TPiR Recap - 3/14/2014

[Roadgeek Adam]

Episode #6674K
Aired – 3/14/2014; Taped – 1/29/2014
Models: Amber Lancaster, Rachel Reynolds
Microphone Handoff: Amber
First Four Contestant Seating: Left to Right

First IUFB: Laptop (Sony: 14in Vaio laptop with 4GB memory and 500GB HD, headphones); ARP: $750 (Rachel)

SAMANTHA	JAMES	SALLY	MICHAEL
700	950	1000	1050

The winner is...
SAMANTHA

Samantha is playing One Right Price for designer accessories (Cole Hahn: Leather and suede colletion of pumps and men's Oxfords) (Rachel) and a television (Panasonic: 55in LED 3D HDTV, with camera and four pairs of glasses) (Amber)

The right price is $2,156. She picks the accessories...

ACCESSORIES		TELEVISION
$2156
$2156		$3000

WIN

Second IUFB: Bicycle (Dahon: Folding bicycle with 20in wheels and tire pump); ARP: $1,299 (Rachel)

MARQUITA	JAMES	SALLY	MICHAEL
700	1	725	825

The winner is...
MICHAEL

Michael is playing Switcheroo for a 2014 Ford Fiesta SE (1.6L engine, 5-speed AT, cargo management package, interior protection package) (Amber).

Guess 1:

0

1	6	5	2	0		CAR
			1	0		BOTTLE OPENER
			3	5		WATERMELON KNIFE
			7	0		PIZZA MAKER
			5	5		CITRUS JUICER

Guess 2:

3

1	6	5	7	0		CAR
			3	0	√	BOTTLE OPENER
			2	5	√	WATERMELON KNIFE
			5	0	√	PIZZA MAKER
			1	5		CITRUS JUICER

LOSS (The car was $16,510 and the juicer was $75.)

Third IUFB: Pair of Digital Cameras (Retailmenot.com: 10.1MP cameras with 24mm ultra-wide angle lens); ARP: $800 (Amber and Rachel)

MARQUITA	JAMES	SALLY	TRACY
250	800	801	300

CLANGERS! $500!!

The winner is...
JAMES

James, now $500 richer, is playing RANGE GAME for a trip to Bali (RT Coach to Bali, IND for a 6n stay in a room at the Warwick Ibah Luxury Villas + daily breakfast and 1 massage each) (Amber).

$12,200

$11,600

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James stops the range finder at $11,815–11,965

ARP: $12,026. LOSS

$12,200

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$11,600

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SCSD #1

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
James	$1,300	65	STAY	.65	*SHOWCASE*
Michael	$1,404	55	95	1.50	OVER
Samantha	$5,906	45	10	.55

Fourth IUFB: Video Game Package (Sony: PS4 package with 2 DualShock4 controllers, camera and 2 games); ARP: $645 (Amber)

MARQUITA	DANIEL	SALLY	TRACY
500	625	700	626

The winner is...
TRACY

Tracy is playing Pocket Change for a 2014 Mazda 3i SV (2.4L engine, push button start, all-weather floor mats, cargo tray, paint/fabric) (Rachel).

Number pool:

1

4

5

7

8

9

Guess	8
Car ARP	1 8
Car Price	25¢

5

1 8

50¢

7

1 8

75¢

9

1 8

$1.00

4

1 8 4

$1.00

5

1 8 4

$1.25

7

1 8 4

$1.50

9

1 8 4 9

$1.50

5

1 8 4 9

$1.75

7

1 8 4 9 7

$1.75

Change Card	10¢	5¢	0¢	5¢
Change Total	.35	.40	.40	.45

LOSS

Fifth IUFB: Espresso Machine (Machine, cups and saucers); ARP: $510 (Rachel)

MARQUITA	DANIEL	SALLY	MAUREEN
350	375	1	400

The winner is...
MAUREEN

Maureen is playing SQUEEZE PLAY for a new dining room (Michael Amini: After Eight Collection with china from Noritake) (Amber).

