TPIR Recap - 04/01/2016 (April Fool's Day Special)

[TPIRFan2000]

Episode #7475K
Taped: March 1, 2016
Models: Amber Lancaster, Rachel Reynolds
Mic handoff: Rachel Reynolds

CBS is holding a contest where you have to write down every mistake that you see in this episode, and email it to aprilfools@priceisright.com. The person who captures all of the mistakes will win a trip to San Jose, Costa Rica from caravan.com (RT, 9n, Costa Rica Natural Paradise Tour) worth $3,788 – if multiple people capture every mistake, the winner will be chosen from a drawing. Before the first four contestants are called on down, George briefly explains the contest. I’ve decided not to list the gags. (except for Cliff Hangers changing to Yodely Guy, and the podium colors changing)

 

First four: Amanda Smith, Jennifer Deloach, Errol Smith II, Kelly Day

IUFB: Two 32 GB Samsung tablets (8” and 9.7”, 3 GB RAM, clear super AMOLED display)

Amanda	Jennifer	Errol	Kelly
$800	$850	$600	$610

ARP: $900                             

Jennifer (it’s her birthday) will play Money Game for a 2016 Toyota Yaris LE! (1.5 L engine, 4-speed AT, FWD, first aid kit)
ARP: $__,7__

85	44		16
52	17		63
71	39		18
PICK		FRONT/BACK?
18		$
17		FRONT (ARP: $17,7__)
16		$
63		$
85		BACK (ARP: $17,785 + $97 cash)

WIN

 

5. Aaron McTee
IUFB: 9’ Escalade Sports shuffleboard table (laminated cabinet, pedestal legs)

Amanda	AARON	Errol	Kelly
$540	$525	$500	$450

              

ARP: $599
Note: OneBidTris, who attended this taping, posted in our chatroom that a double overbid occurred during this one-bid.

 

Amanda will play Bargain Game for:

·         Coach leather accessories (one backpack, one carryall, two hobo bags, one pair of cork platform sandals, fringe stilettos, one pair of gladiator heels)

·         Napoleon premium propane gas grill (8 burners, large side shelves, interior lighting, 33-pc. stainless steel barbecue tool set, automatic grill cleaner)

	ACCESSORIES	GRILL
BARGAIN PRICE	$1,770	$2,964
GUESS	ACCESSORIES
ARP	$2,770	$3,464
DIFFERENCE	$1,000	$500

WIN

 
6. Lynce Kihara
IUFB: Dishwasher (unknown brand - 14 place settings, 7 wash cycles)

LYNCE	Aaron	Errol	Kelly
$850	$1,400	$650	$875

ARP: $1,099

 

Kelly will play Grand Game for up to $10,000!
The grocery products:

·         Early California medium pitted olives, 6 oz.

·         Panda Express orange sauce, 20.75 oz.

·         Tone mango splash body wash, 18 oz.

·         Meow Mix cat food with salmon, 2.75 oz.

·         Puffs 2-ply tissues, 132-ct.

·         Pom pomegranate juice, 8 oz.

TARGET PRICE: $4.00
CASH	GUESS	ARP	KEEP GOING?
$1	CAT FOOD	$1.19
$10	OLIVES	$2.49	YES
$100	JUICE	$1.99	YES
$1,000	TISSUES	$3.29

ARP of sauce: $4.49
ARP of body wash: $6.99
PERFECT HALF

 

SCSD1

CONTESTANT	WINNINGS	FIRST SPIN	SECOND SPIN	TOTAL
Amanda	$6,833	$0.85		$0.85
Kelly	$11,099	$0.70	$0.20	$0.90
Jennifer	$18,782	$0.65	$0.90	$1.55

7. Linda Wagner
IUFB: LG 9.1 channel Blu-ray disc home theater system (5 speakers, subwoofer, wireless unit – brought out on Chuggs!)

