FULL RECAP - TPiR 09/23/2008

[Joe_Capitano]

Production #4432K - Taped July 28, 2008 Drew: stage entrance First Four lineup: right to left Handoff: Tamiko Models of the Day: Tamiko Nash, Rachel Reynolds and Brandi Sherwood Wearing: Venus 1   Trip to Las Vegas (Vegas.com; 6n)(B) WILLIAM 1200 LYNETTE *1350 JILL 5 KIMBERLY 800 ($2732) STUPID BID Lynette from Playa Del Rey, CA plays 5-PUSHOVER for an ElectraCraft 16CS Party Barge (R) Setup: 1 3 2 1 9 9 0 8 5 Pick: 1 3 2 1[2 1 9 9 0] Price: $21,999   WIN! 2   ESP Eclipse Electric Guitar (B) +William 1 GARY *1190 +Jill 759 +Kimberly 750 ($1869) Gary plays 3 STRIKES for a Cadillac CTS DI (Std., Elect., Wheels, Tires, Spare, Prot)(T) Numbers: 4 6 7 8 9 1. (X) STRIKE ONE! 2. (7) 3rd   NO 3. (X) STRIKE TWO!! 4. (X) STRIKE THREE!!! YER OUT!!!   LOSS   ($47,986) The funny thing here is that Drew built this game up as one that takes forever to play, which it can. All that buildup and ... THUD! 3   Sigma SD14 Digital SLR Camera (from above) +William 1350 PATTY *625 +Jill 999 +Kimberly 1200 ($968) Patty plays CHECK GAME for 2 Honda CRF80 Offroad Motorcycles (R) GAME CHANGE: The target has now been set between $7000 and $8000 Check: $5500 Price:   4368 Total: $9868 LOSS SHOWDOWN #1 $ 968 Patty 65 + 40 OV 1,869 Gary 35 + 85 OV 24,731 Lynette   5 .05 Through to Showcase Round by Default 4   Westley Allen Montana Day Bed/Loving Care Formfit (R) +William 750 CYNTHIA 990 +Jill *1250 +Kimberly 1 ($1304) STUPID BID Jill from Long Beach, CA plays DICE GAME for a Ford Mustang Conv. (Std., AT., Remote, Cargo)(B) [6] [6] [5] Rolls:   $2 [4] [4] [1] [4] [1] WIN! 5   Bob Burns No Bananas Golf Equipment (T) +William 900 Cynthia 1 JENNIFER 850 +Kimberly *1150 ($2175) SUICIDE BID Kimberly plays GRAND GAME (Target: $8.00) for a somewhat substantial sum (2) Hot Pockets (2 pk) $ 2.49 $ 10 (3) Ziploc Freezer Bags (15 Gallon) 2.99 100 (5) Original Louisiana Hot Sauce .75 1000 Goes on... (1) Capzasin HP (1.5 oz) 14.09 LOSS (4) Phillips Caplets (24) 5.50 (6) SlowMag Supplement (60) 11.77 Two days into the new season and we have our first laggard, and it's William. Mimi has been busy over the summer overseeing the refurbishment of the "First Four" Breakfast Club. Yes, even that dregs needs an occasional coat of paint. Of course, that doesn't mean those who end up there get posh digs. You don't want to be there, but is William headed in that direction? 6    Simon Two Freshwater Pearl/Cubic Zirconia Necklace (B-in the Row) +William 1600 Cynthia 1 Jennifer *1400 MARIO 1800 ($1458) SUICIDE BID William heads off to the clubhouse while Jennifer plays SWITCH? Heartland Combination Range (R) $5845 $6595 Ridgeway Kensington Floor Clock (T) $6595 SWITCH! $5845 WIN! SHOWDOWN #2 $ 2,175 Kimberly   5 + 30 .35 13,898 Jennifer 55 stay .55 27,469 Jill 60 stay .60 Through to Showcase Round SHOWCASE ROUND Jill has the honor. SC1-Jill Ashley Logan Living Room Group Carpet One Carpeting The Maids Maid Service (24 visits)(B) Trip to Hong Kong (6n @ Langham)(R) BID $13,500 PRICE 18,186 DIFF –4,686 SC2-Lynette PRIZES YOU NEED TO RULE THE WORLD (Apple) Desktop Computer (B) Inspire M1 Home Gym (T) Ford F-150 (Std., Stereo, Tow, #XLT)(R) BID $29,650 PRICE 33,747 DIFF –4,097 TOTAL $58,469 Today's Pricing Games: 3 for 6 Total Winnings: $105,850 THIS IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL GOLDEN-ROAD.net SHOW RECAP. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED WITHOUT AUTHOR PERMISSION.

[Heidi]

It's the second day in a row that a car hasn't been offered that's less than $20,000.  They're going all out with the budget, a $20,000+ boat and car, and a $40,000+ car.

[mrbrown2195]

3 Strikes: I'm completely confused now. Did they play it once with the original rules and then change them?

[therealcu2010]

Today's show was...meh.  I mean, we had a pretty decent lineup- it's always nice to see five-number Pushover and 3 Strikes, but to see Strikes lost in such a fashion was just painful, and I think they're gonna need a new Check Game prop here pretty soon...It was also nice to see a couple of new products in Grand Game (although I was surprised that the hot sauce was only 75c...). Overall, not too bad.

