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Family Feud
by Chico Alexander

Air time: Check local listings
Host: John O'Hurley
Website
: www.familyfeud.tv
  Hollywood comes to the Feud this week... Well, almost.
 
Male Lookalikes (Johnny Depp, Howard Stern, Elvis Presley, George W. Bush, Bono)
one game, $20,000
Female Lookalikes (Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg, Marilyn Monroe, Paris Hilton, Dolly Parton)

Round 1: 100 men, something you'd be happy to find waiting for you when you came home from work (5). Angelina gets #2, your wife. Whoopi gets #5, her dog. Marilyn gets the big one, dinner. The guys can steal with alcohol... Good for 74. Other answer: big check/money.

Round 2: a movie Eddie Murphy was funny in (7). Dr. Dolittle beats Trading Places, 2 to 5. Whoopi wins this one. Paris gave an answer of "that movie where he put the fat suit on." The guys don't go with that for the steal, but Beverly Hills Cop is just as well for 100. Number one... what Paris said, a.k.a. "The Nutty Professor". Other answers: Coming to America, Daddy Day Care, 48 Hours.

Dead-People Double Faceoff: something you associate with the word "puff" (full board). Elvis gets #3, cigarette. Marilyn goes two better with Puff the Magic Dragon. Ladies follow up with powder puff and a puff of smoke. Guys have another chance at it with a cream puff... No? Ladies get 122. Other answers: Puff Daddy, Puffs tissue.

Triple: someone with Howard in their name (4). Mr.. President gets #2, Howard Stern. Bono gets the topper, Howard Hughes. Ladies have a shot to take the game with Howard Cosell. Right for the win, 350-100. Other answer: Ron Howard.

Fast Money: Whoopi & Marilyn get 151 for $755.


In the nightcap, the Jacksons (Byron, Jasmine, Rhonda, Jan, Alicia; $1970) take on the Henleys (Sean, Roderick, Carrie, Evora, Lauren), who are here to make it do what it do, baby. Henleys lead, 163-88. Triple: a place people wait for their turn by reading magazines (4). Jan gets a free swing at it and knocks out #1, a doctor's office. They strike out, though, as the Henleys try to steal with the checkout stand... New champs, 394-88. Other answers: library, beauty salon.

Fast Money: Lauren & Sean get 221 in seven for $20,000! Way to make it do what it do.

 

How Much Is Enough?
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 10p/9c on GSN
Host: Corbin Bernsen
Website
: www.gsn.com/howmuch
 
Kailey
Long Beach, CA
wine angel
Daniel
Costa Mesa, CA
IT specialist
Chris
Oakland
promotional analyst
Paula
Annapolis, MD
writer

$1000 clock stops itself. We've got a greedy bunch today. The greediest: Paula, with $987. Chris takes the early lead with $771 against Daniel's $722.

$2000 clock stops at $810. Paula may be the aggressor with $1695.... way over Chris's $1071. Way over Kailey's $1431. Not over Daniels' $1810. Chris and Kailey lead.

$3000 clock stops at $2752. Kailey sets the pace at $2155. Daniel beats it with $2266. Paula beats it with $2337. Chris...beats it with $2462. Kailey and Paula lead.

$4000 clock stops at $2200. Chris tries to play catch-up with $3104. Paula... plays well with $2555.  Kailey moves into the hot seat with $3234. Daniel... banks nothing with $3241, by seven bucks. Kailey and Paula hold the lead.

$5000 clock stops at $4799. We're talking about big cash today. Two most cautious? Chris and Daniel. Daniel banks $3741. Two most aggressive: Kailey and Paula... with Paula banking $3871. Let's add it up. Paula is taking $10,458... and Kailey's taking $7499 into...

The Final Face-Off with a record $17,957 on the clock. Annnnnnd STOP! $7491 into Paula's pockets!

 

Merv Griffin's Crosswords
by Gordon Pepper

Air time: Check local listings
Host: Ty Treadway
Website: www.crosswords.tv

 

Dave Barrett
Retired Attorney
California
Catherine Allen
Copy Editor
Indiana

Catherine finds the Extra, and bets $350 on this 'Units of Extended Landed Property'. Acres moves Catherine up to $700. She gets up to $950 Vs. David's $250.

