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Episode #7465K
Taped: March 6, 2016
Models: James O’Halloran, Manuela Arbalaez, Rachel Reynolds
Mic handoff: Rachel Reynolds

Today is the College Rivals Special. Some special rules just for today:

·         One student each from two rival universities will be called on down together.

·         Of the two people called on down, the first one called on down will bid first, and their “rival” will bid second.

·         The winner of each one-bid will go on stage, while their “rival” will head back to their seat and get $1,000 only if the one-bid winner loses their pricing game. (thanks to Wayoshi for correcting me here)

 

First four: Sean Miller (UNC) vs. Michelle Stansbury (Duke), Lindsay Louie (Harvard) vs. Shani Weatherby (Princeton)
IUFB: Danby beverage center (holds 124 cold soft drinks), 5.8 ft.3 keg cooler, and countertop ice machine

Sean

Michelle

Lindsay

Shani

$750

$950

$300

$473

ARP: $1,270


Sean heads back to his seat, while Michelle will play Squeeze Play for a 2016 Hyundai Accent SE! (1.6 L engine, 6-speed AT, FWD, carpeted floor mats, cargo net, cargo tray, auto armor – second time within a month that they’ve played this game for a car)

WRONG PRICE

$179,520

DIGIT SQUEEZED OUT

9 ($17,520)

ARP

$17,520

WIN

 

5. Kelsey Hightower (U. of Oklahoma) vs. Peter Freyer (U. of Texas)
IUFB: Two Activeon action cameras (full HD 1080p resolution, 2” color touch LCD screens, two selfie sticks, head strap mounts, suction mounts)

Peter

KELSEY

Lindsay

Shani

$451

$450

$1

$225


ARP: $646

 

Kelsey heads back to her seat, while Peter wins by default, and he will play Freeze Frame for a Sea-Doo Spark 2-Up watercraft! (Rotax 900 ace 899cc engine, intelligent throttle control system, trailer)

 

84

19

 

62

 

 

50

43

 

 

35

 

28

97

 

 

GUESS

$6,284

ARP

$6,284

WIN

 

6. Melanie Brown (Auburn) vs. Adam Englehard (UA)
IUFB: 6-pc. Under Armour his-and-her shoes (two styles with built-in chip)

MELANIE

Adam

Lindsay

Shani

$700

$450

$600

$559

ARP: $705

 

Adam heads back to his seat, while Melanie (who has a Theater degree) will play Hi Lo for a trip to Houston, TX! (RT, 5n, deluxe corner king room at Royal Sonesta Houston, daily breakfast, 2 tickets to NCAA Semi-Finals and Championship Games)

ARP: $5,119

 

The grocery products:

·         Marie Callender’s coconut cream pie

·         Campbell’s Chunky chili with beans, 15.25 oz.

·         Kettle potato chips, 8.5 oz.

·         OxiClean laundry stain remover

·         Arm & Hammer Truly Radiant dental rinse, 16 oz.

·         Glad containers with lids, 8-ct.

ITEM

ARP

OxiClean

$7.99

Cream pie

$7.75

Containers

$4.99

And now, the other three items (good luck with the rinse!):

ITEM

ARP

Chili

$2.99

Chips

$3.99

Rinse

$6.99

LOSS

 

SCSD1

CONTESTANT

WINNINGS

FIRST SPIN

SECOND SPIN

TOTAL

BONUS SPIN

Melanie

$705

$1.00

 

$1.00
***$1,000***

$0.70

Peter

$6,930

$0.95

$0.45

$1.40

 

Michelle

$18,790

$0.55

$0.20

$0.75

 

 

7. Christian Jenkins (U. of Washington) vs. Kaiulani Bush (Washington State)
IUFB: Segway one-wheel scooter (speeds up to 14mph, knee and elbow pads, wrist guards, one helmet)

CHRISTIAN

Kaiulani

Lindsay

Shani

$1,500

$900

$1,000

$1,200

ARP: $1,014

 

Shani heads back to her seat, while Lindsay will play Danger Price for:

·         Rocky Mountain Saunas zero EMF infrared sauna (seats up to 2, 7 LED chromotherapy lights, built-in music player)

·         LG 9.1 channel Blu-Ray disc home theater system (5 speakers, subwoofer, wireless unit)

·         24” Dell all-in-one desktop PC (12 GB RAM, 1 TB hard drive)

·         Burberry his and her accessories (nylon messenger bag, leather wallet, and leather trimmed belt for him, leather crossbody bag, stainless steel watch, and silk scarf for her)

DANGER PRICE: $2,595

PICK

ARP

ACCESSORIES

$3,765

COMPUTER

$1,450

SAUNA

$2,595

ARP of home theater system: $800
LOSS

 

