TPiR Recap - 4/4/2012

[Macsen]

Episode #5913K Aired: 4/4/2012; Tape Date 2/28/2012 Models: Gwendolyn Osborne, Amber Lancaster, Rachel Reynolds Drew Entrance: Door #2 Mic Handoff: Gwendolyn First Four Contestant Seating: Mixed (4, 3, 1, 2)

First IUFB: Pair of PSP's (2 starter kits, 10 games; ARP: $670) (Amber) PAUL VERONICA THUY JASON WINNER $789 $750 $650 $800 THUY Thuy is playing 1 Right Price. ITEM TAG ARP Desktop computer (Sony; 24" 3D monitor, 8GB RAM, 3TB HDD) (Rachel)   $2,600 Designer crap (Guiseppe Vanadi) (Amber) $3,350 (Gwendolyn) $3,350 *WIN* Total ARP: *$5,950*

Second IUFB: Pair of patio heaters (Napoleon Bellagio; ARP: $1,598) (Gwendolyn) Paul Veronica ALYSSA Jason WINNER $1002 LOL!!! $1 $1002 $1001 DUH!!! PAUL Paul, an anti-terrorism officer (CWO3) in the U.S. Marine Corps (Semper Fi!), is playing Range Game for an outdoor kitchen island (Summerset) + steaks for a year. (Omaha Steaks; 1 shipment per month) (Rachel) Range: 10600-11200 Choice: 10773-10923 ARP: $10,923 *EXACTA!!!*

Third IUFB: Treadmill (Sole 161; ARP: $1,900) (Rachel) WENDY Veronica Alyssa Jason WINNER $699 $525 $800 $801 JASON Jason is playing Switcheroo for a Honda CR-Z sport hybrid. (6MT) (Amber) The available numbers are 1, 3, 5, 6 and 9. 1 9 9 5 1 CAR NUMBER RIGHT: 1 3 9 Manicure kit 1 6 Libman floor kit 6 5 Burberry pouch 9 7 Glass serving jar Second try: 1 9 9 9 1 CAR NUMBER RIGHT: 2 5 9 Manicure kit 1 6 Libman floor kit 6 5 Burberry pouch 3 7 Glass serving jar 1 9 9 9 1   $19,931 RESULT: LOSS 5 9 ✔ $59 1 6 ✔ $16 6 5   $95 3 7   $67

SCSD #1 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 TOTAL Jason $1,975 50 35 *SHOWCASE* Thuy $6,620 20 30 50 Paul $12,521 75 5 80

Fourth IUFB: Set of 4 camcorders (Kodak; ARP: $758) (Rachel and Amber) Wendy Veronica Alyssa TUAN WINNER $901 $600 $300 $700 TUAN Tuan is playing Make Your Move for snowboarding goggles, a snowboard (Lamar Pixie) (Rachel), and a trip to Mammoth Lakes. (RT coach LA to Mammoth Lakes CA, 4n suite The Westin Monache Mammoth, 4d lift tickets, ski rental) (Gwendolyn) CHOICES 9 5 3 6 3 5 6 4 7 ITEMS GOGS MAMMOTH BOARD ARP's 9 5 3 6 3 5 6 4 7 *WIN* GOGS MAMMOTH BOARD Total ARP: *$4,377*

Fifth IUFB: 22pc cookware set (Le Creuset; ARP: $801) (Amber) Wendy Veronica Alyssa MAUGAN WINNER $699 $545 $499 $599 WENDY Wendy is playing Grand Game! The target price is $7.50. Aspercreme Heat gel Hidden Valley Ranch dressing Alka-Seltzer Plus allergy tabs (24ct) Ghirardelli squares (10ct) Hartz UltraGuard flea collar Gold Bond Ultimate healing lotion   $3.79       $8.99   *$10*       LOSS

