TPiR Recap - 12/4/2013

[Roadgeek Adam]

Episode #6484K
Aired – 12/4/2013; Taped – 7/30/2013
Models: Lawrence Saint-Victor, Rachel Reynolds
Microphone Handoff: Rachel
First Four Contestant Seating: Mixed

First IUFB: Desktop Computer (23in touchscreen computer with 4GB RAM, 1TB HD, printer); ARP: $815 (Lawrence)

CLAUDIA	TODD	SCOTT	SUSAN
825	550	799	826

The winner is...
SCOTT

Scott, from Cincinnati, Ohio, is playing SQUEEZE PLAY for a trip to South Africa (RT Coach to Johannesburg, SA with transfer to Sun Cities for 6n stay at The Palace of the Lost city + daily breakfast, waterpark access) (Rachel).

The 3, 5, 8, and 1 is incorrect.

1	3	5	8	1	0

Scott removes the 3...

$	1	5	8	1	0
$13510

LOSS

Second IUFB: Video Game Console (Nintendo: WiiU, gamepad, 4 games); ARP: $520 (Lawrence and Rachel)

CLAUDIA	TODD	RICHARD	SUSAN
607	601	501	600

The winner is...
RICHARD

Jen is playing Pocket Change for a 2013 Dodge Journey American Value Package (AT, 2.4L engine, paint/fabric) (Rachel).

Number pool:

0

1

2

5

8

9

Guess	1
Car ARP	2
Car Price	50¢

5

2

75¢

0

2 0

75¢

9

2 0 9

75¢

8

2 0 9 8

75¢

5

2 0 9 8

$1.00

1

2 0 9 8 1

$1.00

Change Card	25¢	25¢	10¢	50¢
Change Total	.50	.75	.85	1.35	WIN

Third IUFB: Designer Handbags (Jo: Leather handbags with 2 bags, clutch, backpack); ARP: $1,120 (Rachel)

CLAUDIA	TODD	SUSAN R.	SUSAN B.
802	600	500	700

The winner is...
CLAUDIA

Claudia, from Miami, Florida, is playing Bonus Game for a waverunner (Yamaha VX Cruiser with 4-stroke 1052cc engine, trailer; ARP: $10,684) (Lawrence).

First prize: Fondue Pot (Rachel)
Price: $120
Guess: Lower
ARP: $180 (Wrong)

Second prize: Stick Blender
Price: $35
Guess: Higher
ARP: $55 (Correct)

Third prize: 5-piece Wusthof Cutlery Set
Price: $250
Guess: Higher
ARP: $188 (Wrong)

Fourth prize: Ping Pong Set
Price: $19
Guess: Higher
ARP: $40 (Correct)

*		←
$55 HIGHER	BONUS!	←
*		←
$40 HIGHER		←

WIN (Total Winnings: $10,779)

SCSD #1

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Scott	$815	90	STAY	.90	*SHOWCASE*
Claudia	$11,899	80	80	1.60	OVER
Richard	$21,501	15	95	1.10	OVER

Fourth IUFB: Speaker System; ARP: $800 (Lawrence)

CARL	TODD	SUSAN R.	SUSAN B.
700	600	800	801

CLANGERS! $500!!

The winner is...
SUSAN R.

Susan R., now $500 richer, is playing Check out for a bedroom set (Ashley: Queen Set with ComforPedic mattress + Panasonic 55in Plasma 3D HD TV, Wifi, 2 pairs of glasses, ARP: $7,498) (Rachel).

Guesses		ARPs
2.50	Jolly Time Popcorn	1.99
3.00	Pine Bros. Softish Throat Drops	3.59
2.00	Mott's Apple Juice Boxes	1.29
4.00	Francesco Rinaldi Pasta Sauce	2.29
6.50	Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Lotion	7.18
18.00	TOTAL	16.34
	Difference:	1.66

WIN

Fifth IUFB: Snowbaord (nitro Snowboards with boots and bindings); ARP: $970 (Lawrence and Rachel on CHUGGS)

CARL	TODD	VICKI	SUSAN B.
640	450	729	1100

The winner is...
VICKI

Vicki is playing Double Prices for a trip to Canada (RT Coach to Vancouver, BC then to Whistler for 6n stay in 1-bedroom suite at the First Tracks Lodge + 3 day lift tickets) (Lawrence).

$8187

DOUBLE PRICES

$5789

 

WIN

ARP: $5789

$5789

Well, here we go again, but this time, we have a change. We need to pull out the doublewide. Todd and the other Susan have been in COntestants Row all show. Only one can get out, at least one other is going to Fort Shawnee, Ohio.

