TPiR Recap - 12/19/2011

[BRB_TheFireball]

Wow... Clock Game, Pick-a-Number, and Stack the Deck were actually won!  So what had the potential to be a 1-for-6 show became a 4-for-6.  Should've been 5-for-6 because Balance Game should've been won (Sea-Doo = $$$$$$$).  And Gas Money is... Gas Money, so I have no hope for that game anymore.  If Drew hadn't mailed it in and if we had contestants who didn't act like total chadholes, this actually would have been a fantastic episode to start Christmas week.

My showcase bids:
Germany--$20,107
Car--$25,107

Seriously, do they have monkeys writing these scripts?

Well, we already know that a monkey is running the show...

[SteveGavazzi]

I can't believe I forgot this before...did anyone think for a moment that the prize for the second game was just the second Item up for Bids again?

[thewhammy_2000]

Ah, the holiday episodes. I cannot wait for a certain object.

Clock Game: Man, that was some awesome play there! For a moment, I thought Brittany might do what Cynthia did a few years ago. That thought fizzled as soon as I saw the price of the Snowboard equipment. Still great.

Pick-a-Number: My pick was 7, not 2.

Mebets some selected contestants got the holiday stuff in advance. I do not know.

Gas Money: What is it about those who are naughty? It's very tempting.

Eazy az 123: You know, if I thought the gym was under $2000, I would have lost.

Balance Game: No. I would have tried the light and heavy bags. I wanted to do 10K, so I was originally wrong on the bag choices.
In other words, I missed the bag amounts at the start, but was locked on making 10K.

Stack the Deck: There's no way the Hidden Valley is $2.99. Filling should be more expensive than topping. My pick would be the frosting. I guess I don't know much about frosting prices. Wow. Making a $20 range between price possibilites... and winning it? Wow.

Showcaases: For a moment, I thought I saw some holiday Price Tags.

Definitely not a bad start this week.

[letemroll92]

Clock Game: Nice to see a smart contestant who actually understands the rules and methods to this game!  Nice deserving win to start.

Pick-a-Number: Hey, I thought the holidays were supposed to be a joyous season of gift-giving! (In other words, a time to play games where contestants actually have a FAIR chance to win!)  But no matter, he still won, although how he went from non-existent 2 to highest-numbered 7 is beyond me...

Gas Money: typical loss...at least we won't (or shouldn't, right Mike?) be seeing it again this week.

Easy as 1-2-3: Indeed it was very easy...

Balance Game: The more exciting version of PaN (on the same show? -_- ) decides to switch places.  The 'trailer included' probably did its tricks again.  "Lucky Drew Dollar" not as lucky as a Barker Dollar...

Stack the Deck: The key was in the grocery items, for if she went the easy route and chose to get the last three digits, the only logical combinations would be 18 or 21 (and being a Ford Focus, there's absolutely no way it was over $20K), therefore setting up for a win.  But producers thought Pine Brothers and friends would trick her.  They thought wrong.

[stardf29]

Clock Game was played expertly.

It took eight tries (nine including past for a game with a 1 in 3 chance of winning by random guessing to be won... well, good thing it finally was won.

Knocking out the extremes sounds like a good idea on paper in Gas Money... but, of course, Mike expects that and that is exactly where he hides the car.

Eazy as 1-2-3 was actually eazy today.

Stack the Deck, on the other hand... well, first of all, the GPs weren't easy to begin with, but she got those nicely. Then she made it a tough 1/3 guess by choosing to have that 2nd digit given, but got that anyways. Nice win! (Now where's that kind of luck in Cover Up?)

Four games won, all of them their first wins of the season! Great show.

[TPIRSteven]

What a great show today!  Even though Drew was only average today and the lineup lacked a SP game, the 4/6 with a couple of great wins really stood out in this one!

The amazing Clock game was a great way to start off the show.  In fact, with PaN won as well, the 2/2 start really helped me enjoy the rest of the show instead of focusing on how hard the setups are.

Somehow I knew Gas Money would be lost as soon as Catherine said that she had been naughty.  Who knows, maybe she would have won if she had been nice...

Eazy lived up to its name for a change -- it was indeed a very easy (or should I say Eazy?) win.

