MY EPISODE!!! Wheel of Fortune Recaps: WOF Recap: April 8, 2013

Wheel of Fortune Recaps: WOF Recap: April 8, 2013 : We're going "Island Hopping" all week long. EPISODE #5801: ISLAND HOPPING

EPISODE #5801: ISLAND HOPPING

Opening Flashback Clip (2011): At a Sandals resort, Vanna makes a sleeping Pat fall off a sofa into the water 

Dalmatian Location on the Set: under a hut

$1,000 Tossup: RHYME TIME

B A H _ _ A
M _ _ _

Debbie gets BAHAMA MAMA, and let's talk to our first panel this week...

Debbie Pizzulo: VP of accounts receivable for 34 skilled nursing facilities from Coral Springs, FL
Tameka Thomas: A.F. program manager and soccer mom from Dayton, OH
Austin Arcenaeux: policy analyst for a state Senator who got his Master's (Political Science) from Texas State Univ. from San Marcos, TX

$2,000 Tossup: PLACE

B _ _ C H _ R
S H O P

Tameka will spin first after solving BUTCHER SHOP.

FEATURED ISLAND GETAWAY: Greece from g adventures worth $8,856
THIS WEEK'S 1/2 CAR: smart car

Jackpot Round: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? (hula girl statue)

Tameka does a great deal of work and thought of solving after calling the S's, but she decides to go on. She next gets the h2o+ gift tag w/ two L's, buys two E's and gets the Greece trip w/ the P. Now she decides to solve...

L E A _ I N G
A / L A S T I N G
I _ P _ E S S I _ N

She's LEAVING A LASTING IMPRESSION for $6,750 cash and skin care plus the Greek trip worth a total of $15,606 that round!

PERFECT ROUND!
UNCLAIMED JACKPOT: $8K

Scores after R1
Austin: $0
Debbie: $1K
Tameka: $17,606 cash and prizes

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Mystery Round: FOOD & DRINK

Austin picks up the WC right away w/ a T; he follows up w/ an R, six E's, but then a dud vowel of A. After that, it's all Debbie...

_ O N E _ E S S
S _ I N _ E S S
_ _ I _ _ E N
T E N D E R S

...she eats up some BONELESS, SKINLESS CHICKEN TENDERS for $4,900.

SOLE DUD: A (Austin)

Scores after R2
Austin: WC
Debbie: $5,900
Tameka: $17,606 cash and prizes 

Bonus Puzzle Flashback (1988): THING 
Myrna had this to work w/ after calling CDPA...

_ _ N _ E R
P A _ N T _ N _

...but she didn't solve FINGER PAINTING.

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PRIZE PUZZLE Round: MOVIE QUOTE

Debbie does most of the work, only to strike out w/ the D. Tameka then goes for her second trip...

T O T O / I ' V E / A
_ E E _ I _ _ / _ E ' _ E
_ O T / I _ / _ A _ S A S
A _ _ _ O _ E

She correctly recites "TOTO, I'VE A FEELING WE'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE" (from "The Wizard of Oz" and not "Rambo 2", Pat!) for a $6,400 Hotwire trip to the Renaissance ST. CROIXCarambola Beach Resort & Spa.

SOLE DUD: D (Debbie)

Scores after R3
Austin: WC
Debbie: $5,900
Tameka: $24,006 cash and prizes 

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$3,000 Tossup: SHOW BIZ

_ E _ E V I _ I O N
S T U _ I _

Debbie knows that she paid a visit to a TELEVISION STUDIO, so up to $8,900 she goes.

Round 4: PHRASE

Two T's get her started followed by all the valid vowels of this puzzle (three A's, three E's and an O) but then S for sorry. Second, Tameka hits the roadblock in R. Third, Austin takes two N's while on a $500 space and uses the WC on the advice of Pat (still a bad move even if it's late in the game, IMO) to get $1K more from two M's. Board right now...

M A _ E / A
M E N T A _ / N O T E

He will MAKE A MENTAL NOTE that he finally got on the board w/ $2K.

DUDS: S (Debbie), R (Tameka)

Going into R5
Austin: $2K
Debbie: $8,900
Tameka: $24,006 cash and prizes

Round 5: THINGS

Tameka doe some work, but we're going into Speed-Up Mode...

_ _ S T E _ _ / A N D
_ N T _ _ _ _ E

...and the leftover consonants are worth $1,500 each.

M _ S T E R _ / A N D
_ N T R _ G _ E

There's no MYSTERY AND INTRIGUE that Debbie won another $1,500.

FINAL SCORES
Austin: $2K
Debbie: $10,400
Tameka: $24,006 cash and prizes

CUMULATIVE TOTAL: $36,406
PENALTY SPACE FREE EPISODE!

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$100,000 Bonus Round
The '13 Mazda MX-5 Miata is back in play for this week. Tameka lands on the &.

Category: PHRASE
Light up some letters, Vanna...

_ _ _ _ L _
_ R _ _ _ T _ _ L E

CDPA doesn't add too much...

_ _ _ _ L _
P R _ _ _ T A _ L E

...and she loses the $45K in what could've been a HIGHLY PROFITABLE round.