But we have spoilers who want to spoil. Spoil, spoilers, spoil.

Rob Aft
Business Finance Consultant
Georgia
Sandy Nang
Practice Support Coordinator
California

Allen McGarrett
Deupty Sheriff
California

Allen locks himself out, while Dave locks himself into an Extra. He bets $400 on this - 'The Real Slim Shady Rapper'. No idea? Eminem! And the crowd boos at him. Rob gets the first spoil, and he takes over Catherine's podium at $1,450. Dave finds the second Extra and trying to redeem himself, bets the max on this - 'Revolutionary Russki'. Lenin gets him up to $1,950 and the lead. Catherine spoils Dave off of a bungled spelling and she has a $2,350-$1,650 lead over Rob.

Round #3: Rob makes a mad run at Catherine and only trails by $300. With $2,750, Rob goes $2,000 on the bet. 'Like a wind blowing from DC to the mid-west; Westward? No. Easterly and Rob plummets to $750. Catharine can breathe a sigh of relief - if she doesn't get spoiled. But Dave gets her on the very last question and wins $3,900.

Can he win a bonus $5,000 and a trip to Puerto Rico? No he can't; he leaves two squares open as time expires. He still leaves with almost $4,000.

What I learned in Crosswords:
Ukuleles: String meaning 'jumping fleas'

If you think you can be a solver on "Crosswords", then call 323-762-8282.

 

Poker After Dark
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 2:05a/1:05c on NBC
Hosts: Marianela Pereyra & Oliver "Ali" Nejad
Website
: www.nbcsports.com/poker
 

Last night, Gabe, the Brooklyn cowboy, took the early chip lead. .

Doyle Brunson
$20,000
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson
$17,000
Chau Giang
$14,000
Andy Bloch
$23,000
Hoyt Corkins
$21,000
Gabe "Mr. Kotter" Kaplan
$25,000
BLINDS: $150/$300

Andy starts with K-Q against Chris's A-9. Flop: 5-A-J. Chris has a pair, but Andy has a straight draw. Turn: 10♥. Andy makes the nuts on this one, as there's no other card that can help Chris. Andy continues to juice the pot until he takes $6950.

Doyle recalls a hand from "High Stakes Poker" when he gets K-J against Gabe's A-5♥. Fliop: J-K-10. Gabe flops a straight draw, while Doyle slow plays top two pair. Turn: 4♥. Gabe picks up a nut flush draw. River: 9♥. That'll give Gabe the hand with a flush, but will Doyle outplay him? Nope. He mucks his hand and gives Gabe $8100.

Three-way action gives us a flop of 3-6-K. Doyle's Ace-high is still the best hand. Turn: 9♣. Doyle mucks. Andy (8-7♥) picks up an open-ended straight draw. Gabe (8-5♦) picks up a belly buster straight draw. He throws it away, giving $16,150 to Andy.

Fresh in the chip lead, Andy plays A-J against Hoyt's A-10♣. Flop: 2-K-J. Turn: A♦. Bad card for Hoyt. Andy has two pair. Hoyt has Aces and a straight draw. River: 8♦. Andy fires another $5000 and takes back $20,000.

Andy plays A-J against Gabe's Jacks. Flop: 7-7-5. Andy makes a surprising check-raise, wanting Gabe to think that he's got a full boat. Gabe... calls it! He's all-in. Turn: 6♥. River: K♠. Gabe wins this one to double up to $33,600.

We end the night with Andy's 3s against Chau's 10s. Flop: 6-Q-J. Turn: K♠. Chau bets $1500. Andy lays it down, and Chau takes a rare pot with $4500.

Things are starting to get interesting. Come back tonight and see if someone slips...

 

The Price Is Right
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 11a/10c on CBS
Host: Drew Carey
Website: www.cbs.com/daytime/price


Record today: 1-5
Record this week: 5-7
Record this season: 237-257-9
Total today: $36,598
Total this week: $102,569
Total this season: $5,780,508
Perfect Shows/Skunks: 3/3
DSWs/DOBs: 5/5

Destiny awaits us. Destiny McGroarty, Clare Mitchell, Regina Matlock, and Corey Bryant start action with a drum set. It's $2587 in price, and Regina gets to play for a Jeep Wrangler in Cover Up...

