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inturnaround:
This week's episode of the podcast Underunderstood (a companion to the podcast Overunderstood) is mostly about Terry Kneiss' perfect bid on TPiR, but they also talk of the many folks who thought that there was another perfect bid in 72 or 73. Drew mentioned it at the end of that episode and some people swear it was on Dennis James' version and that the display showed 0000 on it to reflect the perfect bid. They are still working the story to clarify a few things about the timeline of the Perfect Bid and say they're speaking to Ted Slauson this week. I look forward to their follow-up.
Steve Gavazzi:
There was definitely no perfect bid on the nighttime show. If one happened, it was in daytime during one of the first two seasons, before the double showcase rule was introduced.
BillCullen1:
--- Quote from: Steve Gavazzi on August 11, 2022, 02:35:04 PM ---There was definitely no perfect bid on the nighttime show. If one happened, it was in daytime during one of the first two seasons, before the double showcase rule was introduced.
--- End quote ---
IIRC, on one nighttime show, both contestants missed their showcase by the same amount. Dennis explained that they both win. I also recall a contestant missing a showcase by only five dollars. This was when Barker had taken over as the nighttime host. The double showcase rule did not apply on that version.
That Don Guy:
--- Quote from: Steve Gavazzi on August 11, 2022, 02:35:04 PM ---There was definitely no perfect bid on the nighttime show. If one happened, it was in daytime during one of the first two seasons, before the double showcase rule was introduced.
--- End quote ---
I saw the first perfect bid on the daytime version; it was $2200 - and it was before the Double Showcase rule.
SamJ93:
On a semi-related note, there is an episode currently in rotation on the Pluto channel, I believe from S12, where the ARP of one of the Showcases was exactly $8000. It's hard to believe that the production staff weren't intentionally trying to set up a perfect bid with that...(Sadly, the contestant bid $8200.)
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