Recap for December 27, 1976 (2181D)

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Here it comes! The first big hour-long game show in television! The fabulous 60-minute Price is Right!

Rafe, Cecile, Deborah and Christina, come on down! You are the first four contestants on The Price is Right!

ITEM UP FOR BIDS:
Steel Rocking Chair

BIDS:
Rafe- 199
Cecile- 300
Deborah- 325
Christina- 326

The Actual Retail Price is $895.

Christina will be rocking in that chair tonight and she could also win a Pace Collection modular sofa worth $3,321 by playing GIVE OR KEEP!

PRIZES 1: Washing Machine Dispenser and Rhona Lee Blouses.
Christina Keeps the Dispenser and Gives the Blouses which are $34.
PRIZES 2: Mr. Coffee Coffee Maker and West End Electric Wok.
Christina Keeps the Wok and Gives the Coffee Maker which is $40. The Give Total is $74.
PRIZES 3: General Electric Power Brush Hair Styler and True Value Waffle Maker
Christina Keeps the Waffler and Gives the Hair Styler which is $27. The Give Total is $101.

Let's see if she Kept more than she gave away.
The Dispenser is $30.
The Wok is $35. Her Keep Total is $65.
The Waffler is $29. Her Keep Total is $94- LOSS!!

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Bob remarks that Rafe was not happy about bidding first but Rafe insists that he is. Bob will not let him go first again so Johnny, Get me another contestant, please.

Linda, come on down!

IUFB:
Gibson Electric Range

BIDS:
Linda- 425
Rafe- 599
Cecile- 600
Deborah- 625

ARP: $530

Linda will win an American Motors Hornet Hatchback by playing TEMPTATION.

PRIZE 1: Robyn International CB Radio
The price is $350. Is the first number a 3 or a 5?
Linda picks 3.
PRIZE 2: Monet Jewelry
The price is $75. Is the second number a 7 or a 5?
Linda picks 7.
PRIZE 3: Corbell Antique Silver
The price is $19. Is the third number a 1 or a 9?
Linda picks 9.
PRIZE 4: Amana Touchmatic Radarange Microwave
The price is $595. Is the last number a 5 or a 9?
Linda picks 9.

Linda has a price of $3,799 for the Car. Will she make any changes?
Linda will leave the numbers as they are.
Will Linda go for the car or will she take $1,039 in prizes and walk?
Linda will take the prizes. But let's see what would have happened if she went for the car.

The first number was 3.
The second number was 7.
The third number was 9.
The last number was 5- she would have lost there.

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Johnny, what is the name of our next contestant?

Linda G, come on down!

IUFB:
Amana Trash Compactor

BIDS:
Linda G- 400
Rafe- 350
Cecile- 249
Deborah- 351

ARP: $280

Cecile will play POKER GAME for a chance to win:

(1) Carolina Tables Coffee Table
(2) Cox Chaise Lounge
(3) Fire drum Fireplace
(4) Flanders Industries Game Set.

Cecile picks Prize 2 which is $420.
Then she picks Prize 1 which are $499.
Cecile has a hand of 9-9-4-4-2, two pairs.
Will she keep it or will she pass it to the house? Cecile is keeping the hand.

Prize 3 is $585.
Prize 4 is $599.
The House has a hand of 5-5-5-9-9- With a Full House, [b]THE HOUSE WINS![/b]

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SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN
Cecile ($280)- Spins the wheel and gets $1.00 right off the bat! $1,000!
Christina ($989)- After two lousy spins, the third time she gets $1.00! $1,000 for her.
Linda ($1,569)- Spins the wheel and gets $0.35. Spins again and gets $0.30. $0.65

SPINOFF
Cecile- $0.80
Christina- $0.45

Cecile is going to the Showcase

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Here we go with another contestant- who is it, Johnny?

Virginia, come on down!

IUFB:
Porcelain Statues of Sir Lawrence Olivier as Henry V and Vivian Leigh as Cleopatra

BIDS:
Virginia- 400
Linda G- 401
Rafe- 429
Deborah- 600

ARP: $790

Deborah will play BULLSEYE II for a Seeburg Topaz Jukebox worth $1,849.