        6
      2 3
    2 9 4
  7 1 5 0
3 1 4 6 1
2 9 0 8 2

The price is NOT $18,349. First shot: $27,410. Three right. How about $21,490? Nope, but the 1's right. Is it $21,460? Nope. It was $21,420.

Sandee Capel is down and up with a $1440 set of golf clubs for him and her. Next up, a trip to England as we roll out Bonkers. It's not $3586. She goes high, low, high, high... No. High three times, then low? No. High high, low low? No. It was $5200. Should've gone High low low low.

Corey gets a $650 bar cabinet. How about filling that cabinet with $10,000? The Grand Game is next, and the target is $5.25. Glad Forceflex bags... $4.99. Jolly Time popcorn... $2.39. V8... $3.15. Sunsweet Ones... $2.89! That's $10,000! And he spins out a win at the wheel.

Second half begins with a $1000 home gym going to Chad Sinclair He tries for a popcorn cart and a range. The popcorn cart: $3038. The range: $2159. Is that right, or should Chad Switch? He Switches... and he should've stayed.

The stage awaits Destiny as she wins an $899 dinette, but will Destiny see an HDTV? She can if she wins the Bonus Game. She controls windows for the $40 massager in the shape of a dolphin and the $70 world's largest flashlight. The bonus... a fondue set.

Clare has one more shot at it with a men's watch. Actual price: $2330. Winner... Leroy Joseph. He can win a Dodge Magnum if he knows when That's Too Much! He thinks $22,960 is Too Much!, and that's... not quite enough. The car was $25,150. But he does win at the Wheel.

First Showcase has Bunny and Claude, the world's worst gangsters, trying to rob the First Bank of Price of $2000, a trip to Rio, and a Ford Mustang. Top winner Corey bids $28,250. Leroy gets a living room with carpeting, swimwear, and a jet ski. He tags it at $16,500. Actual price: $17,612, a difference of $1112. Actual price of Corey's Showcase... $29,836, a difference of $1586. That gives Leroy the win and $19,942.

 

¿Qué Dice la Gente?
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 7p/6c on Telefutura
Host: Marco Antonio Regil
Website: www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=6&schid=1611&secid=11347
  Another special week putting comics vs. TV personalities...
 
Comics (Tony Balardi, George O, Zulema Cruz, Al Castillo, Jose Ordonez)
playing for St. Jude Children's Hospital
TV Personalities (Chupitos, Kika, Doña Concha, Abuelo Tan Tan, Pancho Pepe Charrascas)
playing for Caritas
$12,000, one game

Comics blank, 188-0. Double: in a restaurant, something a waiter says or offers when he is around your table (3). Al gets the big one, "Something you'd like to drink?" Also there, "Something you'd like to eat?" The characters try to steal with "Check, please." Check, please. Comics win, 314-0. Other answer: "Here is the menu."

Dinero Rápido: Zulema and Al get only 161. But they get three more shots at it.

Now, the main event...

Valls (Vivi, Irma, Mina, Keren, Juan) Lindenberg (Sandra, Norella, Miguel, Dalia, Matthew)
$1000, two games

Lindenbergs lead, 253-113.

Triple: when you're in love, you say you love your partner against... (4). Wind and the sea is #2 for Juan. Will family steal it for the Lindenbergs? No! Valls survive with 200. Number one: all. Other answers: the world, the wall.

Muerte Súbita: a reason some people don't like to go to a public pool. That's Sandra. "Porque me contagio de enfermedades." Because it'll make you sick? Nope. Vivi... "Porque esta sucio." Dirty wins, 464-253.

Dinero Rápido: Vivi draws... "buena suerte". She and Irma get 234 for $5000!

 

Temptation: The New Sale of the Century
by Gordon Pepper

Air time: Check local listings
Host: Rossi Morreale
Website: www.seenontemptation.com
  Jackie comes back from the land of the crappy watches to try to win another game. Can she do it?
 
