| January 26, 1998 |
| IUFB #1: Electric Guitar ($1875) Johnnie: $1200* Robert: $900 Isaac: $750 Ellen: $1 PG #1: Barker's Bargain Bar, for a dining room group and grandfather clock. $1787 Dining room bargain price $1350 Grandfather clock bargain price Johnnie says grandfather clock is the bigger bargain. Dining room ARP: $2487, bargain of $700. Grandfather clock ARP: $2350, bargain of $1000! WIN! |
| IUFB #2: Pair of Tennis Rackets ($530) Laura: $600 Robert: $500* Isaac: $450 Ellen: $601 PG #2: Plinko for $25,000! Hair Setter not $71, chooses 1, price $41, RIGHT! 8-piece Cookware not $90, chooses 0, price $60, RIGHT! Electronic Highway Reference Guide not $80, chooses 8, price $50, WRONG. Slicer/Shredder not $51, chooses 5, price $55, RIGHT! Chip #1 lands in $500. Chip #2 lands in $5000! Chip #3 lands in $0. Chip #4 lands in $5000! $10,500 won total! |
| IUFB #3: Fireplace ($1138) Jason: $1125* Isaac: $1450 Ellen: $1000 Laura: $1800 PG #3: One Away for a Ford Taurus LX! Wrong Price: $28371 Changes to: $19460 4 numbers are right. Second Try: $17460 Actual Price: $19480 LOSS |
| Showcase Showdown #1: Jason: .25+.55=.80 Johnnie: .30+.70=1.00 WINNER! Robert: .05+.90=.95 Johnnie's bonus spin: .20 |
| IUFB #4: 27" TV ($700) Molly: $650* Isaac: $701 Ellen: $450 Laura: $1 PG #4: Take Two for a chaise, tea service, cupboard, and 3 lamps. Target price is $2436. Molly picks the chaise at $849, and cupboard at $1587, for a total of $2436! WIN! |
| IUFB #5: Rug ($1200) Jill: $1250 Isaac: $800* Ellen: $1251 Laura: $1252 PG #5: Now or Then for a bedroom group, worth $3807. Products are: Wishbone Italian Dressing (marked $1.39) Crunch & Munch (marked $1.09) Kool-Aid (marked $1.99) Reynold's plastic wrap (marked $2.85) Robitussin cough drops (marked $1.66) Dove Body Wash (marked $4.05) Isaac chooses Dove, says NOW, and is RIGHT! Next he chooses Wishbone, says THEN, and is RIGHT! Next he chooses Crunch & Munch, says NOW, and is RIGHT! WIN! |
| IUFB #6: Disney Electronic Toys ($510) Janna: $500* Ellen: $550 Laura: $455 Jill: $400 PG #6: Card Game for a Chevrolet Cavelier. Must come within $2000 without going over. Opening bid of $8000. Draws the king of diamonds for $9000. Draws the jack of clubs for $10,000. Draws the jack of hearts for $11,000. Draws the jack of spades, for $12,000, and quits. Actual retail price: $13,395, difference of $1395, and cute little Janna wins that car! WIN! |
| Showcase Showdown #2: Isaac: .30+.40=.70 Molly: .60+.80=1.40 OVER! Janna: .80 WINNER! |
| Showcases: Janna is the top winner! Johnnie is the runner up! Showcase #1: Priceless Travel Machine: Trip to Palm Springs, trip to Holland, and a trip to Australia. Janna passes to Johnnie, and Johnnie bids $15,423. Showcase #2: Prizes for a Variety of Lifestyles: Ball gown, fold-down trailer, and a GMC Senoma. Janna bids $22,000. Janna bid $22,000 on her showcase, actual retail price $23,254, difference of $1254. Johnnie bid $15,423 on her showcase, actual retail price $15,597, difference of $174, Johnnie wins her showcase! |
| Johnnie: $23,309 Janna: $13,905 Robert: $11,186 Molly: $3136+ Isaac: $5007 Jason: $1138 WINNINGS: $57,681, plus prices of tea service and 3 lamps. |
| COMMENTS: *Great, great show, even if the games weren't too great... great contestants more than made up for that! *Bob's mentioned 2 firsts that may truly be firsts: Robert being the first contestant to climb the Plinko steps twice, and it being the first time a contestant drew only face cards in Card Game. *As far as I know, this is the only episode where both car game contestants asked for Bob to give them a car before showing them what they could win. Though Jason was more flexible, saying he'd also accept a vacuum. *Also, Bob was trying greatly to build suspense for the car game price reveals. Jason said he knew Bob only did it when the contestant won... and proved that not always to be true. And Janna was just so desperate for Bob to just read the dang price! *Before the fourth IUFB, Bob allowed an audience member on stage who had The Price is Right $ shaved into his head. Though he claimed it grew like that naturally. *Johnnie, it wasn't nice of you to stick your tongue out at Bob for getting 30 cents on the wheel. Wasn't his fault you got 30 cents. Course Bob came back when she got 70 cents in her next spin... *Gotta' love Isaac's good humor, about his wife controlling any money he wins... *Jason has to be one of the more loyal fans of the show... too bad he didn't win his game. He pretty much knew the way the show runs. *Janna was another great contestant, both desperate for a car, and sounded she was crying with excitement at times... *It's too bad Johnnie wasn't on the show one year later, or she'd have been a double showcase winner! |