FULL RECAP - TPiR 12/06/2007

[Joe_Capitano]

Production #4051K - Taped Aug. 30, 2007 Drew: stage entrance First Four lineup:   Handoff: Rachel Models of the Day: Phire Dawson, Rachel Reynolds and Gabrielle Tuite Wearing: Venus 1   Morey Surfboard/Bodyboard Equipment (G) ELVA *500 EDWARD 750 JOSEPH 1250 LUIS 450 ($1096) Elva from Bakersfield, CA gets to complete a TRIPLE PLAY Dodge Calibur SE (Std., Mats, AC, Stereo)(R)($15,510) $12,970 $14,890 YES Ford F-150 XL (Std.)(P)($18,025) $13,629 $15,120 $17,450 YES Ford Mustang Conv. (Std.)(G)($24,820) $19,970 $21,650 $23,250 $26,940 YES WIN! 2   Worksman Team Dual Tricycle/Castiva Lotion (P&R) JUNEQUA *1150 +Edward 1450 +Joseph 600 +Luis 601 ($1299) Junequa from Inglewood, CA plays EAZY AZ 123 [1](3) 2 Coakley Lifestyle Bags (R) $ 800 [2](2) MCF Wallace Royal English Tea Set (P) 950 [3](1) Sunlite 5 pc Drum Set (G) 1330 WIN! 3   Robinson & Robinson Sofatrend Love Chair (R)   LILLIAN *950 +Edward 750 +Joseph 800 +Luis 1200 ($1049) Lillian from Hawai'i plays BARGAIN BAR for two trips... Boston (6n @ Colonnade)(R) $2245 $5245 $3000 Bermuda (6n)(P) PICK $3987 $5987 $2000 LOSS SHOWDOWN #1 Spinoff $ 1,049 Lillian 15 + 60 .75 .25 Through to Showcase Round 4,319 Junequa 20 + 55 .75 .10 59,451 Elva 15 + 50 .65 4   Danby Silhouette Beverage Center (G) HOPE *700 +Edward 900 +Joseph 950 +Luis 1000 ($799) Hope from Las Vegas, NV plays IT'S IN THE BAG $ 1,000 $ .79 * (1) (Fancy Feast) Cat Food (single) 2,000 14.09 * (3) (Capsasin HP) 4,000 1.39 * (6) (Little Debbie) Oatmeal Cream Pies LOSS 5.99 X (5) (Glad Forceflex) Trash Bags (34 13-gal.)(worthless) 2.99 (4) (Dial) Body Wash ($5.99) (2) Oxiclean Sprayaway ($2.99) 5   Ivanko Chrome Dumbbells (P) VARUN *800 +Edward 650 +Joseph 1100 +Luis 651 ($1063) Varun plays CLIFF HANGERS for a (Mitsubishi) 65" DLP HDTV (R)($3998) (HP) Graphing Calculator $ 25 $ 28 3 to 3 (Disc Repair Plus) CD/DVD Repair Kit 35 36 1 to 4 Toaster Oven 54 50 4 to 8   WIN! The membership committee at the "First Four" Breakfast Club is working overtime today preparing those papers. Seeing as every winner today has cme from the leftmost slot we still have the three guys - Edward, Joseph and Luis. They're three of a kind - leftovers. Good for "Hot Potato", bad here. Can someone escape or will they all have a date with Mimi together? Oh, by the way, Luis still has the last bid... 6   Howard Miller Galliano Clock Table (R) PATRICIA 1200 +Edward 1400 +Joseph 750 +Luis *800 ($915) Edward and Joseph head off to the clubhouse, but Luis escapes! He plays MONEY GAME for a Pontiac Vibe (Std., AT, ALB, BlkHtr)(G)   ––   83 36    20   ––   18-1 72 10   ––   47 60 95-2   ––    $––  $18 7 95   EXACTA SHOWDOWN #2 $ 799 Hope   85 stay .85 5,175 Varun 100 1.00 *$1000*   Bonus 85   Through to Showcase Round 19,710 Luis   30 + 80 OV SHOWCASE ROUND Varun has the honor. SC1-Lillian Ashley Chateau Frontenac Bedroom Group Comfortaire GS700 Sleep Set Carabella Swimwear (G) Electracraft 16CSI 15.5' Party Barge (P) BID $17,000 PRICE 29,009 DIFF –12,009 SC1-Varun FACTS FOUND IN THE PRICEIPEDIA (...but not in Gavazzi's FAQ) (R) $1342 (G) Beachcomber Hot Tub (P) Trip to Shanghai (6n @ Radisson)(G) BID $15,000 PRICE 16,887 DIFF –1,887 TOTAL $23,062 Today's Pricing Games: 4 for 6 Total Winnings: $108,390 THIS IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL GOLDEN-ROAD.net SHOW RECAP.

[therealcu2010]

TP: excellent win.

123: Holy crap those prizes were cheap.  Guess that's what happens when TP is won.

BARGAIN BAR: $3000 difference on Boston?!?

BAGGY: Ow.

CLIFFY: fairly easy setup.

MONEY: Exacta! I called it, too...

SCs: My bids:
  $18900 ()
Random Hot Tub/Trip: $17842 (OVER)

OVERALL: 3/5.

[rob79]

Excellent show today. Lots of fun moments and wins.

Triple Play: Whoa, wasn't expecting this again so soon. Also wasn't expecting another win so soon. I was amazed this was won considering so many contestants overprice the Mustangs. Great way to kick things off.

Eazy: Was as its name implies "eazy" today.

BBB: It's seems lately that this game is just impossible to win.

Baggy: Ooh, I thought those trash bags would be in the bag. I was wrong.

