The Price is Right - 08/27/10

[mrbrown2195]

I have to ask...when is a college student going to find time to take a nine-day tour of Europe?

Spring break. Summer. Winter break. Mardi Gras break (if you're in Louisiana). There are plenty of opportunities to take a 9 day trip to Europe.

[SteveGavazzi]

No different than the 37 hours gag.  They're both stupid and stale.

Bob didn't shove it down your throat.  The line was said, canned laughter was heard, and the game moved on.

[Cartboy]

Lucky Seven:  What a great win!
Plinko:  Very nice haul!
Check Out:  What an evil setup!  How the heck was that paper more than $4?!
Switch?:  I really don't think they should have groceries for a year in games like this where you have to try to guess he price.

Pretty good show, IMHO.

Good luck, Rich!  I'll miss you!

[FPGWillyT]

Switch?:  I really don't think they should have groceries for a year in games like this where you have to try to guess the price.

See, the funny thing is, that prize has been in a showcase or two hasn't it?  One more unpriceable item that can now be priced.

[Kev347]

This show was not without its problems, but it had several hidden gem moments. In particular, Plinko today reminded me of how exciting Plinko can be at its best. Not just the big win, but the fact that she was so excited both to play it and to win that much money, and that there was great energy throughout. Just a great segment. Lucky $even and the showcase reveal were also fun (and yay for a two car clean house day!)

Check-Out today reminded me that they seemed to not know the difference between "hard but fair" and "completely unwinnable", unfortunately. That was just mean. Balance Game today was bizarre as well, but in a different way. I noticed the contestant had a few minutes of confusion over whether to place the $7000 bag on the scale or whether to place the $1000 and $6000 bags on the scale for a total of $7000. Perhaps setups like that where two of the bags add up to the third bag should be avoided in the future, to cut back on this confusion.

It was clear that everyone was intent on giving Rich a good sendoff today, and you can see that in the extended credits on CBS.com, which I highly recommend people watch. Plus it's rare we get to see credits that extended in the first place (you'll see what I mean when you watch).

And, why not, the timings:

Push Over (4) - 2:54
Lucky $even (4.5) - 4:01
Plinko (5.5) - 5:56
Balance Game (4)- 3:47
Check-Out (5.5) - 5:45
Switch? (3.5) - 3:16
Total time (27): 24:39

[whinbaby]

The 7,302nd episode (190th for Season 38)

Bidding Round #6 (XBox 360)
I do not see a WWE Smackdown vs. Raw video game there.  Also, I do, in fact, use XBox Live.

Showcase #1
Desk - $357
Chair - $849
Lenovo U350 - $849
15" LCD TV - $523
Mini Refrigerator - $249
Amazon - $1,000
Chrysler PT Cruiser - $19,615

My bid:  $25,000 (D'oh!)

Showcase #2
Backpacks - $438
Tour of Europe - $11,498
Motorscooters - $8,798

My bid:  $35,000 (D'oh!)

Your Modeling Scorecard for August 27, 2010
Lanisha Cole
Total:  15/$33,397 (12/$9,716, 3/$23,681)
Cars:  1/$20,344 (0/$0, 1/$20,344)
Trips:  1/$4,046 (1/$4,046, 0/$0)

Manuela Arbelaez
Total:  7/$46,003 (4/$25,269, 3/$20,734)
Cars:  1/$21,295 (1/$21,295, 0/$0)
Trips:  1/$11,498 (0/$0, 1/$11,498)

Amber Lancaster
Total:  5/$34,315 (3/$22,022, 2/$12,293)
Cars:  1/$19,615 (1/$19,615, 0/$0)
Trips:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)

And for the season
Lanisha Cole (126 shows)
Total:  1,134/$5,858,643 (693/$2,391,302, 441/$3,467,341)
Cars:  107/$2,432,195 (37/$838,480, 70/$1,593,715)
Trips:  108/$840,883 (57/$444,621, 51/$396,262)

Manuela Arbelaez (117 shows)
Total:  987/$5,847,553 (613/$2,584,963, 374/$3,262,590)
Cars:  108/$2,403,791 (51/$1,175,182, 57/$1,228,609)
Trips:  120/$1,036,189 (66/$534,381, 54/$501,808)

Amber Lancaster (79 shows)
Total:  648/$4,030,714 (414/$1,807,922, 234/$2,222,792)
Cars:  78/$1,826,636 (29/$676,025, 49/$1,150,611)
Trips:  74/$544,673 (38/$278,044, 36/$266,629)

[compdude512]

I have to give props to the crew for selecting prizes that were practical for college students.  On the Spring Break show, if you'll recall, the prizes were completely impractical and were not realistic for on-campus living.  On the other hand, I could see myself using all the prizes in the first Showcase on campus.  The desk, computer, TV, and mini-fridge would actually fit right into a dorm, and the PT Cruiser could be parked on campus without a problem.

