TPiR Recap - 4/18/2012

[Chelsea]

Apologies for the spartan recap. Pressed for time today. One of the many reasons I will not be auditioning for the job permanently.

Episode #5933K Aired – April 18, 2012; Taped: March 14, 2012 Models: Rachel Reynolda, Manuela Arbelaez, Gwendolyn Osborne Mic Handoff: Gwendolyn First Four Contestant Seating: Mixed (1-2-4-3)

First IUFB: Panasonic 46" Plasma TV. (Image analysis technology) ARP: $899 (Rachel) Linsey Trevor Danny Autumn WINNER 2500 1550 1499 850 Autumn Autumn bestows onto Drew her lucky teddy bear, then gets to play RangeGame for a 2012 Chevrolet Colorado (Manuela) Price Range Presented: $17,800 - $18,400 $150 Range Selected: $17,932 - $18,082 ARP: $18,205 LOSS Total segment winnings for the contestant: $899

Second IUFB: Four Kodak Camcorders. 2 have 8GB storage, 2 have 16GB storage (Gwendolyn, Rachel) ARP: $758 Linsey Trevor Danny Sarah WINNER 900 1199 800 600 Sarah Sarah will play Safe Crackers for a trip to Amerstam (6n RT coach to the Hilton Amsterdam, plus private bike tour for two) plus an Electra 3-speed women's bicycle (Gwendolyn, Rachel). Total ARP: $11,729 Numbers as Originally set: 0-8-5 Contestant's Picks: 5-8-0 ARP: $580 WIN! Total segment winnings for the contestant: $12,309

Third IUFB: Grill Dome - Kamado Barbecue/Smoker (Manuela) ARP: $937 Linsey Trevor Danny Carol WINNER 625 999 1000 695 Carol Green goes 3-for-3 as Carol comes onstage to play Grand Game for $10,000! Target Price: $7.50 1st Pick: Dessert Mix: $4.29 ($10) 2nd Pick: Allergy Reliever: $6.82 ($100) 3rd Pick: Dog Shampoo: $4.99 ($1,000) Play or Bail: PLAY 4th Pick: Wood Polish: $8.50 LOSS Remaining Prizes/Prices: Pain Supplement: $29.99 ($!?%!) Detergent: $5.99 (Needed to pick this one) Total segment winnings for the contestant: $937

SCSD #1 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 Result Autumn $899 75 Stay SHOWCASE Carol $937 50 5 55 Sarah $12,309 15 25 40

Fourth IUFB: Butterfly Ping Pong Table (Rachel, Gwendolyn) ARP: $635 Linsey Trevor Danny Lisa WINNER 401 500 550 599 Lisa Green goes 4-for-4 (hooray for homophones!) as Lisa plays the hideously-designed Most Expensive for upscale Designer Accessories (Manuela), a Macbook Pro (15" monitor, 8GB Ram, 750GB HD) w/ Printer (Rachel), and an Endurance Exercise Bike (Gwendolyn). Contestant Selection: Accessories (1) Accessories ARP: $1,999 (2) Computer ARP: $2,829 LOSS (3) Exercise Bike ARP: $875 Total segment winnings for the contestant: $635

Fifth IUFB: Four Cuisinart Coffee Makers (Manuela) ARP: $625 Linsey Trevor Danny Ricardo WINNER 525 700 250 460 Linsey Linsey breaks the streak, and will play Bonus Game for a prize package including a $500 Fantastic Sams hair salons Gift Certificante, Groceries for a year, and 2 adult movie tickets per week for a year from Fandango (Gwendolyn/Rachel),ARP: $5151 1) Dust Mop: Shown $8. GUESS: HIGHER. ARP: $13. DING 2) 2GB iPod Shuffle: Shown $77. GUESS: LOWER. ARP: $49. DING 3) Cupcake Maker: Shown $50. GUESS: LOWER. ARP: $30. DING 4) Whipped Cream Dispenser: Shown $38. GUESS: LOWER. ARP: $26. DING AUTOWIN Bonus location: Cupcake Maker Total segment winnings for the contestant: $5894

Sixth IUFB: Zuo Outdoor Dinette Set (Gwendolyn). ARP: $2058 Kelsey Trevor Danny Ricardo WINNER 1050 450 1200 1150 Danny As Trevor's knowledge of his confinement to Contestant's Row sinks in, Danny escapes onstage to play Cover Up for a 2012 Honda Fit (Standard, w/ sport pedals, cargo, floor mats) (Rachel)         2       2 8     3 5 4   3 9 0 7 1 2 7 1 6 2 6 2 6 3 Displayed Price: $39,481 First Guess: $16,958. (3 RIGHT) Second Guess: $16,757 (LOSS) ARP: $16,253 Total segment winnings for the contestant: $2,058

