TPiR Recap - 5/16/2011

[Macsen]

Episode #5571K Aired: 5/16/2011; Tape Date 4/26/2011 Models: Gwendolyn Osborne, Manuela Arbelaez Drew Entrance: Door #2 Mic Handoff: Gwendolyn First Four Contestant Seating: Right to Left

First IUFB: Computer (20" touch screen; ARP: $830) (Gwendolyn and Manuela) SARAH FREDDIE RYAN PAMELA WINNER $1500 $900 $1150 $1200 OVER $699 $700 UGH!!! $750 $751 PAMELA Pamela, who turned 31 on the tape date, is playing Temptation for a Chevrolet Colorado Regular Cab. (2.9-litre engine, 3mo XM Satellite Radio) (Manuela) The first digit is 1. ITEM ARP DIGIT Set of earphones (Monster Beats) (Gwendolyn) $858 8 Cash box (Manuela) $1,166 6 Refrigerator (red) (Gwendolyn) $799 9 8pc camping set (Manuela) $505 5 Changes: none (Guess: $18,695) GO ON (Total ARP: $3,328) ARP: $18,675 PAINFUL LOSS

Second IUFB: (Roberto Fiore La Porta by Cabinets To Go!) + bath set (Joan Lunden; ARP: $1,549) (Manuela) Sarah Freddie Ryan BRODRICK WINNER $799 $1408 $1250 $1300 FREDDIE Freddie is playing Squeeze Play for a home gym (Avanti CardioGym CG6) + 1 year personal trainer visits. (1 visit/week) (Gwendolyn) DISPLAY 7 0 9 1 9 CHOICE (removed 1) $ 7 0 9 9 ARP: $7,099 *WIN*

Third IUFB: Electric fireplace (Dimplex Media Console; ARP: $1,599) (Gwendolyn) Sarah JUSTIN Ryan Brodrick WINNER $1200 $1600 $1650 $1100 SARAH Sarah, a student at the University of Akron (Drew gives a shoutout to Sounders player Steve Zakuani, also an Akron Zip, who suffered a grievous injury in a match four days before the taping date) is playing Cliff Hangers for a living room group (La-Z-Boy Quinn) + 47" LCD HDTV. (JVC; incl. 160GB iPod classic; total ARP: $4,664) (Manuela) ITEMS (Gwendolyn) GUESS ACTUAL STEPS   Herb chopper $15 $20 5   Caramel apple dipper set $20 $30 10!! 10 steps left... Vacuum carafe $40 $40 0!!! ZUBAYDAH!!! *WIN*

SCSD #1 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 TOTAL Pamela $830 95 STAY *SHOWCASE* Sarah $6,263 35 75 OVER Freddie $8,648 5 85 90

Fourth IUFB: Ping pong table (Butterfly; ARP: $635) (Gwendolyn and Rachel) LANI Justin Ryan Brodrick WINNER $950 $749 $400 $419 BRODRICK Brodrick is playing 1 Right Price. ITEM TAG ARP Outdoor kitchen island (Bull Luxury Q) (Gwendolyn)   $4,800 Tiki hut w/benches (Manuela) $4,800 (both) $2,795 LOSS

Fifth IUFB: Digital SLR camera (Canon EOS; 18MP; ARP: $900) (Gwendolyn) Lani Justin Ryan BENJAMIN WINNER $1500 $649 $700 $1202 RYAN Ryan, the last of the First Four, is playing Freeze Frame for a trip to Las Vegas. (RT coach LA to Las Vegas, 6n luxury hotel from Vegas.com, helicopter tour, spa treatment, show tickets) (Manuela)   62 22   19 $5,319 10 53 LOSS 84   30 76

Sixth IUFB: 4 pairs of sunglasses (Prada; ARP: $1,090) (overhead platform) Lani Justin MELISSA Benjamin WINNER $525 $1201 $1150 $1200 LANI Lani is playing Pass the Buck for a Scion xB. (2.4-litre engine, 4spd automatic transmission; ARP: $17,670) (Gwendolyn) Nabisco Honey Maid Honey graham crackers Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauce Moisturizer Gold Bond foot cream $3.29 $1.99 $7.50 $6.89   WRONG   WRONG $4.29 $1.99 $8.50 $6.89 One choice: 5 (choice bolded) $3,000 $5,000 LOSE EVERYTHING LOSE EVERYTHING $1,000 CAR Total won: $1,000 LOSS

