TPiR Recap - 4/1/2011 (April Fools' Price 2011)

[Macsen]

Episode #5505K (April Fools' Price 2011 - 10,000th of Destruction and Mayhem) Aired: 4/1/2011; Tape Date 3/23/2011 Models: Gwendolyn Osborne, Rachel Reynolds, Manuela Arbelaez Announcer: George Gray Drew Entrance: Door #2 Mic Handoff: Gwendolyn First Four Contestant Seating: Right to Left

First IUFB: Plasma TV + Xbox 360 (Kinect, 6 games; ARP: $700) (Rachel and Manuela knock over the TV; Drew has to get a new ARP card) DEBORAH BETHANY CALEB ALLISON WINNER $1700 $400 $649 $552 CALEB Caleb, who doesn't go to Duke, is playing Squeeze Play for a Hyundai Sonata GLS. (2.4-litre engine, 6spd automatic transmission) (Gwendolyn) DISPLAY 2 1 4 6 3 4 CHOICE (removed 4) $ 2 1 6 3 4 ARP *WIN* $21,634 Drew has to squeeze them together manually.

Second IUFB: All-in-one computer (20" touch screen, 4GB RAM, 160GB HDD; ARP: $830) (Gwendolyn, as the turntable breaks and starts smoking) Deborah Bethany RICHARD Allison WINNER $900 $1101 $230 $1100 RICHARD Richard is playing Freeze Frame for a steam shower (MyBathUSA.com) (Rachel and George Gray; the steam shower turns on with George inside, and Richard jumps in with him!)   47 11   52 $5,247 29 31 LOSS 88   93 18

Third IUFB: Set of 5 inflatable pool toys (SportsStuff; ARP: $850) (Manuela, who has to open the door herself) Deborah Bethany COLTON Allison WINNER $600 $350 $300 $720 ALLISON Allison is playing Double Prices for a Yamaha Waverunner VX Cruiser PWC. (w/trailer) (Rachel and Gwendolyn) $13,271 ARP: $10,434 *WIN* $10,434 The DP display gets stuck, and falls apart before dropping the ARP window.

SCSD #1 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 TOTAL Richard $830 50 45 95 Allison $11,284 95 STAY 95 Caleb $22,334 75 95 *$1,000!* Tiebreaker... Contestant Winnings Spin Result Richard $830 50 *SHOWCASE* Allison $11,284 20   You know you all sometimes complain that Drew misses the tickets website spiel? Well, I hope you're all proud of yourselves. He literally described how to do it, from turning your computer on all the way through, including the exact keystrokes of the website address. They had to go to commercial and break back in to get to the end of it.

Fourth IUFB: 3pc outdoor tiki bar set (ARP: $927) (Gwendolyn) Deborah Bethany Colton MOLLY WINNER $1000 $1050 $1051 $525 MOLLY The Contestants' Row display goes on the fritz, and Scott comes out to write out cards with everybody's bids. At least he does it quick. Molly is playing Balance Game for a barbecue kitchen island. (CalFlame Pavillion PV-6004) (Rachel) $235 FREE ARP: $5,235 (Manuela) *WIN* $1,000 ✔ $4,000 ✔ $8,000   The bag looks to be moving and is far larger than usual. Right before the commercial, Manuela sets the bag on the floor and opens it to reveal George Gray.

Fifth IUFB: The dreaded Lobster tennis ball machine + tennis equipment (Lobster Elite; battery-powered; ARP: $1,792) (Rachel hits balls shot from the Lobster at George Gray, hitting him thrice in the neck and once in the balls. They get an audience member, Crystal, to re-read the copy.) Deborah Bethany Colton CAMERON WINNER $1100 $800 $550 $750 DEBORAH Deborah is playing Side by Side for a trip to New York. (RT coach LA to New York, 3n Loews Regency Hotel New York, tickets to the finals of the 2011 U.S. Open tennis tournament) (Manuela; the "Door 5" screen falls askew and scrambles during the reveal)   67 51 ARP: $6,751 *WIN* George has an ice bag on his shoulder?

Why couldn't we have done something with Mimi this year? Like put her in as the guest announcer? That makes me mad. I'm hoping for a suicide bid by Bethany. I'm feeling evil right now. Sixth IUFB: Set of 4 watches (ARP: $520) (the overhead platform falls and crashes on the stage, breaking off its hoist; Gwendolyn and Manuela set the watches back on the platform) GUADALUPE Bethany Colton Cameron WINNER $850 $650 $1000 $1 CAMERON Bethany heads over to get her mugshot taken, and Cameron is playing Lucky $even for a Ford Mustang coupe. (3.7-litre engine) (Rachel crashes the car through Door 3. Again. Drew assures Cameron he will get an undamaged car if he wins.) CHOICE -- 5 6 4     ARP 2 3 6 9 4 $23,694 LEFT 7 5 5 0   LOSS

SCSD #2 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 TOTAL Cameron $520 55 70 OVER Molly $6,162 20 80 *$1,000!* Deborah $8,543 95 65 OVER Bonus... Contestant Winnings Spin Result Molly $7,162 20 *SHOWCASE* A light falls by Door 1, and all the lights go out at the Bob Barker Studio

