FULL RECAP - TPiR 09/23/2008

[thewhammy_2000]

One Bid 1: 5?

Push Over: My guesses were either 19908 or 13219. I didn't but should have tried 21990. Liked the attempt to reveal the price.

3 Strikes: Boy, and I was ready to enjoy a good play here... Game's still great though.

Check Game: Well, the change was bound to happen sometime. 5500 could work on one motorcicle...

Dice Game: Man those rolls of 4 were very risky...

Grand Game: "Oh, no! Not the Capzasin!" I think it would work if it was the Theragesic or something..

One Bid 6: "Hmm, Jennifer's marriage on the balance or laggard William... methinks a marriage is more important."

Switch?: Boy, I can hear those boos as I try to setup my capture equipment. I bet the Peanut Gallery are eating them after this win.

[BuddyTom]

I believe today's 3 Strikes playing should be proof of why the decision was made during the Bob and Roger era as to what rules to use.  There is no need to reinvent the wheel, here.

From what I understand, sadly, 3 Strikes may never recover from this tinkering.

This would be nothing short of tragic for the show. 3 Strikes was a great game when it was played frequently for four-digit cars, and then became more special with the advent of 3 Strikes +, since the timing is long, it's reserved for luxury cars and always gets cheers when it shows up.

I wasn't happy when I heard it was going to be played for regular cars, wasn't happy when they were going to give the first digit for free (a time-saving move perhaps, but with regular cars it's usually pretty obvious that it's a 1 or 2). Seeing it today was indeed one of the quickest playings ever and a really bad run of luck for Gary (who I'm sure would advocate for it being retired), but it can't be THAT easy to win a Cadillac. And it's obvious that it was just lousy luck for it to be lost.

I love a good long playing of Three Strikes that comes down to a full count, even if it sends everything into hurry-up mode for the rest of the show. Win or lose, as Bob used to say, "isn't this exciting?!"

[TPIRSteven]

Wow, there were a lot of bad bids in Contestant's Row today!  I was practically screaming for Jennifer to bid $2 on the 6th IUFB, but she went with $1,400 and just barely eked out a win.  As for the rest of the show, here goes:

Push Over:  For a boat!   And it was won!    Also, a funny reveal when Drew couldn't get it to open!  I thought he was going to have to resort to the Bob Barker "Kick it Open" treatment.

3 Strikes:  To quote Drew, "That was brutal!"

Check Game:  I knew she was way too high, but on the other hand, I erred too far the other way, so I wouldn't have done any better.

SCSD1:  Lynette wins with a nickel!  Does anybody know when was the last time that happened?

Dice Game:  A great win despite some ugly dice rolling!

Grand Game:  I had a feeling the Phillips was under $8.  The Capsazin would have been my last choice.

Switch?:  Jennifer was right, Hank was right, and I was right, but the rest of the peanut gallery was dead wrong!

Showcases:  Very close finish!  Unfortunately, I did some major garfing in my CSS debut because my local CBS affiliate had technical difficulties and I had to rely solely on the prize descriptions in the chat.  It helps a lot when you actually see the prizes.

[mlh1981]

I was watching online, and it was sorta a "giveaway" to me that 3 strikes would be short and sweet.  CBS.com has the dividing lines that split up the segments, and the white was essentially 95 percent to the dividing line.  Did anyone else notice this?  Sorry if it's clumsily worded.  I didn't really know how else to phrase it.

[goldroadfanatic]

I am disappointed that 3 Strikes may be retired soon but I was thinking, when 3 Strikes disappeared for 13 weeks in 1998, was it going to be retired until the staff decided to put only one strike in the bag?  

Also, when they were developing the 5-digit version of 3 Strikes over 25 years ago, did they consider giving the first number free before settling on putting all 5 numbers in the bag?

I wonder if what we are feeling right now is how fans felt when Super Ball!! got retired in 1998, it too was an exciting game and was well-loved.  Losing 3 Strikes would trump how people miss Penny Ante, Hit Me, Bump, Joker, Poker Game, and Super Ball!!, in my opinion.

[pricefan18]

I was watching online, and it was sorta a "giveaway" to me that 3 strikes would be short and sweet.  CBS.com has the dividing lines that split up the segments, and the white was essentially 95 percent to the dividing line.  Did anyone else notice this?  Sorry if it's clumsily worded.  I didn't really know how else to phrase it.

Yeah I caught that too.

[rob79]

If 3 Strikes winds up being retired over Syd's fiddling with it, I'll tell you what it'll be: a real: 1) shame, 2) disgrace,3) a sad day in the history of the show,and 4)_________(fill in the blank with your own adjective

[The Square]

Why didn't she write Fifty-five hundred dollars? I hope that's not another new time constraint...

Drew has never prompted the contestant to fill out the word portion of the check. Unless they start doing it themselves, he just goes right to the reveal, I assume to save time.

