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BrainSurge
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 4:30p/3:30C on Nick
Host: Jeff Sutphen
On the Web
: www.nick.com/brainsurge 

High Score: 250 (perfect)
Bonus Round Record: 15-11
Fastest Final Stage Time: 17.87 seconds
Ally
bellydancing gymnast
Jennifer
dancer
Chase
loves 70s music
Dalton
can touch his tongue to his nose
Pat
has a dog named Wrinkles
Ruby
loves basketball and improv

LEVEL 1
- Counting Sheep for 10: Only Chase misses that one
- Missing Number for 20: Ally misses out on the 20.
- Private Eye for 30: A sweep! So far, Jennifer, Pat, Dalton and Ruby are at a perfect 60.
- Olympic Swimming for 40: gold medal for Mexico, but the booby prize for Ally & Dalton.
- Ringtones for 50: Pat gets it for 150. Ally and Dalton are in danger...
- Hungry Hungry Jeff for 100... Chase, Ruby, Pat and Dalton are right! Pat's perfect with 250! Following him are Ruby (200), Chase (190), and... Dalton! (160). Jennifer and Ally are getting drained with a Nick Arcade GC and a bucket of slime.

LEVEL 2: Jeff's Super Fantastic True Chronicle of Truth That's Absolutely True has animals on the catwalk... or dog walk... or coyote walk... or what have you. Ruby and Chase can't remember the animals that strut their stuff... so Pat and Dalton go into a...

KNOCKOUT ROUND: Dalton pulls the upset, as Pat, Ruby, and Chase leave with a Trikke scooter.

LEVEL 3: THE FINAL STAGE: The 4x4 stage is worth a Vocopro karaoke, the 5x5 stage gets you a Diamondback bike. Do it all from BrainSurge, and you're going to Circus Circus in Las Vegas! Dalton has 70 seconds to finish the final stage... but it doesn't happen. He braindrains outta here with a karaoke and a bike.

 

Jeopardy!
by Chico Alexander

Air time: check local listings
Host: Alex Trebek
On the Web
: www.jeopardy.com  
  Is there anyone that can stop the Regina Robbins machine?
 
Regina Robbins
New York City
arts teacher
$90,700, four days
Manny Maldonado III
Horizon City, TX
high school chemistry teacher
Melissa Kowalski
Bedminster, PA
graduate student of English

Regina starts with $200 TV Names. At the TV time out, Melissa leads with $4000 to Manny's $1800. Regina is on $1200.

Regina finds the Daily Double under $600 Middle Initial V. She fronts $2000 on this: this current world leader's middle initial V. stand for Vladimirovich. "Who is Medvedev?" No, it's Vladimir Putin, leaving her with $1000, where she ends the round. With Manny at $3400 and Melissa at $5200, the champ will get the first pick in Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 Deadly Films? Melissa finds the first Daily Double under $800 American Art & Artists, wagering $1500 on this: John Trumbull's "Declaration of Independence" is in the Capitol rotunda & on the back of this piece of currency. "What is the $2 bill?" Correct for $7100! Regina finds the other under $1200 Double Talk. She goes $3000 in on this: it's the double talk way to say "78 inches tall." "What is 6'6"?" Correct for $7200! She drops to $6000, though, against Manny's $7400 and Melissa's $11,900.

Final Jeopardy! in "19th Century Literature": in an 1877 novel, Mrs. Gordon initially suggests the name Ebony for this title character. Correct response: who is "Black Beauty"?

Manny is the only one to come up with the correct response, as he wins $12,500! Regina leaves with $91,700.

 

Let's Make a Deal
by Gordon Pepper

Air time: 10a/9C OR 3p/2C on CBS
Host: Wayne Brady with Jonathan Mangum & Tiffany Coyne
On the Web
: cbs.com/letsmakeadeal  