Veronica is terribly stuck, with the second guess after unlucky guesses. Can she avoid the odds to get away from the First Four Wall of Shame? Sixth IUFB: 4pr designer crap sunglasses (Prada; ARP: $1,005) (overhead platform) LYNN Veronica Alyssa Maugan WINNER $1200 $1201 $900 $1 ALYSSA Veronica heads over to get her mugshot taken, while Alyssa is playing That's Too Much for a Kia Forte EX sedan. (2.0l engine, AT, BT) (Rachel) $14,185 $16,699 $18,941 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $     LOSS ARP: $18,350

SCSD #2 Contestant Winnings Spin 1 Spin 2 TOTAL Wendy $811 1.00 N/A *$1,000!* Tuan $5,135 60 50 OVER Veronica $19,355 25 35 60 Bonus... Contestant Winnings Spin Result Wendy $1,811 95 *SHOWCASE*

SHOWCASE ROUND In the Meek-Shall-Inherit-The Showcase Round, Jason has the honor... SC1 - WENDY THE LAZY SHOWCASE ROOM/TAHITI BID: $22,500 Beachcomber hot tub (seats 5) (Rachel) The Home Theatre of Doom (set of 3 recliners, 5.1 Bose home theatre system, Samsung 59" Plasma HDTV) (Amber) Tahitian cruise (RT coach LA to Tahiti, 8d cruise FineFoodandWineCruise.com) (Gwendolyn) ARP: $26,536 DIFF: $4,036 LOSS $1,811 SC2 - JASON UGH, FOOD TRUCKS NEW YORK/TRUCK BID: $23,000 **Judge at the Los Angeles Grilled Cheese Invitational (Gwendolyn and Amber)** **Catered party (The Grilled Cheese Truck) (Gwendolyn)** New York (RT coach LA to NYC, 6n The Roosevelt Hotel) (Amber) Chevrolet Colorado Work Truck (2.9l engine, 6mo OnStar) (Gwendolyn) ARP: $25,357 DIFF: $2,357 *WIN* $27,332

Show Results: 4 out of 6 Total Winnings: $72,774 THIS RECAP IS PRODUCED SOLELY FOR GOLDEN-ROAD.NET UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OR EXHIBITION IS PROHIBITED PRODUCED BY KITCH

[elskunkoman]

That's Too Much was won today Kitch. Speaking of which today's show was pretty good with 4 for 6 wins and Switcheroo wasn't gonna be won today and grand game was also difficult.

[Kev347]

This was a pretty good one! Drew was totally out of it today, and a chance to judge a grilled cheese contest which is available to the public anyway may be one of the dumber prizes ever offered, but the contestants and gameplay helped make this an above average show. In particular, it was nice to see That's Too Much break its 16-game losing streak! That was very well played - Veronica knew Kias were cheap, and was clearly not afraid to stop early. It was also nice to see a clear One Right Price trap setup avoided - it's rare just a few handbags are that expensive and have a nice round number. Oh, and a super close Range Game win! Those are always exciting, and it's been quite a while since one happened.

Make Your Move was a bit of an unusual case today, and dragged on a bit longer than necessary. However, Grand and TTM were very short, so that may have allowed us to see more of it than we would otherwise ordinarily see. Are playings always that much of a mess? Tuan looked like he was clearly done, to the point where Drew probably should have let a final answer be final, but instead was given one final opportunity to change, a final opportunity which featured some overlapping numbers. It seems contestants get confused in MYM frequently due to the edits we see in the game and today due to other games going short, we got to see it. Yikes.

I see Switcheroo is back to being its usual broken self...

Timings:
One Right Price (3.5) - 2:50
Range Game (4) - 3:30
Switcheroo (5.5) - 5:24
Make Your Move (4.5) - 5:27
Grand Game (5) - 3:11
That's Too Much (3.5) - 3:03

[Bobby McBride]

ORP: I would've lost this one.

Range: I think that's the third time in the current era somebody's won this game w/ one of the edges of the guessed scale!

Switcheroo: Not too hard for once, at least for the car (although I would've guessed $19,911 first).

MYM: I didn't think that Mammoth trip was that cheap. Good thing the audience saved his butt.

Grand: I'm confident the other losing product in that playing was the chocolate.

TTM: Be quiet, audience- you could've let this car slip away at the last moment in this playing (although thankfully that wasn't the case)!

