Tuesday

May 4


This week in ShortShots:

Monday
Weekend
Friday
Thursday
Wednesday

All times eastern

Reruns:
Family Feud
Friend or Foe?
I've Got a Secret
Lingo
Oblivious (9:30p-11p)
Pyramid
Russian Roulette
Shop 'Til You Drop
The Weakest Link
Whammy!

Some game logo captures appear courtesy of Mike Klauss, Jay Lewis, and David Livingston.


Host: Richard Karn
Weekdays, check familyfeud.com: Syndication

SPEEDROUND: Second day of Armed Forces Week pits the world's greatest Army (Randy, John, Lynea, Jason, and Jude) against the Navy (Erik, Jay, Jim, Christina, and Cory). Trips feature big decision men take a long time to make. Jason hits the top of the board with "proposing". Rest of the team comes up with choosing a career. Can the Navy steal the bank with "buying a house"? Yes! Navy wins it, 361-65. Other answer: buying a car.

Erik and Christina take on Fast Money. Christina only manages 69 thanks to thinking that a reindeer is associated with the zodiac. Erik gets the team up to $121 for $605.

-Chico Alexander


Host: Tom Bergeron
Weekdays, check hollywoodsquares.com: Syndication

Michael Badalucco
"The Practice"
X
Warren Sapp
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
X
Melissa Peterman
"Reba"
O
Kaley Cuoco
"8 Simple Rules" and 10.5
Martin Mull
Center Square
O
Charlene Tilton
"Dallas"
Doris Roberts
"Everybody Loves Raymond"
X
Gary "Baba Booey" Dell'abate
"The Howard Stern Radio Show"
O
Gilbert Gottfried
"Cyberchase"

Contestants for It Just Ain't Right Week: X: Tonoccus McClain ($4500). O: Andrea Clark.

Some of the things that are wrong this episode are the blue background in the opening, the use of the old theme, the contestants sitting, Martin's nameplate backwards, an empty audience, and a mismatched credit in the ending. Log onto the website to find out how you can win a nifty little prize from H2.

Meanwhile, back in game one, Andrea runs the gamut as she takes the five-square of Melissa, Kaley, Martin, Baba Booey, and Gilbert for $1000.

Spa vacation in Hawaii in the Secret Square. In this case, it's Kaley. Andrea finds her, as together they have to identify a Philip Seymour Hoffman in "The Talented Mr. Ripley." They can't, so no prize. Tonoccus does get $1000 to tie the game from Melissa, Charlene, and Gilbert.

Rubber game goes to Andrea, as she connects Warren, Martin, and Baba Booey for $1000 more and the championship. Tonoccus leaves with $5500.

The blushing steamer trunk logs some more miles as we try to send Andrea on a cruise of the Mediterranean. She sweeps the first four, and adds on Charlene and Doris for six keys knocked out. She makes haste to the southeast key... and she's going a-cruisin'! So far as champ, she has $12,006.

And we have Ted Wells in the X position. But we have no time to finish this match. We'll see how far we go up the money tree tomorrow.

-Chico Alexander


Host: Alex Trebek
Weekdays, check
jeopardy.com: Syndication

SPEEDROUND: All the kids were smart as they all had at least $10,000 going into this Final Jeopardy! in "Geographic Terms". Answer: Florida is one of these, Michigan is made up of several & Alaska is the biggest one in the Americas. Correct response: What is a peninsula?

However for leader Wil Curiel, he needed to know two things: you'd have to risk a lot... and spell it right to win. Wil spelt the word as "pennisula", which was ruled as incorrect. Also, his wager was too conservative, so he would have never caught up with Holly Flynn, who risked all but $2 in her wager and takes home $25,998.

Note: All Reading Rainbow clues were hosted by LeVar Burton.

