TPiR Recap - 5/28/2014

[Roadgeek Adam]

Episode #6763K
Aired – 5/28/2014; Taped – 4/8/2013
Models: Manuela Arbelaez, Rachel Reynolds
Microphone Handoff: Manuela
First Four Contestant Seating: Left to Right

First IUFB: Designer Watches (Bertha: 4 watches with quartz movement nad case); ARP: $1,300 (Overhead)

LEONDA	SCOTT	BRITTNI	BETTY JEAN
1100	980	1150	1200

The winner is...
BETTY JEAN

Betty Jean is playing Now or Then for a trip to Chicago (RT Coach to Chicago, IL for a 6n stay in a king room at Hotel Felix Chicago + dinner one evening, spa treament each, river tour; ARP: $6,363) (Rachel). The THEN date is February 2003.

Grocery items:

1. Sensodyne Toothpaste - marked 4.79
2. Mountain High Yogurt - marked 3.69
3. Rozoni Pasta - marked 1.99
4. Zest Soap Bars - marked 2.49
5. Blue Star Ointment - marked 5.89
6. Stagg Chili - marked 2.69

$4.79

$3.69

$1.99

$2.49

$5.89

$2.69

Betty Jean picks the pasta. She believes the $1.99 price is NOW.

NOW

$4.79

$3.69

NOW

$2.49

$5.89

$2.69

Betty Jean picks the soap. She believes the $2.49 price is NOW.

NOW

$4.79

$3.69

NOW

NOW

$5.89

$2.69

Betty Jean picks the yogurt. She believes the $3.69 price is THEN.

NOW

$4.79

NOW

NOW

NOW

$5.89

$2.69

Betty Jean picks the ointment. She believes the $5.89 price is NOW.

THEN

$4.79

NOW

NOW

NOW

THEN

$2.69

LOSS

Second IUFB: Ping Pong Table (Escalade Sports: Table Tennis Package with 4 paddles, 6 balls); ARP: $1,150 (Rachel and Manuela)

LEONDA	SCOTT	BRITTNI	MELISSA
675	676	726	725

The winner is...
BRITTNI

Brittni is playing Most Expen$ive for:

1. Sofa (Carolinachair.com: Plush suede sofa) (Rachel).
2. Television (70in LED SmartTV with dual-core processor) (Manuela).
3. Home Theatre Speaker Package (Harman/Kardon: 3D blu-ray player, 2 speakers, subwoofer, controller) (George).

Guess: 2.

1	2	3
$1795	$2500	$1200

WIN

Third IUFB: Treadmill (Pro-Form: Space saving treadmill); ARP: $599 (Rachel)

LEONDA	SCOTT	LAWRENCE	MELISSA
550	701	700	675

The winner is...
LEONDA

Leonda is playing GAS MONEY for a 2014 Jeep Compass Sport (2L engine, 5-speed MT, tire pressure monitoring system) (Manuela).

$

0

0

0

0

$20,585

$21,799

$18,388

$22,845

$19,490

Leonda picks $18,388.

$

1

0

0

0

$20,585

$21,799

$1,000

$22,845

$19,490

Leonda picks $19,490.

$

0

0

0

0

$3,000

$4,000

$1,000

$2,000

CAR

LOSS

SCSD #1

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Leonda	$599	50	90	1.40	OVER
Betty Jean	$1,300	35	50	.85	*SHOWCASE*
Brittni	$6,615	10	95	1.05	OVER

Fourth IUFB: Beverage Center (Danby: Integrated ice maker, 60 soda cans, 12 wine bottles); ARP: $1,550 (Rachel)

LAUREN	SCOTT	LAWRENCE	MELISSA
900	650	825	1

The winner is...
LAUREN

Lauren is playing BALANCE GAME for a pair of ATVs (Can-Am: DS 250s with 250cc engine, CVT, electric start, helmets + mountable cameras) (Manuela).

Bags: $78, $3,000, $4,000 and $6,000

Drew places $78 on the the scale.

Lauren places $3,000, $6,000: 9078

Rachel places the bag on the scale...

$78

$3000

$6000

ATVS

ARP: 9078

WIN (First Balance Game win of the season.)

Fifth IUFB: The Price is Right Jewelry Box: Adami & Martcuci sterling silver collection with 18ct gold-plated finish; ARP: $1,350 (Rachel and Manuela)

TYSON	SCOTT	LAWRENCE	MELISSA
1325	1100	1800	1326

The winner is...
MELISSA

Melissa is playing Card Game for a 2014 Volkswagen Jetta S (2L engine, 5-speed MT, FWD) (Rachel).

