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March 21, 2011

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Next up, a trip to Piece on North Avenue for Sam Tannenbaum, Johnny Douglas, and James. They sweep the lower tier, but deet gives them strike one. They end up with $1100! Will they take the bonus? They will! $2200 Video Bonus: these relatives of the goldflish have been bred for centuries in Asia for their bright colors and feng-shui-friendly symbolism. Meaning "carp" in Japanese, what is the name of these cultivated coldwater fish? Koi.... is worth $2200!

Finally, Sheila, Rachel & Amy go to Halsted & Willow.  They go two for four in the $50 tier for $100. They end up with $300 when they stop at a Red Light Challenge: five of the seven African-American men who have won Oscars for acting. Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Cuba Gooding Jr., Forest Whitaker, and Morgan Freeman are right for $550! Missing: Jamie Foxx and Louis Gossett Jr. One last question at the destination... what Seattle museum boasts a soaring rock-and-roll sanctuary called "Sky Church"? Electronic Music Performance... is strike three. It was "Experience Music Project."

Tom starts with $200 Flags of the World. At the TV timeout, Tom finds himself in an unfamiliar position... lacking. He has $800 to $2200 for Erin. Stephen is on $2400.

Erin finds the Daily Double under $1000 Offbeat Museums. She bets $2000 on this: get a whiff of the Brimstone Museum in southwest Louisiana & learn all about mining for this element. "What is sulfur?" Correct for $5000. She leads with $6400 to $5800 for Tim. Stephen has $3800 and will start Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 The Sport's Governing Body. Stephen finds the first Daily Double under $1600 It's "Ah" Full. He fronts $1600 on this: 3-dimensional figure with 8 plane faces. "What is an octahedron?" That's right for $9400. Erin finds the other under $1200 Neil, Earthling. She wagers $4000 on this: Neil Estern sculpted him with his dog Fala for his Washington, DC memorial. "Who is FDR?" Correct for $10,800 to end the round opposite Tom's $19,000. Stephen has $11,400.

Final Jeopardy! in "Comic Book Characters Onscreen": from 1966 to 1968 this role was played by 2 different actresses in a TV series; it was also the title role in a 2004 film. Correct response: what is Catwoman?

Rather easy FJ! to start the week. Everyone gets it. Tom gets it more with $22,801 to give him a five-day take of $133,402.

DeAndre (public works) can get Curtain #1... or the small box... This looks like a case for... Judge Tiffany. Jonathan says that there's something big in his small box. Wayne says that his curtain has a game room... with a home bar.  DeAndre goes with the curtain. In the box... a shipwreck cruise (ZONK!). Wayne offers $700 to bail out. No deal, so $700 buys him a game room with HDTV and home bar!

Amber (devil) gets a red, green, and blue box. First box... a digital fitness package with iPod with shoes, $500 from iTunes, and a year at Gold's Gym. Will she keep it or go for the greenie? She keeps her prize, passing up on a trip to California wine country. Had she gone all the way, she would've won... mayonnaise sunscreen (SPF delicious!). But will she keep what she has or trade for what's in the Let's Make a Deal vault? She keeps the prize, passing up on ... $162.

Courtney (lei) gets a box of Cracker Jacks... with a prize inside. She can take it or Curtain #2. Whatever she doesn't take goes to Shannon (quarterback). She takes the curtain... and gets a PS3/Rock Band 2 package and HDTV! Now will Shannon take the Cracker Jack or trade for a small box? Whatever she doesn't want goes to Lillian (Pikachu). Shannon keeps the Cracker Jacks. Lillian sells the box for $500, but she would've had a dining room if she kept the box. One more box for Shannon, and it's a big one. She stays with the Cracker Jacks, giving up giant jacks (ZONK!) for... a KIA RIO!

So we gave away two cars. What else can we give away to Jillian & Tyler (pirates)? How about $10,000? Bring out the pigs! First up, #2 and #6. In total... $6 for $2000! Will they keep it or go on? They want #8 and #4. #8 had $2. #4 had a Zonk. So $3000 or go on? Tyler wants to hit. #3... a dollar. #1... another dollar... #9... game over. But Wayne gives them $100.

Andrew (a guy in a black cape) gets as much money as he would like... or he could trade his guess of $400 for a Curtain #3. He goes for it. Wayne had as much as $8000. Andrew has an ATV.

But will he have it for long? It's time for Big Deal time! $26,345 on the line today...

TRADE LIST:
Charla: $16,520
Shannon: $15,185
DeAndre: $7997
Andrew: $3299
Courtney: $2540
Amber: $1528
Lori: $500
Lillian: $500
Deborah: $100
Jillian & Tyler: .... seriously, how many pirate-related jokes do you expect me to think up here? ($100)

Charla and Shannon have cars. Surely no one wants to give them up. DeAndre decides to trade in his game room for the big room... He picks Door #2. Behind Door #3... a $2920 golf package. His door has... a trip to Barbados worth $6749. An even trade more or less, but it wasn't the big one behind #1, a Dodge Challenger.

Christina hopes to pick up the slack with four pairs of Gucci sunglasses worth $1030. With that comes a shot at $25,000 on the Punchboard. She gets four hits from a $100 coffeepot, a $46 paper shredder, a $30 hand mixer, and a $65 microwave oven. First hit... $250. She trades that in for $100... She trades THAT in for... $100... squared! That's a bailout if ever I saw one. Because $10,000 is better than $250.

Leslie gets a $3174 pair of paddleboards, but will she get a Honda CR-Z in Lucky Seven? The board: $19,61? with $3 in hand. She picks 5. The last time this happened was last Wednesday. It didn't end well then... and it doesn't end well now. It was $19,612.

Anthony gets a spot in the Showcase. Lavalle Boswell, an Air Force medic, goes down and up thanks to a $1265 trio of lovely cocktail dresses. He can add on a baby grand and lessons if he Picks-the-right-Pair. A 12-pack of Lipton Brisk iced tea... $4.99. Gold Medal AP flour... $3.49. He sticks with the tea and goes for the Land o'Lakes cheddar cheese... $5.99. He needed to pick the Udderly Smooth udder cream.

Bradley scores a $1890 car stereo. Will he hook it up to his own or to a Hyundai Genesis 2.0? The game is One Away, and the board: $32,857. Is it $23,946? Nope, but he gets one... two... two honks. He changes it to $21,748, but it was... $23,768.

Cassandra Hale hails a $518 pair of patio heaters (after guy in the front row wanted a one-buck one-up, too... for shame, guy in the front row). Cassandra now gets a $5235 hot tub and a $3995 barbecue island. Will she keep them the way they are or Switch? She keeps'em... and she should've switched. She'll get another shot at it in the Showcase.

But first, here's something for you folks at home. From the people who brought you the Home Viewer Showcase comes... the Price is Right Prize of the Week! You'll see a prize and all you have to do is go to PriceIsRight.com and bid as close as you can without going over to it (and remember to please bid on it in dollars, because TPIR rounds off all of its prices to the nearest dollar).

First Showcase... a digital camera, a TRIP TO JAMAICA (PotW ALERT!), and a sportboat. Top winner Anthony passes, and Cassandra bids $22,300. Anthony gets an iPod touch, an iPod nano, an iPod shuffle, an Apple TV, $500 from iTunes, an audio system that can play all of that, a trip to the New Orleans Jazzfest, and an Acura ZDX! He bids $32,500. Actual price... $54,120, a difference of $21,620. Actual price of Cassandra's Showcase... $22,000..... 120. She's over by $180, and Anthony wins a staggering $56,720!