TPiR Recap - 9/27/2010

[Macsen]

Episode #5241K Aired: 9/27/2010; Tape Date 7/21/2010 Models: Rachel Reynolds, Manuela Arbelaez, Lanisha Cole (Elan U.S.A.) Announcer: J.D. Roberto Drew Entrance: Door #2 Mic Handoff: Rachel First Four Contestant Seating: Left to Right

First IUFB: Home theater system (harman/kardon; ARP: $1,798) (Manuela and Lanisha) CASSANDRA GOODWIN MICHAEL GWENDA WINNER $1000 $1200 $1100 $1201 GWENDA Gwenda, a loyal fan and true, nearly faints when she finds out she's playing Triple Play! VEHICLE CHOICES (guess bolded) RESULT Scion tC (2.4-litre engine, panoramic moonroof) (Lanisha) $17,995 YES ARP: $18,570 $20,165 Chevrolet HHR LS (2.2-litre EcoTec engine, dual-headrest DVD, OnStar) (Rachel) $18,100 YES ARP: $21,480 $20,849 $23,250 Nissan Xterra X 4x2 (4-litre V6 engine) (Manuela) $19,540 NO LOSS ARP: $24,465 (second) $21,962 $25,321 $29,620 Ya know, Gwenda, a true LFaT realizes the following: NEVER LISTEN TO THE PEANUT GALLERY!

Second IUFB: Billiards table (Mizerak; ARP: $1,400) (Rachel and Lanisha) Cassandra Goodwin Michael TENESHA WINNER $700 $1300 $1000 $100 UGH!!! GOODWIN Goodwin, who manhandles Drew like a Samoan, is playing 1 Right Price. ITEM TAG ARP Workbench set w/tools (Westward) (Manuela) $2,996 (Rachel) $2,996 *WIN* 60" steam shower (MyBathUSA.com) (Lanisha)   $3,799 Total ARP: $6,795

Third IUFB: Day bed (Carolina Chair Dryden; ARP: $1,535) (Lanisha) Cassandra RICHARD Michael Tenesha WINNER $1350 $1100 $1300 $550 CASSANDRA Cassandra is playing Hi-Lo for Groceries for a Year (one person) and a gas range. (Heartland Paragon; 6 burners, dual fuel; Total ARP: $8,846) (Rachel) HI Off bug repellent $5.99   Wish Bone raspberry vinaigrette dressing $3.29   Edwards Oreo cream pie $9.79   LO Jaw Busters candy 25¢   Elmer's school glue $2.08   Betty Crocker four-cheese mashed potatoes $2.19 *WIN* Remember when Hi-Lo seemed like one of the harder games on the show? Now they're 2-for-2. Pending any playings between now and the B set of shows last week.

SCSD #1 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 TOTAL Gwenda $1,798 85 STAY *SHOWCASE* Goodwin $8,195 55 70 OVER Cassandra $10,381 55 65 OVER

Fourth IUFB: Cocktail dresses (Nicole Miller; set of 3; ARP: $1,125) (all models) CHRISTINA Richard Michael Tenesha WINNER $450 $1200 $800 $1000 TENESHA Tenesha is playing Pick-a-Number for a trip to Montreal. (RT coach LA to Montreal, 6n Le Centre Sheraton Montreal; guided city tour) (Manuela) Thge choices are 4, 6 and 7. (Lanisha) CHOICE     7     ARP LOSS $ 8 4 9 5

Fifth IUFB: Camping equipment (Tent, grill, table set; ARP: $916) (Rachel) Christina Richard Michael DALE WINNER $750 $800 $1050 $1000 RICHARD Richard is playing Master Key. ITEM Kate Spade organizer electric Lazy Susan DISPLAY 795 490 GUESS 79 90 ARP $95 $49 KEY WRONG WIPEOUT On the bright side, it's three ARPs I won't have to sweat later on. Recording equipment (Manuela) N/A Honda CRF-50 motorcycle (Lanisha) N/A Chevrolet Aveo LS 5-door (1.6-litre engine, OnStar) (Rachel) N/A

