FULL RECAP - TPiR 05/10/2007

[Joe_Capitano]

Production #3984K - Taped April 24, 2007 Bob: stage entrance First Four lineup: right to left Handoff: Lauren Models of the Day: Lauren Jones, Gwendolyn Osbourne and Gabrielle Tuite Wearing: Mon Cheri 1   Coleman Camping Equipment (GO) ALLISON 600 VANESSA 989 RICHARD *800 REBECCA 700 ($803) Richard from Atlanta, GA  plays SQUEEZE PLAY for a Softub Portable Hot Tub (GT) Setup: 3 8 2 9 5 Pick: $ 3 8 9 5 Price: $ 3 8 9 5   WIN! 2   Stainless Gas Range (L) +Allison 895 +Vanessa 1200 JASON *1500 +Rebecca 1000 ($1599) Jason plays MORE OR LESS Pfaff ClassicStyle Sewing Machine $ 1400 LESS $ 999 * Stainless Popcorn Cart 2000 LESS 1419 * Johnston Contemporary Dining Group 1850 MORE 3240 * Dodge Caliber SE (Std., Mats, AC, Stereo)(L) 16,100 MORE 15,510 LOSS 3   Murray Feiss Stirling Castle Chandelier (from above) +Allison 1500 +Vanessa *1612 LEONA 1450 +Rebecca 2000 ($1800) Vanessa plays SECRET X for a Chevy Aveo LT (Std., AT,)(GT)($14,865)                                                                                                                                                                   F 2 X 1         (Cooks) Coffee Maker         40/50     $     40     $     40         *     Libman Wonder Mop     10/14     10     10     *     LOSS     SHOWDOWN #1 $ 1,850 Vanessa 35 + 80 OV 4,698 Richard 10 + 90 1.00 *$1000*   Bonus 1.00   **$10,000**   Through to Showcase Round 7,377 Jason 20 + 40 .60 4   vTech Telephones/Energizer Hearing Aid Batteries (GT) +Allison *701 KELLY 650 Leona 1000 +Rebecca 700 ($915) Allison plays POKER GAME Allison's Picks: (1) Bradley 6-Rack Smoker $ 608 0 0 8 8 9 (6) (3) (Craftsman) 10HP Riding Lawn Mower 980 TWO PAIR PASSES Allison's Hand: (2) highbrowfurniture.com Joe Lounge 900 0 0 0 9 8 (1) (4) Oneida Julliard Flatware 810 3 OF KIND WIN! 5   (JVC) Professional Camcorder (GT&L) JEATAUN 850 Kelly 1200 Leona *1300 +Rebecca 851 ($2000) Leona plays GROCERY GAME for a Robinson & Robninson Sofatrend Living Room Group and a buy.com GC (GO)($5176) (4) Campbell's Cream of Mushroom 15 x 1.07 $ 16.05 - 4.95 (3) Sunsweet Ones Prunes   1 x 2.99 19.04 - 1.96 (5) Stella D'Oro Cookies   1 x 2.29 21.33 LOSS (1) Capzasin HP (2) Finishing Touch Lumina Rebecca's in a bind now. She has only one more chance to avoid banishment to the "First Four" Breakfast Club. Can she find her way out? 6   Reader's Digest Children's Books/Garlique Supplement (L) Jeataun 700 Kelly 460 NAHRIN 425 +Rebecca *550 ($624) Rebecca escapes! She plays DICE GAME for a Ford Mustang (Std., AirBag, WheelLock, Prot)(GO) [  ] [   ] Rolls:   $2 [3] [3] [4] [6] 1 1 [2] [4] LOSS SHOWDOWN #2 $ 664 Rebecca 60 stay .60 2,000 Leona 95 stay .95 Through to Showcase Round 4,253 Allison 65 + 60 OV ROBAIR MACKEY SEMI-MEMORIAL STAG SHOWCASE ROUND Richard has the honor. SC1-Leona THE TAROT CARD MACHINE Hatteras Roman Arc Hammock Trip to Waikik'i (6n @ Parc) Kawasaki STX12F Jet Ski (GT) BID $14,000 PRICE 15,100 DIFF - 1,100 TOTAL 17,100 SC2-Richard EVERY ROOM IN THE HOUSE Corsican Queen Size Bed/Dormia Sleep Set (GT&L) NASCAR Pinball Machine (GT) Ragtime West Player Guitar (L) Yamaha TTR125LW Offroad Motorcycles (GT) BID $15,000 PRICE 22,620 DIFF - 7,620 TOTAL 15,698 Today's Pricing Games: 2 for 6 Total Winnings: $47,942

[Richie]

Squeeze Play: EASY as PIE....The 2 was screaming "PICK ME!"  Win for Richard.

