FULL RECAP - TPiR 05/12/2008

[Joe_Capitano]

Production #4331K - Taped Apr. 10, 2008 Drew: stage entrance First Four lineup: right to left Handoff: Amber Models of the Day: Lanisha Cole, Amber Lancaster and Rachel Reynolds Wearing: Stop Staring 1   Motorized Treadmill (R) MANDY *1500 AARON 1200 KEVIN 899 JEAN 900 ($1800) Mandy from San Luis Obispo, CA plays DANGER PRICE (Target: $999) (3) Frankoma Green Creek Dinnerware $ 999 WIPEOUT (1) Vermont Castings Signature Gas Grill (L) 1399 (2) Ridgeway Victoria 2 Floor Clock 2275 (4) Chariot Cougar 2 Stroller 490 2   Sunset 6-Person Pendulum Swing (A&L) MATTIE 699 +Aaron 999 +Kevin *1900 +Jean 1100 ($2995) Kevin from Seattle, WA (home of Drew's future soccer team) plays FLIP FLOP for a (Panasonic) 50" Plasma HDTV (R) Setup: 34 89 Pick: 43 89   (He "Flips") Setup: $3498   LOSS 3   Aico Tuscano Electric Fireplace (L) Mattie 1801 +Aaron *2000 JAMES 1800 +Jean 1950 ($3239) Aaron, a student at Texas, plays STACK THE DECK for a Ford Focus S (Std., AT, Mats)(A) Setup: 5 0 8 6 9 4 1 Gold Bond Cream $ 4.56 $ 4.56 * (1) 1 Energizer Hearing Aid Batteries Dr. Scholl's Freeze Away (Refresh) Eye Drops 8.99 8.99 * (4) 4 (St. Ives) Body Wash 2.99 2.99 * (2) 5 (Wink) Drain Opener PICKS: $15649 PRICE $15840   LOSS There was much discomfort in the Peanut Gallery when Aaron decided to place the first number on his first pick. Not a very adviseable move. Better to concentrate on the middle three numbers. You need those more. SHOWDOWN #1 $ 1,800 Mandy 15 + 65 .80 (Puny 2nd Spin)   Through to Showcase Round 2,995 Kevin 70 +   5 .75 3,289 Aaron 15 + 30 .45 4   MCF Diamond/White Gold Bracelet (A-in the Row) Mattie 2301 JESSICA *1700 James 2285 +Jean 2300 ($2150) Jessica from Riverside, CA plays MAGIC # Stainless Fridge/Freezer (R) $1999 Jessica MAGIC #  2200  WIN! Yamaha Clavinova Digital Piano (L) $3195 5   2 Quoizel Salamander Lamps (R) Mattie 777 MARJORIE 250 James 850 +Jean *900 ($960) Jean from Minnesota, the last of the "First Four", plays THAT'S TOO MUCH! for a Jeep Wrangler X (Std.)(L)($19,545) $15,620 $17,810 $18,012 $20,902 $22,050 $25,150 LOSS Jean had stopped on the fifth price, but she got wishy-washy and the audience talked her into one more reveal - though it mattered not. The lesson here is "Go with your first instinct." Works on Match Game, works much of the time here. Just not today. 6   More Ultimate Water Package/IcyHot PM (A) Mattie 750 Marjorie *800 James 1 AGNES 799 ($1096) Marjorie plays SIDE BY SIDE for an Almost Heaven Silo Sauna (R) $54←(45)   WIN! SHOWDOWN #2 $ 960 Jean 35 + 95 OV 6,581 Marjorie 65 + 80 OV 7,344 Jessica 75 .75 Through to Showcase Round by Default SHOWCASE ROUND Jessica has the honor. SC1-Mandy Aegean Cotton Sleepwear Broyhill Carson Manor Bedroom Group Comfortaire GS700 Sleep Set (R) Trip to Bangkok (6n)(A&L) BID $15,000 PRICE 20,312 DIFF –5,312 TOTAL $22,112 SC2-Jessica BARS Howard Miller Niagara Bar (L) Toshiba Satellite U1305 Laptop Computer (A) 2 Yamaha 650 V-Star Motorcycles (L&R) BID $24,500 PRICE 19,268 DIFF OVER Today's Pricing Games: 2 for 6 Total Winnings: $43,281 THIS IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL GOLDEN-ROAD.net SHOW RECAP. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED WITHOUT AUTHOR PERMISSION.