Showcases: I would've liked it if Tyler Florence had appeared in the food truck Showcase because he hosts "The Great Food Truck Race".

Good shows all around so far this week!

[Cartboy]

Nice wins on 1 Right Price, Make Your Move (thanks to the audience), and That's Too Much & what an exciting win on Range Game!

Another good one overall, IMHO.

[brosa0]

Pretty good show with a close Range Game, Make Your Move and Switcheroo appearances plus a rare TTM win.   Not sure why the audience was booing on that last one but she did well.

[JohnHolder]

Didn't the Switcheroo player have the 3 correctly positioned for a second at the very beginning, and moved it before his first turn was up?

[PriceBusterXL]

Another good show today:

THE BAD NEWS:

Grand Game: Since the target price was $7.50, I thought at first it wasn't gonna be that hard.............But unfortunately, Wendy picked the lotion.

THE NOT-SO-BAD NEWS:

Switcheroo: Jason was way off with the fourth digit of the car (Three 9s?!) At least he got 2 SPs and won his showcase.

THE GOOD NEWS:

ORP: Thuy picked the bags which was the right price! I thought it was the computer...........

Range Game: Paul hit the exact mark to win that kitchen island and a supply of steaks!

MYM: For Tuan, it pays to listen to the peanut gallery..........Good thing he did!

TTM: Veronica stopped the losing streak! FINALLY!!!! Hell froze over, pigs actually fly, a monkey types Hamlet!!!

With That's Too Much finally been won today, maybe Cover-Up won't be too far behind. But with one loss too many from that game, I highly doubt it. We just have to wait and see.

[Bobby McBride]

Yes, Jason had the Switcheroo car price right at the start of the game, but not for too long.

[BRB_TheFireball]

Holy crap!  Right on $10,923!  Awesome Range Game win!

$19,991 didn't make any sense for the price of the Switcheroo car... but I wouldn't have put it past MR to pull something like that.

Watching Tuan play Make Your Move was almost as painful as a root canal... but at least he won.

Gold Bond lotion claims another victim in Grand Game.

I cannot believe somebody actually won That's Too Third!

My showcase bids:
Cruise--$22,507
Truck--$22,507

[SilverFirePrime]

I never thought there was a thing as TTM being setup for a win, but that's what it seemed like to me.  My first thought was Kia Sedan = roughly 18K, and they're advertised around that price often enough too.  I thought they were really rushing through some of the games, but Make You Move answered that question for me.

[OneBidTris]

This was a very good episode, and all the pricing games had something won from it (even though Switcheroo is still a loss, which doesn't make this a lossless show).

1RP: The designer crap came, good thing that it match the price today.

Range: That was an interesting playing and surprised that it was so close to the edge.

Didn't really hear/see Switcheroo.

MYM: For a second it seemed like he stopped, but then he made the right combination, even if that part was boring. the combination he had made sense though, that would've made the snowboard board package $1,000.

Grand: She just picked the wrong grocery item. Too bad we won't know the other losing item (I though the lotion and the guard were the bad items).

That's Too Much: We have a Winner after a lengthy losing streak, now we need Cover UP to break its streak.

Great show today.

[stardf29]

Wow, what's with all these good shows this week?

Range Game: Awesome win! Always fun to see Range Game won right at the edge! That said, the price was pretty much in the middle, which meant that most people would have won this setup... so nice of Paul to add a little extra flair, though. 

Switcheroo: A decent effort which ended with two prizes won, even if it's not a winning effort. I much prefer this to the wipeouts that plagued this game earlier in the season. And Drew did say this time that the SPs were there to help him figure out the car price...

Make Your Move: Yeah, the audience really saved him there.

Grand Game: Pretty tough setup (I think the chocolates were the other bad item), but Wendy just had to go and pick the one item I knew for sure she had to avoid. (And she'll probably be avoiding Gold Bond lotion from now on...)

That's Too Much!: Wait, someone actually figured out That's Three Much?

