TPiR Recap - 2/21/2024 (TPiR at Night: Jackpot January - Week 6)

[Roadgeek Adam]

Episode #71SP (TPiR at Night: Jackpot January – Week VI)
Aired – 2/21/2024; Taped – 11/16/2023
Models: Alexis Gaube, James O"Halloran, Rachel Reynolds
Microphone Handoff: Rachel
First Four Contestant Seating: Left to Right

First IUFB: Luxury Designer Watch (Cartier: square silhouette watch with sapphire crystal); ARP: $7,750 (Overhead)

NATHANIEL	DONNA	BRITTANY	RICHARD
4000	2500	2501	2502

The winner is...
NATHANIEL

Nathaniel, a cheerleader coach at California State University at Northridge (with his entire crew in the audience), is playing Cliffhangers for $250,000 in cash! (Alexis and James). Cliff starts on $250,000 and goes down $10,000 for each wrong answer. As a result, there"s only 24 steps instead of the customary 25.

Small prizes (Rachel): Bella Electric Can Opener, Ceramic Tabletop Fire Bowl, Conair Steam Iron

Nathaniel bids $35 on the can opener...

250	240	230	220	210	200	190	180	170	160	150	140	130	120	110	100	90	80	70	60	50	40	30	20	10

The ARP is...

$17

Nathaniel bids $20 on the fire bowl...

250	240	230	220	210	200	190	180	170	160	150	140	130	120	110	100	90	80	70	60	50	40	30	20	10

The ARP is...

$26

Nathaniel bids $45 on the iron...

250	240	230	220	210	200	190	180	170	160	150	140	130	120	110	100	90	80	70	60	50	40	30	20	10

The ARP is...

$50

LOSS (Total Winnings: $43)

Second IUFB: Laptop Computer (Apple: 14in MacBook Pro with M2 chip, 512GB SSD; Mobile Pixels: 2 portable laptop monitors); ARP: $2,859 (James)

JUDITH	DONNA	BRITTANY	RICHARD
2700	2550	3500	3501

The winner is...
JUDITH

Judith, from Memphis, Tennessee, is playing One Wrong Price for:

1. Trip to Sweden (RT Coach to Gothenberg, SW then to Treunsum for a 6n stay in a big 5 suite at Eriksberg Hotel and Nature Reserve + daily breakfast and dinner) (Rachel)
2. Trip to Vietnam (RT Coach to Da Nang, VI for a 6n stay in a 1br pool villa at Tia Wellness Resort + all day daily breakfast, 2 daily wellness treatmnents per person, wellness acitvities) (James)
3. Trip to St. Lucia (RT Coach to St. Lucia for a 6n all-inclusive stay at the Soco House + daily spa treatments for 2) (Alexis)

$15,575	$12,580	$7912
SWEDEN	VIETNAM	ST. LUCIA

Judith picks Vietnam...

$15,575	$12,580	$7912
$15,575	$12,580	$10,602
	LOSS

Third IUFB: Pilates Reformer (Balanced Body: solid maple pilates reformer); ARP: $3,495 (Alexis)

ALISON	DONNA	BRITTANY	RICHARD
2500	2100	2501	1550

The winner is...
BRITTANY

Brittany, from San Antonio, TExas is playing Pocket Change for a 2024 Chevrolet Camaro 1LT Coupe (3.6L engine, 10-speed AT, RWD, cargo net, floor mats) (Rachel).

Number pool:

1

2

3

4

5

6

Guess	4
Car ARP	3 4
Car Price	25¢
Card Picked	16

6

3 4

50¢

5

3 4

75¢

2

3 4 2

75¢

2

6

3 4 2 6

75¢

11

5

3 4 2 6 5

75¢

7

Change Card	0¢	25¢	25¢	10¢
Change Total	.25	.50	.75	.85	WIN

SCSD #1

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Judith	$2,859	60	STAY	.60	OVER
Nathaniel	$7,793	65	STAY	.65	*SHOWCASE*
Brittany	$37,760	40	20	.60

Fourth IUFB: Home Bar and Cocktail Maker (Ballard Designs: 4 door bar cabinet with 16 bottle wine rack, mirrored cabinet; Bartesian: mixing machine, 12 packs of capsules); ARP: $4,628 (James)

ALISON	DONNA	PAUL	RICHARD
2800	2701	2300	2700

The winner is...
ALISON

Alison is playing Now or Then for a new living room (Galleryt Furniture: sofa, side chair, oak cocktail table, low-profile end table; tripod floor lamp; 75in 4K HD television; KLH: pair of standing wood veneer speakers ; ARP: $11,590) (Rachel). The THEN date is FEBRUARY 1996. As part of the twist, you get the bonus if you get all 6 right, you will win house cleaning for 5 years.

