TPiR Recap - 1/4/2012 (Celebrity Week: Neil Patrick Harris)

[Macsen]

Episode #5663K (Celebrity Week: Neil Patrick Harris) Aired: 1/4/2012; Tape Date 8/15/2011 Models: Manuela Arbelaez, Amber Lancaster, Rachel Reynolds Drew Entrance: Door #2 Mic Handoff: Manuela First Four Contestant Seating:

First IUFB: 42" LED-LCD HDTV (Westinghouse; ARP: $699) (Amber) SAMANTHA ADAM SIVAN DARRIN WINNER $1 DUH!!! $650 $500 $550 ADAM Adam is playing ˝ Off! (Neil Patrick Harris of How I Met Your Mother; Rachel and Manuela on items) Neil is playing for the Noreen Fraser Foundation. Fraser, a breast cancer survivor, is also one of the creators of the Stand Up 2 Cancer campaign. ARP DISPLAY LEFT ITEM CHOICE RIGHT ITEM DISPLAY ARP $150 $150 Fondue pot >>> Coffee maker $10 $20 $17 $17 Electric juicer >>> Cupcake press $15 $30 $40 $20 Waffle press <<< Omelet flip pan $13 $13 First boxes eliminated: 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14 Second boxes eliminated: 1, 8, 9, 16 Third boxes eliminated: 2, 15 Boxes remaining: 7, 10 *$1,000* Box Choice: 7 Winning Box: 7 *WIN* *$11,270*

Second IUFB: Designer crap (Yves St. Laurent; ARP: $2,077) (Rachel) Samantha DESTINY Sivan Darrin WINNER $399 beeeee...... $400 $2200 $1200 DARRIN Darrin is Any Number for a Jeep Wrangler Sport 4x4. (3.8l V6 engine, 4AT, EFT, PP) (Amber) Numbers chosen: 4, 3, 9, 0, 7 Jeep Wrangler 2 3 9     Skin care products (Clarins) (Manuela)       T.D.P.B. LOSS 7 .4 0 Car ARP: $23,961 Skin care ARP: $825

Third IUFB: Pair of patio heaters (Napoleon Bellagio; ARP: $1,598) (Amber) Samantha Destiny Sivan SHELLY WINNER $1250 $1 DUH!!! $1400 $800 SIVAN Sivan is playing Side by Side for a Beachcomber Hybrid hot tub. (Rachel)   81 94 ARP: $8,194 *WIN*

SCSD #1 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 TOTAL Darrin $2,084.40 70 STAY 70 Sivan $9,792 80 STAY 80 Adam $11,969 90 N/A *SHOWCASE*

Fourth IUFB: Digital SLR camera (Nikon; 12.3MP, two lenses; ARP: $1,599) (Rachel and Manuela) Samantha Destiny JONATHAN Shelly WINNER $800 $1100 $900 $1000 DESTINY Destiny, who takes Neil down to the floor on a hug, is playing Grocery Game for a trip to Portugal. (RT coach LA to Faro, 6n suite Vila Vita Parc Hotel, 3hr champagne cruise; ARP: $14,292) (Amber; Rachel on register) ITEM NO. ARP TOTAL RUNNING TOTAL Campbell's Chicken and Stars soup 16 $1.69 $27.04 $27.04 WIPEOUT Star Spanish olives         Starbucks espresso shots         Starburst candy (bag)         Rockstar energy drink (16oz)

Fifth IUFB: Set of picnic totes (Picnic Time; ARP: $525) (Amber) Samantha MEREDITH Jonathan Shelly WINNER $350 beeeee...... $550 $450 $376 JONATHAN Jonathan is playing Switch? ITEM DISPLAY GUESS ARP RESULT 42" gas grill (Rachel) $3798 NO SWITCH $3798 $3798 *WIN* 2012 Vespa LX150ie motorscooter (Manuela) $5289 $5289 $5289 Total won: *$9,087*