Good/Bad Deals - Today: 8-1-1
Good/Bad Deals - This week: 8-1-1
Good/Bad Deals - This season: 478-581-7
Zonks Won: 247
Audience Choices: 6-1
Big/Medium/Small Deals: 33/38/43
Total today (sans audience promos): $39,076
Total this week (sans audience promos): $39,076
Total this season (sans audience promos): $4,089,575
$1M Mark Passed: 11/12/09
$2M Mark Passed: 12/16/09
$3M Mark Passed: 2/4/10
$4M Mark Passed: 3/25/10
Let's start the week off with 3 traders; Micki (fat tourist), Anthony Martin (Urkel) and Chelsea (Football player). Anthony can have the envelope or the small box...but Wayne is going to give the items to the other 2 people. Chelsea gets the envelope - $400 - and Micki gets a digital camera and photo printer worth $1,712. Chelsea can give out a silver envelope and a big box. Micki gets the envelope - $500 - and Anthony Martin gets a suite of countertop appliances worth $2,881. Finally, Micki dishes out a bronze envelope and Curtain #1. Anthony Martin gets $600 and Chelsea gets a new motorcycle worth $4,299. So $4,699 for Chelsea, $3,481 for Anthony Martin, and $2,212 for Micki - unless they want to trade it for what's behind Curtain #2. None of them want the curtain, so none of them get a broken down airplane (ZONK!). Good way to start the week.

Who wants a NEW NISSAN VERSA WORTH $11,710!!!!!? Wayne allows Andrea (Olympic Snowboarder) to get it as we play the 3 Deck game. #2: $100. #3: $200 ($300 Total). #3: $500 ($800 Total). #3: $100 ($900 Total). #2: $100 ($1,000 total). #2: ZONK! And there goes the money and the car. Note that Deck #1 wasn't picked at all...

Christopher (bowling Pin) can get a 'Pay Day' behind Curtain #2 - or an envelope. He wants the Curtain, and passes up a bounced check. Behind Curtain #2: The Cash Vault, where he'll get paid $2,141. Nice payday.

Wayne invites down Debra (Officer) and Jasmine (Sherriff) and Wayne invites them to make deals with him. Whoever makes the better deal gets to make a bonus deal. We start with Debra: a $10 bankroll or a $50 bankroll? Debra takes the $10 bankroll, which she can keep or go with the small box. Debra wants the box and gets a LopTop Computer worth $1,999, passing up on $550. Jasmine turns down her bankroll of $1,010 for the Big Box - a Washer/Dryer set...worth...$2,644! so Jasmine made the better deal. Now does Jasmine want to trade the washer/dryer for Curtain #1? Jasmine, who is celebrating her 21st birthday, does, and gets a new spa worth $6,008! Happy Birthday!

Now let's make a side deal with Mercedes (Officer), who's Debra daughter (and who Wayne mistakenly called down. Oops). He takes Scott's (Fisherman) Driver's License and tells Mercedes if she can tell how old he is within 3 years, he'll give her $100. She says he was born in 1967, and she's right! Mercedes and Scott both get $100.

Wayne needs a couple, and Patricia and Kurt (Civilian) can win a trip to Kauai worth $8,101 or a trip to Argentina worth $9,400. They are both very nice prizes, and one of those prizes can be theirs if they match them up with 4 possible cards. The couple selects #1 and #2, #1...Kauai. #2...new bedroom furniture worth $3,947 if they want a bail out. Patricia immediately wants the bedroom and Kurt agrees. They take the bedroom set. Behind #2...Argentina. So they made the right choice.

Someone could make a very lucrative choice for a $20,397 Big Deal of the Day. Who wants it?

TRADE LIST:
Jasmine: $6,008
Chelsea: $4,699
Patricia/Kurt: $3,947
Anthony Martin: $3,481
Micki: $2,212
Christopher: $2,141
Debra: $1,999
Mercedes: $100
Scott: $100
Andrea: Decked by the deck

Will Jasmine try to celebrate her 21st birthday in style? She she will! Jasmine will select door #2. Behind Door #3: A trip to Jamaica worth $7,602! Next up...Door #1, which has a new tv / DVR worth $2,507! so Jasmine has the Big Deal of the Day, which means she's driving off in a Snowmobile, Moped and Jet Ski, the combo iis worth $20,397! That's a nice way to start off Monday. What can we do for Tuesday? Find out tomorrow...
 

The Price Is Right
by Chico Alexander

Air time: 11a/10C on CBS & CBS HD
Host: Drew Carey with Manuela Arbelaez, Amber Lancaster & Gwendolyn Osborne-Smith
On the Web
: www.cbs.com/tpir
www.priceisright.com   

Record today: 4-2
Record this week: 4-2
Record this season: 288-477-15
Total today: $92,494
Total this week: $92,494
Total this season: $8,114,128
Perfect Shows/Skunks: 1/6
DSWs/DOBs: 1/6
$1M broken: 10/5/09
$2M broken: 10/27/09
$3M broken: 11/16/09
$4M broken: 12/11/09
$5M broken: 1/14/10
$6M broken: 2/5/10
$7M broken: 3/1/10
$8M broken: 3/26/10
Lucas Knuckle, Bathsheba Shoal, Raquel Davidson, and Claudia Miller didn't go wild with Rich last weekend, but they're about to go wild now with an HDTV. The $2500 set goes with a shot at $10,000 to Bathsheba as she plays 1/2 Off  She gets $500 from a $20 toy laptop and a $170 video camera. She gets one shot at it with #6... and that's all she needs! Ten large, good way to start the week!