-Jason Huhn


Host: Regan Burns
9p Tuesdays: Spike TV

"Parachute Jump Instructor": Regan gets a little jumpy to start, trying (beyond all reasonable logic) to teach jumping to Kenny. He gets questions on Qantas, cantaloupe, the Phoenix Coyotes, the Heimlich maneuver, and Sheryl Crow. Kenny gets all five right for $100 and a chance for $500 later. All he has to do is convince someone that he's for real.

From road pizza to plastic surgery, as Regan tends to his own deformities before tending to Madeline. She gets questions on acupuncture, the Cyclops, Zorro, the "head' and pasta -- all while making a play for the Panthers on her face. Madeline gets four questions right for $80, enough to get all the markings off her face.

Next, Regan's fit to be tied as a sado-masochist. That's right, he's been a naughty little game show host and he needs to be punished. Luckily a locksmith is on his way. He gets questions on leather, POWs, Cyndi Lauper, menage-a-trois, and booty. The locksmith just unlocks $80 and services rendered.

Kenny's back at the Top Gun, as he meets his student Kristy. She gets questions on altimeters, JFK airport, Alfred Hitchcock, "The Cable Guy", and the Mini-Cooper. REgan steps in to break up the two and pay out Kristy for her four right answers for $80. That puts another $400 in Kenny's pocket for $500 total.

-Chico Alexander


Host: Bob Barker
11a Weekdays: CBS

What's shaking? Wendy Eckhart, Evangeline Carapina, Cara Brogan, and Tad Hingenbrink find out as they bid on a jogging machine. Wendy wins the $1,299 jogging machine, and she can bake a victory cake if she wins a popcorn machine, a dinette set, art products and a floor clock. Wendy's game is Shopping Spree - and she will win if she spends $4,000. She buys the dinette ($1,699), the clock ($1,320) and the popper ($1,389) for the victory.

Jeremy Heidel is there for a piece of victory cake - and for some cookware. Evangeline wins it - and she can buy groceries by winning $10,000 on the Punchboard! She winds up with...$300, which can buy at least a months worth.

Barnett Morecell will not have to wait a month to get into contestants row and bid on a golf/pool combo table. The $575 table goes to Cara - and so could a travel gear or a NEW DODGE NEON!!! Cara play the Any Number Game and she winds up with...the $15,720 car! She also wins her way into the showdown with a 90 cent total.

Joan Whitney wants to win on the wheel = but to get there, she has to win a collection of travel books. She doesn't, but Barnett does - and he can grab an acoustic guitar ($1.183), a cast iron stove ($3505) and an iron cradle (1,938). She picks the guitar as having the on wrong price - but it was the stove.

Constantino Slembrackis is the next person called down - and so is a wine cellar. Joan wins the $802 cellar - and she can also win a NEW FOR MUSTANG COUPE!!! Joan plays Let 'Em Roll -and in just two tries, she wins the car!

Paul Nelson would love the car - or even a recliner. Pat wins the $1,114 recliner - and he can sit and see a trip to Jamaica offered to him. Is the trip $6,010 or $7,050? He says $6,010, and he can pack his bags. Pat will be stopping at the Showcase before leaving, though...

...and he needs to decide if he wants a washer and dryer, a hot tub and A NEW BUICK CENTURY CUSTOM SEDAN!!! He gets the showcase sent to him, so he bids $23,000. Sara bids $26,000 on a trip to St. Louis, a trip to Rome and a ski boat - and he's off by $5,743. Sara is off by $11,203, so Tad wins his car, as he drives away with $35,642.

-Gordon Pepper


Host: Donny Osmond
Weekdays, check
pyramidgameshow.com: Syndication

Players: Jen LaBarbera (homemaker and mother of two) and Brian Eagen (retail manager and Minneapolis City Sweep player)
Partners for Battle of the TV Judges: Judge Larry Joe Doherty ("Texas Justice") and Judge Glenda Hatchett ("Judge Hatchett")

Judge Hatchett and Brian sweep "Italians Never Die, They Just Pasta Away" (things in an Italian restaurant). The last category, "I Called Judge Hatchett Glenda... Once", is the Super Six for a trip to Sun Valley, ID. Judge Hatchett and Brian need only two unusual first names to win, but they get five. Brian and Judge Hatchett win it, 16-12.

