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Goodbye, Season 39! Hello, Season 40! (And Celebrity Wheel Season 3!) This is a discussion thread on Wheel of Fortune for 2022-23, which will begin on September 12th.
Updates are being shared on Buy A Vowel, while confirmed changes are also being posted at the top of the Season 40 Timeline on the Wheel History Wiki. Changes on the show include:
- Bellamie Blackstone is now the producer for the show.
- Studio audiences are returning (though not all weeks will have them).
- The puzzle board is confirmed to be one big contiguous screen.
- And of course, a Bonus Round cash prize minimum of $40,000. :P
What do you want to see this season? What do you think will happen this season? Are you feeling good about Bellamie as the producer?
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Goodbye, Season 39! Hello, Season 40! (And Celebrity Wheel Season 3!) This is a discussion thread on Wheel of Fortune for 2022-23, which will begin on September 12th.
What do you want to see this season? What do you think will happen this season? Are you feeling good about Bellamie as the producer?
More winning, or more winners. To be more specific, at least 8 $100,000 winners. To be more wishful, 2 (or more) $1,000,000 winners.
That aside, I don't know if it'll happen, but if it doesn't, it's not a big deal. I think a season where everyone's having a great time is enough for me. Even if it's not top dollar wins, someone winning the bonus round and/or dominating/performing very well in the main game is fair enough. Doesn't need to be the top cash prize to label a show as successful & fun.
As for the new board, I hardly think I'm going to spend one second being upset over it. I respect the art of change (except when it's just for the sake of change, but the new board is not a big deal TBH)
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I don’t mind that there aren’t too many major rule changes, as long as there are sone cosmetic ones. For one thing, it’s about time the puzzle board got an overhaul. The display hasn’t been changed since 1997 for crying out loud.
As far as the game itself, as long as we see some good game play I won’t mind. I just hope they’re careful enough to avoid a repeat of the CHOOSING THE RIGHT WORD fiasco.
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We started early huh? Oh well.
I am definitely excited for season 40. I gotta wonder what kinds of puzzle writing we are gonna have this season.
I also wonder if they updated the wheel amounts too. We are overdue for it!
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My changes I'd like to see:
*The 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s categories
*Movie and song title/artists that are not oldies (there was a puzzle in September 2001 that was about Shrek, so they need to do their homework and look up current/recurrent cultural trends)
*Fewer $500/$600 spaces, and the $750, $1500, or $2000 spaces. Comparing the Wheel values to the 1990s, it feels quite cheap adjusted for inflation, especially for Rounds 3+
*The return of Free Spin, the Surprise wedge, or bonus puzzles
*Prize puzzles with more destinations outside of central America (including Mexico and the Caribbean)
*No tossup before the contestant interviews. It's only for $1000 and doesn't affect who starts the game.
*A second, more expensive car as one of the Bonus prizes. Yes, it would be rarer than the cheaper car in the $25,000-$40,000 range, but it could allow some really nice cars/SUVs that were common in the late '80s and '90s back on the show again. A Ford F-150 is now too expensive for the show's budget it seems, and subcompact SUVs are starting to become the norm in Bonus Land
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My changes I'd like to see:
*The 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s categories
*Movie and song title/artists that are not oldies (there was a puzzle in September 2001 that was about Shrek, so they need to do their homework and look up current/recurrent cultural trends)
*Fewer $500/$600 spaces, and the $750, $1500, or $2000 spaces. Comparing the Wheel values to the 1990s, it feels quite cheap adjusted for inflation, especially for Rounds 3+
*The return of Free Spin, the Surprise wedge, or bonus puzzles
*Prize puzzles with more destinations outside of central America (including Mexico and the Caribbean)
*No tossup before the contestant interviews. It's only for $1000 and doesn't affect who starts the game.
*A second, more expensive car as one of the Bonus prizes. Yes, it would be rarer than the cheaper car in the $25,000-$40,000 range, but it could allow some really nice cars/SUVs that were common in the late '80s and '90s back on the show again. A Ford F-150 is now too expensive for the show's budget it seems, and subcompact SUVs are starting to become the norm in Bonus Land
I would love to see the $750 return. Heck a $1500 space in round 3 and a $2000 space in round 4 would also help too!
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I’m really excited to see the new board, my only concern is whether they’ll maintain the board shape (the extra letters that extend 1 spot further on rows 2 and 3). A full-on rectangle seems like it’d be pretty bland.
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I’m really excited to see the new board, my only concern is whether they’ll maintain the board shape (the extra letters that extend 1 spot further on rows 2 and 3). A full-on rectangle seems like it’d be pretty bland.
A full-on rectangle is exactly what we had for 99.9% of the Chuck Woolery era (the four-line board debuted in his final week of shows), so it wouldn't be entirely unprecedented.
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The puzzleboard, save for the seamless monitor, is identical to what it was.
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Here's a screenshot from Maggie Sajak's recent social media reel:
(https://www.buzzerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/BF7A4B0B-0370-4603-AE66-84760AC8A408-750x1024.jpeg)
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I know it looks exactly the same (albeit with a slightly smaller font), but I’m hoping since we’ve also seen shots of the board displaying the logo that we’ll at least get some fun graphical transitions for puzzle reveals and such.
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In honor of the 40th nighttime season, I'd like one of the puzzles to be a "proper names" category with the solution being JACK CLARK & CHARLIE O'DONNELL
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Some Season 40 press I am sharing with you all.
First, Paramount Press Express has a press release (https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-media-ventures/shows/wheel-of-fortune/releases/?view=100789-wheel-of-fortune) on what to expect this season.
And Good Morning America did a segment about the upcoming season that shows the new puzzle board in action alongside a few words from Bellamie Blackstone.
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And when Pat tries it out, it inevitably won't work!
(can they do that? have a letter "lit up" but not "touchable"?)
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It sounds like they really can do that now. Back in February 1997, Pat was only touching the wrong spot. :P
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And when Pat tries it out, it inevitably won't work!
(can they do that? have a letter "lit up" but not "touchable"?)
That has been possible for years now, based on this clip from 2015:
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Here's some more about the new puzzleboard. Of note is the transition from graphics to the puzzleboard... at first glance, I thought the "blocks" were actually trilons! (would have been a nice throwback)
edit: Also looks like they simplified the "marble" texture on the blanks.
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We just had the first two uses of the special XL wedge in the main game. It couldn't be taken to the Bonus Round, but two contestants were able to call a letter for the top dollar value. It was also a close game by the time we got to the Final Spin.
Unfortunately, we also had our first $100,000 loss...though in my opinion, it didn't sting quite as much this week when there are more chances for a big win. Three more days to go in the first week!
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Oh tonight's episode HURT. And she had to forfeit the Wild Card to the Bankrupt. Another OUCH.