SCSD #2 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 TOTAL Brodrick $635 15 5 20 Ryan $900 20 15 35 Lani $2,090 ? N/A *SHOWCASE*

SHOWCASE ROUND Lani has the honor... SC1 - PAMELA HAVE FUN WET MEXICO/SPORTBOAT BID: $23,211 Beachcomber hot tub (seats 6-8) (Manuela) Mexico (RT coach LA to La Paz, 6n suite Costabaja Resort & Spa (Manuela) Bayliner 175 Bowrider 17' 6" sport boat (trailer, bimini top) (Gwendolyn) ARP: $41,061 DIFF: $17,850 *WIN* $41,891 SC2 - LANI AN EYE-CATCHER SOUTH AFRICA BID: $35,555 Binoculars (Canon from Hayneedle.com) (Manuela) Li'l Guy Silver Shadow Highline retro teardrop trailer (Manuela) South Africa (RT coach LA to Cape Town, 6n hotel, 1d game reserve tour) (Gwendolyn) ARP: $28,437 DIFF: OVER LOSS $2,090

Show Results: 2 out of 6 Total Winnings: $60,428 THIS RECAP IS PRODUCED SOLELY FOR GOLDEN-ROAD.NET UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OR EXHIBITION IS PROHIBITED PRODUCED BY KITCH

[GameShowKid]

So close in Temptation today. $18695 was a "reasonable" choice. Drew did a pretty poor job of hosting it though. Yes Drew, you are supposed to press the buttons!

Also, I, for one, did not laugh at Drew getting tongue-tied during 1 Right Price and then trying to blow it off as a joke.

Pass The Buck! Yay! Only one pick though. Again.

Whoa. I was also surprised by the price of the first showcase.

Lani came to the show by herself and she was chosen to be a contestant. There is hope!

[Cartboy]

Temptation:  Maximum bummer!
Squeeze Play:  Nice job!
Cliff Hangers:  Nice comeback!
Pass The Buck:  Better than picking a "Lose Everything".
Showcase:  That first showcase was more than I thought too!

Not the best start to the week, IMHO.

[FPGWillyT]

Lani came to the show by herself and she was chosen to be a contestant. There is hope!

FPGWillyT went to the show by himself and HE was chosen!  Not via a photo array, but picked nonetheless!

[tpirfan28]

Temptation was a full-on Dob budget control play, executed to perfection.  Do this more often instead of those insane Deck setups.

Actually, the first three games were classic setups.  Loved it.

[Kev347]

Echoing 28, I loved the way the first four games were set up today. Almost felt like The Dob snuck in the studio or something. I don't like how PTB contestants are 0/6 on the groceries in their last 3 playings though. PTB and Stack should NOT be set up for grocery wipeouts - they make it unfair. Of course, that's probably the point.

Still, this was a fun show. Drew actually drew out Temptation a bit , he turned a flubup during One Right Price into a good joke, the setups were mostly fair and the showcases had some cool prizes in them for being non-car. While I don't have that much to say about it, I could live with shows like today as the average - I had fun all show (except for Buck).

Timings:
Temptation (6) - 7:29
Squeeze Play (3.5)- 2:55
Cliff Hangers (4.5)- 4:33
One Right Price (3.5) - 3:21
Freeze Frame (4) - 3:07
Pass The Buck (5.5) - 4:50
Total (27): 26:15

[elskunkoman]

Temptation - I thought the price was 18690 and both me and the contestant were wrong so a bummer.
Squeeze Play - An Easy win.
Cliff Hangers - Another Easy Win.
1 right price - Shoulda picked the grill
Freeze Frame - Tough loss and setup
Pass the buck - I was surprised the car was behind #6 i woulda won both extra picks and still lossed. And the car wasn't won either by the contestant.
Not too bad for a show today.

[thepriceis_J]

-Oh hi Temptation. Oh bye Temptation. What a tough loss in that game.
-Squeeze Play was set up for a win. Nice that it was won.
-Cliff Hangers was set up for a 20-30-40 exacta?    Why did she think they'd put two prizes at the same price in this game? At least she won.
-One Right Price was pretty fair. Drew was cool to make light of his mistake. Too bad this game was lost.
-Freeze Frame was its usual self. At least he was in the ball park.
-Pass the Buck was just wrong. The pasta sauce has now become the new foil in GP games. Funny how it used to be the Udderly Smooth Cream, and we haven't seen that in weeks.

I didn't like that the showcases reached those prices with those prizes. That's just me though.

