TPiR Recap - 4/23/2013 (Big Money Week: Day II)

[Roadgeek Adam]

Episode #6324K (Big Money Week: Day 2)
Aired – 4/23/2013; Taped – 4/3/2013
Models: Manuela Arbelaez, Amber Lancaster, Rob Wilson
Microphone Handoff: Amber
First Four Contestant Seating: Left to Right

First IUFB: Pair of Skateboards (Kahuna Creations); ARP: $626 (Manuela)

MEDYBILL HOPE	CHRISTOPHER	ERIN	RUTH
500	775	1000	550

The winner is...
RUTH

Ruth is playing SQUEEZE PLAY for trip to Hawaii (RT Coach to Maui, HI for a 6n stay at the Hyatt Regency Resort and Spa + picnic lunch and a 4mi hike into the Haleakalā Crater) (Rob).

The 8, 0 or 3 is incorrect.

9	8	0	3	4

Ruth removes the 8...

$	9	0	3	4
$9834

LOSS

Second IUFB: Workout Apparel (Colosseum: 22-piece women's workout apparel); ARP: $1,212 (Amber)

MEDYBILL HOPE	CHRISTOPHER	ERIN	JAMIE
650	525	800	950

The winner is...
JAMIE

Jamie is playing Grand Game for a chance to win up to $100,000!

The target price is...

$4.50

Jamie starts out at $10.00:

$10.00

The items are:

• Creamsicles
• Olay Moisture Ribbons Body Wash
• Au Gratin Potatoes
• Whink Hair Clog Blaster! (Drain Opener)
• Welch's Concord Grape Jelly
• Crunch Bar

Pick 1: Crunch Bar

99¢

$100.00

Pick 2: Creamsicles

$3.49

$1,000.00

Pick 3: Olay Body Wash

$6.49

LOSS

Total Winnings: $1,000. The potatoes were $2.29, the drain opener $6.99 and the jelly was $2.79.

Third IUFB: Collection of Power Tools (Evolution: Rage Power Saws); ARP: $600 (Manuela)

MEDYBILL HOPE	CHRISTOPHER	ERIN	STEPHANI
455	575	600	750

The winner is...
ERIN

CLANGERS! $500!

Erin, now $500 richer, is playing More or LeSs.

Recumbent Bicycle (20 workouts) (Amber)

MORE

$300

* * *

More

$300

$599

Barbecue Grill and Smoker (Cookshack) (Amber and Rob)

LESS

$4500

* * *

LESS

$4500

$2795

New Television (50in 3D HD Plasma television) (Rob)

MORE

$1300

* * *

MORE

$1300

$2259

2013 Jeep Wrangler Sport 4x4 (3.6L engine, Sunrider soft top, rear folding seat) (Manuela)

MORE

$19,000

* * *

MORE

$19,000

$23,190

WIN (Total Winnings: $28,843)

SCSD #1

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Ruth	$626	35	35	.70
Jamie	$2,212	95	STAY	.95	*SHOWCASE*
Erin	$29,943	50	5	.55

Fourth IUFB: Digital Camera (18MP DSLR camera with light sensativity features); ARP: $800 (Amber)

MEDYBILL HOPE	CHRISTOPHER	DONALD	STEPHANI
851	1	800	850

The winner is...
DONALD

CLANGERS! $500!

Donald, also $500 richer, is playing SIDE BY SIDE for a new bedroom group (Ashley: Kira with a new Comfortaire Luxor Q mattress) and a pair of tablets (16 GB) (Manuela).

The ARP is either $9,772 or $7,297.

	BY
SIDE	97	SIDE
	72

He picks...

	BY
SIDE		SIDE
	72	97
	72	97

Fifth IUFB: Pair of Patio Heaters (Napoleon: Bellagio Patio Heaters); ARP: $1,598 (Rob)

MEDYBILL HOPE	CHRISTOPHER	CHARLES	STEPHANI
900	1171	1170	650

The winner is...
CHRISTOPHER

Christopher is playing Double Cross for a new bridge (28cuft stainless steel fridge with digital memos and calendar) (Manuela) and designer accessories (Marc by Marc Jacobs: Blue leather backpack, shoulder bag, wallet and patent leather tote with laptop case, along with 4-pieces of jewelry) (Amber).