8. Carolyn Murdock (UVA) vs. Christopher Wadhewitz (Virginia Tech)
IUFB: Portable water repellant beach umbrella (protects from over 99.5% of UVA and UVB rays), two folding chairs (wood frame, two microfiber towels), 32GB tablet (8.9” HDX display), and 16GB tablet (10.1” HD display)

Christian

Kaiulani

CAROLYN

Christopher

$950

$600

$700

$875

ARP: $1,123

 

Kaiulani heads back to her seat, while Christian (who has majors in Microbiology, Pre-Med and Drama) will play Check Game for a trip to the Riviera Maya in Mexico! (RT to Cancun to Riviera Maya, 6n, all-inclusive, superior room at Viva Wyndham Maya Beach Resort, RT airport transportation)

AMOUNT OF THIS CHECK

$1,500

PRIZE VALUE

$5,720

TOTAL

$7,220

WIN

 

9. Scott Buscemi (UA) vs. Megan MacKelvie (Arizona State)
IUFB: Camp Chef portable gas grill (3 30,000 BTU burners, one flat top griddle, 9-pc. knife set, spatula set) and rolling ice chest (holds up to 20 gals, built-in bottle opener, 2 locking wheels)

SCOTT

Megan

Carolyn

Christopher

$1,500

$650

$900

$1

ARP: $749

 

Scott heads back to his seat, while Megan will play Cliff Hangers for a 2016 Kia Soul! (1.6 L engine, 6-speed AT, FWD, mud guards)
ARP: $18,245

SMALL PRIZE

GUESS

ARP

STEPS TAKEN

TOTAL STEPS

Contigo travel mug

$20

$21

1

1

Slime digital tire inflator

$31

$35

4

5

Black & Decker compact 12 V automatic vacuum

$45

$46

1

6

WIN

 

SCSD2

CONTESTANT

WINNINGS

FIRST SPIN

SECOND SPIN

TOTAL

BONUS SPIN

Lindsay

$2,014

$1.00

 

$1.00
***$1,000***

$0.80

Christian

$8,343

$0.10

$0.60

$0.70

 

Megan

$19,096

$0.30

$0.60

$0.90

 

Megan mentions that her grandmother was a contestant 30 years ago.

 

Showcase 1 (No Rivals)

·         Trip to Bora Bora (RT, 6n, overwater bungalow at Le Meridien Bora Bora, daily breakfast)

·         2016 Chevrolet Spark LS (1.4 L engine, CVT, FWD)

Lindsay bids $27,000.

 

Showcase 2 (A Good Old-Fashioned Football Game)

·         75” Sony LED HDTV (various smart features including voice search)

·         Olhausen Billiards Hampton 8’ billiards table (integrated cue, ball storage drawer, TPIR logo, accessory package)
8-player electronic dart board (LED display)

·         2016 Mitsubishi Lancer ES (2 L engine, CVT, FWD)

Melanie bids $26,000.

 

SHOWCASE

SC1 (BORA BORA/CAR)

SC2 (ROOM/CAR)

BID

$27,000

$26,000

ARP

$31,691

$29,759

DIFFERENCE

$4,691

$3,759

Melanie has won $31,464 in prizes!

 

Pricing games won: 4 out of 6
Total winnings: $88,637*

The total winnings include the $2,000 given to Adam and Shani.

« Last Edit: March 25, 2016, 01:17:30 PM by TPIRFan2000 »
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Re: TPIR Recap - 03/25/2016 (College Rivals/March Madness Special)
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2016, 01:12:48 PM »
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The winner of each one-bid will go on stage, while their “rival” will head back to their seat and get $1,000.
Only if the PG was lost.

This format was terrible. They seemed to realize that ejecting contestants from the row early was very unfair, but slapping on $1000 and putting a rooting incentive for someone to LOSE a PG? Even worse! We've had dozens of specials, and this is the first to mrrp up the format of the show like this. Please, never again.
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Re: TPIR Recap - 03/25/2016 (College Rivals/March Madness Special)
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2016, 01:14:04 PM »
Only if the PG was lost.
Forgot about that, thanks for the correction.
I hadn't really thought about this before, but the reality of death means that every day there are less people in the world than the day before.  In reality there are many more people in the world than this but for illustration: If one day there are 1000 people in the world and the next day 55 people die, now there are 945 people in the world. if 30 more die the next day now there are 915 people in the world. So we'll eventually become extinct as will all creatures as the same reality applies to dogs, cats, horses etc.

