Thursday, February 7th

Show #: 5632

Segment #1

Bob's entrance: Door #2

Item Up For Bids #1
Prize(s)	Bid(s)	Actual Retail Price
Karaoke Machine	Katarzyna - $850 Bruno - $700 Kimberly - $1,100 * James - $450	$1,288

Pricing Game #1
Pricing Game	Prize(s)	Extra Prize(s)
Step Up	Kitchen Safe ($952) Sofa ($1,413) Home Gym ($1,899) Flatware for 8 ($500)	NONE
Results:	First Pick: Flatware ($500) Second Pick: Kitchen Safe ($952) - RIGHT; KEEPS GOING Third Pick: Sofa ($1,413) - RIGHT; KEEPS GOING Fourth Pick: Home Gym ($1,899) - RIGHT WINS ALL 4 PRIZES & $3,000

How to Play Step Up: The game is similar to the grocery item part of Hole in One. The contestant starts by picking a prize (hopefully the cheapest one). The contestant then picks a second one. If the second one is more expensive than the first prize, he/she wins both prizes and $500. The contestant can now: a) Pick a third prize and hope that it is more expensive than the second prize or b) Quit. If the contestant contiues and is right, he/she wins the three prizes and an additional $1,000 (for a total of $1,500). If he/she is wrong, he/she loses everything. Finally, the contestant can once again quit or go on. If the fourth prize is more expensive than the third prize, the contestant wins all four prizes and $1,500 more (for a total of $3,000). Once again, if it isn't, the contestant loses everything.

Segment #2

Item Up For Bids #2
Prize(s)	Bid(s)	Actual Retail Price
Luggage w/Supply of Udderly Smooth Body Lotion	Jeffrey - $900 James - $751 Katarzyna - $600 Bruno - $901 *	$1,159

Pricing Game #2
Pricing Game	Prize(s)	Extra Prize(s)
Plinko	$50,000	Mixer ($38) Hair Dryer ($18) Slushie Maker ($23) Toothbrush ($79)
Results:	First Chip: Given Free Second Chip: Mixer - $6_ or $_8? Picks $_8 - RIGHT Third Chip: Hair Dryer - $1_ or $_2? Picks $_2 - WRONG Fourth Chip: Slushie Maker - $2_ or $_8? Picks $2_ - RIGHT Fifth Chip: Toothbrush - $3_ or $_9? Picks $_9 - RIGHT Chip #1: $1,000 Chip #2: $500 Chip #3: $10,000 Chip #4: $0 WINS $11,500

Segment #3

Item Up For Bids #3
Prize(s)	Bid(s)	Actual Retail Price
Coffee, Expresso & Cappuccino Maker	Sarah - $495 Jeffrey - $675 James - $701 * Katarzyna - $1	$899

Pricing Game #3
Pricing Game	Prize(s)	Extra Prize(s)
Dice Game	Buick Century ($22,264)	NONE
Results:	First Digit: Given Free Second Digit: Is a 2 Third Digit: Is Not a 4 - Higher than 4 - WRONG Fourth Digit: Is Not a 3 - Higher than 3 - RIGHT Fifth Digit: Is Not a 1 - Higher than 1 - RIGHT LOST

Segment #4

Showcase Showdown #1
Spinners	Spin #1	Spin #2	Total	Results
James	90	-	90	WINNER
Kimberly	85	40	125
Bruno	30	15	45

Segment #5

Item Up For Bids #4
Prize(s)	Bid(s)	Actual Retail Price
5pc. Dinette w/Supply of Eggland's Eggs	Christopher - $1,545 Katarzyna - $1,500 Sarah - $1,600 Jeffrey - $1 *	$900

Pricing Game #4
Pricing Game	Prize(s)	Extra Prize(s)
Double Prices	Sailboat ($5,995)	NONE
Results:	Sailboat: $5,995 or $4,999? Picks $5,995 WIN

Segment #6

Item Up For Bids #5
Prize(s)	Bid(s)	Actual Retail Price
52 Volume Encyclopedia Set & CD-ROM	Randy - $900 Christopher - $600 Katarzyna - $1,100 * Sarah - $695	$1,299

Pricing Game #5

Pricing Game

Prize(s)

Extra Prize(s)

Cover Up

Ford Mustang
($17,820)

NONE

Results:

Board:

				1
			2	7
		1	9	0
	7	4	7	8
2	4	0	5	4
1	2	8	3	3

First Try: $24,850
Second Try: $17,830
Third Try: $17,890

LOST

Segment #7

Item Up For Bids #6
Prize(s)	Bid(s)	Actual Retail Price
Wall Clock w/Supply of Centrum Vitamins	Anna - $750 Sarah - $100 Randy - $900 Christopher - $901 *	$1,020

Pricing Game #6
Pricing Game	Prize(s)	Extra Prize(s)
Pick-A-Pair	8pc. Bedroom ($6,120)	Bruce's Pie Filling ($1.29) Wheat Nuts Snack Clorox Disinfectant Wipes Heinz Ketchup Little Debbie Honey Buns ($1.29) V05 Conditioner
Results:	First Pick: Pie Filling & Honey Buns - RIGHT WIN

Segment #8

Showcase Showdown #2
Spinners	Spin #1	Spin #2	Total	Spin-Off Spin	Results
Katarzyna	30	5	35	-
Jeffrey	20	65	85	5
Christopher	5	80	85	15	WINNER

Segments #9 & #10

Showcase
Top Winner: Christopher; Runner-Up: James
Showcase #	Type of Showcase	Prizes	Bidder	Bid	ARP	Difference
1	Filled With Dust	Vacuums Peter Pan Movie 36" Television DVD/VCR Player Trailer	RU	$19,500	$14,615	OVER
2	Visit America	Digital Camera San Francisco New Orleans Ford F-150	TW	$24,000	$30,704	$6,704 CHRISTOPHER WINS

The box of the Peter Pan movie was shown on the television.

Totals - Cash & Prizes

Contestant	Winnings
Christopher*	$37,884
Bruno	$12,839
Kimberly	$9,052
Jeffrey	$6,935
Katarzyna	$1,299
James	$899
Grand total - $68,908

*Showcase Winner

Comments

*Pretty good show. We saw the premiere of Step Up. That means 3 games have premiered this season, brining the total of active games to 71. Dice Game was played for a $20,000 (!) car. The contestants were fun (which made Double Prices pretty decent today). Finally, a $30,000 Showcase was won.
*3 Pricing Games were won today.
*For a minute there I thought Katarzyna was going to use the Cover Up strategy.
*Step Up comments:
1. It's a pretty good game. It has strategy, risk (3 prizes & $1,500 is pretty nice) and suspense.
2. The decisions the contestants have to make in this game may turn out to be pretty easy. I mean, if the first prize is $555, the second is $1,123 and the third is $2,499, it's obvious the fourth prize is wrong.
3. Yay! Easy As 1-2-3 now has 2 games based on it!
4. Could the "Step Up" sign be any smaller?
5. It looks like the game might suffer from Fortune Hunter syndrome. Although it's supposed to be a quickie game, it takes a little too long to play. It doesn't help to make up for lost time. So after they play this game, they still have to play a car game and a small prize/grocery item game. I hope Step Up doesn't face the same fate that Fortune Hunter did.
6. Looks like we won't be seeing much Danger Price or Take Two for a while.

February 8^th show