FULL RECAP - TPiR 03/10/2008

[Joe_Capitano]

Production #4241K - Taped Feb. 5, 2008 Drew: stage entrance First Four lineup: right to left Handoff: Brandi Models of the Day: Tamiko Nash, Rachel Reynolds and Brandi Sherwood Wearing: Attitudes 1   Beachcomber Hot Tub (R) MARILYN 650 LAURA 799 ROBERT *1000 TURQUIOSE 1 ($3495) Robert from Fresno, CA plays CHECK GAME for a trip to Los Cabos (NWA Vacations; 6n @ Fiesta Americana)(T) Check: $2500 Price:   3756 Total: $6256   LOSS 2   home, james! Montgolfier Dinnerware (B) +Marilyn 850 +Laura 851 LOUISE *950 +Turquiose 700 ($1890) Louise from Chicago, IL plays HOLE IN ONE (or two) for a Pontiac Vibe (Std., AODrive, 1.8l)(T)($18,195) (6) (Nabisco Chips Ahoy!) Cookies (snack) $ .55 (4) Hot Pockets (2 pk) 2.49 (1) Udderly Smooth Udder Cream 3.88 (5) Breathe Again Nasal Spray 9.99 (3) Jelly Belly Jelly Beans (box) 11.99 (2) Oscal Supplement (160) 13.45 Drew's "Inspiration Putt": Pulls left, and a bit too strong. Louise's Putt from Line 1: Perfect.   WIN! 3   Atzlan Cruiser/Trike (R&T) +Marilyn *700 +Laura 1001 FRANCIS 650 +Turquoise 1000 ($802) Marilyn from Spokane, WA plays ONE WRONG PRICE Danby Silhouette Wine Cooler (B) $ 2391 $ 1599 Ibanez Acoustic Electric Guitar (T) 1889 Stainless Popcorn Cart (R) PICK 2164 2164 LOSS SHOWDOWN #1 $ 802 Marilyn 50 + 10 .60 3,495 Robert 95 stay .95 Through to Showcase Round 20,085 Louise 90 + 60 OV (Puny 1st Spin) 4   Tennis Equipment/Slow-Mag Supplement (B) HEATHER *600 +Laura 725 Francis 850 +Turquoise 475 ($720) Heather from Rancho Cucamonga, CA ascends the "Southpaw Steps" to play SECRET X for an Ikea Kitchen Package (T)($5832) F X 2 Digital Camera/Keychain 32/50 $ 50 $ 50 Dual Wattage Converter 18/40 40 40 * WIN! 5   Sunset Pendulum Swing/Aspercreme Patch (R&T) SIMON *850 +Laura 795 Francis 900 +Turquoise 950 ($895) Simon from Corona, CA plays COVER UP for a Crysler PT Cruiser LX (Std., 16 v, Mats, BlkHtr, AT)(B) Setup    6 1st Try [1][8][3] 5   1 9 2 2nd Try [1][8][3] 9 [5] 0 6 4 3rd Try [1][8][3] 7 [5]   LOSS   ($18,325) 4 3 2 5 3 8 1 5 1   1 0 8 2 3 $2 1 2 4 0 And so it is that Laura and Turquoise are just one step away from banishment to the "First Four" Breakfast Club, and with that a rather stern visit with Mimi. Can one of them avoid the surly one? Turquoise stands the best chance as she has the last bid... 6   DK Gardening Books (B) RAGNAR 250 +Laura 550 Francis *600 +Turquoise 1 ($645) STUPID BID SUICIDE BID Laura and Turquoise head off to the clubhouse while Francis from Anaheim Hills, CA plays DOUBLE PRICES for a Broyhill Attic Bed and a Strobel Supplepedic Sleep Set (T) $3973 PICK ($3973) WIN! $2418 SHOWDOWN #2 Bonus Spinoff $ 935 Simon 85 stay .85 4,618 Francis 75 + 25 1.00 *$1000*     .15   *$5000* 6,632 Heather 45 + 55 1.00 *$1000*   1.00   *$10,000* Through to Showcase Round SHOWCASE ROUND Heather has the honor. SC1-Heather THE TALE OF BETTY LOU (R) Inspire M1 Home Gym (B) Trip to Paris (6n) Fleetwood Redline 230FS Travel Trailer (R) BID $28,500 PRICE 40,883 DIFF –12,383 TOTAL $17,632 SC2-Robert Teleflora Flroal Arrangements (12 mo.)(T) Broyhill Living Room Group Carpet One Carpeting (B) Max 4 600T ATV (T) BID $10,000 PRICE 20,054 DIFF –10,054 TOTAL $23,549 Today's Pricing Games: 3 for 6 Total Winnings: $74,621 THIS IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL GOLDEN-ROAD.net SHOW RECAP. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED WITHOUT AUTHOR PERMISSION.

