TPiR Recap - 3/13/2012

[Macsen]

Episode #5882K Aired: 3/13/2012; Tape Date 2/6/2012 Models: Gwendolyn Osborne, Rachel Reynolds, Manuela Arbelaez Drew Entrance: Door #2 Mic Handoff: Gwendolyn First Four Contestant Seating: Mixed (4, 2, 3, 1)

First IUFB: Pair of HD camcorders (DXG ProGear + Lux; ARP: $570) (Rachel and Manuela) PEARL TRACEY WILBUR DOMINIQUE WINNER $529 $703 $850 $800 PEARL Pearl is playing Bonkers for a Catalina Yachts Expo 12' 6" sailboat. (w/trailer) (Olympic hopeful Jessica Hardy) The display is 7547. Guess 1: HHLH WRONG :25 Guess 2: HHHH WRONG :19 Guess 3: HLHL WRONG :15 Guess 4: HLHH *WIN* :12 ARP: *$9,459*

Second IUFB: 4pr his-and-hers sunglasses (Yves St. Laurent; ARP: $1,085) (overhead platform) MICHAEL Tracey Wi-i-i-ilbur Dominique WINNER $1004 $575 $650 $1005 DOMINIQUE Dominique, from Dayton, is playing Switch? ITEM DISPLAY GUESS ARP RESULT 32" outdoor LCD HDTV (SunBriteTV) (Gwendolyn) $4800 SWITCH $2595 $2595 *WIN* Barbecue island (Bull Luxury Q) (Rachel) $2595 $4800 $4800 Total ARP: *$7,395*

Third IUFB: Treadmill (ARP: $1,900) (Manuela) Michael Tracey Wilbur ANA WINNER $1999 $1248 $2000 $1475 ANA Ana, from Temeculah, is playing More or Less! ITEMS DISPLAY CHOICE ACTUAL ARP Set of 6 small appliances (Hamilton Beach) (Gwendolyn) $300 MORE MORE $590 3pr designer crap shoes (Prada) (Gwendolyn and Rachel) $3000 MORE LESS $2085 LOSS Washer and dryer (teal) (Rachel) $4000       Jeep Patriot Sport (2.0l engine, AT, A/C) (Manuela)

SCSD #1 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 TOTAL Ana $2,490 60 STAY 60 Dominique $8,480 65 STAY 65 Pearl $10,029 40 50 *SHOWCASE*

Fourth IUFB: Karaoke system (VocoPro Champion; ARP: $1,000) (Rachel) Michael Tracey Wilbur MARY WINNER $800 $850 $1 $750 TRACEY Tracey is playing Squeeze Play for The Office of Doom (RealSpace Magellan from Office Depot) + Mac Pro computer. (8GB RAM, 1TB HDD) (Gwendolyn) DISPLAY 5 0 5 0 3 CHOICE (removed first 0) $ 5 5 0 3 ARP: $5,053 LOSS

Fifth IUFB: Solar charger kit (GoalZero Sherpa; ARP: $830) (Manuela) Michael GABRIEL Wilbur Mary WINNER $1 $750 $1100 $900 GABRIEL Gabriel is playing Rat Race! FIRST PRIZE Nissan Versa 1.8S (1.8l engine, 4AT, CC, RKE) (Rachel) SECOND PRIZE Groceries for a Year (Gwendolyn) THIRD PRIZE Beverage center (Marvel from Plesser's) (Gwendolyn) Item guesses (Manuela) MARGIN ITEM GUESS ARP RESULT $1 Gold Bond medicated body lotion $5.00 $4.93 GREEN $10 Soft pretzel press $55 $29 WRONG $100 Bread maker (Cuisinart) $200 $235 PINK And the race results... RAT PLACE PRIZE GREEN 1 CAR *WIN* YELLOW 2   ORANGE 4   BLUE 5   PINK 3 BEVERAGE CENTER

This has been the biggest chore I've ever had as the recap guide. Most of the show has been swallowed up on DVR by my CBS station's useless news break-ins. (You could've warned me, Bryan...) Did we need to spend almost the entire show on a police funeral? This has forced me to spend even more time than usual on this. Because I have to watch the commercials. And this being CBS, most of them are Obama political ads. That horror ends when the break-in ends during the pricing for this IUFB. Sixth IUFB: Pair of mountain bikes (Dahon Espresso 26"; ARP: $1,098) (Rachel) Michael TAMMY Wilbur Mary WINNER $1501 $1350 $900 $1500 WILBUR Wilbur escapes! The filmmaker from Austin is playing Pick-a-Pair for a trip to Colorado. (RT coach LA to Durango, 6n Strater Hotel, guided biking tour; ARP: $5,865) (Manuela) ITEMS Gorton's Skillet Crisp frozen tilapia Sunsweet Plum Amazins diced prunes Hamburger Helper Designer crap cooking oil (14oz) Aspercreme Heat pain relief gel Breyer's strawberry ice cream (1.5qt) GUESS 1 *WIN* $5.69         $5.69

