WoF Retro Recap: February 14, 2007

First Two Episodes of Country Music Stars from Charleston: Mon., Tues.

EPISODE #4598: COUNTRY MUSIC STARS (CHARLESTON)

This night’s stars…

Wynonna: has scored 20 #1 hits 

Josh Gracin: first rose to fame as the singing Marine on “American Idol”

Richie McDonald: songwriter and lead vocalist for Lonestar

$1K Toss-Up: SHOW BIZ

P _ A Y I N _ / A N 
E N C _ R E

Samantha knew her favorite artist would be PLAYING AN ENCORE. Meeting this lady and her partner in the middle first…

Samantha Lapatka & Josh Gracin: Samantha from La Verne, CA was a student at UC-Riverside majoring in biological sciences and minoring in psychology hoping to get into sports physical therapy; Josh played for the National Guard Youth Challenge Program

Debra Teasley & Richie McDonald: Debra from Fayetteville, NC was retired from the military, a student at Methodist University who achieved a Bachelor’s of Science degree in business with a concentration in healthcare, and a mother of two children; Richie played for St. Jude Children’s Hospital (he last appeared on Feb. 19, 2003)

Vicki Boyd & Wynonna: Vicki from Carolina Beach, NC is a mortgage banker who loves World Tavern Texas Hold ’Em poker and boating on the Intracoastal Waterway; Wynonna played for Hope’s Place in Ashland, KY (she last competed on Feb. 17, 2003)

$2K Toss-Up: SONG TITLE

M Y / _ _ _ _ _ 
_ _ L E _ _ _ _ E

This comes from the musical “Babes in Arms”, and Samantha tripled up for the team w/ “MY FUNNY VALENTINE” (fitting considering the day this episode aired).

FEATURED PRIZE: Prague from Collette Vacations w/ OneTravel.com airfare worth $5,800 (EUROPE)

Round 1: EVENT

S & J: $450 T, LaT

D & R: one S for WC, $900 N trio, $300 G, three O’s, $600 F (just missed the big one), two E’s, $5K R pair, three A’s, possibly fatal dud of M

V & W: $500 P, $1,200 B pair, $900 K, solve…

B R E A K _ N G / _ N
A / N E _ / P A _ R
O F / B O O T S 

Vicki’s BREAKING IN A NEW PAIR OF BOOTS for $2,600.

Jackpot Round: PHRASE (PRIZE PUZZLE)

D & R: $1,650 S trio, A for awful

V & W: $600 T, BANKRUPT near JACKPOT

S & J: $800 G, buy of I, but then the other dud vowel of O

D & R: one J for VocoPro gift tag, three key U’s, solve…

J U S T / _ U _ _ _ 
I / G U _ S S

Debra’s JUST LUCKY, I GUESS, because she’s won $2,150 cash & gift tag as well as a trip to the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in LAS VEGAS (tickets to Blue Man Group included) from Vegas.com worth $4,500.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $6,950

V & W: $2,600/S & J: $3K/D & R: $6,650 cash & prizes WC

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Mystery Round: SAME NAME

V & W: $1,800 T pair, $7K R pair, two E’s and two A’s, $1,800 C pair, one O, $7K H pair, solve…

O R C H E _ T R A 
& / _ E A C H 
_ _ T

…but Vicki blew the $16,850 solve big time w/ ORCHESTRA & BEACH NUT — seriously, lady?! -__- Samantha then said two P’s for $1,100…

O R C H E _ T R A 
& / P E A C H 
P _ T

…and solved ORCHESTRA & PEACH PIT.

V & W: $2,600/S & J: $4,100/D & R: $6,650 cash & prizes WC

Not that great of a game thus far…

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$3K Toss-Up: FUN & GAMES

_ O U _ _ 
F _ O T _ _ L L

Vicki softened the blow of her epic fail w/ TOUCH FOOTBALL.

Speed-Up: ON THE MAP

Consonants were worth $1,600 apiece.

V & W: T
S & J: 3 N’s (it’s definitely not CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE and Samantha said it after the buzzer)
D & R: 2 S’s

_ N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
T _ N N _ S S _ _

Debra shouted the right one of KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE for $3,200.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	M (D & R)	S & J
Round 2	A (D & R), O (S & J)		V & W
Round 3				V & W’s blown solve
Round 4				2 (S & J’s blown solve and late solve)

FINAL SCORES ($10K for stars’ charities this week)
V & W: $5,600/S & J: $4,100/D & R: $9,850 cash & prizes WC

NON-CHARITY GT: a pitiful $19,550
V & W’s BANKRUPT TRASH: $600

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Bonus Round

Let’s remind you that the vehicles this week were the Porsche Boxster and the BMW X3. Richie spun the * (the envelope got stuck, so Pat helped Debra take it out).

Category: PHRASE

Three T’s to start this answer…

T _ _ _ _ / _ T
_ _ T

CKHO and D gave them…

T O _ _ H / _ T
_ _ T

Debra’s off by a letter right away w/ TOUCH IT OUT and also said TUCK IT OUT…but Richie helped her to TOUGH IT OUT w/ about two seconds to spare! After he fell to the floor, Pat told him to get up and showed them that Debra won the Porsche Boxster worth $51,830, giving her a final total of $61,680 cash & prizes. The two men greeting her were friends from the military.

MY RATING: 6 (weak game until that expensive car win)