Michael's done everything right, and now he's facing joining a very crowded First Four Wall of Shame. Due to dumb luck, he's ceded the last-bid advantage, forced to go second. Will he live in infamy, or make a Great Escape? Sixth IUFB: Trampoline (JumpStart; ARP: $899) (Lanisha) Christina JEAN Michael Dale WINNER $902 $850 $900 $901 JEAN Ouch, the cheapy model! Michael, who was doomed in a much different way than we thought he was, heads over to get his mugshot taken, while Jean is playing Bonkers for a new home office desk set (Ashley Carlyle; desk, hutch and chair) and a computer. (Apple Mac Pro; 3GB RAM, 640GB HDD, 24" monitor, all-in-one printer) (Manuela) The display is 4658. 1st choice: LHLH WRONG :22 2nd choice: HLHL WRONG :12 3rd choice: HHLH WRONG :15 4th choice: HLHH LOSS ARP: $5,327 (HLLL)

SCSD #2 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 TOTAL Jean $899 80 STAY 80 Richard $916 50 70 OVER Tenesha $1,125 30 50 80 Tiebreaker... Contestant Winnings Spin Result Jean $899 70 *SHOWCASE* Tenesha $1,125 10

SHOWCASE ROUND Gwenda has the honor... SC1 - JEAN ICE COLD BEVERAGES (all Lanisha) Bar set (Howard Miller Niagara) Keggerator (Danby keg refrigerator, 5.8 cu. ft.) Pair of 40" LED-LCD HDTVs (Sharp Aquos) Germany (RT coach LA to Munich, 6n hotel, 2 VIP passes to Oktoberfest festivities incl. 2 litres free beer, $5,000 cash) BID: $12,000 ARP: $24,445 DIFF: $12,445 *WIN* $25,344       SC2 - GWENDA LOVE A GOOD TIME? Barbecue gazebo w/barbecue island (CalFlame Pavillion PV-6004) (Manuela) Acapulco (RT coach LA to Acapulco, 6n luxury hotel, nightclub visits) (Rachel) 2011 Ford Mustang convertible (3.7-litre V6 engine) (Lanisha) BID: $27,500 ARP: $40,000 DIFF: $12,500 LOSS $1,798

Show Results: 2 out of 6 Total Winnings: $47,759 THIS RECAP IS THE PRODUCED SOLELY FOR GOLDEN-ROAD.NET UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OR EXHIBITION IS PROHIBITED PRODUCED BY KITCH

[leafsfan17]

Nice wins there in Hi Lo and 1 Right Price. And we came so close to a TP win, which would have been awesome. Hope tomorrow's show goes better.

[mrbrown2195]

Wow, with an ARP of exactly $40,000, a contestant could've easily had an EXACTA on that second showcase.

...and then Mike Richards would've been laying some bricks.

[Macsen]

Wow, with an ARP of exactly $40,000, a contestant could've easily had an EXACTA on that second showcase.

...and then Mike Richards would've been laying some bricks.

His fault for allowing a showcase with an exact ARP on it.

[Off_trak]

Good show today. Triple Play should have been won. It was fairly easy, but she got talked outta it. boooooooo!

I thought Hi Lo was actually pretty tricky today. I would have never guessed that pie was almost $10.

That Mustang was way more expensive than I thought. I felt $27,500 was a solid bid. Painful loss for her, yet again.

[tpirfan28]

Outside of JD's mindless ramblings, high quality program today.  Drew bumbled his way through TP, though...he should know better, but since it's only been played a handful of times with him (maybe the fewest of all the games?)...

[BRB_TheFireball]

I haven't been around here a lot, or watched many episodes of TPIR, lately.  I did watch all of last week's episodes, though, as I was in the hospital after suffering a heart attack and had the liberty of watching.

After watching the first week of Season 39, I decided that I may get back in the habit of taping TPIR.  So this is my very first post of Season 39.

I thought for sure that Triple Play would have its first win since December 6, 2007.  I did not expect the Xterra to be that cheap.

It's great to hear a classic car cue in Master Key again.  OK, so it's not Big Banana, but anything besides one of the crappy current cues works for me.  This may be a new season, but I see that the impossible SPs haven't changed.  The day planner was outrageously expensive and the multi-purpose lazy Susan was outrageously cheap.