SCSD #2 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 TOTAL Tracey $1,000 25 50 75 Wilbur $6,963 40 80 OVER Gabriel Rat Race 80 N/A *SHOWCASE*

SHOWCASE ROUND Gabriel has the honor... SC1 - PEARL HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAY!!! TRIPS BID: $18,358 Bel Air (3n jr. suite Hotel Bel Air, 6hr limo rental) (Gwendolyn) Spaberry portable hot tub (seats 2) (Rachel) Tonga (RT coach LA to Tonga, 6n Sandy Beach Resot Ha'opai) (Manuela) ARP: $23,327 DIFF: $4,969 *WIN* $33,356 SC2 - GABRIEL AN OLYMPIC TRIP (NOT) TO LONDON (w/Jessica Hardy) TRIP/CAR BID: $29,000 15pc swimwear package (Speedo) Omaha (RT coach LA to Omaha, 4n hotel, 4d package U.S. Olympic Swim Trials) Mini Cooper (1.6l engine, BT) (Gwendolyn) ARP: $27,570 DIFF: OVER LOSS I hate you.

Show Results: 4 out of 6 Total Winnings: $53,358.93 + Rat Race prizes THIS RECAP IS PRODUCED SOLELY FOR GOLDEN-ROAD.NET UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OR EXHIBITION IS PROHIBITED PRODUCED BY KITCH

PA duties today. Recap will be delayed.

[GSB92]

Lineup:

Bonkers: W

Switch?: W

More or Less: L

Squeeze Play: L

Rat Race: W

Pick A Pair: W

Definelty a better show today. It's been a while since we had a good show.

[Kirsten Vaccaro]

Today show was good 4 wins out of 2 & Drew did a good job today as host.

[Kev347]

 Well, this was considerably better than yesterday. Drew was back to being "just there" today, which is a bit of an improvement, and we had some more favorable results in the PGs. Bonkers was a definite Mikestopper, and I can tell Mike would't have minded if Rat were lost either, but those were some great rat choices there. And then we ended the show with Pick A Pair continuing its undefeated run, not like there was much doubt today. Even Mike can't seem to get Pick A Pair lost. The swimming guest showcase was just there today and didn't really add or take away anything.

Timings:
Bonkers (4.5) - 3:54
Switch? (3.5) - 2:55
More Or Less (5.5) - 5:25
Squeeze Play (3.5) - 3:24
Rat Race (6) - 5:53
Pick A Pair (4.5) - 3:55
Total (27.5): 25:26

[Bobby McBride]

Bonkers: Well done!

S?: Fairly easy, because BBQ islands are expensive nowadays.

MoL: Ana wasn't that much of a LFaT in this playing- I think she needed to have said LESS three times in a row after the first MORE to have won everything.

Squeeze Play: Considering Pearl did a baseball slide just as she got out of Contestant's Row, I wish she actually had played this instead of Bonkers.

Rat Race: IMO, I thought it was cute that after we saw an eco-friendly PUFB just before this, the green rat was the winner in this playing. Anyway, good job by Gabriel!

PaP: I know the plums & the pasta were $2.49 each & both the sauce & the Aspercreme were each $6.79.

Showcases: I knew Gabriel had slightly overshot the second Showcase (which featured Jessica Hardy).

Good show today.

[Cartboy]

Nice wins on Bonkers, Switch?, and Pick A Pair, and it was great to see a car win on Rat Race!

Today's show was a lot better than yesterday's show, IMHO.

[BRB_TheFireball]

Drew had to be on something during this taping, too.  His description of the Bonkers rules went a mile a minute.  Pearl and Dominique had to be on the same thing.

Nonetheless, Pearl played Bonkers like a pro:  fast picks and no looking at the audience.

I don't think Mike was counting on More or Less to be lost on the designer shoes.  He was, of course, counting on the contestant to get to the Jeep and lose there.

I think she needed to have said LESS three times in a row after the first MORE to have won everything.

The camera caught the price stand for the Jeep.  The wrong price was $19,800.  Jeep Patriots are notoriously cheap (they start at $15,995), so there is no doubt that LESS would have been the correct answer.

A trip to Omaha?

My showcase bids:
Tonga--$21,507
MINI--$27,507 ( )

[elskunkoman]

Today's show was really nice with 4 wins of 6. Bonkers, Switch, Rat Race, and Pick A Pair were the highlights of today. Squeeze play had a tricky setup again.

[PriceBusterXL]

I have to give props to Drew and today was pretty good and totally watchable............

