WoF Retro Recap: February 22, 2007

EPISODE #4604: VANNA COMES HOME

$1K Toss-Up: FUN & GAMES

C H E _ _ _ E _ _ _ N G 
_ R _ O U _ _ 

Jodie knew that Vanna did some CHEERLEADING TRYOUTS back in the day. Thursday’s trio…

Jodie Caplea: former ballerina and preschool teacher (she does this once a week) married 4 years to Josh w/ a 1-year-old son Tyler from Mount Pleasant

Steve Brown: pastor married to Karen w/ three daughters (they have a female dog and female cat) who’s learning to play the hammer dulcimer from North Myrtle Beach 

Chardra Bass: legal assistant at a small law firm whose first name is a combination of her parents’ first names (Charles and Sandra) from North Charleston

$2K Toss-Up: ON THE MAP

_ _ _ _ _ T A 
G _ _ _ _ _ A

Jodie located the right one of ATLANTA, GEORGIA (AUGUSTA also fitted this setup) to triple up.

FEATURED TRIP: Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach Resort & Spa in Cabo San Lucas worth $5,500 (MEXICO)

Round 1: BEFORE & AFTER

Jodie: $400 T, $400 N, one A, $600 S, one R for Shari’s Berries gift tag, two E’s, L for lost turn

Steve: $300 B, $600 H, unnecessary I buy, $550 K, last vowel of O, the “buy” of two M’s for Free SPIN, solve for unnecessary house minimum…

M E M O R _ 
B A N K 
H E I S T 

He successfully pulled off a MEMORY BANK HEIST.

Jackpot Round: FOOD & DRINK 

Steve: used FS right away after saying a dud of T, BANKRUPT near $600

Chardra: LaT

Jodie: $2,400 N trio, same BANKRUPT 

Steve: $450 B, four A’s, unfortunate dud of S on $3,500

Chardra: two D’s on JACKPOT ($10,550), that same BANKRUPT struck again (lost $1K)

Jodie: $600 P, $400 G, unnecessary I and U buys, $400 R, sole dud vowel of O

Steve: $600 C, U repeat

Chardra: BANKRUPT near JACKPOT

Jodie: $900 M, mercifully went for solve…

C R _ A M _ 
B A N A N A 
P U D D I N G

She had some CREAMY BANANA PUDDING for $1,550.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $13,450

Chardra: NIL/Jodie: $4,550/Steve: $1K

Not looking good thus far….

---

Mystery Round: PHRASE (PRIZE PUZZLE)

Chardra: $600 T pair, LaT

Jodie: $600 R pair, one H on MW near $900 and flipped…Nissan Versa, three E’s, $3,200 L quartet, other four vowels (three I’s, O, two A’s and two U’s), $1,800 S trio, solve…

I / T H I _ _ 
_ O U ’ L L / _ E
_ L E A S A _ T L _ 
S U R _ R I S E _

I THINK YOU’LL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED, girl — you’ve won $4,350, the Versa, and a LastMinuteTravel.com trip to GLASGOW, SCOTLAND worth $4,500!

Chardra: NADA/Jodie: $27,324 cash & prizes/Steve: $1K

---

$3K Toss-Up: PERSON

C A R _ _ R
W O _ A N

Chardra knew that Vanna’s a CAREER WOMAN to get off the schneid.

Speed-Up: THING

Consonants were worth $1,600 apiece.

Chardra: 3 T’s
Jodie: 2 S’s
Steve: N
Chardra: R
Jodie: C (DUD)
Steve: M (DUD)
Chardra: L
Jodie: E

S _ _ T _ E R N
_ _ S _ _ T _ L _ T _ 

Jodie knew that Charleston is known for its SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY for $3,200.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	L (Jodie)
Round 2	T, S (Steve) O (Jodie)	Chardra	4 (all players incl. 2 by Chardra)	Steve’s U repeat
Round 3		Chardra
Round 4	C (Jodie), M (Steve)

FINAL SCORES
Chardra: $3K/Jodie: $30,524 cash & prizes/Steve: $1K

GT: $34,524
BANKRUPT TRASH: $3,400

---

Bonus Round

Jodie brought along three men whose names begin w/ J — her dad Jim, Josh the hubby, and her other dad Joe. She landed on what’s under the S of CASH.

Category: THING

Here’s a trio…

_ _ S _ _ 
_ E _ R _ 

CMPA only added the vowel…

_ _ S _ _ 
_ E A R _ 

She only got the second word of BUSHY BEARD and didn’t nearly double her winnings.

MY RATING: 6 (awful first half)

Conclusion of Charleston road trip (but w/ a painful ending)