[Wayoshi]

A lot of bad & good. The bad being a lot of stupid bids, and the SCs. I'll highlight the most important:

Holey: ...Peanut Gallery knew Udderly Smooth and the Jelly Beans??? That's supposed to be, like, impossible. In any case I'm sure she was glad to have an easy putt that didn't require too many nerves. Drew still hasn't sunk an inspiration putt on air!

Secret: Lucky...

Cover: That wasn't a very DOBish price at all, I had it figured out. To the average contestant, though, I would see why -95 and -75 look better than -25.

SD2: Wow, a TON of digging! I think this is 2nd most money in one showdown daytime, with one occurence of two double dollars a few years ago.

SCs: I smelled on SC1, but I didn't expect SC2 to top $20k. Chris still escapes, though, and she...was dejected. Well, she said $2850 at first! I knew she had no idea where to price a big ...

B+ for Holey and the quickly-heating-up-again wheel today.

[heelsrule1988]

The second Showcase Showdown was nothing short of awesome. Heather barely sends it to OT, then wins $11K... beautiful. I love it!

HOTTIES: #197, Heather
BEST CONTESTANT OF THE DAY: Robert
SHOW GRADE: 3

[ClassicG]

SD2 took me by surprise, to say the least. Whenever I see double dollar winners, I was expecting the winner to get no more money, but qualify for the showcase.

There was a Drew Drop today. Yay!

[phunguy]

Who knew we had a lose-win-lose-win-lose-win pattern today?

And the Showcases were a on top of a today.

[BRB_TheFireball]

One-Bid #1:  Trip cue for a spa?

Checky:  Looks like new artwork for Mexico.  That sure was an expensive trip, though.  I thought $2,500 was a great amount for the check.

Hole:  Yay!  Mini-Golf Game! Louise agreed me on the order of the six products.  Roger thought he could fool somebody with the expensive box of jellybeans, but the audience knew better.  It didn't matter that Louise didn't know how to golf.  She got the $500 and the tap-in.

One-Bid #3:  Where was Tamiko going with that bike?  Wherever it was, it was enough to get Rich to crack up.

SCSD #1:  That was a bad edit.

Secret:  Ugh!  The return of the IKEA kindling!  But what a lucky break for Heather!

Smother Up:  Gavazzi always says that if the fourth number has an option of either 1 or 2, it's the right number.  Once again, his theory holds true.

SCSD #2:  Wow, double $1,000 winners with a $5,000 winner and a $10,000 winner!  Stan, what the hell happened to "Dig" after Francis won his $5,000?

SC #1:  Nice rendition of Charlie Daniels' "The Devil Went Down to Georgia".  STAGE !  The trailer alone costs more than that bid.

SC #2:  STAGE #2!  The ugly ATV alone costs more than that bid.

My showcase bids:
Trailer--$41,207
Random room/ATV--$18,807

Result:  Since when did Paris become so cheap?

[BarbaraE]

So Hole In One (Or Two) and Secret "X" were won?  Cool!  What was the other win?

[goldroadfanatic]

I was not surprised that the 1983 trip cue was played for the spa because Stan has played it with non-trip prizes a couple of times already this season.