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XL now comes into play in the Bonus Round with a bonus $40K! Even better, I think the contestant knew the answer to the bonus puzzle before picking his letters. :P
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XL now comes into play in the Bonus Round with a bonus $40K! Even better, I think the contestant knew the answer to the bonus puzzle before picking his letters. :P
He picked the right category, thinking PERSON and THING had the harder puzzles. Even I had no problem with that puzzle too.
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XL now comes into play in the Bonus Round with a bonus $40K! Even better, I think the contestant knew the answer to the bonus puzzle before picking his letters. :P
It’s bizarre to see a $120,000+ winner without any confetti.
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It was a good first week with a lot of winning this week, despite a tragic second episode in Bonus Land.
I really thought Brooke was doomed when he picked WHAT ARE YOU DOING for Bonus Land Friday. That is a category I would NOT pick if it was a choice.
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If tonight's winner Tanino's name sound familiar to some people (me included), he was contestant on the 4th week of "The $25,000 Pyramid" in 1982 with Betty White.
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I'm wondering right now: the tough puzzles in Bonus Land have gotten solved by some sharp contestants this season. I'm in awe on what's happening right now.
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Tough puzzles indeed. I only got one of the three puzzles so far this week.
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Tough puzzles indeed. I only got one of the three puzzles so far this week.
I actually got today's puzzle...on one of my favorite categories in Bonus Land. Sadly enough to say I did NOT get Brooke's puzzle last Friday.
The last few Bonus puzzles, I've been noticing you needed to be letter perfect in the consonants. YIKES!!!!
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Looking at tonight's Bonus Puzzle, from my honest opinion, it was a bad choice the hard way. The second word was very tough. Methinks they are putting the more difficult puzzles in.
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Interesting Celebrity Wheel of Fortune tonight. Enough said.
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"What Are You Doing" claims its 1st victim of the season. Pat saying "They had a great night", DOES NOT change the fact that the $100,000 or the Million was landed on.
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almost like week 1 ate most of their budget with its XL stuff
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Some, but not most of the budget. I suspect they were pushing for a $1,000,000 win in the first week, and if so, that's nearly a million that they can save for future games.
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OY. I just watched tonight's episode. That REALLY HURT.
Alane made a major mistake of picking WHAT ARE YOU DOING for Bonus Land. Pat admitted in the end the puzzle was tough. The puzzle was tough, but there were also THREE wasted letter choices in that puzzle, and Alane picked two of the three. That was a true landmine puzzle.
I often call PHRASE/THING(S)/WHAT ARE YOU DOING the RAW DEAL list. I had a feeling they were really making it hard for someone to play for the million with THAT list.
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I actually got that bonus puzzle with RSTLNE. As soon as I knew that she picked two "trap" letters, she was done. :cry:
As it is, we'll have to pay attention to the Celebrity version as well regarding the budget, since Melissa Joan Hart's million dollar win also may have sunk the regular version's budget a bit. Still, I'd like one of the features on the XL version to become a permanent fixture down the road, and that could simply include returning the Million Dollar Wedge back on the Wheel in a future round up if picked up/unclaimed or lost to a Bankrupt. Still, I feel that if Jeopardy! is going to implement run-the-category bonuses again like they did during the later years of the Art Fleming version, Wheel should change the rules of its Prize Puzzle to simply a bonus, since $11,000 for a trip meant that outside of a Triple Toss Up sweep, coming from behind would be tough to do. And there's still at least seven more XL shows to come.
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I actually got that bonus puzzle with RSTLNE. As soon as I knew that she picked two "trap" letters, she was done. :cry:
The third trap letter for those who are wondering was the K. The A and G were the two that Alane picked and fell for. The regular Wheel Watchers would nail it, but the average watchers would not.
The puzzle writers who did this puzzle for WHAT ARE YOU DOING were banking on the contestants to fall for at least two of the trap letters in this puzzle. Alane took the bait. That's why I consider those who pick WHAT ARE YOU DOING for Bonus Land, you have made a big mistake picking that category. Many contestants fail this category because they often pick the trap letters. And the puzzles are as hard as the puzzles in THING. I often call WHAT ARE YOU DOING the second banana to THING(S) in Bonus Land.
I remember Kaia's million dollar loss...her WHAT ARE YOU DOING puzzle was somewhat gettable. Alane's WHAT ARE YOU DOING puzzle was harder.
...but BAKED ZUCCHINI, ANNOYING BUZZER, and OCEAN KAYAKING were the toughest.
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As it is, we'll have to pay attention to the Celebrity version as well regarding the budget, since Melissa Joan Hart's million dollar win also may have sunk the regular version's budget a bit.
The budget for the network show is going to come via agreements with ABC. They’re not taking from the daily version to pay out the network version. Being picked up by the network gives them a separate pot to work with for those however many games.
Still, I feel that if Jeopardy! is going to implement run-the-category bonuses again like they did during the later years of the Art Fleming version, Wheel should change the rules of its Prize Puzzle to simply a bonus, since $11,000 for a trip meant that outside of a Triple Toss Up sweep, coming from behind would be tough to do. And there's still at least seven more XL shows to come.
Certainly get the case that a prize should be bonus, and whatever they do with that, so be it, but a speculative change on one show doesn’t mean another show needs to change a rule for that reason.
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They can't make the prize puzzle not count towards score because almost everyone who wins has around $15-20,000 with the trip. Take that away and then we'll have people going to the bonus round with like $7500 or $9500. That looks cheap. But they do need to fix it and adding the $5K bonus on the XL episodes just doesn't help reward the best solvers.
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The Wild Card in season 40 so far has NOT been given love right now. In just 13 shows, four contestants had to forfeit the Wild Card to the Bankrupt. OUCH.
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"The best pineapple I've ever had in my month"? Jim made the same mistake other contestants make. Not realizing there is still a vowel available and they DO NOT pick it.
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Bonus Land has been ROUGH for Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Season 3. Enough said.
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Just saw today's episode. The Wild Card's futility streak continues, and tonight's Bonus Land was a doozy.
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The links are not working, for either sweepstakes for celebrity wof season 3 (The links that has you entered the two 10000 Dollar puzzles, or the celebrity that won), any ideas, I tried to stop everything it seems to only be working rarely (got it working only one time), please please help, i know that this celebrity season is discounted if it is in the same category as the regular show. (definitely considering celebrity Jeopardy gets its own thread). but I really need some help here. since the first season (of the current celebrity run) and never got this issue before. Maybe because I got the desktop link on a non signed in computer. (does not explain why it worked once on the phone though.)
