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Offline Bluescreen_ODeff

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"Grand Slam"ing The Price Is Right
« on: June 15, 2008, 06:47:39 PM »
I was just wondering about some things about The Price Is Right, one being: has there been anyone in the history of TPiR that has done the following in one day?  :

1. Got their One-Bid exactly right
2. Won the most possible in their pricing game
3. Won the most possible in the Showcase Showdown
4. Won both showcases

In the daytime version, someone could reach the $100K mark on a normal day if the game was Plinko.  In primetime, one could win up to $2.3 million.
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Re: "Grand Slam"ing The Price Is Right
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2008, 07:30:37 PM »
In the daytime version, someone could reach the $100K mark on a normal day if the game was Plinko. 

...or Golden Road, if played for a high enough grand prize.

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Re: "Grand Slam"ing The Price Is Right
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2008, 08:48:20 PM »
In the daytime version, someone could reach the $100K mark on a normal day if the game was Plinko. 

or Triple Play (and possibly 3 Strikes)

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Re: "Grand Slam"ing The Price Is Right
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2008, 07:49:33 AM »
In primetime, one could win up to $2.3 million.


That is, if they won the Million Dollar Game, $55,000 on the Big Wheel ($5,000 for the first dollar, and $50,000 for the second) and both showcases.

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Re: "Grand Slam"ing The Price Is Right
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2008, 03:35:56 AM »
AFAIK it has never happened. perhaps Steve or someone else can tell us the official answer?
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Re: "Grand Slam"ing The Price Is Right
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2008, 07:55:31 PM »
For some reason, I think this DID happen sometime in the mid 90's...

I seem to remember a guy, a very backwoods sorta redneck guy, getting called down, and telling Bob he loved and knew everything about the show.  He then won the first IUFB that he had a chance to bid on (exact price), played his pricing game, won that....

I believe he did win the showcase showdown, and get both showcases too, but I'm not TOO sure on that.

He was  a very memorable contestant, and seemed to know the price of EVERYTHING on the set.

Maybe this'll jog someone else's memory a little bit?!
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Re: "Grand Slam"ing The Price Is Right
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2008, 08:13:14 PM »
I don't remember that happening in the mid-90s...seems like that'd be a standout episode too.  Did he win the most possible in the showcase showdown bossman?  He'd have to to make it a 'grand slam' like the original poster was asking about.

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Re: "Grand Slam"ing The Price Is Right
« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2008, 08:57:54 PM »
I seem to remember a guy, a very backwoods sorta redneck guy, getting called down, and telling Bob he loved and knew everything about the show.  He then won the first IUFB that he had a chance to bid on (exact price), played his pricing game, won that....

He wasn't in the 90's but, you might be confusing him with Michael from the pink, purple, blue turntable days. He got his one-bid exactly right, and played Buy or Sell. He then got the record for most money won on Buy or Sell, and he told Bob the exact prices of the 3 prizes before they were revealed. Again, I am probably wrong, but he fits the description you gave right there.
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Re: "Grand Slam"ing The Price Is Right
« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2008, 10:49:38 PM »
Michael didn't even make it to the showcase, so he doesn't fit all of the criteria.

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Re: "Grand Slam"ing The Price Is Right
« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2008, 11:22:16 AM »
Michael didn't even make it to the showcase, so he doesn't fit all of the criteria.

Bossman didn't know if he made it to the showcase. But, it's the closest thing I could come up with.
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Re: "Grand Slam"ing The Price Is Right
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2008, 07:21:16 PM »
He wasn't in the 90's but, you might be confusing him with Michael from the pink, purple, blue turntable days. He got his one-bid exactly right, and played Buy or Sell. He then got the record for most money won on Buy or Sell, and he told Bob the exact prices of the 3 prizes before they were revealed. Again, I am probably wrong, but he fits the description you gave right there.

I don't want to sidetrack the conversation, but Michael's record was declared by Bob when in fact someone had won more in the game at the time.
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