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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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Martinez
(Yolanda, Linda, Marisol, Teresa, Armando) |
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Killinger
(Kirk, Jennifer, Dawn, Lesley, Diane); $21,500,
three days |
The Killingers are at
even numbers as they try to add another $20,000 to their
payday. The Martinez, of course, out to stop'em cold.
Round 1: an occupation that gets hit on by bored
housewives (full board). The pool boy gets Kirk #7. But
the champs elect to pass. Good strategy, as the Martinez
strike out after getting the number one, mailman. Can
they capitalize with "contractor"? Got it. Killingers
get 36. Other answers: plumber, UPS/deliveryman,
milkman, salesman, cable guy. AKA the entire first
season of "Desperate Housewives".
Round 2: past or
present, a famous Bob (6). Linda gets wiiildd... Bob
Hope's number one. For the record, Bob Barker is #2.
Newhart also makes the survey. The Killingers try to bob
this board with Bob Marley. No woman, no cry, the
Killingers get 114. Other answers: Bob Saget, Bob Crane.
Double Round: something
adults take lessons in (5). Dawn dances with the top of
the board. Pianos and computers also rally up the bank.
Can the Martinez steal with "self-defense?" No.
Killingers up to 230. Other answers: parenting,
exercise/swimming.
Triple Round: something
about their jobs that teachers hate (4). Lesley gets the
kids... #1. That's her third triple round #1 in a row.
They also hate to grade stuff, the salary, and ... it's
up to the Martinez family. Yolanda's a teacher, and she
hates the parents. They're up there! So it's 237-230 in
favor of the challengers as they force...
Sudden Death: the boss
of the family is the one who controls what? Diane with
the buzz-in... "The money." And the champs are going for
the money, 482-237.
Diane & Kirk try yet
again for another $20,000 in Fast Money. A tough
go-round, as Diane gets 33 from four questions. Can Kirk
make up the difference? Nope. They only get one number
one in a specific item that no one pays full price for
(a car) for 92, giving them another $460, $21,960 for
four days.... One more time.
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Jeopardy! by
Chico Alexander, GSNN
Air time: Check listings or
jeopardy.com
Host: Alex Trebek |
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Andy Rosenberg (sales
manager from Morristown, NJ); $28,800, two days |
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Mark Barrett (assistant
teacher from San Francisco) |
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Alison Beightol
(labor & delivery registered nurse from Lake City,
FL) |
Andy has twice broken
away to the champion. Wil the third time be just as
sweet? Andy starts with $200 They Kilt (between "Oh, My
Gods!" and "Kinsey"). At $2600, Andy finds the Daily
Double under, what else, $600 "South" Park. He bets only
$400 on what is surrounded by the Philippines, Borneo,
and Taiwan. "What is the South China Sea?" He goes to
$3000 in time for the TV time out, where Mark has $2000
and Alison has $1200.
At the end of the
Jeopardy! round, it's once again all about Andy, as he
storms out ahead with $10,000 to Alison's $3200. Mark,
with $2000, starts Double Jeopardy!...
... with $400 "Ox" Marks
the Spot. Andy begins to show a sign of slowing, as Mark
starts to speed up with the Daily Double under $1200
Start Spreading the Noose. He puts in $4600 for the
lead. The clue: "Emerson said this man, hanged for
treason on December 2, 1859, would make the gallows "as
glorious as the cross." "Who is John Brown?" You're in
the lead with $12,200! The penultimate clue also belongs
to Mark, under $1600 Math. He bets $2300 for the lead
again (he trails Andy by $200) on the ratio of vertical
to horizontal distance a line covers. Sounds like a
slope. Let's see what Mark said. "I'm sorry, I don't
know." That's the way it ends, as Mark is close behind
in second with $9900, Alison is close behind in third
with $8000, and Andy is no longer the sure thing with
$12,400. Andy had better be smart about this...
Final Jeopardy! in
"Famous Englishmen": in 2004 a top entry in a
6,000-mile albatross race was sponsored by a descendant
of this man who died in 1834. Correct response: Who is
Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
Mark is right as he
doubles up to $16,000, meaning that Andy will have to
bet $3600 or more on Coleridge to come back tomorrow...
