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SHORTSHOTS FRIDAY
May 9, 2008

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Game 1's numbers: O-68, N-45, N-38, I-16, O-75, B-9, N-43, N-29, O-72, N-31, I-17, G-52, O-73, N-35, O-64, I-22, O-70, I-20, G-56, B-11, O-62, O-71. Geez, I thought that round would NEVER end! Andrea takes game 1 in Sudden Death with $1407 in the bank.

Ancestry.com game 2's numbers: G-52, B-9, N-44, I-17, B-2, G-54, O-73, O-61. Ed makes quick work to put the bank at $1719.

Bingo Shootout
- What "B" was a Disney film featuring Belle and Gaston? Ed gets "Beauty and the Beast" for B.
- What "I" is an island where during WWII American and Japanese forces fought a major battle? Andrea gets I from "Iwo Jima."
- What "N" served 27 years in prison before becoming South Africa's first black president? Andrea gets "Nelson Mandela" for IN.
- What "G" is home to Mount Olympus? Ed ties it up with "Greece."
- What "O" constellation is a mythical hunter with three starts on its "belt"? Andrea wins it with "Orion".

Bingo Bonus Board
B-3: trip to Hawaii
B-9: $10,000
N-33: $5000
I-30: Trip to Hawaii. MATCH for $3819 in swag!

Record today: breakeven
Record this week: 17-19 (47.2%)
Record this season: 413-455-15 (46.8%)
Total today: $54,116
Total this week: $532,533
Total this season: $13,750,875
Perfect Shows/Skunks: 3/5
DSWs/DOBs: 8/10
$1,000,000 Winners: 3

Jake Dirksen, Deborah Miller, Terrain Gill, & Melissa Clark are your first four for the Friday Price, and the prize they want to win... a stairmaster. Actual price: $2579, giving it to Jake. Next, he Makes His Move for a tool kit, a wine cabinet, and a trip to Alaska. The board: 2 5 3 5 8 2 8 3 0. He thinks the toolkit is $30, the wine cabinet $253, and the trip $5828... Nope. The tools were $25, wine cabinet $830, and Alaska $3582.

Melissa gets a $1263 laptop and a shot at a bedroom with sleep set in Cliffhangers. First up, a can opener. She says 25... It's $18 for seven steps. Hair clippers, are they $30? Yep! How about the coffee canister, is it $40? Sure is! Hans stays put, and Melissa's a winner!

Terrain collects $500 when he bids $1000 on a $1000 pair of watches! That'll buy him gas for a Chevrolet Cobalt in Pass the Buck. First pair: Phillips caplets for $5.49 and Clorox Clean-up for $2.39... He passes right... Got it. Next is $4.56 for Gold Bond cream and $2.49 for Grands! cinnamon rolls. He passes left.. Should've gone right. Tw0 picks. First pick is #2... $3000. Second is #4.... $5000. Terrain wins $8000. The car was behind #1.

Melissa, who thinks that Drew is cute is a button, is a pretty picture herself to win the Wheel round. Next up, a chandelier worth $698 goes to Justin Rodriguez. Next up, luggage, flatware, a recliner, and golf clubs. The prices in the Race Game: $680, $895, $1320, and $2175. He tries $680, $1320, $895, $2175... Two right. Go back! He switches the middle two... That's all four!

Deborah takes the stage with an $898 washer/dryer. Next, she'll use a $759 electric guitar, an $89 teapot, and a $730 karaoke to win a Dodge Caliber! First number in Line'em Up is 1. Last number is 0. She tries $17,930... one right. Next, $15,830... Wrong. It was $15,970.

Dana Delisa wins $500 from a $600 game table. Next up, a hot tub in the Range Game. Dana stops the rangefinder at $6701. And the actual price... $6713! And Dana's also a winner at the Showcase Showdown.

First up, a trip to Port o'Price with a dinette, a telescope, and a pair of motorcycles. Top winner Dana passes to Melissa, who bids $17,000. Dana gets to meet Wendy Wannabe, who has with her an evening gown, an outdoor theater with camera, and a Ford Mustang. Dana tags it at $35,000. Actual price: $29,342. Too many. Melissa's Showcase... $21,010! She wins with a difference of $4010, taking home $27,658!

