Episode
3.3 - Anderson Can't Dance
June 24
Because you've been a
good crowd of game show fan folk, ABC is serving up a
double dose of Big Balls, crazy sweepers, and wipeouts!
So get ready...
THE WIPEOUT QUALIFIER
Tonight, the Qualifier consists of...
- The Door Knock. One of those doors has
something behind them that is not too pleasing. The other two...
probably do as well.
- The Sucker Punch: one wall, multiple punching gloves, a world of hurt.
- The Hydraulic Big Balls: Motivator is in full force, but this week,
the Balls are a little jumpy.
- The Shake-o-Lator: A crazy-moving platform with
balls and poles
- The Shape-Shifter: zipline yourself through one of the three holes
in the wheel spinnie of doom!
Megan Smith is first. Her strategy is to
look overweight, but to run like a skinny person. She has the part one
down, but the part two doesn't get a chance to execute, as Megan falls
more than she runs. She finishes half of the Shapeshifter for a time of
10:22.
Debbie Markham is next. She loves sugar.
Okay, she's diabetes waiting to happen. She gets sugar smacked. Wayne
Collins rules as "Papa Dog" on his Shake-o-Lator. Young puppies drool.
Bus driver Jennifer Wilker takes a trip to the Big Balls... literally.
Then she gets MOTIVATED! And shake-o-lated. Dr. Jeff Bueno gets door
knocked. Samoan Isaia Ofoia... gets door knocked and sucker-punched. He
clocks in at 4:25.
Starting the second half with opera
singer Amanda Raddatz. Act 1... Tragedy strikes. Act 2... Turned into a
soprano. Act 3... catching some serious aria. And the fat lady sings
with a time of 4 minutes flat.
Rene Thorn gets a no-bid contract to
construct a time of ... well, we don't know. Monica Mora is a ball
buster. The Big Balls... bust back. Tucker Carney is a stay-at-home dad.
But Mommie Dearest gets shaken AND stirred. Sam Bell from LA has some
falling pants. And he's another bus driver.
Last up is Jason Richard. He's got "The
Rich Factor". The Rich Factor is going to get it done... And the
Shake-o-Lator claims its final victim. The Rich Factor gets it done in
the fastest time today of 3:14.
ADVANCING TO ROUND 2
Jason "Rich Factor" Richard
Wayne "Papa Dog" Collins
Vicky "First to Lose Stage 2" Chan
Isaia "Samoan Warrior" Ofoia
Debbie "Sugar Mama" Markham
Rene "Construction Worker" Thorn
Tucker "Mommie Dearest" Carney
Monica "Ball Buster" Mora
Megan "WHO?!" Walsh
Amanda "Opera Singer" Raddatz
Meaghan "No, Seriously... WHO?!" Wadell
Jeff "Doctor Dentist" Bueno
THE DOUBLE CROSS
On a ten-foot high platform, the players
must negotiate their way through a platform cross while avoiding the
Sweeper arms. There are three green planks to enter, one red one to
exit. First six to pass through the Unstable Table on the other side
move on to the next stage.
First up, Dr. Bueno... and first down as
well. EVERYONE seems to be getting wiped out. In fact, Monica gets wiped
out by BOTH arms. Jason gets the first touch of the red plank. And
then... wiped out. No such suck for Isaia, who's the first to the next
round. Second time's ... NOT the charm for the Rich Factor. Sugar Mama
gets the second spot. The Doctor is also in... as is Wayne Papa Dog...
as is the Rich Factor (jumping over Vicky Chan). And... Double Crossing
Mother of...
Oh, did we mention there's a foam geyser?
Burton grabs the second spot. Animal
cruelty activist Jonelle gets Rochambeaued... and LeighAnne's down the
middle to the end.
Three up, three down. Eddie has to hang
on for a bit... and he's through. Smack Efron is covered in foam, but
he's in to the next round as well. One more contestant... and it's
Patrick!
ADVANCING TO ROUND 3
Jason "Rich Factor" Richard
Wayne "Papa Dog" Collins
Isaia "Samoan Warrior" Ofoia
Debbie "Sugar Mama" Markham
Tucker "Mommie Dearest" Carney
Jeff "Doctor Dentist" Bueno
UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE
Contestants will have to stay on the
Spinner for as long as possible, all the while having to jump over a
Sweeper bar. Go under it.. .they're out. There are four heats in total,
and the winner of each goes on to the Wipeout Zone. Also, there's $1000
hanging to the side if someone dares to grab the Brass Ring.
And why do they call this one Unclaimed
Baggage? Because Henson and the boys are going to be tossing JUST THAT
at the players.
Rich was the first to go under the bar,
so Dr. Bueno will sink his feet into the Wipeout Zone!
Second Heat... and the Wipeout Zone is
still sugar free as Jason joins Jeff in the Wipeout Zone.
Tucker goes for the Brass Ring... but
gets spun round and out. Sugar Mama is going into the final round?
Final heat.. Isaia gets UNDER the arm.
He's out. And so... is... Papa Dog. Tucker is in like Flynn.
ADVANCING TO THE WIPEOUT ZONE
Jason "Rich Factor" Richard
Debbie "Sugar Mama" Markham
Tucker "Mommie Dearest" Carney
Jeff "Doctor Dentist" Bueno
THE WIPEOUT ZONE... IN SPACE!
Time to get serious...
Rebuilt from the ground up is the world's
most dangerous obstacle course... the Wipeout Zone! Tonight...
- The Battlestar Dreadmill Launch
- The Gut Buster: A half-dozen of 16-feet hydraulic blocks... in orbit.
- The Rocketship Sinistairs: three sweepers as you climb a spinning spiral
staircase
- The Gauntlet: this week, it's the Crankshaft, the Blades of Fury, and
the Space Bridge Beater-Totter.
First up, Dr. Jeff Bueno, who was
drilled, cleaned, and capped today. He doesn't get much air on the
launch. He makes it past the Gut Buster in one pass, but has an issue
with the Sinistairs. Third trip up... and he's got it. He gets beaten by
the Beater-Totter, so he's going back to the Gauntlet. He finally clocks
in a time of 7:27.
Will Tucker Carney beat that time? He's
well-behind that pace set by Dr. Jeff. Onto the Sinistairs... and off
the Sinistairs. Second try... and done. Third try... DONE. (TIME OUT).
Debbie Markham is next. Hope she's loaded
with sugar, because she's going to have to fly through this course. She
crosses the Gut Buster in 15 seconds! Wow! But a second Sweeper gives up
a hard shot in the Sinistairs. But she holds on for another try. She's
got a lot of time left for the Gauntlet. She gets wiped out by the
Blades of Fury. Not so for the second time. She has more than a minute
to take on the Beater-Totter... NAILED IT! Time: 6:16.
Now it's up to the Rich Factor, Jason
Richard. He takes an immediate slip to the Gut Buster. That puts him in
a little bit of a hole. He makes up some time, but can he make it count?
Jason is getting absolutely hammered by the surroundings, and he may
just have taken a $50,000 bath. Still has a minute to take on the
Gauntlet... but the Crankshaft does him in. Congrats to DEBBIE MARKHAM,
tonight's $50,000 Wipeout Champion!
Two more shows next week. Join us then.
Until then, goodnight... and Big
Balls.
To view this episode in its entirety or to apply to be a contestant on
"Wipeout", go to abc.com/wipeout
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