The 7, 5 or 1 is incorrect.

9	7	5	1	9

Maureen removes the 1...

$	9	7	5	9
$9759

WIN

Welp. I find it minorly hard to believe, nearing another first four sweep, but instead, we got the limo here. Sally is still here, and the limo is as well. Can she escpae or is she heading for Roanoke Station, Indiana?

Sixth IUFB: Designer Jewelry (Helen Ficalora: Earrings and yellow gold ring); ARP: $1,200 (Amber)

MARQUITA	DANIEL	SALLY	ANN
701	850	1251	1250

The winner is...
DANIEL

Sally heads off to Roanoke Station while Daniel is playing Hi-Lo for a motorcycle (Suzuki: Boulevard S40 with a 652cc engine and electric start; ARP: $5,699) (Rachel).

Grocery items: 3 bars of Zest soap, Steamfresh Brown Rice, Guacamole, Allegra 15ct Allergy Tabs, deLish Chocolate Cashews, and Tony's Frozen Pizza

$13.99	$6.99	$4.99
ALLERGY RELIEF	CASHEWS	GUACAMOLE
$2.49	$2.99	$3.59
SOAP	RICE	PIZZA

WIN

SCSD #2

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Tracy	$645	50	5	.55
Daniel	$6,899	80	STAY	.80	*SHOWCASE*
Maureen	$10,269	15	55	.70

THE FABULOUS SHOWCASES

Daniel has the honors...

SC1 - Daniel

A RAINBOW-CASE

• Trip to Amsterdam (RT Coach to Amsterdam, HO for a 6n stay at the Hilton Amsterdam + bike tour) (Amber)
• 2014 Nissan Versa S+ (1.6L engine, AT CVT, carpet turnk, floor mats) (Amber)

Bid: $23,849

SC2 - James

SPRING FEVER

• Trip to Nevada (RT Coach to Las Vegas, NV then to Lake Mead in rental car for a 6n stay on a Deluxe XD Houseboat at the Forever Resort) (Rachel)
• Wakeboarding Package (Slice: Wakeboard and Skitube with bindings and vest) (Rachel)
• Watercraft (Sea-Doo: Spark 2-up) (Rachel)
• 2014 Chevrolet Spark (1.2L engine, AT CVT, all-weather cargo mat) (Amber)

Bid: $22,159

Daniel

$23,849

NISSAN

$23,349

NISSAN

James

$22,159

WATERCRAFT/SPARK

$29,303

$7,144

WATERCRAFT/SPARK

*WIN*
$30,603

Results: 3 out of 6
Winnings: $55,726
Biggest Winner: James

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[MSTieScott]

I just got home from my doc's appointment. I do however, need to rest a bit as I was sedated. Recap should be up late afternoon-early evening.

I personally would like to read a recap written while you're still slightly sedated.

"Amy will play SHOPING SPRE for designershoes, a 5"HDTV, offrod mtrcycl, nd foooosbmnlkbe;l."

[DJTorgo]

"Amy will play SHOPING SPRE for designershoes, a 5"HDTV, offrod mtrcycl, nd foooosbmnlkbe;l."

Sounds like Drew every other day.

[Roadgeek Adam]

I personally would like to read a recap written while you're still slightly sedated.

"Amy will play SHOPING SPRE for designershoes, a 5"HDTV, offrod mtrcycl, nd foooosbmnlkbe;l."

I wouldn't like to see that.

Recap up.

[GuyWithFace]

The opening is still considerably too flashy and distracting. "Yes, we do not in fact suck! Look at all the pretty things we can do with graphics!" Perhaps the copy on YouTube had an audio/video misalignment, but did the camera actually pan to the first contestant called just after the name was said, but before that person even reacted?

Drew still considers the studio and home audiences as different sets of individuals, continues to have George introduce the prizes, and continues to do the "1...2...3..." despite there being considerably-better ways to ask for price reveals.

