So here we have cold, hard evidence that we get short lineups on now when we have special guests. Woohoo. And I really hate to say it, I love Buzz Aldrin but I agree with Steve and the few posters after him - that was really an awkward showcase to watch. Because he read so slowly, it was also really unnecessarily long too - the entire showcase lasted 5 minutes! For one showcase. Today when every second counts, that is way way too long. That being said, loved his prize package, and the prize package in showcase 1 was nothing to sneeze at either - that was one nice, expensive bedroom! Also, Steve, I have a theory (that may or may not be correct) about the switched episode dates and the fact that Balance Game and Pocket Change were played twice in the same week: Really, the only explanation is that they had so many special guests in one week that they needed to play some of the same short games twice, and therefore needed to shuffle the lineup around for solely that reason. Or maybe they did us to spare our sanity of having the awful Dollyrots on Monday, Buzz on Tuesday and Verizon on Thursday. Either way, the fact that they're shuffling airdates around solely for special guests now with no logical reason kinda worries me.
Pocket Change was just depressing. Every once in a while, a contestant plain gets ROBBED in that game, and today was one of those days.
Timings:
Grand Game (5) - 3:55
Balance Game (4)- 3:43
Cover Up (5) - 4:39
Double Prices (3) - 2:28
Pocket Change (5) - 5:29
One Right Price (3.5)- 2:51
Total (25.5 - ugh): 23:05 (ugh)