FULL RECAP - TPiR 12/16/2008

[promchf]

I posted these comments on another post, but wanted to see if anyone has e-mailed Roger to get his comments / reaction on the EXACTA. I went to his website and saw nothing on his blog. I was tempted to send him an e-mail, but I wanted to see if any other G-N'er's have send him an e-mail before I send him one. I would like to know how he would of handled this situation as I believe he was hired after the first EXACTA.

[pricefan18]

Another excerpt from the article:
Of all the things that are mentioned in the article, this is a glaring error.  ...

These days rigging in TV like that wouldn't surprise me. Not saying this is, but just in general what we see and hear on TV generally isn't what it may seem. Though if what this person saw at Card Sharks was true, (whether it is or not I won't make judgment on), it would seem as though it would be hard to get away with during a taping.

[SteveGavazzi]

I'd like to point out something that either got lost in the shuffle or never even got posted here (there's been so much said over the last few days that I can't even remember which) -- I thought for sure I'd seen that the first perfect bid was on a James episode, but That Don Guy, who I've always found to have a pretty good memory about these things, swears up and down that it was on the daytime show, sometime in 1973 or early 1974.

[whinbaby]

Game #49 (#6,970)

Showcase #1
Karaoke Machine - $1,000
Pool Table - $2,800
Trailer - $19,943

Showcase #2
Trip to Chicago - $3,281
Trip to Banff - $3,778
Trip to Edinburgh - $11,697
Trip to Capetown - $12,263

Total show prize value:  $140,326 (25 prizes)

Your Modeling Scorecard for November 27, 2008
Daily Records
High:  $90,257 (Tamiko Nash, 2007)
Low:  $15,783 (Nikki Ziering, 2000)

Gabrielle Tuite
November 27
Total dollars:  $40,416
($26,416 won, $14,000 lost)
Total prizes:  5 (4-1)
Cars, Trips: 1, 0

After 14 shows
Total dollars:  $767,635
($288,878 won, $478,757 lost)
Total prizes:  114 (68-38)
Cars, Trips: 15, 5 (6-9, 2-3)

Phire Dawson
November 27
Total dollars:  $63,910
($45,516 won, $18,394 lost)
Total prizes:  10 (7-3)
Cars, Trips: 1, 2

After 12 shows
Total dollars:  $621,425
($320,246 won, $301,179 lost)
Total prizes:  103 (70-33)
Cars, Trips: 11, 6 (3-8, 3-3)

Amber Lancaster
November 27
Total dollars:  $54,977
($52,098 won, $2,879 lost)
Total prizes:  7 (6-1)
Cars, Trips:  1, 2

After 13 shows
Total dollars:  $697,677
($392,082 won, $305,595 lost)
Total prizes:  111 (81-30)
Cars, Trips:  13, 10 (7-6, 7-3)

[PaladinTornado]

I have missed very little of the past three seasons, but on Tuesday, I had a 12:00 exam and stopped watching right after the second SCSD...d'oh!  I figured that it would just be more crazy showcases, so decided not to watch the rest of the show online.

Imagine my surprise yesterday when I checked G-R.net for the first time since Tuesday.   

An exciting time to be sure, but Drew's lack of enthusiasm is a shame.

[SteveEllis]

LINK: News coverage mentioning Ted and G-R.net

Reader comments:

"...win your own showcase showdown."

"I believe if you guess within $500, you win both."

[PressYourLuck444]

Well, I will first bring up one showcase in from the early 90's I can remember in particular where the price of the showcase that included a Mercury Tracer four-door was exactly $16,000 (I believe the male contestant was military--navy, i think?).  The contestant happened to bid $14,500, but he could have ended up being on the nose.  I'm sure Standards and Practices (I'm assuming there is still such a department) went over this with a fine tooth comb, and I don't doubt they made sure there was no funny business before they aired the episode.  You know, I've often wondered why they always bid using such round numbers when the showcases are never round numbers (with the exception on the one I remeber) to beign with, but that's just me, I guess.  If it took 36 years for that to happen, I dare say we can talk about this again in 36 years and get a laugh.

Now that I know Ted helped, I don't change my feelings.  If Ted knew the exact prices, which I used to be able to do on some things way back when I was a teenager and in my 20's (We all remeber the $888 recycling cabinet, which then became $920, then went up to something like $980, or the $13,355 stripped down mid 90's white Chevy Cavalier, or the $7,065 late 70's Ford LTD 4-door in white..don't we?), and someone listened to him, so what?  I agree with a lot of the posts.  Either ban people like Ted (which is silly and unnecessary, not to mention unfair) or accept the once every 36 years it happens.   Once S&P gives he thumbs up, get over it.  It's a trailer, not all of the government's secrets!!! 

[wrikent3500]

Uh...and isn`t TMZ dist by Warner Bros.
Who just happens to own a CW Sunday Night show...The Drew Carey Show...
Just think the word Dis comes to mind

[upperclasstwit]

I didn't see this episode. What was drew's trash can enterence?

[mrbrown2195]

He pushed a trash can through the big doors before coming out.

[wrikent3500]

A subtle hint of where he`d like to see fremantel execs go?

[WarioBarker]

I thought for sure I'd seen that the first perfect bid was on a James episode but That Don Guy, who I've always found to have a pretty good memory about these things, swears up and down that it was on the daytime show, sometime in 1973 or early 1974.

I posted over in http://www.golden-road.net/index.php/topic,9639.15.html that in J-Shea's music cues section Cue 16 (a closing of a James episode) has him making comments about...well, I'll just post what I quoted over there -

Actual retail price is $13,123! Can you believe that one? ... Can you believe-I can't believe it. Now that's the first time THAT'S ever happened, too! Dennis James saying don't miss the show next week...

...Now obviously that's a history-making moment which sounds (due to James' reaction and the audience's going nuts) like a Perfect Bid. It's not the Showcase tie since Johnny signs off for "The Price is Right"...unless the last episodes of Season 1 had the name change.

Thus, I will stake this as being the first Perfect Bid.

Or maybe there's something we're all overlooking - Maybe it happened on both versions in the 70's.

Just a thought, Steve. It would explain your source above and justify Dennis/the audience's reaction in this clip...although if that turns out to be the case (that it happened with both Dennis and Bob) then there's the inevitable wonderful question of "Which came first?"
-Daniel

(And as an aside - and so sorry if I'm out of the loop - but who's "That Don Guy"?)

[sharks]

Exactly how is what he did cheating? Practicing to gain an advantage is not cheating. That is the point of practicing. In this case, that practice came in the form of constantly watching the show.

[someguy95]

Not for him, sharky, he didn't cheat, but he didn't come up with that bid himself, either.

And Daniel, yes, the show's title changed to "The Price is Right" in early-to-mid 1973, about halfway through Season 1.

[SteveGavazzi]

Actually, it was on the June 26, 1973 episode -- considerably farther than halfway through the season.