TPiR Recap - 10/16/2013 (TPiR Season 42 Big Money Week - Day 3)

[MannyCav]

I also didn't like the fact that the contestant was losing money as the game progressed, instead of building it up, which did make it seem a little anticlimactic.

I'm curious as to how the game could have been engineered to allow money to be 'built up' as you suggest instead of losing money. I personally didn't find it anticlimactic, considering the high stakes involved with each and every step, but I still wonder how you would have handled it differently. I can't imagine how you can make the game go from $0 to $250,000 without engineering the game beyond recognition.

[whinbaby]

The 7,874th episode (2nd for Season 42)

Showcase #1

• Trip to Amsterdam:  $11,259
• Motorcycles:  $11,398

My bid:  $20,200 (Difference of $2,457)

Showcase #2

• Tablets:  $998
• Trip to Cyprus:  $13,361
• VW Golf:  $19,995

My bid:  $30,600 (Difference of $3,754)

Modeling Totals:  October 16, 2013 (OSAD 9/24)
Highs and lows among shows for the OSAD in previous years
High:  $90,387 (9/24/2008)
Low:  $15,735 (9/24/2001)

Rachel Reynolds
Total:  15/$87,444.00 (12/$41,809.00, 3/$45,635.00)
Cars:  2/$44,670.00 (0/$0.00, 2/$44,670.00)
Trips:  2/$24,620.00 (2/$24,620.00, 0/$0.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

Carrie Keagan
Total:  12/--The show's highest daytime modeling total ever!  Carrie is in the record books! (8/$68,301.00, 4/$227,985.00)
Total (had a typical Cliff Hangers prize* been used):  12/$53,786.00 (9/$45,801.00, 3/$7,985.00)
Cars:  1/$19,995.00 (1/$19,995.00, 0/$0.00)
Trips:  1/$6,440.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$6,440.00)
Cash Prizes:  1/$250,000.00 (0/$30,000.00, 1/$220,000.00)
Cash Prizes (had a typical Cliff Hangers prize been used):  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

All Prizes
Total:  26/$381,481.00 (18/$107,796.00, 8/$273,685.00)
Total (had a typical Cliff Hangers prize been used):  26/$138,981.00 (19/$85,296.00, 7/$53,685.00)
Cars:  3/$64,665.00 (1/$19,995.00, 2/$44,670.00)
Trips:  3/$31,060.00 (2/$24,620.00, 1/$6,440.00)
Cash Prizes:  1/$250,000.00 (0/$30,000.00, 1/$220,000.00)
Cash Prizes (had a typical Cliff Hangers prize been used):  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

*Any typical Cliff Hangers prize:  around $7,500.

Season to date
Rachel Reynolds (18 shows)
Total:  262/$1,269,328.49 (166/$554,922.00, 96/$714,406.49)
Cars:  27/$619,909.00 (8/$175,824.00, 19/$444,085.00)
Trips:  39/$294,899.00 (26/$211,118.00, 13/$83,781.00)
Cash Prizes:  2/$32,000.00 (0/$0.00, 2/$32,000.00)

Carrie Keagan (3 shows)
Total:  35/$459,336.00 (23/$126,122.00, 12/$333,214.00)
Cars:  4/$102,353.00 (2/$38,649.00, 2/$63,704.00)
Trips:  5/$29,145.00 (3/$17,243.00, 2/$11,902.00)
Cash Prizes:  1/$250,000.00 (0/$30,000.00, 1/$220,000.00)

All Prizes (18 shows)
Total:  490/$3,189,647.71 (303/$1,267,414.00, 187/$1,922,233.71)
Cars:  57/$1,220,427.00 (20/$405,355.00, 37/$815,072.00)
Trips:  61/$447,685.00 (37/$290,400.00, 24/$157,285.00)
Cash Prizes:  19/$803,500.00 (2/$170,250.00, 17/$633,250.00)

Career to date
Rachel Reynolds (1,223 shows)
Total:  11,563/$61,198,805.66 (7,198/$27,474,531.15, 4,365/$33,724,274.51)
Cars:  1,247/$28,212,339.00 (485/$10,470,909.00, 762/$17,741,430.00)
Trips:  1,026/$7,774,195.83 (541/$3,977,657.20, 485/$3,796,538.63)
Cash Prizes:  196/$2,276,227.00 (39/$397,198.00, 157/$1,879,029.00)

My viewing to date (2,384 shows)
Total:  62,167/$339,807,709.38 (38,697/$147,738,047.72, 23,470/$192,069,661.66)
Cars:  6,742/$145,304,495.51 (2,610/$54,937,683.51, 4,132/$90,366,812.00)
Trips:  5,014/$35,081,415.20 (2,582/$17,995,048.20, 2,432/$17,086,367.00)
Cash Prizes:  1,775/$38,704,315.00 (349/$6,397,540.00, 1,426/$32,306,775.00)

[kingpin623]

...Now or Then: An enthusiastic contestant, but I think this guy got sort of lucky.  The "New" on the bottle and in the prize description of the first item should've been a bit of clue.  But, a win is always nice...

I'm glad someone else caught this!  Besides the "4 Nows and 2 Thens" trick, the presence of the word "New!!" is the other "secret" to this game:  NEW = NOW.  That lotion was just screaming "NOW!!!"!

I can swear that I once saw a sharper contestant actually point this out to Bob.

JBK