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You need to submit your entries by Tuesday 2:59:59 PT. If it's after that, the website links won't work. Source: Rule #2 at https://www.wheeloffortune.com/win/celebrity-giveaway/rules
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oh thanks, I only noticed just the November 15 2022 deadline part, and must have missed the days of the week that the link is active. thanks a lot, that was really helpful.
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We've had some cruel maingames this week. And tonight's Bonus Land puzzle...I have no words.
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thanks for assisting me last time. I know the episode was like over a week ago, but I have been looking in the October 3 2022 episode after hearing in the end Pat tells Vanna and that she misses 2 letter in the ep and I cannot find where that happens in the episode. either way it is a funny thing to notice and to think about, but was it edit it out, I would think a clip would be on YouTube at least.
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It wasn't edited out but it wasn't a major call-out during the sshow. Quite possible 95% of viewers didn't even notice. I only did because of Pat's call-out during the final moments and went back to look for it.
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I wonder how much caffeine Carla Hall drank before tonight's show. She is just so obnoxious.
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Celebrity Wheel of Fortune: Oh god the Bonus puzzles were tough, especially the second one! I have NOT heard of QUINOA SALAD.
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Ok, so Pat does not like ketchup on hot dogs. But does that give him the right to act like a jerk?
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Well, there was confetti flying on tonight's Celebrity Wheel of Fortune for musician Joel Madden. He missed out on the $1 Million in the first half Bonus Round, but he got the PICKLE JAR in the second half, and cashed in with a $100,000 win. Altogether, he came away with over $195,000 for his charity.
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Honestly, both of the Bonus Land puzzles were very difficult.
This season, both of the Million Dollar Bonus Lands (one civilian, one Celebrity) had the RAW DEAL list! PHRASE/THING/WHAT ARE YOU DOING.
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I believe we are done with Celebrity Wheel of Fortune for this season. Bonus Land in the Celebrity version was NOT friendly to them this round.
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I believe we are done with Celebrity Wheel of Fortune for this season. Bonus Land in the Celebrity version was NOT friendly to them this round.
It's not over yet, Richie. There are still a few more episodes for Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, which includes a holiday episode slated to air on December 6th with Jack Black, Kal Penn, and Sasheer Zamata.
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Ok, so Pat does not like ketchup on hot dogs. But does that give him the right to act like a jerk?
The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council recently came out in disapproval of adults using ketchup on hot dogs. In a guide to hot dog etiquette, the organization decreed that for those 18 years of age and older, acceptable wiener toppings include mustard, relish, onions, cheese and chili.
I also heard on the radio that people who own restaurants in Chicago and they serve hot dogs, there is no ketchup in their restaurants what so ever..
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The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council recently came out in disapproval of adults using ketchup on hot dogs. In a guide to hot dog etiquette, the organization decreed that for those 18 years of age and older, acceptable wiener toppings include mustard, relish, onions, cheese and chili.
The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council is allowed to have their wrong opinion. :lol:
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Tonight's Wheel of Fortune was ugly with a capital U. That Bonus Puzzle was a real head scratcher.
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Is it just me or is today's PERSON bonus puzzle just plain awful? Unless you called the correct letters for that one, you had no freaking shot at it.
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The puzzle YOUTUBER actually had more in common with a 90's bonus puzzle, something I've missed for a while. Despite being a possible CDMA strikeout, this one was okay.
WE LOVE PIZZA was just plain awful.
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The puzzle YOUTUBER actually had more in common with a 90's bonus puzzle, something I've missed for a while. Despite being a possible CDMA strikeout, this one was okay.
WE LOVE PIZZA was just plain awful.
Oh don't get me started on WE LOVE PIZZA. My goodness. I didn't like that puzzle either.
I'm happy we had a second Million Dollar Bonus Land. Too bad it was tricky. I didn't get that one. BUT that was nothing compared to WE LOVE PIZZA and YOUTUBER.
Bellamie LOVES putting PHRASE a lot as one of the choices opposite THING. I'm noticing that WHAT ARE YOU DOING is taking a backseat for the Bonus Land menu for the civilian version this season.
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I apparently spoke too soon on WHAT ARE YOU DOING showing up as a choice for Bonus Land. The Thursday and Friday episodes the contestants chose that category, which apparently is one I would NOT choose.
I think the Thursday's BONUS puzzle was more difficult than the Friday's puzzle. But the Friday's puzzle had some traps.
I managed to talk to Alyssa via Facebook on the Thursday's episode. Had she been in Bonus Land instead of Noah, she would have picked WHAT ARE YOU DOING over THING and PHRASE, BUT, she would NOT have been able to solve that puzzle.
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FINALLY we get to see a $50K envelope hit for once in Bonus Land. It took us 11 weeks to see that one.
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The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council is allowed to have their wrong opinion. :lol:
Just onions for me.
But ketchup IS an acceptable topping.
Just wait until the producers put up a puzzle that's something along the lines of:
HOT DOG WITH
KETCHUP
MUSTARD
ONION & RELISH
(I think that'd fit on the standard puzzleboard.)
Brian
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It would fit, but ONION would have to go in the third row.
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We went this long without THING being chosen in Season 40 Bonus Land for the civilian version, but tonight that streak is broken. Boy it was a toughie.
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It's rare to have TWO Million Dollar Bonus Lands in a row, but we had it today. But I cringed when WHAT ARE YOU DOING was picked for the Bonus...yesterday it was THING.
The puzzle writers threw a toughie today...there were a few trap letters in that puzzle. But it was solved. I apparently fell for the trap.
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Two days this week, both of my least favorite categories picked for Bonus Land.
Apparently, I think tonight's puzzle was worse than last nights.
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Much better main game this time, however. The first two rounds are a reason it's called "Wheel of Fortune". :P
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Much better main game this time, however. The first two rounds are a reason it's called "Wheel of Fortune". :P
I'd wish the winning contestant did NOT forfeit the Wild Card to the Bankrupt. Yikes.
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Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, I have no words to say about the win percentage of Bonus Land this round.
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I'm NOT liking this week of Secret Santa in regards to Bonus Land. Tonight's puzzle was a real head scratcher. I still like LIVING THING regardless.
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We've had weeks on Secret Santa season on Wheel of Fortune in the past where the entire week Bonus Land was not won at all.
I'm noticing Bellamie and the staff are really making the contestants earn their wins with these tough puzzles for week 1 of Secret Santa. You don't know where they put the LANDMINE or LANDMINES in. Last night's puzzle was tough I admit, BUT that was nothing compared to the other three puzzles we have had this week.
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I looked at tonight's episode with Kate...Oh my GOD. LOL What she said after Bonus Land was finished was priceless.
When Kate picked the Bonus Land category and apparently I call the PHRASE/THING/WHAT ARE YOU DOING the Raw Deal List (Bellamie and staff used that dreaded list the third time this week!), I was like, "You just let the skunks out." (bad reference, sorry couldn't resist!)