The starting price is

$15,000

. The target range is

$3,000

Melissa draws a

Q♥

.

$16,000

Melissa draws a

J♠

.

$17,000

Melissa draws a

4♣

.

$17,400

Melissa draws a

K♣

.

$18,400

Melissa stops at

$18,400

ARP is

$17,540

For a difference of

OVER

LOSS

Well now, the limo got a needed day off. Today though, Scott is still here. Nothing really to pick on him for, but he's still here. Can he escape or is he off to Treaty, Indiana?

Sixth IUFB: Designer Men's Accessories (Hayden Harnett: Canvas essentials with tablet organizer, portfolio bag and more); ARP: $1,808 (Manuela)

TYSON	SCOTT	LAWRENCE	MICHELLE
1195	800	1196	725

The winner is...
LAWRENCE

Lawrence is playing Coming or Going for an outdoor kitchen island (Summerset Outdoor Living: Gas grill, fridge, Italian procelain, umbrella) (Rachel).

5	9	4	9	4	9	5
COMING			-or-	GOING

Lawrence sets the price to:

			9	4	9	5
COMING			-or-	GOING

ARP: $9,495. WIN

SCSD #2

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Melissa	$1,350	85	STAY	.85
Lauren	$10,628	85	STAY	.85
Lawrence	$11,303	90	–	.90	*SHOWCASE*

THE FABULOUS SHOWCASES

Lawrence has the honors...

SC1 - Betty Jean

UNMASKING SHOWCASE

• His/Her Scuba Gear (Cressi: Regulators, tanks, etc) (Rachel)
• Trip to Puerto Rico (RT Coach to San Juan, PR for a 6n stay in junior suite at the Verdanza Hotel + daily breakfast, 1 dinner, full-day snorkeling excursion) (Rachel)
• Trip to Thailand (RT Coach to Phuket, TH for a 6n stay in grand deluxe suite at BYD Lofts Boutique Hotel + daily inroom breakfast, dinner, massage each, guided scuba dive) (Rachel)

Bid: $18,000

SC2 - Lawrence

LIVING THE DREAM

• Hammock Set (Trinity: tubular structure of 3 hammocks with teak table) (Manuela)
• Watercraft (Sea-Doo: Spark 3UP HO Ace with 899cc engine, convenience package) (Rachel)
• Mediterrean Cruise (RT Coach to Athens, GR for a 7d cruise courtesy of Louis Cruises) (Manuela)

Bid: $21,650

Betty Jean

$18,000

TRIPS

$21,821

$3,821

TRIPS

Lawrence

$21,650

CRUISE

$24,722

$3,072

CRUISE

*WIN*
$36,025

Results: 3 out of 6
Winnings: $56,517
Biggest Winner: Lawrence

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.

[GameShowKid]

Just a couple of comments:

I thought the Now or Then and Most Expensive setups were pretty easy.

I didn't like the Card Game setup though. With the range she had, the contestant didn't have to choose any cards to win. I don't think the price of the car and the starting amount should be so close together.

[Swingbatta0]

My two cents:

Now or Then: Tough break there.
Most Expensive: Piece of cake!
Gas Money: Another tough break.
Balance Game: Finally, the losing streak is over!
Card Game: First loss under its new look. Tough break, 'nuff said. She should've stopped after drawing that 4 of clubs.
Coming or Going: Another good win. And he won his Showcase!

Showcases: Neither Showcase has a car, but that doesn't affect my decision much. I think both Showcases are okay.

[PriceBusterXL]

Judging from the recap, I guess Mother Nature did me a favor (Severe weather in my area.......Wasn't able to watch it). 

THE BOTTOM LINE:

Just a average show IMHO..........Nice to see Balance finally be won for the first time this season, though.

[dheine1971]

This is the first loss for the returned Card Game since it came back to the TPIR rotation not too long ago.

Is Stagg Chili still made?

[Kyle]

This has been a long term problem, but, now that it's back in the rotation I'm wondering if maybe Card Game's ranges could stand to be retooled, as well? Starting the opening bid at $15,000 always presents the possibility that depending on the price of the car and a high range being drawn from the special deck that no cards being selected can potentially generate a win in the game.

