TPiR Recap - 12/24/2010

[Off_trak]

It's always a nice surprise to see somebody win That's Too Much!.  Of course, the surprise would have been even nicer if Manuela hadn't given it away before she revealed the price.

It seemed like there was an odd edit there during the reveal. I'm not sure Manuela's "reveal" was completely intentional.

Although I like Pay the Rent, I would have preferred Golden Road today. I actually ignored Rent's playing, more or less. (Although, I still feel if anyone here ever gets the chance to pay the game in real life, the way to win it is to play it backwards... Safe to Mailbox.)

Got say I was somewhat surprised at the DSW. I felt the showcase was somewhere around $42,000. Nice way to end the show tho. Drew almost seemed to be stretching for time there at the sign off.

I think we all knew the Christmas tree was going to be a one bid, but it was surprising it wasn't played for until Part 2 of the show. It has to be a record for the longest display of a One Bid in Price history.. lol

[TPIRZippy]

Wow, talk about a show with a slow start turning into something great!  Winless first half, perfect second half, and a DSW!  Not bad at all!  Nice way to go out to Christmas.

What a heartbreaker on Dice Game.  She played it well.  She went against the odds thinking that she had an idea of the last number and it didn't work out.

Strange having the Christmas tree be the 4th IUFB, not the first.  

I can't believe he didn't stop with the $5000 in Pay The Rent.  No way he was getting $10,000 with his choices.  

I was bracing for a wild misadventure in Secret X with all the motioning about putting an X in the middle. Somehow she still manages to win......  Drew needs to explain Secret X better.  Watch some Barker playings and learn, Drew.

[FPGWillyT]

I didn't see it as a spoiler since the show has already aired in both zones.
I will be mindful of that in the future, and denote DSWs in titles later.

Kitch, keep leaving it as it is.  I like the way you've got it setup and for pete's sake people, anytime you click on a recap you are by default asking to be spoiled.

Worse though is the fact that no one has mentioned we saw the third biggest daytime winner in PIR history and no one noticed THAT!

[Macsen]

A couple have mentioned that it's the third-biggest daytime win ever.

[Jordanar18]

3rd highest winner in daytime history!!!

[Macsen]

I knew she bid well. I didn't know she bid that well.

I was hoping she was just over, which would've meant a DSW for me in the CSS. xD

[thepriceis_J]

Who's to say that's the thread people were coming in to look at?  You can have something to do in this subforum without having seen the day's episode yet.

Then either highlight Spoilers in the title of this Sub-Forum or get rid of the word all together. You can't say "spoilers", but not until you click on the episode. They should be allowed to pop up wherever. What if someone didn't know an episode was for Holloween, but Kitch referenced it in the title? Are we to remove that? I'm done on the subject. I believe it is frivolous since the word spoilers clearly forewarns of this.

It's always a nice surprise to see somebody win That's Too Much!.  Of course, the surprise would have been even nicer if Manuela hadn't given it away before she revealed the price.

So now Manuela's on your list. Seems she'll pick-up where Lanisha left off.

Worse though is the fact that no one has mentioned we saw the third biggest daytime winner in PIR history and no one noticed THAT!

I know. I'd rather like to know who provided Drew with that fact. Kathy before the reveal? Or is Drew somewhat studying PIR history?

[vadernader]

Kitch, keep leaving it as it is.  I like the way you've got it setup and for pete's sake people, anytime you click on a recap you are by default asking to be spoiled.

Worse though is the fact that no one has mentioned we saw the third biggest daytime winner in PIR history and no one noticed THAT!

The DSW in the recap title doesn't just show up in the recap thread. It also shows in most recent posts.

[BRB_TheFireball]

As uneventful as it was to see Pay the Rent first (and see another loss), it did allow for Double Prices to be played second... and be played at Door 3 for the first time in 11 years.  Very exciting.

I got a kick out of the fact that I made a post in OILF this morning about the Russian guy calling himself "Peggy" in the Discover commercials... and there was actually a contestant named Peggy on today's show.  Needless to say, "Peggy" became a running joke in chat for the rest of the show, especially after Dice Game.  She tried to out-Mike Mike on that last number and blew what was the easiest setup in a very long time.

Sure enough, we got our dreaded tree One-Bid this week... and it was weird to see it fourth instead of first.  Sadly, no animatronic Santa and Mrs. Claus this year.

I can't believe that somebody actually won That's Too Much today.  I thought that $23,235 was too much.

Why was Judy trying to put her Xs on the red squares?  She looked totally out of it the entire show, but redeemed herself with an amazing Christmas Eve DSW-quality bid.

My showcase bids:
--$32,507
Acura--$47,507

[SteveGavazzi]

Kitch, keep leaving it as it is.  I like the way you've got it setup and for pete's sake people, anytime you click on a recap you are by default asking to be spoiled.

