FULL RECAP - TPiR 09/30/2009 - Show B

[Joe_Capitano]

Production #4852K - Taped July 1, 2009 Drew: stage entrance First Four lineup: right to left Handoff: Manuela Models of the Day: Manuela Arbeláez, Lanisha Cole and Rachel Reynolds Wearing: Attitudes 1   (Mitsubishi) 60" DLF HDTV (L&R) JONATHAN 1100 GREGORY 1250 JESSICA *1275 LISA 1252 ($1598) Jessica plays CLIFF HANGERS for a Club Car Solar Golf Cart and Men's Golf Equipment (M)($10,460) 1200w Steam Iron $ 50 $ 21 WIPEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUTTTT!!! TPiR 2010 Video Game (DS) Countertop Dispenser 2   Sirius/SM Portable Satellite Radio (3 yrs service)(L&R) +Jonathan 275 +Gregory 276 DARLENE 800 +Lisa 255 ($838) STUPID BID STUPID BID Darlene plays DICE GAME for a Subaru Forester X (Fairly loaded)(M) [1] [6] [5] [2] Rolls:   $2 [1] [6] [2] [1] [1] [6] WIN! SHAMELESSLY PLUG THE RADIO GIG: Drew's on ze satellite radio monthly on Sirius 25/XM 59 and dish 6025. Thinks he's Hotlips Houlihan. Heard it the other day. Cool. 3   Little Miss Liberty Princess Bed (M) +Jonathan 1200 +Gregory 1201 KRISTINA 800 +Lisa 2100 ($1848) Gregory from Buffalo, NY plays DOUBLE PRICES for a trip to Jackson Hole, WY (6n @ Turpin Meadow)(L) $8452 ($7957) WIN! $7597 PICK Gregory was doing some math - including "carrying the two." He must have been thinking about a half dollar somewhere. SHOWDOWN #1 Spinoff $ 1,598 Jessica 65 + 50 OV 9,805 Gregory 70 stay .70 .75 Through to Showcase Round 22,490 Darlene 70 stay .70 .55 (Puny 1st Spin) 4   His/Hers Mountain Bikes (L&R) +Jonathan *956 ANTHONY 950 Kristina 750 +Lisa 555 ($1548) Jonathan plays MOST EXPENSIVE Front Loading Washer/Dryer (M) $ 1628 5 Kate Spade Handbags (R) PICK 2510  LOSS Game Table (L) 2995 5   (Canon) 15MP Digital SLR Camera (M-in the Row) JAMES 775 Anthony 1200 Kristina 1201 +Lisa *1500 ($1649) Lisa from Chicago, IL - the last of the "First Four" - plays TEN CHANCES (SPT) Foot Massager Professional Power Tools (L) 509 WHA? WIN 7609 HUH? NO! 670 LOSS 59 50 95 90 697 760 796 960 690 790 That was just excruciating. And as such, a PT Cruiser goes to waste. 6   THE DREADED LOB-STER TENNIS BALL MACHINE (R) James 1200 Andrew *351 Kristina 1201 ELIZABETH 350 ($912) STUPID BID Andrew plays GROCERY GAME for an Elmira Stove Works Northstar Retro Range, Fridge & Dishwasher (L)($10,138) (1) (Sun Chips) Multigrain Chips 4 x 3.79 $ 15.16 –5.84 (2) (Sunkist) Orange Soda (2l) 3 x 1.79 $5.37 20.53 WIN! (3) (Sunlight) Dishwasher Detergent (4) (Sun-Maid) Raisins (24 oz) (5) (Sunbelt) Granola Cereal (1 lb) Our old pal MSTiEScott seems to like themes. SHOWDOWN #2 $ 1,548 Jonathan 20 +100 OV 1,739 Lisa 40 +  30 .70 Through to Showcase Round 11,050 Andrew 60 +  55 OV SHOWCASE ROUND Gregory has the honor. SC1-Lisa Trips to Rome (6n @ Atlante), Beijing (6n), and Cairns, AUS (6n)(L) BID $15,500 PRICE 33,249 DIFF –17,749 SC2-Gregory Apple iMac Computer SlingBox (M) fusiontables Convertible Pool/Dining Table (M&R) Mini Cooper Conv. (Std., Susp., Remote, Wheel)(L) BID $23,333 PRICE 34,594 DIFF –11,261 TOTAL $44,039 Today's Pricing Games: 3 for 6 Total Winnings: $82,464 THIS IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL GOLDEN-ROAD.net SHOW RECAP. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED WITHOUT AUTHOR PERMISSION.

[dconnary]

Overall, good show

One of the worst playings of 10 Chances in a long time.  The contestamt ignored the zero rule and it cost her dearly.

[TPIR-Fan-9109]

I saw from the 3rd game to the end. Overall, it looked to me like a pretty good show.

I actually went to high school with Gregory - City Honors School in Buffalo - so it was great to see him win the Showcase Showdown and then his Showcase (which I thought was pretty nice. I liked the other showcase too - the way the screens were set up was cool.

That playing of Ten Chances was BAD! I was shaking my head the entire time, and thinking about what Roger said in his most recent interview on the Stu Show about 10 Chances and letting the contestant think for as long as they wanted instead of Bob's "10 second rule." Luckily, it seemed as if the contestant was fairly prompt in giving her crazy prices!

