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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 |
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Berry (Jessica,
Frank, David, Sonja, Rachel); $670 |
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Elrose (Joey, Big Lou, Louie, Marie, Kristina
... and Al Bearland) from New York |
It's a bicoastal Feud
today as the Elrose come from the Big Apple looking for
a quick buck. Round 1: many people want to be a Hilton,
but name another real family you'd want to join (6).
Joey gets the Gates family for #2. Big Lou wants to be a
Trump for #1 (who wouldn't?). The family also gets the
Kennedys, the Osbournes, the Clintons (yet no one would
want to be a Bush), and the Rockefellers for the sweep
and 86.
Round 2: a bad job for
someone who hates kids (5). Big Lou gets teacher, #2.
Frank gets babysitter, but it's only at #3. Kristina
gets #1 from day care. Nanny also makes the survey. Can
the Berrys steal with scoutleader? Not there! The
Elroses get 179. Other answer: bus driver.
Richard likes kids. Has
a couple of his own. Double Round: 100 men, a famous
female sex symbol (5). Little Louie beats David; Marilyn
Monroe is #1, while Pamela Anderson gets #2. The Berrys
try to steal with Madonna... Not there! Elroses up to
249? Other answer: Angelina Jolie, Cindy Crawford,
Sophia Loren.
Triple Round: something
that reminds you of New Orleans (4). Disclaimer: this
show was taped before recent unpleasantness. Marie gets
Cajun food for #3. Kristina scores #1 again with Mardi
Gras. Joey says... the same thing. Then he changes to
jazz music. Big Lou finishes it with Rue Bourbon to win
the game, 543-0. The Berrys leave with $670.
See what happens when
you give the host a teddy bear? You shut out the champs.
But can the two Lou Elroses seal the deal? Big Lou gets
two big ones with an ingredient you would find in trail
mix (nuts) and a word/phrase that starts with Bermuda
(triangle) for 132. Little Louie gets a balloon for
something you would blow into for the win and $20,000.
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Jeopardy! by
Chico Alexander, GSNN
Air time: Check listings or
jeopardy.com
Host: Alex Trebek |
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Victoria Groce
(musician orig. from Decatur, GA); $22,801 |
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Stacey Swann
(instructor/writer from Austin, TX) |
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Freson (retired advertising executive from
Arlington, VA) |
As you saw yesterday,
Victoria certainly earned her way to the top spot. But
can she stay there? Let's get it on! Victoria starts by
sweeping Food a Lafontaine (delivered by familiar
movie-trailer voice Don Lafontaine). She leads at the TV
time out, $6200 to Stacey's $1000. Ray still has yet to
score.
Victoria finds the Daily
Double under $800 Pope-pourri. With the lead at $9000,
she bets $1500 on what Felix V was to Nicholas V in
1449. "What is an anti-pope?" ĄCorrecto! She ends the
round with $10,500 to Stacey's $3800. Ray, with $1200,
starts Double Jeopardy!...
... with one of the
categories being "16- (Yes, 16-) Letter Words". This is
your Emmy at work, guys. We won't go there. Instead, Ray
goes to $800 Historical "D" Tour... and wouldn't you
know it, it's the first Daily Double. He fronts $1000 on
the birthplace of both Henry Ford and the motor company
that bears his name. "What is Dearborn?" Right for
$2200. Leroy Chau aboard the International Space Station
gives Ray a video Daily Double under $1200 Man in Space
worth $3000: "An early vision of a space station was in
1952 Collier's Magazine article by this scientist." "Wernher
von Braun? *Chico does the "more" finger motion* Who is
Wernher von Braun?" Got it! He's up to $7200, where
he'll end the round. Stacey is at $11,400, and Victoria
is close ahead with $12,900.
If you're living in
Seattle or Vancouver, one click can put you in
Jeopardy!. Go to the website for more details.
Final Jeopardy! in
"By the Numbers": the phrase "How I want a drink,
alcoholic, of course" is often used to help memorize
this. Correct response: What is pi (p)?
Ray is right on for the
lead, so it's up to Victoria, who... gets it wrong (she
wrote "quadratic formula"), but hey, she had to knock
off a titan just to play this game. She's happy leaving
with $23,801, but it's Ray who comes from behind to
return tomorrow with $14,200.