Also, remember that time last season when a contestant had stopped for a moment on the correct price in this game, but was convinced by the Peanut Gallery to go one more and lost? Well, Veronica sure wasn't going to listen to the Peanut Gallery today, and she was laughing all the way to the DMV.

Probably the thing that bothered me the most about SC2 was that they treated grilled cheese like some gourmet food item... (Granted, I don't like cheese, so I'm biased in that way...)

Edit: On a random note, every time this season TTM's been won, it's been played last. (It hasn't been won every time it's been last, of course...)

[whinbaby]

The 7,627th episode (135th for Season 40)

Showcase #1

• Beachcomber:  $3,995
• Home Theater Seats:  $2,299
• Bose Home Theater:  $2,000
• Samsung 59" TV:  $2,100
• Tahitian Cruise:  $16,142

My bid:  $27,000 (D'oh!)

Showcase #2

• Trip to New York:  $7,152
• Chevrolet Colorado:  $18,205

My bid:  $27,000 (D'oh!)

Modeling Totals:  April 4, 2012's episode
Rachel Reynolds
Total:  7/$28,345.00 (6/$24,350.00, 1/$3,995.00)
Cars:  1/$18,350.00 (1/$18,350.00, 0/$0.00)
Trips:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

Amber Lancaster
Total:  11/$49,984.00 (7/$23,654.00, 4/$26,330.00)
Cars:  1/$19,931.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$19,931.00)
Trips:  1/$7,152.00 (1/$7,152.00, 0/$0.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

Gwennie Osborne-Smith
Total:  4/$39,580.00 (3/$23,438.00, 1/$16,142.00)
Cars:  1/$18,205.00 (1/$18,205.00, 0/$0.00)
Trips:  2/$19,777.00 (1/$3,635.00, 1/$16,142.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

All Prizes
Total:  27/$128,393.00 (18/$71,774.00, 9/$56,619.00)
Cars:  3/$56,486.00 (2/$36,555.00, 1/$19,931.00)
Trips:  3/$26,929.00 (2/$10,787.00, 1/$16,142.00)
Cash Prizes:  1/$10,000.00 (0/$10.00, 1/$9,990.00)

Season to date
Rachel Reynolds (118 shows)
Total:  1,093/$5,512,069.55 (661/$2,403,683.99, 432/$3,108,385.56)
Cars:  118/$2,469,555.00 (39/$777,637.00, 79/$1,691,918.00)
Trips:  109/$897,443.20 (63/$495,329.20, 46/$402,114.00)
Cash Prizes:  13/$164,500.00 (3/$44,000.00, 10/$120,500.00)

Amber Lancaster (85 shows)
Total:  688/$4,264,362.00 (404/$1,759,780.00, 284/$2,504,582.00)
Cars:  85/$1,810,190.00 (28/$582,663.00, 57/$1,227,527.00)
Trips:  89/$709,278.00 (40/$326,090.00, 49/$383,188.00)
Cash Prizes:  20/$277,777.00 (4/$37,627.00, 16/$240,150.00)

Gwennie Osborne-Smith (80 shows)
Total:  642/$3,705,384.98 (406/$1,738,421.98, 236/$1,966,963.00)
Cars:  84/$1,734,097.00 (31/$656,023.00, 53/$1,078,074.00)
Trips:  86/$713,227.00 (50/$422,977.00, 36/$290,250.00)
Cash Prizes:  5/$60,949.00 (0/$4,500.00, 5/$56,449.00)

All Prizes (134 shows)
Total:  3,540/$20,999,396.85 (2,114/$8,683,868.01, 1,426/$12,315,528.84)
Cars:  400/$8,491,606.00 (133/$2,769,511.00, 267/$5,722,095.00)
Trips:  436/$3,648,340.20 (240/$1,979,397.20, 196/$1,668,943.00)
Cash Prizes:  110/$2,523,938.00 (26/$394,159.00, 84/$2,129,779.00)

[PriceFan07]

I was a bit confused in the Showcase with the fact that the Grilled Cheese Mobile has a logo on it that says "Powered by Nissan", but they gave away a Chevy truck...