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Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Bonus Land record is 5/24?? Good God.
For the civilian version this week Bellamie and staff were a little more generous. I can't say anything more than that there are three more episodes of Secret Santa. And I don't want to talk about last week.
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"What Are You Doing" claims another victim.
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Hi anyone know more about what comes with these Disneyland and other parks trips contestants won this Secret Santa week? Cool Michael won DLR trip tonight's (Fri.) along with the million dollar wedge.
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...and tonight is the first time I seen the Mystery Prize puzzle: trip to Sicily (my ancestors) and it's over $10,000 worth BTW
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Thinking about what could've been a perfect Bonus Round week...it's just an excuse to try and push a 5-0 later in the season. :P
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"What Are You Doing" claims another victim.
I usually cringe when people pick THING OR WHAT ARE YOU DOING for Bonus Land. I found that Friday's puzzle a bit odd, but somewhat gettable. It's too bad Michael didn't solve it. As Pat stated, that vowel that started the second word of said puzzle threw Michael off.
I kinda had a weird feeling when Michael picked WHAT ARE YOU DOING for Million Dollar Bonus Land, I was like, you just kissed the clean sweep goodbye. The puzzle like I stated was somewhat gettable this go around, but it was left unsolved.
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For the first time in 5 years (and the first time in the Triple Toss-Up era), a contestant has swept the game and solved the bonus puzzle! Ricky was really good at the Toss-Ups, so I had a feeling after the first of the "triples" that it might be a main game sweep. Less sure about the bonus round, but he did it!
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That was awesome! Did anyone see the show last night? WPVI aired the President of Ukraine's talk to Congress
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The sweep was on Tuesday's show. Wednesday was a more normal show.
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That was awesome! Did anyone see the show last night? WPVI aired the President of Ukraine's talk to Congress
We did, but that is because we have Wheel at 7 and Jeopardy (usually) at 7:30.
Interestingly enough - the station with Jeopardy showed the speech, while the CBS station showed their usual Family Feud, then cut to about 5 minutes of the speech before beginning the nighttime TPIR.
I guess just different outlooks on what they should show :)
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Ironically we had a one worder WHAT ARE YOU DOING Bonus Land puzzle (oh I don't like those). It was very tough.
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On tonight's episode...I have absolutely no idea how tonight's contestant got that puzzle. Honestly I think Bellamie put the LANDMINE in FOOD and DRINK.
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Yeah, I didn't get the Monday puzzle either, but my dad was able to get it. Also, if she picked the B, it would've been an easy one for the rest of us. :oldlol:
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2023 has started out interesting for Wheel. Bonus Land has been on a hot streak.
But this week I think Bellamie was really putting traps in the Bonus Puzzles. The Thursday puzzle was very hard. Tonight's puzzle was very hard when the original package showed up.
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First $100,000 win of the season! To some, BUST A MOVE might have been a hard puzzle. I suppose it helped me to have heard of the arcade game.
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First $100,000 win of the season! To some, BUST A MOVE might have been a hard puzzle. I suppose it helped me to have heard of the arcade game.
...or that famous song from Young M.C. "Bust A Move."
I gotta admit, when the RSTLNE was revealed in that puzzle, I had a sinking feeling Preston picked badly with the category pick. But he picked some smart letters! He made that hard puzzle look really easy! He earned that $100,000 in my honest opinion. That had too many possibilities!
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Gosh after Preston hit the $100,000 on Thursday, Bellamie threw toughies the last two Bonus Lands:
THING (Friday): A PECULIAR QUIRK
WHAT ARE YOU DOING (Monday): WAVING MY HANDS
In my honest opinion the Monday puzzle was much harder than the Friday's.
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Gosh after Preston hit the $100,000 on Thursday, Bellamie threw toughies the last two Bonus Lands:
THING (Friday): A PECULIAR QUIRK
WHAT ARE YOU DOING (Monday): WAVING MY HANDS
In my honest opinion the Monday puzzle was much harder than the Friday's.
I'd say Monday's puzzle was not as hard as Friday's. It makes more sense to pair WAVING with HANDS than to use QUIRK in a puzzle at all.
Tonight's bonus puzzle CERAMIC COOKWARE was much easier. CDMA clearly wins this one especially with the category In The Kitchen, so it could still be a balance of easy and hard for the week. Wait and see...
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Tonight's Bonus Land...I have absolutely NO words. That puzzle was not only HARD...that was more WHAT ARE YOU DOING than FUN and GAMES.
I have to admit Ben definitely said what we are all thinking here.
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I can't believe I'm saying this...tonight's FAIL in Bonus Land...Meg should have been able to solve this one. She picked some smart letters...then...ugh
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Someone finally brought the Million-Dollar Wedge to the Bonus Round on an XL episode, and they even brought the XL wedge with them! So it was really two chances to win $1,040,000. :oldlol:
Too bad the bonus spin wasn't one of the two envelopes, but the contestant added $40,000 to a car.
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Someone finally brought the Million-Dollar Wedge to the Bonus Round on an XL episode, and they even brought the XL wedge with them! So it was really two chances to win $1,040,000. :oldlol:
Too bad the bonus spin wasn't one of the two envelopes, but the contestant added $40,000 to a car.
Well at least one of the $40,000 envelopes went bye bye along with the $100,000 envelope.
We've been 2 for 2 when somebody brought the XL wedge to Bonus Land.
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Good Idea or BAD IDEA: Taking the Express with the Wild Card and/or the Million Dollar Wedge in your possession.
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You seem to imply it's a bad idea. I think I'm careful enough to sweep the Express and win the game. The Wild Card is only worth about $4,000 on average, and the MDW is such an outlier thing that I don't care enough.
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If you know just some of the letters, you can use the Express ride to your advantage. The only reason you might decline is if you think you can call a multiple on $3,500 and you know the answer already (bonus points if you can hit the space with the Wild Card).
The Mystery flip, on the other hand, is a true gamble. Funny enough, we had a BANKRUPT flip on the same episode.
EDIT: I guess another reason to decline is if you know absolutely none of the letters, and you trust the other two players to reveal them before you get your turn back.
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Last week we had somebody miss on an EVENT Bonus Puzzle with almost all the letters filled in. Tonight, we had somebody miss a PHRASE puzzle with almost all the letters filled in Bonus Land. Ay yi yi.
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As someone who has been on the show, please make sure you understand the difference between playing at home and playing in the studio. I know I would be discouraged to miss out on $40,000, and then see comments implying it was an easy miss.
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I said before that I hoped the show would avoid another CHOOSING THE RIGHT WORD fiasco, but they were really playing with fire in tonight's Bonus Round puzzle. It's a lucky thing for them that the contestant got it.