Giving new meaning to the phrase "Who are you wearing", another VIP Week awaits with...

We're tied at two games a piece. Tonight's game will determine who, celebrities or the people who outfit them, are better at the Feud...

Designers lead, 120-91. Double: a place where you'd bring a towel (3). Alejandra gets the big one, a beach. A pool and the bath give them 291.

Triple: something in the inside of your car that can be adjusted to your liking (3). Luis Antonio gets #2, the stereo. Gustavo gets #3, the AC. Nitzy gets the big one, the seat, for the win, 390-291.

Dinero Rápido: Gustavo & Mitzy get ... 174. No cash this year, but both charities will receive $1000 for their participation this week.

Now to the reason this game exists...

Challengers lead, 139-44. Double: something kept in you freezer. Meat beats ice, 1 to 3. Nelly wins the showdown. Ice cream gives them the win, 339-44.

Dinero Rápido: Nelly pulls... "puntos extra". She & Liliana get... 147. Not enough to activate the extra points, so they only make $500 today.
Benitez lead, 105-75. Double: other than Jesus, a person at the Nativity (4). Val gets #1, Mary. Donkeys, the Wise Men and... Joseph? Steal! Sangs lead, 272-105.

Triple: other than a soldier, a job whose members carry weapons (3). Martha gets the big one, cops. Security and hunters get the win, 500-105.

Dinero Rápido: Martha pulls... "puntos extra". She & Mirtoledys get 186. The extra points say... a lousy five for another $500, giving them $1500.

Speed Round 1: JC leads with 30 against Kristiana's 20 and Bianca's 15. Instant Bargain #1... a Wii, a karaoke, and an ice cream maker. Price: $935. JC can buy it for T$12. Rossi: "Nintendo Wii. I got one. LOVE IT." Who doesn't. After a tasting of the ice cream... Got it.

Fame Game: Kristiana gets it on the first clue: ROBERT REDFORD. He won a baseball scholarship because he's a "natural". Kristiana's up to 35 because she's quick.

Knockoff: Mariah Carey songs. Bianca gets the big 15 off the bat with "We Belong Together " (from The Emancipation of Mimi). Kristiana gets knocked out with "I Wanna Love You Forever" (That's Jessica Simpson), leaving her with T$42. Bianca tries "There You'll Be"... That's Faith Hill for T$34. JC tries "Anytime You Need a Friend"... from Music Box, that gives him T$40. Instant Bargain #2, and Kristiana can have a $1925 Mexican cruise and margarita drink maker with glasses for T$10. SOLD.

Speed Round 2: man or woman. We're talking titular TV characters. JC ninjas his way to T$90, while Kristiana & Bianca settle for 37 and 34 respectively. Surely he won't spend T$53 on a shot at $2500, right? Right. Good, JC. Would've picked the Red... Money on the second rabbit hole in a row!

Final Speed Round: But as we love to say, money comes and goes, but glory is forever. JC wins this one handily with T$110. Kristiana's setting sail for Mexico with margaritas. Bianca... no Mexico... No margaritas.

JC's got T$452, enough for a dinette. A good round at Super Knockoff can get him $10,000 cash money. Super Knockoff: Old enough to be President. That would be 35 and older. Teri Hatcher... $25. Flavor Flav... $25 more. Janet Jackson... $25. Taylor Hicks... KNOCKOFF. He's only 29. Others: Johnny Knoxville for 100, The Rock, Kelly Ripa.

Will Juan Carlos take the dinette and run or keep playing? Keep playing, of course.

Total for today: $120,358
Total for Week 35: $334,181
Charity Donations: $292,452
Total for the Season: $429,788
Bonus Win Percentage: 60/175
Gooseeggs: 34
Toss Up Sweeps/Group Misses:25/1
Mystery Round Prizes won: 9
Car Wins: 15
$100,000 Losses/Wins: 9/2
$10,000 wedge wins: 17
Wild Cards Hit/Offered/Used: 114/175/36
Prizes added to the wheel hit/won: 90/53
Free Spins Hit/Used: 98/81
"25" Prizes Hit/Won: 43/16
BIG MONEY SPOT Hit/Won: 32/16
Jackpot wins: 10
$6,000 FINAL SPINS: 24/175

We're ending Family Style week with a MOTHER'S DAY DINNER for twins Duane & Darryl Luke for $1000. Duane's a bank analyst. Darryl's a bank manager. Sisters Lisa Westman & Yvonne Trejo are from Glen Allen. Lisa's a fifth-grade teacher. Yvonne's a stay-at-home mom. Finally Orthen & John Young from southside Burbank. She's a grandmother. He's a senior at UIC.