Raquel wins a $2625 outdoor bed. Next up, a waverunner in Flip Flop. It's not $5989. She flip-flopped... then flips... and she should've stuck with her guns.

Carolyn Whitaker takes a $1420 stereo. She can win stemware, a bar set, a trip to Napa Valley, and a 2010 Mini Cooper in More or Less. Stemware... less than $2690? RIGHT at $2124! Bar set, more than $3782? Nope... At least she wins at the Showdown.

Raj Lakireddy wins an $849 skeeball table. Now to try for a bedroom with sleep set and dining room with dinnerware at Scott's Grocery Game. Atkins Advantage coffee bar... $1.95. Three: $5.85. Hills Bros. coffee... $3.99 for a total of $9.84. Dreyer's coffee ice cream... $4.29. A pair for $8.58. We're up to $18.42. One single bit of coffee candy... $1.99 wins it!

Claudia scores a $2000 elliptical trainer. Now a Segway for $6399 and a sauna for $5395. The question... Switch? Switch! Win? WIN!

Lucas has one more shot at greatness with camping equipment. Price: $705. Winner... Charlie Van Hager. He'll try for a GPS and a Hyundai Sonata in Safecrackers. The dials: 0 5 7. He sets it at 570 for the GPS... Boom! He's also a winner at the Showdown.

First up in the Showcase: a trip to Park City, Utah with his/hers skis, his/hers HD cameras, and his/hers Ski-Doos. Top winner Charlie passes, and Carolyn bids $25,000. Charlie gets a sand buggy, a trip to Costa Rica, and a Nissan Pathfinder. He tags it at $37,500. Actual price: $39,104, a difference of $1604. Not bad. Actual price of Carolyn's Showcase... $25,.... 638! She wins a total of $29,182!

 

Wheel of Fortune
by Jason Block

Air time: check local listings
Hosts: Pat Sajak & Vanna White
On the Web
: www.wheeloffortune.com

Total for today: $24,350
Total for Week 29: $24.350
Total for the Season: $6,843,683
Bonus Win Percentage: 59/141
Gooseeggs: 17
Toss Up Sweeps/Group Misses: 16/1
Mystery Round Prizes won: 16
Car Wins: 6
$100,000 Losses/Wins: 1/2
$1,000,000 Losses/Wins: 0/0
$1,000,000 Wedge Hit/Offered/Used: 31/141/5
Wild Cards Hit/Offered/Used: 78/141/28
Prizes added to the wheel hit/won:87/43
Gift Tags won: 30
Free Play Hit: 164
Jackpot wins: 7
$6,000 FINAL SPINS: 22/141
Best Week: Week 28 $407,600
Week 27 to Week 28 +$59,657
$1,000,000 Mark Passed 10/12/09
$2,000,000 Mark Passed 11/05/09
$3,000,000 Mark Passed 12/09/09
$4,000,000 Mark Passed 01/11/10
$5,000,000 Mark Passed 02/11/10
$6,000,000 Mark Passes 03/10/10
 
WHAT A WEEK LAST WEEK! Over $400,000 given away last week! Can we do it again this week with Hawaii Week on Wheel?

The $1,000 Tossup is PHRASE. Neepa Shah from Harlan, NJ solved SURF'S UP! She is a HS teacher from NJ. Jose Bravo, Jr. is from Los Angeles has a 2 yr old daughter. He is a 7th grade teacher, a soccer coach and salsa dancer. Chris Camp from Falls Church, VA. He is out of the Marines after serving 6 years and 2 tours of Iraq.

The $2,000 Tossup is RHYME TIME. Jose has $2,000 with LOUD AND PROUD. He will start the Eggland's Best Eggs Jackpot Round, but first we add this to the wheel. Of course, it's a Funjet Vacations trip to the Westin Ka'anapali Hotel in Maui worth $6,050. It's FOOD AND DRINK. He picks up the Wild Card, and the Hawaii trip. After a lot of work, he hits Lose A Turn. Chris picks up the $1,000 Hilo Hattie GC and solves SEARED SCALLOPS WITH SNOW PEAS for a total of $1,300.

