FULL RECAP - TPiR 04/01/2010 (April Fools Price III)

[Kirsten Vaccaro]

I enjoyed today show too it was great.

I love it when Mimi was teasing Drew it was so funny. 

[Joe_Capitano]

I went back to watch this one again. Amazing how Manuela was hidden in plain sight (until One-Bid #4). Another thing they left out of today's show - all those CBS show promos. If only that would extend beyond today...

[GR WHAMMY]

Poor turntable games, not having any representatives since Mimi placed her office on the turntable.

[Macsen]

The Pat thing was over played. And I'm still waiting for Mimi to call Drew "pig". But otherwise a great show.

[therealcu2010]

This show wasn't as bad as it was put out to be.  Granted, it was by no means great...last year's was definitely better...but it wasn't bad, either.

The "Pat" thing grew old fast. I really wonder how contestants knew who was going to be called, since all Rich said was "Pat"...they must have had cue cards with their real names on them. I agree with the whole "being cheated" thing...they really should have been called by their real names.

Mimi wasn't that bad...though I could have done without a lot of her appearances.  I did find the second Showcase funny with the exact same prizes...sadly, that's about the only part of the show I actually found funny.

...holy crap, the games were winnable today! Pat played Lucky Seven very well in particular...she practically had a guaranteed win on the last number!  I wonder what Pat was thinking on the second Showcase, though.

OVERALL: 3/5.

[clemsonfight]

The "Pat" thing grew old fast. I really wonder how contestants knew who was going to be called, since all Rich said was "Pat"...they must have had cue cards with their real names on them. I agree with the whole "being cheated" thing...they really should have been called by their real names.

I'm pretty sure that's what happened since they apparently do that for all the contestants anyway now.

[Teddy]

Plinko: Wow, I certainly did not expect this game first! And $21,000 was the icing on the cake!

One Away: The best part of the game was Mimi and her steering wheel.

Pick-a-Pair: I see they're copying off Grocery Game with that holiday theme.

Range Game: Dead center paid off this time, and Rachel the stagehand was a nice surprise.

Lucky $even: Another Rachel cameo as she pushes the car all the way onto the stage...followed by one of the best playings of this game in recent years.

Double Prices: Whatever happened to Alakazam? Guess Mimi's not a big fan of that word.

Showcases: That was funny, with the same three prizes in both Showcases, and then a Mini Cooper in the second Showcase. Add a $25,450 car to the mix, and make it really more interesting.

Miscellaneous: Anybody else besides me a little disappointed that Mimi did not call Drew a "pig" or "doughboy"? BTW, I really enjoyed the show, with its many surprises everywhere on the set. I liked seeing Gwen as the CBS page, Rachel as the aforementioned stagehand, and Manuela as the audience member. I couldn't stop cracking up over Rich the monkey, but why did everybody have to be called "Pat"? Well, I'd like to see what's up their sleeve for Season 39...

[Wolfman2000]

And now, the top five things I liked about this April Fool's Day episode (best is last):

• Fitting the grandfather clock in for the IUFB.
• Rich the Monkey.
• Mimi the Sound Effects Lady.
• Rachel pushing the Lucky $even car.
• The twin showcases...until the end. That had me laughing for almost a solid 2 minutes on Skype.

Comparing this year's to last year's...last year had more gags, but most of the gags in this one just worked out better. Quality vs Quantity.

[heelsrule1988]

This was way better than last year's April Fools' show... it was much more thought out and well-planned. I especially loved Gwen, Rachel, and Manuela's hidden roles.

BEST CONTESTANT OF THE DAY: The "Pat" that lost the Showcase
SHOW GRADE: 3

[Off_trak]

I dunno if it was an intentional tip of the hat to Saturday Night Live, but at one point Drew declared during a Come on Down, "It's Pat!" 

[ayoung]

Overall a fun silly show... that grandfather clock gag in contestants row was the best. Next year, lets have one come down from the ceiling.

[priceguy]

but why did everybody have to be called "Pat"? Well, I'd like to see what's up their sleeve for Season 39...

Well since Rich (or the guy wearing the suit and monkey head) couldn't speak through the monkey head I would guess that all of the prize copy and calldowns were prerecorded.  And since nobody knew the contestants names at the time of recording, they likely came up with the "Pat" gag as a solution.

[FieldsFan336]

Well since Rich (or the guy wearing the suit and monkey head) couldn't speak through the monkey head I would guess that all of the prize copy and calldowns were prerecorded.

Either that, or Rich did the announcing live from a hidden corner backstage, because we saw him do little cameo spots during the second half (like during Range Game when he walked across the set on a cell phone)

[brtsimpson142]

I went back to watch this one again. Amazing how Manuela was hidden in plain sight (until One-Bid #4). Another thing they left out of today's show - all those CBS show promos. If only that would extend beyond today...

You talking about during the commercial breaks?  (You got my hopes up, I thought at first this meant no splitscreen credits)

And what was the nod to The Office in the credits?

[joeyboy]

I don't think you'd feel cheated if you were called on down and won "fabulous prizes". Personally, the show could call me "Turd Brain" for all I care.

It's too much to ask that if someone's called to "Come on Down", that they are called by their real name? 

One question I forgot to ask earlier: Is this the first time that the CANOS plug was edited out?

Well since Rich (or the guy wearing the suit and monkey head) couldn't speak through the monkey head I would guess that all of the prize copy and calldowns were prerecorded.  And since nobody knew the contestants names at the time of recording, they likely came up with the "Pat" gag as a solution.

Like Stephanie said, He was probably backstage doing the announcing. In regards to the Pat gag, I really doubt that no one on staff didn't know any of the audience member's names. Something like that would make the staff look really incompetant.