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Lingo by
Chico Alexander, GSNN
Air time: 7p ET/6p CT on GSN
Host: Chuck Woolery |
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Friends Kira
(teacher) & Shari (consultant) |
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Couple
Ed (computer technician) & Margaret (math
tutor) |
Ed & Margaret steal
BELLY, but Margaret draws red. They get the draw back
with GRUNT, but lose it, when Kira & Shari get SOBER. Ed
& Margaret get FORTY, followed by COUNT, and another
stopper. They get it back with OFFER, PAINT, and the
Lingo for the 200-25 lead at the end of the round.
Round 2 starts with Ed &
Margaret getting a new board, and what Chuck calls the
third steal where a Y was involved. The Y was in JIFFY.
They follow that with UNION and a disunion with a red
stopper. Kira & Shari get DROPS and drop a red ball. Ed
& Margaret get FLASK and the Lingo, giving them the
lead, 450-75. Kira & Shari get ROADS and ANNOY, but it's
pretty much moot at this point with the red ball and the
empty draws. Ed & Margaret win, 450-175.
With three Bonus Lingo
letters, Ed & Margaret get STORY, KNOWS, JUNKY, LOYAL,
THEFT, NITRO, and WRIST for seven. Better than half a
chance at $5000. If you draw 10 on the first pick, it's
worth $10,00. Ed draws... 40. Margaret draws the Lingo
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The
Price is Right by
Travis Schario, GSNN
Air time: 11a ET/10a CT on CBS
(markets may vary)
Host: Bob Barker |
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A new show, a new audience,
the same season-premiere-week excitement. Today's show
was a far cry from yesterday's record setting show.
Here's the rundown.
Contestant Jill McDuffy, after winning a $2595 Rossignol
ski equipment package, plays the first round of this
reporter's favorite game, Lucky $even, for a Ford
Freestar SE. After a short explanation of the rules from
Barker, McDuffy loses a bundle on the second number,
suffering $1 losses on the third, then going broke on
the fourth. Price of the van was $27,68X, as the final
digit wasn't revealed.
McDuffy's loss was just the first of many to come today.
Contestant Karolee Meyers drew the obligatory Opening
Week playing of Plinko, missed two chips, and earned
only $100 on her one free and two earned.
Contestant Edwin Birdsaw, from the great state of Iowa,
"shot himself in the foot" during Shopping Spree ($4400
minimum) by selecting the least expensive prize, a 27"
unsponsored color TV ($449) first, and selecting the
most expensive prize, a VintageTub-dot-com clawfoot tub
($1608) last, still leaving a $1044 difference.
Contestant Beverly Glass ended the Pricing Game Gauntlet
by stopping in at Barker's Bargain Bar for two trips,
one to Maui and one to Montreal (the classic
alliterative trip scheme). Selecting the trip to
Montreal (marked at $2317), her trip was only a $1000
bargain, while the Maui vacation (marked at $2241) was
double the bargain, a $2000 difference.
There was one shining Pricing Game thru all the smoke of
four losses. Contestant Cynthia Wallace, after winning a
Deering Sierra banjo and case ($2059), played Clock Game
as if she had written the textbook on playing CG. She
walked away with a Chromcraft Roadster dinette set and
two Shizzle Deluxe bikes AND the $1000 bonus with 11
seconds left on the clock. Also, among the losses and
one win, we did have a bailout. Contestant Troy Owens,
winning a secretary desk ($2280) as his 1-bid, earned
only two rolls of the Let 'Em Roll cubes. His first
roll: 2 CARs, 2-$1000, 1-$500. After telling Bob to
"show him the money" twice and after Bob asked him to
explain it twice, he took the $2500 and split.
Owens and Meyers ended up as Top Winner and Runner-Up,
respectively in the Showcases. The first Showcase,
starring Miss Tuite as "Betty Better-n-you," offered
gardening equipment, a new Mac computer, and a Fleetwood
Mallard 180FK trailer. Owens passed on this, Meyers bid
$22,500. Showcase 2, the first "Splendido" of the 34th
year, gave us an Aico bedroom group, with Wamsutta
Serendipity bedding and a Dormia-dot-com sleep set, a
set of 5 Carabella swimsuits, and a Yamaha VX110
Watercraft. Owens' bid: $21,500. Karolee went over on
her $21,681 Showcase, a difference of only $819. Troy's
bid was good... damn good. With a Showcase valued at
$21,589, he won both Showcases with a difference of only
$89. His total for the day: $48,050.