While the $500 Perfect Bid bonus is always wonderful to see handed out, there were really only two bids that could have applied to in this case...although since the One-Bid prize was a pair of digital cameras, I suppose the low bids are excusable. The same could be said for the later espresso machine, although why would one bid $1 shortly after someone else bid $350?

-1 Right Price: "I've got an idea, George, let's just show her the prize." ...You mean "prizes", and also that is quite lazy.
-Switcheroo: ...That car introduction was atrocious, as were the car cue and the slightly meandering explanation Drew gave for the game, again trivializing the other four prizes.
-Range Game: "Plus. One relaxing massage each!" How is anyone supposed to price that, particularly within a $600 range that begins in the $11,000 region, even with a $150 coverage? Further, this may just be the video I saw, but has the dark-green strip become pitch-black?
-Pocket Change: Tough loss, I suppose.
-Squeeze Play: At least a dining room is a reasonable, practical prize...even if it is nearly $10,000.
-Hi-Lo: See, Drew? When you do not succumb to an immature desire to tamper with the groceries, the contestant actually has a decent chance of winning!

Showcase #1 seemed to have a decent theme of "Ways to have fun on two wheels", only to almost immediately go to a car. As for the second Showcase...Lake Mead? I know it is near Vegas, but there has to be somewhere else that says "Spring fever" better than that...and a Chevy Spark. (Speaking of which, I would blame its near-$30,000 value on the fact a houseboat was involved.)

Finally, this is apropos to nothing, but has anyone ever come up with a drinking game where one must chug every time George says "plus" in a trip description?

[vadernader]

-Range Game: "Plus. One relaxing massage each!" How is anyone supposed to price that, particularly within a $600 range that begins in the $11,000 region? Further, this may just be the video I am watching, but has the dark-green strip become pitch-black?

Honestly I have always thought Range Game for Trips over $10,000 is pretty unfair (same goes with Squeeze Play) simply because it seems ridiculous to ask someone to distinguish between a $11,836 trip to Bali and a $12,036 trip to Bali. (Or something similar) I don't think the 2 massages are what is to blame here.

[rblemmy]

Waited since February 19 for Amber Lancaster. Glad to see her back. YAY! 

[PriceBusterXL]

Well, I guess this is the best we can get to end the week.

THE BAD NEWS:

Range Game: I was surprised to see how slow the range was going up............I don't know if that was meant for a loss or not, but that was a bit lazy on the production crew's account. At least, James won a Spark (SMH.........Come on, Mike. Enough with these sub-compact cars! Bring out a Corvette, Camaro, or something cooler than that! You can only put out a car like that for so long that some people would get sick and tired of it.).

PC: With a price like that, that wasn't meant to be won, either. And it also did more harm than good that Tracy had a bad case of bad luck.

THE NOT-SO-BAD NEWS:

Switcheroo: I should've known that there was gonna be another 1 for the car.

THE GOOD NEWS:

ORP: Good win by Samantha.

Squeeze Play: Total "gimme"..........but good job by Maureen.

Hi-Lo: I was afraid that this losing streak wasn't gonna end. Good that Daniel broke it.

THE BOTTOM LINE:

3 wins but it sure was a boring way to end the week.

[MannyCav]

Drew really should rush-start contestants in Switcheroo (and Bonkers). A good way is a classic, good, predictable and steady, "Three... two... one... go!" or "Ready... set... go!" Don't give a surprising, rushed-off, and unpredictable "Threetwoonego!" Not that I think a proper reveal would have helped. The knife was the only thing that even had a small chance of starting with a 1 besides the car. I guess the silver lining in the cloud here would be that there was no need for Drew to mention the possibility of doing nothing after the first 30 seconds, thus no chance for him to forget that part and get it wrong.

