TPIR Recap - 01/18/2016

[TPIRFan2000]

Please note, from Chelsea: Any formatting errors may well be the result of my having run the recap through an HTML cleaner to remove the errors and redundancies keeping the original version from working.

Episode #7393K
Taped: October 22, 2015
Models: Amber Lancaster, James O’Halloran, Rachel Reynolds
Mic handoff: Amber Lancaster

First four: Robin Briggs, Christian Ros, Stanley Jossell, Jill Crookshanks
IUFB: Lenovo 14” touchscreen laptop (4GB RAM, 1.7 GHZ processor, one stand)

ROBIN	CHRISTIAN	STANLEY	JILL
$600	$834	$900	$901

ARP: $1,039

Jill will play Danger Price for:

·         Old Town all-in-one canoe and kayak (removable element seating system, paddle, life vest)

·         Diane Von Furstenburg 7-pc. leather collection (four totes, three satchels)

·         Party Tyme karaoke machine (16 party packs, two microphones)

·         Samsung side-by-side refrigerator (LED tower lighting, tempered glass spill proof shelves)

DANGER PRICE: $2,399
PICK	ARP
KARAOKE PACKAGE	$860
KAYAK	$1,209
DESIGNER BAGS	$3,406

WIN

5. Cynthia Washington
IUFB: Ray-Ban 4-pc. sunglasses collection (three styles with polarized lenses, one pair of gold-tone metal aviators)

Robin	Christian	Stanley	CYNTHIA
$600	$700	$750	$999

ARP: $900

Stanley (from Albuquerque, NM) will play Money Game for some cash – and/or a 2016 Chevrolet Sonic LT! (1.8 L engine, 6-speed AT, built-in Wifi hotspot, paint/fabric protection, remote start, ambient lighting)

90	44	19
17	56	72
63	18	85

ARP: $__,5__

PICK	FRONT/BACK?
17	CASH
19	FRONT (ARP: $19,5__)
85	CASH
56	CASH
63	BACK (ARP: $19,563 + $158 in cash)

WIN

6. Simonita Cochran
IUFB: Star Trac indoor spin bike (drive train, front mounted wheels)

Robin	Christian	SIMONITA	Cynthia
$1,000	$1,100	$625	$800

ARP: $1,745

Christian will play Plinko for up to $50,000!

SMALL PRIZE	NUMBER SHOWN	CONTESTANT’S GUESS	ARP
Hamilton Beach toaster oven	3 8	$_8	$58
Vornado tower heater	8 2	$_2	$80
Steam iron	2 1	$2_	$26
Chef’s Choice electric kettle	9 5	$_5	$65

Let’s see how much money Christian will earn:

CHIP	MONEY EARNED
1	$100
2	$10,000
3	$0
4	$0
TOTAL	$10,100

PERFECT HALF*
* = if you consider the center slot being hit in Plinko to be a win, which I do

SCSD1

CONTESTANT	WINNINGS	FIRST SPIN	SECOND SPIN	TOTAL
Jill	$8,913	$0.55	$0.35	$0.90
Christian	$11,994	$0.25	$0.55	$0.80
Stanley	$20,621	$0.10	$0.15	$0.25

7. Harmon Clark, Jr.*
* = for some reason, the captions said Carmen, but his name tag reads Harmon
IUFB: TCL 55” Roku TV

Robin	HARMON	Simonita	Cynthia
$1,550	$799	$820	$1,200

ARP: $850

Simonita will play Double Prices (in front of Contestant’s Row today) for a trip to Phuket, Thailand! (RT, 6n, one-bedroom ocean wing suite at Amari Phuket, daily breakfast)

