TPiRecap: 9 February 2012

[TheKid965]

On today's show, something happened that hasn't been seen for nearly two years. Find out what.

[tpirrules19]

1RP: San Juan Islands vs San Juan, PR? Would have had me probably..

Switcheroo: What a win! Seriously, 23112...that literally "Dicey" price? What do we call them for Mike, as opposed to Dobstoppers?

SBS: Easy. Not many bedroom groups go for almost 10K, even if you didn't know the Trashley brand well.

Make Your Move: Once again, a fairly easy setup as well, as was mentioned. 4,200 seemed right for the TV, after that it's common sense.

Check-Out: When I was younger, this game seemed to be hardly won...last couple of years it has been won rather often. Same deal here. Ha, take that audience. ^_^

Danger Price: Considering I know of no elliptical topping 3K, this should have been a win. Ah well...she made out like a bandit at the Big Wheel anyway.

Showcases: And the last "loser" of the day, who had won nothing but their one-bid, takes the grand prize. An all-around everyone wins day at the BBS. Always nice to see a big haul in the Richards era.

[TheKid965]

Switcheroo: What a win! Seriously, 23112...that literally "Dicey" price? What do we call them for Mike, as opposed to Dobstoppers?

Maybe we should call 'em "Robin Hoods." You know, as in "stealing from the Rich(ards)?"

(Incidentally, after his first try he had the car price at $23,152, which I thought was correct -- and that, too, would be a Dice Game price.)

Check-Out: When I was younger, this game seemed to be hardly won...last couple of years it has been won rather often. Same deal here. Ha, take that audience. ^_^

It would seem that after three decades, people are finally catching on to the proper strategy; if you feel like you're egregiously off on one of your bids (and the Peanut Gallery will certainly let you know if you are!), you can make up for it by over/underbidding on the remaining product(s).

[dtheine]

First Switcheroo car win a long time, and glad we finally had a grocery product game (Check-Out) for the first time in 2 episodes.

This episode could have been even much bigger and better if the contestant who won a Showcase bid about $30+ more to be a DOUBLE SHOWCASE WINNER.

[CarShark]

Man, what a show.

*When I first started watching the show 7 or 8 years ago, seeing two trips in a pricing game was a rare treat. Now it's kind of old hat.

*Unbelievable Switcheroo win on an impossible set-up. Lowest number and repeating digits? Mikey no likey that ending. What made that especially awesome is that for once a contestant actually used logic and tried to figure out the price of the small prizes first, rather than the usual "guess at the car, then randomly shove the rest in" strategy most contestants employ. The ridiculous price didn't surprise me though, TheKid, because last week the car price was $19,334.

*Side by Side and Make Your Move were both cake, but MYM's set-up could have been a lot more evil. Just one more $50 video game would have given us 599704299, and suddenly 599/70/4299 is a wicked distraction. Obviously, the middle two wins were to make up for the crapshoot ORP and megahard Switcheroo.

*When Sean bid $6.99 for the cookie dough, I thought to myself, that just might win him the car. And I think it did. He was never off by more than a dollar on the other four items, but because he was under them all, he missed them by $2.77. Seeing as how most would have underbid the massive tube of cookie dough by at least a dollar, that's a recipe for an easy loss, or so Mike thought. MUHAHAHAHA! :P

*Honestly, I know I shouldn't take joy in Mike's traps blowing up in his face, partially because he's just doing his job trying to stay within the budget, but mostly because I know that means even MORE ridiculously hard set-ups are coming.