FULL RECAP - TPiR 02/09/2010

[Joe_Capitano]

Production #5032K - Taped Dec. 7, 2009 Drew: stage entrance First Four lineup: right to left Handoff: Rachel Models of the Day: Manuela Arbeláez, Lanisha Cole and Rachel Reynolds Wearing: Mystic 1   Ted Baker Winterwear (L) KRISTIN 500 ANTHONY 600 JOHNIGAIL 501 Kristi *601 ($1180) Kristi plays 5 PRICETAGS for a Hyundai Elantra GLS (Std., 2.0l, Tilt, RKE)(M) $17,615 Photo Frame Clock $ 88 FALSE $ 88 (1) $19,777 NO Laura Mercier Eyewear Set 125 FALSE 125 (2) $21,295 NO (Liquid Image) Swim Mask Camera 50 FALSE 100 * $20,499 Batter Dispenser 20 FALSE 36 * $22,340 LOSS Rachel's reaction to the glossy of her in the first item: "It's embarassing." Never fails. Everybody else thinks it's a good photo...but you see something wrong with it. Nothing more than human nature. 2   2 Bronze Patio Heaters (M) +Kristin 450 +Anthony 500 +Johnigail *501 MELISSA 750 ($518) Johnigail from Stockton, CA plays FREEZE FRAME for a Beachcomber Hot Tub (R) 45 21 59 $7194 LOSS 71 83 94 19 62 3   (Denon) Tabletop Audio System (R) +Kristin 150 +Anthony *501 CAITLIN 428 Melissa 500 ($699) STUPID BID Anthony, a student at USC, plays ONE WRONG PRICE Cuisinart Cookware/Small Appliances PICK $ 1730 $ 1730   LOSS Foosball Table (R) 1599 (Dell) Desktop Computer (L) 2115 1508 SHOWDOWN #1 $ 518 Johnigail 80 stay .80 Through to Showcase Round 699 Anthony 45 + 45 .90 1,316 Kristi 25 + 60 .85 4   (LG) Washer/Dryer (L) +Kristin 1750 VINCENT 3200 Caitlin *2500 Melissa 1699 ($2768) Caitlin plays GROCERY GAME for a trip to Amsterdam (6n @ Hilton) and Le Vian Butterfly Jewelry (R)($10,484) (5) (Skinny Cow) Ice Cream Cones (4 pk) 5 x 5.29   $26.45   WIPEOUT (1) (Heath) Chocolate Shell Topping (2) (Laughing Cow) French Onion Spread (3) (Cow Tales) Candy (box) (4) Udderly Smooth Udder Cream 5  Zuo Button Chair/Ottoman (M) +Kristin *1300 Vincent 800 AGNES 1000 Melissa 1250 ($1438) Kristin, a student at Loyola Marymount and the last of the "First Four," plays LUCKY $EVEN for a Ford F-150 (Std., V8, AODrive, Extender, Prot)(All) Picks: 3 7 8 – Price:   $ 2 3 1 2 – Bucks: 7 7 1 0 LOSS Bad day today. Five games shot down. That's trouble...and sure enough down the hall comes that skunk singing Chevalier - and he has that photo of Rachel in his hands. There's a serenade on the horizon if the next game isn't won. However, the object of his heart has other plans. After she presents the final one-bid, Ms. Reynolds will be displaying how fast she can really run... 6   (Prismacolor) Art Supplies/10 1-hr Lessons (R) ALLISON 1200 800 Vincent 1201 820 Agnes 1202 1 Melissa 1203 *821 ($1124) SUICIDE BID Melissa plays BALANCE GAME '06 for a Yamaha VX110 Waverunner (L) to save us from a smelly situation... [ 556 ][2000][6000]  [3000]  [$9598] SKUNKED! SHOWDOWN #2 $ 1,124 Melissa 30 +   5 .35 Through to Showcase Round 1,438 Kristen 85 stay .85 2,768 Caitlin 50 + 75 OV SHOWCASE ROUND Kristen has the honor. SC1-Kristen Ashley Transitions Living Room Group (L) Trip to Waikiki (6n @ Parc) 2 (Infinity) Surfboards (M) Chevy Malibu 1LS (Std., 2.4l, At)(R) BID $27,500 PRICE 31,077 DIFF –3,577 SC2-Anthony THE BEATLES SHOWCASE Beatles CDs/iPod Nintendo Wii Video Game System/(Mitsubishi) 65" DLP HDTV (R) Beatles Replica Guitars/(Ludwig) Drum Set/Sabian Cymbals Trip to London (6n)(L) BID $22,000 PRICE 22,532 DIFF –532 TOTAL $23,231 Today's Pricing Games: 0 for 6 (5th this season) Total Winnings: $30,395 THIS IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL GOLDEN-ROAD.net SHOW RECAP. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED WITHOUT AUTHOR PERMISSION.

[leafsfan17]

It seems to me that winless shows have become more frequent since Roger was canned. On the plus side, Anthony made an excellent bid on his showcase.

[Wayoshi]

Today's skunking was not entirely caused by Greco - there were poor choices in 5PT and Grocery in particular. I am betting thought the F-150 was 23129 - completely unwarranted

[brtsimpson142]

Five skunkings in only half a season.  (looks over at The Dob)  "Roger, when was the last time we had this happen this many times in so little time?"

Roger mouths "Never."

GRECO!  Stop it with That's Too Much in spots 2 and 9!  Stop it with Lucky $even prices that have ones and twos and nines galore!  We need threes, fives, and sixes too!