Jackie
Bartender
one day, $1729
T$74
Lita
Private Investigator
Kelly
Waitress

INSTANT CASH: $1500


After Speed Round #1: Jackie - $25, Lita - $20, Kelly - $20

Instant Bargain #1: A 3 night trip to Hershey Pennsylvania with a chocolate goodie bag. Thats a $2,000 trip worth $10. Rossi makes it $5. She takes it - and then gets her lead back by solving Casablanca in the Fame Game.

Knock Off Subject: Barbie Doll Facts. Lita - Had a Boyfriend names Ken - $2. Kelly - Worn Designer Clothing - $2. Jackie - 2 Barbies sold every second worldwide - $2. Lita - Featured in Life Magazine - $2. Kelly - Introduced in 1959 - $5. Jackie - Cousin named Jazzie - $15! Lita - First Bendable legs in 1979 - KNOCK OFF (That happened in 1965). Kelly - named after a real person - $5. Jackie - Debuted in a Swimsuit - $5. Kelly - Grandma named Ruth - KNOCK OFF Jackie - Brother named Todd - $10.

After Knock Off: Jackie - $67, Lita - $24, Kelly - $32.

Instant Bargain #2: Face care, lipstick and package and $500 certificate for a total of worth $1,092. She can have it for $15. Rossi is so convinced that she's buying that he puts her in the shop clock without tempting her. He should have - she doesn't buy it. Oops.

After Speed Round #2: Jackie - $87, Lita - $49, Kelly - $37.

Jackie wouldn't spend $15 for a guaranteed $1,092. Is she going to be that stupid to spend a $38 lead for a shot at $500? No. It was in the white one. $1,000 next time. Will Jackie get to go back there?

After Speed Round #3: Jackie - $97, Lita - $49, Kelly - $47.

Yes she will. Jackie wins again! Lita and Kelly get to hug Rossi for a consolation prize. Jackie gets to see 5 new gifts...
 
Samsung HDTV $1859 T$92
Week vacation in Florida $4500 T$259
$10,000 cash money T$595
Christopher Lowell Home Makeover and $10,000 Gift Certificate $12,000 T$700
2007 Nissan Altima Hybrid $25,115 T$860

Super Knock Off Subject: Celebrities from Big Familes - 10 or more siblings. Celine Dion - $25. Alec Baldwin - KNOCK OFF Oops. Well, Jackie does have $171, and she can buy a tv with it. She wants the car. So we'll see if she gets any closer to winning it tomorrow.

 

Wheel of Fortune
by Jason Block

Air time: Check local listings
Host: Pat Sajak & Vanna White
Website: www.wheeloffortune.com


STATS
Total for today: $58,500
Total for Week 24: $98,290
Charity Donations: $292,452
Total for the Season: $5,687,991
Bonus Win Percentage: 45/117
Gooseeggs: 22
Toss Up Sweeps/Group Misses:15/1
Mystery Round Prizes won: 5
Car Wins: 10
$100,000 Losses/Wins: 7/1
$10,000 wedge wins: 12
Wild Cards Hit/Offered/Used: 83/117/24
Prizes added to the wheel hit/won:56/31
Free Spins Hit/Used: 68/60
"25" Prizes Hit/Won: 29/12
BIG MONEY SPOT Hit/Won: 16/9
Jackpot wins: 9
$6,000 FINAL SPINS: 17/117

 




 

More gratitude...more thanks to our fans!

The $1,000 Tossup is PEOPLE. Erin solves DUKE AND DUCHESS. She is an artist from Westbrook, Maine. She just completed her first half-marathon. Christina's husband just got back from Iraq. She is an admin asst. Michael is from Boston. He writes for Children's Hospital, but loves the Yankees and Jets as he is originally from Jersey.

The $2,000 Tossup is PHRASE. Erin has $3,000 with EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. We add a five star VIP stay at a hotel and spa in Las Vegas from vegas.com worth $5,000 to the wheel. The category is LIVING THING...and a PRIZE PUZZLE. Erin starts and misses a vowel. Christina calls the same vowel. Michael solves OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG for $3,450 and a vacationcompare.com trip to London worth $5,000. If you have MC21458, you are on your way to London as well. Remember the SONY CARD BONUS. He has $8,450.

