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100 Mexicanos Dijeron by Jason Hernandez, GSNN

Air time: 7p ET/6p CT on Telefutura
Host: Marco Antonio Regil
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Family Feud by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or familyfeud.com
Host: Richard Karn
Burton is decked out luau-style because one of eight families can win up to $130,000 and a trip to Hawaii on Family Feud's annual winner-take-all Tournament of Champions! So far, the pot is at $50,000, and the Rambos await the winner of the next two games. The Abdullahs await the winner of this one...
 
Stewart (Janet, Tolenia, Raymael, Sharon, Robert)
Lopez (Miguel, Jose, Iliana, Ana, Gabriel)
JACKPOT: $50,000

Round 1: something that people do at home on a Saturday night if they can't afford to go out (6). Janet fires with #1, watch a movie. Relax, eat dinner, make love, have friends over, and play games round out the sweep for 99.

Round 2: something that makes it harder for a mailman to deliver the mail (5). Tolenia fires again with dogs... number one! They also get weather and fences. The Lopezes try stamps for the steal... Not there! The Stewarts get 185! Other answers: carrying packages, nobody home.

Double Round: something you do when you're blue that makes you feel better (5). Iliana: "I drink." Number five. Raymael: "I eat." Number three! Janet goes shopping... number one! Tolentia tries friends... Strike three. The Lopezes try stealing with going for a drive.  No! The Stewarts have 255. Other answers: listen to music, cry.

Triple Round: when you arrive in heaven, who do you think will be there to greet you (4)? Sharon: "JESUS!" Number 2, alongside God. Ana tries St. Peter... number 3. Robert gets a family member for #1! Will Gabriel blow his horn for the game? He and all the other angels, yes! The Stewarts win this one in a shutout, 534-0.

Meanwhile, you know we'll be back for next year, so why not try out? Call 323-762-8467 or log onto familyfeud.com. Who knows, you might find yourself playing in one of these here tourneys!

Janet & Tolenia try to add another $20,000 to that jackpot. Janet only delivers 56 points on her first half. Thanks to "a food that you can buy already sliced" (lunch meat), "something associated with Christopher Columbus" (his boats, but #1 was discovering America), and "something you do to pass the time on an airplane" (read), Tolenia delivers another $20,000, giving the Jackpot $70,000! Monday, it's the Abdullahs vs. the Stewarts for the right to play the Rambos!

 
The Price is Right by Chico Alexander and JD Hernandez, GSNN

Air time:  11a ET/10a CT on CBS (markets may vary)
Host: Bob Barker
You know, it's always a special day on TPIR, but this one just happens to be a bit more special. You'll see why during round 2. For now, though, let's meet Chason Battaglia, Jennifer Ehrlich, Jennifer Garnier, and Ricardo Marquez. Now let's see a keyboard worth $1295. The winner: Ricardo, as he heads over to Barker's Bargain Bar where he can win a NASCAR pinball priced at $3995 and a bar set priced at $2699. Wow. Even for bargain prices, that's steep. Anywho... He picks out the bar set. The actual price of the pinball: $4595, $600 difference. The actual price of the bar set $3699, difference of $1000, and we have a winner!

And we have an electric fireplace in round 2. It costs $999, and hopefully Jennifer G won't use it to burn the $16,000 she could win playing It's In the Bag... and who should wheel out the products but the host of "America's Next Top Model" and her own talk show, ladies and gentlemen, Tyra Banks is in the house!

... So where were we then? Oh yeah, the products. We've got Hot Pockets, NewPhase, NesQuik Strawberry, Gold Bond Ultimate lotion, Oxford index cards, and Smucker's Blackberry Jam. The first bag: 69c. That's the index cards, easy. Second, $15.99. That's the supplement, easy. Next, the jam at $3.35. the lotion at $6.49, and Hot Pockets at $2.29. Actual order... cards... supplement... jam... lotion... Hot Pockets! Jennifer wins $16,000... and she got to meet Tyra Banks. Lucky kid.

Shirley Stokes wins a trampoline worth $808, and there's Tyra again, this time, she's in a Pontiac G6, which she can win playing the Card Game. She draws another $1000 card, the second in a row, and with that padding of error, she draws the Ace of Clubs, and bids $16,500. Actual price... $20,655. Difference: $4155. No car, and worst off, Tyra has to go back to her studio to tape her show now. But you can see the happenings at ClassicGameShows.com. (C-Note: Please download the clip from that site. If there's anything we frown upon over here, it's bandwidth leeching. Thanks, the management). Meanwhile, Jennifer spins out 85c to win the first Showdown.

