone’s on the board.

Larry: $3,050/Tim: $2,550/Stan: $3,550

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Round 4: TITLE

Larry: $1,800 T pair (almost to BRAZIL), three O’s, R for rats

Tim: W for worthless

Stan: $600 Y pair, two E’s, $1,200 L trio, two U’s and two A’s, BANKRUPT near red $500 (lost $1,050)

Larry: just solves…

_ / _ U _ T
_ A L L E _ / T O
_ A Y / _ / L O _ E 
Y O U

Two S’s left behind, but he IDed Stevie Wonder’s “I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU” for $1,550.

Larry: $4,600/Tim: $2,550/Stan: $3,550

Round 5: THING

Tim: $1K R pair, two A’s and I, $500 D, S for sorry

Stan: $300 P, $800 L, two O’s, solve…

P O R _ A _ L _ 
R A D I O

He solved PORTABLE RADIO for $850, only to fall $200 short of the victory. That purchase really did him in. Let this be a lesson to future players: look at the scoreboard if you really want to win.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	PERFECT ROUND
Round 2	PERFECT ROUND #2
Round 3	T (Tim), A (Stan)	Larry	3 (all men)
Round 4	R (Larry), W (Tim)		Stan
Round 5	S (Tim)

FINAL SCORES
Larry: $4,600 ($37,860 so far)/Tim: $2,550/Stan: $4,400

GT: $11,550
BANKRUPT TRASH: $5,850

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Bonus Round

Larry chose the W from WH—-.

Category: THING

Just the last letter to start this three-letter answer…

_ _ L

GPMA triggered a WIPEOUT. He came close w/ OIL, but trailed off w/ GEL. It was the hooting bird of OWL, and he lost the motorhome he really wanted.

MY RATING: 5 (things fell apart beginning in R3)