Grocery items:

1. Pam Olive Oil (5oz) – marked $2.99
2. Kraft Mac & Cheese – marked $1.50
3. Ocean Spray Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice (64oz) – marked $4.59
4. SOS Soap Pads (18ct) – marked $2.29
5. Meow Mix Irresistables Cat Treats – marked $7.99
6. Entenmann"s Softees Donuts (12ct) – marked $6.99

$2.99

$1.50

$4.59

$2.29

$7.99

$6.99

Alison picks soap pads. She believes the $2.29 price is THEN.

THEN

$2.99

$1.50

$4.59

THEN

$7.99

$6.99

Alison picks the cat treats. She believes the $7.99 price is NOW.

NOW

$2.99

$1.50

$4.59

THEN

NOW

$6.99

Alison picks the donuts. She believes the $6.99 price is NOW.

NOW

$2.99

$1.50

$4.59

THEN

NOW

NOW

Alison picks the spray. She believes the $2.99 price is THEN.

THEN

THEN

$1.50

$4.59

THEN

NOW

NOW

Alison picks the mac & cheese. She believes the $1.50 price is NOW.

NOW

THEN

NOW

$4.59

THEN

NOW

NOW

Alison picks the grapefruit juice. She believes the $4.59 price is NOW.

NOW

THEN

NOW

NOW

THEN

NOW

NOW

WIN

Fifth IUFB: Foosball Table (Burlwood foosball table); ARP: $2,999 (Alexis and Rachel)

BARBARA	DONNA	PAUL	RICHARD
2000	2200	2400	1

The winner is...
PAUL

Paul is playing LUCKY $EVEN for a 2024 Black Sapphire Metallic BMW m440i Coupe (3L engine, 8-speed AT, RWD, premium package, shadow line package, 19in double-spoke jet black wheels, remote engine start, drive recorder, phone charging cables, performance exhaust) (James).

First number is...

$

6

Remaining: $7

Guess: 3

$

6

8

Remaining: $2

Guess: 5

$

6

8

4

Remaining: $1

Guess: 3

$

6

8

4

7

Remaining: $0

LOSS. ARP was:

$

6

8

4

7

5

Double wide appreciation month continues, and Donna and Richard are both candidates for its service. Only one can avoid more appreciation of a double-wide limo, and Donna bids 4th here. Will she avoid a trip to Rockland, West Virginia? Will both?

Sixth IUFB: Golf Clubs (10 golf clubs and bag for him; 9 and bag for her; Super eCaddy: remote control caddy); ARP: $3,799 (Alexis and James)

BARBARA	DONNA	ZURI	RICHARD
6750	4001	3200	4000

The winner is...
ZURI

Zuri is playing Clock GAME for:

1. Designer Sunglasses (Coach: 5 pairs of sunglasses) (Rachel)
2. Picnic Package (Picnic basket with serving for 4; reclining waterproof chair, bamboo table, portable slow cooker, throw blanket) (Rachel)
3. Bonus: Hawaiian Cruise (Coach to Kona, HI for a 7n all-inclusive seascape cruise courtesy of UnCruise Adventures + all meals, excursion, adventures, transfers; fly back from Molokai) (Alexis)

Zuri will bid on sunglases ($904):

Bid	Response
$500	Higher
$700	Higher
$850	Higher
$900	Higher
$925	Lower
$910	Lower
$905	Lower
$904	Correct!

Time left: 17 seconds.

Zuri will bid on the picnic package ($630):

Bid	Response
$500	Higher
$750	Lower
$650	Lower
$625	Higher
$626	Higher
$627	Higher
$628	Higher
$629	Higher
$630	Correct!

Time left: 9 seconds.

SCSD #2

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Paul	$2,999	40	80	1.20	OVER
Zuri	$5,333 (+ cruise)	25	50	.75
Alison	$16,218 (+ cleaning)	80	–	.80	*SHOWCASE*

THE FABULOUS SHOWCASES

Alison has the honors...

