TPiR Recap - 12/30/2013 (TPiR "Best of 2013" Special)

[BD]

Hands down one of the best episodes of the current Drew Carey run. So good.

[03F5man]

I think they should have played Golden Road for that audi. When she won that car my jaw dropped pretty much to the floor with a thud.

[Schfifty]

Gas Money: When it comes down to a win like this, I think Jeff Spicolli did it best when he said this:

Or, you could go with the alternative—what Roger would say to Mike after producing one of the best shows of this era!

[moneygamelover]

I'm keeping this episode on my DVR for awhile.

Plinko: $2500 isn't too bad and the contestant's row prize was fantastic.

Squeeze Play: Nice win of a fantastic trip.

Lucky 7: Well played game and great win of a nice car. I like Lucky 7 because I've always felt when this game is won it's truly earned.

$25000 on the wheel! Awesome!

Do the Math: Home gyms aren't my favorite prizes but the fridge was a nice prize and it's always good to see a win. The contestant's row prize was fantastic here.

Gas Money: 1 of the best moments in TPIR history. I'm not normally a fan of Gas Money but I found I loved seeing it played for such a high end prize. As someone who mainly watches for prizes and gameplay Dream Car Week was a concept I loved and it was great to see a piece of it today. Wonderfully suspenseful playing with a super thrilling win.

Pick a Pair: Easy win of an outstanding trip.

Showcases: I would always bid if I had 1st choice and the 1st showcase included a car. It's turns out both showcases had cars and neither showcase was that much better than the other we were in good as long as we didn't have a double overbid.

That's how to do a themed show without overdoing it. Keep the games 1 player games and integrate the theme without it being too dominant that is what today was.

Santa Claus came to the BoB Barker studio a week late. I'm keeping this episode for a while.

[scooterndc]

The only downer for me was that Rob, Amber and Manuela weren't there to help celebrate... which was particularly annoying, considering that all five of the regular models were prominently featured in the "Best Of" clips shown in the opening seconds of the show. 

Come on, Mr. Richards, enough with the "guest model" folderol. Whatever happened to "Models Rule"?! Bring the Price is Right family back together for 2014--give us back our models!

[Bobby McBride]

P!: Not as much as we've seen very recently, but that's better than nothing.

SP: Pretty easy.

L7: Generous setup. Shalita's last digit guess of 6 was iffy (because the last number's usually 1 or 9), but it worked out!

SCSD #1: Finally, a $26K winner!

DtM: I think I would've lost.

GM: $152K+ would've also been my guess & WE HAVE A NEW ALL-TIME DAYTIME WINNER!!!!!!!

PaP: After P!, the other five PGs were won (including this one)!

SCSD #2: After Sheree was done spinning, I would've liked it if they had shown her final GT (because we couldn't fully hear the price of the shoes that she won to even get up on stage).

Showcases: I had a feeling Shalita lost after she made her bid.

[thepriceis_J]

Forgot to mention this in my first post...

I don't know when the eligibility period for the Daytime Emmy Awards ends, but the show would be insane not to submit this show for nomination (either for 2013 or 2014).

They've just won themselves another Emmy.

[PriceBusterXL]

Or, you could go with the alternative—what Roger would say to Mike after producing one of the best shows of this era!

I think both of them are really suitable here.  Roger would really give Mike the thumbs up with this one.

[jlgarfield]

This is how I felt upon seeing the big win. This is the sports equivalent of that.

Even though she didn't make it to the showcase, Sheree's place in TPiR history is cemented.

As stated, please don't put embedded videos on posts. Link them, as I have done for you.

-- Adam

[Swingbatta0]

My two cents:

Plinko: $2,500 isn't too bad. (in my books. at least $1,000 is a partial win in my books)
Squeeze Play: Tricky for me, but at least she got it.
Lucky Seven: I had a feeling she'd win that Mini Cooper! And congrats on her winning $26K on the big wheel!
Do the Math: Good win! And congrats to Jeffrey on winning his Showcase!
Gas Money: All I can say is… WOW! And she became the biggest daytime winner without even making it to the Showcase!
Pick a Pair: What a win! And for a trip to Aruba for 6 to boot!

Over $290,000 in cash and prizes given away in one day! This is DEFINITELY the Best of 2013!

[TinoStar11]

Anyone caught the hidden nugget today? The key chain in the Audi had the classic TPIR logo on it. Look carefully and you see it.

[Grand_game2004]

a H U G E congratulations goes out to Sheree for her HUGE gas money win! WAY TO GO!!!!!

[IncoG5nito]

For those mentioning them not saying anything about the Rent win, they *did* show it at least once in the various montages.  Maybe they didn't spend any more time on it because Rent wasn't played, or because they basically handed it to her on a silver platter, or because they're starting to see that the game might not have had the favorable impact they thought it would... could be any number of things.

I thought the show was very well done.  I was almost expecting Bob to make a(nother) return trip, albeit a briefer one, since they highlighted him coming back.

[htmlcc92]

Anyone caught the hidden nugget today? The key chain in the Audi had the classic TPIR logo on it. Look carefully and you see it.

I did notice that as well. I don't usually notice those small things, but I actually did today.

[CJBojangles]

As stated, please don't put embedded videos on posts. Link them, as I have done for you.

-- Adam

I know nothing about how this board functions, but is there perhaps a way to disable this function on all boards except for the Video Discussion section?

Had the Christmas shows been taped after this, this show would've been all the explanation I needed for how poorly produced they were.

They absolutely pulled out all the stops this year. The awesome intro, the flashback clips, the prizes... An all around unbelievable show. These are the production values we should strive for on a regular basis. MASSIVE kudos to the staff for putting this together.