ITEM 1: Hills Brothers Cafe Viennese Coffee
ITEM 2: Di-Gel Lemon-Orange Antacid
ITEM 3: Winter Garden Frozen Vegetables
ITEM 4: Sue Bee Honey
ITEM 5: Lindsay Pitted Ripe Olives

Deborah starts with Item 1 and buys 3 of them.
One is $1.49 and three of them are $4.47- She Gets a Marker.
Deborah next picks Item 5 and buys 6 of them.
One is $.57 and six of them are $3.42- She gets a Marker.
Deborah then picks Item 4 and buys 4 of them.
One is $0.91 and four of them are $3.64 but the readout says $4.55. She gets a Marker.

She may not have hit the Bulleye on the board but she can still win with the Hidden Bullseye.

Is it behind Item 1- NO
Item 4- NO
Item 5- NO! LOSS!

The Bullseye was behind Item 2.

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Johnny, who's our next contestant?

Myra, come on down!

IUFB:
Oriental Chest and Screen

BIDS:
Myra- 550
Virginia- 500
Linda G- 775
Rafe- 726

ARP: $990

Linda will win a 1977 Buick Skylark by playing CARD GAME.
First, Linda has to pick an amount that she has to be away from the Actual Retail Price of the Car- her amount is $900.

OPENING BID: Queen of Hearts- $1,000
BID 2: 5 of Clubs- $500- $1,500
BID 3: 9 of Spades- $900- $2,400
BID 4: Queen of Diamonds- $1,000- $3,400
BID 5: Ace of Diamonds- $800- $4,200- Linda stops!

Linda has a bid of $4,200.
The Actual Retail Price is $4,719!
A difference of $519- WINNER!!!

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Bob is still picking on Rafe- this time he claims he lost 4 women he came with. Rafe says that the last woman is his mother and Bob jokes that she might walk out on him too (wow, Bob!) Johnny, let's have another contestant, please.

Debra, come on down!

IUFB:
White Rotary Sewing Machine

BIDS:
Debra- 350
Myra- 600
Virginia- 399
Rafe- 360

ARP: $500

Virginia will play CLOCK GAME for Le Creuset Cookware and a Gibson Refrigerator/Freezer.

Let's start with the Cookware
100- HIGHER
150- HIGHER
175- HIGHER
200- HIGHER
250- HIGHER
300- HIGHER
350- LOWER
325- HIGHER
326- HIGHER
327- HIGHER
330- HIGHER
335- HIGHER
336- HIGHER
337- HIGHER
338- HIGHER
339- HIGHER
340- HIGHER
341- HIGHER
348- GOT IT! And with 9 seconds left!

Now for the Refrigerator/Freezer
600- HIGHER
650- HIGHER
675- HIGHER
700- LOWER
685- LOWER
680- SHE WON! with 1 second left! What had happened was, she started saying 684 but hesitated and said 680 in the nick of time!

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SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN
Deborah ($790)- Spins the wheel but it doesn't count. Respins and gets $0.90.
Virginia ($1,528)- Spins the wheel and gets $0.85. Spins again and gets $0.25- OVER!
Linda ($5,709)- Spins the wheel and gets $0.10. Spins again and gets $1.00- OVER!


Deborah is going to the Showcase!

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SHOWCASE
TOP WINNER: Cecile
RUNNER UP: Deborah

SHOWCASE 1:
Broyhill Generation Dining Room Set
Arita China Set
Cambridge Carpet Mills Carpeting
Zenith Avante 25-inch Color TV and AM/FM Stereo

Cecile passes to Deborah who bids $3,325 (but why did the readout say $7,250? Hmmmm....)

CECILE'S SHOWCASE:
THINGS FOR THE OUTDOORS
Shakespeare Fishing Equipment
Diver's Corner Scuba Gear
Barnacle Bill Sailboat
Mercury Marine Boat Motor
American Trailers Boat Trailer
1977 Chevrolet Nova Hatchback

Cecile bids $9,500 on her Showcase.
The Actual Retail Price is $11,664.
A difference of $2,164

Deborah bid $3,325 on her Showcase
The Actual Retail Price is $3,420.
A difference of $95!

DEBORAH WINS BOTH SHOWCASES! 
GRAND TOTAL: $15,874!!!