WoF Retro Recap: February 1, 2007

EPISODE #4589: TEEN BEST FRIENDS

$1K Toss-Up: PHRASE

O L _ / E N O _ G _ / T O
_ N O W / B _ T T _ R

Kylynn was OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER, and so was her friend Sunny. Thursday’s teams…

Sunny Tagisada (sp?) & Kylynn Benovich (freshmen who met in 6th grade): Sunny is currently attending French Club and likes to dance and hang out with friends in her spare time; they’re also planning to go to medical school together

Marcus Jones & Monique Williams II (friends for 5 years): Monique is part of the school choir and is in a scholarship program; Marcus is part of the mock trial team; they’re both in Bible club

Jayme Zahabi & Justin Gold (friends for 4 years): Jayme is very involved in school government at her school and is currently the student body president and enjoys listening to music and playing the piano; Justin is a nationally ranked tennis player and does speech and debate (last year, he got 8th place in the state of California)

$2K Toss-Up: PEOPLE

_ T U D _ N T
_ _ U _ _ _ L

I don’t know if Jayme was involved in a STUDENT COUNCIL, but she was right for control.

FEATURED CRUISE: courtesy of Windjammer Barefoot Cruises worth $7,800

Round 1: BEFORE & AFTER

J & J: $10K’s left side right off the bat
S & K: $1,800 T pair, 2 R’s for WC, $400 S, 4 E’s, $900 C trio, 3 A’s, $600 M, 3 I’s, $900 N, $2,500 H, solve for $6,350…

_ A T R I _ T I C
A M E R I C A N
C H E E S E

Sunny had a slice of PATRIOTIC AMERICAN CHEESE.

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Jackpot Round: EVENT

S & K: $800 R pair, $600 S, 3 E’s, C for CRUISE, $1,600 L pair, $1,400 T pair, 2 A’s, no P on $550
M & M: $400 V, $300 H (so close to $3,500), 4 I’s, 3 N’s for Crest WhiteStrips, solve for $2K house minimum…

_ A T C H I N _
_ _ V I E
T R A I L E R S
_ N L I N E

They remembered WATCHING MOVIE TRAILERS ONLINE.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $8,750

S & K: $7,350 WC | Other teams: $2K each

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Mystery Round: THING (PRIZE PUZZLE)

M & M: no R on $550
J & J: $900 T, $300 S, BANKRUPT near $600 ($1,200 lost)
S & K: $700 L, N on MW near $900, flipped… BANKRUPT ($700 & WC lost)
M & M: no C on $800
J & J: $700 M, no E
S & K: $900 P trio, 5 A’s, $900 J, solve for $1,550…

P L A _ _
P A J A M A
P A N T S

They solved the WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? item of PLAID PAJAMA PANTS for a trip to Edinburgh in SCOTLAND courtesy of lastminutetravels.com worth $7K.

S & K: $15,900 cash & Scotland | Other teams: $2K each

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$3K Toss-Up: LIVING THINGS

B L A _ K
_ E A _ _

Marcus only got the top word.

B L A _ K
B E A _ S

Kylynn avoided getting attacked by BLACK BEARS.

Speed-Up: SHOW BIZ

Good news for the other teams- consonants were worth $6K!

S & K: T
M & M: S
J & J: 2 R’s
S & K: L
M & M: N
J & J: D
S & K: 3 P’s

R _ D / _ _ T / _ _ _ L _
P _ P P _ R S

Kylynn IDed the band RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS for $30K more!!!

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	BANKRUPTS
Round 1		J & J
Jackpot Round	P (S & K)
Mystery Round	R, C (M & M); E (J & J)	2 (J & J, S & K)
Speed-Up	N (M & M)	N/A
8 TOTAL	5	3

FINAL SCORES
S & K: $48,900 cash & Scotland | Other teams: $2K each

GRAND TOTAL: $52,900
BANKRUPT TRASH (Mystery Round, excluding WC): $1,900

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Bonus Round

Most of the segment showing the team’s supporters was cut out from the source video, but Kylynn’s parents and Sunny’s father were in the audience. Sunny landed on $100,000.

Category: THING

Opening setup…

_ _ L _ _ E
_ N _ _

PCMA only added…

_ _ L _ M E
_ N _ _

They couldn’t come up with anything, so they didn’t win a pair of vehicles that had a VOLUME KNOB– the Volkswagen GTIs.

MY RATING: 7 (C)

Fri.

WoF Retro Recap: January 30, 2007

This episode is rather infamous and you’ll see why.