Fan Notes: No HealthWatch for the second day running.
Rich did not make it on camera before the Fremantle
splash logo, so no suit color today.
STATS: 1/6 w/Bailout; $58,778 |
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Trato
Hecho by
Gordon Pepper, GSNN
Air time: 12p ET/11a CT on Univision
Host: Guillermo Huesca |
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For the first time in a
while, the streak of hitting the Gran Trato is more than
the win streak of the Jeopardy champion. Can we be
5-time here? The pajama mother and daughter (and they
are real mother and daughter) of Sophia and Maria hope
so, as they play the first deal. Mom can either take the
curtain for her or what's in Guillermo's pocket for her
daughter. Mommy gives up the curtain for the daughter.
What a nice mommy - made even nicer that she turned down
a 1 dollar rolling pin Chasco massage. For the daughter,
we have $1,000.
Will Sophia the daughter
follow suit - she can have what's in the pocket for
herself, or she can send the box to mom. Sophie decides
to give mom the box and gives up a ticket...to
Tratolandia! Mom instead gets a washer/dryer combo worth
$1,098!
Does mom want to trade
for the small box? Noooo sayeth mom Maria, and she gives
up a dvd player worth $399. Does daughter want to trade
for the curtain? Noooo, says daughter Sophia. and she
gives up a trip to Reno, Navada worth $850. Either way,
both of them made good deals and the family can
celebrate.
Can Catwoman Sandy
celebrate? She can if she makes the right choice - the
money machine or Curtain #1. She wants the curtain and
gives up a $20 bill. Instead, she will be celebrating
with a mini dinette set worth $994. We have a deal
between the cowboy (Isaac) and the she-devil (Rosa).
Whoever is the closest to Derman gets $400. The loser
gets to sit back down to their seat. Isaac guesses
$4.50. Rosa Guesses $3.50. The Derman is...$3.19 and
Rosa wins the money. Isaac leaves with nothing.
Guillermo has both a box and Curtain #2 for Rosa, and
she can trade the $400 for either. She trades it for the
Curtain. What she doesn't get in the box - a
refrigerator worth $1,149 and the she-devil realizes
that she may be getting her due. She does - as she gets
a wheeled bathtub powered by a stuffed Chasco donkey.
Well, not everyone will be celebrating.
Who wants the Gran Trato?
Neither mommy nor daughter want to go, but Sandy will
gladly go, as will Isaac, who's nothing apparently is
better than Rosa's bathtub and stuffed donkey. Sandy
wants door #3 while Isaac wants door #2. No one wants
door #1, and there is a riding lawn mower and storage
shed worth $2,099. Next up - door #3, and Sandy trades
up a little bit with $1,000. That leaves Isaac with the
Gran Trato, which is a bedroom set with bureau drawers
and a pair of watches worth $4,768! Not bad for someone
who was stuck with nothing, eh? |
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Wheel
of Fortune by Chico Alexander, GSNN
Air time: Check listings or
wheeloffortune.com
Hosts: Pat Sajak & Vanna White |
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Heidi's a biker mama.
Taylor's a student from Stillwater, OK. Via's a customer
service rep, mixologist, singer, blackjack dealer, and
she can sell you a house. And she has an IMAGINARY
FRIEND for a $2000 tossup as well as a chance at a trip
to Fiji in round 1, on the map. She's gonna run out here
as she solves CANADA'S NORTHEAST TERRITORIES. Not it.
She corrects herself on the next shot: CANADA'S
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. She gets $8200 for a total of
$10,200 so far.
Jackpot round coming, and so is a Spin ID in this Prize
Puzzle. We have a thing. Via does the hard work, while
Taylor solves DISPOSABLE WATERPROOF CAMERA for the $1000
house minimum and... a trip to the Caribbean! And if
you're spin ID LJ04159, you're off to the Bahamas, too!
Tell Taylor I said "hi"!
