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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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