Sixth IUFB: Home Gym (Bowflex: 100 exercises); ARP: $2,999 (Lawrence)

CARL	TODD	STACY	SUSAN B.
2300	1200	1299	1400

The winner is...
CARL

 

The doublewide takes Todd and Susan to Fort Shawnee, while Carl, age 80 who served in Korea, is playing LINE 'EM UP for a 2013 Ford Fiesta SE (1.6L engine, AC, tire pressure monitoring system, paint/fabric) (Rachel).

Carl has to line up the prices of the Cruze using the prices of these items:

• Microwave Oven (Rachel)
• Comapct Foosball Game (Lawrence)
• Coffee and Tea Set (Salisbury) (Lawrence)

 

		1
			6	7	9	MICROWAVE
			4	9	FOOSBALL TABLE
			9	6	5	TEA SET
		3

1

		1	He sets the price to...
	6	7	9	MICROWAVE
	4	9	FOOSBALL TABLE
9	6	5	TEA SET
		3

 

		1	He sets the price to...
		6	7	9	MICROWAVE
		4	9	FOOSBALL TABLE
	9	6	5	TEA SET
		3

LOSS (ARP: $17,463)

SCSD #2

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Carl	$2,999	75	STAY	.75	*SHOWCASE*
Vicki	$6,759	60	100	1.60	OVER
Susan R.	$8,798	15	40	.55

THE FABULOUS SHOWCASES

Carl has the honors...

SC1 - Carl

CHECK IN, CHECK AROUND AND CHECK OUT

• Pair of iPads (Apple: 128GB iPads with retina display, Wifi, smartcovers) (Rachel)
• Trip to Australia (RT Coach to Cairns, AU for 5n stay in 2-bedroom sutie at Kewarda Beach Resort and Spa + daily breakfast, dinner on the beach, day trip to Great Barrier Reef) (Rachel)
• 2013 Mini Cooper Hardtop (1.6L engine, MT, 15in alloy wheels, AM/FM radio with MP3) (Lawrence)

Bid: $30,000

SC2 - Scott

GOING TO SEE THE AMERICAS

• Motorscooter (BMW Motoresquew 650GT, 647cc 4-stroke engine, high line package) (Rachel)
• Trip to Belize (RT Coach to Belize for a 6n stay in a river suite at the Mystic River Resort + daily breakfast, day trip to Butterfly Ranch) (Rachel)
• Trip to Ecuador (RT Coach to Kito, EC for 6n stay in a tropical suite bungalow at Arasha Resort + daily merala,s 1 massage, tours and workshops, rental car) (Lawrence)

Bid: $24,200

Carl

$30,000

MINI COOPER

$33,592

$3,592

MINI COOPER

Scott

$24,200

ECUADOR

$24,444

$244

ECUADOR

*DSW (3rd)*
$58,851

Results: 4 out of 6
Winnings: $110,807
Biggest Winner: Scott

This Recap is solely intended for the purpose of Golden-Road.net.
Reproduction of this without authorized consent is prohibited.
Recap produced by Roadgeek Adam
Templates by Visualbasicwizard and WhammyPower788
CSS work provided by cu2010.

Remember no shows Thursday or Friday.

[DJTorgo]

Having watched the episode, I can't really come to any obvious conclusion as to why this episode was postponed.

EFFING LINE

[GSB92]

Why did they have to postpone a DSW?

[Swingbatta0]

My two cents:

Squeeze Play: Tough break. But kudos to Scott for his Double Showcase Win!
Pocket Change: Great win!
Bonus Game: Another good win!
Check Out: Good win!
Double Prices: Tricky, but a great win.
Line 'em Up: Tough break.

[TinoStar11]

The only reason I think they held back from showing this show , The TSA shooting in LAX. When the contestant mentioned they worked for them , that's probably why it got preempted.

[DJTorgo]

The only reason I think they held back from showing this show , The TSA shooting in LAX. When the contestant mentioned they worked for them , that's probably why it got preempted.

You know what?  This just might be it.

[Hag]

The only reason I think they held back from showing this show , The TSA shooting in LAX. When the contestant mentioned they worked for them , that's probably why it got preempted.

I agree, it makes sense.

Lawrence, you've made your point. Time to go away.

[Roadgeek Adam]

Recap up.

[Bobby McBride]

Squeeze: Not close.

PC: Thanks to that 0 not giving Richard too much trouble, he won even though he was so close to nailing the 1 at the end!

Bonus: Not too difficult.

C-O: Don't always give up hope in this game.

DP: I would've lost this one.

LeU: Carl did himself no favors by getting the 7 right on the first try.

Showcases: Scott's DSW was the most impressive one I've seen since Racheal's DSW on 11/28/11 (when she added $250 to her $24K bid)!

We've been having a stretch of great shows recently- let's try to keep it going next week!

