Thank you all for your kind words! My head's still spinning from it all
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Kind of an awkward moment picking the 2 best keys. By that I mean, you won the car then have to go back to reveal the other prizes. They probably should have just had you start with the Master Key outright.
I agree it's awkward, but I'm not sure going in the other order (master key then car key) makes sense either. Once all three "WIN" signs are revealed through the master key, there's no way for Drew or the contestant to easily reset the locks to even see what the second key does. Plus, absolutely no one would care at that point except for the nerdiest of Price is Right geeks. Having the contestant reveal the car key first and then the master key at least allows for a bit of drama with the second key. So there's no great order here, but, IMO, car key then master key makes more sense than the other way around. Either way, this is apparently something that only happens once every 10 years anyway (
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Why wouldn't you and the contestants be miked right at the first "Come on Down" opportunity? For example had you won the IUFB and played "Do the Math" you would not have been miked, right?
You are correct--had I played Do The Math I wouldn't have been miked. In fact, it's guaranteed the contestant who plays the first game of the day isn't miked for this exact reason. I think the reason they wait is they don't want to stop tape to mike people up--they're willing to chance that someone gets on stage without a mike to save 6 extra stopdowns during the taping. The mikes are really only there as a backup anyway; they're not supposed to be the primary audio.
