Let's take a look at the highlight of the day: David winning a new truck in "Grocery Game." This is my favorite grocery-related game.
It requires strategy, retail know-how and has a cool setup, including Rachel operating an old-school cash register with the spinny numbers. The purpose of the game is to "buy" groceries until you get to a price between $20 and $21.
And David nailed it.
Here he is with his truck:
David was the star of the day, as he also won an epic Showcase duel with Felipe (who wiped out on "Gas Money" earlier in the show).
To get two bids that close is rare. Felipe looked like he had his iPhone/iMac computer/Prius in the bag, but David topped him with a $28,300 bid on his snorkeling gear/Belize/ski boat package. Well done.
Pricing game FAIL
There were a few of these today. In addition to Felipe, we had Francina asking for the first digit and then getting the next two wrong in "2 for the Price of 1" (a double fail), and Jason blowing "Swap Meet" (by guessing that two pairs of Gucci heels and two pairs of Gucci sunglasses were only $1,650).
And then we had Pamela playing "Bonkers" for an outdoor dining set and grill:
I think the issue here was that Pamela was just putting the paddles anywhere without really looking at the numbers. It's a safe bet this prize is more than $5,000, and they're giving you that third digit (it's pretty much a given it's lower than '8'). Going higher twice there just makes it seem like she wasn't paying attention to the numbers. I thought this was a winnable setup.
Commercial legends
Since that pretty much sums up everything that happened today, I want to share the greatness of The Price is Right commercials. Today, in back-to-back ad breaks, we saw the following stars:
And, of course...
And, finally...
To the person(s) who keep finding my blog via the Google search "is gwendolyn osborne on the price is right pregnant," yes, Gwendolyn is pregnant.
Follow The Price is Right Files on Twitter (@TPiR_Files) or email thepriceisrightfiles@gmail.com.
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| "It's got wheels!" |
David was the star of the day, as he also won an epic Showcase duel with Felipe (who wiped out on "Gas Money" earlier in the show).
To get two bids that close is rare. Felipe looked like he had his iPhone/iMac computer/Prius in the bag, but David topped him with a $28,300 bid on his snorkeling gear/Belize/ski boat package. Well done.
Pricing game FAIL
There were a few of these today. In addition to Felipe, we had Francina asking for the first digit and then getting the next two wrong in "2 for the Price of 1" (a double fail), and Jason blowing "Swap Meet" (by guessing that two pairs of Gucci heels and two pairs of Gucci sunglasses were only $1,650).
And then we had Pamela playing "Bonkers" for an outdoor dining set and grill:
I think the issue here was that Pamela was just putting the paddles anywhere without really looking at the numbers. It's a safe bet this prize is more than $5,000, and they're giving you that third digit (it's pretty much a given it's lower than '8'). Going higher twice there just makes it seem like she wasn't paying attention to the numbers. I thought this was a winnable setup.
Commercial legends
Since that pretty much sums up everything that happened today, I want to share the greatness of The Price is Right commercials. Today, in back-to-back ad breaks, we saw the following stars:
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| It's the Fonz! Talking reverse mortgages! |
And, of course...
And, finally...
To the person(s) who keep finding my blog via the Google search "is gwendolyn osborne on the price is right pregnant," yes, Gwendolyn is pregnant.
Follow The Price is Right Files on Twitter (@TPiR_Files) or email thepriceisrightfiles@gmail.com.
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