SHOWCASE ROUND Molly has the honor by Drew's flashlight... SC1 - RICHARD LET THERE BE LIGHT LAS VEGAS/CAR BID: $19,000 Beachcomber hot tub (seats 6-8) (Gwendolyn) Las Vegas (RT coach LA to Las Vegas, 4n Geneva Suite Green Valley Ranch Resort-Spa-Casino, helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon, spa treatments, dancing) (Gwendolyn at a scrambled plasma screen) Honda Insight EX 5-door (Manuela and Rachel pulling down the temp curtain on Door 5) ARP: $44,635 DIFF: $25,635 LOSS $830 SC2 - MOLLY THE 'CASE, THE 'CASE, THE 'CASE IS ON FIRE (Thanks, Gwendolyn.) TRUCK BID: $27,550 5pc outdoor fire pit dining set (Gwendolyn and Rachel) Kawasaki KX100 motorcycle (Rachel) Toyota Tacoma Access Cab (2.7-litre engine, automatic transmission, SR-5 Select Package) (Manuela) ARP: $28,147 DIFF: $587 *WIN* $35,299 The lights turned on at the end of the SC1 description. And Gwendolyn threw a marshmallow she was toasting in the fire pit, lighting the set behind Door 2 on fire. The "10,000th thing" was the April Fools' Day Joke. Everyone in the audience had little 10,000 placards for the final act. After the final Drew spiel, the set lighting fell apart above the showcase podiums (with nobody under them).

Show Results: 4 out of 6 Total Winnings: $78,810 THIS RECAP IS THE PRODUCED SOLELY FOR GOLDEN-ROAD.NET UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OR EXHIBITION IS PROHIBITED PRODUCED BY KITCH

[Wayoshi]

Initial reaction...

-Lineup could and should have been better. I don't care if you can't do gags on EVERY item in ME or Eazy, or EVERY GP/SP, but you have to play a couple of these. Six one-prizers just doesn't sit well at all. We also blatantly repeated Balance/Sidey for this.
-That said, we set up for a good amount of wins today, and we got them. This show badly needed them.
-Most of the gags were pretty good. Everything in the PGs and SCs worked. SD1 plug was the biggest time cost but was pretty awesome. The OBs were mixed. I think things would have been better if it wasn't EVERY single thing having to get gagged up today, which lowers predictability and also would allow lineup improvement.
-After building up the 10,000th joke for the whole show, it can't end on "nothing happened"...it just can't. Find something funny and/or use a different number.
-There's really no excuse to edit out CNAOS on a 23 minute lineup.
-pir.com has a clip up now with Rachel back-stage preparing from L7, and it even includes the original incident in 2004, with Bob's reaction and everything...I was pleased with the "oh no not again" reference, and now I'm very pleased with the site!!

[mrbrown2195]

-There's really no excuse to edit out CNAOS on a 23 minute lineup.

Yeah there was - the super extended ticket plug.

[Wayoshi]

Yeah there was - the super extended ticket plug.

The second half of that was extra time, wasn't it? Maybe not...

Regardless... it's CNAOS, it really shouldn't be touched.

[offerta]

Funny Episode! THE BEST OF APRIL'S FOOL

[Macsen]

Personally I was hoping for Mimi being the guest announcer. And her finally calling Drew "pig" and "doughboy" (okay, maybe doughboy doesn't work anymore) on-camera.

[JohnHolder]

I have to say I thought that either Richard was a plant, or they told the audience members to be totally over the top if they were called. I'm at a loss to remember any (real) contestant who acted that crazy.

And for some reason, when Guadalupe got called down, I was briefly reminded of Yolanda, although Guadalupe wasn't wearing anything that would lead to exposure.

I enjoyed it. It was uneven, but overall very funny.

John

[GR WHAMMY]

all I can say that others has not was, LONGEST DIG WE MUST PLAYING EVER (of the new kind)

[everyonelovesshellgame]

I loved today's show....yes, the lineup was not the world's best, but the show was fun and games were won. I enjoyed the gags, even though a lot of them were expected.

[mrbrown2195]

I have to say I thought that either Richard was a plant, or they told the audience members to be totally over the top if they were called. I'm at a loss to remember any (real) contestant who acted that crazy.

Hell, I think even Drew was surprised by it. Totally wasn't expecting it.

[ayoung]

Best April Fools Day show by far... the only gag that i thought kinda failed was george in the Balance Game sack.
Little things, like the boom mic being held up to Freeze Frame for no reason was great.
Drews ticket plug was amazing, and Richards ability to stay celebrating the entire time made it even better.
Yeah, the lineup was terrible... but the gimmick was really fun and more than made up for it.

[Grand_game2004]

I loved how Drew manually had to move the numbers in squeeze play, and the squeezing sound effect was perfectly in sync with drew moving the numbers. I thought it was hilarious! I also thought it was hilarious that the boom mike was almost on Drew's head!

[leafsfan17]

Well, this was one of the best April Fools shows ever on Price! Even better than last year

[Johnnya2k4]

Sure beats last year's April Fools' show (which I called "The Pat is Right" because all of the contestants were named Pat)!

[EyeMobileScott]

Today's show was a modern-day version of the classic 1983 "Exciting Decorating Ideas" AFD showcase.