FULL RECAP - TPiR 04/18/2008

[Joe_Capitano]

Production #4295K - Taped Mar. 24, 2008 Drew: stage entrance First Four lineup: left to right   Handoff: Rachel Models of the Day: Lanisha Cole, Rachel Reynolds and Gabrielle Tuite Wearing: Adrianna Papell 1    Trip to Yosemite Park (via Fresno, 6n @ Tenaya)(G) MADELINE 900 SHAUN 901 KRISTEN 1100 EZRA *1200 ($3588) Ezra plays PUSHOVER for a Brass Beds of Virginia Mountaintop Brass Bed and a Comfortaire GS700 Sleep Set (L) Setup: 9 1 5 4 4 9 1 5 0 Pick: 9 1 5[4 4 9 1] Price: $5449   LOSS 2   Ladies Golf Equipment (R) +Madeline 700 +Shaun 701 +Kristen 1 BRANDON 650 ($720) Shaun plays RACE GAME 1st Inspire M1 Home Gym 1599 MCF Wallace Tea Set 950 Petroleoum Aritfacts Gas Pump Replica 2595 (Samsung) 46" LCD HDTV 3198 RIGHT [4] TIME LEFT :30 WIN! 3   Party Tyme Karaoke Machine (L) +Madeline 19 AMBER 450 +Kristen 625 Brandon *650 ($960) Brandon from Indianapolis, IN plays PATHFINDER for a Chrysler PT Cruiser LS (Std., 2.4l, Mats, BlkHtr, AT)(R) Setup 1st Start on [1] $1–––– 4 1 5 7 0 2nd Back to [8] * $18––– 2 9 8 3 2 3rd Right to [3] * $183–– 7 5[1]9 5 4th Frwd. to [9] NO 3 8 2 7 3 (3) Libman Wonder Mop 10/17   17   10 0 4 9 1 4 (2) Laptop Accessory Kit 50/80   80   50 (1) Digital Camera Keychain 31/50   31   50   LOSS   ($18,325) BETTY WHITE SEMI-MEMORIAL "JUST MEN" SHOWDOWN #1 $ 960 Brandon 30 + 40 .70 3,588 Ezra 75 stay .75 9,062 Shaun 95 stay .95 Through to Showcase Round 4   Broyhill Attic Game Table (G) +Madeline 3000 Amber *1376 +Kristen 1 MARYANN 1375 ($2250) Amber from San Diego, CA plays MAGIC # Husky Ultimate Garage Package (R) $1249 Amber's MAGIC #  1909  Howard Miller Cocoa Floor Clock (L) $2785 WIN! 5   Danby Silhouette 166-bottle Wine Cooler (R) +Madeline *1 MARSHALL 2500 +Kristen 1850 Maryann 1995 ($1599) Madeline, a student at UC Irvine, plays STACK THE DECK for a Ford Focus S (Std., AT, ALB, Cargo, Mats)(G) Numbers:   0 9 6 5 8 2 1 Gold Bond Ultimate Healing FIber Choice Supplement $ 9.12 $ 12.49 X Senokot XTRA (12) Spin Lash Mascara 7.49 14.95 X Clorox Disinfecting Wipes 2.99 2.99 * (5) 5 (Dial) Body Wash PICKS: $16825 PRICE: $16295 LOSS Today's a day when people are playing the $1 bid game and losing. Kristen's taken that chance twice. Now would be a bad time for that since she doesn't have the last bid. What she needs to do is escape the Row. Failure means banishement to the "First Four" Breakfast Club. Is a date with Mimi in Kristen's future? 6   4 Swiss Bike Boards/Dr. Scholls Freeze Away (L) RACHEL 2000 Marshall 1300 +Kristen *1350 2300 ($1956) Kristen from Bay Village, OH escapes! She plays DOUBLE PRICES for a Beachcomber Hot Tub (G&R) $7591 ($6713) PICK $6713 WIN! SHOWDOWN #2 $ 1,599 Madeline 75 stay .75 6,284 Amber   5 + 75 .80 Through to Showcase Round 8,669 Kristen 25 + 20 .45 SHOWCASE ROUND Shaun has the honor. SC1-Shaun RACHEL'S 1st DAY IN THE COUNTRY (R) (Dell) Desktop Coputer 30" Stainless Gas Range (R) Chevy Impala LS (Std., ALB)(G) BID $20,500 PRICE 25,856 DIFF –5,356 SC2-Amber Teleflora Flower Arrangements (12 mo.)(G) Pulaski Cantabria Dining Group Rosenthal Inspiration China Dinnerware (L) Yamaha Vanture Light Snowmobile (G) BID $12,112 PRICE 16,081 DIFF –3,969 TOTAL $22,365 Today's Pricing Games: 3 for 6 Total Winnings: $46,243 THIS IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL GOLDEN-ROAD.net SHOW RECAP. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED WITHOUT AUTHOR PERMISSION.