Samantha coded from the very start. Even Doogie Howser, M.D., hasn't been able to stop the bleeding today. Oh, who am I kidding? He probably RUNS a hospital system by now. I have a distinct feeling the mugshot machine is NOT getting any action this time. Sixth IUFB: Car stereo system (Alpine; ARP: $1,430) (Manuela) Samantha Meredith CATHERINE Shelly WINNER $1351 $901 $1350 $900 SAMANTHA Samantha IS ALIIIIIIIIVE! Practically resurrected by the smeghead gambit, she is playing Gas Money for a Honda Accord LX sedan. (Rachel and Neil Patrick Harris) Drew takes the opportunity to point out Noreen Fraser in the audience. SECOND FOURTH FIRST THIRD *WIN* $18,711 $19,977 $17,555 $23,661 $21,180 $2,000 $3,000 $1,000 $4,000 CAR

SCSD #2 Neil takes his bonus spin and gets a 55, for an extra $5,500. He has won $65,238.40 for the Noreen Fraser Foundation. Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 TOTAL Destiny $1,599 30 60 90 Jonathan $9,612 15 70 85 Samantha $32,610 50 40 90 Tiebreaker... Contestant Winnings Spin Result Destiny $1,599 1.00 *$1,000!* Samantha $32,610 35   Bonus... Contestant Winnings Spin Result Destiny $2,599 85 *SHOWCASE*

SHOWCASE ROUND Adam has the honor... SC1 - ADAM NEIL'S FAVORITE THINGS ORLANDO/CAR BID: $27,000 iMac 21" (500GB HDD) + 32GB iPod touch + iPad 2 (16GB WiFi) + Apple TV Walt Disney World (RT coach LA to Orlando, 5n deluxe suite Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, 3d Park Hopper passes for two Walt Disney World Resort) Toyota Prius II (Manuela) ARP: $34,516 DIFF: $7,516 *WIN* $46,485 SC2 -DESTINY "LEGEN... WAIT FOR IT... DARY!" NEW YORK/CAR BID: $25,000 New York (RT coach LA to NYC, 4n superior room The Westin New York at Times Square, dinner Magee's Irish Pub) *VIP backstage tour of How I Met Your Mother + walk-on role* Hyundai Sonata Hybrid sedan (CFM, CN, AA) (Amber) ARP: $32,693 DIFF: $7,693 LOSS $2,599 And, of course, the autographed Neil nametag is now available.

Show Results: 4 out of 6 Total Winnings: $103,182.40 THIS RECAP IS PRODUCED SOLELY FOR GOLDEN-ROAD.NET UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OR EXHIBITION IS PROHIBITED PRODUCED BY KITCH.

[Wayoshi]

Solid show today. I thought Neil really tried to price things (34/30 in Half, tried nice ending again in A# but got Mike'd), maybe even more than Snoop. From his comment in Gas, I do wonder how much of that Grocery wipeout was his fault. Easy setups in Half & Gas were appreciated in addition to the quickies.

It's really too bad Mike can't set up / afford shows like these much more often, because I think we'd be a lot less unhappy with Price if he favored this type of product consistently over over designer crap and occasional big payouts in sexed up games that force 2/6 or below to be the norm.

It was hard for me to tell how honest Destiny was in her excitement when getting up (tackling Neil like that was about the last thing I was expecting despite nearly ramming Drew over too), but she was an interesting character for sure.

[Macsen]

I wouldn't consider A# a Mike-ing. If you followed the typical (not always, but typical) rule of avoiding 0 and 5, you would've won.

[Wayoshi]

I wouldn't consider A# a Mike-ing. If you followed the typical (not always, but typical) rule of avoiding 0 and 5, you would've won.

Alright, I guess that was too harsh. It was a fair but "you're going to have to earn it" setup, and Neil's strategy was not going to work, I assume he was going for -75 after 0 was in the bank.

[Bobby McBride]

1/2 Off: As easy as it will get these days.

