TPiR Recap - 9/21/2010 Early Show

[Macsen]

Episode #5232K Aired: 9/21/2010 (Early); Tape Date 7/19/2010 Models: Lanisha Cole, Manuela Arbelaez, Rachel Reynolds (Tony Bowls) Announcer: J.D. Roberto Drew Entrance: Door #2 Mic Handoff: Lanisha First Four Contestant Seating: Left to Right

First IUFB: Set of 3 coats (ARP: $1,075) (all three coats) JESSICA MATTHEW KAYLA CARMELITA WINNER $400 $2000 $700 $600 KAYLA Kayla is playing Temptation for a Chevrolet Camaro LS Coupe. (3.6-litre V6 engine) (Manuela) The first digit is 2. ITEM ARP DIGIT Kawasaki Ninja 250R motorcycle (Rachel) $3,999 9 Cash bowl (Lanisha) $464 4 64-pc bone china set (Rachel) $2,288 8 Apple iTunes Gift Card (Lanisha) $500 0 Changes: None (Guess: $29,480) BAILOUT (Prizes: $7,251) ARP: $23,680 (good choice)

Second IUFB: Digital SLR Camera (18MP, HD video, two lenses, 4GB memory chip; ARP: $1,360) (Rachel) Jessica Matthew MARCI Carmelita WINNER $1495 $1600 $2000 $650 CARMELITA Carmelita is playing Flip Flop for a trip to Cancun. (RT coach LA to Cancun, 6n Omni Cancun, underwater observation bubble) (Manuela) ORIGINAL 63 45 GUESS 63 54 ARP 36 54 ARP: $3,654 LOSS

Third IUFB: Pilates machine (ARP: $699) (Lanisha) Jessica Matthew Marci RALPH WINNER $695 $1600 $700 $1795 JESSICA Jessica is playing Cliff Hangers for an Ethan Allen furniture group (w/Comfortaire King mattress) and 32" LCD HDTV. (ARP: $13,093) (Rachel) ITEM GUESS ACTUAL STEPS   Libman Wonder Mop $10 $10 0   Juice Stand $30 $29 1   Nesco food dehydrator $35 $45 10 Just a nice, short hike. *WIN*

SCSD #1 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 TOTAL Carmelita $1,360 80 STAY *SHOWCASE* Kayla $8,326 55 10 65 Jessica $13,876 20 10 30

Fourth IUFB: Poker table (84" Texas Hold'em style, 500-pc chip set; ARP: $1,854) (Rachel and Lanisha) LINDSAY Matthew Marci Ralph WINNER $400 $1100 $1200 $1201 RALPH Ralph is playing Double Prices for a Sea-Doo GTI 130 PWC. (trailer) (Manuela and Rachel) $9,559 ARP: $8,889 LOSS $8,889

Fifth IUFB: Set of five MP3 and MP4 players (ARP: $639) (model) Lindsay Matthew Marci BONNIE WINNER $10 $599 $451 $450 MATTHEW Marci jumped the gun, but the real winner was Matthew! Matthew, the last of our First Four, is playing Easy as 1-2-3. ITEM BLOCK ARP Danby wine cooler (Manuela) 3 $1599 LOSS Noritake crystal collection (Rachel) 1 $720 Michael Amini Tides bar set (Lanisha) 2 $2449 Manuela said she'd pay more than the bar set for the wine cooler, just to help him. Some help she was.

Sixth IUFB: Pair of Croton watches (ARP: $1,000) (overhead platform) Lindsay CHRISTIAN Marci Bonnie WINNER $1100 $450 $800 $875 BONNIE Bonnie, a school lunch lady from Bismarck, ND, is playing for a Ford Focus S sedan. (automatic transmission, Sirius satellite radio) (Lanisha; Rachel on items) Available numbers: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 King's Hawaiian sweet rolls Philadelphia cream cheese (8 oz) Reese's peanut butter $1.89 $1.09 $2.99 Minute Maid fruit punch Arm & Hammer baking soda Barbasol shaving cream WRONG (99¢) RIGHT (3rd, 3) RIGHT (4th, 6) GUESS: $18,365 (free numbers bolded) ARP: $18,364 LOSS Ohhhhh... if only she got the fruit punch right! Funny thing is, the audience didn't like the 8.

SCSD #2 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 TOTAL Matthew $639 75 STAY 75 Bonnie $1,000 85 STAY *SHOWCASE* Ralph $1,854 20 45 65

SHOWCASE ROUND Carmelita has the honor... SC1 - BONNIE TREASURE TROVE OF PRECIOUS METALS Gold-plated MacBook Pro laptop (24kt gold plated) (Lanisha) Copper bath tub (Manuela) Silver-colored Dodge Caliber Mainstreet 5-door (2.0-litre engine, cloth bucket seats) (Rachel) BID: $27,000 ARP: $29,429 DIFF: $2,429 *WIN* $30,429       SC2 - CARMELITA LOVE PIZZA? (all Manuela) 5pc dining set (fire pit table, 4 swivel bar chairs) 3-in-1 Pizza oven (grill insert) New York City (RT coach LA to NYC, 6n Hotel Mela Times Square, 4-hour pizza making class) Rome (RT coach LA to Rome, 6n Hotel Atlante Garden, private kitchen class) BID: $14,500 ARP: $18,272 DIFF: $3,772 LOSS $1,360 Everybody in the audience gets a slice of Papa John's Pizza.

