TPIR Recap - 05/02/2016

[TPIRFan2000]

Episode #7523K
Taped: February 3, 2016
Models: Amber Lancaster, James O’Halloran, Rachel Reynolds
Mic handoff: Amber Lancaster

                                                                                                      

First four: Janet Stephens, Phillip Bromley III, John Morosan, Danielle Zili

IUFB: Gameroom Champ foosball table (leather laminate finish, solid wood handles)

Janet	Phillip	John	Danielle
$700	$699	$850	$500

ARP: $1,718

John (from Kitchener, Canada) will play Flip Flop for:

·         Golden West Billiards tournament-quality pool table (genuine leather pockets, sure shot cushions – deluxe accessory kit incl.)

·         500GB PlayStation 4 (2 wireless controllers, 4 games)

·         60” Samsung 4K ultra HD LED TV (smart functionality, built in Wi-Fi)

WRONG PRICE	$5,709
FLIP	FLOP	FLIP FLOP
$7,509	$5,790	$7,590
GUESS	$7,509
ARP	$5,790

LOSS

 

5. Suzanne Casey
IUFB: THREE car audio systems (navigation-ready DVD receiver with Bluetooth, 1 multimedia stereo with 2 pairs of 2-way speakers, Bluetooth 5-pc. audio unit with subwoofer - heavy-duty coaxial speakers incl. – take a guess at which game is next)

Janet	Phillip	SUZANNE	Danielle
$1,000	$1,100	$2,775	$1,625

ARP: $1,309

 

More than 4 months after its last playing, Phillip will get the rare opportunity to play Triple Play for three new cars:

·         Fiat 500 Sport

·         Mazda 3i Sport Sedan

·         Toyota Tacoma

First car: Fiat 500 Sport (1.4 L engine, 5-speed MT, FWD)
$14,095 $17,540

GUESS	$17,540
CORRECT?	YES

ARP: $18,895
Second car: Mazda 3i Sport Sedan (2 L engine, 6-speed AT, rear-view camera, paint/fabric protection)
$19,120 $21,010 $23,881

GUESS	$21,010
CORRECT?	NO

ARP: $20,463 (should have picked $19k)

LOSS

 

6. Stephanie Roby
IUFB: 8-pc. Body Glove surfboarding package (2 soft 8’ surfboards, wet suits, snorkeling gear, etc.)

Janet	STEPHANIE R.	Suzanne	Danielle
$1,301	$1,000	$1,300	$1,100

ARP: $1,650

 

Janet (from Whittier, CA) will play Cliff Hangers for a trip to Maui, HI! (RT, 5n, ocean view room at The Westin Maui Resort & Spa – daily breakfast and one surf lesson incl.)
ARP: $9,793

SMALL PRIZE	GUESS	ARP	DIFFERENCE	TOTAL STEPS
Revlon 3-speed hair dryer	$25	$20	$5	5
Frost Boss portable battery-operated beverage chiller	$40	$30	$10	15
Bonafid retractable dog leash	$25	$42	$17	DEATH

LOSS

 

SCSD1

CONTESTANT	WINNINGS	FIRST SPIN	SECOND SPIN	TOTAL
Phillip	$1,309	$0.95		$0.95
Janet	$1,700	$0.70	$0.20	$0.90
John	$1,718	$0.45	$0.10	$0.55

 

7. David Crosby (not the one from CSNY)
IUFB: Bowflex trainer (8 workout programs, 16 resistance levels, Bluetooth smart technology – 1 20-oz. filtered water bottle incl.)

DAVID	Stephanie R.	Suzanne	Danielle
$975	$1,300	$1,500	$1,501

ARP: $1,822

 

Danielle completes a First Four sweep, and she will play Money Game for a Scion Tc! (2.5 L engine, 6-speed AT, panoramic glass moonroof, paint/fabric protection)

23	44	78
61	19	85
93	21	34

ARP: $__,8__

PICK	FRONT/BACK?
23	$
21	FRONT (ARP: $21,8__)
93	$
85	$
19	$

ARP: $21,834

LOSS

 

8. Stephanie Bullard
IUFB: 9-pc. Swiss Diamond cookware collection (2 frying pans, 1 sauce pan, soup pot, etc. – brought out on Chuggs)