I would suggest either dropping the opening bid down to $13K or $14K or possibly limiting the special deck to ranges of $1,000, $1,500, and $2,000 with maybe one $3,000 card in there. Just so you don't realize after the game is played "Oh, I should have done nothing to win."

[Brian44]

Is Stagg Chili still made?

Gee, that took me all of 4 seconds to find out. You see, there's this neat little search engine called Google...

http://www.hormelfoods.com/Brands/BrandWall/Stagg-Chili

Anyway...

It's nice to see the non-car/cash GP games being slotted first more frequently this season. In the later years of Bob's tenure, they were very frequently slotted last.

[Briguy]

I agree with the commenter regarding Card Game.

I like the new setup and given that a lot of thought and time went into revamping things, here's my recommendations:

* Lower the starting bid to, for instance, $12,000. This way, at least two or three cards would need to be drawn to establish a bid.
* Offer cars that are at least $20,000. Of course, you wouldn't say that outright, but still ... the idea is to require a few draws to have a reasonable chance to win the game.

I mean, even back in the 1970s, when cars were just over $3,000, and given the maximum range of $1,000, a contestant had to draw several cards to establish a reasonably good bid. Why can't that be done now?

Brian

[Josh444]

I would suggest either dropping the opening bid down to $13K or $14K or possibly limiting the special deck to ranges of $1,000, $1,500, and $2,000 with maybe one $3,000 card in there. Just so you don't realize after the game is played "Oh, I should have done nothing to win."

I agree with this, a starting bid of $14,000 plus the special deck with one $3,000 card max should be the way to go. A $5,000 card is ridiculous nowadays, because with the $15,000 starting bid that covers everything to $20,000. If the contestant doesn't have to draw a card, that makes the game pointless.

[moneygamelover]

Now or Then: Too bad. That was a nice Chicago trip.
Most Expensive: I would have won this too. I thought based off the 70 inch factor that the TV would be the most expensive prize. Nice win of 3 fantastic prizes.

Gas Money: Ashamed the Jeep Compass wasn't won. I would certainly have lost this. I expect Jeeps to be over $20000.

Balance Game: Nice to see it won. I would have won since my intuition would be to price 1 of those ATVs at about $4500.

Card Game:

This has been a long term problem, but, now that it's back in the rotation I'm wondering if maybe Card Game's ranges could stand to be retooled, as well? Starting the opening bid at $15,000 always presents the possibility that depending on the price of the car and a high range being drawn from the special deck that no cards being selected can potentially generate a win in the game.

Had the $5000 card been drawn today this would have been true. What I would do with Card Game is pick a set range that each contestant playing the game had to come within, I never liked that different contestants play Card Game under different rules. Pick a set range and make it the range.

As for the gameplay it's unfortunate the Volkswagen Jetta wasn't won. Today's contestant clearly overpriced it. As for me. I overpriced it a bit too but I would have won by stopping at $17400. I thought it would be around $18000 as opposed to being right in between $17000 and $18000.

Coming or Going: Nice win of a nice prize.

Showcases: Neither was too remarkable but the closeness of the results made for a satisfying end to the show.

Lineup: Mixed bag. Card Game is so much more fun with the new set and Balance Game is always fun. And Most Expensive slots well 2nd. However we didn't get a great lead off hitter or closer today. Now or Then isn't a great leadoff hitter and Coming or Going is a bad closer. Depending on how you look at it Coming or Going is either a glorified version of Double Prices or a much duller version of Side by Side. In today's lineup I'd have flip flopped the slotting and played Coming or Going 4th and Balance Game 6th. At that point I'd live with Now or then 1st as everything after Now or then would then have slotted great.

Overall: Pretty average with no cars won and no cars offered in the showcase and a mixed bag lineup. But with so many recent 1 for 6 shows I'd gladly take a 3 for 6 show.

[jbtsouthwest]

Money Game Lover, I don't mean to pick on a fellow Cardinals fan, but Card Game could have been won today without drawing cards.  I'm surprised more people aren't fired up about this.

And, I know it's a small thing, but.... it's "a shame", not 'ashamed'.   

[moneygamelover]

You're right. It could have been won today with no cards drawn. I think having it won with no cards drawn will eventually happen. It's obviously not good for the game that that could happen.

[ShatterMySoul99]

This is probably a stupid question, and I think I already know the answer, but is it stated in the rules that the contestant must draw at least one card?  Or could they (theoretically) introduce the game after the car is described, and the contestant look at it and depending on the range they drew, be like "No, I think $15,000 is good"? 

