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May 6, 2008

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Game 1's numbers: G-58, O-75, N-36, N-39, G-57, B-11, B-13, I-30, I-17. Joshua makes quick work of game 1, putting $806 in the bank.

Ancestry.com Game 2's numbers: N-36, N-35, I-29, I-27, O-63, B-4, G-53, B-9, O-72, O-74, B-10, B-2, B-6, G-48. Joshua makes it a sweep to win $1274.

Bingo Bonus Board:
B-12: trip to Cabo San Lucas
O-74: $10,000
B-7: The big daddy, $100,000.
I-23... Cabo. MATCH! No big money, but Joshua is spending $1274 in Cabo San Lucas. Tonight's take: $2774.

Julian did a documentary on tournament Scrabble, so it comes to no surprise that he leads as Taffy finds the Extra. She bets the full monty on this one: Kate's sitcom partner (A - - - -). ALLIE gives her $600. Nice close round ends with Taffy up, $750-$550.

But as of right now, skills don't mean crap, because here come the spoilers!

Steve spoils Julian for $1150. Taffy gets the first Crossword Extra in round 2, betting $1000 on this: be it-humble link (- V - - - -). EVERSO gives her $2750. She tries to go three-for-three on the Extras with a $950 bet on this: startle (- - - R -). SCARE... gets her $3900! There's where she ends the round. Steve's at $1550.

Taffy tries to run out on the Extras today. Round 3's is worth $200; here's the clue... 180-degree turn, in slang (3). UIT... is not right. It was UIE, leaving her with $5000... that gets picked up by Nina... that gets picked up by Julian... And that's game. Julian wins it, $5100-$2550.

Five large and a trip to Nuevo Vallarta Mexico await in the final round. He makes it happen with 34 ticks left on the clock for $10,100 and the Mexico trip.

Record today: 4-2
Record this week: 6-6
Record this season: 402-442-15
Total today: $81,709
Total this week: $118,808
Total this season: $13,337,150
Perfect Shows/Skunks: 3/5
DSWs/DOBs: 8/10
$1,000,000 Winners: 3

The Tuesday festivities begin with Jonathan Diesinger, Elizabeth Crosby, Mary Evans, Jibarrie Turner, and a camping package. The price is $1169. The winner, Elizabeth. Can she win a fridge/freezer and a pool table. The 1 Right Price: $2098. She goes with the fridge... Winner!

Next up, Mary wins a $1195 dinette and a shot at a knife set... or a Chevrolet HHR... or the change in Drew's pockets. The first number in the car is 1. The 8, 2, and 0 are all in the car! The 5... knife set. The 7 and 6... Piggy bank. The 1... CAR! She wins the $18,210 car!

Shirley Coleman goes down and up thanks to a $1065 set of kitchen electrics. A couple of motorcycles await in the Squeeze Play. The board: $63,958. She removes the 3. Should've removed the 5.

Mary gets spot #1 in the Showcase. Jibarrie wins the $1680 stemware, and at the right time, too because it's Plinko time! Given chips from Drew, a $10 mop, a $95 media player, and a $50 dog groomer, he wins $2500.

Jonathan gets $800 dumbbells. Hopefully he won't be one in Card Game as he plays for a Chrysler PT Cruiser. The window: $2000. He draws to $17,200. Actual price... $17,435! That's a win.

Jannina Mendoza de Reddicks wins a $1140 elephant table. Now to try for a trip to Hawaii in Now or Then. Now is... well, now. Then is August 1998. Phillips caplets for $5.49. Now? Yep. Gold Bond Ultimate Healing lotion for $9.12. Now? Of course. Finally, Irish Spring soap for $1.99. Then? Winner! She's also a winner at the Wheel.

First in the Showcase, the CBS TV City crossing guard handles a stereo system, an upright piano, and a Mercury Milan. Top winner Mary passes, as Jannina bids $24,000. Mary gets some little known prehistoric creatures with a VCR/DVD, an HDTV, a trip to Texas, and a sailboat. She tags it at $25,000. Actual price: $35,795, a difference of $10,795. Actual price of Jannina's Showcase... $26,739! She wins with a difference of $2739! She'll take home $31,913.