PRICES SHOWN	$10,912	$12,423
CONTESTANT’S GUESS	$10,912
ARP	$10,912

WIN

8. Tommy Urain (sic – captions didn’t display his last name)
IUFB: Three Amazon Kindle e-readers (built-in light)

Robin	Harmon	TOMMY	Cynthia
$1	$750	$600	$650

ARP: $509

Robin will play Stack the Deck for a 2016 Mini Cooper Hardtop! (1.5 L engine, 6-speed MT, automated climate control, portable GPS, car cover, paint/fabric protection)
Available numbers: 0 1 2 3 4 5 7

GP1/3/5	GP2/4/6	PRICE SHOWN	PICK	ARP	DIGIT PICKED
GP1: Jif Whips whipped peanut butter, 15 oz.	GP2: Sugar in the Raw cane sugar, 24 oz.	$2.99	SUGAR	PEANUT BUTTER - $4.49 SUGAR - $2.99	THIRD (ARP: $__,1__)
GP3: Sprayway glass cleaner, 19 oz.	GP4: Land O Lakes butter with olive oil/sea salt, 1 lb.	$3.69	CLEANER	CLEANER - $3.69 BUTTER - $5.29	FIFTH (ARP: $__,1_0)
GP5: Hot Pockets cheesy beef nacho snack bites, 24 oz.	GP6: Banana Boat cooling sunscreen, 6 oz.	$6.49	SNACK BITES	SNACK BITES - $6.49 SUNSCREEN - $12.99	FIRST (ARP: $2_,1_0)

Robin guesses that the car’s price is $23,150.
ARP: $23,140
LOSS
Picking the first digit wasn’t a very good decision…this could have easily been won had she picked the fourth digit instead.

9. Theresa Konkel
IUFB: Two Napoleon fuel-efficient patio heaters (generate infrared radiant heat)

THERESA	Harmon	Tommy	Cynthia
$1,100	$1,499	$1,500	$100

ARP: $1,389

NINTH PLAYER WIN!
Theresa (who moved from Cleveland, OH to Milwaukee, WI) will play Clock Game for:

·         Hatteras deluxe hand-woven hammock (made of durakord)

·         Wusthof cutlery collection (5 knives with ergonomic handles, sharpening sheers, knife block)

·         BONUS: Bull porcelain tile and stucco rock outdoor pizza island (10’ wood-fired oven)

HAMMOCK (ARP: $735)
GUESS	H OR L?
$300	H
$400	H
$700	H
$900	L
$800	L
$700	H
$750	L
$740	L
$730	H
$735	CORRECT (0:20 left)
CUTLERY (ARP: $825)
GUESS	H OR L?
$400	H
$500	H
$700	H
$900	L
$800	H
$850	L
$840	L
$830	L
$820	H
$825	CORRECT (0:10 left)

WIN
This being Clock Game, the ARP of the pizza island was not revealed – however, based on the 1/12/2016 playing of Squeeze Play, which featured the same pizza island – its ARP is $7,499.

SCSD2

CONTESTANT	WINNINGS	FIRST SPIN	SECOND SPIN	TOTAL	BONUS SPIN
Robin	$509	$0.35	$0.55	$0.90
Theresa	$10,448	$0.55	$0.45	$1.00	$0.35
Simonita	$11,762	$0.10	$0.50	$0.60

Showcase 1 (Saddle Up)

·         Trip to Big Sky, MT (RT to West Yellowstone to Big Sky in rental car, 6n, premiere mountain view room at Huntley Lodge at Big Sky, daily breakfast, 2-hour horseback ride)

·         2016 Ford Mustang V6 Coupe (3.7 L 300HP engine, 6-speed AT, spare wheel/tire)

Theresa bids $31,000.

Showcase 2 (Sunsets)

·         Trip to Providence, RI (RT, 6n, deluxe king room at Hotel Providence, daily breakfast, rental car, waterfront dinner)

·         Nikon 24.3 MP camera (tilting vari-angle display, built-in WiFi connectivity, upgraded standard zoom lens)

·         Trip to Rovaniemi, Finland (RT, 6n, junior suite at City Hotel, daily breakfast, 2 dinners, visit to Santa Claus Village)

Jill bids $22,000.

