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CONCENTRATION(syn.)-#992

gamespeopleplayed December 11, 2024 No Comments

Host: Jack Narz
Announcer: Johnny Olson

Oh, you shouldn’t have, but I’m glad you did. How’s your dinner? We’re gonna mess it up now for you.

Jack’s intro

Sandy Faulk (married, with 6 y.o. Donald and 5 y.o. Teresa, full-time finance student at Cal State Fullerton)

Kay Zubee (teacher, “Hi students”)

ROUND 1: Free Look

HEAD STARTS:

• 10 LIVING ROOM (Broyhill)
• 29 HOME WAVE (Toni)
• 2 WOOD FINISHER (Wipe-On Zar)
• 21 STEREO SYSTEM (Sharp)

Sandy 18 (Free Look)
Surprise, she can’t figure it out.
13 (Home Wave) and 29 MATCH!
23 (Encyclopedia) and 7 (Free Look)…and 6 (His & Her Bikes)

Kay 1 (Take 1 Gift) and 14 MATCH FOR WAVE!
4 (Year of Flowers) and 17 (Take)

Sandy 17 and 4
Must’ve forgotten during the commercial break

Kay 23 and 8 (C.B. Radio)

Sandy 22 (Auto Tires) and 15 (WILD!)
16 (Wood Finisher) and 2 THAT’S FINISHED!
21 and 9 (Bonus Number)

Kay 28 (Bonus Number) and 9 MATCH!
30 (C.B. Radio) and 8 10-4!
20 (His & Her Bikes) and 6 MATCH AGAIN!
12 (Bonus Number) and 19 (Living Room) and 10 MATCH!
Guess: A SUNNY DISPOSITION WIN! ($2,197)

Ace + UN + Knee D + Hiss + Bow + Zis + Shin

And that sunny disposition may be all she needs today.

DOUBLE PLAY: Chevrolet Chevette

$100 Puzzle: CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE (in 3 sec.)
Chair + “E” P + Ink + Can + D AH + Bull BLAH + Sum “Y” + T

Car Puzzle: Hanging Ton The Devloth Ware, Washington (Buzzer) Crosses The Delaware
Aahhh! WAIT! She started in time.
Wash + Ink + Ton Cross + D THE D + Hell + Law + W + Hair

ROUND 2

HEAD STARTS:

• 11 REF. FREEZER (Amana 20)
• 4 RICE MIX (Rice a Roni)
• 28 HAIR SPRAY (Adorn)
• 15 GRAND CLOCK (Emperor)

Kay 13 (WILD!) and Clock at 15
23 (Patio Furn.) and 9 (Take 1 Gift)

Sandy 17 (Bonus Number) and Back to 4

Kay 25 (Take) and 8 (25 LP’s) OOPS!

Sandy 9 and 25 (Time to take the Clock)
3 (Bonus Number) and 17 MATCH!
1 (Stone-Ware) and 14 (Ladies Clothes) and 22 (Ref. Freezer)

Kay 11 and 22 MATCH!
27 (Ladies Clothes) and 14 BACK ON TRACK!
29 (Table Lamps) and 2 (Grand Clock)

Sandy 6 (Take) and 30 (WILD!) Takes Fridge
29 and 7 (LUCKY!)
5 (Bonus Number) and 26 (Take)

Kay 19 (Bonus Number) and 5
Guess: SLOW AS MOLASSES WIN!

SL + Hoe Ass M + Awl + Lass + S

In other words, something Kay is anything but today.

DOUBLE PLAY #2

If lightning does strike twice, it can in this game.

$100 Puzzle: Grant Ko-Man-Ded You and Yawn Army Grant Command
NEVER MIND!

GR + Ant K + Hoe + Man + D + Head THE “U” + N + Yawn Arm + “E”
GRANT COMMANDED THE UNION ARMY

Go back to the history books, teacher

MONEY GAME

Sandy 7 (1,000 Escudos) and 24 (LUCKY) $34
10 (WILD!) and 17 (15,000 Yen) $52
26 (Take) and 13 (300 Pesos)

Kay 1 (300 Pesos) and 13 $25
20 (1,500 Drachmas) and 27 (25 Rubles)

Sandy 11 (Take) and 26 ADD PESOS $111 Total
28 (WILD!) and 4 (50 Nairas) $80
19 (2,500 Forint) and 3 (Take)

Kay 30 (50 Nairas) and 16 (25 Pounds)

Sandy 5 (100 Francs) and 23 (200 Markkas)
Technical Difficulties (18 Revealed The Puzzle for a Sec.)

Kay 12 (500 Cruzeiros) and 23
TIME!

Now 18 and the rest of the pieces can reveal themselves.
Sandy (not molasses): COMING IN ON A WING AND A PRAYER WIN!