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

Red Carpet leads, 234-0. Double: a public place where you should keep silent (3). Alejandra gets the big one, church. Designers try a funeral... Got it for 148. Other answer: library.

Triple: past or present, a famous queen (3). Luis Antonio gets #2, Elizabeth. Gustavo gets #1, Isabella. The Red Carpet goes with Catherine de Medici... not there! Designers win, 349-234. Other answer: Victoria.

Dinero Rápido: Masjuan & Gustavo get 129.

Now to the families

Mirabals lead, 204-163.

Triple: something you do to put a smile on a sad woman (3).Abel's joke beats Francisco's greeting, 1 to 2. Flowers spoil the champs, 438-163.

Dinero Rápido: Abel draws $500. He & Yoe get 170 for another $500, giving them $1000 today.

Speed Round 1: Pamela leads it, 35 to Aneela's 15 and Sandy's 25. First Instant Bargain: a trip to Chicago with a digital camera worth $2197. Pamela can have it for T$13. Rossi takes off a buck... SOLD. Down to T$23.

Fame Game: five clues in, and Sandy gets THE GRAMMY AWARDS for T$40.

Knockoff: celebrities in the military. Pamela is thumped with 25 thanks to Sylvester Stallone. Aneela gets 10 from Bea Arthur, but gets knocked out with Glenn Close. Sandy runs out with 15 from Dr. Ruth, giving her the lead 72 to Aneela's 29. Second Instant Bargain: a pendant and skin products. T$15 gets her $1191. SOLD.

Speed Round 2: More or less... than US$100 as of the tape day. Pamela stays put at 25, Aneela goes to 34, and Sandy stays at 57. Will Sandy give up T$23 for a shot at $1000? She's in. She picks the white... $100. $1000 in the Red today.

Final Speed Round: Pamela comes from behind to win with 55. Aneela leaves with nothing. Sandy leaves with $100, a diamond pendant, and skin products.

So far, Pamela has T$355. She's T$30 away from the jukebox. Super Knockoff: Forbes' 100 most powerful women. JK Rowling... KNOCK OFF. "No way!" Big way. The correct ones: Christie Hefner, Melinda Gates, Queen Elizabeth II, Meredith Vieira ($100), Laura Bush, Katie Couric.

Still have T$355. Still good for a trip to Miami... Still not good enough for Pamela. We'll see her tomorrow.

Total for today: $30,950
Total for Week 35: $15,739
Charity Donations: $292,452
Total for the Season: $8,161,436
Bonus Win Percentage: 58/172
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: 111/172/34
Prizes added to the wheel hit/won: 88/52
Free Spins Hit/Used: 96/80
"25" Prizes Hit/Won: 43/16
BIG MONEY SPOT Hit/Won: 31/16
Jackpot wins: 10
$6,000 FINAL SPINS: 23/172

We are in the 2nd day of doing it "Family Style" in Chi-Town!

The $1,000 Tossup is FICTIONAL CHARACTERS. Joanie and John Luckey are Mother and Son. They solved HANSEL & GRETEL for $1,000. Rachel and Lichel are sisters. Elizabeth and Chuck are a father daughter team.

The $2,000 Tossup is AROUND THE HOUSE. Rachel and Lichel miss and Chuck and Elizabeth have $2,000 with ROLL-UP BLINDS. We add this to the wheel...a trip to my hometown at the Loews Regency in NYC with tickets to "Curtains" on Broadway...it's worth $6,587...it's OCCUPATION. Chuck and Elizabeth start and miss. Joanie and John pick up the Free Spin and $300. They miss...and use the Free Spin. They miss again. Rachel and Lichel solve ART MUSEUM CURATOR for $800, which we bump to $2,000.

