Episode
4.9 - Spring Wipeout:
March 17
There's an old Buddhist saying... "Winter
never fails to turn into spring." We had the winter of our discontent
for the last eight episodes... But today, here comes the sun! Get ready
for SPRING WIPEOUT!
THE QUALIFIER
Tonight, the Qualifier consists of...
- The Bed Bugs... Bedhead takes on a new
meaning with spring-activated headboards and giant insects.
- The Big Balls... Now with a new SPRING-ovator conveyor belt. No spring
there, though. Plenty of spring on the Balls, though.
- The Spring Fling... Giant swing going in the wrong direction.
- The Wipeout Kitchen... Three square meals launching square on your
belly, followed by two hurdles.
The 24 spring breakers will take on the course, and the
12 with the fastest times will advance to stage 2.
ADVANCING TO ROUND 2
Cynthia Magana
Edgar "The Nosepicker" Bravo
"Faux Frenchman" Joey Pierre
"Bad Hair Irma" Ellis
Brent "Brogre" Ellis
John Adams
Dave Chambers
Tawny "Da Bomb" Davis
Hailey "Wolf Woman" Welch
Econ Professor Jennifer Halvorsen
Traffic conductor Amanda Lee
Rod "Hah-vahd" Plaza
THE SCARE-OUSEL
What's a spring fling without a carnival
classic? Contestants will start on the red track, grab a red dangler,
and make it to a red spot that leads to a yellow dangler and do the same
thing with a yellow dangler. If they wipeout before the spot, they'll
have to go back to the start, but the first six to avoid the sweeper
arms and make it to the finish target move on to the next stage.
ADVANCING TO ROUND 3
"Faux Frenchman" Joey Pierre
"Bad Hair Irma" Ellis
Brent "Brogre" Elder
Tawny "Da Bomb" Davis
Econ Professor Jennifer Halvorsen
Rod "Hah-vahd" Plaza
THE NOT-SO-OK CORRAL
The mountain has melted, and has
revealed... a saloon. Each of
the three rounds will start with a spin around the Dizzy Dummy.
First up, players will have to dive off of the Springboards onto a
rotating platform and a bouncing box. Then it's onto the Crankshaft, the Knee Sweeper, and the
Spinning Platform onto the finish. Wipeout at the Crankshaft or the Knee
Sweeper, and you can start back there. And here to help out the wipeouts
are a couple of the rootinest tootinest shootinest cowpokes that ABC
could find.
ADVANCING TO THE WIPEOUT ZONE
"Faux Frenchman" Joey Pierre
Brent "Brogre" Elder
Rod "Hah-vahd" Plaza
THE SPRING WIPEOUT ZONE
Back and with a spring fresh smell, it's
the toughest of the courses, the Spring Wipeout Zone! Tonight's
lineup...
- The Spring Shot
- The Over and Out: two rotating cliffhangers with floors on both the
top and the bottom... but the bottom... or is it the top... has a hole.
- The Point Break: climb up one end, then time the slide down to the
other.
- The Coin Toss: heads or tails, it adds up to eight spinning platforms
on to the finish.
Fifty large goes to the quickest time.
First up, all 6-foot-8-inches of Brent
Elder. He seemed to gain a footing on the Over and Out, but he takes a
plunge. Second time's a charm. Oh, did we mention a shower on the Point
Break? Because that's important. He got off too soon, though, and ends
up with a time of... 7:36.
Second, Rahd from Hahvahd. He's outpacing
Brent on the Point Break, but he gets exhausted quickly, and NARROWLY
makes the leap to the Coin Toss. He leads with 4:28.
It's up to Joey Pierre to beat the
time... He makes a costly wipeout at the Point Break, but will he make
up the time? NO HE WON'T! CUT A CHECK TO ROD PLAZA, THIS WEEK'S SPRING
WIPEOUT CHAMPION, FOR $50,000!
And the spring has just sprung. We'll
spring 24 more people onto the course for $50,000 next time. Until then,
good night... 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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