SCSD #2 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 Result Lisa $635 40 50 SHOWCASE Danny $2,058 70 15 85 Linsey $5,894 80 85 OVER

THE FABULOUS SHOWCASES Your top winner for the day is Autumn SC1 - LISA Island Hopping GREECE/BOAT BID: $18,550 *3 Piece set of Beach Accessories (two totebags, sunglasses) *Trip to Greece (6n, RT coach, The Pink Palace) *Bayliner 175 Ski Boat ARP: $30,406 DIFF: $11,856 *WIN* $31,041 SC2 - AUTUMN Magic FLORIDA/CAR BID: $24,000 *The Magic Castle in LA w/ dinner & Magic show. (Bonus Prize, value not included in ARO) *Trip to Orlando, Florida (RT coach, 4n @ Nickelodeon Suites Resort)plus backstage Disney World tour and lunch *2012 Ford Focus Titanium (Parking tech package, premium package, power moon roof, voice navigation, winter package) ARP: $36,525 DIFF: $12,562 LOSS $899

Show Results: 2 out of 6 Total Winnings: $53,316 THIS RECAP IS PRODUCED FOR GOLDEN-ROAD.NET UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OR EXHIBITION IS PROHIBITED PRODUCED BY SETH ON 4/18/2012

[DJTorgo]

It's always nice to see Bonus Game perfectly won.

I fell for the same trap in Grand Game, thinking the detergent was more expensive than it was.

Was Range Game for a truck necessary?

[elskunkoman]

1. Range game for a truck Well this was evil L
2. Safe Crackers another evil setup but luckily it was won W
3. Grand Game if you looked up Nut in the dictionary there'd be a picture of Mike Richards in it L
4. Most Expensive I thought the exercise trainer was the most expensive L
5. Bonus Game the only winnable game setup to be won for today W
6. Cover Up C'mon Mike you gotta do better than that! L 

[htmlcc92]

Did anyone else think that when they called the last contestant down, it was really weird the way they did it: They showed George, like normal, but then instead of having the camera search the audience, it stuck with the camera showing Contestants' Row, and all of a sudden the contestant just popped out of nowhere from the left side of the screen. Yes, she probably was sitting over there to start with, but they still usually have the camera "search" through.

I think that was just an awkward part of the show.

[Wayoshi]

Good lineup slotting working with those 6 games, at least.

That SC manipulating was really at a season high today...

[Cartboy]

Great win on Bonus Game & a nice win on Safe Crackers too!   Most Expensive & Grand Game were evil, IMO.  The showcase bids stunk too.

Not too good overall except for Bonus Game & Safe Crackers, IMHO.

[Ton80]

2. Safe Crackers another evil setup but luckily it was won W

$580 or $850 for a bicycle?  I'd hardly call that evil.  That's as close as a forced win as we're likely going to see a under this current administration.

[stardf29]

Range Game: Went to the wrong extreme there.

Safe Crackers: Glad to get another win here. I could see some contestants being fooled by -50, so I wouldn't call this a forced win.

Grand Game: I have no idea how Carol managed to get the allergy relief, which I thought was going to be the one to trip her up... and how she missed the detergent, which I thought was the most obviously under of the six. Well, I guess she now knows she pays too much for detergent... 

Most Expen$ive: I knew the laptop was in the $2K range; I couldn't figure out whether the accessories were more or less than that. And how did they get a bunch of accessories to have a -999 ending?

Bonus Game: Cupcake setup. *dodges tomatoes*

Cov... eh, not gonna bother.

Loaded showcases were loaded. I knew the Ford Focus Titanium was going to be pricey based on when it last appeared (the Breast Cancer Awareness show), and added to a 4-person Disneyworld trip and it was going to be high; I thought it'd be over $40K, myself. As for SC1, I guess she didn't know that Greece + Boat = Pricey.

[GameShowKid]

I enjoyed the reaction and pop Bonus Game received today. Did you notice? We also got a more of a classic reveal, and Drew noticed the game and explained it before the bonus prize was shown. Very nice; it's one of my favorite games. 


I'm not a fan of playing Range Game for a car though. With a $150 range it's such a crap shoot.

[BRB_TheFireball]

It's hard to think about TPIR today after the death of Dick Clark, but we have a job to do.

Grand Game was hard.  I wasn't fooled by the detergent, but I was fooled by the Allegra.  Sometimes they use the small box, sometimes they use the normal box.  It was apparently the small box today.

I don't believe it.  There was no 1 in either the third or fourth digit of the correct price of the car in Cover Up today.  Of course, the lowest number available in the third column ended up correct.

My showcase bids:
--$30,107
Car--$30,107

[Kev347]

This wasn't a terrible show because Drew was particularly on for MOST of the show (I liked the way he did Grand and Bonus in particular) and there were some good contestants, but unfortunately, the results were the same. Grand in particular was way too hard today, and everything else was lost in predictable, standard ways. Was nice to see a bit of a different lineup, and a Bonus Game exacta (the touchup really does look nice in HD!) Who wants a Ford Focus Titanium though?

