FULL RECAP - TPiR 03/29/2010

[Joe_Capitano]

Production #5101K - Taped Feb. 10, 2010 Drew: stage entrance First Four lineup: right to left Handoff: Gwen Models of the Day: Manuela Arbeláez, Amber Lancaster and Gwendolyn Osborne-Smith Wearing: Mon Cheri 1   (Sony) 11" OLED TV (A&M) CLAUDIA 1500 RAQUEL 500 BATHSHEBA *1800 LUCAS 1 ($2500) Bathsheba plays ½ OFF Photo CD Recorder $ 100 $ 200 X BOXES IN PLAY French Fry Telephone 20 20 All 16 Boxes Drink Mixer 40 40 X Ditto. 19 pc Grill Tool Set 25 Star Wars Jr. Laptop 20 Compact Video Camera 85 170 * 2 4 5 6 7 11 12 14 Pick:   ( 6 )   *$10,000*   WIN! 2   Zuo Maui Outdoor Bed (G) +Claudia 1100 +Raquel *1500 CAROLYN 700 +Lucas 925 ($2625) Raquel plays FLIP FLOP for a (Yamaha) VX110 Waverunner (M) Setup: 59 89 Pick: 95 89   (She "Flips") Price: $9598   LOSS She flipflopped and would have won had she left it. But, as usual, the Peanut Gallery which knows all and sees all talked her out of it. 3   Portable Music System (M) +Claudia 850 RAJ 725 Carolyn *950 +Lucas 750 ($1420) Carolyn plays MORE OR LESS Simply Classic Steware Collection $ 2690 LESS $ 2124 * Howard Miller Syracuse Bar Group 3782 MORE 3287 LOSS Trip to Napa Valley (via Oakland; 5n) Mini Cooper Conv. (Std., 1.6l, Throttle, Cruise) SHOWDOWN #1 $ 2,625 Raquel 80 stay .80 3,544 Carolyn 95 stay .95 Through to Showcase Round 13,190 Bathsheba 70 + 15 .85 4   8' Skee Ball Table (M) +Claudia 2500 Raj *601 SCOTT 600 +Lucas 1699 ($849) Raj plays GROCERY GAME (MSTIE's got another theme here) for an Ashley Martini Bedroom Group with an Englander Connections+ Sleep Set (G) and an Aico Esoterica Dining Group with Dinnerware (A)($10,110) (4) (Atkins Advantage) Protein Bar 3 x 1.95 $ 5.85 –15.15 (1) (Hills Bros.) Coffee 1.x 3.99 9.84 –11.16 (3) (Dreyers) Ice Cream (¾ qt) 2 x 4.29 $8.58 18.42 –  2.58 (2) Coffee Candy (42 pc) 1 x 1.99 20.41 WIN! (5) (Beanpod) Coffee Scented Soy Candle Manuela must have felt right at home today, for she's Colombian and coffee's really big there. 5   sportsauthority.com Elliptical Trainer (A) +Claudia *1501 CHARLIE 1000 Scott 1300 +Lucas 1500 ($2000) Claudia plays SWITCH? (Segway) I2 Personal Transporter (R) $6399 $5395 Almost Heaven Silo Sauna (M) $5395 SWITCH! $6399 WIN! And so as Gwennie "peels" some "donuts" behind Doors #2, Lucas is thinking about what his future holds, noticing that Mimi has just arrived. He has the last bid, but will he use it well or will he be banished to the "First Four" Breakfast Club, where the only donuts in the place are rock hard? 6   (Cabella's)Camping Equipment (G) JENNIFER 1200 800 600 Charlie 1250 750 *650 Scott 1000 825 400 +Lucas 1251 826 401 ($705) Lucas heads off to the clubhouse while Charlie plays SAFE CRACKERS for a Hyundai Sonata GLS (Std., 2.4l, Wheels)(A) and a (Garmin Nüvi) GPS Receiver (M)($21,190) Numbers: 0 5 7 Setting: 5 7 0   OPEN   WIN! SHOWDOWN #2 $ 11,808 Raj 40 + 15 .00 13,794 Claudia 55 + 25 .80 21,895 Charlie 55 + 35 .90 Through to Showcase Round SHOWCASE ROUND Charlie has the honor. SC1-Carolyn Trip to Park City, UT (via Salt Lake City; 6n) Dynastar His/Hers Ski Package 2 Helmets/HD Cameras 2 Ski-Doo Renegade Sport Snowmobiles (A) BID $25,000 PRICE 25,638 DIFF –638 TOTAL $29,182 SC2-Charlie Joyner Sandviper 250 Sand Buggy (G) Trip to Costa Rica (6n @ Lost Iguana)(M) Nissan Pathfinder S (Std., V6, Seats, Mats, GPS)(G) BID $37,500 PRICE 39,104 DIFF –1,604 Today's Pricing Games: 4 for 6 Total Winnings: $92,494 THIS IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL GOLDEN-ROAD.net SHOW RECAP. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED WITHOUT AUTHOR PERMISSION.