That $40,000 showcase almost triggered another heart attack.  It would have triggered a heart attack for Mike as well if somebody had actually been gutsy enough to bid that.  I believe this is the first showcase ARP to end in 000 since December 2005.

I thought that Gwenda's bid was a nice safe bid that would have been enough for the win, given how much Jean garfed on her own bid.

My showcase bids:
Beer--$28,107
Mustang--$35,107

[elskunkoman]

Triple play was almost won and pick a number was tough today. The contestant who got a wipeout in master key was stupid to say the tin was 90 when it was obviously 49 but the diary was tough and bonkers i woulda won also.

[Wayoshi]

I believe this is the first showcase ARP to end in 000 since December 2005.

I remember a 21000 SC that you & I played CSS on in 2008. But this must have one of a handful, or even the first, to end in 0000. Three 0s is one rare thing, but FOUR...the chances of exacta-ing such a showcase just go so far up in that jump, that it comes across as desperate/rigged, which I know Mike doesn't want. I'm sure it won't happen again for a really, really long time, but it made the last segment today a bit awkward, IMO.

I won't repeat what everyone's said on TP, but...boy, Key & Bonkers were just blown up today. Bad Richard & Jean, bad contestants! Do better!

[444dd]

God I can not belive the loss in triple play.  I fell to the floor when she lost.  Master Key that dude was so dumb he dose not deserve to win.  Also I can not stand J.D. when he puts in side comments during the games   turn his mic OFF after he is done reading the copy!

[GameShowKid]

Also I can not stand J.D. when he puts in side comments during the games   turn his mic OFF after he is done reading the copy!

I feel about the same way. As I've written before, such comments, especially when J.D. (or anyone else) is off-camera, are completely unnecessary and awkward. It seems like, however and unfortunately, there will be more of this as the season continues.

I've never liked Master Key; too much of a luck game for me.

[Off_trak]

I dunno... maybe it's just me, but at times I find when the random comments come up from JD, Drew either looks confused or annoyed. I have a feeling he's not a big fan of it, either...

[therealcu2010]

It's really too bad Triple Play was lost. Gwenda seemed like a true Loyal Friend and True, the kind of contestant that has been so sorely missing lately.  Too bad she listened to the Peanut Gallery...if she had went with her gut, she would have won.

Key and Bonkers, however, were just played badly.

JD (and the models) really need to not talk unless they're being addressed (and on-camera).

That second showcase was just screaming for an exacta. I wonder what would have happened backstage if someone had actually bid $40K even...

Is this the first time they've offered beer as a prize?

OVERALL: 3.5/5.

[sideshowPA]

I understand that Drew will now greet the announcer during the open, but JD really shouldn't attempt to initiate conversation there.  Drew can't hear him, and it comes across as just plain awkward.

Was it me, or was the overall sound balance way off during Triple Play?  I could barely hear Drew above the crowd, and he wasn't real coherent during the segment anyway.  It just sounded like the balance was wrong to me.

Both incorrect prices in Key were plausible.  Too bad he missed them both.

I think Jean under-bid the cash in SC1.  And do you think there was conversation between the producers about SC2 being exactly 40K?  Oh to be a fly on the wall there.

[Kev347]

Well, for a show trying really hard not to have an exacta, having a showcase be worth exactly $40,000 doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. Then again an exacta there would just occur incidentally, so maybe they wouldn't mind it as much.

Nice to see Triple Play show up already! It was a shame she let the audience talk her out of a win. Then she makes it to the showcase, and misses out on the nice Mustang convertible by just $55. What a painful day for Gwenda.

Today's believe it or not stat of te day: Hi Lo now has more wins in Season 39 than it did in all of Season 38.

Well, I guess I'm glad we got our annual Master Key wipeout of the way early. <sarcasm> While that was set up harder than sometimes, in general the setups, especially on Triple Play, were fair today. The most annoying things about this episode was all of JD's random awkward comments, which just shouldn't be happening - they disrupt the flow of the show completely.

Timings:
Triple Play (6) - 5:37
One Right Price (3.5) - 3:07
Hi Lo (5) - 4:20
Pick A Number (3.5) - 2:56
Master Key (5) - 3:53
Bonkers (4.5) - 3:56
Total time (27.5): 23:49