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May 5, 2008

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Remember, if you have Bingo all this week, you're getting $100... I miss you, mom.

Game 1's numbers: B-1, G-58, O-64, G-48, O-63, N-34, B-4, I-24, B-7, B-10, B-3, I-30, B-8, I-21. Marissa gets Bingo in Sudden Death, giving her game 1. Bank is at $874.

Ancestry.com Game 2's numbers: G-47, N-33, B-7, I-21, B-5, G-50, I-24, N-41, O-70, G-53, I-29, O-63. Marissa's the champ tonight with $1270.

Bingo Bonus Board:
O-75: $4500
N-37: MATCH! That's $5770 for Marissa!

Sherry finds the Crossword Extra, betting the barn on this: fee to hold'em in Texas Hold'em (4). ANTE... is right for $700! She leads at the break, $800 to Brennan's $450.

Spoilers off the port bow...

Ozzie spoils Sherry for $1000. Henry spoils Ozzie for $1200. Brennan tries for the Extra first, betting $1000 ("And only be $50 under?"). Clue: stick as if by suction (- D - - - -). He ADHEREs to $1000 more, giving him $1950. Karen spoils Henry for $2600 and the right to solve the next Extra. She bids $1000 on this: sheepless shepherdess (- - - E - -). Missed BOPEEP, leaving her $1600. Sherry spoils Brennan with $2350. Henry spoils Sherry for $2550 and the lead at the break.

Sherry spoils Henry in round 3 with a HAUL of $2650. Henry gets it back with $3250. Brennan gets back in it with $3750. He gets the final Extra of the game, betting it all on this: one who avoids cleaning at all costs? (4). It's not a CLOD... it was a SLOB, leaving him with... well, nothing. Henry spoils Brennan for... again, nothing. Karen wins it, $2200 to $200.

But can she finish the puzzle for $5000 and a trip to Cabo San Lucas? Maybe if she had a couple of seconds remaining, because she had one square left.

Record today: 2-4
Record this week: 2-4
Record this season: 398-440-15
Total today: $37,099
Total this week: $37,099
Total this season: $13,255,441
Perfect Shows/Skunks: 3/5
DSWs/DOBs: 8/10
$1,000,000 Winners: 3

We're celebrating Cinco de Mayo with Kim Goodman, Tammy Cooper, Kevin Katz, Nathan Conyers, and a kayak. Tammy gets the $1020 prize (Kim thought she had it, but realized that she bid a dollar less) and a shot at a drum set marked $1464, round crib marked at $2369, and a Dale Jr. pinball marked $3359. Which price is wrong? She goes with the crib... and it's $2369. The pinball was $5995.

(C-Note: I'm sensing Lanisha picked up the delayed reveal from her time on Model Hill... which she's still serving)

Kevin gets an $800 wine server cart. Can he win a Dodge Avenger? He tries on Pathfinder, but gets only as far as $21,.... He does get a $33 candy dispenser. The car was $21,430.

Linnzy Burks goes down and up with a $1000 pair of surfboards. Next, a Gemcar in Coming ($7995) or Going ($5997). She goes... and it's wrong.

Kevin's a winner at the Wheel. Meanwhile, we continue to look for a winner on the Row with luggage. Juanita Jones wins the $970 prize and gets a shot at a punch bowl set, a home gym, and an air hockey table in Make Your Mark (aka the game formerly known as Barker's Markers). The prices: $1575, $925, $2599, and $2000. She leaves the $2000 unmarked. The punch bowl set is $1575, and the home gym is $2599. Will she move the marker for $500? Nope. Price of the air hockey table... $925! That's a win!

Two bikes go to Nathan for $795. Can he win a Pontiac Vibe? Depends on how he does in Lucky Seven. First number: 1. First guess is 7... 9. That's $2. Second guess is 5... Right. Third guess is 4... 7. Another $3 gone. Final guess is 3. Actual price... $19,571. He done gone broke.

Kim managed to shoot herself in the foot in round 1. In order to go visit Drew and happy game time, she can't afford to do it again. The prize: the entire Now That's What I Call Music collection (US). The price: $664. The winner... Not Kim, Lynette Burks (no relation to Linnzy), which makes the loss almost that much more piercing. Anyway, will Lynette win a dining room with dinnerware? Only if she can Pick-a-Pair. V8 is $3.15. Safeway green tea... $3.15! She also bests everyone at the Wheel.

