FULL RECAP - TPiR 04/02/2009

[Joe_Capitano]

Production #4694K - Taped March 11, 2009 Drew: stage entrance First Four lineup: left to right Handoff: Amber Models of the Day: Lanisha Cole, Amber Lancaster and Rachel Reynolds Wearing: Niteline 1   Lantz Duke 250 Motorscooter (R) KIMBERLY 6000 JOSEPH 8000 LAURA 3200 GINA *2400 ($2499) STUPID BID STUPID BID Gina plays 5-number SQUEEZE PLAY for a Ford Focus SE (Std., Wheels, Exhaust, Stereo, Mirrors, AT, Prot, ALB, Mats)(L) Setup: 1 9 4 3 8 5 Pick: $ 1 4 3 8 5 Price: $ 1 9 4 3 5   LOSS 2   Christian Dior Makeup/Skin Care Assortment (A) +Kimberly 600 +Joseph 550 +Laura *601 RITA 499 ($1647) Laura, prepare thyself. IT'S THE $50,000 PL!NKO! THURSDAY!!! Free Chip (7) 500R (Eagle Creek) Toiletry Bag 2/7 2 $ 17 (Taylor) Thermometer/Clock 2/9 9 25 Soy Milk Maker 5/7 5 97 Total Funnel Piggy Bank 4/6 6 36 * (4) 0L $500 LOSS 3   Nambe Crystal Stemware (L) +Kimberly *1200 +Joseph 712 CRAIG 800 Rita 1000 ($2400) Kimberly plays MAKE YOUR MOVE (First Appearace since Feb. 9) Trip to Yellowstone (via Jackson Hole; 6n)(A) Magna Cart Handcart Croton Equator Men's Watch (R) 5 4 8 1 5 0 6 7 5 WIN! SHOWDOWN #1 Spinoff $ 2,183 Laura 80 stay .80 .20 2,499 Gina 40 +100 OV 8,606 Kimberly 80 stay .80 .50 Through to Showcase Round 4   Paradigm Cinema Home Theater System (R) TAMARA 600 +Joseph *800 Craig 1200 Rita 1250 ($849) Joseph, a "Grease"-er, plays BULLSEYE for a Broyhill Attic Heirloom Dining Group and Royal Doulton China Dinnerware (A)($5993) (1) Hot Pockets (5 pk) 2 x 5.25   $10.50   WIN! (2) Nesquik Chocolate Milk (16 oz) (3) Tarn-X Tarnish Remover (4) Campbell's Beef Consomme (10¾ oz) (5) Jelly Belly Jelly Beans (bag) 5   Glass Door Fridge (A) Tamara *1600 RODRICK 2800 Craig 1500 Rita 2300 ($1699) Tamara from Alaska plays RACE GAME 1st 2nd 3rd Prices 65" DLP HDTV 2209 2998 –––– WIN Copper/Stainless Cookware 1750 1000 –––– ( $2209) Home Gym 2995 2209 1710 ( 1000) Dev Valencia Rhodium Pendant 1000 1750 2209 ( 1750) RIGHT [0] [2] [1] TIME LEFT :33 :14 :00 LOSS For some reason, Drew gave Tamara the necklace she had won in the second try, even though nothing untoward had happened - at least, I didn't notice anything. Still goes down as a loss, however. 6   HD Camcorder (L-in the Row) LOUISE 1100 Rodrick 2250 Craig *1800 Rita 2300 ($2000) Craig plays THAT'S TOO MUCH! for a Pontiac G6 (Std., 2.4l, AT, Wheels, OnStar)(G)($20,295) $18,662 $19,980 $21,840 $22,780 $24,120 LOSS SHOWDOWN #2 $ 2,000 Craig 85 stay .85 6,447 Tamara 15 + 75 .90 Through to Showcase Round 6,842 Joseph 25 + 15 .40 SHOWCASE ROUND Kimberly has the honor. SC1-Tamara infinityaquariums.com Tropical Aquarium $500 cash (Apple iMac) Desktop Computer 4 SeaDoo Dolphin Sea Scooters (L) Trip to Honolulu (6n @ Turtle Bay)(A) BID $17,500 PRICE 18,044 DIFF –544 TOTAL $24,491 SC2-Kimberly THE FINAL FOUR SHOWCASE w/JIM NANTZ College Basketball Jerseys/Wilson Basketballs (L&R) VIP Trip to The Final Four (PrimeSport; 4n)/Enterprise Rental Car Ford Mustang V6 (Std., AT, Remote, Mats, Net)(All) BID $27,000 PRICE 31,690 DIFF –4,690 Today's Pricing Games: 2 for 6 Total Winnings: $46,621 THIS IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL GOLDEN-ROAD.net SHOW RECAP. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED WITHOUT AUTHOR PERMISSION.

[Mallory16]

OK, the end of Race Game was possibly the least warranted "give her the prize anyway" situation I've ever seen where someone got the prize anyway.  Heck, that Card Game player who annoyed Bob didn't even get a technical win!  I really don't understand why Drew did that.

Squeeze Play was hardly easy, but I really can't believe it was lost the way it was.

Whee.  Unnecessarily hard Plinko.

[rob79]

Awesome lineup today--no complaints from me about the selection of games we got today.

Squeeze Play should not have been lost in the fashion it was lost today.

Why, oh why do they insist on making the SP's for Plinko next to impossible. Are they really that worried someone is actually gonna win the $50k?

Why in the world was Tamara awarded the necklace at the end of Race Game? That was one of the dumbest/most bizarre decisions i've seen.

I would have loved to have won that 2nd showcase today. 

[Cartboy]

Plinko:  What a dismal playing it was today!
Make Your Move:  Smart move listening to the audience!  That was neat how they were chanting the right combination.
Bullseye:  That's the way you play it!
Race Game:  Why did Drew give Tamara the necklace?
Showcases:  That Final Four showcase was cool!  Too bad it wasn't won.

