Teeeeeeeeeeen-HUT!
Five-star general @nickskapower is back again this year and I will step in for five-star general @andynwof for the next three episodes. W/ that being said…
Forwaaaaaaaard MARCH!
EPISODE #7857: 🎖️VETERANS WEEK🎖️
$1K Tossup: AROUND THE HOUSE
P A _ R / _ F
_ I _ O C _ L A _ S
Pete takes out a PAIR OF BINOCULARS. Two men among these Tuesday vets from left to right…
Pete Digeronimo: Coast Guard and Air Force member for 23 years (he was a K9 dog handler in the Air Force and an admin assistant person in the Coast Guard) who just got married to Lorrianne with two daughters and a son from East Falmouth, MA
Shaniece Rory: Army vet for six years who joined the army at 17 (that’s the minimum age for joining) after graduating high school at 16 who has an older brother who’s an Army officer and an older sister who’s a non-commission officer; recently graduated from Howard University doing research for audiology for service members with hearing loss from Washington, D.C.
Benny Lorenzo: Marine vet for about seven years as an artilleryman; his last duty station was at Quantico where he was a war fighting instructor; married to fiancé Lindsay in Santorini and has the same birthday; also rented a Harley from Washington, D.C. and rode all the way to Seattle and back (he’s done 49 states so far and is missing Alaska) from Alexandria, VA
$2K Tossup: WAYW?
_ _ _ _ C _ E
H E L M _ T
Benny apparently still had motorcycles in his mind because he goes overboard w/ MOTORCYCLE HELMET.
_ I _ _ C _ E
H E L M _ T
Pete steals a BICYCLE HELMET.
FEATURED TRIP: Agua Caliente in PALM SPRINGS
Round 1: SONG/ARTIST
Pete: Two T’s ($900), four E’s, BANKRUPTS NEAR TD (-$1,550)
Shaniece: Two Y’s ($600), two B’s ($600), LaT (she tried to call M on that space)
Benny: Two M’s (TD), A
Pete: C (PALM SPRINGS worth $13K), two O’s, two S’s ($650), I
M Y / _ O M E T O _ _
B Y / B _ _ C E
S _ _ I _ _ S T E E _
“MY HOMETOWN” BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is right for $14,300 cash & Palm Springs and a total of $17,300.
Eggland’s Best Mystery/Crossword Round: ________ HEARTED
Shaniece: L (MW in between $650/$700…EMPTY)
Benny: N ($650), E
Pete: S ($650)
Shaniece: Two D’s ($500), C ($900), four O’s, CRITICAL DUD of M (TD) (she apparently thought the bottom across word was MOOD, which doesn’t make any sense) and Pete tried to spin after her — ah ah ah! 
Benny: K ($700)
| C | K | |||||
| O | _ | |||||
| L | _ | O | N | |||
| _ | O | O | D | D |
LION, GOOD, and KIND are the other words for $1,100.
Pete: $17,300 cash & Palm Springs★Shaniece: GROUND ZERO★Benny: $1,100
PP/Express Round: PERSON
Benny: N ($700), two T’s ($700), H ($700), four E’s, C ($550)
Pete: P ($600), O
Shaniece: X ($600), R ($800), two I’s (NMV)
E X P E R T / I N
T H E / _ I E _ _
She proves to be an EXPERT IN THE FIELD for $1,150 and a Viking River Cruise to EUROPE worth $6,698.
Pete: $17,300 cash & Palm Springs★Shaniece: $7,848 cash & cruise★Benny: $1,100
Triple Tossup: WAYD?
1.
B U _ I N G
N _ W / _ I R E S
Shaniece might be BUYING NEW TIRES.
2.
P _ _ _ _ N _ / A _ R
_ _ / _ _ _ / T _ R _ S
Pete’s PUTTING AIR IN THE TIRES…and is right.
3.
_ _ X I _ G
_ / _ _ A _
Benny thinks of FIXING A FLAT…right.
Speed-Up: PHRASE
Final Spin Amount: $1,650
Benny: Two R’s
Pete: M
Shaniece: Three N’s
Benny: S
Pete: G
Shaniece: Two C’s
Benny: Four T’s
_ ‘ M / T R _ _ N G / T _
C _ N C _ T R _ T _
While I’M TRYING TO CONCENTRATE Benny solves for $9,900.
| PENALTY BOX | BANKRUPTS | LaTs | DUDS |
| ROUND 1 | Pete | Shaniece | A (Benny), I (Pete) |
| MYSTERY ROUND | Shaniece | E (Benny), S (Pete), M (Shaniece) | |
| PP/EXPRESS ROUND | C (Benny), O (Pete) | ||
| SPEED-UP | S (Benny) |
FINAL SCORES
Pete: $19,300 cash & Palm Springs★Shaniece: $9,848 cash & cruise★Benny: $13K
GT: $42,148
BANKRUPT TRASH (Pete): $1,550
We have nothing but generic categories for the other man. To make matters worse, he’s going for…
- THING
- PEOPLE
- PHRASE
$100K Bonus Round
Pete also brought daughter Tori.
SPIN: First A of AMERICA’S
Lead-offs…
_ _ L _ _ _ L E
_ _ R _
CDPA adds just two of the vowel…
_ A L _ A _ L E
_ _ R _
He’s well off the mark with PARALLEL CARD and he doesn’t realize that he did some VALUABLE WORK when serving in the Army for $40K.
MY RATING: 5.5
MY GRADE: E+
WHEEL of FORTUNE with Andy Nguyen
LOL at the Count von Count emoticon in the one.
Well so close to another $10K+ podium sweep but the episode was then average, that is until that suicidal move in the BR and PARALLEL CARD, really?
Our rating: 5 😮 (tough call but the maingame was acceptable by book, sans the duds and the BR)
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Again, please pardon about the term “suicidal move”, but that would actually mean asking for yet another BR loss by picking on THING, something that the writers would put a dreaded orange text highlighter in it with a -__- sign. This pick is very risky but never choose that unless that the player was bold enough.
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Oh did they last used that BR on October 28, 2021? Now that it ring a bell upon the article and reruns.
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I think we will get skunked on Veterans Week again. Hope I’m wrong.
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We don’t think it is going to be skunked, hardly seeing any week with back-to-back skunkings on said theme week, but you never know.
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I’m fearing the same thing.
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nothing to special on my 20th birthday compared to last year 40,000 loss just like my last birthday in bonusland giving this rating a 5 as well
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Let’s just get a look at what Pete’s final total(s) would’ve been if the BR had been won, listed by what amount would’ve been landed on:
NOTE: One asterisk on each side surrounding an amount indicates that an envelope containing it was landed on, but was sadly lost. If the amount was won, however, it would be surrounded by two asterisks on each side instead.
*$40K* – $59,300
$50K – $69,300
$75K – $94,300
$100K – $119,300
MILLION – $1,019,300
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This episode was alright despite the duds in the game and we nearly had a triple $10K finish… until Pete made the grave mistake of picking THING for his BR. I somehow managed to RSTLNE this one, with the two uncommon consonants in the bottom row, I knew he wasn’t going to get this one.
My Rating: 6 (D+)
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Decent game and Pete was lucky to have won thanks to that expensive Palm Springs trip, but since he made the grave mistake of picking THING, I knew another loss was coming. I too got the answer w/ the RSTLNE.
And wow, first sub-$7K prize in the PP since late S36.
My Rating: 5 (too many duds)
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Everyone fared well (especially Pete), but picking Thing for the BR spelled trouble.
My rating: 6
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