SC1 - Alison

LUCKY

• $5,000 in cash (Rachel)
• Tour of the French Riviera (RT Coach to Nice, FR then to French Riviera for an 8d trip courtesy of Exodus Adventure Travels + hotel accommodations, transfers, daily breakfasts) (James)
• 2024 Mazda Mazda3 Preferred (2.5L engine, 6-speed AT, FWD, splash guards, RBP, wheel locks, cargo net) (Alexis)

Bid: $63,500

SC2 - Nathaniel

HIT THE JACKPOT ALL YEAR

• Hot Tub (CalSpa: tropical hot tub with seating for 6) (James)
• Designer Shoes and Bags (Christian Loubitouin: Oxford shoes for him, pumps for her, satchel for her) (Alexis and James)
• 2024 Audi A4 (2L engine, 7-speed AT, AWD, convenience package, 18in wheel package, rear side airbags) (Rachel)

Bid: $1

Alison

$63,500

FRANCE/CAR

$49,287

FRANCE/CAR

Nathaniel

$1

HOTTUB/CAR

$59,547

$59,546

HOTTUB/CAR

*WIN*
$67,340

Results: 3 out of 6
Winnings: $132,509
Biggest Winner: Nathaniel

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[Wayoshi]

I believe this was the first Jackpot show taped. I assume the setups were meant to be easy, but there were 2-3 instances it was shockingly not the case tonight.

-Cliff: They tried to balance out giving away like 80-120k. I never like these setups with a below 30 2nd SP then suddenly 50 last SP, but ultimately the contestant played badly.
-OWP: I thought both Vietnam and Sweden looked quite high. I guess the logic they were going for was, "lol the 4 digit trip is too cheap of course, primetime!" but I found this very, very ineffective and overall a poorly conceived setup.
-Pocket - No complaints here. The fact she almost lost just shows how broken the change distribution is, though.
-NoT - The 1996 date really stuck out as "oh boy, super easy mode!" at first, but then the mac & cheese was not THEN and Pam spray was, so they got me there. Still, 1996....
-L7 - my main WTF of this show. People go 5 or a bit lower for the 2nd digit when the car is this much. An 8 there was completely inappropriate, and -475 shows they did want this won.... just a major gaffe from the setup people here.
-Clock - no complaints here.

If nothing else, we got a historic moment this decade in the SCs. Would have been funny if it failed.

[namnhu12]

The last taping report:

      This is the first of the primetime specials that I attended from my November trip.  This was the morning show while the afternoon show aired on January 10th.  Tris, Henry (from the Holiday Singles special) and Kevin Slattery joined me for this episode.  We knew that these were prime time shows, but we did not know what to expect. 

Cliff Hangers did not go according to plan.  I even spoke of some strategies while we were walking into the studio. Unfortunately, I did not talk to Nathaniel and crew….. until later.
One Wrong Price looked easy, but truthfully, all of the trips looked like they were wrong.  Guess too much Price can muddle your mind about Vietnam.
Pocket Change was played well.  I would have not fared as well.
Now Or Then’s twist was inspired by Jacob (our Superfan).  Alison just turned 18 if I recalled.  She to me, is one of the all time players.

Even before George finished describing the Audi in Lucky 7, I turned to the contestant’s wife and told her to guess all 5s.  Don’t panic even if you have $1 left with one number left.  Don’t panic.  She got my attention right after the playing and said I should have listened to you.

Clock Game was played very well indeed. 

While the prizes were being described, I was getting the attention of the Cal State Northridge crew.  I signaled to them that Alison was over.  Bid $1.  You will be assured of the win.  Nathaniel was communicating with me when he was asking are you sure.  And Drew gave me and my contact the look as we were going to break.  Alison was crying after the show, but I told her that she did well and will go down as one of the best Now or Then players.  One more thing: the cheerleader crew’s cheer went longer than what aired.

[LiteBulb88]

Some thoughts on the value of the cleaning prize Alison won:

When I won "house cleaning for a year" in 2019, they gave me $2,080 in cash, which was calculated as $80/cleaning session * 26 cleaning sessions/year. Accounting for inflation, the house cleaning sessions are probably now $100-$125/session. They told us it was monthly for 5 years, so that's 60 sessions. 60 sessions * $100-$125/session = $6,000 - $7,500, probably given as cash.

Otherwise, a friend of mine on FB had a friend in the audience, and that friend of a friend stated this was supposed to air 1/3/24 originally. Delaying this by 6 weeks made today's daytime show and today's nighttime show overlap quite a bit; both had playings of NoT and Clock Game, and both had a trip to France in the showcase. A bit awkward, but I'm assuming they had a good reason to delay this episode.