[whinbaby]

The 8,040th episode (168th for Season 42)

Showcase #1

• Scuba Gear:  $3,614
• Trip to San Juan:  $6,174
• Trip to Phuket:  $12,033

My bid:  $21,600 (Difference of $221! )

Showcase #2

• Triple Hammock:  $5,490
• Watercraft:  $7,584
• Mediterranean Cruise:  $11,648

My bid:  $25,467 (D'oh!)

Modeling Totals:  May 28, 2014
Highs and lows among shows for the OSAD in previous years
High:  $102,118 (5/28/2008)
Low:  $17,685 (5/28/2002)

Rachel Reynolds
Total:  12/$69,247.00 (7/$23,523.00, 5/$45,724.00)
Cars:  1/$17,540.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$17,540.00)
Trips:  3/$24,570.00 (0/$0.00, 3/$24,570.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

Manuela Arbelaez
Total:  8/$52,514.00 (7/$33,024.00, 1/$19,490.00)
Cars:  1 /$19,490.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$19,490.00)
Trips:  1/$11,648.00 (1/$11,648.00, 0/$0.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

All Prizes
Total:  21/$131,761.00 (14/$56,547.00, 7/$75,214.00)
Cars:  2/$37,030.00 (0/$0.00, 2/$37,030.00)
Trips:  4/$36,218.00 (1/$11,648.00, 3/$24,570.00)
Cash Prizes:  1/$10,000.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$10,000.00)

Season to date
Rachel Reynolds (164 shows)
Total:  2,198/$11,429,399.02 (1,365/$4,894,224.99, 833/$6,535,174.03)
Cars:  253/$5,652,328.00 (83/$1,749,340.00, 170/$3,902,988.00)
Trips:  295/$2,386,709.00 (170/$1,403,401.00, 125/$983,308.00)
Cash Prizes:  37/$361,961.00 (9/$52,723.00, 28/$309,238.00)

Manuela Arbelaez (24 shows)
Total:  300/$1,553,617.51 (186/$694,413.52, 114/$859,203.99)
Cars:  37/$695,924.00 (13/$235,375.00, 24/$460,549.00)
Trips:  34/$333,882.00 (15/$135,630.00, 19/$198,252.00)
Cash Prizes:  6/$54,833.00 (3/$15,833.00, 3/$39,000.00)

All Prizes (165 shows)
Total:  4,329/$26,506,092.26 (2,632/$10,583,745.41, 1,697/$15,922,346.85)
Cars:  520/$11,027,198.00 (180/$3,703,942.00, 340/$7,323,256.00)
Trips:  566/$4,630,998.00 (316/$2,570,142.00, 250/$2,060,856.00)
Cash Prizes:  176/$4,478,820.00 (44/$677,737.00, 132/$3,801,083.00)

Career to date
Rachel Reynolds (1,369 shows)
Total:  13,499/$71,358,376.36 (8,397/$31,813,553.94, 5,102/$39,544,822.42)
Cars:  1,473/$33,244,758.00 (560/$12,044,425.00, 913/$21,200,333.00)
Trips:  1,282/$9,865,786.00 (685/$5,169,940.00, 597/$4,695,846.00)
Cash Prizes:  231/$2,606,188.00 (48/$449,921.00, 183/$2,156,267.00)

Manuela Arbelaez (623 shows)
Total:  5,730/$32,395,574.34 (3,534/$13,857,946.24, 2,196/$18,537,628.10)
Cars:  659/$14,732,197.00 (229/$5,068,677.00, 430/$9,663,520.00)
Trips:  683/$5,797,919.00 (357/$2,958,444.00, 326/$2,839,475.00)
Cash Prizes:  115/$1,346,032.00 (35/$233,317.00, 80/$1,112,715.00)

My viewing to date (2,520 shows)
Total:  65,721/$361,807,946.21 (40,836/$156,403,897.41, 24,885/$205,404,048.80)
Cars:  7,177/$154,593,876.00 (2,759/$58,020,618.00, 4,418/$96,573,258.00)
Trips:  5,500/$39,152,101.00 (2,851/$20,214,095.00, 2,649/$18,938,006.00)
Cash Prizes:  1,927/$42,246,635.00 (391/$6,863,927.00, 1,536/$35,382,708.00)