There is a famous YouTube clip from a The Price is Right episode, toward the end of the Bob Barker era, of a contestant with absolutely no idea what she's doing on "Ten Chances."
Even people who work for a living and don't watch the show know of this clip, one of the very few moments where Bob became noticeably upset with a contestant.
I bring this to your attention because of Kendra's performance today on "Bonkers." She did everything wrong - including constantly looking back to the crowd during a TIMED game - and yet...
My favorite part of this is Drew Carey, normally pretty affable with contestants, having to yell in desperation, "Put the paddle up there!" Even as I was watching this, I was writing my scathing critique of Kendra in my head.
And then she won despite, as Drew said, doing everything you're not supposed to do.
Drew didn't get pissy like Bob did, but he reminded Kendra of her luck every chance he got. And there were many chances, as Kendra got all the way to the Showcase (with a 30-60-90 on the wheel).
She won that, too, with an impressive $18,000 bid on a trip to Aspen, home gym and jetski.
What a start
Kendra's "Bonkers" performance - the first pricing game of the day - was part of a tremendous start to the show. In the next round, the item up for bid was a limited edition Star Wars-themed XBox 360...
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...which Robert won with an exact bid of $650, allowing him to pocket $500 in cash straight out of Drew's pocket. Robert was pumped...
...and so was I when the next pricing game came out: Any Number. My favorite game! (I didn't make it the background to my blog for nothing.)
For those who don't know, you can win one of three prizes: a car, some sort of mid-level prize (today, some Kate Spade accessories) and a "piggy bank" with less than $10. You're given the first number of the car, and then have to guess numbers between 0-9 until you have all the numbers in the price of a prize.
Robert played the game well, getting the high numbers out of the way while guessing the second number of the truck, and getting that '6' in there early, too.
Still, Robert was left with the accessories. Perhaps his girlfriend - whom he kindly informed us has "a baby in the oven" - will enjoy them.
Manuela takes center stage
The models have really been stepping up their game this week.
Today, with Rockin' Amber not on the show, it was Manuela's turn to show off the karaoke machine.
What song was Manuela singing? Drew asked that very question... and we got an answer.
Rockin' Amber has some competition.
Contestant-prize mismatch
The pricing game prizes are all predetermined, so The Price is Right can't really switch things around for certain contestants. The results can sometimes be extremely awkward, my favorite recent example coming a few months ago when a guy with a prosthetic leg was playing for a treadmill.
It will be hard to top that, but we had a couple mismatches today. Kendra - a college student at Pepperdine - won a bunch of home appliances. The fridge was probably half the size of her dorm.
And who won the karaoke machine?
It gets better. What did Doris then play for on stage?
She didn't win that new Harley.
Bidders' row FAIL
MaryAnne wears the goat horns today after being a "first four" contestant that never made it on stage. She didn't do too much wrong in the first few rounds, but she somehow got progressively worse with her bidding as the show went on.
Here's her bid in the fifth round. Note what the contestant just before her bid:
And here's MaryAnne's finale...
Contestant shenanigans
Amon did a little dance after winning on bidders' row, including a full belly rub:
During his pre-pricing game interview, Amon told us he is a "crowd hype man." Indeed.
And, lastly, observe the hairstyle of
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