WoF Retro Recap: February 8, 2007

EPISODE #4594: CHARLESTON, SC WEEK

$1K Toss-Up: PLACES

C _ B _ L E _ T _ _ E
S T R E _ _ _ 

Marcella’s DQed for leaving out the S at the very end of this answer (and the audience mistakenly applauded).

C _ B _ L E _ T _ _ E
S T R E E _ S

Brian knew that Charleston has COBBLESTONE STREETS. Thursday’s trio…

Brian Jones: a guy who’s in residency at Medical University of South Carolina for pediatric industry and is married to Lindsay from Mount Pleasant, SC

Judy Sheppard: no occupation mentioned but she enjoys tennis, rollerblading, and snow skiing from Charleston, SC (she’s a native of said city)

Marcella Whaley: 2nd grade teacher at Marrington Elementary and pig collector (her students gave her pigs for the last 20 years because she has a pig puppet in her classroom that kisses them as they leave) from Charleston, SC

$2K Toss-Up: EVENT

H A R B _ R
_ _ U I _ _ 

Marcella scored that time w/ HARBOR CRUISE.

FEATURED TRIP: The Crane Resort & Spa in BARBADOS from Spa-Quest.com worth $8,900

Round 1: OCCUPATION

Marcella: two T’s for $1,800, LaT

Brian: $600 S pair, $500 N, sole dud vowel of E

Judy: $600 S pair, E repeat (she tried to change to A to no avail)

Marcella: buys of I, three A’s and two O’s, $600 B, solve…

B R O A _ _ A S T 
_ O _ R N A _ I S T 

David Muir is one example of a BROADCAST JOURNALIST, and Marcella solved for $1,650.

Jackpot Round: FOOD & DRINK (PRIZE PUZZLE)

Brian: $1,800 T trio, $450 R, four E’s, LaT

Judy: $300 S, sole dud vowel of A

Marcella: two F’s for Free SPIN, $300 Y, one B for BBQ Galore gift tag, one I, solve…

B _ T T E R Y
E _ _ _ I S _ 
T _ F F E E 

She solved for $50 and the BBQ, but would also try some BUTTERY ENGLISH TOFFEE on her $4,500 LastMinuteTravel.com trip to LONDON, ENGLAND (I was there last month).

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $6,650

Judy: ZIP/Marcella: $9,200 cash & prizes FS/Brian: $1K

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Mystery Round: BEST SELLER

Judy (after mentioning her 5 nieces and nephews): two T’s on MW near $900 and flipped…not good news

Marcella: S for sorry and used FS, $3,600 N quartet, three E’s, two H’s for WC, four I’s and three O’s, $3K G trio, solve…

_ I _ N I G H T / I N 
T H E / G _ _ _ E N 
O _ / G O O _ 
_ N _ / E _ I _ 

Four D’s left behind, but she solved the John Berendt novel “MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL” for $5,850.

Judy: NO LUCK/Marcella: $15,050 cash & prizes WC/Brian: $1K

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$3K Toss-Up: FUN & GAMES

_ I _ _ _ / _ E _ G _ E
B _ _ E B A _ _ 

Marcella’s one letter too many w/ LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL.

M I _ O _ / _ E _ G _ E
B _ S E B A L _ 

Judy’s scoreless no more w/ MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.

Speed-Up: LIVING THINGS

Consonants were worth $1,300 apiece.

Judy: 3 T’s (she quietly asked if she could call another letter)
Marcella: N
Brian: 2 S’s
Judy: R (she botched the bottom w/ SUN TURTLES)
Marcella: L
Brian: G (NMC)

G _ _ N T 
S _ _ / T _ R T L _ S

Brian spotted the GIANT SEA TURTLES for $3,900.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	E (Brian)	Marcella		Judy’s E repeat
Round 2	A (Judy)	Brian
Round 3			Judy
Round 4				Judy’s botched solve

FINAL SCORES
Judy: $3K/Marcella: $15,050 cash & prizes WC/Brian: $4,900

GT: $22,950
NO BANKRUPT TRASH (excl. MW flip)

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Bonus Round

Marcella brought along her brother Darrell, and twin nephews Darien and Darrell; she spun the last zero.

Category: THINGS

This puzzle would later be used at the start of Grand Getaways in Pat’s final season…

_ _ _ N _ 
_ E _ S 

FMPI and G added just two on top…

P I _ N _ 
_ E _ S 

She blanked and wouldn’t be playing a happy tune on the PIANO KEYS for $30K. 

Ciarán Duffy of Tristan restaurant presented some hickory-smoked chocolate BBQ sauce lamb ribs for the hosts.

MY RATING: 6