First Showcase gets us ready for the outdoors with a barbecue island, a spa, and a travel trailer. Top winner Lynette passes, and Kevin bids $30,000. Lynette gets a living room with carpeting, a camcorder, and a trip to Portugal. She tags it at $16,777. Actual price: $20,466, a difference of $3689. Actual price of Kevin's Showcase... $38,981, a difference of $8981. Lynette takes the game with $27,167.

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

Both teams are playing for charity... but which one is not readily said at the outset. Red Carpet leads, 134-41. Double: something you carry as you're boarding an airplane (3). Alejandra gets #2, suitcase. Masjuan gets #3, passport. Boarding pass from Ana Carolina gets them the win, 316-41.

Dinero Rápido: Ivy & Alejandra play for World Vision International. They get 126. Nothing today, but they have one game.

Now to the families...

Robledos lead, 149-45. Double: other than soccer, a sport that can convert someone into a popular idol (4). Leticia gets #2, baseball. Gerardo gets #1, basketball. Swimming is also up there. The Aguilars steal it with boxing for 245.

Triple: during Christmas, a reason why couples talk (3). Claudia gets #2, for a gift idea. Robledos steal the game with money for #1, giving them the win, 437-245. Other answer: where they're going.

Dinero Rápido: Leticia draws $500. She & Gerardo get 142 for another $500, giving them $3000 today.

Speed Round 1: Pamela's up with 25, Allyson's down with 15. JC's still got the original 20. Pamela gets a pop at this: a GPS and two tickets anywhere in the continental US from CheapTickets.com. $1536 is the price. It costs Pamela T$10. Would bump her to last place. Rossi throws in another ticket... Sold.

Fame Game: two clues in, and Allyson gets fellow FremantleMedia employee RYAN SEACREST for T$30.

Knockoff: Happened since "Oprah" premiered. JC ges the big 10 from Donald & Ivana divorced and the big 15 from "Cheers" ended NBC run. The three shoppers run out, giving Pamela T$24, JC T$50, and Allyson T$39. The date, by the way, was 1986. Now can JC resist... a ladies wristwatch, Chinese Laundry shoes, and Gucci sunglasses? Fourteen gets him $1195. Rossi knocks it down to T$11... NO SALE! "I'm in trouble." Unless you win.

Speed Round 2: Given name or stage name? Pamela goes up to T$34, while Allyson & JC stay put at 39 and 50 respectively. He's got a shot at $500. Will he give up T$11? Yep. He picks the brown... $100. $500 was in the white.

Final Speed Round: JC and Allyson are tied with 49... but Pamela defends successfully with 64! JC has $100, which is $100 more than what Allyson leaves with.

So far, Pamela has T$300 even. Let's see what she can buy for that.

Super Knockoff: Top 6 months for marriage in 2006 (according to a US Dept. of Health report). All 12 months on the board. June... #1 for $25. July... #2 for $25. May... $25 more. April... KNOCKOFF. Other answers: September, October for $100, August.

So what will Pamela do with that 300? Nothing. Yet. We'll see her tomorrow.

Total for today: $34,789
Total for Week 35: $34,879
Charity Donations: $292,452
Total for the Season: $8,130,486
Bonus Win Percentage: 58/171
Gooseeggs: 33
Toss Up Sweeps/Group Misses:24/1
Mystery Round Prizes won: 9
Car Wins: 13
$100,000 Losses/Wins: 9/2
$10,000 wedge wins: 17
Wild Cards Hit/Offered/Used: 111/171/34
Prizes added to the wheel hit/won: 88/52
Free Spins Hit/Used: 95/79
"25" Prizes Hit/Won: 42/15
BIG MONEY SPOT Hit/Won: 31/16
Jackpot wins: 10
$6,000 FINAL SPINS: 23/171

Hola! It's Cinco de Mayo! And the 2nd week in Chi-Town! (And we have a surprise as the animations are back!) And we are doing it Family Style!

The $1,000 Tossup is EVENT. Rebecca and Duane solve WELCOME-HOME PARTY for $1,000. They are a father/daughter team. The daughter has 3 kids under 3. Rebecca is his only daughter of 5. Carlos and Ruben Rosado are brothers. They ride ATV's together. Janet and Lisa Bradley are mother/daughter. Lisa is one of three. Lisa is a pre-law major and in a sorority.

