Okay, the recaps at the end of the showcases have got to go. I can see how they look like a good idea on paper, but when actually implemented, they really throw off the flow of the whole thing. It didn't help, either, that they're not even getting the sentence structure right -- today, they actually ended a showcase with, "And this showcase can be yours, containing (whatever it contained), can be yours if the price is right!" Seriously, who the heck is writing these?!
And on top of that, there was something about the first showcase today that bugged me. It was a funny showcase that clearly had a theme to it...and yet for some reason, they never explicitly
stated what the theme was. It made the whole thing seem more random than it needed to, and I have to wonder if there were originally lines explaining it that were taken out so that they could fit the recaps in.
I have no idea what to make of Grand Game. Irene made some weird decisions, going for one of the hardest products (which, surprisingly, she turned out to be right about) when she'd only gotten to $10, and then missing a ridiculously obvious final pick. Can't say I have any idea what was going through her head there.
Drew almost made a big screwup in Spelling Bee, nearly revealing the first card before remembering to offer Brettany $4,000 to quit. It ended up not mattering, obviously, but still, he can't be doing that kind of thing. At this rate, he'll be screwing up Double Prices before the season's over!
I have no idea what Amy was thinking in Flip Flop. I know an even number of prizes doesn't
always end with an even number, but they
usually do, and you'd think that'd make for a pretty obvious answer (or half an answer, in this case).
Incidentally, the whole deal with the turntable at the start of Flip Flop was awesome. Drew got off a great line, and we actually got to see the game finish spinning!
Any Number was great to watch, even though Sherry ended up only winning the piggy bank. Drew even built it up pretty well.
We've seen two playings of Coming or Going now where the seemingly "obvious" answer turned out to be wrong. Given what was happening with it most of last season (and what's
still happening with it now), I have to wonder if Roger started setting it up
that way on purpose to get it won.
Very surprised to see the same cars today (one exactly the same price, the other very close, probably added those floormats to make the very strange -937).
Well, remember, the shows that aired yesterday and today are actually six episodes apart.
Wasn't Roger still in charge of [fakes and such]? Doesn't he go for several more weeks, not just premiere week?
He did the first six or seven weeks of lineups, but I'm not sure how far in he did the games' setups...I think John had said it was only the first two or three weeks, and I don't think we ever got confirmation on which. Just based on Coming or Going, though, I'm guessing that the third week is still Roger.