"Who was Lord Byron?" The $3600 is a moot point as Andy
leaves with $30,800, handing over the champ gloves to
Mark, who returns tomorrow with $16,000. |
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Lingo by
Chico Alexander, GSNN
Air time: 7p ET/6p CT on GSN
Host: Chuck Woolery |
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For two pool hustlers, the hustle
continues as "Ballbreakers" invade "Lingo". Here are your starting
four...
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Semi-pro pool players
Ty Yapelli (playing for CHLA) & Laurie
Wagner (playing for C. Shepard Conservation
Organization) |
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Hosts
Sal Masekela (playing for Stoked Mentoring
Organization) & Ewa Mataya Laurance (playing
for South Carolina Make-a-Wish and Billiard
Education Fun) |
What the heck's a DRAWF
(dwarves everywhere are saying "WTF"?) Sal & Ewa get
DITZY for 25. And on top of being schooled by the
Striking Viking, Sal draws red. Ty & Laurie capitalize,
getting TRICK. Sal & Ewa play SMART after Ty & Laurie
don't... and now Ewa draws red. They have 50, and they
still haven't marked their Lingo board.
After Chuck unceremoniously
welcomes Sal (who doth protest too much) & Ewa into the loyal
fraternity of game show hosts, the two score WHOLE and RACKS,
finally marking the board for a Lingo, giving them 150 to 25 at
the end of round 1. Yes, Chuck, round 1 is the over.
Break balls with "Ballbreakers"
Monday nights at 10p ET. We here at the 'net want it to do as well
as possible, since it's a reasonably good game. Ty & Laurie get a
C to start round 2. But Sal & Ewa get COURT. Sal gets the ? ball
for a second Lingo, giving them 300 to the Yellows' 25. And
they're still not done, getting PRAWN, RATIO, and another red
ball. Waiting for Sal to protest... Not gonna happen. Hosts win,
400-25, in a debacle not seen since... Tuesday. Ty & Laurie get
$1000 each
No, Chuck, Ballbusters
is played on a five-by-four circular board. It airs at
10:30 in some other weird dimension. With four letters in
Bonus Lingo (one for winning the game, two for each
Lingo, and one because this is a charity game), Sal &
Ewa get BREAK, LIVES, FIGHT, CHALK, HORNS, and SLING,
for six. That's worth $600 and eight balls. A 10 will
get them $10,000. Ewa's got the hot hands... and she's
got the 10. Told ya... Hot hands! They split the $10
grand. Next time,
two civvies play pawns to a couple of best friends/better enemies
from the Great White North. |
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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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Let's get it started, HA.
Contestant Zockie Jawa Mitchell (no, that first name is
not a Star Wars joke) kicked things off in fine style,
capturing a 65" big screen TV as her 1-Bid ($3299), then
successfully flopping in Flip Flop to win a QCA Deluxe
Spa ($5334).
Then, and we know it had to happen, came the dreaded Ten
Chances screw-ups. Contestant Abigail Hyde gets the
trophy for "Weirdest TC Playing (so far this season)."
After capturing a Replogle Statesman illuminate globe,
valued at $2100, she spent her first four chances trying
to win a CD/Clock Radio, valued at $50 (setup: 3 0 5).
After Bob complimented her on being a fast learner,
winning an $850 kitchen island in one chance (setup: 5 6
0 8), it took her the rest of her chances to play for a
Dodge Dakota ST (setup: 1 2 3 0 5), and she still didn't
win. Her last two chances were both $23,501 with at
least one crossout for each. Bob gave her the card for
chance 9 "to keep as a souvenir of the show."
Contestant John Fisher, after capturing a JBL home
theater speaker system ($1030), moved Hans the Mountain
Climber a total of 14 steps, winning a $6321 Hooker
dining room with Fitz and Floyd dinnerware, a Mr. Clean
Mop-in-a-Box, the classic flashlight on legs, and a
crystal ball sound machine.
Contestant Julie Rake played the "Speed-up" game,
Switch?, in textbook fashion. Her prizes: a Murray
outdoor pool table (marked $5590) and a Samick upright
piano (marked $3500). After determining that the piano
was "the higher price," she switched the prices and won
both prizes.
