"The Price is Right" 9/26

Michelle Meyers, Earl Schoen, Christine Nasse & Thomas Fitzgerald all hear the magic words first & the IUFB department first displays four pairs of Tom Ford sunglasses (ceiling)(piano cue).

Thomas: $600/Christine: $550/Earl: $1K/Michelle: $651

ARP: $1,480
 
Earl, a retired drug manager from Sacramento, plays Coming or Going for a five-night holiday at the Radisson Plaza Resort Tahiti (Manuela at Door #2)(beach cue).

Coming: $7,989
Going: $9,897
PICK: Going- WIN!

Jillian Grant exits fifth & the second IUFB to enter play's a DELL desktop (Amber in the clam).

Thomas: $1,400/Christine: BUCK/JILLIAN: $1,300/Michelle: $1,225

ARP: $1,209

Christine from La Habra Heights, CA gets a good look of that $25K bill (Manuela), because she's playing Punch-a-Bunch.

SPs (Rachel):
Moen Home Care grab bar courtesy of lowes.com ($89): LOWER- $60
Hair dryer ($20): HIGHER- $35
Iced tea brewing machine ($29): HIGHER- $50
PizzaDome ($150): LOWER- $110

PUNCHES:
#3: $5K- BAILOUT
#16: $250
#25: $1K
#38: $100

Leizee Vergara takes her trip down to Contestant's Row & the third GUFB's a Spector REX4 bass guitar w/ the 10 lessons (Manuela & Rachel).

Thomas: $800/LEIZEE: $400/Jillian: $700/Michelle: $1,800

ARP: Two grand

According to Michelle's shirt, her grandfather was born on February 9, 1922 & passed away on Jan. 9 of '09. She's a perfect fit for that guitar because she's a guitarist & hopefully this will be a good fit for her family's garage after Line 'em Up- a FIAT 500 Pop AT (Std., Organizer)(Rachel). Here's the legend:

1
?- $758, four Kodak camcorders (Amber)
?- $32, 10-cup capacity water filter
?- $649, Novara ladies' mountain bike (Manuela)
8

1. $18,368
2. $17,248 (my guess)- FIRST CAR GAME WIN OF THE SEASON!

SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN #1:
Christina ($6,464): Half-Dollar + NICKEL = $.55
Earl ($11,377): 55 + 90 = OOPS
Michelle ($20,687): WINS W/ $90

Next to play's John Schade from Ohio State University & out comes a Frigidaire affinity washer/dryer (Manuela at Door #5).

Thomas: $2,200/Leizee: $2,201/Jillian: $1,423/JOHN: $1,900

ARP: $1,998

John plays the Range Game for a Harley-Davidson Sportster 72 (Amber at Door #3). Out of a window of $12,100-$12,700, he stops at $12,340-$12,495...$12,298.

Going green right after him's Jiah Vraa & next on the IUFB docket's a Brunswick V-Force air hockey table (George & Rachel at Door #3).

Thomas: $950/Leizee: $795/Jillian: $701/JIAH: $420 (uh-oh)

ARP: $999

Thomas, originally from Chicago until about seven months ago & the last of the FF to escape CR this show, plays Most Expen$ive for some BCBG accessories (Rachel), the Rainforest 31 shower (Manuela) & the 42-inch gas grill (Amber). 

Accessories- $1,286
Grill- $3,798
Shower- $2,399

The other red player of the day is the front row's Scott Hachey & the Inspire CardioStrider2's the final PUFB here (Amber behind splitting sign).

SCOTT: $800/Leizee: $1,295/Jillian: $1,300/Jiah: $401

ARP: $1,795

Leizee from NYC plays Stack the DECK (Rachel) for a Nissan Sentra S (Std., Guards, Prot/Armor)(Manuela). Number line:

1346789

1. Small bottle of 5-Hour Energy & Francesco Rinaldi Pasta Sauce
Price: $2.99
PICK: Sauce ($1.99)

2. Pure Silk Raspberry Mist & Dec-a-Cake decorations
Price: $3.19
PICK: Cream ($2.19)

3. Playtex Living gloves & six Thomas English Muffins
Price: $3.99
PICK: Muffins; CHOOSES SECOND DIGIT 
($ 1 9 , _ _ _)(Gloves: $2.45)

FA: $19,748 (ARP: $19,863)

SCSD #2:
Thomas: $.65
Leizee: 20 + 90 = OVER BY A DIME
John: TWO DIMES

SHOWCASE #1 ("Grandeur Showcase"):
Right of Door #1- "Marvel's Avengers" package (Amber)
Inside Door #1- Home theater, including SAMSUNG 51" HDTV (Rachel)
Door #3- Acura TL (Amber)

MELISSA BIDS $39.5K ON ROOM/ACURA SHOWCASE (so by default, the FIAT will be behind Door #2 again if she wins at least this Showcase)

MY BID FOR ROOM/ACURA SHOWCASE: $41,444

JOHN'S SHOWCASE (Door #2):
Left- iPad w/ crystal cover (Rachel)
Right- $3K Beverly Hills shopping spree (Rachel)
Inside- West White Potter sailboat (Manuela)

THOMAS BIDS $22.5K ON TRIP/SAILBOAT SHOWCASE

MY BID FOR TRIP/SAILBOAT SHOWCASE: $24,444

Showcase ARPs:
Thomas: $24,755 (Difference: $2,255)
Melissa: $41,943 (Diff.: $2,443)- PAINFUL LOSS

That means Melissa will have to watch John leave w/ $25,754 in prizes.

TODAY'S PG RESULT- 2-3-1
TOTAL WINNINGS- $68,075

EPISODE RATING: 7