Our next player... Christopher Henderschott. The soldier in the US Army wins a $578 table tennis package. A hot tub awaits in Double Prices. It's either $4150 or $3495. He goes for $3495... and he's a winner, too!

We're at the start of a run when Marjorie Bolton makes it on stage thanks to a $999 fridge/freezer. But can she Line'em Up for a Chevrolet Colorado? She gets the help of an $895 flatware set, a $58 voice recorder, and a $697 set of lamps. First number, 1. Last: 0. She lines up $19,570.... two right. She changes the 5 to an 8... Boom. Got it.

Last chance for Chason and Jennifer E. to win something out of Contestants' Row... and it goes to Chason, as he wins a $1650 telescope. That leads to a chance at a pair of Honda offroad motorcycles. He'll win those just so long as Hans doesn't plummet to his untimely death... again. First up, a steam iron. Marjorie says $25... It's $24, so Hans only goes one step. Next: a food dehydrator. He thinks it's $45. It's actually $39, so he traverses another six steps to seven. Finally, we've got a digital compass. He thinks it's $50... it's $40. It's enough for the win. But it isn't enough to win at the Wheel, as Marjorie (thanks to Bob spinning) goes on to the final round...

And if that wasn't exciting enough, someone got engaged during the commercial!

First up, a bedroom group with sleep set, an HDTV, and a trip to Rio. Top winner Marjorie bids $9000. Jennifer E, meanwhile, keeps it simple with his & hers running shoes, range, and a Ford Freestar. She tags it at $30,000. Actual price: $28,894. She's over by about $1000 and change. Marjorie's actual price... $17,947. She wins the day with $40,506! What a way to end the week!

Stats: 5-1, $78,556.

 
Wheel of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or wheeloffortune.com
Hosts: Pat Sajak & Vanna White
With all this wacky weather we are having, we need some sun...so let's end FUN IN THE SUN week from Ft. Lauderdale!

The $1,000 Tossup is PHRASE. No one got RISE AND SHINE. Andrew Errico is from Hollywood, FL. He is an electrician. Elise Sargent is from St. Petersburg, FL. She is a life coach and is married with 2 kids. She was in the US Army. Stephanie Jonas is from Naples, FL. She is a 4th grade teacher.

The $2,000 Tossup is PLACE. Elise quickly got MAN-MADE LAKE for $2,000. She starts this round and we add this to the wheel...an Earth River Expeditions river rafting trip to Patagonia, Chile with Airfare from LAN Airlines worth $9,900! The category is FUN AND GAMES....and it's a PRIZE PUZZLE. She misses...over to Stephanie. She hits Bankrupt...over to Andrew. He misses...over to Elise who flirts with Pat and solves EARLY-MORNING SURFING LESSON for $1,900. And you can do that in the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort and Spa worth $5,250! And if you have the SPIN ID of TC10113 you are surfing in California. And if you have the Sony Card...you have $50,000 in the bank! That round was worth $7,150...and it's been all Elise with $9,150 in cash and trip!

The jackpot round is sponsored by Eggland's Best Eggs. The category is ON THE MAP. Stephanie starts. She hits Lose A Turn...over to Andrew. He solves GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS for $2,350.

The mystery round prize is $10,000. And the category is SAME NAME. Andrew starts. He misses...over to Elise, who hits Bankrupt. Over to Stephanie who hits the Mystery wedge and risks $2,000 on the mystery wedge and hits the moolah! She hits the $1,000 Body Glove Gift Tag. She misses...over to Andrew. He misses...over to Elise. She solves ULTRAVIOLET & TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS for $4,250. She is up to $13,400 in cash and trip!

The $3,000 Tossup is AROUND THE HOUSE. Andrew is up to $5,350 with MONKEY WRENCH. He starts this round which is THING, which is a Lose a Turn. Over to Elise. We go into the FINAL SPIN...and we have $6,000 a letter tonight to end the week! And Elise wins $30,950 with CROSSCUT PAPER SHREDDER! And she wins with a huge total of $44,350 in cash and prizes! Stephanie had a tough run on the wheel, and we give her $1,000. And Andrew leaves with a nice total of $5,350.

