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I've Got a Secret by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time: 11:30p ET/10:30p CT on GSN
Host: Bil Dwyer
Today, no one ever listens to Bil, but first...

"Good old fashioned farm girls from Des Moines, IA", Sarah and Kay. Their secret: "We are mother/daughter acrobats." Blindfolds up, please... Jermaine gets that they are mother/daughter. Suzanne gets gymnastics. Frank... they're not contortionists. Billy is empty. We get the rest of the show, while Sarah & Kay get dinner and $1000.

Next, a man who loves to paint, cook, and drive down the highway fast... His name is Philippe, and his alter ego made him a star. Suzanne gets a costume. Frank gets that the costume is vastly different than what he's wearing now. Billy gets singing and western. Jermaine... thinks he's seen him before. "Would the words 'YMCA' do anything for you?" Bingo bango.

His secret: "I am the Indian from the Village People." Since the group's inception in 1977.

Finally, a recent grad of Cleveland State (no, Mike, not you)... Rick Smith, Jr. His secret: "I am a card throwing champion." Frank gets a physicality. Billy gets playing cards. Jermaine gets throwing. Suzanne puts 2-and-2 together.

World record is 216' 4". Can Rick beat it on the IGAS stage? No, but Gambit's going to slice things to take us out.

 
Jeopardy! by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or jeopardy.com
Host: Alex Trebek
Eric Dolansky (PhD student in marketing from Toronto); $46,402, two days
Steve Friedman (writer from Los Angeles)
Nathan Meyers (software developer from Medford, MA)

So far, Eric is proving himself to be a force to be reckoned with. Steve and Nathan have their work cut out for them.

Eric starts up with $200 Hot "Bun"s, but Nathan is the hot one with $2400 at the TV time out against Steve's $1800 and Eric's $1200

With $2800, Steve runs into the Daily Double under $600 US Colleges & Universities. Egged on by his friends in the crowd, he goes for broke on this... recovering from Katrina, it scheduled a makeup "lagniappe semester" starting in May 2006. "What is Tulane?" Right for $5600! But he ends up going down to $4800 to end the round. Nathan has the lead with $6400, while Eric, with $1000, starts Double Jeopardy!...

...with $400 Embrace the "Orb". Steve finds the first Daily Double under $1200 Physical Science. He bets $5000, and here's Jon... "For 5 out of 10 carbon-11 atoms to decay into boron-11, it takes 20 minutes, which is this measure for the carbon-11 isotope." "What is the half-life?" Right for $13,400! Eric has a chance to get back into the game with $2000 You Will Be Assimilated. He bets level on this: under the 1792 Treaty of Jassy, the Ottoman Empire agreed to Russia's taking over control of this peninsula. "What is the Crimean Peninsula?" Correct for $3800. He ends with $5800, but it's all a wash against $15,800 for Steve and $14,400 for Nathan.

Final Jeopardy! in "Africa": in January 2006 this country swore in Africa's first elected female president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Correct question: What is Liberia?

Eric adds on all but two of his total, but Nathan is right on as well. So it's all on Steve... who gets it wrong. Nathan wins with $15,801, as Eric leaves with $48,402.

 
Lingo by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  7:30p ET/6:30p CT on GSN
Hosts: Chuck Woolery & Shandi Finnessey
Married couple/Army sergeants Shannon & Mike Fezer
Partners Andrew McGovern (sergeant, Army) & Duncan Foster (staff sergeant, Army)
BONUS LINGO JACKPOT: $28,000

Armed Forces Week continues on the Lingo, as we salute the men and women of the United States Army.

Shannon & Mike get a B, as they get BLIMP, as Shannon red-balls. Andrew & Duncan get DEPOT, but Andrew comes up red. Shannon & Mike get POUCH from that, but Andrew & Duncan steal RIDGE and AMBER for the Lingo, giving them the lead, 125-50.

Shannon & Mike get a C, which Andrew & Duncan steal with CLASH. They follow with HOMES to lead at the half, 175-50.

Shannon & Mike turn an O into ORDER for 50. Two ? balls give them Lingo and the lead, 200-175.

Andrew & Duncan get an L, as they get some LEAVE. They follow with NAVAL and Lingo for 375 to the Yellows' 200.

Shannon & Mike get F for FLANK, but it's not enough. Andrew & Duncan win it, 375-250.

With three Bonus Lingo letters, Andrew & Duncan get BRASS, RANGE, EAGLE, COVER, MEDAL, and HITCH for six balls and $600. Money ball today is 10... Staff sergeant is in... and out with 16. No big money... but they do Lingo for $5000.

Next time, we're going for $29,000.

 
The Price is Right by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Air time:  11a ET/10a CT on CBS (markets may vary)
Host: Bob Barker
Just another quick mention: tonight, the 'thon... is on...

Today, though, it's only Patsy Lever, Steve Barsha, Michael Engle, and Janet Tilman on with a chance at a grandfather clock worth $2325. Michael wins it and a shot at a Jeep Wrangler in Lucky $even. First number: 1. First guess: 8... It's 9. One dollar gone. Second guess: 6... 8. Two dollars. Third guess: 5... It's 4. Another dollar. Final guess... 5.... It's 9. So close, yet so far.

