TPiR Recap - 7/4/2013 (2013 Salute to Military Families Special)

[Roadgeek Adam]

Episode #6413K (2013 Salute to Military Families)
Aired – 7/4/2013; Taped – 5/18/2013
Models: Manuela Arbelaez, Amber Lancaster, Gwendolyn Osbourne-Smith, Rachel Reynolds
Microphone Handoff: Rachel
First Four Contestant Seating: Left to Right

First IUFB: Pair of Laptop Computers (Asus: 11.6in with 4GB RAM, 500 GB HD); ARP: $1,000 (Amber)

SARA & JEREMY	DEMITRIS & LINDELL	MATTHEW & ASHLEY	TARA & DERRICK
522	999	800	801

The winner is...
DEMITRIS & LINDELL

All contestants who get on stage will receive a $500 gift card from Retailmenot.com.

Demitris and Lindell is playing SAFECRACKERS for a 6n stay in a deluxe suite at the St. Gregrory Hotel and Suites + daily breakfast and evening limo tour) (Manuela) and a pair of digital cameras (12.2MP cameras with 1080P resolution; ARP: $9,034).

ARP of the cameras are the combination to the safe. The numbers are: 0, 6, and 7.

OPEN

LOCK

6

7

0

$760

Second IUFB: Pair of Bicycles (Phat Cycles: His and Her Cycles); ARP: $1,210 (Amber)

SARA & JEREMY	DALE & DOUGLAS	MATTHEW & ASHLEY	TARA & DERRICK
800	575	700	799

The winner is...
SARA & JEREMY

Sara and Jeremy are playing ANY NUMBER for random cash, an espresso machine (compact machine with 2 mugs, 6 cups and saucers) (Gwendolyn) or a 2013 Ford Fiesta SE (1.6L engine, AC, tire pressure monitoring system, heated seats, AT) (Rachel)

The first number in the price of the car is...

CAR	1
COFFEE CENTER
PIGGY BANK

They pick 6...

CAR	1
COFFEE CENTER				6
PIGGY BANK

They pick 5...

CAR	1
COFFEE CENTER				6
PIGGY BANK					5

They pick 7...

CAR	1
COFFEE CENTER			7	6
PIGGY BANK					5

They pick 8...

CAR	1	8
COFFEE CENTER			7	6
PIGGY BANK					5

They pick 4...

CAR	1	8
COFFEE CENTER			7	6
PIGGY BANK			4.		5

They pick 9...

CAR	1	8
COFFEE CENTER			7	6	9
PIGGY BANK			4.		5

LOSS. ARPs were...

CAR	1	8	3	1	0
COFFEE CENTER			7	6	9
PIGGY BANK			4.	2	5

Third IUFB: Sunglasses (6-piece collection of His/Her Sunglasses); ARP: $508 (Overhead)

LUCINA & TIMOTHY	DALE & DOUGLAS	MATTHEW & ASHLEY	TARA & DERRICK
1250	832	625	1

The winner is...
TARA & DERRICK

Tara and Derrick are playing Freeze Frame for a watercraft (SeaDoo GTS 130: seats 3, 1494cc engine, trailer) (Manuela).

$9484

	84	13
94			38
29			17
	41	70

LOSS

SCSD #1

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Tara and Derrick	$1,008	45	25	.70	*SHOWCASE*
Demitris and Lindell	$1,500	15	10	.25
Sara and Jeremy	$2,479	15	40	.55

Fourth IUFB: Collection of iPods (Apple: Pair of 64GB iPod Touches and 16GB Nanos); ARP: $1,096 (Gwedolyn and Rachel)

LUCINA & TIMOTHY	DALE & DOUGLAS	MATTHEW & ASHLEY	BRITTANY & LEANNE
800	801	802	700

The winner is...
MATTHEW & ASHLEY

Matthew and Ashley are playing Rat Race for a karaoke package (Party Tyme Karaoke: Machine and discs) and a treadmill (Manuela) and a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze LS (1.8 L engine, power windows, 6-speaker audio system) (Amber).

Matthew and Ashley can earn rats by guessing the prices of these items:

Ball Park Hot Dog Buns

Guess must be within $1.

Guess: $3.00.

$3.49

Correct! Rat picked: GREEN

Hot Dog Roller

Guess must be within $10.

Guess: $30.

$60

Wrong!

Oreck Versavac Vacuum Cleaner

Guess must be within $100.

Guess: $225.

$200

Correct! Rat picked: BLUE

Rachel releases the rats...

	2	TREADMILL
	4
	5
	1	CAR
	3	KARAOKE PACKAGE

LOSS (Total Winnings: $2,417)

Fifth IUFB: Watch (Stainles Steel Braeaclet with winding movments); ARP: $1,895 (Gwendolyn)

LUCINA & TIMOTHY	DALE & DOUGLAS	CHRISTY & JESSIE	BRITTANY & LEANNE
901	902	900	750

The winner is...
DALE & DOUGLAS

Dale and Douglas are playing Most Expen$ive for:

1. A new television (55in LED 3D HD TV, Wifi, 1080P resolution, 2 pairs of 3D glasses) (Rachel).
2. A new fridge (Elmira Stove Works: Candy Red 18cuft retro fridge) (Manuela).
3. A new pool table (Misurac: 8ft Donovan 2 pool table with accessory package) (Amber).