Gum + Ink Inn On A Wing & Ape + Rare (Steak)

Sandy wins $291
Kay leaves with $2,397 and the Chevette

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CONCENTRATION(syn.)-#991

gamespeopleplayed November 18, 2024 No Comments

Host: Jack Narz
Announcer: Johnny Olson

“Nice to have you here, cooling off from the heat.” Uh, Jack, we don’t all live in California!

Carin Baker (stay at home mom “11 month, year old boy”, does macramé and loves plants)

Janet Lauger (married w/9 mon. old son Dylan, likes waterskiing and darts)

ROUND 1

HEAD STARTS

• 16 WASHER & DRYER (Speed Queen)
• 7 CAT FOOD (Tabby)
• 23 HAIR SPRAY (Adorn)
• 5 2 POR. T.V.’s (Panasonic B&W)

Carin 24 (Take) and 9 (WILD!)
20 (Bonus Number) and 1 (Ice Cr’m Maker)
Janet 27 (Bonus) and…20 WHEW!
10 (Bonus) and 2 (Cassette Record’r) and 30 (Digital Watches)
Carin 6 (Take) and 17 (Take) ANOTHER WASTE!
4 (Take) and 22 (Cassette Record’r)
It’s for the best, we’ve wasted enough takes so far.
Janet 1 and 14 (Drapes)
Carin 3 (Hair Spray) and 19 (2 Port. T.V.’s)
So close, yet so far.
Janet 5 and 19 THAT’S BETTER!
3 and…23 MATCH! (Said Twenty just before the buzzer)
11 (WILD!) and Washer/Dryer at 16 (In the “$1,500 Neighborhood”)
8 (Digital Watches) and 30 MATCH!
25 (T.V. Games) and 2
Carin 21 (Cat Food) and 13 (Bonus)
Janet 7 and 21 MEOW!
14 and 18 (Ice Cr’m Maker)
Carin 1 and 18 MATCH!
12 (T.V. Games) and 25 MATCH!
Guess: NO DEPOSIT NO RETURN WIN!

N + Hoe “D” + Paws + Hit N + Hoe R + Eat + Urn

DOUBLE PLAY: Chevrolet Chevette

“I’m gonna win a car” First things first, Carin

$100 Puzzle: Do You Know the Way to Sante Fe…San Hose…
DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE! ON THE BUZZER!

Dew “U” N + Hoe The Weigh 2’s + ANN Hose + Hay

ROUND 2

HEAD STARTS

• 12 BEDROOM (Broyhill French)
• 26 OLIVES (Lindsay)
• 3 HOME WAVE (Toni)
• 25 VEGAS WEEK (@ Union Plaza)

Janet 16 (Air Hockey) and 2 (Window Blinds)
Carin 27 (WILD!) and Vegas at 25
9 (Air Hockey) and 1 (Bedroom)
Janet 16 and 9 ONE DOWN!
12 and 1 GOOD WORK!
15 (Olives) and 26 3 FOR 3!
29 (Home Wave) and 3 4-STRAIGHT!
5 (Take) and 24 WILD! (Vegas brings it to $1,281)
13 (Take) and 6 (Whirlp’l Bath) THE STREAK IS OVER!
Carin 10 (Movie Camera) and 22 (Water Sof’ner)
Janet 19 (Movie Camera) and 10 MATCH!
8 (Water Sof’ner) and 22 UNSTOPPABLE!
7 (Bonus) and 30 LUCKY AND GOOD!
11 (Vegas Week) and 23 (Whirlp’l Bath) and 2 OOPS!
Carin 20 (Vacuum) and 4 LUCKY!
Guess: I DOUBLE DARE YOU SEIZED!

EYE DUH + Bull D+ Hair “U”

DOUBLE PLAY #2

$100 Puzzle: Pres-sad-dent Grover Cleveland
PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND (6 to go)

PRES + Ad + Ant G + Row + Fur K + Leaf + L + Hand

Car Puzzle: Tales of the Vine-na Woods SO CLOSE!
Tails Off The “V” + Hen + AH W + Hood + Z
TALES OF THE VIENNA WOODS

$50 Puzzles

Carin: Mit + Sea G + Hay + N + Oar
MITZI GAYNOR (despite her doubt)

Janet: Tea-pea Boat, Sails, Soup + Pea Sails
SOUPY SALES (with a second left)

Janet, despite having 13 prizes on the board between both rounds, only leaves with $50.

Carin leaves with $250 and three prizes.