[Pikachu732001]

DANGER PRICE: Talk about the world's worst playing of the game this year. I on the other hand would have avoided it like the plague.

FLIP FLOP: I flipped and flopped.

STACK THE DECK: Ugh, see first Danger Price comment, it applies here as well.

MAGIC #(Leevers and Geezmos): My magic # was $2,136.

THAT'S TOO MUCH: No suprise it was lost again. Good to see another Minnesotan on!

SIDE BY SIDE: Looks like wanted that sauna given away.

Showcases

Bangkok: Same bid as Mandy.
Bars: $25,000 (Same result as Jessica  )

Lucky Seven Index: 3/7

[phunguy]

Danger Price: Everyone in chat today thought the stroller was $999...except me.

Flip Flop: TVs are getting cheaper.

Stack The Deck: Just like in the recap, we of the chatroom bemoaned the fact that the first number was chosen.

Magic #: No skunks today!

That's Too Much!: Maybe it's time for to consider doing so. She was already past the number and the audience talked her into going that extra step.

Side by Side: Easy Peasy Lemon Squuezy.

And remember, One Night in Bangkok makes a humble man hard...or something like that.

[Wayoshi]

Danger Price: I thought the dinnerware would be more, and the stroller $999...but she should have gone with the clock & fridge first for sure.
Flip Flop: It's called "everyone has one, so they're cheaper". Still, -98 should have been obvious for at least a flip-flop...
Stack the Deck: Even if he did 2nd-4th digits like he should have, he might have picked the 9 instead of 0 still...
Magic #: Easy pickings.
That's Too Much!: It was finally pretty easy and the audience led her on. Listen to the copy next time, Peanut Gallery!
Sidey: Also easy pickings...why so many quickies with not-so-long car games?
SCs: I had the chance to play CSS today... 19608 / 18508 ... very happy. As for Stage Player, those were NOT Ducatis, and I called the random expensive trip!

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[rob79]

Not a good show at all in my opinion today, the lineup for the most part was awful as well-not that I don't like TTM or Magic #-I would have taken a playing of SECRET X over one of those two games today just to see its return after a long long layoff, definitely would not have minded Dice Game showing up either. It just doesn't seem to me that there was any reason not to play a SP game today, when a couple of weeks ago we got a show that had Magic #, Pathfinder, AND Stack the Deck in the lineup. Maybe it's just that the way some of the games were played today (i.e, the Danger Price wipeout and the Stack theDeck fiasco which undoubtedly was the worst playing ever of the game in its short existence) have just left me in a grumpy mood, I don't know. To me the show today was blah.

[goldroadfanatic]

Is it me or did the Danger Price set look kind of barren with the prizes offered today?  The clock and dinnerware just didn't take up much space and it just made the presentation look kind of empty compared to other playings.

Did anyone else find think that they shot door #3 with at a lower height than usual when they were shooting the swing?

Yay, we saw Flip Flop partially spinning around on the turntable!

I laughed at how Drew emphasized the "almost" part of the skin cream's plug.

I think Aaron was kind of nervous on stage, maybe that's why he asked to place the first number.  It would have been a miracle if he won after asking for that number.  I have to give him credit for eliminating the tossup of 0 and 5 for the last number choice, by asking for the second number.  I really don't know why he said 9 was the last number since there was a zero in the setup.

I really thought that Jean won when she initially stopped at $22,050, and I knew that she would lose by going on to the sixth price.  I was sort of amazed that the Wrangler, with just standard equipment, is still below the $20,000 mark.

"That's right; we're not afraid to give away two showcases here on Price is Right.  Money means nothing to us, do you hear me? Nothing.  One of these shows, I swear, I'm going to set money on fire, just to show it doesn't matter."

[rob79]

Yay, we saw Flip Flop partially spinning around on the turntable!

