WoF Retro Recap: March 2, 2007

EPISODE #4610: CHILL OUT!

$1K Toss-Up: EVENT

_ _ _ – O N – O _ E
I N _ E R _ I _ _ 

Lisa’s having her ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW right now, because she solved first…

Lisa Kemper: media specialist married to Curt w/ two kids whose grandma had 15 children, 71 great grandchildren, and over 200 great great grandkids combined from Sherwood, OR

Tony Macheve (sp?): bartender/server/shucker of a bar and grill who has a girlfriend and soulmate Becky as well as a puppy lab and two kittens from Raleigh, NC (originally from New York)

Jodi Zechter: assistant manager for a motorcycle parts and accessories company married to Eric for 4 years who has a dog named Diesel from Yucaipa, CA

$2K Toss-Up: OCCUPATION

_ O _ _ L _ F T
O _ _ R _ T _ R

Tony solved FORKLIFT OPERATOR.

FEATURED TRIP: Rancho La Puerta Fitness Resort & SPA in Baja California, Mexico from SpaFinder.com worth $8,400

Round 1: FUN & GAMES (PRIZE PUZZLE)

Tony: $800 T, M for mistake on SPA

Jodi: S for sorry

Lisa: three N’s for Omaha Steaks gift tag, one R for Free SPIN, $300 G (just dodged LaT), two I’s, $600 D, $300 P, bad O buy and used FS, two A’s, $300 L, solve…

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

She won $1,750 cash & steaks and would be RIDING AN ELEPHANT on her $4,500 LastMinuteTravel.com trip to SINGAPORE.

Jackpot Round: SLOGAN

Jodi: $500 S, two T’s for SPA, three A’s, one M on JACKPOT, three E’s, $1K R pair, two I’s, $700 C pair, one O, $600 F (just dodged BANKRUPT), unnecessary U buy (NMV), solve…

A M E R I C A ’ S
F A _ O R I T E
_ E T C _ U _ 

She won $2,050 and the spa in that PR, but did she know what’s AMERICA’S FAVORITE KETCHUP? Sure she did w/ Heinz.

UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $7,450

Tony: $2K/Jodi: $13,450 cash & spa/Lisa: $7,250 cash & Singapore

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Mystery Round: RHYME TIME

Lisa: five T’s for $1,500, four H’s for $1,400, SEVEN E’s, $900 R trio, one S on MW near $900 and DECLINED to risk $3,550 (good call, because that’s the BANKRUPT one), three A’s, LaT

Tony: LaT

Jodi: one N on other MW and flipped to get the $$$, $300 M, SOLE CRITICAL PURCHASE of O ($10,050 at risk)

Lisa: two B’s for WC, solve…

T H E / B _ T _ H E R 
T H E / B A _ E R / T H E 
_ A N _ _ E S T _ _ _ – 
M A _ E R

Three C’s and three K’s left behind, but she solved THE BUTCHER, THE BAKER, THE CANDLESTICK-MAKER for $4,300.

Tony: $2K/Jodi: $13,450 cash & spa/Lisa: $11,550 cash & Singapore WC

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$3K Toss-Up: FOOD & DRINK

S P _ _ _ _ H
R _ _ _ 

I ate some SPANISH RICE while in Barcelona last month, and Jodi solved to go to $16,450.

Round 4: PHRASE

Jodi: $1,650 T trio, BANKRUPT near $600

Lisa: $1,200 S pair, one I

SPEED-UP

I T ’ S / _ _ _ / T _ _ 
S _ _ _ / T _ / _ _

Consonants were worth the $1,300 minimum (just short of TD).

Lisa: H
Tony: N (DUD)
Jodi: 2 M’s

I T ’ S / _ _ _ / T H _ 
S _ M _ / T _ / M _

Jodi rightly stated “IT’S ALL THE SAME TO ME” for $2,600.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	M (Tony), S (Jodi), O (Lisa)
Round 2	PERFECT ROUND
Round 3	O (Jodi)	2 (Lisa, Tony)
Round 4	N (Tony)		Jodi

FINAL SCORES
Tony: $2K/Jodi: $19,050 cash & spa/Lisa: $11,550 cash & Singapore WC

GT: $32,600
Jodi’s BANKRUPT TRASH: $1,650

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Bonus Round

In addition to Eric the hubby, Jodi brought along mom Janet and grandma Nancy; she landed on what’s under the N of WIN.

Category: THINGS

This is a WAYW? item for winter…

S _ _ 
_ _ _ T S 

CDMO added just two O’s…

S _ _ 
_ O O T S 

She flubbed w/ SAW BOOTS, so left behind in a pair of SKI BOOTS was $30K.

MY RATING: 5 

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Coming soon is the entirety of the next theme “South Seas”.