TPiR Recap - 5/5/2015

[Roadgeek Adam]

Episode #7123K
Aired – 5/5/2015; Taped – 3/4/2015
Models: Manuela Arbelaez, Rachel Reynolds
Microphone Handoff: Rachel
First Four Contestant Seating: Left to Right

First IUFB: Paddleboard (Three Brothers: 12ft standup paddleboard + paddle); ARP: $1,598 (Manuela)

DANIELLE	JOANNE	CARL	PATRICIA
695	795	800	1000

The winner is...
PATRICIA

Patricia is playing Cliffhangers for a trip to Costa Rica (RT Coach to Liberia, CR then to Playa Flamingo for a 6n all-inclusve stay at the Flamingo Beach Resort + airport transfer; ARP: $6,715) (Manuela).

Small prizes (Rachel): Curling Iron, Toaster, Gummy Bear Molds

Patricia bids $30 on the iron...

0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25

The ARP is...

$17

Patricia bids $30 on the toaster...

0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25

The ARP is...

$30

Patricia bids $35 on the gummy bear molds...

0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25

The ARP is...

$40

WIN (Total Winnings: $6,802)

Second IUFB: Stereo Receiver and Speaker Package (Pyle: 200watt amp with 2 waterproof speakers); ARP: $1,000 (Manuela)

DANIELLE	JOANNE	CARL	RODOLFO
750	999	600	899

The winner is...
JOANNE

Joanne is playing Coming or Going for a new outdoor seating group (Summerset Outdoor Living: 12-piece outdoor seating group with sofa, loveseat, swivel rocker, etc; cooler/table) (Rachel).

7	1	4	5	4	1	7
COMING			-or-	GOING

Joanne sets the price to:

			5	4	1	7
COMING			-or-	GOING

ARP: $7,145. LOSS

Third IUFB: Designer Sunglasses (Lookmatic: 6-pairs unisex shades with colorful lenses); ARP: $594 (Overhead)

DANIELLE	KRISTI	CARL	RODOLFO
1	350	470	300

The winner is...
CARL

Carl is playing Ten Chances for a fabric steamer (Compact 800watt steamer) (Rachel), video game console (Sony: PlayStation 4 with controllers, camera, 3 games) (Rachel), 2015 Ford Fiesta S (1.6L engine, 5-speed MT) (Manuela).

PRIZE	Steamer 460				Game System 8506				CAR 49160
ARP				40				680		14690
GUESS	46	60	64	40	865	658	650	680	14906	16409
	1		2		3	4			5	LOSS

SCSD #1

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Joanne	$1,000	35	75	1.10	OVER
Carl	$1,314	5	75	.80
Patricia	$8,400	85	–	.85	*$1,000*

Fourth IUFB: Electric Fireplace (Dimplex: Sparking glass ember bed); ARP: $1,750 (Rachel)

DANIELLE	KRISTI	OMAR	RODOLFO
8500	1	12000	899

The winner is...
RODOLFO

Rodolfo is playing Shopping Spree for

• Coffee products (Cuisinart: 15-bar pump espresso maker, 12cup coffee maker) (Manuela)
• Off-road motorcycle (Honda: CRF-125FB with 125cc engine, 4-speed AT, electric starter) (Manuela)
• Designer shoes (Tory Burch: Satin and leather collection) (Rachel)
• Television (70in LED Smart HDTV with 3D technology + 8 pairs of 3D glasses) (Rachel)

Rodolfo can win all four prizes if he spends $6,500 by picking three of the items.

Rodolfo chooses the television.

$ 

4,300

$6,500

$

$

$

COFFEE

MOTORCYCLE

$

$2,200

SHOES

TELEVISION

Rodolfo chooses the motorcycle.

$ 

1,101

$6,500

$

$

$3,199

COFFEE

MOTORCYCLE

$

$2,200

SHOES

TELEVISION

Rodolfo chooses the motorcycle.

$ 

WIN

$6,500

$

$

$3,199

COFFEE

MOTORCYCLE

$1,535

$2,200

SHOES

TELEVISION

WIN (ARP of the coffee products: $600)

Fifth IUFB: Ping Pong Table (Butterfly: Premium Rollaway 19 with wood-finish table with sturdy steel frame + accessories) ; ARP: $950 (Rachel v. Manuela))

DANIELLE	KRISTI	OMAR	DEBRA
999	500	600	7500

The winner is...
OMAR

Omar, a soccer coach from London, England, is playing LUCKY $EVEN for a 2015 Mini Cooper 2-door Hardtop (1.5L engine, center armrest, Steptronic AT, all-weather floor mats) (Rachel).

First number is...

$

2

Remaining: $7

Guess: 3

$

2

3

Remaining: $7

Guess: 7

$

2

3

8

Remaining: $6

Guess: 5

$

2

3

8

4

Remaining: $5

Guess: 9

$

2

3

8

4

9

Remaining: $5. WIN

Well, Danielle has been here the entire time, and it's really not a surprise, given some of her bids lately. Can she escape or is the not ADA-compliant taking nobody to Phoenix, Illinois?

