Jordanar18 asked: Can someone post a recap? I missed it.
Well, I'm not used to posting recaps, but I think I'll give this a shot.
Game $how Marathon: Episode2, "Let's Make a Deal"
"America's Big Dealer", Ricki Lake, is announced to a huge round of applause.
1st contestant: Lance Bass (dressed as the Big Banana)
Rusty brings out Ricky's Money Machine, with checks galore (and a bankruptcy slip)
1st: $5,000 Keep going...
2nd: $2,000 Total: $7,000 Keep going...
3rd: $3,000 Total: $10,000 TAKES THE MOOLAH!!!
But what was left?
4th: $500
5th: $1,500
6th: $5,000 Ouch...
7th: BANKRUPT
Deal time: Give up $10k for Curtain #1 (hint: Outdoors) or Curtain #2 (hint: Indoors)?
Lance's decision: after the break... (sounds a little like another game show with "Deal" in the title)
He decides to spend the 10 G's on Curtain #1
Behind Curtain #2: ZONK!!!!!!! (Gilbert Gottfried taking a bath)
Lance traded $10,000 for...A BRAND NEW CAR!!!!!! (Lincoln Navigator 4X2, V8, AT)($50,990)
2nd contestant: Leslie Nielsen (dressed as a doctor, holding sign: "The doctor will see you now", puts on Groucho Marx
glasses)
Rusty brings out table with several GPs on it, hands Ricki Aspercreme Patches ($8.99)
Ricki gives them to Leslie, who is trying to win 2 Yamaha motorcycles ($33,160)
Leslie must pick out a product that is the same price as the Patches.
The products:
Viactiv Multi-vitamin Chews
Bayer Low-dose Aspirin
Glad Force-Flex Trash Bags
Garlique Garlic Tablets
Leslie picks the Viactiv
Ricki offers a Vespa LS50 scooter ($3,199) to bail-out, Leslie refuses
Trash Bags: $6.49
Aspirin $11.97 (Ricki: "The Doc knows his meds!")
Garlic: $8.99 (Ricki: "I didn't say there couldn't be more than one product that was $8.99, now did I?")
Ricki offers $10,000 and the Vespa ($13,199) to bail-out, Leslie accepts.
Viactiv: $8.99
3rd contestant: Paige Davis (dressed as Little Bo Peep, sign: I [heart] ewe Ricki) and Sophie the Dog (dressed as her sheep)
Ricki gives Paige a tin of Altoids ($1.50) and chance to trade for Curtain #2, Paige keeps mints
Curtain #2: Jeep Wrangler SE 4x4 ($19,135)
Another chance to trade, this time for Curtain #3 which has a years supply of Turtle Wax ($50), Paige keeps mints again
Curtain #3: Dodge Charger ($22,995)
One more offer: Curtain #1 (hint: Ground Transportation), Paige hangs on to mints for dear life
Curtain #1: Cadillac CTS V6 VVT ($35,080)
The tin of mints contains: mints, as well as $3,500
4th contestant: Tim Meadows (dressed as a cop, sign: "I wanna cop a deal)
Ricki calls for a couple of "regular folk" to help them out:
Laura (dressed in stereotypical '70's garb, complete with 'fro), and
Heather (dressed as a cat)
Ricki gives each player $2,000 and shows them four boxes. Each one costs $1,000.
Box #1:
Laura: YES Tim: NO Heather: NO
Laura gets a Dell XPSM 170 Notebook ($2,353)
Box #2:
Laura: NO Tim: NO Heather: YES
Heather gets Gilbert Gottfried's "Dirty Jokes DVD" ($14.99)
Box #3:
Laura: NO Tim: YES Heather: NO
Tim finds His and Her Rolex Watches ($7,250)
Everyone has $1,000 left as we go to...
Box #4 (gigantic):
Laura: YES Tim: NO Heather: YES
Laura & Heather win a refrigerator ($6,130) plus Ice Cream Cakes for a Year ($840) Total: $6,970
Laura's total: $9,323.00
Heather's total: $6,984.99
Tim's Total: $8,250.00
Deal time: Give up the "bling" and the grand for a small box or Curtain #1?
Tim trades the loot for the Curtain.
Inside the box: Everything In This Deal ($16,587.99)
Behind Curtain #1: ZONK!!!!!!!! (Gilbert Gottfried [I smell a theme] dressed as a little baby, making the obvious
Michael Jackson reference)
Big Deal Time! Tonight it's worth over $87,000!
Lance ($50,990): [d]NO DEAL![/d] He keeps his Lincoln
Leslie ($13,199): Goes for Big Deal
Paige ($3501.50): Goes for Big Deal
Leslie picke Door #1, Paige picks Door #2
DOOR #1
Noritake Stoneware and Glassware ($1,352.50)
Broyhill Dining Room Set ($6,975)
Total: $8,327.50
DOOR #2
Ricardo Beverly Hills Luggage ($940)
Night Owl Night Vision Binoculars ($799)
African Safari (11 day) ($14,800)
Total: $16,539.00
Nobody picked the Big Deal, so Lance Bass is tonight's Biggest Winner and takes his spot in Finalist's Row.
DOOR #3
Clarion "in-car solution" (GPS, satellite radio, music & photo playback, etc.) ($1,299.99)
Dodge Viper SRT-10 Convertible (Gilbert in driver's seat, screaming "What the **** were you thinking?!?!?) ($85,745)
Total: $87,044.99
Finalist's Row:
Brande Roderick
Lance Bass