[rob79]

Well,, a skunking is a perfect way to end an awful show consisting of an awful lineup. Yeah, 5PT and L7 was in the lineup, but really did we have to have Freeze, OWP AND Balance all in the same show?I don't think so.  Perhaps the coup de grace was the MEAN (yet again) setup in Lucky Seven--a 1? and anyone wanna bet that last digit was a 9? They might as well call it "Un-Lucky Seven" because this game ain't gonna be won with the ridiculously impossible setups we've seen. 

I want to conclude by once again saying thanks. Thank you all once again for giving us yet another spectacularly, sublimely awful show.

[heelsrule1988]

Wasn't there already a Beatles showcase a while back...?

BEST CONTESTANT OF THE DAY: Kristi
SHOW GRADE: 2

[Briguy]

I take it that the items in Grocery Game had (for the most part) a moooooo-ving theme. Shouldn't have gone with the ice cream cones for the win — four would have still been over at $21.16, and three would not have done it. Perhaps contestants should get the hint that one should NEVER pick a single grocery item at the outset and go for the immediate win.

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OK, maybe some of us need to become contestants on TPiR and — if we're so lucky to become contestants — call Fingers out during a taping about the recent Lucky $even and That's Too Much! trend. Yeah, I doubt that they'll let it pass, but it sure beats complaining.

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The problem with the argument over the skunkings is that not all of these games were set for losses. Yeah, one could say that, for instance, 5 Price Tags had tricky prices ... but even getting one right the contestant could still have chosen the right answer. A Huyndai Elantra isn't that expensive of a car, so either $17,000 or $19,000 was probably going to be correct.

Most of us should know by now that hot tubs on game shows are more expensive than the store. The contestant probably had seen advertisements on TV that showed a $4,500 hot tub (a nice one at that), so that was a reasonable guess.

And I could go on. The point was, there was no reason to think that this show — or any, for that matter — was set to be a "skunker." Lucky $even aside, all of the other games, based on Joe's recap, seemed pretty winnable. The contestants tried hard, but things just didn't work out. Let's hope for a better outcome tomorrow.

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The only thing that would have really made a really good Beatles Showcase fantastic were: 1. the "Guitar Hero: The Beatles" (I think that's the name of the game) video game; 2. A home theatre prize package with DVDs of The Beatles movies (assuming they are available on DVD); 3. SURPRISE APPEARANCES BY EITHER PAUL OR RINGO ... or both, assuming one or both accept. Yeah, I've fallen for the gimmick scenario, but hey, if you wanna do it right, take my advice and do it this a-way.

Note I didn't include a TouchTunes jukebox. TouchTunes (an Internet-type jukebox with more than a million songs in the catalog, all on a centralized computer) don't have the rights to The Beatles catalog, although their solo recordings are included, so maybe a regular CD jukebox would have been substituted for the iPod if I had been in charge, but that's just me.

Brian

[elskunkoman]

What do ya know another skunking and it's #93 only 7 more til we reach 100 perhaps the 100th one will have the next el skunko with double overbid well hopefully not and grocery game was awful. 2 easy setups and i liked how drew mentioned the contestant needing to win a showcase due to skunking.

[Cartboy]

5th skunking this season - absolutely ridiculous!

Great bid by Anthony on his showcase!

[TPIRighteous]

I might have had split-second visions of a DSW if I hadn't been able to see the price before Drew read it.

[Kev347]

I completely agree with Briguy's posts. Only 1 forced loss today - L7. Everything else ranged from crapshoots to somewhat bad gameplay to REALLY bad gameplay (Grocery). Hey, it happens sometimes, but unfortunately it's happening more and more.

I will say this - for once Drew actually made today's show MORE watchable (which is his job on days like today!). He had lots of time to kill today for once due to quick losses, and he used most of it in interesting ways, conversing with the models briefly (which was really cool to get to hear them speak) and that amusing conversation with Scott in Grocery Game, and also berating the contestant like Bob would have done after the Grocery Game loss. While skunks aren't ever fun, today was the most fun I've ever had watching a skunk. I also like how he finally acknowledged the skunk before the showcase. I wish that he would continue to do that, and start doing it when we're 0/5 as well to build up suspense on whether we can finally get a win today. I wish he would have spent a bit more time conversing with contestants too, but he used most of his time well.

Timings:
5 Price Tags (5.5) - 4:50
Freeze Frame (4) - 3:05
One Wrong Price (3.5) - 3:23
Grocery Game (5) - 5:24
Lucky $even (4.5) - 4:26
Balance Game (4) - 3:57
Total (26.5): 25:07

[godard]

Kathy, please DON'T stop putting the prices 2nd and 9th in TTM. You're clearly trying to establish a winnable rule for an otherwise difficult game (1 in 10 chance to win a car), just like Ten Chances, so let your audience catch up to the trend.

Oh wait, that's right, the audience doesn't even get the friggin 0 rule in Ten Chances that has been established for DECADES.

[rob79]

Kathy, please DON'T stop putting the prices 2nd and 9th in TTM. You're clearly trying to establish a winnable rule for an otherwise difficult game (1 in 10 chance to win a car), just like Ten Chances, so let your audience catch up to the trend.

Oh wait, that's right, the audience doesn't even get the friggin 0 rule in Ten Chances that has been established for DECADES.

? TTM wasn't even played today.

[gsn93]

I will say this - for once Drew actually made today's show MORE watchable (which is his job on days like today!). He had lots of time to kill today for once due to quick losses, and he used most of it in interesting ways, conversing with the models briefly (which was really cool to get to hear them speak) and that amusing conversation with Scott in Grocery Game, and also berating the contestant like Bob would have done after the Grocery Game loss.

Agree. Drew also made a comment after the sixth IUFB overbid. "It's like the end of a movie, when everyone learns a lesson."

[Hag]

I admit I thought Drew was funny when he kept saying "Wasn't that exciting?" after Caitlin's GG wipeout. I was in a silly frame of mind, I guess.