Eggland's Best Jackpot Round is SLOGAN. Christina starts and picks up the 25 prize...$2,500 GC from Overstock.com, a 4 piece Ricardo Beverly Hills luggage set worth a grand and solves WHEN YOU'RE HERE, YOU'RE FAMILY for $2,250...but couldn't add $3,000 for OLIVE GARDEN...which is her favorite restaurant! She has $5,750 in cash and prizes.

If you hav SR05322, you are our first winner of $25,000 from SONY CARD and Wheel!

Time for the Norwegian Cruise Lines $10,000 mystery round/big money round. It's SHOW BIZ. Michael starts and Bankrupts. Erin picks up $1,200 and the Free Spin, misses, use it and solves GRAMMY WINNER TRISHA YEARWOOD for $3,700. She has $4,700.

Christina moves to $8,750 with her $3,000 Tossup solve of JOB INTERVIEW for EVENT. She starts WHAT ARE YOU DOING? She misses. Michael misses. Erin solves GETTING ORGANIZED for $1,200. She has $5,900 and we have time for another round...

...AROUND THE HOUSE. We go right into a $1,800 a letter FINAL SPIN. Michael seals his victory with SCRAP PAPER for $5,400. He wins with $13,850 in cash and trip to London. Christina leaves with $8,750 in cash and prizes. Erin leaves with $5,900 in cash.

Can our transplanted Yankee fan survive the bonus round? He lands on the last 0 in $100,000. The category is SHOW BIZ. With the RSTLNE and his choices of P M C O we have:

_ _ N _ O
P L _ _ E R

He got BANJO PLAYER and is picking and grinning with $30,000 extra bonus round cash! He leaves with $43,850 in cash and trip!

2nd winner of $25,000--AD 00980. Claim your cash if you got it!
 

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
by Don Harpwood

Air time: Check local listings
Host: Meredith Vieira
Website: www.millionairetv.com
  Eric Melin (Lawrence, KS) has $16,000 and 2 lifelines available as Million Dollar Movie Week continues.

He gets another lifeline after securing $25,000, and he then sees this...

[$50,000]
Before sparring with Tobey Maguire in "Spider-Man 2," Alfred Molina made his major film debut in what '80s blockbuster?
A: The Empire Strikes Back
B: Beverly Hills Cop
C: Raiders of the Lost Ark
D: Ghostbusters

A couple of times, Eric came close to locking in C. But something is telling him that A could be a possibility, so he uses the 50:50. Of course, A and C remain. Nonetheless, Eric finally locks in C... and he was right all along!

[$100,000]
Which of these literary adaptations is not a Merchant Ivory production?
A: Maurice
B: The Wings of the Dove
C: Surviving Picasso
D: The Golden Bowl

Eric calls a friend, Laura, and she says C. Eric goes with that... but it's B! Darn. Well, at least he has $25,000!

Michelle Allen (Albany, CA): She's a professional fund raiser. Apparently, when she has a stressful situation to deal with, she likes to pretend to be a movie character that nobody can say "no" to. And she does a neat impression of Marlon Brando from "The Godfather".

No reason to say "no" to her yet, as she makes it to $1,000. Then, after the $2,000 Netflix question featuring a clip from "The Last King of Scotland", she has this to deal with...

[$4,000]
Which of these "back-to-back" films both feature the same actor in a primary role?
A: Rosemary's Baby Boom
B: Malcolm X-Men
C: Muriel's Wedding Crashers
D: Ocean's Twelve Monkeys

Before & After, anyone? Well, Michelle decides to ask the audience on this one, and 70% are saying D. She trusts them... and they're right!

[$8,000]
In "The Karate Kid," Daniel-san tries to avoid bullies by attending his high school's Halloween dance dressed as a what?
A: Medieval Knight
B: Shower
C: Table lamp
D: Hockey goalie

Since she didn't see this movie, Michelle calls Debra. However, Debra has no idea. So, in comes the 50:50, narrowing it down to B and C. Then, after some thought, Michelle says B... and it's B! She then gets to $16,000 before time runs out for today.