WoF Retro Recap: February 21, 2007

EPISODE #4603: VANNA COMES HOME

$1K Toss-Up: THING

H _ _ _ / S C _ O _ L
_ E A R B _ _ _ 

I’ve got more than one HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK (four to be exact), and so did Dustin. Wednesday’s winner wannabes…

Dustin Henderson: senior at the Citadel studying accounting and member of the rifle drill team who’s on the Honor Court and member of the Snack Pack

Deborah Collins: 5th grade teacher at Ladson Elementary who directs both of the choruses there and sings with the Sweet Adelines; she’s married to Larry w/ 10 children, 17 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren from Ladson, SC (25 miles up the road from Charleston)

Dr. Rayna Clay: physician resident in anesthesiology at MUSC and owner of two Wheaten Terriers (she transplanted from San Francisco)

Deborah passed away on her 73rd birthday per this obituary note I found HERE.

$2K Toss-Up: OCCUPATION

F E R R _ 
C _ P T _ _ N

Dustin tripled up w/ FERRY CAPTAIN.

FEATURED TRIP: Two Bunch Palms Resort & Spa in Desert Hot Springs, CALIFORNIA worth $7,500

Round 1: SONG & ARTIST

Dustin: $900 T pair, A for awful

Deborah: two N’s for SpaFinder.com gift tag, $800 D, $500 W, five E’s, BANKRUPT (lost $2,050 cash & gift tag)

Rayna: $2,700 S trio, one R for CALIFORNIA, solve…

_ S N ’ T / S _ E
_ _ _ E _ _ 
_ _ / S T E _ _ E
W _ N D E R

She solved “ISN’T SHE LOVELY” BY STEVIE WONDER for $10,200 cash & California.

Jackpot Round: PHRASE (PRIZE PUZZLE)

Deborah: $600 T, $1,200 R pair (just missed TD), SIX E’s, $1,800 N pair, $350 V, three W’s on JACKPOT ($7,950), same BANKRUPT near $600 (lost $5,200)

Rayna: LaT

Dustin: $1,600 Y pair, three O’s and two U’s, $350 H, $1,600 K pair, two I’s, unnecessary A buy (NMV), $2,400 L trio (close call), solve…

Y O U / N E V E R 
K N O W / W H E R E 
L I _ E / W I L L 
T A K E / Y O U

YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE LIFE WILL TAKE YOU, and this guy won $4,950 and an Insight Vacations tour of SPAIN (Madrid, Barcelona and Seville) w/ CheapTickets.com airfare worth $6,398.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $10,700

Rayna: $10,200 cash & CA/Dustin: $14,348 cash & Spain/Deborah: NO LUCK

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Mystery Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Rayna: instant dud of T

Dustin: $900 N, sole dud vowel of I

Deborah: two R’s for WC, S for sorry

Rayna: $1,800 L pair, one A, BANKRUPT near $3,500 (lost $1,550)

Dustin: one E, the “buy” of C for crud

Deborah: D for dud

Rayna: $900 B trio, buys of U and O (NMV), $300 G, solve…

R U B B E R 
B A L L 
G O _ N

She donned a RUBBER BALL GOWN for the house minimum.

Rayna: $11,200 cash & CA/Dustin: $14,348 cash & Spain/Deborah: WC

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$3K Toss-Up: AROUND THE HOUSE 

D E _ S E R T
_ _ _ L S

Dustin got out some DESSERT BOWLS for the Toss-Up sweep.

Speed-Up: ON THE MAP

Oh boy, it’s another $6K Final Spin!

Dustin: 2 R’s (way off w/ NEW YORK RAILROAD)
Deborah: T (she tried to use her WC)
Rayna: 2 N’s

_ _ N / _ _ _ N
_ _ _ R T _ / R _ _ _

Rayna located SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO for $12K and the comeback win!

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	A (Dustin)		Deborah
Round 2		Rayna	Deborah
Round 3	T (Rayna) I, C (Dustin) S, D (Deborah)		Rayna
Round 4				Dustin’s botched solve

FINAL SCORES
Rayna: $23,200 cash & CA/Dustin: $17,348 cash & Spain/Deborah: $1K GOOSEEGG WC

GT: $41,548
BANKRUPT TRASH: $8,800 cash & GC

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Bonus Round

Rayna introduced her mom Pamela, and the mom is standing in between this contestant’s female friends Jenny and Tammy; she landed on what’s under the third zero.

Category: FOOD & DRINK

Just the middle letter to start…

_ _ _ R _ _ _ 

GHMO triggered a WIPEOUT, and she could only think up of a MARTINI. It was the spice of PAPRIKA and she lost $25K.

Vanna showed us some of her favorite hangouts in her city of North Myrtle Beach. First up is Hoskins Restaurant where she met with some of her ”friends” (two teachers named Teresa and Rivers, Jimmy who hired her as a waitress, and two people she babysat named Bonnie and Jay). Next up is Painter’s Ice Cream where her favorite flavor is maple nut and the flavor named after her is called Vanna Banana. And finally, the OD Pavilion where she does the shag (the official state dance of South Carolina).

MY RATING: 6