The Price is Right - 5/29/12 Episode

Well, this happened today on The Price is Right:

She bid on the fucking tugboat prop!!!

Novel's $800 bid didn't win the surfboards, either. And she didn't cover herself in much glory in the next round. As the last bidder on a portable DVD player, Novel went with $900...

...when a bid of $651 would have done the trick. Particularly since the actual retail price was $780 - oops.

Novel finally figured it out in the last round, going $1,501 after bids of $1,200, $1,499 and $1,500. But Orchid (above, far right) won the pool table with her $1,200 bid, avoiding becoming a "first four" flame-out in the process.

Orchid didn't have much luck in "The Race Game," though (click here to see how the game is played). Here were her prices:

And the prizes were: desktop computer, women's accessories, treadmill, kitchen range. "The Race Game," like other timed games, requires poise and at least some retail knowledge. It also helps if, as I've mentioned before, you pay attention to George Gray as he's describing the prizes. The women's accessories - a pair of platform sandals, leather tote and sunglasses - were from Prada.

Prada.

The shades alone are probably $880 for all we know, so hearing "Prada" should ring alarm bells that the accessories might be one of the more expensive items here. As it turned out, it was the most expensive at $3,590, but Orchid went with $880 - and then never changed it. In the end, she got only the treadmill for $2,499.

Considering the presence of Prada, and the $880 just screaming out "desktop computer," this was a really winnable setup.

Pricing game WIN
Contestants went just 1-for-6 on pricing games today. The '1' was a hell of a win, though.

After getting a $500 and a $0 with his first two "Plinko" chips, here's Ryan's last two:

"Cover Up" FAIL
I'm going to throw a party when someone finally plays "Cover Up" correctly. You're all invited.

I know I bang on about this every time (here's my original banging on, complete with how the game is played), but here's the thing: this game is played a lot. Perhaps some contestants show up to The Price is Right on a whim without watching it beforehand, but not all of them. Surely, at this point, a lot of these people have seen this game played already.

If I can figure out the strategy, so can they.

Here was today's setup:

Jeffrey was playing for a Dodge Caliber SXT. Even if you don't know jack about cars - and I don't - you look at this setup and say, "It's a $20K car." If you know this game or read my original banging on above, you know what is supposed to be done here.

Jeffrey didn't do it, of course, and got the first, second and fourth (the '3') digits right. This left him needing to get the third digit (1-in-3) or the fifth digit (1-in-5) to keep playing. He didn't get either.

Tough day at the office
As I mentioned above, contestants were 1-for-6 in pricing games today. We saw a couple tough losses in "The Dice Game" and "The Grocery Game."

Going for a Mini Cooper in "The Dice Game," Michael rolled a '1' for the second number and a six for the last one. His middle rolls were '4' and '5,' playing the odds on the latter and going higher than '4' on the former. Rolling a '4' in this game is essentially a toss-up, but regular watchers of the show know they like to stick a '1' somewhere in this game.

This was probably as likely a spot as any for them to do it and, well...

With a trip to Hawaii at stake, meanwhile, Rodney was playing "The Grocery Game":

After three boxes of Kashi cereal ($3.99 each) and two things of salad dressing ($3.69 each), Rodney was at $19.35, which made things really tight. He made the only play he could - one bottle of soda - which, at $1.79, put him just over at $21.14. Bummer.

Drew Carey let him keep the soda, though.

Retail disconnect
Let's say you work for Jura, the maker of this fancy coffee machine:

This machine, as George told us (again, you have to pay attention to George!), makes cappuccino and espresso, and can clean itself in under a minute (which I'd love to see, but I digress). This is pretty big-time stuff, and it costs $999. Four regular Americans on national television, however, think it's worth...

...how would you feel about that?

Commercial greatness
I saw this commercial for the first time today. If you were able to walk and talk before 1990, I challenge you to not laugh at least somewhat uproariously:

And, speaking of commercial greatness...

Singing Hoveround Guy

DIABEETUS

Follow The Price is Right Files on Twitter (@TPiR_Files) or email thepriceisrightfiles@gmail.com.