Sixth IUFB: Fitness Tracker and iPad (Waterproof fitness band; Apple: 16GB iPad Air with A7 chip, 9.7in display); ARP: $674 (Rachel and Manuela)

DANIELLE	KRISTI	JOSEPH	DEBRA
599	501	500	497

The winner is...
DANIELLE

Danielle, who is wheelchair-bound, escapes and is playing One Right Price for treadmill (Avanti Fitness: Folding treadmill with 24 built-in speed programs) (Rachel) and a sauna (Crystal Saunas: 3-person infared sauna with 10 heaters, ergonomic backrests, color therapy lights) (Manuela).

The right price is $3,695. She picks the sauna...

TREADMILL		SAUNA
		$3695
$2400		$3695

WIN

SCSD #2

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Danielle	$6,679	75	50	1.25	OVER
Roldofo	$9,284	20	80	1.00	*$1,000*
Omar	$24,803	35	35	.70

Bonus...

Contestant	Winnings	Spin	Result
Rodolfo	$10,284	5	*$10,000!*

THE FABULOUS SHOWCASES

Rodolfo has the honors...

SC1 - Rodolfo

APRIL SHOWERS BRING STEREOTYPICAL MAY FLOWERS

• Trip to Amsterdam (RT Coach to Amsterdam, HO for a 6n stay at the Hilton Amsterdam + Keukenhof Gardens, half-day tulip fields tour) (Rachel)
• 2015 Fiat 500 Pop (1.4L engine, 5-speed MT) (Manuela)

Bid: $16,900

SC2 - Patricia

IT'S A SH-7SH-SH-SHOWCASE

• Lawn Equipment (Greenworks: 5-piece cordless colletion of lawn mower, edge trimmer, leaf blower, etc) (Rachel)
• Laptop Computer (17.3in laptop with 16GB memory, 250GB HD, financial software set) (Rachel)
• Pontoon Boat (Avalon: 16ft Eagle Family pontoon boa twith electric Minnkotae-Drive boat) (Manuela)

Bid: $23,000

Rodolfo

$16,900

AMSTERDAM/CAR

$26,910

$10,010

AMSTERDAM/CAR

Patricia

$23,000

PONTOON

$27,974

$4,974

PONTOON

*WIN*
$36,374

Results: 4 out of 6
Winnings: $98,854
Biggest Winner: Patricia

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[Bobby McBride]

C-H: Patricia overcame a lackluster start on the first SP.

CoG: The Summerset stuff claims another victim.

10C: Carl was fortunate that he even got two chances to win that car.

SS: Easy.

L$: I can't believe Omar won the MINI Cooper like that- he ignored the fact that he had a $4 range & managed to guess the last number right out of thin air!

1RP: Danielle (in wheelchair) escapes FFBC banishment & makes it a perfect 2nd half!

SCSD #2: And we have an $11K winner!

Showcases: Rodolfo's bid only roughly covered the FIAT.

Today's good ep. had quite a few crazy contestants (especially Omar) who bid really high & really low

[TinoStar11]

What a weird and wacky show we had today.
Really outrageous bids , bad playing of 10 Chances , someone actually spinning on a 75, instead of staying , during the Showcase Showdown. Then what takes the cake? The miracle Lucky Seven win , where all the contestant had to do was pick 5 for the last number for a guaranteed win , picks a 9 and still wins. Plus a $11,000 on the wheel after the contestant wanted to stay on a 20. Funniest show of the year so far.

[PriceBusterXL]

This sure was a nutty episode.

THE BAD NEWS:

CoG: Guess they're going back to the whole "Trip Is Going And Everything Else Is Coming" strategy.

10C: Now there's someone who doesn't know the zero rule. Horrible playing from Carl.

THE GOOD NEWS:

Cliffhangers: Good thing Patricia hit the nail on the head with the toaster. And she also won a pontoon as well.

Spree: Rodolfo really needs to switch to decaf.  Funny enough, he almost came close to picking the coffee products but changed his mind and picked the shoes.

L7: I have to say that Omar is one of the best players of that game in a while! Wonderful job!

ORP: Easy win by Danielle!

THE BOTTOM LINE:

This sure was a very unusual 4/6-er today. Ridiculous bids ($8500, $12000, $7500...Stop being like Corey!!!), crazy contestants, but good wins.

[mechamind]

I can think of one phrase that sums up some of the bidding...

...it's over 9000!!!

(Seriously. It's as if they're trying to make Corey a meme.)

[jbtsouthwest]

What?!? How can you possibly think that Omar was one of the best players of L7?    Drew did everything but tell him directly "say 5 and you win automatically", and Omar got incredibly lucky that 9 worked out.   

You can blame the blinking lights and cameras all you want, but this show was just filled with astonishingly bad play from people who could not grasp very basic concepts of the situation, whether you 'know the show' or not. 