Chris will start the next round. It's BEFORE & AFTER. He misses. Neepa hits a $500 Free Play D. She loses $2,150 on Bankrupt. Jose does the same, losing the WC. Chris hits 2 Free Play E's, but misses. Neepa solves OF MICE AND MEN IN BLACK for $1,300. She has $2,300.

The Mystery Round is sponsored by Centrum Silver. It's WHAT ARE YOU DOING?...and a PRIZE PUZZLE. Neepa starts. She misses. Jose misses a vowel. Chris loses $2,100 on Bankrupt. Neepa hits a $500 B and a $3,500 F, but she misses. Jose has a shot to risk $4,550...he doesn't. He solves BUYING A PAINTING FROM A LOCAL ARTIST for $4,550 and a trip to Belize at the Chabel Mar Villas from travelbelize.org worth $6,700. If you have JD1488066 and are Jeffrey D from Massachusetts, you are going to Belize! Remember the SONY CARD BONUS! We won't look at the mystery wedge(which had the $10,000), but he has $13,250 in cash and trip!

The $3,000 Tossup is LIVING THINGS. Jose has $16,250 with SEA TURTLES. Pat spins a FINAL SPIN with PLACE...and it's $1,500 a letter. Neepa wins $4,500 with THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD and leaves with $6,800. Chris leaves with $1,300 in cash and prizes. But Jose wins with $16,250 in cash and trip to Belize!

The front game total is $24,350. Not as big as the totals this past week, but Jose doesn't mind. How well does he do in the bonus round?

The bonus round is sponsored by Maxwell House. From here on out, Maxwell House will donate $2,500 to Feeding America for every bonus round win.

He lands on the W in WIN. He is dealing with PHRASE. With the RSTLNE and his choices of B D P A we have:

_ _ T S   L _ _ E
A   _ L _ _ E


No help. It was FITS LIKE A GLOVE. He lost $30,000. But he leaves with $16,250 in cash and trip!
 

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
by Don Harpwood

Air time: check local listings
Host: Meredith Vieira
On the Web
: www.millionairetv.com
  This week, it's all about "Dancing with the Stars" on Millionaire. What does that mean? Well...

- The contestants are all fans of DWTS.
- Some questions will feature clips from the show. These are marked in the category lists by the capitalized full name of the star featured in the clip.
- The "Celebrity Questions" will be asked by the show's professional dancers and judges.
- DWTS host Tom Bergeron is this week's Expert.
- Each episode will end with all of the contestants on the floor, dancing.

Jaye LaPosta (Edison, NJ)
:15 - On the Dash, Sports Movies, Common Names, The Charleston, The Lindy Hop
:30 - CHERYL Q, Fashion Flacks, DREW LACHEY, Think of the Children, The Rosetta Stone
:45 - Weights & Measures, Pretty Birds, Roots, A Giant Among Men, Personal Effects

Though she had to ask the audience at that level, Jaye does secure $5,000. She then gets through a question asked by Cheryl Burke, and moments after that is this...

[$15,000] (Think of the Children)
On the reality TV series "Jon & Kate Plus 8," which of the following statements about the Gosselin children is true?
A: There are 6 girls and 2 boys
B: There are 5 girls and 3 boys
C: There are 4 girls and 4 boys
D: There are 3 girls and 5 boys

Jaye decides to ask the Expert, but Tom has never seen the show. He doesn't really know. Jaye then uses the Double Dip. Her first answer is B... which is right!

[$25,000] (The Rosetta Stone)
Though it is an Egyptian artifact, the Rosetta Stone has resided in what country since 1802?
A: Italy
B: Spain
C: Great Britain
D: Greece

Jaye thinks it's A. She goes with that... but it's C! That drops her down to $5,000.

Susan Mirto Scardilli (Clark, NJ) - Homemaker
:15 - Stevie Wonder, Fruits & Veggies, Machine Parts, Disco Dancing, Shake a Leg
:30 - BRUNO Q, Dance Fever, EMMITT SMITH, Medical News, Wars
:45 - Canada, What Is It?, The Solar System, The First Time, Cable TV

Susan sweeps the first 5, then after a question asked by DWTS judge Bruno Tonioli, she gets to $12,500 before hearing the horn. She'll be back tomorrow!

Today's Home Game answer: Jessica Simpson