OVERALL: 3/5.

[Wayoshi]

3 Strikes: I'm completely confused now. Did they play it once with the original rules and then change them?

Exactly. This playing may be the last of the luxury era, which is why it's so depressing it was a wipeout.

Not too bad today, but whereas 3/6s usually get Bs, and I gave a B+ yesterday, this one will have be below the usual score. Dicey was the highlight - just a 9.6% chance to win, great! Why didn't she write Fifty-five hundred dollars? I hope that's not another new time constraint... then Grandy was a relatively easy setup, even the Peanut Gallery was aware of Phillips (which went up one cent - lol). Switchy was complete luck today, so we're lucky to reach .500.

B-

[ChinookUT]

Another good show today.  I love it when 3 Strikes makes an appearance.  Speaking of which, weren't they now playing 3 Strikes with the first number given for free?  And on top of that, although they supposedly were going to start playing it for regular cars, they played it for a luxury car.  I believe this puts into question the validity of the reports regarding any changes to both 3 Strikes and Make Your Mark.

5-digit Pushover, and some nice offerings even in Switch - quite the explosive start to the new season.  I love it!

[Wayoshi]

Again, Chinook, changes we've heard in August came after these episodes, because they were taped in July. Things will pan out in a month or two.

[ChinookUT]

The initial change to 3 Strikes was reported on August 6th for shows taped the previous weekend, which would have been somewhere in the neighborhood of August 3rd.  Considering that they taped the first batch of shows on July 20th, and that first week's worth of shows is not the premiere week... that leaves an extremely short timeline for them to have played it again.

Maybe they did - but I can't help but wonder.

[Mallory16]

I don't think anyone has ever lost Three Strikes that quickly since the rule change.  Which is too bad, since it's almost assuredly the last time it was played with those rules.

I don't like the new Check Game rules.  Makes the game needlessly much more difficult.  Anywhere from about $1500 to $5500 seemed decently reasonable to write the check for, which is a ridiculously large range of "seemingly OK" prices.

Speaking of Check Game, they probably need a 5-digit display window now.  While someone would have basically had to have been deliberately Brent-like to accomplish such before, contestants getting a 5-digit total is all but inevitable now.

Dice Game was awesome!  Roger had about the most Dice Game unfriendly price possible, and Jill had just about the worst luck possible with the dice, yet she miraculously pulled a win out of it!  Just amazing!

[Flerbert419]

Wait, wait, Roger?

I know he made the lineup, but I wasn't aware that he was still picking the prizes and making the fakes at this point.

I only saw one pricing game today, and that was 3 Strikes.  It was really ironic to see Drew to hype it up for such a quick loss.

[Nick]

An advance note:  I only saw about twenty shows last season, so if I make some comments or ask some questions about stuff that's long since been going on, I'm just out of the loop on it.

A question for those of you who get to see the show in HD:  Is the show widescreen in HD?

I was surprised that Push Over was won.  I didn't except the boat to be nearly that expensive.

You know, I really wish Drew didn't whine about 3 Strikes being such a long game.  Maybe if he kept his mouth shut, the game wouldn't have been changed.  Was this the last time the game was played before they started tinkering with the format?

I know the Check Game range change has been long since discussed.  Now that I have seen it in action, I'm not really sure what to make of it.  Sure, it will allow more expensive prizes to be offered in the game, but John did point out at the time that the game is technically now harder to win since they didn't widen the range.  As true as that may be, I'm somewhat glad the spread of the range hasn't been changed because that prevents from getting into the Card Game problem of having too large of a range.

How long have they been using that dice wipe in Dice Game?  It isn't nearly as impressive as the old one.

Speaking of Dice Game, I was also quite surprised that it was won.  This was clearly a good example of just how awesome Roger could set things up.

Drew really had ought to think twice before saying that I had "just missed" the win in Dice Game.  What if I didn't miss it?

Again, maybe I'm out of the loop on something, but when was the last time Grand Game was played fifth?

Drew needs to cut it with the "model collision" joke in Switch?  It's getting old, and I didn't even think it was funny the first time.

Thank God Rich's "prize recap" at the end of the Showcases was only something he did yesterday.  That sounded so out of place.  Now if they can just get back to ending all Showcase descriptions with, "This Showcase... can be yours if the price is right."

I was glad Lynette waited around until Drew had finished his sign-off before heading down to her prizes.  I think it appropriate for the contestants to wait for the host.

[tpirfan28]

A question for those of you who get to see the show in HD:  Is the show widescreen in HD?

Yes.

[Nick]

Yes.

Okay, that's what I figured.  Can they not do HD in standard resolution?  TPIR is the kind of show that, when directed by an efficient and competent director, is supposed to use a lot of tight, close-up shots, which is harder to pull off in widescreen.

[Ton80]

Maybe if he kept his mouth shut, the game wouldn't have been changed. 

I don't think anyone believes that the game was changed because of Drew.
(or did I miss a discussion thread somewhere??)

...it will allow more expensive prizes to be offered in the game, but John did point out at the time that the game is technically now harder to win...

I think that if they are going to offer nicer, more expensive prizes, the game should be harder to win.

[Flerbert419]

Last Edit: Today at 05:41:15 PM by Joe_Capitano

Joe, I don't see what I did wrong, or what you corrected.  Could you be a little more specific?