FRIDGE

 

FRIDGE

ACCESSORIES

 

ACCESSORIES

5

3

4

9

9

5

7

4

2

1

6

0

1

Christopher sets the screens to:

FRIDGE

 

FRIDGE

ACCESSORIES

 

ACCESSORIES

5

3

4

9

9

5

7

4

2

1

6

0

1

ARPs: $3,499 and 1,960. WIN

First limo sighting of Big Money Week, and as a result, we've gone gold. All contestants carted off the set will be sent in a golden limo their location. Medybill Hope has been in Contestant's Row all show and as a result, the limo is waiting for a trip Zoar, Ohio.

Sixth IUFB: Pair of GPSs (Magellan: Roadmate-9055 LM); ARP: $500 (Overhead)

MEDYBILL HOPE	PATRICIA	CHARLES	STEPHANI
501	400	770	500

The winner is...
STEPHANI

CLANGERS‽ $500‽

Medybill Hope heads off to Zoar, while Stephani, the third $500 winner of the day, is playing Pathfinder for a 2013 Honda Insight EX (1.3L engine, integrated motor assist, auto climate control, all-season floor mats and cargo tray) (Amber).

Small prizes (Manuela):

1. Portable iPod Speaker
2. Deep Fryer
3. Nostalgia Electrics: 3-in-1 breakfast station

2

 

 

 

 

1

9

4

0

7

8

7

5

8

9

2

3

2

4

6

6

4

2

9

3

8

1

5

7

4

3? EROO

$39

$50

SPEAKER

$39

$50

$50

$60

$89

DOCKING
STATION

$60

$89

$60

$42

$63

FRYER

$42

$63

$42

2

2

5

1

8

1

9

4

0

7

8

7

5

8

9

2

3

2

4

6

6

4

2

9

3

8

1

5

7

4

WIPEOUT

SCSD #2

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Stephani	$1,000	55	85	1.40	OVER
Christopher	$7,057	95	STAY	.95	*SHOWCASE*
Donald	$8,597	60	55	1.15	OVER

THE FABULOUS SHOWCASES

Christopher has the honors...

SC1 - Jamie

DOUBLE YOUR MONEY AND NO EXTRA SPIN

• Pair of Laptops (Sony VAIO: 13in laptop, 500GB HD, 4GB RAM, Blu-ray feature) (Amber)
• Pair of Motorscooters (Vespa: LX150IE Motorscooters) (Amber)
• Trip to Italy (RT Coach to Florence, IT for a 5n stay in a junior suite at the Borgo de Conti) (Manuela)

Bid: $21,000

SC2 - Christopher

A JEFF FRANCOEUR SHOWCASE

• Designer Ladies Watch (Christian Dior) (Manuela)
• Trip to France (RT Coach to Paris, FR, then onto Burgandy by train for a 6n cruise courtesy of European Waterways and GoBarging.com) (Manuela)
• 2013 Chevrolet Spark LS (AT< 1.2L engine, hill start assist, 6mos OnStar, paint/fabric) (Rob)

Bid: $28,500

Jamie

$21,000

ITALY

$23,389

$2,389

ITALY

*WIN*
$25,601

Christopher

$28,500

CAR

$31,776

$3,276

CAR

Results: 3 out of 6
Winnings: $72,824
Biggest Winner: Erin ($29,943)

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[Bobby McBride]

Squeeze: Yet another player loses this because they didn't take out that gooseegg.

Grand: Should've had a $100K win, but at least it wasn't a total loss (unlike what the final scoreboard indicated).

MoL: By far, the easiest setup in a long time!

SBS: Easy.

DC: It was its easy self again.

Pathfinder: A total wash.

Showcases: I thought Christopher would lose because he was over- as it turned out, he lost because of falling just short.

Not quite as good as yesterday.

[DJTorgo]

vadernader was the first to point this out, but perhaps it is coded that if a loss is attained at the $1,000 level, it automatically resets to $0 in the maingame.  Perhaps they just didn't change it in the coding for today.  Drew mentioned during the Showcase Showdown that the contestant won $1,000.

More or Less was laughably easy.

[Kev347]

Wow, they REALLY wanted to give away $100,000 today? I was shocked by that, figuring it would be super evil like the $40k 40th anniversary Grand setup. They must really be underbudget right now, between that and the truly-impossible-to-lose MOL. I wish they'd spread it more throughout the season. On the other hand, I'm glad at least MOL was won today because Grand certainly didn't go the way it was supposed to. Sometimes stuff like that happens and there's not much you can do about it. Then again, it's not the worst thing that $100k went back in the budget.

The Pathfinder price seems to almost always be tricky, while the SPs vacillate between being easy and hard. Today was definitely one of the easier days - not sure why that was wiped out. Overall, it's rare I can say a show was set up to be a budget-buster, but this one definitely was, it just underperformed. Helps make the week a little less annoying though - Drew is way overdoing the big money gimmick in general.