More or Less: Jason breezed through the first 3 prizes...but when it came to the car...that was killer.  I agreed with Jason saying MORE...it was LESS.

Secret X: For a CAR?  Well... Vanessa breezed through the SPs, but got bad karma when Roger puts the X on the BOTTOM!  Thanks Roger! (sarcasm)

Richard wins $11,000 at the wheel!  Well done!

Poker Game: This was easy for Allison.

Grocery Game: Tough break for Leona.  OVER by 33 cents!
One strategy to win this hard setup was to choose 15 soups+2 cookies.

Dice Game: When Rebecca went lower on the second number for the Ford Mustang, that meant DISASTER.  On the other hand, Roger's setup was pretty HARD with a nasty price.

Showcases: Tough break for Richard getting shot down by an expensive Every Room in the House showcase.  Leona wins with a great bid!

[baymonster]

just getting in from exams...

Squeeze Play: Easy

More or Less: OUCH!

Secret X: OUCH again!!

Showdown #1: Just as yesterday we had that overdue DSW, we have an overdue $10,000 winnar on the wheel!  Yay!

Poker Game: That was a weird win.

Grocery Game: UGH!

Dice Game: UGH again, repeating 1s in the price??  That's plain EVIL!

SC's: Whoa, we almost had back-to-back DSWs today!

Other than all three CAR games lost the way they were, a bit above average today...

[mlh1981]

Rebecca (nor anyone else) should've stayed on 60 cents, especially if you are the first one to spin.  The odds or someone topping that score are extremely high

[GoldenBulldog]

Squeeze Play:  Any of those numbers could've been the right choice in my opinion.  Tricky setup here, but a nice win to start things off!  

More or Less:  WHAT!?!  That car's price was $15,510, which was less than $16,100 by only $590?  Now that was E-V-I-L in my book, and worthy of a GoldenBulldog Special!

Secret X:  WHAT!?!  They played this game for a car; when's the last time this happened.  As for the gameplay itself, Vanessa got bitten by some terrible Karma after doing well on those SP's.  

Poker Game:  Easy pickin's...

Grocery Game:  OWWWW...over by only 33 cents.  

Dice Game:  The evil three strikes again...  



OVERALL SHOW GRADE:  B+

[tpirfan165]

DICE GAME: that was pretty harsh, so to speak, even though i ended up missing the first part of it though. So it was a complete shock to see the   "somewhat" painful loss.

and throughout the first half after the SQUEEZE PLAY win, i almost felt like i was going end up losing my voice from yelling at the TV too much.

[Mallory16]

Roger can be so predictable sometimes.  I certainly hope we all knew that the X was going to be on the bottom today.  Roger just can't resist putting it down there when Secret "X" is for a car, can he?  Every single time since Season 26, at least.  Kinda' hard to watch the secret X being revealed when the contestant doesn't go for the bottom row, and you know that there's little chance Roger didn't put it there.

Speaking of Secret "X," when was the last time that was played in the first half, anyway?  I was actually hoping for Pick a Number, really.

I really do wonder why so many Grocery Game contestants who seem to otherwise know what they're doing will still throw away the cheapest product right off the bat.  Leona probably could have won if she'd just saved the soup for later.  Even with the Leona and the Capzasin, today's playing wasn't really too hard.

Did Gabi forget how to open the Poker Game flaps?  It looked like she was trying to open it from the wrong spot.  Then again, considering how they never play Poker Game anymore, I can't I can't really blame her for forgetting how they open
Roger didn't really want the car won in [d]Buy or Sell[/d] More or Less, did he?  The other prizes weren't too hard, anyway.

Yay, the return of the animatronic fortune teller showcase is back!  Nice to see that, but the model doing it wasn't the same as Janice doing it.  I mean, Janice had all the crazy motions, while today's model seemed less... haywire-y, maybe?

Richie wrote:  Secret X: For a CAR? Well... Vanessa breezed through the SPs, but got bad karma when Roger puts the X on the BOTTOM! Thanks Roger! (sarcasm)

GoldenBulldog wrote:  Secret X: WHAT!?! They played this game for a car; when's the last time this happened. As for the gameplay itself, Vanessa got bitten by some terrible Karma after doing well on those SP's.