[Roadgeek Adam]

This episode is more of what we need to see (just short of 100K winnings, but 92 is good)

1/2 Off: Woot, great 12.5% win! (1/8)

Flip Flop: Peanut Gallery stops a Flip Flop again

Grocery Game: Great playing.

Switch?: Segway! Great reveals!

Safe Crackers: CAR! WON!

Showcases: Pretty good (too many trips)

Best contestant: Debatable. I choose Charlie
Show Grade: A-/B+ area

[goldroadfanatic]

Half Off was nothing short of amazing; with eight boxes in play, it was great to see the box with $10,000 picked, and for Bathsheba to eliminate half the boxes at the last possible moment.

I really loved the angle Rich DiPirro used to show Drew and part of the Race Game Curtain before More or Less; I hope he continues to use that shot.

Did it bother anyone else that one (loaded) trip was offered in addition to two normal prizes and the car?

When I saw the doors reveal Switch?, I immediately thought, "If the contestant switches, the Segway will likely be rode to carry the price over."  I also guess I overlooked the fact that it was probably intentional for the correct decision to be "Switch" so that the Segway could move across the stage like that.

I will say that I am now tired of the themed grocery setups in normal shows.  I personally miss the medley of items that came up and didn't scream for your attention the way a themed set does.

I thought it was pretty cool that the skee ball table was the item up for bids and then we had a Super Ball!!-like reveal for the two rooms.

Raj did play Grocery Game very well, I must say; it was great to see him use several of the grocery items to reach the target rather than try to do it with just one product.

The first showcase was written very well, and I liked it.  The second one could have used some improvement, like make it a "Sand"case as an opposite to the first "Snow"case.

[heelsrule1988]

The 1/2 Off win was amazing... has that ever happened before?

BEST CONTESTANT OF THE DAY: Raquel
SHOW GRADE: 2

[UniquePerspective]

The 1/2 Off win was amazing... has that ever happened before?

Yes. April of 07, there was a guy who called box 4 from the beginning, only eliminated half the boxes, and it was still right.

[Wayoshi]

Well I'll be...Stagey made excellent bids today, on BOTH. :O

Also, Adam gets an A++ on the lineup

[elskunkoman]

I knew Raquel shouldn't had listened to the peanut gallery but she did thus ruining the 5 for 6 show. 

[GoldenBulldog]

Carolyn and Charlie made some pretty gutsy bids on the Showcases, since I figured that either one was set up for a painful overbid.  I loved the "themed" set up for Grocery Game--of course, that's because I'm a big fan of coffee and Starbucks altogether.  On a side note, Jennifer--who was the last contestant called down today--resides in the Calallen area of Corpus Christi; a Caller-Times article can be found here.

[CJBojangles]

Awfully coincidental that #6 was the only blue box left on the board. Still an exciting win!



I remember in the last incarnation of Hollywood Squares there was always some sort of pattern as to the order in which "baaaaad" keys disappeared from the board in the bonus round. I read somewhere it involved leading the contestant to the correct key. Think this is a similar practice?

Exciting win in Safe Crackers today, too. Overall a pretty good show.

[Cartboy]

Flip Flop:  And the Peanut Gallery causes another contestant to lose!  I wish people wouldn't rely on "them" so much & start listening to their guts.
1/2 Off:  What an awesome win!
More Or Less:  More on the bar set? What was Carolyn thinking?
Grocery Game:  Nicely done!
Switch?:  Nice job!  That was neat how (I forget which model it was) rode the Segway when she took the price to the other podium.
Safe Crackers:  Safe Crackers for a car - cool!  Even cooler that it was won!
Showcases:  Great bids by both contestants!

