FULL RECAP - TPiR 10/05/2009

[joeyboy]

Master Key: Stan really needs to use the Big Banana again. It just sounds weird without it. I also noticed that the car podium now has the blue squares on it. (It probably did the last time and I just didn’t notice it.) It’s nice that the master key was picked twice in a row.

Range Game: Tough loss.

Make Your Move: $178 for the hot tub? That led to the obvious loss.

OWP: I actually thought it was the entertainment equipment.

Pocket ¢hange: Not too often we see $2.00 for the car.

Grand Game: I enjoyed that she did the final reveals while Drew was plugging priceisright.com.

Showcases: Decent showcases.

Decent show today. Drew needs to work on Pocket Change some more. Other than that, he was pretty solid today.

[Wayoshi]

Not too much to say about this one.

-Key: Some good luck going so far. 9/10
-Rangey: Almost had it, dangit!! 8/10
-MYM: If something had to be cheap, it was the juicer not the inflatable pool. 7/10
-SD1: 4/5
-OWP: Were Kev & I the only ones to figure this out? Probably. 8/10
-Pocket: What is with the incredibly bad luck we've been having on this game? 8/10
-Grandy: Thanks for the reveals, Maria. Random cheese el fail. 8/10
-SD2: 4/5
-SC1: Splendido-car el fine. 4.5/5
-SC2: Disguised frats el no fine. 4/5
-Results: The battle of the GOTCs resulted in no car... aww. 6.5/10
-Drew: Haircut? 8/10

PGs: 48/60
SDs: 8/10
SCs: 15/20
Drew: 8/10

79 --> C+

[SteveGavazzi]

First of all, I'm 99% sure this episode wasn't 4861K.  They changed the graphics for Rich's calldown window, and that's something that doesn't usually happen in the middle of a taping day (4855K was an early taping).  I'd wager that they've jumped ahead for this week of broadcasts and that we'll pick back up with week 4 next week.

And this is now confirmed at TV.com -- it's #4941K, the December 7 episode.

[GameShowKid]

I'm glad the old standby Make Your Move cue is still being used. It's kinda like comfort music to this longtime PIR watcher. 

[Off_trak]

And this is now confirmed at TV.com -- it's #4941K, the December 7 episode.

It did seem odd that the flip side of the turntable had the larger checkerboard pattern suddenly...

[BRB_TheFireball]

Master Key was the same old mixed bag:  cue fail, but a win with the master key.

$178 for a spa?!  Are you kidding me?!  Make Your Move should not have been lost that way.  Even 17 / 8998 / 544 would've been a reasonable guess.

Pocket Change... <sigh>®.  One of the worst playings I have ever seen.  Even casual viewers should know by now that if the 5 is offered, DON'T PICK IT!

Holy crap!  That was some expensive cheese!

Thank you, Maria, for revealing the prices when Drew wouldn't.

Who else thought of Press Your Luck when the trip to Lake Powell was revealed?

I know you don't come to chat anymore, but I immediately went into my Peter Tomarken impression upon the presentation of the Lake Powell trip.  I even announced the 1984 price of the trip.  I'll be interested to see how much the Lake Powell trip is 25 years later.

My showcase bids:
Mustang--$32,107
Trips--$20,107

[CJBojangles]

Anyone else notice Drew got a haircut? Looking better.

I thought it was hilarious that Maria went and peeked at the remaining Grand Game prices while Drew was plugging PIR.com. Even more interesting was the fact that Maria was shown revealing all four prices before the fade to commercial.  It seems Drew has forgotten to do a couple of reveals in the sixth game lately, worrying too much about getting the website plug in...

I thought it was sad that the host couldn't even reveal the rest of the prices, and the contestant had to take it upon herself to see what she should've picked. It's always bothered me when Drew skips revealing the whole game.

Who else thought of Press Your Luck when the trip to Lake Powell was revealed?

I did!

[SteveGavazzi]

It did seem odd that the flip side of the turntable had the larger checkerboard pattern suddenly...

Not sure what was odd about that...the first wall was only there for six episodes.

[joeyboy]

Who else thought of Press Your Luck when the trip to Lake Powell was revealed?

I do now.  

[heelsrule1988]

I have no problem with Asheville, but we've got more than that to offer here in this fine state, so I wish that TPIR would mix it up when offering trips to North Carolina. The Outer Banks would make a very nice vacation spot.

BEST CONTESTANT OF THE DAY: Joshua
SHOW GRADE: 1

[thewhammy_2000]

One Bid 1: Yes, let's start the day by bidding 1.

Master Key: Oh, now I see the "modified" sign. Yay for the Master Key!

Range Game: I had a feeling Ackley stopped it just too soon...

Make Your Move: I just could not see a trip to Madrid costing 1789 or the Comfort Spa costing 178. So basically said the juicer was 17, but was not locked on anything else.

One Wrong Price: I thought that home gym was $1995. WRONG.

Pocket ¢hange: Boy, that was a tough one. Picking 5 when it never should have been picked was hard.

Grand Game: Boy, that was a lot of cheese for that cheese. I LOLed at Maria's peekings.

Showcases: Because of Kelly's Showcase, I wanted, or had to put up a couple of episodes of PYL on YouTube that reflected on a certain prize...

[Macsen]

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Cue the Press Your Luck prize music!

A shame the version on Television Tunes is a recording of a fake MIDI.

[MrPlinko]

On Pocket Change Statistics,

How many contestants have selected the $2.00 card?  What's the largest deficit amount that they have had to overcome by accumulating enough change?  I have seen a few instances of $1.75.

Joe

[JLPrice]

Okay, .... I'm a long time Drew supporter, but even I have to admit that he needs to get on the ball with the reveals.   He does seem to be slipping on the sixth game lately, and it probably is the PIR.COM plug.  But, I was mortified for him when Maria was seen going along behind him doing the reveals.  He had to feel bad when he turned around and saw her doing his job.  Come on Drew, I love ya, but remember us viewers at home (and the audience) want to see the reveal, and the finish of the game.  Other than that, not a bad show.

[tpirfan28]

And this is now confirmed at TV.com -- it's #4941K, the December 7 episode.

I wonder if there will be an extra week of shows taped to realign the schedule.  I'll take two Christmas weeks, please. 

Definitely explains the absolutely sudden reappearance of Master Key, though.