7824K - 2/21/17 Recap - Celebrity Charity Week: Wilmer Valderrama

[jaydlewis]

Wilmer Valderrama playing for Voto Latino

Recap: https://goo.gl/ab7b9c

Quick Take
Grand Game - $100
Switch? - Win
Dice Game - Win
Easy as 1 2 3 - Win
Flip Flop - Loss
Rat Race - Win

              TODAY         YEAR
 On Offer:  $174,091+   $18,794,285.24+
Total Won:   130,751      8,258,031.88+

Total to Charity - $157,109

[Off_trak]

I can't help but wonder if the way they activate Rat Race, has anything to do with the rats not running, on occasion. As Rachel has to hit a button to release them, if she hits it too hard, does it jostle the way the rats sit in the track? After Drew picked it up, it was clearly wound up and running.

[TinoStar11]

They went all out for Eazy as 1-2-3.
Today's playing had the Most Expensive prize ever offered in this game's History , and the most , in terms of value , in this game's history ( $12,503 )
I'm also assuming the 2nd most expensive prize and the Cheapest prize were also the highest as well ( Based on the Correct Order of the Blocks ) 

[TPIRfan#9821]

So the celebrity doesn't get a bonus spin if they get the dollar? Ok. (That was random, but I expected a bonus spin)
Also, two car wins. That is always useful on weeks like this.

Extra question: What counts toward the celebrity total? I thought that whatever the contestants won + bonus spin was amount given. How is the celeb giving more than the contestants winnings by 25k?

[htmlcc92]

Extra question: What counts toward the celebrity total? I thought that whatever the contestants won + bonus spin was amount given. How is the celeb giving more than the contestants winnings by 25k?

It looks like the figure you're looking at (at the bottom of the recap page?) is the running total for the total amount of money donated throughout the week. So today's figure ($157,109) is today's donated ($83,596) plus Jack on yesterday's ($73,513.)

[TPIRfan#9821]

It looks like the figure you're looking at (at the bottom of the recap page?) is the running total for the total amount of money donated throughout the week. So today's figure ($157,109) is today's donated ($83,596) plus Jack on yesterday's ($73,513.)

Alright, thank you. I misunderstood that.

Because I hate saying thank you without adding something in return, are they beefing up the prizes or making the games a bit easier this week? Yesterday we had a prize package worth the bare minimum ($5,000), so are they offering a decent cash amount to each celebrity?

[shell_game]

I can't help but wonder if the way they activate Rat Race, has anything to do with the rats not running, on occasion. As Rachel has to hit a button to release them, if she hits it too hard, does it jostle the way the rats sit in the track? After Drew picked it up, it was clearly wound up and running.

Or somehow the rats don't glide well enough on the track and they simply get stuck.  It's bad enough that there is a flaw in the game in that the rats might not run.  It's even worse for the host to show that the rat was wound up and running but that the game design somehow prohibited the rat from running.

[SuperSweeper]

Man, they did not shoot Rat Race's reveal very clearly. You had to squint very carefully to see the results (Green/Yellow/Orange/Pink/Blue).

Eazy's reveal was one of the most surprising things I've ever seen on the show.

[Torgo]

I hate bringing up a negative point, but holy smokes. Wilmer's presentation on the Showcase might be one of the absolute worst things I have ever seen on this show. Barely coherent, barely audible and barely committed. Dreadful.

[JayC]

Besides Wilmer's Showcase presentation, I thought he was enjoyable overall. He interacted with the contestants and was into it.

So the celebrity doesn't get a bonus spin if they get the dollar? Ok. (That was random, but I expected a bonus spin)

I think since they made the dollar worth $10,000 for the celebrity spin they don't need to add a bonus spin. It would've just eaten up even more time.

Grand Game was somewhat tricky but I did think the barbecue sauce was the most likely item to avoid along with the medicine. Dak Prescott's barbecue sauce is much cheaper.

[GameShowFan1987]

I may have said this before a long time ago but instead of mechanical rats, why not make them electrical like slot cars?  Less likely to malfunction and you can have an assortment of them backstage ready to go so it's not the same set of 5 every time.  Surely they could modify the track to make this work and they could still be activated by pushing a button.

[drwhovill]

I did notice one goof. During the explanation to the cntestant and Wilmer during Dice game, Drew stated that the number in the price of the car can't be under 6.

[Teddy]

So Fez is the all-time champ, as far as celebrity players go? That's awesome! Not to mention that was the first time I've ever seen a celebrity get one dollar on the Wheel!