[Kev347]

What a great episode! A good aggressive lineup with lots of rare games (can't have that everyday, but makes days like this special) and great results including a DSW on a show where they really didn't want very much won. I mean, consider that we got past a 20981 ugly car price with a fake -5, a $55 dinky blender and a $1.29 thing of FOUR apple juices (one of my least favorite GPs) in the same day. Pretty special, and then we added a DSW to top it all off. More and more people are ending their bids in odd numbers that aren't -000. I doubt it's because people are actually catching on, but you never know, something is up. Might be time for them to rethink this whole ARP thing. I think the setups were generally more difficult today because they fancied themselves a 3 Strikes win revenge episode, but now, that didn't really work out that well, did it?

I really can't explain why Line 'em Up got played today. I mean, Line getting played over Any means Any skipped THREE weeks in a row. Likewise, Bonus coming out of nowhere means Cliff skipped 3 weeks in a row. Not exactly complaining about either of these things, just surprising. Cliff could really use a rest this year after the severe overkill last year and, of course, Bonus took half the season off last year, so I'm good with seeing it a little extra (although it might have been put in today to cause a loss).

[PriceBusterXL]

Despite The Pointer (Lawrence) being on the show, today was pretty good.

THE BAD NEWS:

LEU: That price of the Fiesta was pretty predictable ($17,463) and I got that right on the nose.

Squeeze Play: Too bad Scott didn't get the Africa trip. At least he got this:   

THE GOOD NEWS:

Pocket Change: Had to watch that online since my cable cut me off (Lousy timing)............Great win by Richard!

Double Prices: That was a easy win by Vicki!

Bonus Game: Luck was on Claudia's side............Good thing she didn't loss on the blender.

Check-Out: Same for Susan. I was afraid that the pasta sauce would do her in.

THE BOTTOM LINE:

We had a TPIR sandwich today:

[bread]LWWWWL[bread]
              [meat]

Awesome contestants and wins today!

The only reason I think they held back from showing this show , The TSA shooting in LAX. When the contestant mentioned they worked for them , that's probably why it got preempted.

Oh..........I see. And all this time, I thought it had to do with a certain Canadian mayor using a certain type of drug since that Canada trip was presented. But he's from Toronto and the trip that was being played for was to Vancouver.

I agree, it makes sense.

Lawrence, you've made your point. Time to go away.

Emphasis on "point".

[moneygamelover]

Squeeze Play: Too bad it wasn't won. That was a nice prize.

Pocket Change: 5 was a pretty *redacted* guess for the 2nd number in the price of the car. But great recovery to get the 3rd and 4th numbers right both on the 1st guess. Great luck with the cards and a great win!

Bonus Game: This is a great game. Good win today.

Check out,: One of my favorite games. I knew $4 was too high for the sauce but overall I thought it had a 50/50 shot of being won.  Another good win.

Double Prices: Actually a tough setup today  Nice win.

Line em Up.: Too bad.

Showcases: DSWs are always awesome. To not even win your game and come away with $58,000 is a great day in the showcase round indeed.
Good show today.

For the love of God and all things holy, find another word. The "r" word is derogatory and offensive.

[MSTieScott]

Since I was home today, I watched to see if I could figure out the reason for the preemption. I also came up with the TSA contestant as my best guess.

I see what everybody's talking about with Lawrence Saint-Victor.

I thought Check-Out was winnable. Seems like most people would underprice the throat drops and lotion while overpricing the apple juice and pasta sauce, thereby balancing out for a win. I thought Susan was in trouble when she said $4.00 for the pasta sauce followed by a reasonable bid on the lotion.

I noticed that the Line 'Em Up board had numbers in the price of the car at the beginning of the game, which may or may not have thrown off the contestant (not that it probably mattered in the end). Was that a one-time mistake, or is that how the game begins now? It seemed to throw Drew a little bit when he was demonstrating how to slide the first prize's price and went to reset it.

[Cartboy]

Nice wins on Pocket Change, Bonus Game, Check Out, and Double Prices!

Close enough by $6 - exciting !

Great show overall, IMHO.

[shell_game]

Like Scott, I also noticed that the first numbers were already "lined up" in Line 'em Up.  I haven't noticed that happening before.  I think that this actually makes the game more difficult.  I don't mean that in a mathematical sense, but in a psychological sense.  I think players are far less likely to leave the first guesses as the numbers that are already in place, and I notice that the player did exactly that:  he changed every one.  I think that this put him at a disadvantage.

I learned today that Lawrence is a lot more enjoyable as a model if you (a) place bets on the order of him pointing, pounding, or waving his fist in the air, and (b) narrate out loud what he's doing ("point! point! point!").