EPISODE #4587: TEEN BEST FRIENDS

$1K Toss-Up: EVENT

W R _ T _ N G
A / _ L O G

I’m WRITING A BLOG about how this episode turned out, and J & K got on the board first. Next teams…

Judith Newcomb & Kamilah Roper (seniors): Judith is originally from Nigeria and she’s been here for a while; they both like to shop, dancing, acting, and going to the movies, and they’re in a lot of clubs in their school such as Garden Club, Theater Club, and Key Club

Kyle Ganzer & Brad Banda (friends for about 3 years): debate team members who were state champions last year and were on top 10 in California and they actually made it to the national level; Kyle’s involved in golf and running cross country while Brad’s involved in the yearbook staff and met in government economics class

Kailynn Greeley & Angelika Demopolis (senior cheerleading captains): Kailynn’s on the lacrosse club team and also involved in multiple clubs; Angelika’s on the Associated Student Body and involved in with Model United Nations

$2K Toss-Up: LIVING THING

P _ _
_ A R _ K E _ T

Whether or not Kailynn owned a PET PARAKEET, her team won the right to spin first.

FEATURED PRIZE: Rome courtesy of lastminutetravel.com (EUROPE) worth $8K
Tues./Thurs. Gift Tag: $1K courtesy of Crest WhiteStrips

Round 1: SHOW BIZ

K & A: 4 R’s for Crest WhiteStrips, $2,400 S quartet, 5 E’s, $600 N, I, $300 L, 2 A’s, 2 T’s for FS, P for EUROPE, solve for $2,550, Crest WhiteStrips, & EUROPE…

S _ P E R N A T _ R A L
T _ / S E R I E S
_ E R _ E S

Angelika IDed the SUPERNATURAL TV SERIES HEROES to keep the trip- PR!

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Jackpot Round: THING (PRIZE PUZZLE)

J & K: $1,800 T pair, no S on $800
Boys: $300 R, E, no H for WC
K & A: $300 N, $700 L pair, U, no P on JACKPOT
J & K: $500 B, 5 A’s, $300 Y, $800 C pair (NMC), solve for $1,350…

A L L – Y _ U – C A N –
E A T / T A C _ / B A R

But they stumbled on the second unfilled word with TABLE and TAKE– UGH. -__- And that’s why I said this episode is rather infamous. That allowed Brad’s team to solve ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT TACO BAR for $50 and a chance to have food there on their trip to the Pueblo Bonito Rose in Cabo San Lucas in MEXICO worth $8K.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $9,350

J & K: $1K | Boys: $8,050 cash & Mexico | K & A: $13,550 cash & Rome FS

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Mystery Round: SAME NAME

Boys: $300 T, 2 A’s, $800 R pair, no S on $900
A & K: $350 N, no P on $3,500 (almost got the BANKRUPT nearby), used FS, no L on $400
J & K: BANKRUPT near $600
Boys: $800 G pair, $1,200 M pair, 2 O’s, I, $900 H, 2 E’s (NMV), solve for $3K…

_ R E A T H I N G
& / G A M E
R O O M

Brad solved BREATHING & GAME ROOM.

J & K: $1K | Boys: $11,050 cash & Mexico | K & A: $13,550 cash & Rome

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$3K Toss-Up: ON THE MAP

_ E _ V _ _
C O _ _ R A _ O

Brad located DENVER, COLORADO to take the lead.

Round 4: OCCUPATION

Boys: T for WC, $900 S trio, 3 A’s, $900 R trio (not quite to the big one), 3 E’s, $300 L (again, not quite to the big one), SPEED-UP

_ R _ _ E S S _ _ _ A L
S _ A T E _ _ A R _ E R

Consonants were worth $1,500. Brad then said B…

_ R _ _ E S S _ _ _ A L
S _ A T E B _ A R _ E R

…and realized that Tony Hawk is a PROFESSIONAL SKATEBOARDER for $3,100 more- PR #2.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	BANKRUPTS	MISSOLVES
Round 1	PERFECT ROUND
Jackpot Round	S (J & K), H (boys), P (K & A)		J & K
Mystery Round	S (boys); P, L (K & A)	J & K
Round 4	PERFECT ROUND #2
8 TOTAL	6	1	1

FINAL SCORES
J & K: $2K | Boys: $17,150 cash & Mexico WC | K & A: $13,550 cash & Rome

GRAND TOTAL: $32,700
NO BANKRUPT TRASH

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Bonus Round

After we saw both boys’ parents, Kyle landed on WIN.

Category: PHRASE

Here are the ending letters on the top line…

S _ _ _ / _ E
_ _ _

HMPAB added a letter for each word…

S H _ _ / M E
H _ _

SHOW ME HOW to solve it, you two… Brad did just that for $30K and final total of $47, 150 cash & trip.