The question is, is this 'good' for the show?  Most LFATs here would likely say no (or would you?), but... if everyone played 'perfectly' (knows the zero rule, stays on 75, doesn't bid 8500 after a 12000 bid, OR 497 after a 500 bid, etc etc)... wouldn't the show be 'solved', meaning, so routine that the excitement wanes until the show is gone?

But... is the reverse, like we saw to today with no less than SIX bang your head against the wall moments, what the show really wants either?

I think you can say the entire Drew era has been an experiment between those two polar extremes, and this episode is a fascinating litmus test for what "is best", whatever the heck that means.

[Ton80]

I will carefully word my opinion of today's show.  Over the years, we've seen plenty of examples of "questionable" bids and such by various contestants.  I've never, in all my years watching, seen SO MANY baffling game-play decisions in a single show. 

• Odd IUFB bid?  A few times.
• Dubious "Big Wheel strategy"?  Yup. 
• Not knowing the "Zero Rule"?  It's there. 
• Brilliant Lucky 7 play almost neutralized by mind-numbing last number pick?  Sure.

And surprisingly, it was still an enjoyable show.  I'm not sure how that happens.  Was there a full moon the day it was filmed or something??

[mechamind]

"Questionable" is one of the few words you can use when you really don't like what someone did.

[jbtsouthwest]

PS ... powers that be, is that the first known spin on 75?

[mechamind]

PS ... powers that be, is that the first known spin on 75?

I do recall a spin on 90.

(...after somebody else already had the dollar, that is.)

[jbtsouthwest]

LOL... Obviously I mean a first spin with no number to beat.    Would love to see footage if it exists, to see how Bob handled that (assuming it's not in the Drew era)!

[wrikent3500]

Seeing Danielle play for a treadmill and sauna on One Right Price didn't bother me that much in that maybe she is married or dating someone who could make use of the treadmill, the more intresting issue might have been her playing Ten Chances, Plinko or Let 'Em Roll and maybe Pathfinder...but CBC News and others have glomed onto Danielle 's win

[Ton80]

Considering Danielle was one of the First Four, I have to wonder whether it was dumb luck that all of today's games were "wheelchair friendly" or if there was some game substitutions after it was decided she would be a contestant. 

10 Chances would still be very much playable by Danielle by having her simply tell Drew (or one of the models?) what to write for her guess.

Race Game, Bonkers, Hole in One, and many other games, all would prove to be much more challenging for a wheelchair bound contestant.

As for Danielle playing for the treadmill, there was an opportunity for Drew to make an ill-advised joke or comment, even if it was meant to be harmless.  I'm glad he didn't. 

[SuperSweeper]

Considering Danielle was one of the First Four, I have to wonder whether it was dumb luck that all of today's games were "wheelchair friendly" or if there was some game substitutions after it was decided she would be a contestant. 

In the past, they would wait to call an elderly/disabled contestant down until after Bonkers/Race/etc. were played. However, this no longer seems to be the case.

[moneygamelover]

Cliffhangers: A comeback win is always a satisfying way to start a show. Awesome job by today's contestant to get the toaster on the nose to dig herself out of that hole. Decent guess on the gummy bear maker to clinch a nice Costa Rica trip. The toaster was a pretty nice SP and the gummy bear maker was a cool thing.

Coming or Going: Easy setup blown. Summerset products are expensive. The Summerset outdoor living room set was a quality prize and it's too bad it wasn't won.

10 Chances: Definitely one of the worst playings of any game this season. Today's contestant violated the zero rule SIX times. Then he also let the audience talk him into a worse guess on his final chance instead of making his own choice. It's a shame that the Ford Fiesta wasn't won and this playing goes off to the Price is Right Hall of Shame.

Shopping Spree: The TV and the motorcycle were very obviously the two most expensive prizes so it came down to a 50-50 shot. I too would have won by picking the coffee products. The TV and the motorcycle were fantastic prizes but the shoes weren't my thing.

Lucky $even: I'm never going to complain about seeing a win and I'm definitely never going to complain about a mini cooper win. But the bad gameplay exhibited by today's contestant on the ones digit is indisputable. With $4 to lose on the final number, by math, guessing 5 is a guaranteed win. Guessing 9 makes it a 55% chance of winning. Had the final number been 1-4 this would have been an epic choke, the Price is Right equivalent of the Yankees losing the 3-0 lead in the 2004 ALCS. Today's contestant was very lucky that things worked out. Nonetheless, still great to see a mini cooper win.

One Right Price: Neither treadmills nor saunas are amongst my favorite prizes but it was still good to end the day with a win.

Showcases: The Fiat 500 showcase was the better showcase and it's disappointing that it wasn't won.

Lineup: Good: Cliffhangers is a big favorite and a great lead off hitter. 10 chances and Lucky $even are also favorites. Shopping Spree is a decent game. Coming or Going is one of the dullest games on the show and One Right Price is a game that neither helps nor hurts lineups although it's not a great closer. Overall a good lineup.

Overall: 4 for 6 with a car game win and a good lineup made this a good show. Some noticeably bad gameplay prevented this show from earning a very good rating.