Straight hula moolah
with $10,000 in the Mystery Round. Phrase is the
category. Taylor spins out $1000 from Maui Jim and the
Fiji trip. But it all goes away as he goes Bankrupt.
Heidi gets a quick $2400 with CLOSED-CAPTIONED FOR THE
HEARING IMPAIRED. So far, $3400 for her, including her
first Toss-Up win.
How about the third,
though? PARCHEESI goes to Taylor, and so does $3000,
giving him $7800. Category for the speedround:
occupation. Pat gives out $1400 for consonants today.
Heidi wins $4200 more for COURTROOM SKETCH ARTIST. She
leaves with $7600. Taylor leaves with $7800, but Via is
going to Bonus Land with $10,200.
IDs at the ready, gang.
Final category: thing. Given the normal six and KMW O,
we get...
_ _ O R _
S O _ _
... and a big stink-o
from IVORY SOAP. She leaves with $10,200, when she
could've had $35,000 more. |
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Who
Wants to Be a Millionaire by
Don Harpwood, GSNN
Air time: Check listings or
millionairetv.com
Host: Meredith Vieira |
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Yesterday, we saw a $16,000
winner and a $25,000 winner. What will happen today?
In the hot seat at this time is Alyson Palmer (New York,
NY). She is a rocker and a mother of a 22-month-old kid.
She hopes to rock her way to a million dollars, and she
starts by knowing that in a Dr. Seuss story, the Grinch
was the one who attempted to steal Christmas (insert
Karl Rove joke here). As she moves along, Alyson also
figures that in finance terms, a "James Bond" is a
Treasury bond that matures in 2007. Then, for $2,000,
she gets this...
What major U.S. company was founded in Seattle in 1916
as Pacific Aero Products?
A: Maytag
B: Hewlett-Packard
C: Procter & Gamble
D: Boeing
Alyson uses the 50:50, which leaves C and D. She then
decides to go with D... and she's right! Alyson then
goes through a couple more questions, including one
which asks what other ingredient besides tomatoes and
cheese traditionally tops a pizza Margherita (Basil).
She then gets this for $16,000...
What "Star Trek" spinoff was cancelled in 2005,
depriving Trekkies of original episodes for the first
time in 18 years?
A: The Next Generation
B: Deep Space Nine
C: Enterprise
D: Voyager
Alyson basically says it's not A or B, then she uses the
Ask the Audience lifeline. The studio audience vote
turns out to be very close, with 49% saying C and 48%
saying D. But the AIM poll has more of a clear-cut
leader, with 38% saying C, and 25% saying D. She goes
with C... and it's C! Next up, the $25,000 question...
The Federation Internationale de Natation is the
governing body for what sport?
A: Fencing
B: Cycling
C: Figure Skating
D: Swimming
Alyson would like to call the Olympics, but since she
can't, she chooses to call David, a bartender. Just
before the end of the 30 seconds, he says B, and doesn't
have time to mention how sure he is. But afterwards,
Alyson figures that it's not B or C (so much for the
Phone-A-Friend), and goes for it, guessing D... which
gives her $25,000!
After the commercial break, Alyson says that she'd like
to put some of her winnings towards the people of New
Orleans, after what Hurricane Katrina did. [You can also
still contribute by clicking the American Red Cross link
on the front page of this site.]
Back to the game; at this point, she gets Switch the
Question, which she immediately uses due to not knowing
the first thing that Winnie the Pooh says to himself in
the morning in the 1926 book aptly titled
"Winnie-the-Pooh" (What's for breakfast?). As a result,
this $50,000 question comes up...
David Letterman's sidekick, Paul Shaffer, co-wrote which
of these disco hits?
A: In the Navy
B: Car Wash
C: It's Raining Men
D: Boogie Oogie Oogie
With nothing to lose, Alyson goes for it and says C...
and she's right! She won't go any farther, though, as
she stops at the $100,000 question, which asks for the
length of a light nanosecond, the distance light travels
in a billionth of a second (1 foot). At least she goes
home with $50,000!
And the horn signals the end of the day. A new
contestant will start climbing towards the million
tomorrow.
[By the way, this is the second straight Tuesday episode
which only featured one contestant.] |
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