MY RATING: 6 (D+)

Last episode this month

WoF Retro Recap: January 29, 2007

This was the start of their final week with the 2000 music cues by Steve Kaplan for the Speed-Up, Toss-Up, Final Spin, Bonus Round, and the BR timer.

EPISODE #4586: TEEN BEST FRIENDS

$1K Toss-Up: EVENT

_ E A R N _ N G
T O / D _ _ _ E

Diana may not have been LEARNING TO DRIVE, but she scored first for her team. First teams that week…

Diana Lee & Kristina Hess (known each other for 2 years): Diana is involved in music and plays piano and is also involved with the peer mentoring program at her school; Kritina is in her school’s drill team and likes dancing and science and wants to be a neurosurgeon from Woodland Hills, CA

Jacob Ron & Kaley Leon (juniors): they are varsity mascots at their school (they are Bobo and Bubba Bear; they’re getting new heads for their costumes so they had to throw the old ones out; they dance around during pep rallies and football games) and are in the yearbook and do pretty much everything together from Temecula, CA

Marc Weintraub & Jeff Alpert (met through student government at their school): Mark is on the lacrosse team (formerly golf); Jeff loves sports and they were at an initiation meeting for ASG when he met Mark and have been best friends since then

$2K Toss-Up: PLACE

S O _ C E R
F _ E L _

Kaley scored a $2K goal with SOCCER FIELD.

FEATURED PRIZE: trip to Weston New York at Times Square + TicketsNow.com gift certificates (I ❤️ NY) worth $8,800
Mon./Wed./Fri. Gift Tag: Buy.com

Round 1: THING (PRIZE PUZZLE)

J & K: $600 T, $1,100 R pair, 2 A’s, no S on $500
M & J: no C on $600
D & K: $300 L, D for FS, 2 N’s for WC, $1,800 G pair, 3 I’s (NMV), solve for $1,850…

L I _ _ G _ A R D
T R A I N I N G

They would meet people with LIFEGUARD TRAINING on their trip to OAHU courtesy of lastminutetravel.com worth $7K.

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Jackpot Round: BEFORE & AFTER

M & J: $1,200 T pair, A, BANKRUPT near JACKPOT ($950 lost)
D & K: $1,200 R quartet, S on JACKPOT, $600 D, $600 C pair, no U, used FS, I, $500 K, BOMBED OUT thinking the last consonant was H on I ❤️ NY- REHORT?! -__-
J & K: $3,500 P, solve…

R _ P _ R T
C A R D
T R I C K S

Jacob performed some REPORT CARD TRICKS to keep that amount.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $11,300

M & J: ZIP | D & K: $9,850 cash & HI WC | J & K: $5,500

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Mystery Round: SHOW BIZ

D & K: instant BANKRUPT near $600 (they didn’t take away the WC)
J & K: $1,200 S quartet, no T on $300
M & J: LaT
D & K: $2,400 N trio, no R on $600
J & K: no P for I ❤️ NY
M & J: $300 M, 2 A’s, $550 G, 2 E’s, $900 L trio, $900 C trio, 4 H’s for I ❤️ NY, FATAL LaT ($10,950 cash & NY sitting there)
D & K: $800 Y, solve for $3,200…

_ _ S N E Y
C H A N N E L ’ S
H _ G H / S C H _ _ L
M _ S _ C A L

They IDed DISNEY CHANNEL’S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL.

M & J: NADA | D & K: $13,050 cash & HI WC | J & K: $5,500

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$3K Toss-Up: FUN & GAMES

O _ D / _ A I D
& / _ _ / _ _ S H

Jacob goofed with OLD MAID & THE FISH.

O L D / M A I D
& / _ _ / F _ S H

Diana solved the card games OLD MAID & GO FISH.

Speed-Up: FOOD & DRINK

Oh boy, consonants were worth $6K!

D & K: 2 R’s
J & K: P
M & J: 3 S’s
D & K: T
J & K: M
M & J: G
D & K: L

S _ _ S _ _ _ _
_ _ R L _ / _ R _ _ S

Kristina shared some SEASONED CURLY FRIES for $18K more!

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS
Round 1	S (J & K), C (M & J)
Jackpot Round	U, H (D & K)		M & J
Mystery Round	T, P (J & K); R (D & K)	2 (M & J)	D & K
Speed-Up	P, M (J & K); T (D & K); G (D & K)	N/A	N/A
15 TOTAL	11	2	2

FINAL SCORES
M & J: $2K DETENTION | D & K: $34,050 cash & HI WC | J & K: $5,500

GRAND TOTAL: $41,550
BANKRUPT TRASH (M & J): $950

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Bonus Round

The pairs of cars that could’ve been won this week were Volkswagen GTIs and Jeep Compasses. After we saw Diana’s parents and Kristina’s stepmom and dad, Kristina landed on CASH.