An okay show overall, IMHO.

[Wayoshi]

-Lineup: Two MPs was so great to see!
-Squeezy: It was a crapshoot, but not with the nine. Very few cars are below 15k on the open market anymore. 7/10
-Pl!nko:
--SP1: Odd -7 was right AND it was just $10 from fake
--SP2: Usual trick
--SP3: Odd -7 was right
--SP4: Just $10 from fake. NOT THE WAY TO SET UP THIS GAME, KATHY! 8/10
-MYM: Good. 9/10
-SD1: 4/5
-Bullsy: Good. 9/10
-Racey: ...OK...? "No buzzing on the last thing?" I rewound once and there was clearly a buzz at 12 seconds. 8/10
-TTM: Usual hard. 8/10
-SD2: 4/5
-SC1: Liked this one. 5/5
-SC2: You could tell Jim taped after the fact by the slight overlap of dialogue, but it worked out pretty well. 4/5
-Results: Pretty solid stuff today, the Mustang was loaded though. 9/10
-Drew: Here I will assess the Racey incident - 8/10 instead of the 9 I had ready to go.

PGs: 49/60
SDs: 8/10
SCs: 18/20
Drew: 8/10

83 --> B

[JoePlinko]

-Racey: ...OK...? "No buzzing on the last thing?" I rewound once and there was clearly a buzz at 12 seconds. 8/10

83 --> B

Drew actually meant she didn't pull the lever before time ran out, so he decided the final change where she got only one shouldn't count since it wasn't in time.

Mistake on Drew's part.  Hopefully, someone explained the correct logic to him.

[catdogwheel]

I really didn't watch the show the whole way through, but looking at the recaps it looks as if they were trying to get a DSW today.

[Wayoshi]

Drew actually meant she didn't pull the lever before time ran out, so he decided the final change where she got only one shouldn't count since it wasn't in time.

Mistake on Drew's part.  Hopefully, someone explained the correct logic to him.

I rewound the tape (again ) and figured out that's what he meant. "She didn't buzz on the last thing..." She DID pull the lever, and it was after 0 seconds, but it still counts. I'm relatively sure it won't happen again, but I'll be watching closely to make sure.

[dunph]

4 Basketball Jerseys, a trip to Detroit for the Final Four, rental car, and a Ford automobile, when you get home.

Jim Nantz must have a done a great job.

MOD NOTE: References to Friday's show removed. Let's talk about today. - JC

[rob79]

Drew actually meant she didn't pull the lever before time ran out, so he decided the final change where she got only one shouldn't count since it wasn't in time.

Mistake on Drew's part.  Hopefully, someone explained the correct logic to him.

That sounds a bit more feasible to me. I can see the reasoning behind why the necklace was rewarded somewhat now. Don't totally agree, but at least there w

[joeyboy]

Squeeze Play: The Focus is sure going up in price.

Plinko: Still loving the new graphic.

Make Your Move: It’s been a little while since we’ve seen this game. Nice way to celebrate its return.

Bullseye: Great win.

Race Game: I don’t understand why he gave her the necklace.

That’s too Much: Tough loss.

Showcases: The second showcase looked awesome.

Not a bad show today. Jim Nantz did a good job presenting the second showcase.

[pinball777]

Still wonder why Drew gave away that necklace in Race Game. He's never done something like this before and hopefully won't happen again. By the way, my Mom was in the room when Race Game was played and she hasn't watched the show in forever. Even she noticed that they gave away that necklace. She knew it shouldn't have been given away especially in the time of a recession.

[rob79]

It's kind of sad when we can start predicting what games are going to show up.

In a way yeah, but in another not really--esp. when it comes to Double Prices which you figure is gonna show up weekly (though there was a stretch during Bob's last year where it wasn't played for a couple of months, go figure) so with it not having shown the first 4 shows of the week, yeah, you sorta kinda expect it to show up tomorrow--esp. with all the guest happenings they're having.

Oh, yeah, to finish my last post which I couldn't before my computer shut down--I was trying to say "but at least there was a bit of veiled reasoning there." Again, I didn't agree with the decision to award the necklace.

[BRB_TheFireball]

One-Bid #1:  Wow, what a bunch of dumb bids on a simple motorscooter.

Squeezy:  Four years ago, $14,385 would've been the correct price for a Focus... but those days are gone.

Borko:  Yay!  First playing of Plinko in almost a month!  OK, could those SPs have possibly been any more impossible?  I don't know about anybody else, but I got them all wrong.

Move:  Yay!  First playing of Make Your Move in almost two months! I think this is the first time I've ever heard the audience chant the names of the three colors to convince a contestant of the prices in this game.

One-Bid #5:  Our beloved digital piano glass-door fridge.

Race:  Enough Race Game! OK, that was... a very unusual ending for this game.  I don't even know how to classify this.  A technical half-loss?

TTM:  Kathy has been doing a great job lately of making this game damn near impossible to win.  How many times now this season has the correct price been at either #2 or #3?

SC #1:  Shoot the green screen columns!

My showcase bids:
Water--$19,107
Mustang--$26,107

[SteveGavazzi]

There is no way Squeeze Play should have been lost the way it was lost.

I loved the "Green, red, yellow!" chant in Make Your Move.  Looking back on it, I'm surprised it took almost 20 years for that to happen.

Drew shouldn't have awarded Tamara the necklace at the end of Race Game.  It's nothing new to let someone finish their last turn after the buzzer, and nobody's ever been given something that was right on the previous turn before under those circumstances.

The second showcase was pretty cool.  Having Jim Nantz help present it was neat...and did anyone else catch how they snuck the light border into it?