EPISODE #3783: SHOPPING SPREE
$1K Toss-Up: PERSON
S _ C I A L
_ U _ _ E _ F L Y
Chris looked like a SOCIAL BUTTERFLY. Midweek panelists…
Chris Cedro: programmer for a business software co. married to Ruth w/ a 1-yr.-old son Justin from San Francisco
Amrita Bessin: legal assistant and cat lover as well as a Dolly Parton fan (hometown unknown; I think she was from L.A. at the time)
Kristi Kanel: professor at CSU Fullerton in the human services dept/ w/ a 9-yr.-old child (Gerard) and a big Beatles fan who saw Paul McCartney one time from Anaheim, CA
$2K Toss-Up: PLACE
_ _ M _ U N _ T Y
T _ E A _ _ _
Kristi solved COMMUNITY THEATER.
Round 1: TITLE
Kristi: $400 T, R for rats
Chris: $600 S, three E’s, one H for Free SPIN, $300 L, four A’s, $1K M pair, solve…
S _ E E T / H _ M E
A L A _ A M A
Chris solved the Lynyrd Skynyrd tune “SWEET HOME ALABAMA” for $1,400.
SOLE DUD: R (Kristi)
FEATURED SS: $3,500 macys.com GC
Jackpot Round: PHRASE
Chris: insta-dud of T
Amrita: four S’s for AMC gift tag (she tried to buy a vowel afterwards), $1,600 R pair, three I’s, N for negative
Kristi: $300 P, one O, $2,400 F trio, solve…
_ I F _ / I S / F _ _ _
O F / S _ R P R I S _ S
Three L’s left behind, but Kristi realized that LIFE IS FULL OF SURPRISES for $2,450.
DUDS: T (Chris), N (Amrita)
JACKPOT ENDED AT: $7,800
Kristi: $4,450/Chris: $2,400 FS/Amrita: ZIP
Mystery Round: SLOGAN
Amrita: $400 S, the N failed her again while she’s on macys.com
Kristi: $700 T, three E’s, $600 R pair, three I’s and three O’s, $300 F, one M for macys.com, $300 V, solve…
_ M E R I _ _ ‘ S
F _ V O R I T E
_ O O _ I E
But Kristi’s painfully one letter off w/ AMERICA’S FAVORITE ROOKIE, so $4,650 cash & GC were at risk.
Chris: $1,100 C pair, $300 K (NMC), solve…
_ M E R I C _ ‘ S
F _ V O R I T E
C O O K I E
Chris solved AMERICA’S FAVORITE COOKIE for $1,400. And this $3K bonus was presented as a multiple choice question…
- Chips Ahoy!
- Oreo
- Mrs. Fields (Pat threw in a joke response of Vic’s Vaporub)
Chris thought it was Mrs. Fields…no. It was Oreo.
SOLE DUD: N (Amrita)
SOLE DQ: Kristi’s one-letter missolve
Kristi: $4,450/Chris: $3,800 FS/Amrita: ZILCH
$3K Toss-Up: CLASSIC TV
T H _
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Amrita’s off the schneid w/ “THE HONEYMOONERS”.
Round 4: THING
Amrita: $550 R, $600 T pair, one E and A, LaT
Kristi: S for sorry (doesn’t matter if she bought that consonant)
Chris: $1,200 N pair, one I, $10K P pair, solve…
A / _ _ _ _ E N
_ P P _ R T _ N I T _
Chris made the most of A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY after landing on that sparkly silver wedge and was paid $10,950 for his efforts.
SOLE DUD: S (Kristi)
SOLE LaT: Amrita
Kristi: $4,450/Chris: $14,750 FS/Amrita: $3K
Round 5: FICTIONAL CHARACTER
Kristi: $550 T, BANKRUPT near $600
Chris: Free SPIN’s a waste (he said R and then S)
SPEED-UP
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Consonants were worth the $1,300 minimum.
Amrita: N
Kristi: H
Chris: C
C _ _ T _ _ N
_ H _ _
Chris IDed CAPTAIN AHAB.
DUDS (both by Chris): R and S
SOLE BANKRUPT: Kristi
FINAL SCORES
Kristi: $4,450/Chris: $16,050/Amrita: $3K
GT: $23,500
BANKRUPT TRASH: $550
Bonus Round
Ruth the wife saw Chris land on the second zero.
Category: ON THE MAP
This is an Arizona city…
_ L _ _ S T _ _ _
CDMA gave him two of the vowel…
_ L A _ S T A _ _
And that vowel was key in helping him locate FLAGSTAFF for the $25K and a final all-cash total of $41,050.
MY RATING: 7
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