Hey, I almost forgot about that. To me that was the best part of today's show-seeing Flop partially coming around.

BTW: Why is it that they can catch games such as Coming or Going and Flip Flop coming around on the turntable, but when it comes to Bonus Game, perish the thought that it gets on camera coming around?

[ayoung]

I thought the silly names for pricing games was a no no around these parts...

anyways.. mandy kinda sucked the energy out of the show for me right from the start and after that it just didnt seem to go anywhere.

[Joe_Capitano]

Guys: unless it's an established nickname, use the proper name of the game. No more making things up. That's how things got out of hand in another forum.

[wpghi5]

Danger Price: What a way to end the game rather quickly. Picking the prize that had the danger price. 

Flip Flop: My gut told me to flop and I was right.

Stack The Deck: Aaron definitely made a bad move by the first number. And I don't know why he selected the 9 as the last digit of the car. My guess on it would be $15,640.

Magic #: I probably would lose this game by a few dollars had I put the magic # just under the price of the refrigerator/freezer. Great playing by Jessica.

That's Too Much: I definitely went with the peanut gallery to urge Jean to try one more. No matter where she stopped she and all of us would stop 1 or 2 prices too far.

Side By Side: $5245 was my guess on the sauna as well. Pretty easy.

Showcases: I had a feeling Jessica would go over on her showcase. Mandy gave a rather ok bid on her showcase to redeem herself today.

[ClockGameJohn]

Seeing Flip Flop and Side by Side on the same show really enforces why there are such things as "conflicts."  One of the other 4 minute 1P games should have rolled out, it seemed very strange seeing them on the same show.

[BRB_TheFireball]

Danger:  No "Big Banana Remix"?    I'm not exactly sure how that was lost today.  The stroller looked too cheap to be $999, and the grill and clock looked way more than $999.

Flippy:  Yay!  Turntable action!   With plasma TVs, you can never go wrong with the 98.

Rig the Cards:  Another inside shout-out to Jacob in the intoduction to this game.  Why the hell did Aaron waste a pick on the first number?  And why did he put 9 as the last number?  Roger really wanted to give that car away today.

Magic:  This game is not quite the same when the thingie isn't spinning around the magic number.  Maybe that's just me.  But thank God we got another contestant who set the magic number over $2,000.  Especially today, when anything under $2,000 was a loser.

That's Too Hard!:  That's Way Too Far!  With no options, that Jeep was definitely not gonna break 20.

SBS:  This game and Flip-Flop on the same show doesn't sit right with me.  The games are too similar.

My showcase bids:
Random room/trip--$17,307
Motorcycles--$20,607

[heelsrule1988]

We may have had a lot of losses today, but Drew was in an insanely good mood. It was definitely easy to notice.

BEST CONTESTANT OF THE DAY: Jean
SHOW GRADE: 2

[thewhammy_2000]

Danger Price: As soon as I finished showering, I turn the shower off and heard the mrrp and the Losing Horns. From just that, I had a feeling we were either playing Most Expensive or Danger Price. Kinda karmic that I missed the wipeout.

Flip Flop: I wanted to Flop and Kevin Flips. Guess who wins?

Stack the Deck: Bad, just bad. However, I must give credit to Aaron for at least picking the fourth number, maybe even the second number.

magic #: I may have mentioned this before: I would rather hear and use Rye Bred instead of The Cats for the prizes. Anyways, I just felt good when Jessica set the number over 2000. For a brief moment, I thought she made it by only $1, until I recalled it was 2200, not 2000.

That's Too Much!: Brushing my teeth, I had a price in mind. As soon as I heard Drew say $20,902, I wanted to stop there. When I heard the audience wanting her to go on and did, I lost attention to it and I was waiting for the buzzer and Horns to cue.

Side by Side: As long as the numbers had a huge difference between them, this would be a cinch. Oooh, 54 and 45. I still wanted to use 5445. No sorries here.

[howierules86]

A note to future contestants: If you ever get the chance to play Stack the Deck, don't pick the first number as your free pick. You're almost guaranteed to lose if you do. Thankfully, Drew was in a very good mood today despite a lot of tough losses today.