mechamind
Charging into a new game show season! Posts: 5,202
| December 5, 2022 (Start of Secret Santa) recapDec 5, 2022 17:32:36 GMT -5 Quote Post by mechamind on Dec 5, 2022 17:32:36 GMT -5Season 40, Episode #7681 Airdate: December 5, 2022 From the Sony Studios, it's America's Game! Wheel and the Disney crew begin the Secret Santa Holiday Giveaway! Goofy and Minnie (well, just Minnie, really) announce the Stars of the Show. Mickey and Donald bring them on the stage and walk Vanna to the puzzle board. Pluto is applauding between contestants Teresa and Kenny!
Go!
Katie says THE...and runs out of time.
Kenny solves THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON.
And "three more characters are up here" to win!
Go!
Katie solves WINNING STREAK.
Wheel Prize: Vacation at Walt Disney World Resort for the 50th Anniversary Celebration thru March 31st (labeled DISNEY WORLD) worth $9,082. Gift Tag (Disney Gift Card), Wild Card, and Million Dollar Wedge on Wheel Top dollar value: $2,500
Teresa solves A MINIATURE SLEIGH AND EIGHT TINY REINDEER.
$10,000 Mystery Round Top dollar value: $3,500
"M as in Mary?" We're long past the Chuck Woolery years, you know.
Katie reads off FLAT, ITALIAN, PITA, GINGER from the board.
Express Round (Trip Puzzle!) Top dollar value: $3,500
Teresa scared us, but she solves ZIP-LINING ABOVE THE FOREST to win a National Geographic Expeditions tour of Costa Rica worth $12,590.
Triple Toss-Up!
Go!
Katie solves LAST-MINUTE SHOPPING.
Go!
Kenny solves LAST-SECOND SHOPPING.
Go!
Teresa solves CHOOSING SAME-DAY DELIVERY.
DING DING! DING DING! Now, speaking of last-second, it's time for Teresa to give the last spin of the day. Final Spin: $650+$1,000 = $1,650Teresa: L ($1,650)
Pat reminds Kenny that it's Christmas. He takes some extra money and solves WINTER WONDERLAND.
We won't be gift wrapping the Wild Card, but Teresa is taking it to Bonus Land! Let's unwrap three Bonus Round categories to choose from: THING Teresa picks Thing. $100,000 BONUS ROUND Bonus Spin: E in GAME
RSTLNE gives her:
GMDA and the Wild Card of B only give her the vowels.
She says A PAINT GAME, A PAINT TUBE, A PAINT WINE, and A PAINT WAVE. She does not solve A FAINT HOPE... ...and she didn't have much hope for an extra $40,000. Teresa stays at $20,240. Let's award some prizes to Susan N.! (SPIN ID: SN01175). In the final segment, Vanna reminds us that Maggie is going to be with everyone during Secret Santa. She's having fun with this, especially hanging out with Mickey, Maggie, Pluto, and everyone. It's been so much fun. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MarioGS
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| December 5, 2022 (Start of Secret Santa) recapDec 5, 2022 19:39:53 GMT -5 Quote Post by MarioGS on Dec 5, 2022 19:39:53 GMT -5I believe this is the first week since S31 Secret Santa where the Wheel and board frames are colored anything different, but in that case, the Wheel frame faded back to purple when gameplay began. I want to say the last time the Wheel was colored differently throughout the show was S28's Wendy's Family Week. The board frame looks really good in red. |
mechamind
Charging into a new game show season! Posts: 5,202
| December 5, 2022 (Start of Secret Santa) recapDec 5, 2022 19:51:02 GMT -5 Quote Post by mechamind on Dec 5, 2022 19:51:02 GMT -5Sure. Make WINNING STREAK a puzzle, and then I suddenly have some trouble with the rest of the puzzles (outside the Triple Toss-Ups). That trouble extends to Bonus Land, where I was originally thinking GIANT for the second word. The A was not a trap, and an I wouldn't have been either, but you need the P for this one. |
Recaps will be on hiatus as of May 27, 2024 due to life changes. * * * * * * * Check out my Google Drive folder with recap templates including some international versions! Over 2,100 Wheel of Fortune recaps to date, plus over 850 The Price is Right recaps, too! |
logicman27
Red is the best. Posts: 2,185
| December 5, 2022 (Start of Secret Santa) recapDec 6, 2022 0:19:20 GMT -5 Quote Post by logicman27 on Dec 6, 2022 0:19:20 GMT -5Yes, that border looks nice. Only issue about it is that when it’s solved, it’ll briefly turn blue for a moment, but that’s a minor nitpick. This was an okay start to the sweeps, but why did Teresa choose THING?! I only had the top line in the BR (my RSTLNE guess was A GIANT WAVE). 6/10 |
Jan 18, 2019 16:31:06 GMT -5 wheelinganddealing said: This is why we watch. Not only for the gut punch, but the random acts of insanity that make you cheer for total strangers, the brothers doing "YMCA," or the wife jumping into her husbands arms which led to the greatest ad lib between Pat & Vanna, etc, etc, etc). There's a reason this show has been on so long. I'll never quit watching. Hopefully, you won't either. |
genius2751
Something big will happen eventually. Posts: 5,498
| December 5, 2022 (Start of Secret Santa) recapDec 6, 2022 2:42:01 GMT -5via Tapatalk Quote Post by genius2751 on Dec 6, 2022 2:42:01 GMT -5Things could’ve gone better on the start of this year’s Secret Santa sweepstakes, but at least everyone earned decent totals. Teresa scared me a bit in R3 as well. After her A’s made the board in the BR, I was stuck on FAINT but had no guess after that. Good thing Kenny decided to choose a letter in the Final Spin before solving it and finish in five figures. Was he thinking WONDER bread in R2? Speaking of that round, I no-lettered GINGER and TU1. My rating: 6 |
THE Wheel Genius (but not the only one) |