David	Stephanie R.	Suzanne	STEPHANIE B.
$325	$1,300	$401	$400

ARP: $530

 

Suzanne will play One Wrong Price for:

·         34” diagonal curved HP desktop PC (24GB of RAM, 3TB hard drive)

·         5-burner GE gas range (double oven, reversible cast-iron griddle and grill)

·         Coach leather handbag collection (2 carryalls, 1 mini satchel, cross body bag, 1 wristlet)

PRIZE	COMPUTER	RANGE	DESIGNER BAGS
PRICE	$2,395	$4,118	$1,450
GUESS	DESIGNER BAGS
ARP	$2,395	$3,200	$1,450

LOSS

 

9. Sherry Tucker
IUFB: GoPro Hero4 waterproof mountable camera (1 64GB memory card with adapter and 3-way mount incl.)

David	Stephanie R.	SHERRY	Stephanie B.
$2	$676	$675	$400

ARP: $630

 

Stephanie B. (from San Francisco) has the task of preventing a skunking – to do so, she will play Hi Lo for:

·         11-pc. Wenzel camping gear (8-person tent, 4 sleeping bags, 2 cots, etc.)

·         1-year family pass to all US National Parks

·         Kymco MXU 450i ATV (443cc liquid cooled engine, CVT)

ARP: $7,111

The grocery products:

·         Tom’s whitening toothpaste with fluoride, 4.7 oz. tube

·         Sugar in the Raw cane sugar, 24-oz.

·         Marie Callender’s chicken pot pie, 45 oz.

·         Gold Bond Rough & Bumpy skin therapy lotion, 8 oz.

·         Yucatan guacamole, 8 oz.

·         Allegra allergy relief gel caps, 24-ct.

ITEM PICKED	ARP
ALLEGRA	$18.90
LOTION	$10.99
SUGAR	$2.99

The other groceries:

ITEM	ARP
TOOTHPASTE	$5.99
POT PIE	$9.99
GUACAMOLE	$3.99

SKUNKED SHOW (3^rd of the season)

 

SCSD2

CONTESTANT	WINNINGS	FIRST SPIN	SECOND SPIN	TOTAL
Suzanne	$530	$0.80		$0.80
Stephanie B.	$630	$0.60	$0.50	$1.10
Danielle	$2,042	$0.70	$0.50	$1.20

 

Showcase 1 (All Aboard)

·         First-class train ride through the Grand Canyon (RT to Flagstaff to Williams via rental car, 4n, from Grand Canyon Railway & Hotel – daily breakfast and dinner, one motorcoach South Rim tour, one helicopter tour incl.)

·         Costa Caribbean Cruise (RT to Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 11d)

·         West Wight Potter 15’ Premium Edition sailboat (teak cabin top hand rails, lewmar ports with stainless steel, safety mooring package, fast rig package, anchor system – trailer incl.)

Phillip passes to Suzanne, who bids $27,777.

 

Showcase 2 (Live Happily Ever After)

·         70” Sharp LED smart TV (Bluetooth, built-in wi-fi)
9.1 channel LG Blu-Ray disc home theater system (5 speakers, subwoofer, wireless unit – 5 Blu-Ray discs incl.)
Shiatsu massage chair (power rollers)

·         Volkswagen Beetle 1.8 TS (1.8 L engine, 6-speed AT, FWD, rubber mat kit)

Phillip bids $21,000.

 

SHOWCASE	SC1 (TRIP/CRUISE)	SC2 (CAR)
BID	$27,777	$21,000
ARP	$29,587	$26,287
DIFFERENCE	$1,810	$5,287

Suzanne has won $30,117 in prizes!

 

Pricing games won: 0 out of 6

Total winnings: $37,516

[Wayoshi]

I respect that they had to make Triple pretty hard, so everything else was quite winnable... just one of those days where no one played well. In particular I don't know why the H-L contestant's friend thought it was the sugar - she was holding up two fingers, so I have to wonder if she thought the pot pie was #2 on the line (as opposed to 3) or some type of mistake like that. Or she thought it looked like a huge sack, the bag was odd-looking.