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One comment from Mario on Buy A Vowel:
I love how Pat didn't accept the answer at first because she paused before the last word, and starts to prompt her to say it all again, but then it just flashes on the board as if the operator said, "No, Pat. We're not dealing with THAT rule again. She's good."
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First team week in three years! Appropriately, this one is Sweethearts Week.
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And it's only appropriate since it's Valentine's Day week too! I missed the team weeks too! There will be $2,000 house minimums only for this week.
I gotta admit, I got stumped on the Bonus Land puzzle...but Peachy was quick! And what's appropriate for the 50th Bonus Land win...to hit the $50,000 that night?
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And now for something a little different. There were two guys on the red team today. ♂️♂️
Interestingly enough (at least to me), one of them is named Charlie Brown.
Outside of that, it was a pretty normal game played to five rounds.
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...and I just checked the Wheel of Fortune Facebook...looks like we have teens next taping week.
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That souvenir that Jim Thornton showed tonight...I liked it.
We finish Bonus Land on a 2-3 week. BIG mistake for tonight's couple to pick WHAT ARE YOU DOING...that one was not only hard in my honest opinion, that one had several wasted letter picks.
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I'm really noticing Bellamie for the past 8 to 9 taping weeks have put PHRASE and THING as two of the category choices for Bonus Land with a different category as the third choice. Not meaning to knock on the current producer, but we need more originality with the three category choices before Bonus Land begins.
Anyways after seeing tonight's Bonus Land puzzle, I actually managed to solve it, despite the fact that it was a very difficult puzzle for Teen Week.
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So Teen Week is back, and like the 90's, we have solo players again. It feels more like a normal show, which in this case is a good thing.
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So Teen Week is back, and like the 90's, we have solo players again. It feels more like a normal show, which in this case is a good thing.
I read your response on Buy a Vowel boards Mechamind. You missed the Bonus Puzzle?
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I did, maybe because I already locked onto PIZZA before the contestant picked three and a vowel. It's hard to get out of it sometimes. :-x
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“FREGH TROPICAL FRUIT”
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“FREGH TROPICAL FRUIT”
yeah that part made me cringe.
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I'm sure Antigua has some "BUSF" RESTAURANT KITCHENS where they know how to prepare such fruit. :P
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My female dance friend Stevi also watched that moment on Wheel of Fortune today. Her words "I was so confused as to why she bought the U...then when she said G, I just about died."
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Well, well. This time, we had two players whose mothers appeared on the show! One of today's teens won the Trip Puzzle, but the other only finished with the $1,000 consolation prize.
Of course, it was the one other player who made it to the Bonus Round. But she did well, and she finished with a big all-cash total!
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Well, well. This time, we had two players whose mothers appeared on the show! One of today's teens won the Trip Puzzle, but the other only finished with the $1,000 consolation prize.
Of course, it was the one other player who made it to the Bonus Round. But she did well, and she finished with a big all-cash total!
I found out who that person was...Irene from season 34. Unfortunately her son got the consolation $1000. She had a million dollar bonus round back in January.
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I found out who that person was...Irene from season 34. Unfortunately her son got the consolation $1000. She had a million dollar bonus round back then.
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One word: Kaden.
I've seen over-the-top contestants, and then you have someone like Kaden. Dressed as Pat Sajak for Halloween, super excited about a "Crossword" before it's even revealed, his loud "Darn it!" to bankrupting in Round 3, "the bulb" lighting up in Round 4 when it wasn't even his turn, his reaction to solving the Speed-Up in Round 5 (even if only for the house minimum).
"Would you help me get him out of his shell?" :oldlol:
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One worder WHAT ARE YOU DOING bonus puzzles are often killers. It's been a long time since somebody solved a one worder WHAT ARE YOU DOING.
On a side note, I'm glad Bellamie put PERSON instead of PHRASE as a choice for Bonus Land. I really wanted tonight's contestant to pick PERSON because THING and WHAT ARE YOU DOING often have landmine Bonus puzzles.
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Interesting PERSON/ THING/ WHAT ARE YOU DOING is used a second time.
Unfortunately WHAT ARE YOU DOING just hit double digits in the loss column for Bonus Land Season 40, which is next to PHRASE. I thought this puzzle wasn't that bad, but last night's one worder WHAT ARE YOU DOING was harder.
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One word:
Kaden Ross.
And I thought Kaden was crazy, but he was nice enough to let Pat speak. Ross, on the other hand, just wanted that Mystery Wedge and that Trip Puzzle now. That might be part of the reason we had a fifth round, too.
If he ever thinks about it, I can't wait for Ross to Come On Down to Contestant's Row. :P
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There was one bad thing that happened to Ross in the main game...forfeiting that Wild Card to the Bankrupt in Round 4. OUCH!!!!
Oh I had a feeling he would have needed it in Bonus Land. OY.
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Season 40 Bonus Land: 54/120 so far with 75 episodes to go.
Categories with the most losses in season 40 Bonus Land:
PHRASE- 23 losses
WHAT ARE YOU DOING- 10 losses
THING- 7 losses
FOOD AND DRINK- 6 losses
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We finally get a PERSON puzzle this week but I was floored on how tough that puzzle was. I thought it was FASHION MODEL.
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It wouldn't be MODEL because the E would be put up at the beginning. I went to MOGUL right away knowing that.
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According to the Wheel of Fortune History Wiki, there's still one unanswered question regarding the special XL Weeks:
Since it hasn't been known to have occurred yet, what happens if a player lands on a Million Dollar Wedge while already holding one? It it the same rule as Celebrity Wheel, in which it becomes a $1,000 space?
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There are a couple more answered questions, but if I recall correctly from when I was in the audience, you'll get an answer tonight.
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There are a couple more answered questions, but if I recall correctly from when I was in the audience, you'll get an answer tonight.
Yes, indeed. Exactly as predicted.
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Two Bonus Lands this week, the puzzles were very tough. Especially tonight's.
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I have to applaud tonight's three players. They racked up a lot of money in the maingame.
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Bonus Land 60/135.
I think PERSON is in third place with the losses: 8 total. It just surpassed THING with 7 losses. I'm surprised PERSON is getting more THING like in Bonus Land in season 40.
And THING is NOT a choice on episode 135 for the first time in the civilian version.
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I didn't think it would happen in the same season, but we have another clean sweep! If we're not missing anything, this is the first time since Season 26 that we've had two clean sweeps in one season.
Coincidentally, the winner does some pro-wrestling, and the show has a WWE week coming up. :oldlol:
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So yesterday was a blue sweep, and today was a good day everywhere except blue. Ouch.
Still, second place was $28,950, which is pretty good!
As for the Bonus Round...someone knew the answer to the puzzle before picking their letters. :-D (I knew it as well.)