Second Tossup is Phrase... Orthen & John KEEP SMILING for $2000. They spin for a trip to Orlando from TravelWorm.com worth $7000. First category is Food & Drink. Duane & Darryl get three Ts for $2500 each, solving THE BEST PIZZA IN TOWN for $8700, $9700 total.

V8 Jackpot Round is a Prize Puzzle... Living Things, the category. Orthen & John pick up the Florida trip. Duane & Darryl pick up the Wild Card and solve PUREBRED IRISH SETTER PUPPES for $700 and a trip to Ireland. The trip goes for $9000, and if you're Wheel Watcher VP00517, you're also on your way to the Emerald Isle. So far, they've got $19,400.

ActivOn Big Money Mystery Round is a Family. Orthen & John hit the Big Money Spot for $7500, but the sisters solve CHICAGO'S OWN JOHN & JOAN CUSACK for the house minimum of $2000.

Third Tossup is On the Map... Duane & Darryl get MUNICH GERMANY for $22,400. Final Spin coming. Consonants are worth the big $6000! Place is the category. Duane & Darryl solve UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE for the win and $46,400! Orthen & John and Lisa & Yvonne leave with $2000 a piece....

... and lest we forget, Duane & Darryl also have that Wild Card! They'll put it to use in the Bonus Round. Given Phrase, the usual six, GHC A, and the Wild Card pick of D...

_ A _ E   _ T
A   H A _ _ T

"MAKE IT A HABIT?" Got it. And they also got a pair of Buick Enclaves! Those cars are worth $69,958! And we'll send one your way if you're Wheel watcher SB20777. The brothers Luke are driving away $116,358 richer!

Block returns, and so does Chicago, next week.

Valerie Bashura (East Hartford, CT): She was a figure skater, then she became a Zamboni driver, and now, she's an internal auditor. That's quite the background. And with her current job, she is now known as "Ms. Fraud Fighter."

She could become "Ms. Millionaire" here, and she's on her way there after sweeping the lower tier. Then, a few moments later, she faces this...

[$8,000]
A hand gripping the Holy Grail is depicted on pints of what Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor?
A: Vermonty Python
B: From Russia With Buzz
C: Neapolitan Dynamite
D: Karamel Sutra

Though she does like Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Valerie is unsure of this. So, she polls the audience, and 81% are saying A. She trusts them... and they're right!

[$25,000]
"April is the cruellest month" is a line from what famous poem?
A: To His Coy Mistress
B: The Waste Land
C: How Do I Love Thee?
D: Song of Myself

Valerie calls Jen, who was on this show before, and won $25,000 herself. Jen says B. Valerie goes with that... and now, she also has $25,000! She then switches out a question to see this...

[$50,000] (Q)
Cayenne, Sugarloaf and Red Spanish are three popular varieties of what?
A: Watermelon
B: Pear
C: Peach
D: Pineapple

The 50:50 leaves B and D. Valerie goes with B, since that's what she was leaning towards... but it's D! Oh well; $25,000 is still good!

Rick Marianetti (Las Vegas, NV): He's a shift supervisor at a poker room. He says his job is similar to Meredith's in a number of ways.

Rick secures $1,000, then soon after that, this pops up...

[$4,000]
Euro coins minted in Ireland feature an image of what traditional Irish musical instrument?
A: Drum
B: Trumpet
C: Banjo
D: Harp

He has an idea, but Rick decides to ask the audience. 79% say D. That's what he was thinking as well, so he locks that in... and it's D!

[$25,000]
Which of these dog breeds derives part of its name from the name of a sacred city in Tibet, where it originated?
A: Shar-Pei
B: Bichon frise
C: Lhasa apso
D: Chow chow

After saying that Lhasa is a sacred city, Rick says C... and he has $25,000! And there's the horn; Rick will be back on Monday!