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Re: TPIR Recap - 03/25/2016 (College Rivals/March Madness Special)
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2016, 01:26:31 PM »
Please, never again.
Well, if what Drew said at the end was any indication, they might do another one of these next year
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Re: TPIR Recap - 03/25/2016 (College Rivals/March Madness Special)
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2016, 02:10:13 PM »
I did not like this TPIR episode at all! I thought the altered format was a little too cut-throat, and very unsporting! This was one of their worst theme ideas of all-time!

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Re: TPIR Recap - 03/25/2016 (College Rivals/March Madness Special)
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2016, 02:21:08 PM »
Good Game Lineup Today.
We got a rare day in which not one regular Car Game was played.
Other than the All Plinko show , this is the first time in years which that didn't happen.

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Re: TPIR Recap - 03/25/2016 (College Rivals/March Madness Special)
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2016, 02:23:43 PM »
I liked the dynamic of calling two people down to "face each other" at one time, which was certainly different for Price. However, once the opponent was defeated in contestant's row and had to return to his or her seat, maybe it would have been better if he or she received the $1000 if the victor won the pricing game. The victor would still go on to spin the wheel and perhaps go to the showcase, and the "rooting for someone to lose" factor would have been lessened or eliminated. 

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Re: TPIR Recap - 03/25/2016 (College Rivals/March Madness Special)
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2016, 02:37:45 PM »
Coincidentally, the two contestants whose rivals won $1,000 also won $1,000 on the Big Wheel.

I imagine the atmosphere in the audience must have been electric, but it did not carry over in the broadcast. A huge misstep in my opinion, and they should not try this again. Besides, nothing says March Madness Basketball like football helmets.
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Re: TPIR Recap - 03/25/2016 (College Rivals/March Madness Special)
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2016, 03:16:35 PM »
I could kind of get onboard with doing the 2-player specials. But, they screwed up the format of the show doing this. It would be wise not to tinker with it again.

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Re: TPIR Recap - 03/25/2016 (College Rivals/March Madness Special)
« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2016, 03:43:10 PM »
The double call downs,the $ 1,000 for "losing"...the football helmets for something that is supposed to be tied to March Madeness....unless this repeats at that start of College Football season....This felt too gimmicky and out of place....Jeopardy! would be the better place for a "College Rivalry" show/sereis

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Re: TPIR Recap - 03/25/2016 (College Rivals/March Madness Special)
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2016, 04:27:53 PM »
Let's never speak of this again.

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Re: TPIR Recap - 03/25/2016 (College Rivals/March Madness Special)
« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2016, 05:37:57 PM »
Deep down there is a good idea there. I liked the idea of the rivals facing off. I didn't even mind them sending someone back.

But the rooting against them for 1000? That part seemed mean.

I'm all for the show trying new ideas- I like many of them. This one though...needs to go back to the drawing board.

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Re: TPIR Recap - 03/25/2016 (College Rivals/March Madness Special)
« Reply #12 on: March 25, 2016, 06:39:30 PM »
Despite a good pricing game record, this is quite possibly my least favorite special since the all-Plinko episode. The penalty for losing a pricing game leaves a bad taste in my mouth since it's mean-spirited and goes against the purpose of the show. It brought back memories of Family Feud's Battle of the Divorced Couples specials where if a team lost Fast Money, they won nothing and their exes split a consolation pot.

Well, if what Drew said at the end was any indication, they might do another one of these next year

I hope he was kidding.

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Re: TPIR Recap - 03/25/2016 (College Rivals/March Madness Special)
« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2016, 06:41:16 PM »
I know I'm going to be one of a few, but I actually enjoyed today's show.  The theme was fairly well executed and the "losing team" going back to their seats was a unique twist that didn't hurt the framework of the show.  The games were exciting to watch, and I could tell there was definitely some electricity in the crowd.

I didn't have a problem with the whole "if they lose their game, you win $1,000".  The whole "rooting against someone" is awkward until you consider IT'S COLLEGE RIVALS.  They're going to root against each other regardless.  That's how it works in those rivalries.  As a Gamecock, I hate Clemson.  It's in the rule book.  Seeing those colleges represented they way they were and watching the way it played out just seemed to work for me.

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Re: TPIR Recap - 03/25/2016 (College Rivals/March Madness Special)
« Reply #14 on: March 25, 2016, 07:07:12 PM »
I didn't have a problem with the whole "if they lose their game, you win $1,000".  The whole "rooting against someone" is awkward until you consider IT'S COLLEGE RIVALS.  They're going to root against each other regardless.  That's how it works in those rivalries.  As a Gamecock, I hate Clemson.  It's in the rule book.

And in the rule book of The (traditional) Price Is Right, everybody's there to have fun and cheer on each other.
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