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Another team week for Wheel of Fortune this week: WWE superstars and superfans.
Interesting that this week only the top three teams get to play in the Friday Finals.
As for Bonus Land...Connie, you didn't pick a good choice with the category. Even though I did solve it, the difficulty of the puzzle was about a 7 out of 10 on the tough meter. That puzzle had THREE wasted letter picks...and TWO of them were chosen. If anybody picks at least TWO wasted letter picks in a WHAT ARE YOU DOING Bonus Puzzle, the odds of that puzzle being won are against you.
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Interesting that this week only the top three teams get to play in the Friday Finals.
Well, that is generally how the Friday Finals work, as a rule...
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History with the various news sites out there tells me that the guess of PLAYING WITH BALLS in the Speed-Up Round is going to make headlines.
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Well, that is generally how the Friday Finals work, as a rule...
They haven't used that Friday finals rule since September 21, 1998. This is the first time in a very long time...
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^ They did it one more time for an NFL week in January 1999. Nobody won the Bonus Round that week, including the winning finalists.
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Just when you thought the show couldn't get more weird or crazy.
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Yikes we are 0/2 for Bonus Land this week and unfortunately WHAT ARE YOU DOING was picked for a second consecutive time this week.
...but this time, this puzzle had a trap. I apparently fell for the trap. Not nice Bellamie.
I think we need to deviate from picking WHAT ARE YOU DOING for now...
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...but this time, this puzzle had a trap. I apparently fell for the trap.
I actually didn't fall for the trap. Somehow, MAKING A WILD COMEBACK was my first thought. I did, however, have their guess as a backup.
Also, to do with the Triple Toss-Ups...how does MAXING OUT MY CREDIT CARD fit under Fun & Games? :rollold:
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I actually didn't fall for the trap. Somehow, MAKING A WILD COMEBACK was my first thought. I did, however, have their guess as a backup.
Also, to do with the Triple Toss-Ups...how does MAXING OUT MY CREDIT CARD fit under Fun & Games? :rollold:
MAXING OUT MY CREDIT CARD is more WHAT ARE YOU DOING. FAIL on the producers on that one.
mechamind you did great with the Bonus puzzle not falling for that trap. It WAS between MAKING A WILD COMEBACK or MAKING A BOLD COMEBACK.
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I thought AROUND THE HOUSE on tonight's episode for Bonus Land was a good choice. NOT TODAY.
Damn that was a very hard puzzle. They are really pulling out all the stops with these Bonus puzzles this week.
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We are apparently not doing very well in Bonus Land this week and in 2023, we have NOT had a skunked week.
The top three teams get to face off in the Friday Finals.
Any bets if the Raw Deal list is used for Bonus Land for the Friday Finals? In my honest opinion, I'm gonna say yes.
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I was right with PHRASE and THING as two choices but EVENTS was the third option. I apparently picked EVENTS along with Grant and Natalya.
...Bellamie, that puzzle was VERY hard. I did NOT get that one. I think this week was overbudget methinks.
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We have College Spring Break On Wheel this week...
...is it just me or is Bonus Land getting harder and harder? We have no Bonus Land win since March 22, 2023.
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We're thinking more about the Round 1 puzzle this time, FLIPPING OPEN MY NEW FLIP PHONE for Fun & Games and following the "X'ing a/an/the X" pattern again.
Coincidentally, I got a news article on my Android phone today about "dumb phones" (another term for a flip phone) becoming popular among Gen Z. The contestant who solved said she didn't have one, but it's possible that one of them will...not that we'll ever know about it. :P
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So for the first time in decades, someone's Final Spin had to be redone on air. And again. And again. The blue contestant had to spin the Wheel four times. :oldlol:
I actually remember watching in first-run long ago and seeing Pat spin the Wheel four times before cutting to the board. Presumably, that was the January 25, 1994 episode.
(Yes, they simply edited it out before this, and they'll probably continue after this, but it's always funny to see it happen.)
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...and Bonus Land's losing streak ends at 8. It was a tricky puzzle, BUT the contestant picked some smart letters.
I'm surprised this season alone, PEOPLE is getting more wins than PERSON. PERSON has 9 losses, THING has 8 losses.
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So for the first time in decades, someone's Final Spin had to be redone on air. And again. And again. The blue contestant had to spin the Wheel four times. :oldlol:
I actually remember watching in first-run long ago and seeing Pat spin the Wheel four times before cutting to the board. Presumably, that was the January 25, 1994 episode.
(Yes, they simply edited it out before this, and they'll probably continue after this, but it's always funny to see it happen.)
They probably left it in for the comedic aspect, but it's a lot better than what Friedman would've done.
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Two weeks ago, WHAT ARE YOU DOING only had 10 losses in Bonus Land.
Lately we've had some toughies in this category, and the losses are now up to 14 in this category, especially with a one worder. I'm surprised just barely 2 taping weeks, 4 consecutive losses in WHAT ARE YOU DOING.
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So it's another $100,000 loss...and the contestant had picked up the Million-Dollar Wedge in the third round but then hit Lose A Turn, did not solve, then never spun again. And she was one letter off in the Bonus Round.
Someone already thinks this will be picked up by online news sites (I have thought about proposing a ban on links to specific sites at Buy A Vowel but am holding off for now; The US Sun would be my first proposal), and we're lucky they're not picking up a $1,000,000 loss.
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I ended up re-watching that Bonus Land at least 4 times. The judges in my honest opinion made the right call. I heard her say JUST WINNING IT, then MUST WINNING IT, then BEST WINNING IT. NOT a trace of JUST WINGING IT.
It's unfortunate that Alexa lost the $100,000. So close.
It's also unfortunate that just two weeks ago, WHAT ARE YOU DOING only had 10 losses. NOW, including last week's WWE tournament, plus College Spring Break week, WHAT ARE YOU DOING's losses went up to 15 that quick! My goodness!
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Bonus Land up to this point: 63/150. We have only 9 weeks left till the end of season 40. The $6,000 Final Spins are up to 5 now.
Today's Bonus puzzle was a stinker! I thought PEOPLE was a safe pick, unfortunately Bellamie stuck a real stumper in that puzzle. It turned out to be a bad pick the hard way.
PHRASE: 27 losses
WHAT ARE YOU DOING: 15 losses (these past two taping weeks, this category has a current futility streak with 5 straight losses)
PERSON/PEOPLE: 10 losses (9 losses PERSON and 1 loss PEOPLE)
THING(S): 8 losses
The past 12 episodes, Bonus Land has been won only one time.
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Once again, a Final Spin had to be redone on air. The blue contestant had some bad luck with the Wheel early on...and it carried over to the end. :P
At least he won some money after all that trouble.