Show Results: 1 out of 6 Total Winnings: $56,484 THIS RECAP IS THE PRODUCED SOLELY FOR GOLDEN-ROAD.NET UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OR EXHIBITION IS PROHIBITED PRODUCED BY KITCH

[heelsrule1988]

If only someone would have run over and made a scratch on the car, Bonnie would have won Stack the Deck.

BEST CONTESTANT OF THE DAY: Carmelita
SHOW GRADE: 2

[Off_trak]

So, here's my question of the day.. Did we get a sneak preview of a new set for 5 Price Tags in the 1st showcase today? Pretty cool if it was...

Nearly another exciting win in Stack the Deck today.. Although I knew Fords tend to end with 4's.. ah well...

[dagdoggnh]

Kitch, you need to fix your recap and put "WIN" next to Bonnie's total.  Bonnie's bid was closer to her showcase value.  Carmelita was farther away.

[elskunkoman]

It's too bad Double Prices, eazy as 123 and stack the deck were lost today. Otherwise we'd have a 4 for 6 show.

[sideshowPA]

It's too bad Double Prices, eazy as 123 and stack the deck were lost today. Otherwise we'd have a 4 for 6 show.

LOL.  Too bad Temtation and Flip-Flop were also lost, or else we would have had a perfect show today.

But, instead.....it's 1 for 6.....

A Gold Plated MacBook.  Is Flava Flav shopping for the show now?

The second showcase had a nice theme.  Carmelita seemed like she was really gunning for trips.

[leafsfan17]

Cliffhangers was played amazingly well today. Too bad that was the only win for this show, but hopefully the second show went better.

[katrinka_ohio]

Bonnie's loss on Stack the Deck was heartbreaking.  I was right in thinking the last number would be "4".

[Macsen]

Kitch, you need to fix your recap and put "WIN" next to Bonnie's total.  Bonnie's bid was closer to her showcase value.  Carmelita was farther away.

Yeah, I did it on both recaps today. I need to pull them out of the showcase template so I don't do that anymore.

[SuperSweeper]

So, here's my question of the day.. Did we get a sneak preview of a new set for 5 Price Tags in the 1st showcase today? Pretty cool if it was...

That is an interesting point...but I hope that it's not true.  5 Price Tags has one of the coolest sets, IMO.

[Kev347]

And now that the season premiere's over, we return to the losing. I am really not surprised that Cliff Hangers was the only win of the day based on the setups in some of the games. I think they've started making Temptation easier because they do want it to be won, but unfortunately the "overpricing Camaro" bug showed up today. One positive of this show is that I actually liked JD's announcing job better on this show than on either of yesterday's - maybe I'm just getting used to it.

We got to hear more of the models talking this morning, and I must say, while it doesn't bother me, it really adds absolutely NOTHING to the show for me so far.

Timings:
Temptation (6) - 5:46
Flip Flop (3.5)- 3:11
Cliff Hangers (4.5) - 4:28
Double Prices (3) - 2:23
Eazy as 123 (4) - 4:20
Stack The Deck (5.5) - 5:38
Total time (26.5): 25:56

[Macsen]

I disagree with the idea of bad setups. Double Prices had a repeat prize. It's a low-end Sea-Doo. It's $8,889, just like it was the last two times we saw it. The Tides set in Easy is also a known big ticket item. And really, anybody who shops for dinner rolls knows how cheap King's Hawaiian is, and that $1.89 is virtually the universal price for a 2-litre bottle of name brand soft drink. If not for that, StD would've been won.

I want to hear the models more.

[sjd93]

I like that Temptation was played so early in the season, that it had a reasonable "gift total," and that it was set-up fairly. I don't like that it didn't use any of the correct music.

None of the set-ups were excessively mean except for maybe Flip Flop... Easy as 1-2-3 seemed particularly "nicely set-up" to me. There really shouldn't have been so many losses.

JD... he's certainly not as horrible as I feared, but there's definitely room for improvement. I'm looking forward to hearing Jeff Davis.

The first showcase today, like the first showcase of yesterday's late show, was pretty normal and well-scripted. The "precious metals" thing gave way to mostly sensible, price-able prizes that were nicely tied together. The gold laptop was a little silly, but overall, that was a good showcase. The second showcase wasn't bad either.

Overall, a slightly crappy lineup, but a decent show.

[SteveGavazzi]

How the hell could the show already be in budget mode on the first taping of the season?

Temptation's gifts were worth almost a third of the price of the car.  That's ridiculous.

The "conversations" with the Beauties during Temptation were also ridiculous.

Yesterday, Stack the Deck was jaw-dropping.  Today, it was heartbreaking.

It's too bad Double Prices, eazy as 123 and stack the deck were lost today. Otherwise we'd have a 4 for 6 show.

Gee, what an insightful statement.

[444dd]

How the hell could the show already be in budget mode on the first taping of the season?

They had to make that massive game pay the rent that was probably all of the seasons budget just to make that game.