WoF 1/19/12: Free Play!

[@TheThemeParkEvangelist]

The wheel didn't want him to buy any vowels.

[@MorganNye]

No he was the spinning it the same speed everytime.

[@wiphi245]

Wow, I'm shocked. 5 Free Plays in a row! That must be a new record!

[@STO_1601]

This must be why Free Play was retired.

[@chrisg.6744]

Free play! Free play! Free play! Free play! Free play! 800. LOSE A TURN.

[@NathanDinickle]

I remember watching this last night and my family very surprised to see this. FREE PLAY!!!!!

[@Undercoverelevator212-s2n]

A bankrupt, 5 Free Plays in a row, a near miss to Lose A Turn, a land on Lose A Turn, and a solve.

[@cstutor89]

I agree, Free Play = Dull Play. Solving the puzzle on a free spin is dumb too. For most people the goto is vowels but I think the goto should be consonants for 4 reasons: 1. You get 500 for every one you find which is more than a lot of the other spaces. 2. If you miss you're still safe (higher chance to miss on a consonant than on a vowel). 3. You can call vowels anytime you want on your turn, even after a FP. 4. You could get at least 3 letters in one spin (1 consonant and 2 vowels).

[@MorganNye]

Free spin is the real deal then huh

[@ivorybarksdale6780]

I guess the contestants either didn’t understand that they could also use it for consonants too, or they actually preferred to call vowels on the Free Play.

[@spectatorsturner]

I’m miss the Free Spin token. That evil Free Play Wedge.

[@MorganNye]

Maybe they’ll bring it back in a decades week in season 38.

[@jadenmuniz8817]

@@MorganNye I actually think the change was helpful!

[@MorganNye]

@@jadenmuniz8817 why, what’s wrong with Free spin

[@jadenmuniz8817]

@@MorganNye Free Spin: You land on it and guess a consonant. If correct, you pick it up. With the tag in your hands, if you guess a consonant or buy a vowel and it's not there, missolve the puzzle, or spin the wheel and land on Bankrupt or Lose a Turn, you can give the free spin to Pat to keep your turn alive. But the next time this happens, play passes to the next contestant. Free Play: When you land on it, you will have the option to guess a vowel without losing any money. No money will be added but if you guess a letter and it's not there, you don't lose your turn. You can even attempt to solve the puzzle without guessing a letter first when you land on the wedge. If you missolve it, you don't lose your turn. The producers believe it's better to call a vowel without losing money or solve the puzzle without guessing a letter first when landing on the space, than keep your turn alive after hitting a Bankrupt or Lose A Turn.

[@MorganNye]

@@jadenmuniz8817 well my friend on youtube Jacob Richardson really doesn’t like the free play and said it was lame and still misses it a lot

[@bluebear1985]

The free play space may not be liked by everyone, but at least it's better than the "buy a vowel" space from very early episodes in 1975.

[@briannaelizabeth1037]

Hy bluebear1985 iiiii

[@MorganNye]

@@briannaelizabeth1037 that buy a vowel wedge was pointless

[@Asameshimae]

*F R E E P L A Y !*

[@Undercoverelevator212-s2n]

"High Time & Low Time"

[@strwbrryangl3]

Top Priority! I was so pissed when she didn't get it!

[@djcchs2004]

What wrong with Free Play, He save $1,250 for buying vowels. Too bad LAT got him.

[@TeamPaul17]

Sorry, but the second and third blanks look like one long one... had to look twice before I got it... but I did...

[@sshuffield70]

@StarFighters76 There was something waiting for her. A trip. Didn't you see the little thing that said "PRIZE PUZZLE"?

[@Cc94Henry]

Reminiscent of the free spin lady from '84?

[@angrybirdsfan2003]

Well, this is much similar to the Free Spin woman from 1984.

[@BrakusJPS]

If they are taping at Sony, then yes, the contestants have to be there early. when I was on Pyramid almost 10 years ago, we had to be at the Sony studio by 7:30am, and I didn't tape my episode until well in the afternoon. Still, for Player 3 to solve with no money in the bank is a total bonehead move, Prize Puzzle be damned.

[@chrishammond325]

BrakusJS 8&

[@TeamPaul17]

If only he could have pulled that off with a big money wedge...

[@HienTran-zn2zk]

Free play 5 times a row

[@BrakusJPS]

What was the Bonus Round category?

[@dawnmichelle63]

SPIN and Get Some CASH!?!?!? 💰💰💰

[@chrisrenn40]

I swear Wheel of Fortune contestants are airheads nowadays. Put me on this show, Ill show them how its done. There was no reason for Jessica not to solve that Bonus Round Puzzle. That was so easy!!

[@cstutor89]

I just think the FP is a trap mechanism to get people to waste time and waste money. There is a strategy in this game and knowing how you spin and how words work are very helpful. Of course some people are just lucky and can always come on top but those nowadays are rare. The longer people have to spin the more likely they're going to hit one of the bankrupts or lose a turn so when you've got a lot, finish it quickly. And they've been recycling some of their "challenge" words a lot lately.

[@StarFighters76]

LOL @ Free Play 5 times in a row. Also the Blue Player solving the puzzle?! If you know it, try to get some money first!

[@gazbuildznplayz8962]

it was a prize puzzle so I think that's the only reason she chose to solve it

[@jprogman]

I could solve the BR with only the R's and T's, unless you believe me. Otherwise, it's another easy-to-miss-but-missed BR.

[@BeeNinjas]

Bankrupt

[@akzgrizzly]

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[@rodrigolopez8983]

9

[@sshuffield70]

@TruncatedPR Maybe so. But WayoshiM is better known in these circles than you. More people will come here.

[@spectatorsturner]

And it was NOT funny.