Cliffy: This game is working on a "Pappy" like winning streak. It's like Cliffy is impossible to lose now.

MG: There's a nice quick win.

Showcases: I knew as soon as Lillian bid $17,000 that it was gonna be 

[SteveGavazzi]

So...um...why did they wait six and a half weeks to air this thing?  It was an overall good episode, and for cripe's sake, Triple Play was won!  I really don't understand how they're making these schedule decisions.

The game lineup today was pretty cool.  I really doubt they've ever played Barker's Bargain Bar right after Eazy az 1 2 3 before unless they were separated by the Showcase Showdown.

Somebody freakin' needs to lose Cliff Hangers one of these weeks.

Triple Play: Whoa, wasn't expecting this again so soon.

Then you weren't paying attention to the schedule.  This was actually the game's first playing of the season; it was supposed to air on October 22.

[mrbrown2195]

Call me crazy, but during Money Game, before Luis picked 18, did I hear somebody in the audience yell out "EL CHEAPO!" ?

[PimpinJC]

Triple Play-It's the evil Mustang convertible!  But it wasn't evil for Elva, who won 3 cars!  A rather easy playing compared to some of its other playings this season.

Eazy az 1 2 3-Good thing Junequa didn't listen to the audience, or else she would've lost.

Barker's Bargain Bar-When I first heard Rich said she was playing for 2 trips, I thought Lillian was going to play for a trip to Hawaii.  That's the 2nd game in a row the audience has been wrong.

It's In the Bag-Wow, Hope sure had alot of energy!  Too bad she couldn't win $16,000.  The 4th bag was the tougest one.

Cliffhangers-Yay, we get to see the doors closing on the prize.  Sounds like the sound person was a bit late cutting off the music for the 1st SP...guess they wanted Hans to go higher.   Very good win.

Money Game-An EXACTA to end the 2nd half.

Showcases-I say the next book Stan should publish is the Priceipedia.  I'd buy it.

[Ton80]

123: Holy crap those prizes were cheap.  Guess that's what happens when TP is won

Those prizes were selected long before Triple Play was won.  They would have still been cheap if Triple Play had been lost.

I liked Money Game, today.  Drew told Luis that it was the easiest game to play, and Luis made it look easy...
Pick #1 - FRONT
Pick #2 - BACK
You Win!  Thanks for Playing!! 

Just once, I'd like to see 10 Chances or Check Game played so smoothly and won so easily!!

Also, for some reason, Luis' "fake spin" to the $1.00 hit my funny bone.  I guess it was because he was so obviously trying to be funny.  Drew's reaction was pretty good, too - "Hey!  I didn't see a thing!"

Drew's interactions with all the contestants seems to be getting better each week.  I really like some of the off-handed comments he makes. It was funny to watch him play with Hope's clapper while she was spinning the big wheel!  I somehow just can't see Bob doing that!!

[BRB_TheFireball]

Slam Dunk:  Insanely easy setup.  Even the evil Mustang was an easy choice.  The $26K choice was $3K away (instead of the usual $2K away) from the next highest price, and that was a sure signal that it would be wrong.  This game having two wins this season has to be a record.  I can't recall TP ever being won more than once in a season.

Carey's Cheap Crap:  Yay!  Half-Off cue! Pretty interesting hearing this cue for trips.

Baggy:  Fourth?!  The first three bags were easy, but the $5.99 could've been any of the three remaining items.

Hans Game:  I don't know why the yodeling continued after Hans stopped from the first item.

One-Bid #6:  It's been a while since we've had three contestants from the First Four still in the row at the last IUFB.  Nice use of the jib cam for that clock/table.

SC #1:  That won't even cover the boat. 

My showcase bids:
--$28,710
China--$14,314

[phunguy]

Can someone make a FRTS smiley with the letters inside a suitcase?

Just a thought.

[rob79]

Then you weren't paying attention to the schedule.  This was actually the game's first playing of the season; it was supposed to air on October 22.

Thanks for the correction Steve. I honestly haven't really paid that close of attention to the schedule.

[TheKid965]

One FRTS graphic, as requested... use as you will. Permission hereby granted to incorporate it into the official smiley list, if so desired.

[tnpir4000]

Bargain Bar:  "more lower"?  Nice grammar there Drew...it finally struck me that when he introduces this game they cut a closeup of the name sign, and then pull back; is this a recent invention for this season or have they been doing that, and I just missed it?

[SteveGavazzi]

I'm pretty sure it was just introduced this season.

[MasterKeyFan]

Bargain Bar:  "more lower"?  Nice grammar there Drew...

My mom noticed this too! 
Also did anyone noticed that after like the fourth "one bid" that Luis was laughing like "uh, are we ever going to get up there, or are we not that smart" kind of look! 

[thewhammy_2000]

Triple Play: I missed this one. Drew gave me the outome on the Showcase Showdown.

Eazy az 123: I caught the end of this one. I think I would've took a little more time between the bags and the tea set. I knew the drum set would be [3].

Barker's Bargain Bar (for Both Bon Voyages to Boston and Bermuda): I thought Bermuda would be at least $6000, so I went for that.

Get at least a sheet of paper....

It's in the Bag: I would've had the same setup and outcome here.

Cliff Hangers: What a trick. Non-rounded prices for the first two prizes and and rounded one like 50 for the last one. Didn't fool neither me nor Varun.

One Bid 6: Very interesting. I like that clock table. Kinda wish I had one. The important thing here is which of the guys could be coming up to the stage. Ah, the advantage of the last bid.

Money Game: Oooh, an Exacta! Cool!

Showcases: $1342? Kinda like that $6137 prize a while ago. (I forgot the actual amount.)