Lynce	Aaron	Errol	LINDA
$1,200	$1,201	$1,202	$777

ARP: $800

 

Linda will play Push Over for:

·         Contemporary seating group (crafted with leather, handy inside-arm recliner release buttons)

·         65” Sony ultra HD LED 3D smart TV (voice search, front-facing speakers, two pairs of glasses, one touch pad remote control)

DIGITS AVAILABLE	8 4 9 1 5 2 6 7 0
GUESS	$4,915
ARP	$5,267

PAINFUL LOSS

8. Emily Bagley

IUFB: Mancini Leather luggage collection (3 spinner suitcases, leather passport holder, backpack, messenger bag)

Lynce	Aaron	Errol	EMILY
$800	$825	$650	$720

ARP: $1,320

 

Aaron (it’s also his birthday) will play Cliff Hangers Yodely Guy for a trip to St. Lucia! (RT, 6n, all-inclusive, one bedroom ocean view suite at Saint James’s Club Morgan Bay)
ARP: $10,496

SMALL PRIZE	GUESS	ARP	DIFFERENCE	TOTAL STEPS
Zoku ice cream maker	$25	$26	1	1
Bissell handheld vacuum (2 nozzles)	$55	$35	20	21
Smartek steam iron	$25	$48	23	DEATH

LOSS 

9. Nicolas Cabral (it’s also his birthday)
IUFB: Two 9’9” Airhead inflatable kayaks (low drag, superior tracking, adjustable foot brace, 2 paddles, life jackets, and air pumps)

Lynce	NICOLAS	Errol	Emily
$1,202	$975	$1,200	$1,201

ARP: $1,216

 

Errol heads off to the clubhouse, while Lynce will play That’s Too Much! for a 2016 Chevrolet Cruze Limited LS! (1.8 L engine, 6-speed AT, FWD)

PRICE	$14,185	$15,343	$16,582	$17,841	$19,120	$20,495
DECISION					THAT’S TOO MUCH!

ARP: $20,070
PAINFUL LOSS

 

SCSD2

CONTESTANT	WINNINGS	FIRST SPIN	SECOND SPIN	TOTAL
Linda	$800	$0.65	$0.10	$0.75
Lynce	$1,216	$0.20	$0.70	$0.90
Aaron	$1,381	$0.05	$0.75	$0.80

 

 

Showcase 1 (Messing With Things)

·         15.6” Lenovo laptop (16 GB RAM, 512 GB solid state drive)

·         Two Vespa Sprint 150 ABS scooters (155cc engine, automatic twist-and-go transmission)

·         Trip to Kyoto, Japan (RT to Osaka to Kyoto via train, 6n, deluxe room at Hyatt Regency Kyoto, daily breakfast, 5 lunches, 1 dinner, 2 sightseeing tours, 1 spa and fitness treatment each)

Kelly passes to Lynce, who bids $18,000.

 

Showcase 2 (Play it Straight)

·         Beachcomber hot tub (seating for 6, customizable jets, metallic acrylic finish)

·         Trip to New Orleans, LA (RT, 6n, deluxe stay at corner king suite at Whitney Hotel)

·         2016 Kia Soul (1.6 L engine, 6-speed MT, FWD, carpeted floor mats)

Kelly bids $24,000.

 

SHOWCASE	SC1 (SCOOTERS/JAPAN)	SC2 (NEW ORLEANS/CAR)
BID	$18,000	$24,000
ARP	$28,895	$32,317
DIFFERENCE	$10,895	$8,317

Kelly has won $43,416 in prizes! 

 

Pricing games won: 3 out of 6
Total winnings: $72,428

[Wayoshi]

Minor point, but Push was an awful setup, with a $300 diff between her guess and the ARP.

With all of Hans' changes, they clearly weren't fully planning on a loss, as his crashing down the mountain was awkward. Cliff has been played awfully lately, last Friday notwithstanding.

[ThatDonGuy]

I'll list one "mistake" as I don't think CBS is going to count it:

George announced the trip to Costa Rica as including a flight to San Jose - but pronounced "San Jose" as if it was the city in California (SANN hoe-ZAY), not the correct pronunciation for the Costa Rican capital (SAHN hoe-SAY).

It may be pedantic, but Wheel of Fortune once denied a player a bonus round win for the same thing (the puzzle was "MILAN ITALY", but she pronounced Milan the way Milan, Indiana is pronounced (MY-lun).

Question: I noticed the car in That's Too Much! faced left rather than right.  Don't they usually face right, or am I seeing things that aren't really there?

[therealcu2010]

I would ask that there is no discussion of the various gags until after the contest closes (or at least, no outright revealing them), to ensure fairness for those who were unable to watch when the show aired. Thanks!