Contestant Karen Reed, after ironically capturing a
Gentlemen's Chest ($724), drew One Away for a Jeep
Wrangler (setup: 2 7 8 3 6). Her first attempt, $18,745,
got her three toots of the horn. After changing the 7
and 4, forming $18,925, she got the 5 dings she needed
and won the Jeep.
Our Showcases featured the only two game losers, our
favorite Ten Chances player, Abigail, and Now....or Then
blockout contestant Linda Williams as Top Winner and
Runner Up, respectively. Showcase #1, featuring Shane as
a hypnotherapist, gave us a trip to Australia, a trip to
Japan, an a Ford Focus ZX4SE. Abigail kept it, and bid
$22,000. A note about the first Showcase: Lanisha and
Rachel were Shane's "patients" and maintained a perfect
deadpan, reactionless stare at camera while motionlessly
standing in front of the trip cards and prizes.
Fantastic bit of acting, you two!
The second Showcase gave us a Best Home Furnishings
living room with a Howard Miller table group and the
classic Hibernia Woolen Mills carpeting, his and hers
golf equipment, and an E-Z GO golf cart. Linda's bid:
$15,000. Abigail's bid fell short by a wide $13,098
margin (ARP: $35,098). Linda, however, missed hers by
$1662 (ARP: $16,662), and ended up with the lowest
Showcase winner total this season: $18,611.
STATS: 4/6, $66,908 |
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Stump
the Schwab by
Chico Alexander, GSNN
Air time: 6:30a ET/5:30a CT on ESPN2
Hosts: Stuart Scott & Howie Schwab |
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Matt Napoli (store
manager; Belmont, MA) |
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Andrew Goldberg (management
consultant; New York City) |
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Steve Frischer (copy
writer; Mahwah, NJ) |
Like Stuart Scott says
of Andrew, if you can't go to college, go to Duke. I'm
obliged to quote this, because we're both Carolina
grads. Leading Off in round 1, we start with the top 25
NHL playoff scoring leaders. "Guy LaFleur" lands Steve
in the dark at 3. "Bobby Orr" lands Andrew in the dark
at 3. "Esa Tikkanen" lands Matt in the dark at 3. Schwab
lights'em up at 4. Next topic: 19 players with a pass
reception for the Giants in the Super Bowl. Steve
repeats, and Andrew and Matt just fizzle, meaning that
the score is still tied at 7 for those two. Steve has 6,
while the Schwab has 9. Final topic: 25 player on the
World Series Champion 1991 Twins roster. Steve is done
after 1, meaning that he's out. Andrew and Matt live on.
After Stuart rags on
Andrew... again... we take on Who's Got More?. We give
you a stat, you tell us who's got more. Played in
40-second rounds, correct answers are worth 1 in round 1
and 2 in round 2. This is a Speed-Up round, so don't be
slow. Andrew goes with MLB career hits. Andrew gets
through seven for 7. Matt gets MLB career wins, ten
of'em for 10. NFL & AFL for round 2. Andrew gets
touchdown passes. He needs two to stick around. He gets
10 for 20, giving him 27, meaning that Matt needs 9 in
career rushing yards. He gets... eight, meaning the
Dukie collects a $1000 check en route to...
The Schwab Showdown. The
categories...
Put Me In, Coach
(football coaches when they were players)
It's Freezing Gold (Winter Olympic heroes)
Be More Pacific (west coast NBA)
Diamonds Aren't Forever (old baseball stadium)
Schwab and Andrew sweep
through the 1-pointers and the 2-pointers. Andrew gets
his first strike in 3-points Diamonds Aren't Forever,
meaning that Schwab will have to get this next one right
to clinch the Showdown. 3 points, Be More Pacific...
Question: Who was a
player for both the Philadelphia & San Francisco
Warriors, as well as head coach for both the San
Francisco & Golden State Warriors? "Al Attles?"
"How you know that stuff, man?" Schwabbie wins it, 12-6. |
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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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Guillermo likes couples so
much, that we'll start off this show with another couple
- Jose the doctor and Jacqueline the baby. The deal is
child's play - should they win $7 by pricing items,
they'll win a Chrysler PT Cruiser worth $15,995! The
products to price today are Quaker State motor oil,
Fantastik, Pokon Leafshine and and Gorilla Glue. The
first challenge - Price the Motor Oil within $2.00.