The Jackpot Round is sponsored by V8. The category is FOOD AND DRINK. Joanie and John start and pick up the 25 prize--a $2,500 vegas.com gift tag. They hit 2 Jackpot D's at $500 a piece...but don't solve. They solve MASHED POTATOES AND GRAVY for a total of $4,400 that round. They have $5,400 in total.

The big money/mystery round is sponsored by ActivON. It's PHRASE...and a PRIZE PUZZLE. Rachel and Lichel start and miss. Chuck and Elizabeth solve I'M HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE for $3,400 and a tour of Central America! It's a caravan.com tour of Guatemala and Honduras worth $8,200! If you have the SPIN ID of PE2784866, you are off to Central America! Remember the SONY CARD BONUS...they have $13,600 in cash and trip!

The $3,000 Tossup is FUN AND GAMES. Chuck and Elizabeth miss and Rachel and Lichel have $5,000 with CAROUSEL RIDE. They start this round which is CLASSIC TV. They dominate and solve THE BOB NEWHART SHOW for $4,850. They have $9,850 and we have time for PLACE.

We go right into a $1,600 a letter FINAL SPIN. Joanie and John solve EAT-IN KITCHEN for $1,600, which we bump to $2,000. They leave with $7,400 in cash and prizes. Rachel and Lichel leave with $9,850 in cash! But our father/daughter team of Elizabeth and Chuck win with $13,600 in cash and trip!

$30,950 so far...and we want more. They land on the C in CASH. Their category tonight is THINGS. With the RSTLNE and their choices of C D M A we have:

_ _ _ N _ _ N S
&  A D _ _ C E

They didn't get OPINIONS & ADVICE...and they lost out on a pair of 2008 Buick Enclaves. They leave with $13,600 in cash and trip!

Robert Ryan (Shark River Hills, NJ) has done quite well so far, reaching $16,000 with all lifelines intact.

[$25,000]
The Middle Eastern region of Qumran is best known as the site of what famous archaeological find?
A: Epic of Gilgamesh tablets
B: City of Ur
C: Tomb of Tutankhamen
D: Dead Sea Scrolls

Now, Robert needs a lifeline. He calls his wife's cousin, Steve, and he says D. Robert goes with that... and he has $25,000!

[$50,000]
Which of the following years will be a leap year?
A: 2100
B: 2200
C: 2300
D: 2400

Since he has been trouble keeping track of which years are leap years, Robert asks the audience. 41% are thinking D. Since it's not exactly a good enough number for him, he then switches the question. As it turns out, it was indeed D.

[$50,000] (Q)
In 1879, just three years after it was patented, the first telephone was installed in the White House for what U.S. president?
A: Andrew Johnson
B: Rutherford B. Hayes
C: Chester A. Arthur
D: Benjamin Harrison

The 50:50 leaves B and D. With his free guess, Robert says D... but it's B! Well, he does have $25,000, at least!

Rich Woodhull (Hoboken, NJ): He's a bartender, and he claims to be the best in New York City.

Rich sweeps the lower tier, then soon faces this...

[$4,000]
Which of these soft drinks is most likely to contain sarsaparilla?
A: Root beer
B: Cream soda
C: Orange soda
D: Ginger ale

Well, the bartender needs some help with this one. Rich asks the audience, and 70% are saying A. He trusts them... and they're right!

[$16,000]
Airing on cable in 2007, the acclaimed documentary series "Planet Earth" is narrated by what actress?
A: Glenn Close
B: Sigourney Weaver
C: Meryl Streep
D: Susan Sarandon

Rich calls his uncle, Don, but he's only 25% sure with his guess of B. Yeah. With that, the 50:50 is used, leaving B and C. Rich decides to lock in B... and it's B! He then walks with $16,000, since he didn't know what type of company Berkshire Hathaway began as (textile).

Lisa LaGore (Eastpointe, MI): She's a registered nurse, and she drove all the way from home to NYC to be here. She gets to $500 before time runs out for today.