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Once again, a Final Spin had to be redone on air. The blue contestant had some bad luck with the Wheel early on...and it carried over to the end. :P
At least he won some money after all that trouble.
I thought that was hilarious. Second time this has happened this season alone. I really wished he hit the big money but oh well.
On a sadder note, WHAT ARE YOU DOING continues its futility streak in Bonus Land. I was really surprised tonight's contestant didn't get this one.
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Another skunked week in Wheel of Fortune. :(
Bonus Land the past 17 episodes…a whopping 1 for 17.
I had a bad feeling when tonight’s contestant picked WHAT ARE YOU DOING over THING and PHRASE. Bellamie put a LANDMINE in that category. I was right picking that category was trouble. 2 skunked weeks out of 3.
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Almost forgot about this. For something a little different in the contestant interviews, the blue contestant was...well, her mother was on another game show while pregnant. According to the contestant, her mother got "disqualified" for saying the word twice, presumably just a pair of "perfect clues" on Password (though it also could've been Pyramid).
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Tune in this Thursday to see yours truly. ;)
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Tune in this Thursday to see yours truly. ;)
NO WAY! Definitely going to watch it, despite the fact that I will be driving around in New Jersey. I hope you made it to Bonus Land...we've been cold with this losing streak so far.
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The show apparently had its first Radio City Rockette as a contestant in a long time. Unfortunately, I can't be sure if the staff would've allowed her to mention the Rockettes on air. They did allow it in the early 2000's.
Also, somebody solved a puzzle with the word VACUUM in it. I don't think it's the first time it has happened, but it's fun to note.
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Tune in this Thursday to see yours truly. ;)
We wish you luck on the show this Thursday. I definitely will not want to miss it.
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The show apparently had its first Radio City Rockette as a contestant in a long time. Unfortunately, I can't be sure if the staff would've allowed her to mention the Rockettes on air. They did allow it in the early 2000's.
Also, somebody solved a puzzle with the word VACUUM in it. I don't think it's the first time it has happened, but it's fun to note.
They obviously didn't allow it because they made her speak as generically as possible without saying what it actually was: "I kick in a very popular holiday show in New York City." :oldlol: What else could it be?
Also I remember someone solving VACUUMING THE HOUSE a couple of years ago.
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THING(S) was chosen for a ninth time. This puzzle was a killer. I didn't get the last word.
Jeez THING(S) futility streak continues.
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Is it just me...or is the puzzles for this weeks Bonus Land EXTRA difficult to ace? Tonight's PHRASE was pretty hard.
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Now, that was a fun show! Good Round 1 and a $5,000 Final Spin for $46K before the Bonus Round! Impressive Bonus Round solve, too.
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Now, that was a fun show! Good Round 1 and a $5,000 Final Spin for $46K before the Bonus Round! Impressive Bonus Round solve, too.
CJ Bojangles, you did great!!!! You even solved a hard Bonus puzzle too and that impressed me.
I have to ask you...what category were you actually praying for in Bonus Land before settling on EVENT?
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Contestant Drew was on today's show, and his fiancée Meghan was on last season on May 23, 2022. They both won trips, and they both won their games. Drew even took it one step further and solved his bonus puzzle for $45,000!
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CJ Bojangles, you did great!!!! You even solved a hard Bonus puzzle too and that impressed me.
I have to ask you...what category were you actually praying for in Bonus Land before settling on EVENT?
Thanks man! Honestly, I don't have any real bonus category preferences other than I'm not dumb enough to pick THING. Before the show I had said I'd pick PHRASE given the opportunity, but after that insane 4th round where I nearly lost the game my brain was pretty much mush. I saw EVENT, thought about all the words ending in ING that could show up in that category (as if that would've helped) and chose it. All turned out okay. ;)
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Thanks man! Honestly, I don't have any real bonus category preferences other than I'm not dumb enough to pick THING. Before the show I had said I'd pick PHRASE given the opportunity, but after that insane 4th round where I nearly lost the game my brain was pretty much mush. I saw EVENT, thought about all the words ending in ING that could show up in that category (as if that would've helped) and chose it. All turned out okay. ;)
If I were a contestant on Wheel of Fortune, I would NOT pick THING(S) OR WHAT ARE YOU DOING. Both categories are often disasters in Bonus Land.
Cory, up till your episode, WHAT ARE YOU DOING had 7 consecutive losses in Bonus Land, including a painful $100,000 miss.
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Slight spoiler - I think somebody just let a rude word slip through while attempting to solve a puzzle today. :P
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Slight spoiler - I think somebody just let a rude word slip through while attempting to solve a puzzle today. :P
I caught that too.
Unfortunately she picked a bad choice for category tonight as it was another stinker!!! Bellamie really wanted that puzzle lost today. She set the bait for the Raw Deal List, and it was taken hook line and sinker.
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A tough main game, especially with another Toss-Up with no buzz ins (blame the randomness of the letter reveals).
However, it was fun to watch Pat and Jim Thornton trade places for the Bonus Round. :-)
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A tough main game, especially with another Toss-Up with no buzz ins (blame the randomness of the letter reveals).
However, it was fun to watch Pat and Jim Thornton trade places for the Bonus Round. :-)
The switch in Bonus Land caught me off guard as well. That was a first.
I had a feeling QUAINT killed another contestant. It did.
I noticed that today's Bonus Land list did NOT include THING(S) OR WHAT ARE YOU DOING. Interesting list tonight.
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Passing along some news BuzzerBlog shared this morning on Twitter that the show is doing a Fan Favorites week from May 8-12, with contestants such as Caitlin Burke and Emil De Leon returning for another shot on the show.
https://www.wheeloffortune.com/win/fan-favorites
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We had a good show tonight. And one category's futility streak ended in Bonus Land...
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Thursday's Wheel contestant from last week almost won more than was awarded the whole last week of Jeopardy! combined.
If the next four Jeopardy! wins average $18,874 or less (counting $3K in consolation), today's Wheel champ will beat their weekly total. :P
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When Mike picked WHAT ARE YOU DOING over THING and EVENT...I was like Oh boy. I personally would have picked EVENT had I'd been there.
Honestly that was a tough puzzle in my honest opinion, but I actually did solve this one. I'm very glad Mike did too...he ended WHAT ARE YOU DOING's losing streak at 8. The past 5 taping weeks, this category has had a rough futility streak.
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Now THING(S)'s 9 game losing streak ends in Bonus Land. Oh the O was definitely clutch.
Interesting both THING(S) AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING end their futility streaks this week.
But yours truly is predicting the Raw Deal list for tomorrow's episode...
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It's Fan Favorites week on Wheel of Fortune this week! We even have a Celebrity special on Wednesday.