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CONCENTRATION(syndicated)-#985

gamespeopleplayed October 14, 2024 No Comments

Host: Jack Narz
Announcer: Johnny Olson

Rose Goss (married to a Scientology minister, student and expecting)

Jim Frazer (University of Mississippi graduate, now heading to law school)

ROUND 1

HEAD STARTS:

• 21 MICRO-OVEN(Amana Radarange)
• 9 CANDY (Chick-o-Sticks)
• 30 HAIR SPRAY (Adorn)
• 18 PATIO FURN. (Samsonite Body Glove)

It’s a Call 3 game, so each player has a Bonus Number every turn.

Rose 11 (Take) and 10 LUCKY!
3 (Micro-Oven) and 21 MATCH!
1 (Child’s Toys) and 19 (Stone-Ware) and 27 (Love Stories)
Jim 17 (Take) and 20 WILD!
1 and 29 (Take) and 12 WILD! (Toys are matched automatically)
27 and 22 (Candy) and 18 OOPS!

Why is everyone “Awwing” when Jim doesn’t match the first time? He gets a 3rd pick. Didn’t work this time, unless Jim doesn’t have a sweet tooth?

Rose 9 and 22 SWEET!
25 (Recliner) and 14 (Artist’s Kit) and Back to 27
Jim 5 (Patio Furn.) and 19 and 24 (Child’s Toys)
Rose 18 and 5 MATCH!
Thank goodness someone got it right.
8 (Stone-Ware) and 19 MATCH!
2 (Recliner) and 25 MATCH!
7 (Luggage) and 4 (Lamps) and Back to 14
Jim 23 (Garden Tools) and 26 (Lamps) and 4 MATCH!
28 (Luggage) and 29 and 15 (Garden Tools)
Rose 7 and 28 BAGGED (Over $1,600)
Guess: Keep Your Eyes on the Ball NO!
6 (Love Stories) and 27 SIX-UP!
Guess: Keep Your Eyes on the Road WIN! ($1,734)

Key + P Y + Oar Ice On THE Row + D

A guy was putting on a jacket

DOUBLE PLAY: Chevrolet Chevette

$100 Puzzle: Won-deer-half I-door-ful Co-penny UGH!
1 + Deer + Full 1 + Door + FUL K + Hoe + Pen + Hay + Gun
WONDERFUL WONDERFUL COPENHAGEN

ROUND 2: Back to Normal

HEAD STARTS

• 6 DINING-ROOM (Broyhill)
• 20 HOME WAVE (Toni)
• 13 CAT FOOD (Tabby)
• 22 DISH-WASHER (Kelvinator)

Jim 7 (Sheets, Spreads) and 23 (Carpet Prods.)
Rose 5 (Take) and 21 (Dining Room)
Jim 24 (Sheets, Spreads) and 27 (Hair Dryer)

Rose 20 and 6 MATCH!
27 (She Gasps, Jack: “Surprise!”) and 15 (Dish-washer)
Jim 19 (Mattress Set) oops! and 30 WILD!
3 (Hair Dryer) and 27 MATCH!
It’s a turning point
12 (Carpet Prods.) and 29 (Bonus Number)
Then again…
Rose 22 and 15 MATCH!
13 and 1 (Bonus)
Jim 25 (Cat Food) and 13 MATCH!
At least he’s getting lucky
29 and 1 NOW YOU’RE GETTING IT!
16 (Bonus) and 10 (Elec. Bar-B-Q) and 7 WASTED!
Rose 4 WILD! and 26 (Take, for the Mattress)
Really, not the Cat Food?
9 (C.B. Radio) and 16
Jim 17 (Elec. Bar-B-Q) and 5 (Take)

Rose 10 and 17 MATCH! ($1,600 Again)
11 (Mattress Set) and nothing
Jim 16 and 2 (Take)
Rose 28 (C. B. Radio) and 9 MATCH!
Guess: The Hattan’s Table NO!
7 and 20
Jim 23 and 12 MATCH!
Of all the things you remember!
No guess from Jim
TIMES UP!
We reveal everything and Rose can’t buzz-in soon enough!
The Captain’s Table WIN! ($1,893)

THE Cap + Tons T + Hay + Bull

DOUBLE PLAY #2

$100 Puzzle: Yellowstone Nipsey All Park, Euriphsilling, Yosemite SHE’S LOST!
The lips threw her off. It was the arrows on the cigarette ash.
YEL + Hose + Toe +N N + Ash + Shin + Awl P + Ark
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

Jim gets nothing but parting gifts.
Rose’s total: $3,627

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CONCENTRATION (syndicated)-#983

gamespeopleplayed August 29, 2024 No Comments

Host: Jack Narz
Announcer: Johnny Olson

Jack promises an extra wild game to start the show. You’ll see!