Bonkers: Pearl played that like a pro! And won her showcase, too!

Switch?: Another good win!

More or Less: Not won, but not loss............

Squeeze Play: elskunkoman was right........That was tricky.

Rat Race: Gabriel did good and won a car, but not his showcase unfortunately, though.........Mini Coopers can be tricky as well.

Pick-A-Pair: Another trip was won, but it's still good gameplay.

Now that was a great show...........We need stuff like that more often, if Mike didn't try to screw contestants on a day-to-day basis. And here's to Jessica Hardy and I hope brings home some gold.

[SteveGavazzi]

There is exactly one word to describe the first act of this show...and that word is "Yolanda."

[spoon14]

Pearl was a rare combination: a contestant that hams it up for the cameras but is also a top-notch player.

Hooray for treadmills! What a beautiful demonstration. 

[stardf29]

Wow, it feels like forever since we had a 4/6 show!

Bonkers was well-played on a setup with many "go against the odds" digits. Anchoring the first digit as higher was key, and between that and moving fast, Pearl got the win. Well done.

I think Ana was trying to out-Mike Mike there on the shoes and ended up in a reverse-fail. That said, considering that the recent Gas Money w/the Jeep Patriot wouldn't have aired for her yet, I doubt she would have gotten the car anyways...

Nice win in Rat Race! One thing to note, though, is that all the car game wins since that car game losing streak started have been in games where the contestant doesn't need to figure out the car ARP; as far as actually pricing cars go, the contestants are still struggling. We'll see if that changes anytime soon...

And I repeat: contestants still don't know how to lose Pick-a-Pair.  This is its 10th win this season, and still 0 losses.

[whinbaby]

The 7,613th episode (121st for Season 40)

Showcase #1
- Trip to Bel Air:  $3,462
- SpaBerry:  $4,995
- Trip to Tonga:  $14,870

My bid:  $23,720 (D'oh!)

Showcase #2
- Speedos:  $696
- Trip to Omaha, and I thought it was London at first, you know, London 2012.:  $5,928
- Mini Cooper:  $20,950

My bid:  $29,230 (D'oh!)

Modeling Totals:  March 13, 2012's episode
Rachel Reynolds
Total:  8/$33,808 (6/$29,548, 2/$4,260)
Cars:  1/$17,085 (1/$17,085, 0/$0)
Trips:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)

Manuela Arbeláez
Total:  9/$43,074 (7/$24,275, 2/$18,799)
Cars:  1 /$18,770 (0/$0, 1/$18,770)
Trips:  2/$20,735 (2/$20,735, 0/$0)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)

Gwennie Osborne-Smith
Total:  8/$39,282 (4/$7,947, 4/$31,335)
Cars:  1/$20,950 (0/$0, 1/$20,950)
Trips:  1/$3,462 (1/$3,462, 0/$0)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)

All Prizes
Total:  27/$130,677 (18/$71,744, 9/$58,933)
Cars:  3/$56,805 (1/$17,085, 2/$39,720)
Trips:  4/$30,125 (3/$24,197, 1/$5,928)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0 (0/$0, 0/$0)

Season to date
Rachel Reynolds (106 shows)
Total:  983/$5,010,438 (597/$2,192,242, 386/$2,818,197)
Cars:  106/$2,242,834 (35/$707,978, 71/$1,534,856)
Trips:  98/$795,942 (56/$436,952, 42/$358,990)
Cash Prizes:  12/$148,500 (3/$44,000, 9/$104,500)

Manuela Arbeláez (96 shows)
Total:  854/$4,982,506 (511/$1,984,223, 343/$2,998,283)
Cars:  105/$2,359,052 (29/$634,624, 76/$1,724,428)
Trips:  105/$955,651 (54/$476,464, 51/$479,187)
Cash Prizes:  18/$195,325 (5/$52,051, 13/$143,274)

The episode gap is five episodes bigger now, but dollarwise, we again have dead heat this season so far!

Gwennie Osborne-Smith (72 shows)
Total:  581/$3,344,341 (364/$1,584,047, 217/$1,760,294)
Cars:  74/$1,547,693 (28/$602,931, 46/$944,762)
Trips:  78/$646,426 (44/$377,634, 34/$268,792)
Cash Prizes:  5/$60,949 (0/$4,500, 5/$56,449)

All Prizes (120 shows)
Total:  3,167/$18,802,701 (1,876/$7,710,923, 1,291/$11,091,778)
Cars:  356/$7,616,245 (119/$2,503,936, 237/$5,112,309)
Trips:  388/$3,252,312 (206/$1,717,569, 182/$1,534,743)
Cash Prizes:  100/$2,249,551 (24/$349,899, 76/$1,899,652)

[Macsen]

Recap is finally up.