AN: I'm not necessarily blaming NPH for this loss; Darrin should've known better to have picked very high numbers after the cents part of the piggy bank was filled out.

SBS: Pretty easy.

Grocery: 16 soups? That's Too Much!

S?: Wasn't as easy as SBS, but still won.

GM: I definitely think Sammantha's friends & NPH made this win happen, because Sammantha made three dumb bids the whole show.

Showcases: Is it just me, or has the Showcase results been close all week long so far?

Second-best show of the week so far, IMHO.

[thepriceis_J]

What a nice show.... Neil, for the most part, seemed very calmed and subdued. It was nice.

Half Off was nice. Always glad to see this game won.

Pardon me, TWO Gas Money wins....in a row! Someone catch me, I just might faint. (I know it is not in taping order, but still in airing order is nice.)

Grocery Game was just fail. I mean you weren't playing Bullseye...it's okay to take it slow, dear. I love how Drew revealed the price of just the olives and nothing else. Like the olives were something everyone was talking about. lol

Tough luck in Any Number.

Just an all around nice show.

[stardf29]

Well, if Neil was responsible for the Grocery gaff (did he think the soup was $1.29?), at least besides that and Any Number, everything went well.

It helped that we had some easy setups. 1/2 Off was about as easy as all get out: three easy SP sets and the money box was lucky 7. About as close to a forced win as you can get in that game.

Gas Money was also on the easier side. $21K seemed about right for the car, it was the only price ending in 0, and all the other prices had odd repeating digits that probably did not look right. Of course, on any other day, one of those would be right, but this is charity week and all.

That said, 1/2 Off and Gas Money in the same show again? At least they weren't back-to-back, and I know this one was taped before others with that combo, but does Adam think these two go together or something? (Because, well, they don't.)

All in all, a good show.

[tpirfan28]

That might have been the easiest Gas Money setup of all-time.

[Shaymin]

Half: If Bob was there, he'd be calling Neil a player. All credit to him for getting the bonus, though the 7 was pretty obvious.

Nice arrangement on SCSD 1, and we did eventually get the payoff (a dollar) in 2.

Grocery: Destiny was a little high on both taking Drew AND NPH down, plus on her pick. 12 would've been just fine and given her a clean win at $20.28.

Gas Money: 2 in a row, and I got to see it this time! Shame those'll be the two wins for the season.

Showcases: Does 2 count as a 2-prizer considering that's all they had to bid on?

Overall: Not quite Legen(waitforit)DARY, but still a good effort. And more importantly, Neil made more than Ms. McCarthy for a charity that is worth it.

[Cartboy]

1/2 Off:  Awesome win!
Any Number:  Bummer!
Side By Side, Switch?:  Nice job!
Grocery Game:  Doh!   If Destiny had only gone with 12 soups instead of 16, she would've had it (12 x $1.69 = $20.28).
Gas Money:  Awesome to see someone from my hometown of Sunbury, PA. win $10,000 and a car (I know she's from Sunbury because there was an article in my local newspaper about Samantha being on the show today.)!

Great show overall, IMHO.

[Wayoshi]

Shame those'll be the two wins for the season.

Don't be pessimistic!

[elskunkoman]

What a nice show today with celebrity week. We coulda had a perfect show today if the guy was lucky in any number and that lady hadn't said 16 soups she was nuts. Gas money was won again alot was won in cash worth of prizes today.

[vadernader]

We coulda had a perfect show today if the guy was lucky in any number and that lady hadn't said 16 soups she was nuts.

So basically we could've had a perfect show if every game was won? Hmm, I didn't think of it that way...

[GSB92]

So basically we could've had a perfect show if every game was won? Hmm, I didn't think of it that way...

Me either.

Gas money on a winning streak?  That might be a first in the game.

Great show today. Destiny was awesome. Too bad her "Destiny" was to wipeout on the Grocery Game.

[RCPlanes59]

Vader, I didn't see you in this show :/

On topic - Neil was probably the best celebrity this week so far. He did a fantastic job!