Recap -- 5/26/10

[PriceFanArmadillo]

Episode #5183K Aired: 5/26/2010; Tape Date 4/28/2010 Models: Manuela Arbelaez, Gwendolyn Osborne, Rachel Reynolds-Dellucci (Jovani) Drew Entrance: Door #2 Mic Handoff: Manuela First Four Contestant Seating: Mixed

Continuing the losing streak... First IUFB: Digital camera (Canon; 18MP, digital SLR, extra lenses, 4GB SDHC flash card; ARP: $1,360) (rafters) BARBARA CHELSIE KEVIN KATHLEEN WINNER $550 $551 $750 $751 KATHLEEN Kathleen is playing Money Game for a Ford Focus SE coupe. (2.0-litre engine, 4spd automatic transmission, eco-friendly seating) (Gwendolyn) 85 51 16 10 17 72 48 18 63 Middle number: 7 PICK NUMBER DISPLAY 1 18 FRONT 2 48 $ 3 63 $ 4 85 $ 5 72 $ LOSE (16) ARP: $18,710 Money won: $268

Second IUFB: Automatic coffee center (Jura Capresso; ARP: $999) (Manuela and Rachel) Barbara Chelsie Kevin IDIA WINNER $701 $475 $720 $599 KEVIN Kevin, who got his exercise running up and down the aisle after winning, then went across Contestants Row to the stage, is playing Double Prices for a Dining Room group. (Table, 6 chairs and china deck; Noritake china, service for 8 w/stemware) (Gwendolyn) $10,259 ARP: $8,377 ALL HAIL KEVIN!!! $8,377 At long last, the losing streak is OVER!!! It ends at 16 games.

Third IUFB: Springwear (Three outfits; ARP: $1,470) (Manuela) Barbara Chelsie DREW Idia WINNER $835 $825 HUH?! $425 $750 BARBARA Barbara is playing Clock Game. The bonus is a steam shower. (Steam Showers, Inc.) Exercise bike (ARP: $599) (Rachel) 1300 1200 1100 1000 900 800 700 600 500 565 599 :19 left Power Block dumbell set (ARP: $964) (Gwendolyn) 1300 1200 1100 1000 900 999 950 959 960 970 965 955 956 957 958 959 *RRRRR* LOSS Barbara took some good stabs at it, but just couldn't get them both in time. *suddenly Macsen pops in through a time portal* Going through doing the nomenclature shift, LOSE to LOSS, but I want to point out that I am making a conscious formatting decision. This losing streak we just ended with DP, I'm keeping at LOSE. And don't worry about what might happen if Kitch sees me. Time paradoxes are fiction.

SCSD #1 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 Result Kathleen $1,628 45 55 *$1,000!* Barbara $2,069 15 85 *$1,000!* Kevin $9,376 40 80 OVER Bonus/Tiebreaker... Contestant Winnings Spin Result Kathleen $2,628 1.00 *$25,000!!!* *SHOWCASE* Barbara $3,069 10

Fourth IUFB: Pair of mountain bikes (Dahon; ARP: $998) (Gwendolyn and Rachel) DEBBIE Chelsie Drew Idia WINNER $1000 $975 $589 $899 CHELSIE Chelsie, the last of our First Four, is playing Pick-a-Pair for a trip to Chicago. (RT coach LA to Chicago, 6n 2-room spa suite Hotel Allegra, limo ride to blues club; ARP: $5,033) (Manuela) ITEMS Space Bag (jumbo) Wesson canola oil Cover Girl mascara Bounce lint roller Neosporin pain relief spray Stouffer's Macaroni & Cheese family meal GUESS 1     $6.79     $10.99 GUESS 2 *WIN* $10.99         $10.99

Fifth IUFB: His-and-her watches (Croton; ARP: $1,000) (Manuela) Debbie LORANA Drew Idia WINNER $1 $1250 $1100 $1251 DEBBIE Debbie is playing One Away for a Chevrolet Malibu 1LS sedan. (2.4-litre engine, 4spd automatic transmission, advanced remote start) (Rachel) DISPLAY 3 4 7 6 8 CHOICE 2 3 8 5 9 CHANGES (4 RIGHT) 2 3 8 7 9 ARP *WIN* $23,879

Sixth IUFB: pair of digital readers (Barnes & Noble; ARP: $518) (Rachel and Manuela) BOBBY Lorana Drew Idia WINNER $750 $800 $375 $751 DREW Drew is playing Plinko! (Gwendolyn and Rachel) ITEM DISPLAY DIGIT CHOSEN ARP CHIP VALUE Electric buffet w/4 chaffing dishes 40 0 $49 WRONG Cuisinart ice cream maker 89 9 $85 WRONG Hair dryer 39 9 $69 $1,000 Auto power travel mug 40 4 $20 WRONG FREE CHIP VALUE: $100 TOTAL WON: $1,100 LOSS