It was great that Louise was not fooled by the jelly beans, and thankfully the audience helped her get all six items placed correctly.

I don't know about you guys but I really want to see Hole in One lost one of these days.  It just seems dull for a skill game to have a winning streak like this.

They edited out the ticket plug again, the reason was most likely for the time it took to play Hole in One.

Heather was pretty lucky in Secret X today with winning only one X.  Also, I wonder why Bart didn't do the close-up of the board as the panel was coming around, like he usually does.  That was one of the cooler reveal shots he has done recently.

Yeah, Car Cue '83/The Spelling Bee cue was played!

Unbelievable, a $5000 and $10,000 win in the same Showcase Showdown!  I really wonder why Stan didn't play Dig We Must for Francis' $5000 win.

[pricefan18]

The ticket plug edit may have been for the 2nd showdown too. As for my thoughts.....

Trip cue fooled on the first one bid as well.

Was surprised to see the $500 won in Hole in One. When that $9.99 was revealed, thought she was a goner.

Maybe it's just me, but did anyone else get a little taken aback at how Drew handled the last contestant of the day coming up on stage? Seemed a little inappropriate to me that he was mentioning wanting one of the other contestants (from first four), up there with him. Plus he didn't seem to care a whole lot about the guy up there, like when he commented that he had won the gardening tools before throwing to the prize. I'm probably wrong, but that's how I perceived it.

That first showcase sure was expensive. I never would have guessed that much, thought she had gone over.

[therealdeal]

Apologies to those folks who liked the reaction caps, or have been looking for them... been quite busy lately and it takes some some time to get that all together.  For now i'm going to put it on hold... but i'm still going to chime in of course.

Was quite disappointed in Drew's enthusiasm today... seemed a little irritated the whole day.  $17,000 on the big wheel was awesome today!  Hole-in-one or two took FOREVER... knew quick games would be played after that (Double Prices).  Showcases were VERY off today, man can't remember the last time I saw a daytime bid off by $10,000 and still win.

[Todd]

HOTTIES: #197, Heather

I 100% agree with that, she was HOT!

I thought it was interesting in the Check Game, Drew said TPIR has been on the air since the 1800s! Thanks for the history lesson Drew!
More Udderly Smooth, Hooray!

Tamiko, that was hilarious with the bike! The contestants all look so serious, and all everyone hears is Drew and Rich cracking up.

Awesome Showcase Showdown #2 today!

[howierules86]

I only saw the second half today, but I have to agree with heelsrule1988 and Todd: My reaction to seeing Heather winning Secret X and winning $11K in a Showcase Showdown spinoff -     But as for the showcases, man, there was some MAJOR garfing there, that's for sure.

[BRB_TheFireball]

So Hole In One (Or Two) and Secret "X" were won?  Cool!  What was the other win?

Double Prices.  It was played for a bed worth a shade under $4,000.

(A bed and $4,000... hmmm, there's a joke about Gov. Spitzer in here, but I better not say it... )

[edmojautis]

Check: I had a feeling that the Mexico trip was more than $3500.

Hole: The audience's bickering pays off for once. $500 win and a car. What a win!!

IUFB #3: I thought that was Drew laughing. Maybe it was both. Funny moment.

OWP: Too bad.

Secret: Great "shot-in-the-dark" win.

Cover: I didn't expect the 2 to be the fourth digit.

Double: Nice win.

SCSD #2: A $6K and $11K win!!!! What more can you ask for?

Showcases: The 1st showcase was a hoot. Loved Rich's country-sounding impersonation. Rachel looked HOT with that wig on!!! WHOA!!! Double  :gotc:s.  Yikes!!

A 3-star show.

[mlh1981]

Drew needs to work on his price reveals, especially in the showcase.

When he read Heather's price, he starts off with a "wow" and his voice trails of..............

Instead, just get right into the price.  At least create a brief moment of suspension.  He failed to do so in that instance.

Otherwise, not a bad job by him.