If I didn't know any better, I would say that Dorothy's lucky number is 75. Considering she got a perfect bid, I'd say 75 really must be lucky for her!
Speaking of $500 bonuses, after what Ida did with her $500 bonus, I have to wonder if they really did use that same $500 to give to Dorothy and Joanna
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While Range Game is usually just a random guess nowadays, on days like today, where the prize is something like a spa, it really increases your odds of winning by stopping the rangefinder with to cover two sets of "$xx90-xx00" prices, when tens digit in the prize is probably 9. Ida really should have won this today, as there was no good reason to stop it as early as she did.
...and you know, considering the price was smack dab in the middle of the $600 range anyway, even Roger wanted it won today. No excuse at all for it being lost.
Today's playing of Eazy az 1-2-3 had to be the absolute fastest playing of the game in the show's history. They only got about halfway through the first verse! Personally, I'd like some longer playings with confused contestants... I miss hearing more of the music.
Anthony actually played his first turn in Switcheroo well! It seemed more like he was putting the blocks in random spots for his second turn, though.
Now, speaking as someone who lives in New Orleans (or lived in Chalmette, specifically), and someone who lost almost everything last August, I still can't help but think that the message from Mary Landrieu at the start of the episode was kinda' silly. Not her message itself--nothing wrong with that, or Landrieu herself--but the thought that airing the episode needed to be justified in the first place. Maybe all you guys who aren't from around here might get it more than I do.
As for the trip to New Orleans, over $5000! It's about time the show offered a trip to New Orleans that wasn't ultra cheap! I personally hope they start offering trips to New Orleans again next season!
As it is, I would have won One Right Price, but for the wrong reason: I thought $3655 would be too high for New Orleans, considering most of the New Orleans trips in the past have been under $3000. This is one of the very rare times where I would have won One Right Price but lost Switch? with the same set of prizes.
And whinbaby... wow on the price of the Best Home Furnishing furniture. I can't believe the show found someone cheaper than even Ashley! And I also can't believe that the show hardly ever uses Best Home Furnishing, considering how cheap it seems to be.
I wonder why they didn't do the split screen credits today. And I wonder why when it does happen, it's never for normally-airing first run episodes.
Speaking of the "full" credits, anyone have a clue why the show went back to using Roman numerals for the year? I remember they switched from Roman numerals to regular numbers around the early to middle of 1994. Anyone know why they switched back?
heelsrule asked: BEST CONTESTANT OF THE DAY- Frank picks.
Darren. And heels, I'm surprised at you again. I thought for sure you would say something like "I wish I were Darren at the end of the show"
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ssetta noted: The other unusual thing I noticed was at the end of the first SCSD, it cut away right after Bob said "You'll be in the Showcase at the end of the show," with no announcement or ticket plug.
Nothing unusual about that at all. This episode was taped before the 30 seconds were shaved off the show earlier this season. I would have been surprised if they
didn't cut off the ticket plug.