I will say though that for someone who doesn't know Cliff's secret rules, 40 on a beverage chiller and 25 on a dog leash look like good guesses. I feel like for nearly a 5-digit trip Mike kinda wanted that lost if it worked out that way, which it certainly did.

Money has had a weird season. Sometimes semi-hard setups are won super easily, other times easier ones like today are just screwed around with. Way too many people have wasted 44 and a front two option on back choices. Like, why does 19 even look good there to her, disregarding the front two aspect it still looks wrong (or it would be in L7 if it was right).

All said, blatantly spoiling Triple with that OB2 (in general, theming OBs with luggage always = trip next etc is just stale at this point) and car 4th yet again marring an otherwise strong lineup are repeating issues this season. Shame Triple's last show on the season was very forgettable.

[tpiradam]

Yay for John! Always exciting to see a contestant from my home turf make it on the show. I had met a number of people from surrounding cities back when I went to the show last August but nobody from around where I was from. I can't recall the last time someone from my area made it on the show.

[mechamind]

Le pew! Le blown Cliff Hangers setup.

[Flerbert419]

Surprises. The show no longer has surprises.

There was a sense tuning in that you never knew what was going to happen. Would this be a three car day? Would the host walk out from the back of the audience? Would we see one of the Big 3 games? Would a special guest drop by? Would we learn something memorable about a contestant?

Instead we get bombarded with videos of spoilers on every imaginable platform. And when a nice surprise might happen, we get beat over the head in the One Bid and game introduction so that it falls flat and everybody can see it coming from a mile away. Moving the game to the second slot instead of getting the show off with a bang also doesn't help things.

Sometimes, it's OK to reward me for watching at that particular moment.

[Off_trak]

Seemed like a edit just prior to Flip Flop, as John appeared to tweak Drew's bad shoulder. 😵

With having James in board shorts again in this episode,  the thing that popped into my head was all the flack Barker used to get in the 80s for having the Beauties in two piece suits. Drew mentioned the women catcalling in the audience, and it just smacked of reverse sexism to me.

[JayC]

I like when they actually decide to play Triple Play, but I didn't like how they made it pretty obvious it was gonna be the game with the 3 car stereos as the item up for bids. I would've lost on the Fiat myself, and the second car was pretty difficult too but that one I had right.

Hi Lo was easy if you remembered the chicken pot pie is expensive. I didn't think the sugar was a bad guess and I thought it would be more expensive than it was (I don't buy sugar that much).

Moving the game to the second slot instead of getting the show off with a bang also doesn't help things.

I like that they moved Triple Play into other spots personally. I do like when it started the show because it made for an exciting start especially when won, but I like the variety and the unexpectedness of it even though it's been a few seasons that it hasn't been just played first.

[GameShowKid]

All said, blatantly spoiling Triple with that OB2 (in general, theming OBs with luggage always = trip next etc is just stale at this point)...

Gotta post my agreement with you.

[thepriceis_J]

Surprises. The show no longer has surprises.

I disagree that surprises are all gone. I think last week proved that more than anything. The Amber Magic # moment, the "pants" moment, and the Manuela hit moment were all instances the show could've edited out. I appreciate, and was actually rather surprised, that they didn't. I suppose you could argue that you could see the "pants" moment was coming after Drew's comment during the 3rd IUFB, but still, the show has started SC themes and other bits only to fall flat and not go through with them. So I felt that was nice.

Also, you'll just never be able to truly predict how a game will go. You can take a good guess and a lot of times that's what will end up happening, but somethings, like the miraculous Lucky Seven win a couple of weeks ago or even the Golden Road win from Dream Car Week, you just can't expect.

So even though they're trying things like this to put some "pop" into the show and it doesn't really work, I think the nature of the show makes it impossible to drain all surprise out of it and I think sometimes the staff can pull off a good surprise.

Definitely shouldn't have been a skunked show. I'll chalk up a lot of the losses to things just not going the right way more than contestant error, but Hi-Lo should've been won. I know that was a somewhat large bag of sugar, but that was an ENTIRE chicken pot pie. Not one of those small personal ones you'd get from KFC.

I'd also extend a bit of blame to the OWP contestant. Not much though because designer items can be tricky, but $4100 sounds like too much of a range from General Electric. That was the big tip off for me, but I can see a contestant going designer instead.