Oh, come on, Willy.  I've been known to come in here before watching the day's show to look at something in a previous recap thread.  I certainly don't want to have to avoid doing that in the future because I'll be able to tell what happens in the Showcase based on whether the recap is stickied or not.

Then either highlight Spoilers in the title of this Sub-Forum or get rid of the word all together. You can't say "spoilers", but not until you click on the episode. They should be allowed to pop up wherever. What if someone didn't know an episode was for Holloween, but Kitch referenced it in the title? Are we to remove that? I'm done on the subject. I believe it is frivolous since the word spoilers clearly forewarns of this.

You know what?  That's a downright stupid comparison.  Noting that there's a set of special decorations on the stage is a far cry from giving away the outcome of the Showcase, and I'm kind of bothered that someone would advocate telling people to avoid an entire group of threads just because a single one will reveal whether or not there was a DSW.

It is a spoiler.  Spoilers should not be in thread titles, and the act of stickying a thread certainly shouldn't be one.

So now Manuela's on your list. Seems she'll pick-up where Lanisha left off.

If she keeps it up?  Yes.  None of them should be doing that.

The DSW in the recap title doesn't just show up in the recap thread. It also shows in most recent posts.

Well, there ya go.  Nothing that could cause people to have to avoid a region of the front page should be considered acceptable.

[thepriceis_J]

You know what?  That's a downright stupid comparison.  Noting that there's a set of special decorations on the stage is a far cry from giving away the outcome of the Showcase, and I'm kind of bothered that someone would advocate telling people to avoid an entire group of threads just because a single one will reveal whether or not there was a DSW.

It is a spoiler.  Spoilers should not be in thread titles, and the act of stickying a thread certainly shouldn't be one.

You know what? You are right. However, I wasn't advocating anything, simply stating the word Spoiler is what it means. It just is and it is in the title of the Sub-forum. Yet since the thread title is listed in an area seen by all, spoilers shouldn't be named (see below).

Also, I couldn't find another comparison. I'm an apples to grapefruit guy *sarcasm*

I like you. You very smart and wise.

Well, there ya go.  Nothing that could cause people to have to avoid a region of the front page should be considered acceptable.

I concede. And NOW, I'm done speaking on the subject. You can tell I'm serious because of the bold capitalization.

By the Way, it looks like we are on serious track to match and probably beat last season's 3 DSWs. Way to go Season 39!

[katrinka_ohio]

I yelled so loudly at the DSW today that I scared the dog!  Judy was a terrific contestant.  Great to see a win at That's Too Much. 

[Kev347]

Well, today was most certainly a tale of 2 shows. It got off to a grinding halt at the start with that Pay The Rent, which in my opinion wasn't really that much more or less winnable than any of the other times we've seen that game, and then Double Prices and Dice Game were both disappointing losses considering they were easy setups. (Seriously, why did she think that last number in Dice Game was a 2 or a 1? Maybe it's because they've been really evil in setting up Dice Game enough times that when they're finally nice, no one is able to give them the benefit of the doubt?)

But then after that, oh boy. Flip Flop started us off, and then TTM and Secret X were both particularly impressive wins! TTM is always nice to see won, and that was the first time when Secret X was won with the X at the bottom in several seasons - Mike really got fooled there! And then that contestant went from barely knowing where to put the X to DSWing an Acura! I bet Mike nearly fainted at that result. Here's a hint: When both showcases are that expensive, you probably shouldn't have the ARP of either showcase end in anything between 000-250; if the showcase ARP had been 49251, for example, she wouldn't have DSWed because she would have been off by $251. and most people tend to bid ending in -000. This is a practice that I'm pretty sure Mike has used frequently in setting previous showcases up, but I wonder why he got cocky today).

Still, honestly this was by far the best of the three Mike Christmas weeks. I was beginning to get skeptical after Wednesday's and Thursday's shows, but then today's second half went and made me feel better all on its own. Let's just hope this doesn't affect the budget too much now in the coming year.

Timings:
Pay The Rent (7) - 5:52
Double Prices (3) - 2:56
Dice Game (4.5)- 4:45
Flip Flop (3.5) - 3:17
That's Too Much! (5) - 3:20
Secret X (4.5)- 4:57
Total (27.5): 25:07

[elskunkoman]

Nice wins on Flip Flop, That's too much, and secret X. And nice to have a DSW for the holidays. Double Prices and Dice game shoulda been won then we'd have a 5 for 6.

[Cartboy]

Dice Game:  Tough loss, although that was a dumb move not going with the odds on the last number.
Flip Flop:  Nice job!
That's Too Much:  Wow, it was actually won!
Secret X:  Nice win to make it a perfect 2nd half!
Showcases:  What an awesome DSW!!

Great end to the week, IMHO.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!