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May 8, 2008

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Game 1's numbers: I-25, B-12, N-38, N-36, B-14, I-26, O-70, I-30, B-5, B-13, B-7, O-64, G-49. Maria gives the game to Chris in Sudden Death. Bank now stands at $840.

Ancestry.com Game 2's numbers: b-11, G-49, G-60, O-61, B-13, O-66, N-41, N-35, I-28, N-44, N-32. That gives Chris the game, the match, and $1280!

Bingo Bonus Board:
B-14: $5600
I-30: $10,000
B-7: $5600. MATCH! That gives Chris a total of $6880 cash money.

Record today: 5-1
Record this week: 14-16
Record this season: 410-452-15
Total today: $92,771
Total this week: $478,417
Total this season: $13,696,759
Perfect Shows/Skunks: 3/5
DSWs/DOBs: 8/10
$1,000,000 Winners: 3

Stacey Hagreen, Darnell Poage, Tracy Johnson, and Kevin Monahan begin the action today with an outdoor pool. Kevin wins the $2974 set and a shot at a floor clock marked at $2800 and a pool table marked $3785? Stay or Switch? He switches... and that's a good move!

Darnell wins a $776 HDTV combo. Can he win $10,000? First up in 1/2 Off, a $13 popcorn popper and a $75 fondue set. He goes left... $13 is the real price. Next, $36 for a pitcher and $6 for an ice cream maker. He goes right this time... got it for $12. Finally, $83 for a camcorder and $18 for a batter dispenser. Going to the camcorder. Oops. So Darnell's got $500, but he has eight boxes left with 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, and 16. He goes with 6... Opening the box... Nothing. The money was in 14.

Stacey gets a $1300 fireplace. Will she win a Jeep Wrangler X? It isn't $32,625, but each number is One Away. Try #1, $23,534...Four right. Changing the first 3 to a 1 does it.

Darnell wins $1000 on the Big Wheel. Next up, Lynne Koch wins a $1066 softball package. She'll try to hit the Bullseye for a brass bed with sleep set. First up, Birdseye Steamfresh corn... Each one is worth $1.69. Two... $3.38. Next up, six Francisco Rinaldi pasta sauce... Each one is $1.99. $11.94 hits the Bullsye!

Kyle Witte does the down-and-up thing with a $1700 pearl necklace. Now to play More or Less with a freezer, a home gym, an accordian, and a Ford Fusion. First, the freezer at $400. He goes more... RIGHT. How about $1000 for the home gym. Going more again... More again! Next, a $3000 accordian. No way it's more... It's LESS. Finally, the Ford Fusion... The price displayed is $19,500. Which is it? LESS is the guess... LESS is right!

Tracy has one more shot with a day sailer. Actual price: $3195. Winner... Tracy! Can she win a trip to Costa Rica? It's either $4722 or $3877... She goes $4722... Right!

Tracy's another Wheel winner. First in the Showcase, Tammy does some time traveling with a washer/dryer, a trip to Japan, and a Ford Mustang. Top winner Tammy bids "25"... then ups it to $45,000 when asked for clarification. Darnell has a dining room with dinnerware & stemware, dance lesson, and a jukebox. He bids... get this... a dollar. Actual price: $19,369. Actual price of Tracy's Showcase... $28,850. Darnell's the winner with $21,697!

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

Stars lead this match, 2 to 1. Still no money on the money board.

Designers lead, 134-56. Double: and old wives' cure for a cough (3). Masjuan fires with honey for #1. Tea and lemon win it for the designers, 318-56.

Dinero Rápido: Luis Antonio & Mitzy get ... 98. Most of that is Mitzy, as Luis Antonio gets only seven.

Now to the families...

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 outbuzzes Pamela, leaving Miriam in the dust with her original stash. JC leads, 30 to 25. JC gets a pop at Cheryl & Co. cookies for a year and a feather bed with comforter & pillows. It's all worth $940. JC can get the "salmon" comforter for T$10. Rossi knocks it down to 7. NO SALE. About his girlfriend: "I don't love her that much."

Fame Game: JC gets four clues and DUSTIN HOFFMAN for T$45.

Knockoff: Harrison Ford movies. JC gets the big 15 from "American Graffiti." Pamela gets 10 from "The Mosquito Coast". The three run out, as JC leads, 67 to Pamela's 39 and Miriam's 32. Instant Bargain #2: a visit to Brite Smile and sapphire/diamond earrings, all worth $1249. JC can have it for only 15. Rossi throws in a Benjamin... NO SALE. JC came to play.

Speed Round 2: menu or movie? That's a menu item from Denny's... or a movie. JC is making Pamela work today with 97 to her 64. Miriam stays at 32. Instant Cash is worth $2000. Will he bite for T$33? NO SALE. Would've picked the white... Would've picked the money.

Final Speed Round: At least JC can say he upset a champ with T$117. Pamela leaves with over $6200 in prizes. Miriam... just leaves.

So far, JC can afford the HDTV. Super Knockoff: "American Idol" runners-up. Katharine McPhee... $25. Season five. Justin Guarini... $50, lost to Kelly Clarkson. Clay Aiken.... season two for $25. Blake Lewis... the reigning also-ran for $25. Diana DeGarmo... Season three for $100. JC quits while he's ahead. Bo Bice was the other one.