[spoon14]

Oftentimes the prizes in Temptation are worth so much that the bailout is really attractive. But I don't blame Pamela for trying for the truck. That was a good looking price.

One Right Price was a really nice instance of a model getting to talk - although Gwen used Drew's mike instead of her own. I wonder if they were unmiked. Either way, I think the comedy worked better walking over to Drew. I don't like two-model shows, but at least they came up with an interesting way to stage One Right Price with two models.

[whinbaby]

The 7,465th episode (163rd for Season 39)

Showcase #1
Beachcomber - $5,733
Trip to La Paz - $10,366
ZONK BOAT! - $24,962

My bid:  $37,656 (Difference of $3,405)

Showcase #2
Binoculars - $2,000
Trailer - $9,695
Trip to Cape Town - $16,742

My bid:  $23,000 (Difference of $5,437)

Your Modeling Scorecard for May 16, 2011
Manuela Arbeláez
Total:  15/$63,924 (8/$23,769, 7/$40,155)
Cars:  1 /$18,675 (0/$0, 1/$18,675)
Trips:  2/$15,685 (1/$10,366, 1/$5,319)

Gwennie Osborne-Smith
Total:  15/$76,984 (10/$36,115, 5/$40,869)
Cars:  1/$17,670 (0/$0, 1/$17,670)
Trips:  1/$16,742 (0/$0, 1/$16,742)

And for the season
Manuela Arbeláez (105 shows)
Total:  983/$5,802,014 (567/$2,369,265, 416/$3,432,749)
Cars:  115/$2,705,405 (38/$908,577, 77/$1,796,828)
Trips:  110/$871,360 (51/$387,447, 59/$483,913)

Gwennie Osborne-Smith (85 shows)
Total:  770/$4,620,056 (476/$2,072,242, 294/$2,547,814)
Cars:  84/$2,009,485 (27/$654,433, 57/$1,355,052)
Trips:  85/$683,457 (53/$415,397, 32/$268,060)

[Briguy]

I thought Drew hosted Temptation alright. Yeah, he forgot that he had to press the buttons on the display, but that's no big deal in my book. As far as the price, I also chose $18,695 and was wrong. That price looked SO right ... ouch!

The peeve I did have in Temptation was once again allowing a contestant to change her mind, although I would do this game a little differently. Once a contestant has made any changes, then he/she must indicate final answer (a la "Millionaire") before the answer is locked in and cannot be changed. Of course, our contestant nearly did try to change a number after she said she wanted to leave it alone (by trying to changing the second number from 8 to 5, no less -- lucky the audience did talk her out of it).

Brian

[Briguy]

As for Rachel ... another day without the best model (and my personal favorite).

I miss her already! Come back soon.

Brian

[GameShowKid]

I thought Drew hosted Temptation alright. Yeah, he forgot that he had to press the buttons on the display, but that's no big deal in my book. As far as the price, I also chose $18,695 and was wrong. That price looked SO right ... ouch!

I certainly respect your opinion. His explanations were okay for me (though I would have just asked the contestant directly "Would you like to change any of the numbers or leave them alone?"), but I think his forgetting that he himself has to press the buttons to reveal the numbers was a egregious mistake. Hasn't the game itself been played for over 30 years, and hasn't Drew had the job for over 3??

[trytobecharming]

One Right Price was a really nice instance of a model getting to talk - although Gwen used Drew's mike instead of her own. I wonder if they were unmiked. Either way, I think the comedy worked better walking over to Drew. I don't like two-model shows, but at least they came up with an interesting way to stage One Right Price with two models.

Or you could do, if you dared, use doors 2 and 3 and have one model display each prize. This was done in 1980 on the Barker nighttime version and in 1992 on a daytime episode when played for two trips.

[spoon14]

As for Rachel ... another day without the best model (and my personal favorite).

I miss her already! Come back soon.

You're lucky. These are first shows this season Rachel has been off. Looks like she'll set a personal record for episodes worked again this season.

Some of us have to endure occasional droughts when our favorite model is in two or three episodes in a two week period.  

I've been generally positive about Drew, but he's been pushing him more toward the negative camp over time. Certainly, it's possible to spin a mistake into an entertaining moment, but some of these mistakes seem like apathy. I feel like he needs to brush up on stuff to avoid things like the Temptation button mistake. The host of TPIR ought to review the games so he know stuff like (or how many seconds on the Race Game clock) like the back of his hand.