[Wayoshi]

This was an OK show but it had a lot of ugly as well -

-Cliffy: See you later, good-bye. 5/10
-Dicey: She really lucked out of a tough setup! 9/10
-DP: OK cool. 9/10
-SD1: 4/5
-ME: Designer crap was wrong? By $485? Hmm. 8/10
-10C: ...Bye. 4/10
-Grocery: Nice! 9/10
-SD2: 4/5
-SC1: A FRATs undisguised... 4/5
-SC2: I really liked this one! 4.5/5
-Results: And she gets what she deserves...but still, some low bidding here. 7.5/10
-Drew: 8/10

PGs: 45/60
SDs: 8/10
SCs: 16/20
Drew: 8/10

76 --> C

[SolairWright]

Cliff Hangers: What the heck? I knew where that mountain climber was going. D-
Dice Game: Talk about lucky rolls on a tough setup. A-
Double Prices: Nice to see Double Prices appear at the stage again, and it got a winner for once. A
Most Expensive: El crapshoot. B
Ten Chances: Ignoring the zero rule, and just randomly writing numbers. Yeah. F
Grocery Game: Finally, a winner here in a game that needed one winner. A-

[katrinka_ohio]

Loved Darlene in the Dice Game  An all "sunny" Grocery Game.  I thought Gregory was a bit of a ham, but I still liked him!

[wink87]

My favorite contestants of the day were Darlene and Gregory.

I believe this is also the first time Cliff Hangers has been played first on the daytime show.

[Macsen]

Darlene. Awesome at Dice Game. Terrible at the Showcase Showdown.

Then whoever played 10 Chances. God, that's the worst-played game I have ever seen.

[Pikachu732001]

Cliff Hangers: 1st? That in itself made this playing excellent(Though wiping out on the iron, not so much).

Dice Game was set up for an easy loss but Darlene was lucky with her rolls.

Ten Chances was absolutely terrible. To all future players of the game....REMEMBER the zero rule.

Showcases: on both.

Overall grade: B

[PatrickRox80]

I don't understand why Ten Chances is being made to look ridiculously hard these days. This just doesn't go with the contestants (Lisa predictably neglected the zero rule) but the prizes as well. Putting a "5" or "9" will make the game even more difficult, especially to those who haven't seen the show before.

Cliff Hangers isn't a hard game either but today's wipeout was just painful to watch. On the flip side, Darlene handled Dice Game really well, as did Andrew with Grocery Game.

I enjoyed seeing Gregory win that Mini Cooper in the showcase as well.

[jacaya]

Cliff Hangers: $50 for an iron!? Seriously!? 

Dice Game: She almost 1 and 6'd her way to the car. But thankfully she guessed the 4th number in the right direction.

Double Prices: Cool to see it at the front of the stage again. Was thinking $7597 as well.

Most Expensive: Those deceptive handbags rear their ugly heads again!

10 Chances:

Grocery Game: All of that sun got him a retro-kitchen! Cool!

Showcases I didn't get to watch. But still... it was a cool show.

[thewhammy_2000]

Cliff Hangers: That iron: sssssssssssssssssssssssssssss Yodelly Guy: "Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeooooouuuuuccccccchhhh!"

Dice Game: Something tells me the camera guy knew the number was higher than 2 because of the zoom-in.

Double Prices: I don't know what it is: is it how the game was staged, or how Drew and Gregory held hands and said "Alakazam!", or how Rachel did the honors with the button? Whatever the spectacle, it was still a sight to watch.

Most Expensive: I just felt like picking the bags because they are designer bags. Drat. So close.

Ten Chances: I hope Lisa's performance of this game does not affect our bid. [chuckle]

grocery game: would not have known it was a sun brand theme because of the lack of brand name use

Showcases: That pool/dining table is a good prize.

[SteveGavazzi]

I never really thought of this before, but a Cliff Hangers wipeout isn't that bad a way to start an episode.

Dice Game was absolutely awesome.  It's hard to think of a way that that could have been more exciting.

Double Prices facing away from the audience still bothers me.

I guess we can finally say definitively that the goofy zigzags are gone from Most Expensive.  That's a good thing.

Ten Chances was played really, really badly.  Drew handled it surprisingly well...but man, that was some pathetic playing.

Yay for Scott getting mentioned on the air!

They finally came up with a neat way to use the video screens during the first showcase.  I noticed something odd, too -- every trip was revealed on the screen at the front, with Lanisha moving back to the second one during the prize copy so that she could come forward to the next destination afterward.  It was odd, but it worked well enough.

[UniquePerspective]

Yay for Scott getting mentioned on the air!

Scott got mentioned? When?

[joeyboy]

Cliff Hangers: I hate to see any game lost, but Cliffy wipeouts are always entertaining.

Dice Game: I liked Rich’s close-up of the 5 being lit up. 

Double Prices: Nice Win. (and a Bob reference) 

Most Expensive: those designer bags threw me way off.

Ten Chances: The magic marker that they’ve used since the day the game debuted. (1975). 

appropriately sums up the gameplay.

Grocery Game: Very nice.

Showcases: That pool/dining room table looked cool. 

Wink87 is right. We have a historic moment! Cliff Hangers was played first for the first time! (that we know of!)