Guess: 2.

1	2	3
$2760	$3375	$1600

WIN

Sixth IUFB: Pair of Smartphones (Blackberry: 6GB memory + calling plan); ARP: $2,600 (Gwendolyn)

LUCINA & TIMOTHY	ALICIA & JACOB	CHRISTY & JESSIE	BRITTANY & LEANNE
1601	1199	1500	1600

The winner is...
LUCINA & TIMOTHY

Lucina and Timothy are playing Grand Game for a chance to win up to $10,000!

The target price is...

$5.25

Lucina and Timothy start out at $1.00:

$1.00

The items are:

• Ruffles Ridges Potato Chips
• Aussie Shampoo
• Twizzlers
• Ulta Sunscreen
• Totino's Party Pizza
• Axe Body Spray

Pick 1: Chips

$4.29

$10.00

Pick 2: Twizzlers

$2.19

$100.00

Pick 3: Pizza

$1.69

$1,000.00

Pick 4: Shampoo

$3.29

$10,000.00

WIN (The sunscreen was $9.99 and the body spray was $5.79)

SCSD #2

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Matthew and Ashley	$4,013	15	75	.90	*SHOWCASE*
Dale and Douglas	$10,130	85	70	1.55	OVER
Lucina and Timothy	$13,100	30	90	1.20	OVER

THE FABULOUS SHOWCASES

Matthew and Ashley have the honors...

SC1 - Matthew and Ashley

RED, WHITE AND BLUE

• Gas Grill (Electornic ignition, 4 casters) (Amber)
• Trip to Hawaii (RT Coach to Kauai, HI for 6n stay in 2-bedroom garden suite at the Outrigger Waipouli Beach + guided island tour) (Manuela)
• 2013 Dodge Journey American Value Package (AT, 2.4L engine, paint/fabric) (Gwendolyn)

Bid: $24,000

SC2 - Tara and Derrick

SEEING FIREWORKS

• Trip to New York (RT Coach to New York, NY for a 4n stay in a room at the alls utie hotel in Times Squre + 5-course dinner during VIP Dinner and fireworks cruise) (Gwendolyn)
• Sailboat (Com-Pac Yacht Sailboat: 17ft craft with sailing system, antique handrails and and trailer) (Rachel)

Bid: $26,000

Matthew and Ashley

$24,000

SUV

$30,539

$6,539

SUV

Tara and Derrick

$26,000

SAILBOAT

$30,655

$4,655

SAILBOAT

*WIN*
$31,663

Results: 2 out of 6
Winnings: $62,885
Biggest Winner: Matthew and Ashley

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[Wayoshi]

Besides Grand, not much to talk about here. No hard setups except Grand, but nothing was at all easy either, and even if we had better luck in Safe, A# and Rat, this still would have felt too low-key for July 4th, the biggest problem of the show. I mean really, starting with regular old Safe? Particularly when it was awkward with 2 people?

[PriceBusterXL]

At first, after the 1st half of this, I was saying to myself, "I'm afraid that the only thing will be won is a espresso machine from A#"............Thankfully, ME (despite it being a "gimme" setup........mostly because of the retro fridge) and Grand saved it from being anything like the one from Season 39.

Funny enough, much like the one from S39, no cars were won and a  was won. Plus, it seemed a little odd for Safe being 1st on this lineup. I was hoping Golden Road would at least been played today and I don't know why it's being almost seclusive this season. Unless the only logical explanation is that it could be re-furbished for next season or something...................

Well, it was a little below-average for my taste this 4th.............Nothing new until the Back-To-School special.

[mrbrown2195]

When I saw Safecrackers, I immediately thought that there would be a car in there... What a way to start off the show that would be!

I was sorely disappointed to see the trip to Washington DC.

[htmlcc92]

When I saw Safecrackers, I immediately thought that there would be a car in there... What a way to start off the show that would be!

I was sorely disappointed to see the trip to Washington DC.

I thought so as well, especially Drew saying that they had something so valuable that they had to lock it in the safe (though admittedly he usually says that, but I thought on a day like today, it would actually be something most people consider to be valuable like a car).

[PriceBusterXL]

When I saw Safecrackers, I immediately thought that there would be a car in there... What a way to start off the show that would be!

I was sorely disappointed to see the trip to Washington DC.

Even though it is the nation's capital, that was a real miss. And like I said, I don't know why Golden Road wasn't played first instead of this.

And if they want to give away the DC trip and the cameras, they should've put up 2FTPO1 instead of Safe Crackers.

Leave it to Mike to set us up, just to knock us down like that, much like a lot of things this season.

[Mallory16]

The transition from Safe Crackers to show the screen with the $500 gift card was awkward.  That would've worked better with almost any other game as the first game of the day.  As it is, I do not understand, at all, the obsession with putting Any Number second this season.  That really should've been the first game here, if for no other reason than not having that awkward gift card transition from Safe Crackers.