[elonpuckhog]

I loved Drew's "Sports Commentary" on the first to PGs.  When Ezra started jumping around and Drew came close to the camera and said we'll be back after the noon news, I thought that was hilarious!

For the first half that I saw, I thought this was a great show!

[heelsrule1988]

What a day for hotties! Madeline eventually overcomes the adversity of Shaun's obnoxious and unnecessary one-upping, and from there, it just got better and better. Nothing like a very rare Heels Semi-Memorial All-Hottie Showdown (screenshot) to make a show great. On top of that, Amber avenges Madeline by beating Shaun in the Showcase. Beautiful.

HOTTIES: #260, Madeline; #261, Kristen; #262, Amber; #263, Raquel
BEST CONTESTANT OF THE DAY: Ezra, a Contestant of the Season candidate
SHOW GRADE: 3

[Wayoshi]

The only thing to really say about this was that Racey was lucky despite wearing sandals, and the car SPs were worthy of a few s.

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[Timotheus]

I really liked the lineup today! For a quick game, Push Over is alright, although I'd rather something like Side by Side over Double Prices. But the middle four games - excellent! Four of my favorites! (And with Temptation yesterday, awesome!)

Pathfinder was strange. I'm surprised that Brandon didn't get ANY of the small prizes, since he seemed to do well with the car portion, and the price choices for the SPs were not very difficult. (Even without knowing the prices of the prizes, $17 and $31 look "uglier" than $10 and $50; the other price pair had a huge $30 gap.)

The Stack the Deck GPs, though, were not so easy. I would think that most people would choose the Fiber as being about $9 rather than the lotion, and the new mascara product could've very well been tagged as $7.50 (even though it was really twice that). I'm not too surprised it was lost, although many people here seem to think it's never surprising to have Stack the Deck lost.

Going back to Push Over, it wasn't a very easy setup there either. Three choices (including the right one) within about a $1000 range isn't all that friendly. Ezra was likeable (and his $91 million comment was funny), but if he was looking forward to a new bed, today was not his day.

Magic # did not have such a tough setup, but I always expect that to be lost. Maybe Amber's exhaustion led her to ignore the impulse to set the magic # to $1000. Either way, nice to see it won, even when there's such a huge range. (Now if only easy Coming or Going setups would get won...)

But yeah, we definitely need more lineups like this.

[howierules86]

Definitely one of the greatest episodes this season!

IUFB #1: Sweetheart #1 - Madeline!  , and Sweetheart #2 - Kristen! 

Push Over: Tough setup here.

Race Game: Wow, great win for someone wearing sandals! 

IUFB #3: Sweetheart #3 - Amber! 

Pathfinder: I was hoping Brandon would win after finding out he's from Indianapolis, IN (I have a lot of relatives from there).

Magic # - Yay! Amber won!

Stack the Deck - Aw! I wanted Madeline to win the car.

IUFB #6 - Sweetheart #4 - Raquel! 

Double Prices: Yay! Kristen won!

SCSD #2: Three sweethearts in this showdown? Pinch me, I must be dreaming!

Showcases: Yay! Amber won!

[edmojautis]

Push: Jeez!! Either way, I was duped.

Race: Sandals can pay off in many ways.  Good job.