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* Blair, the guy from Season 37 with the beard and hilarious interview, continued to make us laugh. :P
* Caitlin had her moment in Season 28, though she was pretty normal today.
* Christian from the Season 37 College Week made it to the Bonus Round...and picked odd letters again, but for another easy win! Another way to break $100K! :-D
What happens tomorrow?
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* Blair, the guy from Season 37 with the beard and hilarious interview, continued to make us laugh. :P
* Caitlin had her moment in Season 28, though she was pretty normal today.
* Christian from the Season 37 College Week made it to the Bonus Round...and picked odd letters again, but for another easy win! Another way to break $100K! :-D
What happens tomorrow?
I think Christian picked the right category choice...THING and WHAT ARE YOU DOING must have been harder. I think picking odd letters have been key to get this puzzle. I even got this one as well.
I had a feeling the RAW DEAL list was in play. You guys at Buy A Vowel boards can use this term for Bonus Land.
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I actually got a reply from Christian Dixie on Facebook.
I asked him: What made you decide on PHRASE over THING and WHAT ARE YOU DOING for Bonus Land?
His reply: He felt he had a better shot at PHRASE. It was a gut instinct.
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Mr. "New Baby Buggy" does a great job again! He solved several puzzles that I couldn't, though I got the bonus puzzle.
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Mr. "New Baby Buggy" does a great job again! He solved several puzzles that I couldn't, though I got the bonus puzzle.
When he saw the Raw Deal list for Million Dollar Bonus Land, he said Yuck. I didn't blame him for saying that but he said PHRASE like I did.
I actually got the Bonus puzzle too. I had a hunch Emil did the same and he did solve it.
Interesting THING and WHAT ARE YOU DOING were left in the dust a second consecutive day.
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All the Fan Favorites last week avoided WHAT ARE YOU DOING.
Tonight Bob picked it. I wanted PERSON over THING and WHAT ARE YOU DOING had I’d been there.
Oh that puzzle was a killer. I didn’t get this and neither did Bob. INFO got me bad.
I had a hunch Bellamie stuck the LANDMINE in WHAT ARE YOU DOING and I was right.
The Fan Favorites last week did the right thing in avoiding this category in my honest opinion. I had a feeling this puzzle was in that category last week for Bonus Land.
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ABC has renewed Celebrity Wheel of Fortune for a fourth season; given how long the Writers Guild of America strike affecting scripted series lasts, it is slated to air Thursdays and anchor a game show block that includes Press Your Luck and The $100,000 Pyramid.
https://deadline.com/2023/05/abc-leans-into-unscripted-for-strike-contingent-schedule-dancing-with-the-stars-back-on-mondays-as-net-hopes-for-scripted-midseason-including-9-1-1-1235368491/
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Laurie really diffused a LANDMINE WHAT ARE YOU DOING Bonus puzzle tonight. I have to admit she earned the $40,000. She is one of the few that was smart to ace this category by avoiding the trap letters!
Bonus Land right now has 74 victories out of 178 shows. Last season we had 74 total victories in season 39.
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Today's episode had some unfortunate moments. I don't know what Bellamie was thinking with putting a very hard puzzle in PHRASE tonight. They clearly did NOT want that puzzle won tonight.
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We are down to three weeks left in season 40.
Tonight's Bonus Land puzzle was a STINKER!!!! I thought last Thursday's puzzle was pretty bad, the Friday's THING puzzle was a little worse. This one on WHAT ARE YOU DOING: this takes the cake and it was impossible.
And WHAT ARE YOU DOING hits 20 losses in Bonus Land Season 40. THING(S) has 10.
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As jarring as Friday's puzzle was, it was still better than today's puzzle, even if it was also a hard one.
The blue team's interview was kinda funny. The grandfather collects coins from different countries and needs to be careful not to give them away. He and his granddaughter went skydiving for his 70th birthday...but not to collect inheritance early. 8-O
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As jarring as Friday's puzzle was, it was still better than today's puzzle, even if it was also a hard one.
I just read the posts on the Buy a Vowel boards. Looks like some of you had trouble with this WHAT ARE YOU DOING puzzle as well. Well done Bellamie. You stumped pretty much all of us with that impossible puzzle. I hope this is not going to be the norm the last 14 episodes. The last three WHAT ARE YOU DOING puzzles in Bonus Land were in EXTRA hard mode, but Laurie was the only one that deciphered last Wednesday's puzzle.
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Yesterday there was a puzzle with the word beeper. Earlier this season, college students were asked to identify a flip phone. Puzzle writers, if you’re reading this, feel free to step into this decade at any time.
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I think you missed the point - this week is grandparents/grandchildren, so it's doing more old school puzzles in honor of that.
The college week was probably making light of the fact that flip phones have mostly gone out of style.
And I would watch tonight's show, as one of the puzzles is two famous names that came together a few years ago.
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Yesterday there was a puzzle with the word beeper. Earlier this season, college students were asked to identify a flip phone. Puzzle writers, if you’re reading this, feel free to step into this decade at any time.
I'd rather they let up on the Prize Puzzles like "A DELIGHTFUL RESORT BY THE SEA", where next year they'll change DELIGHTFUL to MAGNIFICENT and change SEA to OCEAN.
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Tonight's Bonus Round needs no attention here. :rollold:
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Tonight's Bonus Round needs no attention here. :rollold:
We only had 1 out of 5 Bonus Lands won this week. BOTH What Are You Doing Bonus Puzzles were hard as heck, including tonight's!!!! I really cringed when tonight's team picked WHAT ARE YOU DOING over PHRASE and LIVING THINGS, and I was right to cringe because Bellamie stuck a real LANDMINE in this category.
I'm thinking we reached 75 wins in Bonus Land out of 185. They are trying to force losses.
PHRASE just hit 34 losses this taping week. WHAT ARE YOU DOING hit 21 losses (this is the fourth consecutive season WHAT ARE YOU DOING has more than 20 losses in one season in Bonus Land)
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"May the floss be with you." :oldlol:
A good way to start the week, with a $100,000 win!
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"May the floss be with you." :oldlol:
A good way to start the week, with a $100,000 win!
I questioned Jeff's Mystery Wedge gamble. I was bummed he picked the wrong one. BUT!!! Him hitting the $100,000 in Bonus Land made up for it and then some. He picked the right category and picked smart letters. He earned this.
We've had one too many appearances of the Raw Deal list for Bonus Land. I mean really.
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After the $100,000 win this week, Bonus Land just went COMPLETELY downhill. All the puzzles the rest of this week were very hard. I think they went completely overbudget with the wins this season. 76 victories out of 190 so far with five shows to go.
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Well, we finished the season with a pretty normal episode, but we finished with a win
Not too much more to say, though I am guessing there will be a lot for the internet to talk about from the reruns. :P