SCSD #2 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 Result Drew $1,687 30 45 *SHOWCASE* Chelsie $6,031 15 40 55 Debbie $24,879 65 1.00 OVER

SHOWCASE ROUND Kathleen has the honor... SC1 - DREW ENJOY THE INTERNET 42" LCD HDTV + Dell computer (320GB HDD) (Rachel) $3,000 in gift cards (Amazon.com, eBay, Overstock.com) (Rachel) Rome (RT coach LA to Rome, 6n Hotel Atlante Star, personal shopper) (Gwendolyn) Bangkok (RT coach LA to Bangkok, 6n luxury hotel) (Manuela) BID: $27,500 ARP: $21,180 DIFF: OVER LOSE $1,687 SC2 - KATHLEEN GOOD WITH HANDLING MONEY? New York City (RT coach LA to NYC Delta Vacations, 4n Westin New York Times Square, tour of Wall Street) (Rachel) LED banner stock ticker (Rachel) $2,500 cash (Rachel) Ford Taurus SE FWD (3.5-litre V6 engine) (Gwendolyn) BID: $23,000 ARP: $33,422 DIFF: $10,422 *WIN* $61,050 *Macsen looks over his past recap* What a prescient Showcase win for Kathleen. With $28,500 cash, maybe more if she got cash equivalents, hopefully she bought the dip. And not a bad show overall to break out of that dip, either. *he pops back into his time portal*

Show Results: 3 out of 6 Total Winnings: $106,092 THIS RECAP IS THE PRODUCED SOLELY FOR GOLDEN-ROAD.NET UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OR EXHIBITION IS PROHIBITED PRODUCED BY KITCH

I'm trying not to add too much when doing my minor reformats, but this one points out the PG losing streak ended here.

[GR WHAMMY]

they finally have the current TPIR logo on Double Prices

[Hag]

Great $26,000 win on the wheel.

Rich didn't sound like himself today. Whatever the reason, hopefully he felt better before long.

[redhawkhockeyfan]

Had to duck out after Clock Game.  What was the second half lineup, and anything noteworthy come out of the rest of the show? 

[goldroadfanatic]

Drew phoned it in during Money Game.  There was little to no buildup at all and he sounded disinterested when he revealed the numbers.

Rich looked like he didn't get much sleep and his voice was very subdued.  I think his voice even cracked a couple of times during the calldowns, and he said "It's a new car!" without his usual "CAAHHHH" routine, which I actually kind of liked.  Although I will say I didn't like how he sounded subdued like Rod was in the '90's.

It's a shame that Clock Game was lost, the contestant played well on the first prize, but got very flustered towards the end of the game.

It was awesome to see a $25,000 win on the Big Wheel, along with a double dollar win.

redhawk, the second half was as follows: Pick-a-Pair (Won on second try)/One Away (4 right on the first try, won)/and Plinko ($1,100 won with only two chips total).

[Macsen]

My recap.

[icazzy]

What was the second half lineup, and anything noteworthy come out of the rest of the show?  

Pick-a-Pair, One Away, and Plinko.

BTW Kitch, how can you have two people going to the showcase from the 1st SCSD?

[Macsen]

I fixed it quickly.

[elskunkoman]

Today show was better than yesterday and the day before. But I'm afraid we're going back to budget mode since today's winnings was over 106 grand. So expect a winless show tomorrow and possibly friday.

[brtsimpson142]

So expect a winless show tomorra and possibly friday.

What's tomorra?

[elskunkoman]

What's tomorra?

Oh. Tomorra is just a way of saying tomorrow.  

[leafsfan17]

Finally, we get some wins! And three of them to boot, too!

[Macsen]

We're actually averaging 1 win per show for the week.

</sarcasm>

[jaguarxjnj]

Excellent. We needed to give the losing horns a chance to rest after the past couple of shows. Even today's losses didn't use 'em!

[therealcu2010]

Much better today, win wise.

I don't think DP could have been much easier.  The correct price practically was screaming "I'M RIGHT PICK ME!"

Barbara played Clock Game fairly well...until the last few seconds.  I still think that having that stupid video screen in the middle of the prizes looks out of place.

It's been a while since I've seen someone win $25K on the wheel...

I actually kinda liked the more subdued Rich today. He just read the copy and not much more. He didn't sound over-the-top, nor did he sound like he was trying too hard, like he has sounded a lot like lately.  On the other hand, Drew also sounded bored at times, especially with the reveal of Money Game.

I really liked the presentation of the sixth item up for bids. Reminded me a lot of the good old fashioned showcases...the ones that were actually real showcases and not just a bunch of prizes thrown together haplessly.

If they're going to play Plinko last, and set up the SPs so that they all won't be won, they might as well play Punch-a-Bunch instead. That game is at least somewhat exciting when only one punch is won. Plinko with just two chips is boring.

OVERALL: 3/5.