FULL RECAP - TPiR 06/23/2008

[Todd]

Drew was fair today, definitely not his best, but I've seen him do worse.

Intro: AUDIENCE ENTRANCE!!!!!

Goldy: The one just LOOKED right.

Grandy: Fairly easy, how do you wipeout on this???

Magicky: Once again, fairly easy.

Pushy: Would've lost, but there were only 2 logical guesses.

Dicey: Dob-ish price.

IUFB 6: Go Norma!!! Joe was being a prick all show.

ME: Piece of pie.

SC's: OVER/ by $77

[TPIR75]

WAHOOOO for the audience entrances again!  and WAHOO for Golden Road again!

Golden Road: Nice to see the Corvette convertible make an appearance here.  I was thinking 1 for the Vette, which would have been right.  I wonder if we'll see the Cabin Cruisers come back.  Does anyone know when we last had one at the end of the road?

Grand Game: OUCH!! What a wipe-out.  Tough to win only $1 in your PG.

Dice Game: It seems like more often than not the third number is always a 1 or 2.

SC1: $40,000 on the showcase on the boat?!  Bringing it down by $10,000 didn't help her from going over.
SC2: I LOOOOVE the Chrysler 300s.  What a beautiful car.  OUCH.  No losing horns at the end?  It sounded weird, at least to me, to not have them play after the MRRP.

I like how Drew starts off at the other end of the audience when there are double overbids.

[heelsrule1988]

I'm surprised to see some comments about the show not being that good today... I thought it was pretty enjoyable. It always amazes me how the shows with few wins end up being really good sometimes.

[SteveGavazzi]

I'm surprised to see some comments about the show not being that good today... I thought it was pretty enjoyable.

I can't imagine why...Drew's hosting was bad to abysmal for most of the hour, and there wasn't really anything else happening to pick up his slack.

[Wayoshi]

Everything past the first segment of the show was some of the worst of the season. Olive oil < 6.25? Try the easy stuff first? Obvious double OB?

C+

[Drewfan2008]

I'm surprised to see some comments about the show not being that good today... I thought it was pretty enjoyable. It always amazes me how the shows with few wins end up being really good sometimes.

Were we watching the same show? Today show summed up in one word was..... BAD.

[heelsrule1988]

I can't imagine why...Drew's hosting was bad to abysmal for most of the hour, and there wasn't really anything else happening to pick up his slack.

I don't know... something about this show was just more exciting than usual. The audience seemed really into it, Drew finally entered from the audience, and the whole thing with Norma was hilarious.

[JTFriends1]

I have a theory behind the audience entrance -

The purpose of the audience entrance is for logistical reasons (large game necessitating curtain concealment) and/or to maintain the surprise of Game 1, in this case "Golden Road".  I think today's show may have been the first time this season a "prize pod" (for lack of a better term) was used for the 2nd prize. 

In previous GR appearances, immediately after Drew takes his first steps through the big doors, even with the occasional long shot from the overhead cam showing essentially half of Door #2 and all points west, 99% of the viewing audience (this group excluded) would not be able to determine the set being staged for GR... when prize #2 was concealed behind door #1.

However, today, unless they used an extremely tight shot of Drew coming through the big doors and no sweeping camera shot, GR as game 1 would've been given away by the necessary staging of the prize pod w/ the clock.  It's doubtful that could've been moved into place quickly enough once Drew throws to Rich for IUFB1.  Thus, the audience entrace was necessary.

There's my speculation.

[BRB_TheFireball]

Opening:  WHOO the audience entrance returns!

Goldy:  I don't know how Scott won that clock.  $7,915 looked way too much to me.  I thought it was $7,215.

Grandy:  Ugh!  No excuse to pick the olive oil.  If you're gonna lose that setup, lose it on the other item over $6.25.  This setup was hard, I must admit.  I don't know if the aspirin, aftershave, or shampoo was over $6.25.

Magic Pound Sign:  Yay!  Magic returns from its mini!

Pushy:  Either $4,047 or $4,701 could've been right.  (Don't even say it, Frank.)

Dice:  *sigh*  This time, going against the odds did not pay off.

Most:  Who was that weirdo in the audience yelling out Lanisha's name?

SC #1:  STAGE WILLY!  That showcase will not break 25.

SC #2:  Uh-oh... I smell double overbid.

My showcase bids:
Boat of Doom--$22,007
Car--$25,607

[3StrikesFan]

However, today, unless they used an extremely tight shot of Drew coming through the big doors and no sweeping camera shot, GR as game 1 would've been given away by the necessary staging of the prize pod w/ the clock.  It's doubtful that could've been moved into place quickly enough once Drew throws to Rich for IUFB1.  Thus, the audience entrace was necessary.

That's possible, but I doubt it. All they would have had to do was put the clock behind door #1, if they really wanted Drew to make his entrance from the doors. It seems to me that now, people have started to accept Drew as the host, so audience entrances would be more believable. Plus, audience members are not being paid to fill seats (as someone mentioned earlier) as was the case earlier in the season.

Today's show was not Drew's best. I could tell from the moment he took the microphone from Rachel. He seemed out of it.
On a happier note, it was nice to see Golden Road again so soon. Probably the last time we'll see it this season, but that's ok. Maybe 3 Strikes and Triple Play will pop up again before season's end.

[Mallory16]

Pushy:  Either $4,047 or $4,701 could've been right.  (Don't even say it, Frank.)

I'm saying it.  Why, Fiery, why?  Why are you so deliberately stubborn on this matter?  There was no way that $4701 could have been right.  And there was virtually no way anyone would have actually guessed $4701.  If 99% of the show's most casual viewers can even pick up on that, why can't you, who should be a loyal friend and true?

[PIR85]

I agree with Gavazzi here: Drew was not on top of his game starting with the mic handoff.  I thought the audience entrance made him a bit nervous, hence the poor first act.  But by second act, he should have warmed up and gotten better - and he didn't.  The whole show was a disappointment, save for the first two minutes which included the return of the audience entrance.

When was the last time Grand Game was lost on its first pick?  That was, quite simply, terrible. 

And, did anyone else notice the audience overall seemed "different" than usual?  I can't describe it, just seemed unusual.  Some of the picks for contestants today could have been better, IMO.  One of the worst shows this season by my standards.

[GedAlexNeil30]

When was the last time a number repeated in the price of the large prize?

I think it was in a 1984 playing for a $24K Lincoln Town Car.  I think the price was $24535.

And for those complaining about repeating numbers, I would complain when the contestant thinks they repeat in the smaller prizes.

[goldroadfanatic]

I think it was in a 1984 playing for a $24K Lincoln Town Car.  I think the price was $24535.

Actually, I found a more recent instance in one of Tony Harrison's videos, from 2000, there was a Viper with a price of $71,785.  I wouldn't be surprised if there has been at least one instance of repeating digits in the final prize since then.

[SteveGavazzi]

Pushy:  Either $4,047 or $4,701 could've been right.  (Don't even say it, Frank.)

Frank did, and I will, too:  Roger has already stated pretty much definitively that the first choice in Push Over is always going to be wrong.