Karma?  What the heck?  This wasn't karma!  Karma would mean Vanessa did something that made her not deserve to win!  She lost simply because she didn't cover the bottom row.  Just ordinary bad luck.  And Roger putting the X on the bottom was completely expected:  it's always on the bottom when it's played for a car.

the show was sick gamewise but the contestants were all great.  this might be a candidate for worse show of the season gamewise unless there is an 0-for-6 down the road.

yeah, just jinx it now, you dumbfounded indiana dude!  

tpir4ever76

[BRB_TheFireball]

PG #2:  Yay!  More or Less with Half-Off cue!      Kinda took me by surprise that Bob revealed the right price of the sewing machine before he revealed the "LESS".  Also took me by surprise that Jason and the audience were so confident that a Caliber was more than $16,000.

PG #3:  Secret X third?!  For a car?!  Well, at least Roger found a way to make this PG semi-exciting.    I can't believe that Roger put the X in the bottom square twice in a row.  EVIL!

SCSD #1:  YES!  We finally got a $10,000 winner this season!

PG #4:  YAY!  POKER GAME!    Easy decision to pass eights up.  I'm surprised that Roger put so many zeroes in the game today.

PG #5:  Grrrr... I hate it when contestants start with the cheapest product in Grocery Game...

PG #6:  "NOOOOOOO!  NOT HIGHER THAN 3!"  

$21,124 was a mean price, no matter what car game you're playing.

Showcase #1:  ... is that it?  Are we back to the cheapo showcases again?

My showcase bids:
Waverunner--$15,005
FRERS--$13,792

[tpiradam]

Squeeze Play - ha, i guessed $3295

More or Less - Well, he got to the car. but lost it.

Secret X - Roger, how could you?!?!

SCSD#1 - yay! $10,000 winner #2!

Poker Game - Nice win

Grocery Game - Tough Luck

Dice game - ugh! mustangs arent THAT expensive! Maybe up here, but not there!

Showcases: Cheap

My Bids: $14,000/$1,100 | $20,000/ $2,something

Grade: 7/10

Best Contestant: Leona

[heelsrule1988]

Yesterday we get a DSW, and today we get an $11K winner... good to see those two things show up again.

BEST CONTESTANT OF THE DAY: I'll let Frank pick
SHOW GRADE: 2

[Brandon Devers]

That was a heartbreaking Grocery Game loss. More or Less was a heartbreaker, too.

[Mallory16]

BRB_TheFireball wrote:  PG #3:...I can't believe that Roger put the X in the bottom square twice in a row. EVIL!

tpiradam wrote:  Secret X - Roger, how could you?!?!

You guys really shouldn't be that surprised:  for at least the past ten seasons, if not longer, the X has been on the bottom every single time it's been played for a car.

heelsrule1988 wrote:  BEST CONTESTANT OF THE DAY: I'll let Frank pick

Leona.  On another note, I'm kinda' surpised you didn't pick any hotties today--thought one for sure would make your list.  I'm quite proud of you, heely

[jaguarxjnj]

Squeeze Play- Pretty easy. Hottubs usually end in 95.

More Or Less- This game is growing on me but today's playing was a toughie. (I see they've gone back to not playing the losing horns)

Secret X- Second time in a row the X was on the bottom.

SS1- It's interesting that the only winner in the first half was not the top winner in SS1.

Poker Game- I love this game but I did notice Gabi's goof.

Grocery game- I can see why some of you want to increase the margin to 20-22 bucks.

Dice Game-  I knew she was wrong going higher with her first roll. That silly yellow 'Stang is never that expensive.

Not a bad show today!

[Jordan7]

This was an okay show. I wouldn't have won Squeeze Play, I said $3295; $3895 just did not look right at all for the hot tub.

The first 3 prizes in More or Less were easy, but a lot of average viewers probably weren't going to win the car.

Vanessa did all she could to win Secret X, with a nice car treat, but the X was unfortunately on the bottom again. Tough loss and luck. I would have won one additional X, as the mop was not $14 like I thought it was.

Awesome, an $11,000 winner in the showcase showdown! Good for Richard.

If Leona had bought 1 less can of soup, she would have won. Or one less soup and an extra prune replacing the cookies. Bob didn't need to be so pessimistic, saying nothing there looked cheap enough for her to win, even though nothing there actually was low enough for Leona to win in the first place. I liked her shirt though.

I knew Rebecca had lost after going higher on the 3 as the second digit. She didn't roll very well.

If Allison had spun a little less harder, she could have had a dollar. But I'm happy Leona won. She made a great bid on her showcase too.

Best Contestant- Leona

Showcase #1- $15,300
Difference- OVER

Showcase #2- $18,000
Difference- $4620