TPiR Recap - 5/11/2011

[Macsen]

Episode #5563K Aired: 5/11/2011; Tape Date 4/20/2011 Models: Amber Lancaster, Rachel Reynolds Drew Entrance: Door #2 Mic Handoff: Amber First Four Contestant Seating: Right to Left

First IUFB: Earrings (Dev Valencia; ARP: $1,140) (Rachel) DANIELLE ROBERT VERONICA DEBBIE WINNER $2000 $599 $2200 $1200 ROBERT Robert is playing Pay the Rent! (Rachel and Amber) FLOOR LOCATION ITEM ITEM ARP LEVEL TOTAL DECISION ATTIC Safe No Gray hair color enhancer $5.99 $5.99 LOSS SECOND Bathtub Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies $3.39 $11.66 GO ON Television Gold Bond Pain Relieving foot cream $8.29 FIRST Stove Planters deluxe whole cashews $6.79 $7.78 GO ON Sofa Golden Creme milk (16 oz) 99˘ GROUND Mailbox Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauce (45 oz) $2.99 $2.99 GO ON Well, he didn't put the least expensive items in the mailbox. The problem is, he didn't put the most expensive item in the attic. Should've bailed out, Robert...

Second IUFB: Espresso machine (Gaggia Breva from WholeLatteLove.com; ARP: $900) (Rachel and Amber) Danielle NANCY Veronica Debbie WINNER $450 LOL!!! $275 DUH!!! $475 $476 DEBBIE Debbie, beneficiary of the smeghead gambit, is playing Squeeze Play for a set of kitchen appliances. (stainless steel; 30" gas range, 20.6 cu.ft. refrigerator, dishwasher) (Amber) DISPLAY 7 8 2 6 7 CHOICE (removed 8) $ 7 2 6 7 ARP: $7,267 *WIN*

Third IUFB: Karaoke system (VocoPro Champion; ARP: $1,000) (Amber) Danielle Nancy Veronica SAMUEL WINNER $750 $850 $851 $650 VERONICA Veronica (no, chatroomers, she was NOT at risk at the end) is playing That's Too Much for a Mazda 3 5-door. (2.5-litre engine) (Rachel) $14,699 $15,206 $16,464 $17,175 $18,012 $19,334 $20,950 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $         PAINFUL LOSS ARP: $20,435

SCSD #1 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 TOTAL Veronica $1,000 40 40 *SHOWCASE* Robert $1,140 75 75 OVER Debbie $8,167 10 5 15

Fourth IUFB: Hammock (Hatteras Hammock Roman Arc; ARP: $811) (Rachel) Danielle Nancy CHELSEA Samuel WINNER $600 $741 $500 $840 NANCY Nancy is playing Double Prices for a bar set (Howard Miller Niagara) + 25pc stemware set. (Mikasa) (Amber) $9,006 ARP: $6,879 LOSS $6,879

Fifth IUFB: Designer dress (ARP: $875) (Rachel) Danielle DEIDRA Chelsea Samuel WINNER $1202 $1200 $1000 $1201 OVER $801 $750 $700 $800 DANIELLE Danielle, the last of our First Four, is playing Line 'em Up for a Ford Ranger XL 4x2 Regular Cab. (2.3-litre I4 engine) (Amber) FIRST CAR DIGIT     1     Ladies' mountain bike (Amber)     8 5 9 Kill-a-Watt power estimator   2 5     Wii (5 games) (Rachel) 6 5 3     LAST CAR DIGIT     0     Result: 0 Right FIRST CAR DIGIT     1     Ladies' mountain bike (Amber) 8 5 9     Kill-a-Watt power estimator     2 5   Wii (5 games) (Rachel)     6 5 3 LAST CAR DIGIT     0     Result: 3 Right *WIN* (ARP: $19,260) We are on a roll! And she won the EXACT SAME WAY with the EXACT SAME LINE POSITIONS as the last play on March 16, 2011. Compare for yourself!

Sixth IUFB: Table tennis set (Butterfly; ARP: $635) (Rachel and Amber) SAUL Deidra Chelsea Samuel WINNER $450 $626 $700 $701 DEIDRA Deidra is playing Cliff Hangers for a trip to Rome. (RT coach LA to Rome, 6n Hotel Atlante Garden, market walking tour; ARP: $10,733) (Amber) ITEMS (Rachel) GUESS ACTUAL STEPS   Libman Wonder Mop $16 $10 6   Herb mill $24 $20 4 15 to go... 12pc drinkware set $34 $30 4 It wasn't really as bad as it seemed when she screwed up the cheap mop. *WIN*

SCSD #2 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 TOTAL Nancy $811 80 STAY 80 Deidra $11,368 50 80 OVER Danielle $21,672 40 50 *SHOWCASE*

SHOWCASE ROUND Danielle has the honor... SC1 - VERONICA THIS SHOWCASE REALLY BLOWS TRIP/SAILBOAT BID: $33,000 Digital SLR camera (Canon; 18MP) + SnapFish photo package (Amber) Seattle (RT coach LA to Seattle ferry, 5n Sorrento Hotel, 3d sailing voyage around San Juan Islands via Seattle CVB) (Amber) West Wight Potter 19' sailboat (Select Package w/trailer) (Rachel) ARP: $27,568 DIFF: OVER LOSS $1,000 SC2 - DANIELLE OW, THAT WAS ROUGH TRIP/MOTORCYCLES BID: $27,500 14pc camping equipment set (Rachel) Yosemite National Park (RT limo LA to Yosemite, 5n Tenaya Lodge, park admission) (Rachel) Pair of KTM 250 SX-F offroad motorcycles (Amber) ARP: $20,619 DIFF: OVER LOSS $21,672 FREAKING OW!!! What makes it worse is, if Danielle had used that bid on SC1, she would've doubled!