[vadernader]

Drew really should rush-start contestants in Switcheroo (and Bonkers). A good way is a classic, good, predictable and steady, "Three... two... one... go!" or "Ready... set... go!" Don't give a surprising, rushed-off, and unpredictable "Threetwoonego!"

Interesting, as normally people seem to want Drew to rush contestants. I agree with you though, a slower three two one would be best.

I guess the silver lining in the cloud here would be that there was no need for Drew to mention the possibility of doing nothing after the first 30 seconds, thus no chance for him to forget that part and get it wrong.

Funny you mention that, considering the last time the game was played Drew did not "forget" that part, although even if he does forget it does that make it "wrong"? The way I see it - it's a waste of time considering it's only in contestants best interests to make some change if they only have 0, 1, 2, 3 right. (That doesn't mean they will execute properly and change the right ones...) It's like having 2 prizes right in Race Game and just quitting, what's the point?

/All that being said, I feel like this topic always gets brought up every single time Switcheroo is played even in the case of 0 right! It's kinda beating a dead horse, just like when people complain about Temptation's "birthday" gifts every time it is played.

[MannyCav]

Funny you mention that, considering the last time the game was played Drew did not "forget" that part

I do remember that. I was just more or less sprinkling a bit of cup-half-full sarcastic humor onto a weak Switcheroo playing. In any case, that previous playing didn't necessarily establish a trend. We'll see.

although even if he does forget it does that make it "wrong"? The way I see it - it's a waste of time considering it's only in contestants best interests to make some change if they only have 0, 1, 2, 3 right. (That doesn't mean they will execute properly and change the right ones...)

It's very common for exactly that to happen--failure to execute properly. A contestant unsure of the block positions with so-and-so number of blocks right is just as likely to make things worse than he is to make things better. A contestant that's not sure on how to proceed might be better served by leaving things alone. As I've said before, a confused contestant might think switching is compulsory or failing to do so may constitute forfeiture of the prizes if that option isn't stated, and I'm sure it's an important option given what has happened, what can happen, and how sure a contestant is or isn't of the prices. Bailouts are common in games, and while this isn't a bailout per se, the function is the same--the contestant isn't sure of what changes should be made, if he's right, or if he's going to be right, so taking something home might be better than possibly taking nothing in the wake of having made possibly erroneous choices.

It's like having 2 prizes right in Race Game and just quitting, what's the point?

Race Game is not quite the same situation. You have a running clock where you can gauge multiples times how many you have right. If you've got around half a minute with two right, that's plenty of time to make some strategic changes to shuffle stuff around and still get more progress reports from the jukebox.

/All that being said, I feel like this topic always gets brought up every single time Switcheroo is played even in the case of 0 right! It's kinda beating a dead horse, just like when people complain about Temptation's "birthday" gifts every time it is played.

Well, like I said, I wasn't really trying to complain or make a point about Switcheroo. I was just trying to find a positive (even if a humorous or sarcastic one) in an otherwise uninteresting Switcheroo playing by hanging a lampshade on a common statement made about this game.

[GameShowKid]

I'm quite surprised: Drew actually used the word "prices" before the contestant started filling them in during Switcheroo. Let's see if he keeps it up.

Such a good start in Pocket Change. And then...  boy, did the contestant's luck change.

Showcase #1 seemed to have a decent theme of "Ways to have fun on two wheels", only to almost immediately go to a car.

 
That was really awkward to me as well. Perhaps just say "Ways to have fun on wheels", and perhaps offer more than two prizes?

[MannyCav]

That was really awkward to me as well. Perhaps just say "Ways to have fun on wheels", and perhaps offer more than two prizes?

Or sandwich a three-wheel minitruck between the two?

[whinbaby]

The 7,996th episode (124th for Season 42)

Showcase #1

• Trip to Amsterdam:  $8,560
• Nissan Versa:  $14,780

My bid:  $24,566 (D'oh!)