Category: THING

Stingy RSTLNE help…

_ _ _ _
S _ _ _ _ _ _

DMHAP gave them…

_ A _ _
S H A M P _ _

This would be categorized as AROUND THE HOUSE nowadays, but they missed the first word of BABY SHAMPOO with HAIR and WALL and lost $30K.

MY RATING: 6 (D+)

WoF Retro Recap: November 14, 1991

Here’s another episode from the hard-to-find S9, and this took place during their trip to WDW, which celebrated their 20th anniversary at the time. You can watch this episode HERE courtesy of Michael Pannoni.

EPISODE #1614: WHEEL AROUND THE WORLD

Over $121K given away so far that week. We then get a shot of the New Zealand hosts at the time, Phillip Leishman and Lana Coc-Kroft. Now for the all-female panel this game…

Lawanda Simpson: homemaker who has a Master’s of Science degree in social science who enjoys interior decorating and playing the piano from Bristol, FL

April Wright: raw materials coordinator for a major steel company who enjoys traveling and music from Richmond, CA

Christina Downey: 1-day champ w/ $37,100 from New York 

Round 1: BEFORE & AFTER

Lawanda: $200 T, $300 N pair, E for end of turn

April: $350 S, $200 R, L for loss of turn

Christina: D for dud

Lawanda: $1K C pair, $300 G pair, solve…

_ _ N C _ _ N G 
_ _ G / _ _ 
T R _ C _ S 

Lawanda got out a PUNCHING BAG OF TRICKS for $1,550.

FEATURED PRIZE: Hammerman GOLD bracelet worth $8,750

Round 2: CLUE

April: four S’s for $3,600, BANKRUPT 

Christina: T for turnover

Lawanda: $800 R quartet, $1,400 N pair, $400 D, four A’s and SIX E’s, $200 Y, $500 V, the L was no good again

April: M for mistake 

Christina: $200 P, $500 K, $300 C, $700 F, three O’s, solve…

F O _ R / S C O R E 
A N D / S E V E N 
Y E A R S / A _ O
S P E A K E R

She solved for $1,450, but did she know who’s the FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO SPEAKER? Sure she did w/ Abraham Lincoln.

Lawanda: $1,550/April: NIL/Christina: $1,950

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Round 3: PHRASE

Christina: BANKRUPT near pink $500 instantly

Lawanda: $500 T pair, $600 S, four O’s, $800 G pair, $250 H, $200 W, $1,800 N pair, unnecessary I buy, two E’s, solve…

W H O ’ S 
G O I N G / T O
_ O _ _ N T E E _

WHO’S GOING TO VOLUNTEER? Well, I am transcribing this episode, and this lady won $3,400.

Lawanda: $4,950/April: NADA/Christina: $1,950

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Round 4: PHRASE

Lawanda: LaT

April: S for sorry

Christina: $400 R, $400 N pair, $900 D, two A’s, $3K F pair, no L

Lawanda: $500 T

SPEED-UP

F _ _ 
A N D / F A R 
_ _ T _ _ _ N

The leftover consonants were worth $5K apiece! Lawanda then said two W’s…

F _ W
A N D / F A R 
_ _ T W _ _ N

…and solved FEW AND FAR BETWEEN for $10,500!

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	E (Lawanda), L (April), D (Christina)
Round 2	T (Christina), L (Lawanda), M (April)		April
Round 3			Christina
Round 4	S (April), L (Christina)	Lawanda

FINAL SCORES
Lawanda: $15,450/April: PARTING GIFTS/Christina: $1,950 (out w/ $39,050)

GT: $17,400
April’s BANKRUPT TRASH: $3,600

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Bonus Round

The truck and the watches were the leftover prizes. Of W and the second E remaining, she chose the W.

Category: THING

No RSTLNE in this 3-letter answer…

_ _ _ 

CDMA gave her a chance…

_ A M

She got a piece of HAM for the truck, a Chevrolet S-10 Blazer worth $20,512, giving her a 1-day total of $35,962! She took her hubby Bart to her new ride.

We got a look at how things were done in Phillip and Lana’s show. And said hosts presented some stuffed sheep for Pat and Vanna.

MY RATING: 7

Special Wheel Magazine Tribute Edition Available

TV Guide has recently released a special tribute edition magazine with nearly 100 pages detailing the show’s near 50 year history and also a tribute to Pat’s 40+ year hosting career. Interviews and memorable photos are also included; it’s available in stores and also online for $13.99. Click HERE to see what the magazine looks like.

I haven’t got my copy, but I will eventually.