Can Elise end the week on a big note? She lands on the H in CASH. Her category is THING. With the RSTLNE we have:

_ S _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ N _

She chooses D G M I and we have:

_ S _ I M _ _
_ I _ I N I

When you are in the sun, you see a lot of hot girls in A SKIMPY BIKINI. And you can cover yourself with $30,000 in bonus cash...and her total is a huge $74,350 in cash and prizes! Nice way to end the week! Next week, we say "Welcome Aboard" to more Wheel!
 
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire by Don Harpwood, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or millionairetv.com
Host: Meredith Vieira
Last time, Madeline Clive (Minneapolis, MN) had no problem getting $1,000. How much more will she win?

Madeline happens to be a big fan of this show, so much that when she goes on vacation, she makes sure she knows when she can watch it! So this is a dream come true for her! As for how she prepared for this, she checked out as many library books as she could, and watched as much TV as she could. Hopefully, she has enough of that information crammed into her head to go all the way here. With that, the game resumes, and after a bit, she runs into this question...

[$8,000]
Stars of the hit musical "The Producers," Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane returned to Broadway in 2005 in what show?
A: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
B: Waiting for Godot
C: La Cage aux Folles
D: The Odd Couple

Madeline asks the audience. 88% of the studio audience and 41% of the AIM users pick D. Madeline trusts them... and they're right! Moving on...

[$16,000]
George H.W. Bush's presidential library is located on the campus of what Texas university?
A: Texas A&M
B: Rice
C: Southern Methodist
D: Baylor

Madeline says she thinks the 50:50 wouldn't help, then she calls her friend Pauline, who is a retired reference librarian. Pauline is 50% sure that it's A. Madeline goes with that... and it's A! She then makes it to $25,000, becoming the 13th straight player in the regular run (as in not counting theme weeks like last week) to reach that point! With that, she then sees this...

[$50,000]
Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, believed that the Garden of Eden was located in what state?
A: Kansas
B: Missouri
C: Kentucky
D: Iowa

The 50:50 leaves B and C. Still unsure, she then decides to switch it. Turns out that it was B. But that's gone now, and this is what replaces it...

[$50,000] (Q)
A landmark 1843 case in England held Daniel M'Naghten not guilty of murder thanks to what defense?
A: Entrapment
B: Intoxication
C: Self-defense
D: Insanity

It is a free guess, so Madeline says D... and she's right! Next question...

[$100,000]
What word, meaning "an embellishing musical note," was the winning word in the 2005 National Spelling Bee?
A: Appoggiatura
B: Trouvaille
C: Eminentissimo
D: Torrenticole

Madeline wants to continue, but isn't sure enough to do so, so she walks. She was thinking D, but it was A, so she made a good move in walking with $50,000!

Next up is the 150th player in the regular run, JoAnn Gigliotti (Morrisville, PA). She runs a shop called "Red-Hot Mamas", which sells menopause clothing, to help women keep cool all day and all night. Seems like an interesting idea... Anyway, JoAnn starts by knowing that in Chinese restaurants, a fortune cookie traditionally contains a small slip of paper. She completes the lower tier, then after getting through a few more questions, she faces this one...

[$16,000]
Due to the presence of a bitter chemical, which of the following are inedible when picked straight from the tree?
A: Dates
B: Walnuts
C: Figs
D: Olives

JoAnn decides to ask the audience. 51% of the studio audience and 30% of the AIM users say D. JoAnn has enough faith in them to go with that... and it's D! She keeps going...

[$25,000]
Trying to garner public support, what authoritarian ruler famously claimed that he made the trains run on time?
A: Joseph Stalin
B: General Franco
C: Benito Mussolini
D: Mao Tse-tung

JoAnn calls her son Joseph, who is positive that it's C (he said Mussolini before JoAnn started reading the choices). JoAnn trusts her son... and just for that, she is the 14th straight player in the regular run to reach $25,000!

And that's all for this week. Overall, I'd say this was a really good week, as every player this week each won at least $25,000, and we know that JoAnn will win at least that much, if not more. But we'll have to wait about a week to see how she does in the upper tier, because starting Monday, WWTBAM goes to the movies for Million Dollar Movie Week! See ya then!
 
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