[Wayoshi]

It may be pedantic, but Wheel of Fortune once denied a player a bonus round win for the same thing (the puzzle was "MILAN ITALY", but she pronounced Milan the way Milan, Indiana is pronounced (MY-lun).

Wheel has strict pronunciation rules, especially on proper names like that. Price of course has no such thing.

[TPIRFan2000]

I would ask that there is no discussion of the various gags until after the contest closes (or at least, no outright revealing them), to ensure fairness for those who were unable to watch when the show aired.

Only problem is that the contest ends in a week.

Gameplay-wise, today's show was the definition of "a tale of two halves". No excuse for that Cliff loss, though.

[PatrickRox80]

Three contestants celebrating their birthdays? When was the last time that happened?

Did they show the other prices after the contestant stopped on That's Too Much!. They're not listed here.

Wheel has strict pronunciation rules, especially on proper names like that.

This is because proper names have only one pronunciation. A contestant mispronounced Coppola as "Cuh-POH-la" instead of "COP-o-la" and they wouldn't take it. Then there was all those mispronunciations of Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa.

[TPIRFan2000]

Did they show the other prices after the contestant stopped on That's Too Much!. They're not listed here.

Yeah, the following price (which is where the contestant should have stopped) was shown. Forgot to mention that in the recap - thanks for reminding me, though.

[billiamk]

With all of Hans' changes... his crashing down the mountain was awkward.

I'm guessing Hans "clinging" to the edge before gracefully drifting down instead of plummeting off the edge was a function of the mechanics of the game today and not a mistake.

[MSTieScott]

That's a very smart wording in the official rules: "To participate in the quiz, viewers will write down all of the things which they see in the Episode which are different from a normal episode of the Show." While I was watching, I was making my own list of nitpicky, sarcastic mistakes that I knew wouldn't be on the official contest list ("The dollar signs behind the 18 and 63 in Money Game were upside-down"; "One of the light bulbs surrounding the Big Wheel was out"), but most everything I noted could be seen in a normal episode of the show.

Still, there were a couple of things I spotted where I genuinely didn't know whether they were official contest "mistakes" or not. There doesn't appear to be any penalty for wrong guesses, so I guess if I was eligible to enter the contest, it wouldn't hurt to include them.

On the other hand, there were at least two really subtle things I caught that I know won't be on the official list, but if I was playing this game for real, I'd be mad if I lost because even though I noticed those things, I didn't notice some other tiny thing.

I always love the "collection of small out-of-place things peppered throughout the episode" April Fools theme, and I chuckled a number of times at the gags in this episode. I'm just uneasy with the idea of making it a contest.

(I'm guessing that "The most intuitive answer was actually correct in Money Game" isn't on the official list of things which are different from a normal episode of the show.)

[namilliron]

Minor point, but Push was an awful setup, with a $300 diff between her guess and the ARP.

With all of Hans' changes, they clearly weren't fully planning on a loss, as his crashing down the mountain was awkward. Cliff has been played awfully lately, last Friday notwithstanding.

Shame they didn't mix up the cues for CH/YG the way I would have done.

[Archviler]

I have to say I like the idea here. It's a change of pace and offers up a nice prize if someone gets them all. I didn't pay that much attention or enter, but I thought it was a neat idea. It helps invest you in the gags, you know? Makes you care and pay attention rather than letting it wash over you.

[Torgo]

George announced the trip to Costa Rica as including a flight to San Jose - but pronounced "San Jose" as if it was the city in California (SANN hoe-ZAY), not the correct pronunciation for the Costa Rican capital (SAHN hoe-SAY).

George knows how to pronounce everything.

Posted from my chaise longue in Dominica.

[plinkoboard]

A winless half follows a perfect half(even though Cliffhangers wasn't a wipeout it was still lost).  Jennifer got lucky winning the car despite making a bad pick on the 3rd guess.  Also in reference to ThatDonGuy there's also a city in Ohio called Milan(pronounced MY-lun).

[ThatDonGuy]

I always love the "collection of small out-of-place things peppered throughout the episode" April Fools theme, and I chuckled a number of times at the gags in this episode. I'm just uneasy with the idea of making it a contest.

Ever watch The Drew Carey Show?  Speaking of which, I wonder if they'll air this episode again as a repeat with "pop-ups" pointing out the errors.