Showcase #2

• Trip to Lake Mead:  $8,281
• Sleepboard Package:  $558
• Sea Doo:  $6,084
• Chevrolet Spark:  $14,380

My bid:  $29,348 (Over by $45! )

Modeling Totals:  March 14, 2014 (OSAD 3/27)
Highs and lows among shows for the OSAD in previous years
High:  $70,947 (3/27/2002)
Low:  $14,579 (3/27/2002)

Rachel Reynolds
Total:  11/$44,684.00 (10/$26,187.00, 1/$18,497.00)
Cars:  1/$18,497.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$18,497.00)
Trips:  1/$8,281.00 (1/$8,281.00, 0/$0.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

Amber Lancaster
Total:  10/$81,660.00--New OSAD high! (6/$29,784.00, 4/$51,876.00)
Cars:  3/$45,670.00 (1/$14,380.00, 2/$31,290.00)
Trips:  2/$20,586.00 (0/$0.00, 2/$20,586.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

All Prizes
Total:  23/$125,674.00 (17/$55,226.00, 6/$70,448.00)
Cars:  4/$64,167.00 (1/$14,380.00, 3/$49,787.00)
Trips:  3/$28,867.00 (1/$8,281.00, 2/$20,586.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

Season to date
Rachel Reynolds (116 shows)
Total:  1,586/$8,260,236.03 (982/$3,557,168.99, 604/$4,703,067.04)
Cars:  178/$4,147,902.00 (59/$1,296,539.00, 119/$2,851,363.00)
Trips:  219/$1,769,532.00 (128/$1,047,031.00, 91/$722,501.00)
Cash Prizes:  27/$258,949.00 (6/$37,711.00, 21/$221,238.00)

Amber Lancaster (18 shows)
Total:  190/$1,131,980.00 (125/$470,778.00, 65/$661,202.00)
Cars:  25/$457,453.00 (7/$111,905.00, 18/$345,548.00)
Trips:  31/$241,336.00 (18/$124,213.00, 13/$117,123.00)
Cash Prizes:  4/$82,000.00 (0/$13,500.00, 4/$68,500.00)

All Prizes (116 shows)
Total:  3,055/$19,109,943.64 (1,846/$7,566,642.44, 1,209/$11,543,301.20)
Cars:  364/$7,973,329.00 (127/$2,705,529.00, 237/$5,267,800.00)
Trips:  404/$3,286,272.00 (222/$1,796,314.00, 182/$1,489,958.00)
Cash Prizes:  113/$3,369,043.00 (19/$478,326.00, 94/$2,890,717.00)

Career to date
Rachel Reynolds (1,321 shows)
Total:  12,887/$68,189,213.37 (8,014/$30,476,497.94, 4,873/$37,712,715.43)
Cars:  1,398/$31,740,332.00 (536/$11,591,624.00, 862/$20,148,708.00)
Trips:  1,206/$9,248,609.00 (643/$4,813,570.00, 563/$4,435,039.00)
Cash Prizes:  221/$2,503,176.00 (45/$434,909.00, 176/$2,068,267.00)

Amber Lancaster (601 shows)
Total:  4,945/$30,431,001.50 (3,098/$12,928,769.50, 1,847/$17,502,232.00)
Cars:  619/$13,483,282.00 (203/$4,351,387.00, 416/$9,131,895.00)
Trips:  634/$4,961,888.00 (329/$2,548,399.00, 305/$2,413,489.00)
Cash Prizes:  109/$1,635,787.00 (21/$214,354.00, 88/$1,421,433.00)

My viewing to date (2,482 shows)
Total:  64,732/$355,728,005.31 (40,240/$154,037,276.16, 24,492/$201,690,729.15)
Cars:  7,049/$152,078,036.00 (2,716/$57,237,854.00, 4,333/$94,840,182.00)
Trips:  5,357/$37,921,094.00 (2,767/$19,501,242.00, 2,590/$18,419,852.00)
Cash Prizes:  1,869/$41,269,858.00 (366/$6,705,616.00, 1,503/$34,564,242.00)