Great start to the week, IMHO.

[TPIRGuru]

Awesome show today!!!!

Half Off! Way to kick that evil setup in the butt!

Flip-Flop- This is our what, 17th straight loss, and it should have been flip-flopped again! People don't listen to the damn peanut gallery!

More or Less- Really Carolyn? More on a bar set priced that high? When was the last time this was won?

Grocery Game- Nicely played! (And these themes are a little annoying)

Switch?- Love the segway moment; don't like that we saw it again so soon.

Safe Crackers-For a car! Awesomeness! And a win! Woot! I liked how Drew asked when the last time it was played for a car, too bad no one had a real answer.

Showcases-Two trips, one in each. Not bad! That's how it should be! And good bids too! Almost another DSW to boot!

[SteveGavazzi]

Wow, another remarkably good episode.  There were times today when Drew sounded a lot more sincere than usual...I'm not sure how or why, but he did.  It was very refreshing.  It was also nice to see multiple all-overbids left in.

1/2 Off was incredible.  The number of boxes that were supposed to be eliminated were (although not quite the way they were supposed to be)...but man, that win.  That was just amazing.

I really thought Flip Flop was going to be won.

More or Less should not have been lost the way it was lost.  Every person in the audience was screaming the right answer.

Speaking of More or Less, the video screens actually look very large and impressive when shot from that particular angle.  It's too bad they don't come off that way the other 99% of the time.

It's always nice to see somebody win Grocery Game.

Speaking of Grocery Game, I wonder why they played it for two rooms.  One room is normal, and three rooms (living, dining, and bed) seems special...but two just kind of makes you wonder why they left the other one out.

The prize copy for the trip to Costa Rica went on way too long.

[GameShowKid]

Great and exciting moments in today's show (including 1/2 Off, Grocery Game, & Safe Crackers). I also want to say that I'd never heard the trip cue in the first showcase played for so long.

[whinbaby]

The 7,242nd episode (130th for Season 38)

Grocery Game

Englander...Sleep Set

I haven't heard that name on a mattress on the show since December 24, 2004, well over five years ago!

Showcase #1, besides the cash
Trip to Park City - $8,090
Ski Equipment - $2,790
Helmets & Cameras - $760
Snowmobiles - $13,998

Showcase #2
Dune Buggy - $3,999
Trip to Costa Rica - $6,460
Nissan Pathfinder - $28,645

Your Modeling Scorecard for March 29, 2010
Manuela Arbelaez
Total:  8/$51,042 (5/$10,734, 3/$40,308)
Cars:  1/$24,250 (0/$0, 1/$24,250)
Trips:  1/$6,460 (0/$0, 1/$6,460)

Amber Lancaster
Total:  13/$62,418 (9/$56,340, 4/$6,078)
Cars:  1/$20,620 (1/$20,620, 0/$0)
Trips:  2/$10,831 (1/$8,090, 1/$2,741)

Gwennie Osborne
Total:  10/$52,702 (5/$16,551, 5/$36,151)
Cars:  1/$28,645 (0/$0, 1/$28,645)
Trips:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)


And for the season
Manuela Arbelaez (76 shows)
Total:  630/$3,924,603 (405/$1,774,144, 225/$2,150,459)
Cars:  68/$1,570,298 (35/$817,968, 33/$752,330)
Trips:  77/$696,825 (45/$373,140, 32/$323,685)

Amber Lancaster (49 shows)
Total:  402/$2,476,524 (254/$1,004,391, 148/$1,472,133)
Cars:  43/$1,027,691 (13/$292,806, 30/$734,885)
Trips:  47/$368,373 (25/$183,544, 22/$184,829)

Gwennie Osborne (64 shows)
Total:  568/$3,180,061 (333/$1,380,562, 235/$1,799,499)
Cars:  57/$1,224,522 (25/$553,998, 32/$670,524)
Trips:  60/$524,339 (33/$313,258, 27/$211,081)

[TPIRighteous]

I've seen the Waverunner in Flip-Flop enough to know that it's $9,598, and I knew right away that the audience was going to blow it for Raquel. On the topic of prizes, when the Pathfinder was introduced in SC2 as a "new Pathfinder", it made me think that they should play Pathfinder for one.