Pathfinder: After an impressive beginning, Poor Brandon was duped terribly by three KILLER SP's  So sad.

Magic #: Good job.

STD: It would've been nice to see another MIRACLE win like the previous playing.

Double: Very nice.

Showcases: Shaun's bid didn't even cover the car.

A 3-star show.

[mrbrown2195]

There was definitely somebody under the age of 18 in the VIP section in this taping. Anybody have any clue what that was about?

I'm guessing it might've been like a "Make a wish" type of thing... or maybe an employee's kid... or maybe just a really really young looking man.

[Mallory16]

Did anyone else notice, during the second showcase showdown, Drew asked Madeline if she wanted to say "Hi Lo" to anyone ?  Ah, how I love random pricing game mentions!

How was Pathfinder lost?  I mean, I can see someone maybe losing, by guessing 9 for every number or something, but I can't believe Brandon missed all three small prizes!  Roger was being as nice as he could with those small prizes today, but to no avail.

Yay for Amber playing Magic Number well, and yay that she won!  And Drew, you know, considering how long everyone has to wait in what's often a very hot sun, I can't imagine anyone there is really able to be too fresh .

Ezra was fun!  I'm kinda' surprised drew didn't make any sort of "Better than Ezra" reference with him.  I'm also kinda' surprised it took someone this long to make a joke about the prize not being $91 million or such.  Or I guess he should've said $915 million, but who's counting?

Poor Brandon was duped terribly by three KILLER SP's

Killer SPs?  I'm not sure how Roger could've made them easier without making the choices like "is the mop $10 or $173?"

[Joe_Capitano]

SCSD #2: Three sweethearts in this showdown? Pinch me, I must be dreaming! ...

Oh, please. Stop it. Stop it now. You and heels need to come back to Earth and discuss with the rest of us.

(Sorry, but this is starting to get real old.)

[phunguy]

It's getting old, stale and redundant at the same time.

[Todd]

I just have to say something about Pathfinder, since that's the only part of the show I saw. Did anyone else hear Drew say "Your Awful" to Brandon? He tells it like it is.

[JokerFan]

Pushover:  I loved the $91 million joke that Ezra said!    $4491 just didn't look right.

Race Game:  Another person with sandals--and he won with an EXACTA.  I didn't think sandals were the right thing to wear, because you never know if you'll be playing a timed game.

Pathfinder:  I knew the mop was $10 from seeing it so many times.  Besides, it looked like a better price than $17.  Same thing for the keychain: $50 looked more like the right price than $31.  Too bad he missed all the three small prices.

Magic #: Good to see Amber set the magic number higher than what most people would normally set it as.  I was surprised at how large the range was, even though the range is usually widespread.

Stack the Deck: I thought the grocery products were hard.  I would've also got one right, and my guess for the price of the car would be $16,925, so it would've been more painful for me--all numbers right just some in the wrong order.

Double Prices:  I liked how Kristen said she would blame her sister(?) if she chose the wrong price. 

SC1:  My Bid: $25,240 / Diff: $616
SC2:  My Bid: $16,255 / Diff: OVER by $174

[PriceFanArmadillo]

Killer SPs?  I'm not sure how Roger could've made them easier without making the choices like "is the mop $10 or $173?"

Or he could have done it Coming-or-Going style..."is the mop $10 or $01?"

[BRB_TheFireball]

Pushy:  That was hard.  $4,491, $4,915, and $5,449 all looked reasonable.  I had $4,915.

Racey:  Yay!  Race Game! Sheesh, another contestant with sandals/flip-flops.  But luckily for him (and the rest of us), it was an easy setup.

Pathy:  Again?!  We just played this last Tuesday.  Brandon should've had this car in the bag after nailing the first two numbers.  There was no reason not to get the mop and the keychain camera right.

Magic #:  All right!  A contestant sets the number over $1,900!

Rig the Cards:  I was not expecting this game either.  We just played this last Monday.  Good effort by Madeline in trying to get the price with only one free number, but unless she had another number up there, there was just no way she was gonna get that price.

My showcase bids:
Car--$25,407
Random room/snowmobile--$18,507