Balance Game provided the only thing close to a facepalm moment in the show.  $7K was the only price that I knew was wrong.

As others have said, Stacky was really the highlight of the show.  Those GPs were nearly impossible, and Holly still somehow managed to nail all three of them and pull out the win!  It's about time Mike gets what he deserves in that game!

My Showcase Bids:
New York/Germany: $19,222 ($2,172)
Philadelphia/Car: $25,444 ($1,505)

[whinbaby]

The 7,556th episode (64th for Season 40)

Showcase #1
- Toys R Us Toys:  $643
- Toys R Us Gift Card:  $500
- Trip to New York:  $6,225
- Trip to Munich:  $11,026
- Counterfeits:  $3,000

My bid:  $23,398 (D'oh!)

Showcase #2
- NHL Hockey Gear:  $521
- Trip to the 2012 NHL Winter Classic:  $6,073
- Discover:  $1,000
- Tires:  $700
- Honda Civic:  $18,655

My bid:  $31,438 (D'oh!)

Modeling Totals:  December 19, 2011's episode
Rachel Reynolds
Total:  10/$46,287 (9/$35,603, 1/$10,684)
Cars:  1/$18,647 (1/$18,647, 0/$0)
Trips:  2/$11,761 (2/$11,761, 0/$0)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)

Amber Lancaster
Total:  12/$50,928 (6/$7,539, 6/$43,389)
Cars:  1/$21,995 (0/$0, 1/$21,995)
Trips:  2/$17,251 (0/$0, 2/$17,251)
Cash Prizes:  1/$3,000 (0/$0, 1/$3,000)

Gwennie Osborne-Smith
Total:  8/$33,365 (8/$33,365, 0/$0)
Cars:  1/$18,655 (1/$18,655, 0/$0)
Trips:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)

All Prizes
Total:  26/$128,322 (19/$74,249, 7/$54,073)
Cars:  3/$59,297 (2/$37,302, 1/$21,995)
Trips:  4/$29,012 (2/$11,761, 2/$17,251)
Cash Prizes:  1/$3,000 (0/$0, 1/$3,000)

Season to date
Rachel Reynolds (55 shows)
Total:  521/$2,800,693 (302/$1,171,590, 219/$1,629,103)
Cars:  58/$1,242,682 (20/$400,666, 38/$842,016)
Trips:  54/$462,972 (29/$236,118, 25/$226,854)
Cash Prizes:  8/$113,000 (2/$35,500, 6/$77,500)

Amber Lancaster (43 shows)
Total:  326/$2,150,770 (191/$801,904, 135/$1,348,866)
Cars:  41/$909,325 (11/$248,459, 30/$660,866)
Trips:  41/$326,885 (15/$126,899, 26/$199,986)
Cash Prizes:  13/$199,000 (2/$22,350, 11/$176,650)

Gwennie Osborne-Smith (37 shows)
Total:  299/$1,880,875 (196/$1,047,777, 103/$833,098)
Cars:  41/$868,942 (20/$425,853, 21/$443,089)
Trips:  43/$349,217 (27/$234,538, 16/$114,679)
Cash Prizes:  3/$32,949 (0/$4,000, 3/$28,949)

All Prizes (63 shows)
Total:  1,656/$10,068,402 (971/$4,063,915, 685/$6,004,487)
Cars:  194/$4,246,585 (65/$1,398,728, 129/$2,847,857)
Trips:  203/$1,686,521 (104/$861,836, 99/$824,685)
Cash Prizes:  47/$1,111,782 (10/$142,971, 37/$968,811)

[OneBidTris]

This was a good show:

PG1: She was a good bidder, but did anyone get worried for her when she started to stumble in the second prize.

PG2: I thought this was a cheapie kitchen set. God for him to get the prize though.

PG3: That was an odd comment. This is a hard game and if seemed lik this was going to be lost.

PG4: I would've lost this, though the bar was more than the gym.

PG5: I thought it was $9,000, my brother though $7, that snowmobile eluded us both.

PG6: Didn't think she'd win, but she did.

SC: We both went over on the second. This wouldn't have been good for CSS.