That was polite of William to wait until Lynette reached Contestants' Row before he got out of his seat to come on down.

With a party boat in Pushover and a $47,000 car in 3 Strikes, they must have had some budget left over from not giving away three cars or a gigantic trailer in yesterday's episode.

Right now, I'm just repeating to myself that these are only rumors that I'm reading about 3 Strikes. I agree though that having the host complain about a game on the air could prompt them to change the game to keep the host from complaining.

While I'm not a fan of the new Check Game range, as I think it's too narrow, it's a good thing they didn't make it any higher, or Patty would have broken the display. A $5,500 check still isn't a good idea, it's just not as obviously wrong as it would have been last season.

The ticket plug uses the hypocycloid pattern from last year, but if you watch in widescreen, since the ticket plug isn't formatted for widescreen, they added borders with the square pattern now on the set. It's last season versus this season!

[Mallory16]

Games get retired.  I'm usually pretty indifferent.  I mean, I didn't really want to see Hit Me or Poker Game or Joker go, but at the same time, it didn't really bother me much that they went.  They just kinda' existed, and now they don't.

It would be tragic for that fate to befall Three Strikes, though.  It's a classic, fun game, and a great tension builder on most playings, win or lose--today's playing being the exception, as opposed to the rule.  I would just be... well, it's a great game worth having around.

[whinbaby]

Game #2 (#6,923)

Showcase #1
Living Room - $5,068
Maid Service - $3,500
Trip to Hong Kong - $9,618
- In Season 36, the average price for the five trips to Hong Kong was $9,412.  Prices ranged from $7,724-$12,512, but when it comes to Langham, there were three (two in daytime, one in primetime).  The average price of a trip to that hotel was $8,811.  Prices ranged from $7,425-$10,186.

Showcase #2
Desktop Computer - $1,378
Home Gym - $1,599
Ford F150 4x2 Styleside SuperCrew - $30,770

Total show prize value:  $185,388 (19 prizes)

Your Modeling Scorecard for September 23, 2008
Daily Records
High:  $124,951 (Claudia Jordan, 2002)
Low:  $32,898 (Claudia Jordan, 2003)

Rachel Reynolds
September 23
Total dollars:  $74,645
($47,737 won, $93,450 lost)
Total prizes:  6 (4-2)
Cars, Trips: 1, 1

After 2 shows
Total dollars:  $215,532
($108,396 won, $107,136 lost)
Total prizes:  16 (11-5)
Cars, Trips: 3, 3 (2-1, 2-1)

Brandi Sherwood
September 23
Total dollars:  $42,170
($33,602 won, $8,568 lost)
Total prizes:  7 (5-2)
Cars, Trips: 1, 1

After 2 shows
Total dollars:  $142,678
($103,417 won, $39,261 lost)
Total prizes:  20 (15-5)
Cars, Trips: 4, 4 (3-1, 3-1)

Tamiko Nash
September 23
Total dollars:  $57,605
($9,619 won, $47,986 lost)
Total prizes:  4 (3-1)
Cars, Trips: 1, 0

After 2 shows
Total dollars:  $171,554
($71,256 won, $100,298 lost)
Total prizes:  13 (10-3)
Cars, Trips: 5, 1 (2-3, 1-0)

Claudia's September 23 records stand.

[TLEberle]

He was not insulting the show. He was simply stating the truth: this game can be really exciting, however it could also be a very long, drawn out game.

But the two aren't mutually exclusive. The longer the game goes without a conclusion, the more exciting it gets.

It isn't my favorite game, or even close. But there's no reason to retire it. You don't retire something just because you tweak things all over the place. The jist of the game is still there: you pull disks from the bag to fill in the price of the car. As long as that doesn't change, I'm fine.

[FPGWillyT]

Three Strikes rule changes...HA!
Check Game rule changes...HA!

You guys think that's bad?  Just you wait!

[ClockGameJohn]

The final pull in Three Strikes is only second to the final reveal in Golden Road for 'best moments' on the show! 

I actually disagree.  There is something even more exciting about the final pull in 3 Strikes (especially a full count) than Golden Road's reveal.  Road's reveal is just that.  A reveal, except for a big prize.  3 Strikes is different.  You earn that final draw!

In all my countless visits to the show, I think the single most exciting moment I was in studio for was a leadoff 3 Strikes win.  The place went nuts!!!  (And I've been there for ALOT of exciting stuff!)

[bigwheel1991]

I have ONE thing to say.................................... ....................




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STRIKE OUT!!!!!!!!!!

[FPGWillyT]

Gotta totally agree wtih John there.  No other game offers up the potential for a freat reveal that Three X does.  Yes, granted it takes a miracle/littany of things to happen to arrive at that point, but to watch someone in studio miss the first 7 pulls, get the next four pulls correct and then cry as he pulls X,X,X?