The $2,000 Tossup is TITLE. Carlos and Ruben have $2,000 with THE UNTOUCHABLES. The prize added to the wheel...an Amtrak Northwest Passage Family Tour...celebrating National Train Day on May 10th...it's worth $8,289...and we have SHOW BIZ to start. Carlos and Ruben start and pick up the Wild Card. They miss...Janet and Lisa pick up the $1,000 Yankee Candle package. Rebecca and Duane solve OPRAH'S FAVORITE THINGS for $1,900. They have $2,900.

The Jackpot Round is sponsored by V8. The category is WHAT ARE YOU DOING?...and a PRIZE PUZZLE (BTW...Pat tells us Rebecca and Duane's total gets bumped up to $2,000 because it's the minimum this week). Janet and Lisa start and miss a vowel. Duane and Rebecca hit Bankrupt. Carlos and Ruben miss. Janet and Lisa miss. Rebecca and Duane solve SLICING PINEAPPLES for $2,100...and they say ALOHA...cause they are going to Oahu...at the Waikiki Beach Sheraton worth $9,600! If you have the SPIN ID of CW9040921...you are off to Hawaii! Remember the SONY CARD BONUS! They have $14,700 in cash and trips!

The big money/mystery round is sponsored by ActivON. It's SAME NAME. Rebecca and Duane start. They miss. Carlos and Ruben do the same. Janet and Lisa hit the mystery wedge...and they risk $1,000....and it's Bankrupt. Rebecca and Duane miss. Carlos and Ruben miss. Janet and Lisa Bankrupt. Duane and Rebecca hit Lose a Turn. Carlos and Ruben hit the Amtrak trip and solve CHARLIE & BAD BAD LEROY BROWN for $2,800 and a total of $13,089 in cash and trip!

The $3,000 Tossup is PLACE. Rebecca and Duane have $17,700 with ROOFTOP GARDEN...and we go right into a FINAL SPIN for PHRASE...it's $1,300 a letter. And Rebecca and Duane solve HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY for $1,300 and another bump to $2,000. They win with $19,700 in cash and trip! Janet and Lisa leave with the gooseegg $2,000. And Carlos and Ruben have a nice 2nd place total for $13,089!

Can our father daughter duo add more to the $34,789 won so far? They land on the U in BONUS. The category is PHRASE. With the RSTLNE and their choices of W D F I we have:

F I L L E D
W I T _   _ _ _

They of course had with FILLED WITH...but not JOY. But they lost $30,000....and that isn't joyous. They leave with $19,700 in cash and trip!

Loren Hammonds (New York City) is known to his friends and fellow MCs as "Mojo". This is actually his third time on national television. His first: as a junior vocalist on "Star Search". So far, he's got something his competition doesn't have... $1000 and all three lifelines.

[$16,000]
What is the one US state that shares its borders with US states whose names all start with a vowel?
a) Florida
b) Texas
c) Wisconsin
d) Washington

He goes to the audience on this one. They come back with D, 66%. And that... is right! The other states are Idaho and Oregon.

[$25,000]
Although it's about a failed relationship, what song inspired an urban legend about Phil Collins witnessing a drowning?
a) Sussudio
b) One More Night
c) Take Me Home
d) In the Air Tonight

If anyone asks, you heard it here. It's D for $25,000!

[$50,000]
At over 3000 square miles, the largest lake in Central America is located in what country?
a) Costa Rica
b) Guatemala
c) Nicaragua
d) Honduras

Loren decides to call his sister Donna. "If it had been a river, I could've done it. I don't know." The good news is that it's a freeball. He switches out. Correct: C. New question.

[$50,000] (Q)
The Danjon Scale of Brightness measures the brightness of what?
a) Sunspots
b) Automobile headlights
c) Lunar eclipses
d) Paper color

The 50:50 leaves B and C. He guesses C... RIGHT!

[$100,000]
The word "utopia," referring to an ideal or perfect place, comes from the name of a fictional island in a work by whom?
a) Sir Thomas More
b) Daniel Defoe
c) Jonathan Swift
d) John Milton

Loren decides to walk not knowing anything about this question. Correct answer: A.

Next up is Robert Ryan (Shar River Hills, NJ), a police sergeant. He's chomping at the bit for $1000. He zooms up the ziggurat to $16,000 before the royal horns sound. He'll be back tomorrow.