Kudos to them.  I know they read this board (whether they want to admit it or not!), so thank you for listening to what actual college students have to say.  We appreciate it when you give us prizes we can use on campus all year.

Tyler

[thewhammy_2000]

Well, a "fresh" episode. Let's see if it's like the rest of 'em...

Push Over: I felt like I just saw this game yesterday (No, wait. It was from the episode I just uploaded on the 'Tube). "They're not gonna have the right price (my guess of 4046 instead of all the way at 3109) that soon, are they?" Yup.

One Bid 2: I thought that table would be in the $800s, making Jacqueline win, but I was so wrong.

Lucky $even: While cooking, I paused it right when Tonie was about to guess the last number. Thinking along the lines of Minute to Win it, what would happen if Price went to commercial at that point. My thought was that Tonie CAN get this. Unpause, and my first guess was 9, but really looking at the price, thinking it could be 8 or some other number Tonie would not get. Proof positive that having one dollar in the end CAN STILL result in a win.

One Bid 3: If they're gonna pick people like Miles (and pretty much all the contestants who ended up spinning the Wheel) to be contestants, then my chances of being a contestant are shot to bleep right now.

Plinko: When Brianna went up on stage, I was predicting that Plinko would be played, resulting in NOT having a perfect show (not that I was rooting for one anyway; and her missing the last prize sealed it, too). But heck, I would love to have $21,500 for anything college related.
[At the time of this writing, I'm still waiting on my admission acceptance...]

Balance Game: For the sake of having five numbers appear on the vane display, I would put the $7K and $6K bags on the scale. I wasn't paying attention to pricing the prizes correctly, anyway.

check out. they really gotta make it difficult to win with those products huh

One Bid 6: Sometimes I wonder if 1-upping a potential banishee feels like the the 1 is a stabber...

Switch?: "A year's supply of food" again? Ha Ha. For some reason, Switch? is beginning to feel like the new Bump to me...

Yeah, it seemed like a little bittersweet ending to see Rich go out like this. I wanted to see what kind of signal about Rich they were going to do. Instead I see other stuff like Connor and Lanisha dancing. Oh well.
Now that I saw the full ending, it really felt like was the Season Finale with footage of Carey, Greco, and Company, including an announcer that looks like he was about to cry. Godspeed.

[JayC]

I'm also surprised that they didn't go too far with the Back to School thing.  They could have had prizes like a year's tuition, a scholarship, or loans being paid off but thankfully stayed with mostly standard prizes (although that groceries for a year thing is stupid in a pricing game).  And although Lucky $even's first 3 numbers were quite evil, it was refreshing to see a 5 at the end and great to see it won.  Check Out though was just evil and I thought it was going over the top to put up the LOSS lighting after the 4th product.  

With the $50 cell phone bid, he was probably thinking that it was that price because of the deals providers give where you get a phone for a price like that when you get a 2 year agreement.

As for the 9 day trip of Europe.. a student could definitely take it during summer vacation or winter break.  

[Todd]

The extended credits on CBS.com were really fun and a nice little sendoff for Rich.  They all totally knew that show was it.

I have to agree. It was really awesome seeing the whole behind the scenes crew.

[LiteBulb88]

Just a couple of comments on the games I got to see today:

Balance Game:  D'oh.  He was going to go $7998 and let the audience talk him into $8998.

Check Out:  ?!?!?!  Paper for $4?  Not that it mattered by that point in the game, but 12 pencils for $5???

Switch:  A thinking contestant could've won this game.  One price ended in $xx95 and the other in $xx47.  Which sounds much more likely to be a single prize's price, and which sounds much more like an average of many values?

[mrbrown2195]

I have to agree. It was really awesome seeing the whole behind the scenes crew.

I noticed a certain executive producer conspicuously missing from that whole...

[heelsrule1988]

New shows have been aired in August during Seasons 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 38.  In fact, Seasons 5-9 started in August.

Interesting... that explains why I hadn't heard of that happening, since it was in the early days.

[FieldsFan336]

Even with proxy, I was unable to watch the episode on the CBS website - I would have loved to see Rich's sendoff

[richfieldsfan]

Rich look like he was about to cry right when the copyright came up. But a nice sendoff with Marty, Kathy, and others in the shot.