Janet wins a $1299 encyclopedia and a chance at an offroad motorcycle, guitar speakers, a dinette, and a computer playing the Race Game. The prices: $990, $1189, $1538, and $2394. She sets the motorcycle at $2394, the speakers at $1189, the dinette at $1538, and the computer at $990. Only one right. She sets the speakers at $990, the dinette at $1189, and the computer at $1538... ALL FOUR RIGHT!

A $725 set of tennis equipment goes to Steve as he tries for $50,000 in Plinko! With chips from Bob, a $12 slow cooker, a $30 Dumbo DVD, and a $10 bath wand, he gets $11,500! But Janet gets the spot in the final Showcase.

Larry Davis is down and up thanks to a $1315 gold/sapphire ring. But can he escape with an Escape? A Ford Escape? The game is One Away, and the price is not $31,583. He tries $22,692. One... two... three... four... four honks, four right. He goes with $22,492. Actual price... $20,692.

Patsy wins a $918 washer/dryer and a shot at a folding trailer in the Grocery Game. She is presented with six products... she only needs one. She buys three bottles of Selsun Salon for $6.99 a pop. It adds up to $20.97 and a win!

Melissa Pearson gets herself a $1125 sofa and a chance at a trip to Miami if she knows whether she's Coming ($4431) or Going ($1344). She's Coming... and she's going to Miami! But Patsy's going to the Showcase.

First up: the life of a bee, as demonstrated by flowers for a year, a chaise, and a Ford Focus. Top winner Patsy bids $21,500. Janet, meanwhile, gets a bedroom group with sleep set, an HDTV, and a Chevrolet HHR. She bids $29,000. Actual price: $32,087, a difference of $3087. Patsy's Showcase... $18,905. Over she goes, as Janet wins $29,497 in swag.

Stats: 4-2, $62,633.

 
Wheel of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN

Air time:  Check listings or wheeloffortune.com
Hosts: Pat Sajak & Vanna White
Ending May, and almost ending the season...it's the Wednesday edition of "Wheel Across America" week on WOF!
 
The $1,000 Tossup is THING. Kari Radie is from Minnesota. She solved MAGAZINE COVER STORY for $1,000. She works in Cancer Research at the Mayo Clinic. Michael is from Livingston, NJ. He works at a bank. Christina Garner is from Arkansas. She has 4 kids.
 
The $2,000 Tossup is RHYME TIME. Kari has $3,000 with CHROME DOME. And we add a trip to Philadelphia from lastminutetravel.com worth $4.000. The category is EVENT. Kari starts. She has 2 $2,500 T's...next spin Bankrupt. Over to Michael who misses...over to Christina. Christina hits Bankrupt...back to Kari. She solves VIDEO GAME TOURNAMENT for $800 which we bump up to $1,000. She has $4,000.  
 
The jackpot round is sponsored by Eggland's Best Eggs. The category is SONG TITLE...and a PRIZE PUZZLE. Michael starts. He hits and picks up the XM Satellite Radio Ultimate Prize Pack. He solved LEAVING ON A JET PLANE for $3,450. To where? To the Philippines...and the Shangri-La Maclan Resort with airfare from 1travel.com worth $5,675 and if you have the SPIN ID of JF04141 you are off to the Philippines! And if you have the SONY CARD...you have $50,000. That round was worth $10,125 in cash and prizes.  
 
The mystery round prize is $10,000 courtesy of Radisson Resorts. The category is WHERE ARE WE? Christina starts and hits the mystery wedge, She risks $1,000 and gets 10! She  misses a vowel..over to Kari. She solves TEE TIME SAND TRAP ELECTRIC CART for $3,150. And of course she adds $3,000 for GOLF COURSE. She has $6,150 and has the lead by $25 with $10,150 in cash.
 
The $3,000 Tossup is ON THE MAP. Christina is on the board with FAIRFAX VIRGINIA. She has $3,000 and starts the next round which is LIVING THING. She misses a vowel...over to Kari. She solves RUNT OF THE LITTER for $3,200. She has $13,350. And we have time for another round which is ...
 
...PHRASE. We go right into a $1,500 a letter FINAL SPIN. Kari wins with TALKING A BLUE STREAK and $7,500 more in cash. She wins with $20,850 in cash. Michael is going to Southeast Asia with a nice total of $10,125 in cash and prizes. Christina leaves with $3,000.
 
Is there more cash in Kari's future? Or an Audi or PT Cruiser convertible? She lands on the *** wedge. Her category tonight is PEOPLE. With the RSTLNE we have:
 
_ _ _ T _
_ _ _ R _ S

She chooses CHMA and we have:
 
_ _ _ T H
C H _ R _ S

And she sings out at the last second YOUTH CHORUS...and she is singing a happy tune with $40,000 in cash! That means she leaves with $60,850--all cash!
 
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