[namnhu12]

Now that you mention this Brian, it seemed like they they were throwing dates up in the air for all the Primetime shows that were taped in November. 

[JayC]

Interesting this was the first special taped but the last one in this set to air, I wonder why the waited on it.
 
That might've been the toughest setup I've ever seen in Cliff Hangers. I was not expecting the can opener to be that cheap or the iron to be $50.

I thought St. Lucia was a pretty easy pick in One Wrong Price, it was just too low compared to the other two.

Nice win in Pocket Change, I thought she had the $2.00 envelope on her first envelope the way Drew was talking about her having luck.

Wow, going back almost 30 years with the Then date tonight. It was a little surprising the Pam and not the mac and cheese was the other Then along with the SOS pads. The maid service was a nice add on, but either just offering cash or something to add to the home theater piece of the prize package would've been nicer.

Ouch, that 8 was a killer in Lucky $even. I thought it would be a lower number also.

I was hoping a bit Alison ended up not being over on her Showcase bid since she was such a great contestant, but I wasn't that optimistic. The $1 bid worked out, and we got to see the whole cheer team on the stage at the end.

[DebonairDylan]

When was the last time we had a $1 bid in the showcase? It has happened rarely over the years, but not since January 2016. I had quit watching it for a while when Bob retired when I was 9 going on 10 years old, but started up again in January 2016 and have not seen it since then until tonight.

[SteveGavazzi]

Interesting this was the first special taped but the last one in this set to air

It's actually not -- we still have 074SP coming at some point.

[SeaBreeze341]

When was the last time we had a $1 bid in the showcase? It has happened rarely over the years, but not since January 2016. I had quit watching it for a while when Bob retired when I was 9 going on 10 years old, but started up again in January 2016 and have not seen it since then until tonight.

I don't think I recall it even happening in or around January 2016.  I think we have to go back to 2014 for the last time someone bid $1.

Of course, the January 2016 timeframe might just be based on what you've seen since you started watching again, and not necessarily the last time it took place, as mentioned.  However, during chat, it looks like no dollar showcase bids since Season 42.

TBH it was nice to see it, even though a $20,000 bid has been safe enough for the most part over the past decade

[BillyGr]

That might've been the toughest setup I've ever seen in Cliff Hangers. I was not expecting the can opener to be that cheap or the iron to be $50.

Though, just following the standard bidding suggestions for the items would have still resulted in winning $80,000, which is not a bad win for that game at any time of day

[Mewtwo]

Cliff - oof, they wanted a partial win.  20-30-40 would have paid decently.

OWP - meh

Pocket Change - what a win, got two wrong, could only afford two wrong, just enough!

Now or Then - finally, a "bonus for getting all of them" add-on!  I've been wanting that for a while.

Lucky Seven - damn, they wanted that won, 5-5-5-5 would have won it because of course it would, it's primetime.

Clock - nice

Showcases - always love seeing the $1 bid get rewarded there.  I know it's almost petty sometimes in IUFBs but to be at the tail end and be able to turn to them and say "I'm SO sure you're over I'm going to stake my chances on it, screw going for DSW"...

[DebonairDylan]

Showcases - always love seeing the $1 bid get rewarded there.  I know it's almost petty sometimes in IUFBs but to be at the tail end and be able to turn to them and say "I'm SO sure you're over I'm going to stake my chances on it, screw going for DSW"...

True, although a LFAT knows showcases are never under $20,000, and combined with the prices never being in the range of $xx,000-$xx,250, $20,251 is a safe bid to make if you're sure the other contestant is over, that's at least what I would do if I was sure the other contestant was over. Speaking of which, when was the last time a showcase price was under $20,000 and/or in the range of $xx,000-$xx,250?

[jonesdylan874]

Nice comeback for Nathaniel, missing out on $250,000 on Cliff Hangers, but winning an almost $60,000 showcase. It's rare to see someone bid $1 on their showcase, ESPECIALLY in primetime, but I love it when it works. Makes me wonder why more people don't do this.

[C8]

Makes me wonder why more people don't do this.

Because you have to be SURE they're over because, if not, you're toast. And with showcases, its easy not to be completely sure your opponent has gone over.

[DebonairDylan]

Because you have to be SURE they're over because, if not, you're toast. And with showcases, its easy not to be completely sure your opponent has gone over.

Lots of times, I was sure the contestant had gone over and was fooled by that contestant being 5 digits off the ARP (being sure a $35,000 bid was too high and the showcase was north of $45,000 comes to mind).