TPiR Recap - 12/13/2011

[letemroll92]

1 Right Price: I know we've seen Palm Springs trips many times over the years, but Newport Beach?  A place close enough that you could take commuter rail to get there?  I guess it was somewhat winnable since the PS trip involved a rental home instead of a hotel, but still...

Flip Flop: Easy. (On a side note, I have yet to see any of those 'ScootCoupes' outside of TPiR)

Pass the Buck: I guess I shouldn't be surprised that they'd try to squash PtB's streak with the difficult grocery items (are sweet potatoes really THAT expensive?)  Still better than a 'Lose Everything'...

Race Game: Exercise equipment was the easy choice for most expensive.  TV looked like something you'd see in a big box store, but considering how they tend to favor the huge overpriced ones in other episodes, I can understand why one would price it higher.  Chair was probably most deceptive (no matter how nice the leather, the size was still off-putting).  Gaming table seemed appropriate.

Plinko: While the # choices for the SPs weren't obvious, I do think it was manageable to have gotten all 4.  2 seemed reasonable for that canteen, and 6 for the designer bag is not all that surprising.  OK droppings.

Any Number: Frustrating to see him think that the car's second digit price was LOWER after the wrong guess of 6.  While 9 could've been the fourth number, it did seem more likely to have been the last digit in either the candle set or piggy bank.  Tough call all around.

[stardf29]

I should add, Drew really needs to work on his Showcase reveals, because the way he did it today, the overbidding contestant thought she won for a moment--Drew was talking about how everyone thought she was over and when he pulled out the price, said "well, not by that much" in a pretty positive-sounding tone, which did not work.

I mean, overall, I feel that Drew's SC price reveals are weak, but today's was just really bad.

[SteveGavazzi]

Boy, this sure wasn't as good as yesterday.  Drew wasn't anywhere near on top of his game, and somewhere around Any Number, he pretty much stopped hosting.

Pass the Buck was set up horribly...although funnily enough, if you banked on them using a Roger setup for the board, you'd have a decent chance of winning regardless.

What the heck was Drew babbling about at the end of Race Game?

Sandra should have won at least four Plinko chips, and maybe all five.

Dante was really pissing me off during the Showcase.  He seemed to be going out of his way to be loud and obnoxious.

[Flerbert419]

Anybody else know of another episode with 4 or more partial wins?  We could have a record on our hands.

Speaking of records....

I'm not the authority on such a mundane statistic, but I'm fairly certain he did NOT get it. He couldn't get three revolutions on either spin.

Not a chance.

[vadernader]

Sigh, another day saved by a 50/50 game...

When did Flip Flop become a 50/50 game? 

[RCPlanes59]

When did Flip Flop become a 50/50 game? 

 

oops.

[Macsen]

Not a chance.

So that one is roughly 5.75 spins.

[whinbaby]

The 7,552nd episode (60th for Season 40)

Showcase #1
- Trip to Boston:  $11,497
- Sun Cat:  $27,395

My bid:  $28,500 (Difference of $10,392)

Showcase #2
- Scuba Gear:  $4,340
- Trip to the Bahamas:  $13,368
- Nissan Versa:  $17,950

My bid:  $29,100 (Difference of $6,558)

Modeling Totals:  December 13, 2011's episode
Rachel Reynolds
Total:  8/$55,643 (5/$8,804, 3/$46,839)
Cars:  1/$16,945 (0/$0, 1/$16,945)
Trips:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)

Manuela Arbeláez
Total:  11/$39,407 (5/$21,075, 6/$18,332)
Cars:  1 /$17,950 (1/$17,950, 0/$0)
Trips:  2/$15,093 (0/$0, 2/$15,093)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)

Amber Lancaster
Total:  8/$46,759 (5/$25,663, 3/$21,096)
Cars:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)
Trips:  2/$15,401 (1/$13,368, 1/$2,033)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)

All Prizes
Total:  27/$188,184 (15/$56,210, 12/$131,974)
Cars:  2/$34,895 (1/$17,950, 1/$16,945)
Trips:  4/$30,494 (1/$13,368, 3/$17,126)
Cash Prizes:  1/$50,000 (0/$2,500, 1/$47,500)

Season to date
Rachel Reynolds (51 shows)
Total:  477/$2,594,800 (273/$1,053,710, 204/$1,541,090)
Cars:  54/$1,158,605 (19/$382,019, 35/$776,586)
Trips:  50/$433,081 (25/$206,288, 25/$226,793)
Cash Prizes:  8/$113,000 (2/$35,500, 6/$77,500)

Manuela Arbeláez (47 shows)
Total:  444/$2,504,744 (264/$934,602, 180/$1,570,142)
Cars:  55/$1,254,493 (14/$319,920, 41/$934,573)
Trips:  52/$464,946 (24/$210,088, 28/$254,858)
Cash Prizes:  6/$49,833 (3/$25,500, 3/$24,333)

Amber Lancaster (40 shows)
Total:  305/$2,050,465 (178/$774,063, 127/$1,276,402)
Cars:  39/$868,640 (11/$248,459, 28/$620,181)
Trips:  38/$301,804 (14/$119,959, 24/$181,845)
Cash Prizes:  12/$196,000 (2/$22,350, 10/$173,650)

All Prizes (59 shows)
Total:  1,553/$9,523,379 (904/$3,760,785, 649/$5,762,594)
Cars:  182/$4,001,380 (60/$1,296,566, 122/$2,704,814)
Trips:  190/$1,576,041 (95/$787,532, 95/$788,509)
Cash Prizes:  46/$1,108,782 (10/$142,971, 36/$965,811)