SHOWCASE	SC1 (TRIP/CAR)	SC2 (TRIPS)
BID	$31,000	$22,000
ARP	$32,367	$23,345
DIFFERENCE	$1,367	$1,345

Jill has won $32,258 in prizes!
Jill won her showcase by just a $22 margin of victory – the closest margin of victory since June 24, 2013.

Pricing games won: 5 out of 6*
Total winnings: $88,592

*I count the center slot being hit in Plinko as a win.

[Prizes]

Plinko was not a win today.

[TPIRFan2000]

Plinko was not a win today.

I consider at least $10,000 in Plinko to be a win.

[Chelsea]

Something's wrong with your code itself. I ran it through the various cleaners in Adobe Dreamweaver, and it cut the # of lines of HTML in half (1942 to 957) without any major formatting changes I can find beyond some issues with table/column widths. 

[Wayoshi]

Plinko was not a win today.

I remember a time when many here considered today's playing a win. When did it flip?

[Mr. Weatherman]

I can barely read the contestant names/bids in the red and blue c-row columns. Changing the font color to white should do the trick. Yellow and green are fine as is.

[TPIRFan2000]

I can barely read the contestant names/bids in the red and blue c-row columns. Changing the font color to white should do the trick. Yellow and green are fine as is.

I fixed it, thanks for the advice.

[mechamind]

Plinko was not a win today.

I remember a time when many here considered today's playing a win. When did it flip?

Joe Capitano has called it a "win", and Kitch carried it over before eventually just referring to it as a "tech loss" (a term I'd prefer, which I would also apply to Time is Money and Punch-a-Bunch today).

[TinoStar11]

Good Show today.
Nice wins in Money Game and Clock Game.
We was this close to our 1st 2-Game Winning Streak for Stack The Deck since April 2009.

[PatrickRox80]

Obviously our mileage is still going to vary based on what we think constitutes a win. If there's something to be taken, you really can't force a definitive answer. I'm personally fine with what our recapper says, whether $10,000 is a win/loss/"tech loss"/partial. This from a game that may never be fully won in its lifetime.

[pannoni1]

Other than Robin picking the first digit as her third three pick when it was really obvious that the fourth or even the second were better choices which kept this show from being lossless, a solid show today. In honor of MLK day, I was hoping that during the second one-bid that Christian would win and then Drew would call on down another African-American contestant to fulfill the dream since I don't recall any instant where all four contestants in CR were black. Still, a very close showcase result including a trip that was WPRI's home station along with the fairly expensive Finland showing up again, even though the one that wasn't one IMO was the better one despite being just a two-prizer.

Show Grade: B

[PriceBusterXL]

Whether if Plinko is a win/loss/partial win, it sure has been a while this season since someone hit the $10K spot so that's a decent haul, nevertheless.

The lineup had some great wins, but Stack could be ruled out today. Robin was doing fine, and then she asked for the first number. It's as if she doesn't know exactly how much is a Mini Cooper...But it's obvious that are none that are worth $31K (at least none that I know of).

Nicely done on the recaps, TF2000!

[GameShowKid]

Robin was doing fine, and then she asked for the first number. It's as if she doesn't know exactly how much is a Mini Cooper...But it's obvious that are none that are worth $31K (at least none that I know of).

Yeah, that was a poor choice in my opinion. When I saw the "4" and her "5"...ouch. Painful loss.

I'm back to really wishing they would stop putting mics on contestants. Christian seemed to be a nice guy, but hearing him yell over, and over, and over again was just irritating.

But to end on a positive note, what a close call at the end, and great down-to-the-wire win in Money Game today.

[TPIRighteous]

Rarely does one see a contestant blow an opportunity in the kind of spectacular fashion that Robin did. She had the win in the bag if she picked the fourth number. Just... what on earth was she thinking?!