Guess - $2.00. Price - $1.79 and they have their first
dollar. For $2 - guess the Fantastik within $1.50. Guess
- $3.00. Price - $2.97 and they are good for $3. They
don't need to get the Leafshine within $1.00 to win the
car, but if they do, then they will get $3 more. Guess -
$5.00. Price - $8.97 and they are nowhere near it.
That's ok, because the Glue, if they price it within 50
cents, will get them $4 and enough to buy the car. Guess
- $4.50. Price....not just yet, as Guillermo offers them
Curtain #2 to bail out. They decide to go for the car
and give up a nice living room worth $2,481. Did they
win the car? The price is...$4.98! They are only off 48
cents, and that gives them $4 for a total of $7 and the
car! Congratulations to Jose and Jacqueline!
Does Guillermo have a car
for a hippie named Arturo? No, but he does have a money
printing machine with bills inside. He also has Curtain
#1 available, which Arturo takes. He turns down...$1,000
in the machine. Instead he gets Emperor Chascus Maximus
in a very old day bed with plastic grapes and over sized
plants. Oops.
Hopefully Luz the female
scarecrow and Alberto the mime will do better than
Arturo. Guillermo gives Luz Curtain #1, which only has 1
article. He offers $400 to buy it back. Luz takes the
money and passes up a refrigerator worth $797. Now for
the mime, who has curtain #2, he turns down Guillermo's
$400 and gets a nice sofa and lamp set worth $1,259. He
shares some silent congratulations with Guillermo.
Will he share in selecting el Gran Trato? We'll
see...but first we see if Jose and Jacqueline want to
trade a $15,000 car for a shot at $5,000. Uh...no.
Alberto and Luz both will trade the sofa and $400,
respectively, for a shot. The mime wants door #3 while
Luz wants door #1. First, we see door #2, which has
$800. Next up is door...#1, as Luz gets patio furniture,
a barbecue, lobster-grams, and 2 bicycles for a total of
$2,047. The big deal goes to the guy who hasn't said
anything - until now, as he says he can talk. He can
squeal in delight with a new dining set with china, a
dishwasher, a range, and a $200 certificate to Home
Depot. The total is $5,147. Believe it or not, he's not
the big winner, as we gave away a car today. Total
damage - over $21,000. Wow. |
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Wheel
of Fortune by Jason Block, GSNN
Air time: Check listings or
wheeloffortune.com
Hosts: Pat Sajak & Vanna White |
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We are almost at the end of
September...and near the end of "Wheel Watchers Club"
week! The $1,000 Tossup is ON THE MENU. Jerry Fitzman, a
pharmacist from Philadelphia, solved PISTACHIO ICE CREAM
quickly for $1,000. Brandon Smith from Lawton, Arkansas
is a student at the University of Oklahoma. He won a
"Big Man on Campus" awards. Jeannie Whitenack from
Linetska, Kansas is a real estate developer.
The $2,000 Tossup is next. It's FUN AND GAMES. Jeannie
is on the board with BLIND MAN'S BLUFF. She has $2,000,
and we add a trip to Barbados and the Almond Resorts.
(It's the same place where "Beat the Block" contestants
can win a trip to.) Airfare provided by Air Jamaica.
It's worth $6,300. The category for this round is
THINGS. She misses a vowel, over to Jerry. He hit the
$2,500 wedge but misses...over to Brandon. He misses...
back to Jeannie. She hits the $2,500 wedge...and 3 M's.
She has over $10,000. The light goes off and she solves
COMMON MISSPELLINGS for $9,950. She has $11,950!
The Jackpot round is sponsored by Centrum Silver. The
category for this round is PEOPLE...and it's a PRIZE
PUZZLE! Jerry starts. He hits the $3,500 wedge...and one
T. He misses a vowel...over to Brandon. He hits and
picks up the Free Spin. He misses, and uses the Free
Spin. And he misses again. Over to Jeannie. She hits the
Jackpot wedge...and she solves SULTRY FLAMENCO DANCERS
for the Jackpot of $10,750! And you can see them in
SPAIN! It's a tour of Spain from Trafalgar Tours! It's
worth $7,900! And if you have the ID of VM03514 you are
off to Spain! That round was worth $18,650! And she has
$30,600 in cash and prizes! What a great total!