Timings:
Range Game (4) - 2:45
Safe Crackers (4.5) - 3:48
Grand Game (5) - 6:00
Most Expensive (3.5) - 3:21
Bonus Game (5) - 4:49
Cover Up (5) - 4:12
Total (27): 24:55

[whinbaby]

The 7,637th episode (145th for Season 40)

Grand Theft Auto
With a price of $29.99, it feels like that the Move Free is a SWAT truck, but the Liquid Gold is just a police car.

Showcase #1

• DVF Beach Gear:  $405
• Trip to Corfu:  $9,521
• I remember reading Game Show Kingdom's blog post for February 2's LMAD telecast (taped November 12, 2011), which I have never watched.  I calculated a price that is close:  $9,747 ($12,247 deal value - $2,500 spending cash).  So sometimes I gotta turn to Wayne Brady for trip prices.
• Bayliner:  $20,480

My bid:  $35,620 (D'oh!)

Showcase #2

• Trip to Orlando:  $8,417
• Ford Focus Titanium:  $28,145

My bid:  $44,106 (D'oh!)

Modeling Totals:  April 18, 2012's episode
Rachel Reynolds
Total:  9/$47,085.00 (7/$28,003.00, 2/$19,082.00)
Cars:  1/$16,253.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$16,253.00)
Trips:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

Manuela Arbeláez
Total:  5/$22,171.00 (3/$1,967.00, 2/$20,204.00)
Cars:  1/$18,205.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$18,205.00)
Trips:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

Gwennie Osborne-Smith
Total:  10/$65,305.00 (7/$27,868.00, 3/$37,437.00)
Cars:  1/$28,145.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$28,145.00)
Trips:  3/$29,087.00 (2/$20,670.00, 1/$8,417.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

All Prizes
Total:  26/$140,039.00 (18/$53,316.00, 8/$86,723.00)
Cars:  3/$62,603.00 (0/$0.00, 3/$62,603.00)
Trips:  3/$29,087.00 (2/$20,670.00, 1/$8,417.00)
Cash Prizes:  1/$10,000.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$10,000.00)

Season to date
Rachel Reynolds (127 shows)
Total:  1,177/$5,927,679.54 (712/$2,519,911.98, 465/$3,407,767.56)
Cars:  126/$2,634,474.00 (40/$798,672.00, 86/$1,835,802.00)
Trips:  119/$987,008.20 (66/$512,540.20, 53/$474,468.00)
Cash Prizes:  14/$166,924.00 (3/$44,000.00, 11/$122,924.00)

Manuela Arbeláez (117 shows)
Total:  1,058/$5,973,751.76 (653/$2,578,625.76, 405/$3,395,126.00)
Cars:  128/$2,815,522.00 (41/$883,409.00, 87/$1,932,113.00)
Trips:  130/$1,169,241.00 (72/$630,188.00, 58/$539,053.00)
Cash Prizes:  21/$224,212.00 (6/$55,301.00, 15/$168,911.00)

Gwennie Osborne-Smith (84 shows)
Total:  676/$3,911,809.98 (425/$1,801,207.98, 251/$2,110,602.00)
Cars:  88/$1,823,488.00 (32/$681,423.00, 56/$1,142,065.00)
Trips:  90/$758,067.00 (52/$443,647.00, 38/$314,420.00)
Cash Prizes:  5/$60,949.00 (0/$4,500.00, 5/$56,449.00)

All Prizes (144 shows)
Total:  3,821/$22,646,011.84 (2,274/$9,224,937.00, 1,547/$13,421,074.84)
Cars:  429/$9,085,407.00 (142/$2,965,277.00, 287/$6,120,130.00)
Trips:  471/$3,927,601.20 (258/$2,094,499.20, 213/$1,833,102.00)
Cash Prizes:  121/$2,819,362.00 (27/$414,559.00, 94/$2,404,803.00)

[DJTorgo]

Grand Game was hard.  I wasn't fooled by the detergent, but I was fooled by the Allegra.  Sometimes they use the small box, sometimes they use the normal box.  It was apparently the small box today.

It said right on the box: 5 tablets.

[PriceFanArmadillo]

It's hard to think about TPIR today after the death of Dick Clark, but we have a job to do.

We do?  Since when did watching and commenting on this show become a job?

[SilverFirePrime]

If Drew did this good of a job in his hosting more often, I wouldn't mind watching shows with brutal setups as much as I do.  That being said, I think burning is too good of a treatment for Cover-Up.  I'm thinking give each of the contestants who's been burned by it this season a sledgehammer and three free shots on Cover-Up.