Show Results: 3 out of 6 Total Winnings: $44,158 THIS RECAP IS PRODUCED SOLELY FOR GOLDEN-ROAD.NET UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OR EXHIBITION IS PROHIBITED PRODUCED BY KITCH

Recap will be delayed. Computer issues.

[heelsrule1988]

Drew, I'm going to cry if Pay the Rent gets played again.

BEST CONTESTANT OF THE DAY: Veronica
SHOW GRADE: 2

[Wayoshi]

this was a pretty dang good show with Pay the Rent in it. Line 'Em Up was a nice steal from -50 today, that definitely could have been lost even with 0 right. I enjoyed seeing the quickies set up nice (kinda interesting the super quickies Pa# and DP have both been blown this week), at least.

Rent suffered from tough GP syndrome today - apparently there's a ton of variants of No Gray, and then the usual cashews. The game becomes impossible with deceptive GPs, and it's going to be lost anyways, so please stop it, Adam.

That's Too Much now has two tough setups in a row, by bunching the prices up along with the right cars. With Mazda 2s being 15k, it's no wonder really people wanted to stop by the 5th one. Expected as we wind down the season but still disappointing.

One thing that was set up right was that DOB. If you want a DOB, low motorcycles as top prize and the WWP is exactly how you do it. Only small issue was that's two straight non-car days - the imbalance continues there.

[JohnHolder]

Drew at least tried to clue the player in that you don't want to put the absolutely cheapest item at the bottom. At least they're recognizing how hard the game is to win if you don't get the strategy. I have to admit, I thought he should have gone for the $100K, because I thought the hair coloring was a lot more expensive than it turned out to be. Apparently, he did too.

[3StrikesFan]

I'll put it through until Kitch can:

Pay The Rent - L
Squeeze Play - W
That's Too Much - L
Double Prices - L
Line Em Up - W
Cliff Hangers - W

Showcases - Double Overbid

[GSB92]

Pay the Rent must be retired. The name of it doesn't even make sense to the actual gameplay. Are you really paying rent??

I knew a DOB was coming, those were El Cheapo showcases.

[JokerFan]

That's Too Much - W

That's TOO Much was lost (although I would have won it).

[3StrikesFan]

That's TOO Much was lost (although I would have won it).

Thanks. Fixed that. Typed too fast.

[ayoung]

Drews explanation of PTR at least made it seem not so sneaky this time.
Ambers modeling of the karaoke machine was uh.. unique. Her rocking out looked like an injured peacock dance.

[Guint]

I see they're using the bag from now on in Pay the Rent. That just makes this god-awful game slightly worse than it already is.

And if this is budget mode, how come a lot of setups have been painfully easy?

[vadernader]

Pay the Rent must be retired. The name of it doesn't even make sense to the actual gameplay. Are you really paying rent??

The name has been explained quite a bit. They Mike wanted to create a game that was so hard to win but looked easy they could get away with deceiving rules and have a max of $10K won per playing, if won, someone could use to pay off their mortgage/house loan/rent ect, so Adam made what we now know as Pay The Rent.

[thepriceis_J]

-Pay the Rent was a surprise. Too bad it was Pay the Rent.
-Nice Squeeze Play win. I thought it was easy.
-That's Too Much was another tough one way loss. That seems to be the theme for the game this year.
-Double Prices could've went either way. Too bad it went the wrong way.
-Another "almost insta win" in Line 'Em Up. That was a real toss up. Glad she was right.
-Cliff Hangers was EVIL. They lowered the 20-30-40 rule by $10. It was still easy. Glad it was won.

Not a bad showcase round. After two DSWs in three days, a DOB was completely expected.

It looks like the show is getting back on track with good shows. Here's to Thursday's show. 

[tpirfan28]

Rent didn't completely suck today.  Really liked Drew's explanation of the rules...I wonder if he's getting frustrated that the game is being not-maxed-out....

Great lineup to boot!

[trytobecharming]

this was a pretty dang good show with Pay the Rent in it. Line 'Em Up was a nice steal from -50 today, that definitely could have been lost even with 0 right. I enjoyed seeing the quickies set up nice (kinda interesting the super quickies Pa# and DP have both been blown this week), at least.

Cliff Hangers had 10-20-30 as the small prize prices(albeit the 10 dollar prize was the LFAT-memorized Libman Mop), which means the usual 20-30-40 or 25-35-45 would have both been losses.

[Macsen]

Recap is up.

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