Brian was plucked from the crowd at the Mall of America. Now he plays the game for real, and for a real $10,000. Judge Hatchett gives. At the top is "things that are rocky." A bad marriage and a gravel road are pretty rocky for $10,000!

Judge Larry Joe and Brian sweep "I'm Still Hot, But Now It Comes in Flashes" (things that heat up), meaning that Judge Hatchett and Jen need to sweep "Aging Slacker Seeks Filthy Rich Heiress", the Super Six for a Sony digital photo studio. If they do, Faye Dixon of Maysville, KY, will also win that prize. The ladies describe things people dream about getting. They're two short on both accounts, giving the guys the win, 15-14.

On the line for Brian, $25,000 and a spot in the next $100,000 Tournament. Judge Larry Joe gives. The pursuit is over with the first category burbled, "Things at Starbucks" (offending clue: hot coffee at expensive prices"). They also pass "things you calculate" and run out of time on "why you're on standby". They end up with $700 on top of the $10,000 from earlier. Brian leaves with $10,700.

-Chico Alexander


Host: Frank Nicotero
Weekdays, check streetsmartstv.com: Syndication

SPEEDROUND: Christopher and Gretchen jump on stage while Janaina, Kiyn, and Stephanie stay pretty much put. Christopher jumps higher, leading $1800 to Gretchen's $1000 going into the Wager of Death: What common office word is short for memorandum?

Gretchen goes with Kiyn, while Christopher ponies on Stephanie. Kiyn goes almost but not quite with "memory", giving Gretchen $1850, a fifty-buck lead. Stephanie gets it right with "memo"... Christopher gets his bet right.... and he bets right for the $2100 win.

-Chico Alexander


Hosts: Pat Sajak and Vanna White
Weekdays, check
wheeloffortune.com: Syndication

SPEEDROUND: Lisa Green and her mom Ann Kistner solved the winning on the menu puzzle LEMON MERINGUE PIE to advance to the bonus round after earning $10,150 in cash. The M that was called may have helped because knowing the Mork & Mindy show, they correctly solved classic TV bonus round puzzle MORK FROM ORK. They each get to drive off in a pair of Mazda RX8s valued at $66,720. Their final total came to $76,870 in cash and prizes.

-Jason Huhn


Host: Meredith Vieira
Weekdays, check millionaireTV.com: Syndication

Adam Cooper returns to the hot seat with no lifelines and $16,000. Adam took a big chance and correctly answered that the Asian country the Philippines uses the peso currency to secure him with at least $32,000.

He got to $64,000 by knowing that Opus Dei is a controversial Roman Catholic organization that was founded in 1928 in Spain. But that was it for Adam, as he couldn't figure out that H.G. Wells' 1898 novel "The War of the Worlds" originally appeared as a serial in "Cosmopolitan". He thought it was the Saturday Evening Post. Adam leaves with $32,000.

Joe Butler is up next, who happens to be a member of the 1960s group "Lovin' Spoonful". You can get his bio at http://www.lovinspoonful.com/joe.shtml. On the $4,000 question, he used his 50:50 and called Dr. Barry to know that Tasmania is an island in Australia. Now he wished he called him up first before narrowing it down by two.

On the $8,000 question, he asks the audience to fully know that in 1874, Richard Wagner completed a famous "cycle" of operas about a magical ring.

He wished he studied the phases of the moon on his $16,000 question, where he thought that the kind of moon that is directly between the sun and earth is called a waxing moon. But it's a new moon.

Next up is Cecilia, who used the 50:50 on her $1,000 question to know that triangles are found on the backgammon board. She goes for $2,000 on Wednesday, with her phone-a-friend and audience lifelines still left.

-Jason Huhn