Pat Lasornio (married for 30 years, Humane volunteer and takes in wild animals)
Greg Grey (recent High School Graduate, heading for El Camino College on Swim Team and Water Polo, his Mom, girlfriend, little brother and his girlfriend and Mrs. Hutchinson, and was born two months after the original Concentration premiered)

ROUND 1 (Four Wild Card Game)

HEAD STARTS

• 10 DIGITAL WATCHES (Helbros Minicom)
• 2 HOME WAVE (Toni)
• 26 CHEESE (Hoffman’s)
• 12 WASHER & DRYER (Speed Queen)

Pat 6 (Patio Furn.) and 16 (WILD!)
28 (Digital Watches) and 10 MATCH! (Nearly a grand already)
15 (Cheese) and 26 MATCH!
25 (Take) and 24 (Washer & Dryer)
Greg 12 and 24 MATCH!
5 (Bonus) and 22 (Window Blinds)
Pat 21 (Bonus) and 5 MATCH!
1 (P’cases, Sheets) and 29 (Bonus) and 14 (Take)
Greg 17 (Patio Furn.) and 19 (P’cases, Sheets)
Pat 1 and 19 MATCH!
20 (WILD!) and 4 (Smoke B.B.Q.) (Passed the $1000 Mark)
30 (Rad-C.B. Combo) and 27 (Smoke B.B.Q.)
Greg 13 (Rad.-C.B. Combo) and 30 MATCH!
9 (Window Blinds) and 27 (Smoke B.B.Q.)
Pat 8 (WILD!) and Take at 14 (For the Washer/Dryer, Over $2,200)
29 and 3 After the Buzzer (Take)
Greg 11 (Take) and 3 (Takes BBQ)
22 (Window Blinds) and 9 MATCH!
18 (Home Wave) and 7 (Bonus)
Pat 2 and 18 MATCH!
Only 6 Numbers and 2 Matches to Make
27 and 25
Greg 23 (WILD!) and Take at 25 (for Watches)
Guess: YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF A DULL? WRONG!
17 and 29 NO GOOD!
Pat 7 and 29
The Bonus Number is no good. Right now, focus on the puzzle.
Guess: YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF AD EEL NOT QUITE!
Time for buzz-in.
Greg (almost immediately): YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF IDLE!

Pat: YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF “Isn’t That a Eel?”

OKAY!!! ONE LAST CHANCE AND THAT’S IT?!

Greg : YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF AT ILL

Pat (last chance): YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF ELECTRIFIED?

Well, that’s that. No solve, no prizes, no Double Play. So what was the problem here?

“U” + V Cot Y + Oars + Elf Ad + Eel
YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF A DEAL

Which is the answer to the question: Do I want to forgot about this match as soon as possible?

ROUND 2

HEAD STARTS:

• 7 SOFA BED (Broyhill)
• 28 BABY FRESH’NER (Diaperene)
• 4 HAIR SPRAY (Adorn)
• 15 GRAND CLOCK (Emperor)

Greg 16 (Take) and 10 (Pen & Pencil)
Pat 6 (Bonus) and 29 (WILD!)
26 (Golf Clubs) and 10 and 21 (Sofa Bed)
Greg 7 and 21 MATCH!
3 (Grand Clock) and 15 MATCH!
26 and 11 (Love Stories)
Pat 14 (Baby Fresh’ner) and fumbling to 28 MATCH!
12 (WILD!) and 30 just in Time (Take)
Jack move the Clock to Pat’s side like magic, if it finally works
9 (Mantle Clock) and 23 (LUCKY!)
4 and “Oh, Oh”
“We don’t have that number, that’s in roulette”
Greg 19 (Golf Clubs) and 21 MATCH! (Over a $1,000)
Guess: HOLD YOUR HORSES FINALLY!

Hole + D Y + Oar Horse + “S”

So one of them does know how to play the game.

DOUBLE PLAY: Chevrolet Chevette

$100 Puzzle: “Sins, Sinsaldor Ted Kennety” OOF!
S + Hen + Ad + Door T + Head K + Hen + Net + Tee
Senator Ted Kennedy

MONEY ROUND

Pat 6 (50 Rubles) and 22 (500 Rupees)
Greg 13 (2,000 Soles) and 30 (LUCKY!)
5 (100 Guilders) and 2 (500 Rupees)
Pat 22 and 2 MATCH!
18 (300 Francs) and 9 (1,000 Forint)
Greg 26 (1,000 Pesetas) and 1 (Take)
Pat 21 (100 Guilders) and “OH, SHUCKS”
Greg, once 21 flipped back 25 (WILD!) and 1 (for the only rupees Pat has)
TIME!
Either Greg wins $103 or Pat’ll win $100. Flip the board

20 seconds go by and…

Weigh + Tar TH + Air + SA F + Lion Mice + Hoop
WAITER THERE’S A FLY IN MY SOP (SOUP!!!)

Yes, Pat said this!

Greg has $1,053.
Pat gets just the parting gifts, if only for the “fun”.

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