JC has T$342 on his first day. That's enough for Antigua... but he wants to play on. And so he shall.

Total for today: $108,304
Total for Week 35: $213,823
Charity Donations: $292,452
Total for the Season: $8,309,430
Bonus Win Percentage: 59/174
Gooseeggs: 34
Toss Up Sweeps/Group Misses:25/1
Mystery Round Prizes won: 9
Car Wins: 14
$100,000 Losses/Wins: 9/2
$10,000 wedge wins: 17
Wild Cards Hit/Offered/Used: 113/174/35
Prizes added to the wheel hit/won: 89/53
Free Spins Hit/Used: 98/81
"25" Prizes Hit/Won: 43/16
BIG MONEY SPOT Hit/Won: 31/16
Jackpot wins: 10
$6,000 FINAL SPINS: 23/173

Wheel puts the style in "Family Style," like the Simpsons put the fun back in "dysfunctional". We put an Around the House tossup on the board, and a BABY CHANGING TABLE goes to Wally & Wally Kleiner for $1000. Wally Sr's a retired police sergeant. Wally Jr.'s an accounting manager. Joann Rule & Sabrina Wood are next. Joann's a teacher. Daughter Sabrina's a payroll clerk. Finally, brothers Tom & Brian Collins run an auto dealership.

$2000 Tossup is Rhyme Time. The Wallys get SNACK SHACK for $3000. They spin first for a trip to Vegas to see George Strait (not to mention his CD and guitar). It's $7500. First up, a Prize Phrase. Brian & Tom spin out the George Strait package... the Wild Card... and the solve of MY SHIP HAS COME IN for the trip to Vegas, $650, and.... a Caribbean cruise worth $8396! Spin ID is PC08115. You know who you are, you know what to do. So far, Brian & Tom are up $16,546.

V8 Jackpot Round is Show Biz. Sabrina & Joann get the Free Spin. Brian & Tom lose the Wild Card to the Bankrupt, but they eventually solve EXPERIMENTAL THEATER for the house minimum this week of $2000. That gives them $18,546.

ActivOn Big Money Mystery Round is Before & After. Brian & Tom solve CANDY LAND OF LINCOLN for, again, the house minimum of $2000, giving them $20,546.

Living things are in the $3000 Tossup. The Wallys sweep the tossups with AFRICAN VIOLETS for $6000. Final Spin after some regulation is worth $1900 per consonant. Brian & Tom win it with PEPPER JACK CHEESE for $30,346. Sabrina & Joann leave with the house minimum of $2000.

But will the brothers Collins take the Bonus Round? With the standard six, the category of Thing and the ICMH...

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"PORCH SWING!" Swing into this... it's two Buick Enclaves! Those cars are worth $69,958! That puts their total at... $100,304! And one Buick is on your way if you're JB7995353. Again, someone get Block on the phone.

Christine Babett (Wilmington, DE) came to play. She came to win. So far, she's up $16,000, but she's down to her Phone-a-Friend. She'll get the Switch if she can answer this...

[$25,000]
A YouTube sensation after being the 2007 winner of "Britain's Got Talent," Paul Potts is an accomplished what?
a) Opera singer
b) Saxophonist
c) Magician
d) Tap dancer

"Thank you, YouTube." It's A. Oh yeah, it's A. That's $25,000!

[$50,000]
What American author wrote one of this most famous works under the pen name "Diedrich Knickerbocker"?
a) James Fenimore Cooper
b) Upton Sinclar
c) Thornton Wilder
d) Washington Irving

Christine uses her husband Bill... "Washington Irving, 100 percent!" Christine goes with it... and he didn't say D, which was the right answer... Oh well, let's give her $50,000 anyway.

[$100,000]
Also known as "Mosi-oa-Tunya" or "The Smoke That Thunder," Victoria Falls is located on what African river?
a) Zambezi
b) Limpopo
c) Niger
d) Congo

She takes her time... and makes A her final.... That's $100,000!

[$250,000]
In 1968, the first official 911 call was placed in what US town?
a) Cumberland, IN
b) Haleyville, AL
c) Smyrna, GA
d) McKeesport, PA

Time to switch it. Correct: B. New question...

[$250,000] (Q)
In order to pay off the current national debt, each US resident would have to contribute about how much?
a) $3000
b) $30,000
c) $300,000
d) $3 million

Christine's "over the moon", as she calls it a day. Correct: B again. No $30,000 for her, though. She gets $100,000!

Hoping to do as well if not better is Linda Saracco (Darien, IL). She makes it to her first $1000. She's stopped at $8000...

[$8000]
A slacker son named Marmaduke is featured on what TV series that debuted in 2007?
a) Reaper
b) Carpoolers
c) The Big Bang Theory
d) Aliens in America

We go to the audience for this one. And little under half, 40%, go with B. The 50:50 leaves A and B. She goes with it... and they're right!

[$16,000]
The word "tantara" derives from and refers to the sound made by which of these instruments?
a) Trumpet
b) Cello
c) Piano
d) Harp

Brother-in-law Terry gets this one. "Linda, I don't have a clue." And neither does Linda. She walks with $8000. Correct: A. And we call it a night.