[ThatDonGuy]

It's ironic that one of the prizes in the Showcase was a trip to New York to watch the July 4 fireworks, considering that NBC's coverage of the New York fireworks is the primary reason given for CBS replacing its annual coverage of the Boston Pops concert and fireworks with a repeat of Elementary.

Also, Oreck paid the show to have its vacuum cleaner mentioned in Rat Race - how often is this done for items worth more than $100 (more than $10, for that matter)?

[Kyle]

I think these "special" shows are getting out of control, it's just gimmicks, gimmicks, gimmicks. Who cares about any of it? If they wanted to do a military themed show for the Fourth of July, okay fine - we've seen it before, it's sort of a tradition of The Price is Right to salute the military. But, did this really need to be a two-player show - and more to the point, hasn't the novelty of two-player shows worn off by now? Mother's day with two-players? Okay, makes sense. Father's day with two-players? Sure. But, military families? Kind of stretching it. Also, if they insist on having these two-player episodes, they shouldn't be playing games where one person has to directly interact with the game, like Safe Crackers in this instance - one person dials in the price, not two. Thank God they haven't played Hole in One on one of these two-player shows (yet).

Really, these theme shows are so commonplace now that the word "special" is hardly befitting because there's nothing special about them - they're ordinary shows with a little half-baked window dressing thrown on-top. The same prizes are offered on these "special" shows, the usual games are played, and usually the same outcomes take place. Just same old-same old. You want to have a special show? Play Triple Play, play Golden Road, play three car games, play It's in the Bag for $24,000 - instantly it's a special show because these things rarely happen. Giving away free bonus prizes like $500 gift cards or free iPhones or whatever it may be to everyone who gets on-stage is meaningless - no one cares because they didn't do anything to earn those prizes.

[Kev347]

A pretty boring McGimmick show. I agree with those who said that leading off with Safe set us up for the "normal show with window dressing" feel. Aside from super awkward Safe Crackers (one reason these couple shows need to be limited is the preponderance of games that just don't work with couples), everything played out in boring fashion. Yawn. Drew even got bored enough he had to bring up Manuela's citizenship again after a year - make her feel secure before giving her the boot?

Timings:
Safe Crackers (4.5) - 5:02 (...)
Any Number (5) - 4:00
Freeze Frame (4) - 3:20
Rat Race (6) - 5:33
Most Expensive (3.5) - 4:03
Grand Game (5) - 4:47
Total (28): 26:45

[Jordanar18]

"Salute to Military Families".  Wow.  Just a "Salute to the Military" would have been good enough.

Although I like seeing Safe, pretty much a run-of-the-mill first half with toss-up choices for prices.  Nothing exciting at all.

Rat Race:  That was close!  I had to rewind my DVR and go frame-by-frame to see if they got it right.    Also, a prize that Bob would never allow -- a hot dog maker.

Grandy: Great win!  As I've said before, I like seeing cashers sixth.  Unfortunately, it was spoiled (for us, by seeing the height of the giant price tag) during the opening.

[Roadgeek Adam]

"Salute to Military Families".  Wow.  Just a "Salute to the Military" would have been good enough.

Although I like seeing Safe, pretty much a run-of-the-mill first half with toss-up choices for prices.  Nothing exciting at all.

Rat Race:  That was close!  I had to rewind my DVR and go frame-by-frame to see if they got it right.    Also, a prize that Bob would never allow -- a hot dog maker.

Grandy: Great win!  As I've said before, I like seeing cashers sixth.  Unfortunately, it was spoiled (for us, by seeing the height of the giant price tag) during the opening.

Veterans Day is effectively the Military Special, so why not?

[PriceBusterXL]

A pretty boring McGimmick show. I agree with those who said that leading off with Safe set us up for the "normal show with window dressing" feel. Aside from super awkward Safe Crackers (one reason these couple shows need to be limited is the preponderance of games that just don't work with couples), everything played out in boring fashion. Yawn. Drew even got bored enough he had to bring up Manuela's citizenship again after a year - make her feel secure before giving her the boot?

Timings:
Safe Crackers (4.5) - 5:02 (...)
Any Number (5) - 4:00
Freeze Frame (4) - 3:20
Rat Race (6) - 5:33
Most Expensive (3.5) - 4:03
Grand Game (5) - 4:47
Total (28): 26:45

For me, I think for right now it's ".............allegedly giving her the boot." But we'll see what happens. I hope it's not completely true and the new model (Danielle) is just a addition and nothing more.............

[Cartboy]

Great win on Grand Game & nice win on Most Expensive!   Pretty much same old same old other than that, IMHO.

[moneygamelover]

I don't mind"themed" episodes. I thoroughly enjoyed the Halloween,Christmas,and Super Bowl specials. What I really HATE is playing in pairs episodes and this 1 is no exception. The big problem is that TPIR was created as a 1 player game and all the individual pricing games were created as 1 player game. It's just too weird and awkward to try to create a 2 player game out of a 1 player game. I have no problem with themed shows. I just wish playing in pairs shows would snuff it.