This WASN’T a pretty one… -___-
EPISODE #2474: NEW YORK WEEK II
Sid Baumann: a man who flew A-6 intruders as a navigator for the Navy for about a decade and worker for an architectural signage company in Virginia Beach who has a 5.5-year-old son (Garrett) who just got his white tip in karate from Virginia Beach, VA (orig. from Wisconsin)
Doug Laird: co-owner of a promotional products company w/ his wife that gives marketing consultancy for local businesses who has five children and three grandchildren from Nokomis, FL
Tom Colberg: engineering assistant for a classic rock radio station from Bellevue, WA
Round 1: BEFORE & AFTER
Sid: insta-dud of S on $1K
Doug: $400 N, G for goof
Tom: $200 T, $350 R, A for awful
Sid: LaT
Doug: $300 F pair, $900 L, $250 H, four E’s and four O’s, solve…
_ H E E L / O F
F O R T _ N E
_ O O _ _ E
Looks like they’re trying to be cute, eh? Doug solved “WHEEL OF FORTUNE” COOKIE for $1,350.
FEATURED PRIZE: the $4,412 trip to the ’96 Olympic Games (ATLANTA)
Round 2: PHRASE
Doug: $250 R, $250 N, four A’s, two L’s for ATLANTA, $900 Y, four E’s, BANKRUPT (lost $5,312 cash & ATLANTA)
Tom: T for turnover
Sid: three S’s for Free SPIN, $500 M, three I’s (NMV), $1K K pair, $5K D pair, $1,500 P pair, solve…
I N S I D E
S P E _ I A L L Y
M A R K E D
P A _ K A _ E S
Sid solved INSIDE SPECIALLY MARKED PACKAGES for $7,750.
Sid: $7,750 FP/Doug: $1,350/Tom: ZIP
Round 3: WHO IS IT?
Tom: one T for $10K, $400 R pair, two E’s, $600 S, one A, five N’s for $4K, one U, $500 W, three I’s, $750 G trio, $900 C, one D for DOUBLE PLAY and used right away…$500 x 2 and one L, last vowel of O…
G I D G E T
O S C A R / W I N N E R
_ L _ I N G / N U N
But he’s going on…and he got himself an EPIC FAIL in the form of the BANKRUPT near red $500 to give up $16,900 — UNBELIEVABLE. -___- After Sid’s Free SPIN proved to be a waste (he BANKRUPTED near pink $500 twice in a row), Doug solved GIDGET, OSCAR WINNER, FLYING NUN for the $200 house minimum and correctly said Sally Field as the person.
Sid: $7,750/Doug: $2,550/Tom: BAD SHAPE
FEATURED PRIZE #2: marked JET BOAT ($10K+)
Round 4: OCCUPATION
Sid: $900 S, buys of E and O, one T for SURPRISE
SPEED-UP
_ _ _ _ _ E
_ O _ _ _ _ _ S T
Consonants were worth $250 each.
Sid: M (way off w/ TOWN BOTTOMIST)
Doug: R (DUD)
Tom: N
Sid: D (blew it right away w/ IDEAL…)
Doug: L
Tom: P (DUD)
Sid: 2 C’s (blew it again w/ EDITORIAL CUP)
Doug: V
_ D V _ C E
C O L _ M N _ S T
Doug solved ADVICE COLUMNIST for $500.
| PENALTY BOX | DUDS | LaTs | BANKRUPTS | DQs |
| Round 1 | S (Sid), G (Doug), A (Tom) | Sid | ||
| Round 2 | T (Tom) | Doug | ||
| Round 3 | 3 (Tom, Sid 2x) | |||
| Round 4 | R (Doug), P (Tom) | 3 blown solves by Sid |
FINAL SCORES
Sid: $7,750/Doug: $3,050/Tom: DESERVING PARTING GIFTS
Tom, I hope you’ve learned a lesson here — you’ve got to know when you have to avoid pressing your luck when you have so much $$$ at stake. -___-
GT: $10,800
BANKRUPT TRASH: a whopping $22,212 cash & Atlanta
Bonus Round
From -HEEL, Sid chose the H.
Category: THING
This would fit under In The Kitchen nowadays…
S _ _ _
S _ _ _ N
MDK’s no good, but there were three O’s…
S O _ _
S _ O O N
He got SPOON, but blew the top w/ SILVER, SUN, SUN SWOON, SONG SWOON, and SING SPOON; it was SOUP SPOON and he lost the savings bonds.
MY RATING: 2 (if it weren’t for Sid’s sizable R2 solve, this would’ve been a 1)
WHEEL of FORTUNE with Andy Nguyen 