Timings:
Squeeze Play (3.5) - 3:02
Grand Game (5) - 6:22 (yes, really...)
More Or Less (5.5) - 6:00
Side By Side (3.5) - 3:32
Double Cross (4) - 3:14
Pathfinder (6) - 4:25
Total (27.5): 25:35

[Mallory16]

Grand Game wasn't super super easy--if you know ice cream is expensive, but don't know Creamsicles are (relatively) cheap, you could've lost--but once Jamie got the trickiest product out of the way, I have no idea how she lost from there.  Everything except the Creamsicles was super obvious, so... yeah, no idea what happened.

Either way, still surprisingly easy for $100,000.

[Roadgeek Adam]

Recap posted.

[PriceBusterXL]

Here comes Day 2 of Big Money Week:

THE BAD NEWS:

Pathfinder: I...........I mean...........Sheesh. Normally in the defense of the guy that was standing up, who I'm pretty sure is either Stephani's boyfriend or husband, he did say or mouthed out "$42" on the deep fryer. Her own fault for not listening to him in the end, I guess. Seems ironic that Drew would say, "At least you got a GPS". Probably should return that and keep the $500 for getting the exact bid............

Squeeze Play: To quote Willy Wonka:

'Nuff said.

THE NOT-SO-BAD NEWS:

Grand Game: It was easy seeing that Jamie should've avoid the non-food items, and that includes the body wash. At least she left here with a trip-case and $1000 from GG.

THE GOOD NEWS:

MoL: Arguably one of the most easiest setups from that game, but to paraphrase Chris Berman: "Erin has gone all...............the.............way!!!"

Side-by-Side: Donald played that well............Easy as hell, too, though.

Double Cross: Same for Christopher!

Mostly 1/2 and 1/2 considering how easy most of today's games were (Especially Squeeze Play) but it was still good, with the addition of three contestants getting exact bids.

[DJTorgo]

Squeeze Play: To quote Willy Wonka:

'Nuff said.

Is that really appropriate?  "Take out the 0" isn't the easiest setup in the world, and $9,0xx doesn't look any more right/wrong than $9,8xx for a trip.

[vadernader]

You know...they REALLY want to give away $100,000 Cash. First trying super easy Pay the Rent setups, now a super easy Grand Game setup. Yet, we found the one person in the audience who thinks Olay is < $4.50. Unfortunate.

More or Less was laughable at best. Nobody was going to lose that ladies & gents, Nobody.

This show had so much potential to have over $200,000 in winnings, it just didn't live up to it.

[thepriceis_J]

I find it hilarious that these people couldn't give away $100,000 if their life depended on it. On three seperate occasions they've made it terribly easy and yet it doesn't get won. Today was the worst example of this as the entire audience was trying to walk her to the money ("POTATOES? POTATOES? POTATOES? I'll go body wash."). I've got more to say on this, but I'll save for later as I'm on my phone.

Nice to see they've finally let up on More or Less. This was the easiest setup since...ever. I could do nothing but laugh at how easy the fakes were on all of the prizes.

[123123123]

More or Less was laughable at best. Nobody was going to lose that ladies & gents, Nobody.

I personally would have wished that Pathfinder would have been the easy car game of the day, maybe make the choices for the second digit 2, 7, 8, 9. 

At least we knew today had potential. In some cases, the contestants might just have been overthinking it.

For example, I don't know if the Grand Game contestant thought there would be a evil trick in order to win the grand prize, which is reasonable, or if she really thought the body wash was less.

[Bobby McBride]

In fact, I guaranteed weeks ago that if there wasn't a PtR win by the time this week came around, there should be this week (but it might still not happen).

[William]

I honestly wanted to cry when she picked the shampoo. This was one of the easiest setups I've seen in a long time. The one I had doubt about was the ice cream bars, so after she had picked that one, I was sure it was going to be a win. 

[Cartboy]

More Or Less, Side By Side, Double Cross:  Nice wins!
Squeeze Play:  Curses!
Grand Game:  Shoulda been won.
Pathfinder:  Blown, IMO.

Pretty good overall, IMHO.

[moneygamelover]

I was very surprised that Grand Game wasn't won. When I saw the target price and the items I was confident it would be won.

More or Less had a pretty easy setup but it was still well played.

Kinda got on a roll in the middle of the show partly due to easy setups. Had Grandy been won,this would have been a really good show. It was only an okay show as it was.