The mystery round prize is a 2006 Chevrolet Aveo worth
$13,710. The category is NEXT LINE PLEASE. Brandon
starts. He hits the $1,000 Cash/10,000 Wheel Watchers
Club gift tag and picks it up. He controls the wheel for
most of the round...but misses...over to Jeannie. She
solves SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW SOMETHING BORROWED
for $2,400. And she adds $3,000 for SOMETHING BLUE. She
has $5,400 and her huge total is an even $36,000!
The $3,000 Tossup is next...it's a PHRASE. Jerry
misses...and Jeannie adds to her huge lead with COUNT ME
IN. She has $39,000! And she starts this round which is
OCCUPATION. But it's FINAL SPIN TIME...$1,700 a letter
tonight. And Brandon solves PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR for
$1,700. He leaves with that total. Jerry leaves with
$1,000. But it's Jeannie's night with a big total of
$39,000 in cash and trip to Spain!
The only way to top that is a bonus round win...and I
think Jeannie has the chops to do it! She lands on the U
in BONUS. Her category is THING. With her choices of
CHPI and the normal 6 we have:
T E _ T _ _ _ _
I think Brandon the college student would have had this
puzzle, which is TEXTBOOK. Jeannie didn't and lost a
Toyota 4 Runner. But don't feel too bad as Jeannie
leaves with a big total of $39,000 in cash and trip to
Spain! |
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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, Michelle Duran
(New York, NY) had to ask the audience to help her get
to $4,000. How much farther up the ladder will she
propel herself?
As mentioned yesterday, Michelle is pregnant with a baby
boy, which is due in about 6 weeks. But she says she'll
need help calming down if she reaches $25,000, which
isn't that far away. Anyway, Michelle resumes with a
question asking what type of "clause" is contained in a
law that expires after a fixed amount of time, and she
knows that it's a sunset clause. After that, she sees
this for $16,000...
On the TV series "Lost," one of the castaways is the
bassist for a fictional rock band named what?
A: Lip Service
B: Monkey in the Middle
C: Drive Shaft
D: The Squirmers
Michelle decides to call Mark, but he doesn't watch the
show, so he doesn't know. So, she uses the 50:50, which
leaves C and D. After considering what to do, Michelle
takes a gamble and says C... and she's right! The gamble
paid off there, but she won't gamble on the $25,000
question, which asks who was the leading vote-getter of
all the U.S. Senate candidates in the 2004 election
(Barbara Boxer). She doesn't know, so Michelle walks
with a good amount of money in the form of $16,000.
Up next is Lee Rosen (New York, NY), who is studying to
be an actor at N.Y.U. He happened to find a penny on the
way to the studio. Will it bring him enough luck to
reach the million dollar top prize? We'll see, as Lee
starts by knowing that switching TV stations rapidly
with a remote is typically known as channel-surfing
(though it could also be known by some people as spousal
torment). Along the way, Lee shows that he also knows
that it's Tic-tac-toe that is played on a board
resembling a number sign, and that an attempted battery
defines the crime of assault. He eventually gets to this
$8,000 question...
Upon her marriage to England's Prince Charles in 2005,
Camilla Parker Bowles assumed what royal title?
A: Countess of Wessex
B: Duchess of Cornwall
C: Princess of York
D: Baroness of Kent
Lee is unsure, so he calls his girlfriend, Angel, who is
sure that it's B. He trusts her... and it's B! Moving on
to the $16,000 question...
On TV's "The Apprentice," what is the name of the
receptionist who tells contestants "Mr. Trump will see
you now"?
A: Robin
B: Sandra
C: Krista
D: Tracy
Since he didn't watch the show, Lee asks the audience.
77% of the studio audience says A, and 51% from the AIM
poll agrees. With that, Lee goes with A... and they're
right! Now, to see if Lee can reach $25,000...
Featured in the expression "the whole shebang," the word
"shebang" originally referred to a what?
A: Celebratory meal
B: Small hut
C: Farmer's crop
D: Herd of cattle
The 50:50 leaves B and D, and after flip-flopping
between going for it or walking, Lee goes for it and
says D... but it's B! Ouch. At least he'll head home
with $1,000.
And the horn signals the end of another day. Another
contestant will sit down and play for some big money
tomorrow. |
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