TPiR Cheat Sheet

[Kevin Prather]

[quote name=\'Mr. Bill\' post=\'232306\' date=\'Dec 14 2009, 05:05 PM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'232287\' date=\'Dec 14 2009, 05:36 PM\']While we're along these lines, don't even think about punching a corner in Punch-A-Bunch.[/quote]
Don't punch all the corners anyway.  And only think about it if you have three or four punches.  The big money is sometimes there.  I remember a long time ago they let Janice punch one just for kicks.  She punched the top right corner and found $10,000!
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I could swear the rule was, at one time, ALWAYS punch the corners.

[Steve Gavazzi]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'232291\' date=\'Dec 14 2009, 06:03 PM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'232289\' date=\'Dec 14 2009, 02:41 PM\']Oh, the question was literal?  Sorry, my mistake.  Without looking at the data, I'd probably guess 7 or 8.[/quote]I'm also not interested in a guess. Steve made the assertion so I am sure he can give me the number. (If he so chooses, of course.)[/quote]
Actually, I can't -- I don't know the answer off-hand, and I don't have most of the "non-car games played for cars" list for Season 28.  It's just something I know from a couple friends who kept track of it over the years.

As for Punch a Bunch's corners...that usually depends on how much money they want to give away that day!

[J.R.]

Sometimes, they don't even put anything in the holes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgue3sVlej4

[vtown7]

[quote name=\'Mr. Bill\' post=\'232306\' date=\'Dec 14 2009, 08:05 PM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'232287\' date=\'Dec 14 2009, 05:36 PM\']While we're along these lines, don't even think about punching a corner in Punch-A-Bunch.[/quote]
Don't punch all the corners anyway.  And only think about it if you have three or four punches.  The big money is sometimes there.  I remember a long time ago they let Janice punch one just for kicks.  She punched the top right corner and found $10,000!
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Perhaps this is the clip you speak of, Senor Bill?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZrX2Yz5TWA...feature=related

Ryan.

[That Don Guy]

[quote name=\'Mr. Bill\' post=\'232306\' date=\'Dec 14 2009, 05:05 PM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'232287\' date=\'Dec 14 2009, 05:36 PM\']While we're along these lines, don't even think about punching a corner in Punch-A-Bunch.[/quote]Don't punch all the corners anyway.  And only think about it if you have three or four punches.  The big money is sometimes there.  I remember a long time ago they let Janice punch one just for kicks.  She punched the top right corner and found $10,000![/quote]
Did Janice actually select a corner, or was it a case of somebody punching a corner with his/her last punch, stopping with the next-to-last punch, and when Bob wanted to look at the last punch, the contestant suggested that Janice do it, so she did - and let out a scream when she saw the $10,000 on it?

(We may be thinking of two different things, and there were years when I went without TPIR - thanks a lot, Group W Talk Shows - but the only time I saw Janice look at a punch was the one I mentioned.)

As for the "corner" theory, if the slips are placed at random, at least one corner will have $10,000 or higher about 2 times out of 7.  Of course, it helps to win four punches...
(Speaking of which, did anyone ever win fewer than two punches?)

And going back to the "cheat sheet," here's an old rule we can erase: in Five Price Tags, it used to be that the first price was almost always "true".

-- Don

[Kevin Prather]

[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' post=\'232351\' date=\'Dec 15 2009, 12:49 PM\'](Speaking of which, did anyone ever win fewer than two punches?)[/quote]
In the clip from the post right before yours, the lady only had 1 punch.

[Jeremy Nelson]

[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'232361\' date=\'Dec 15 2009, 06:43 PM\'][quote name=\'That Don Guy\' post=\'232351\' date=\'Dec 15 2009, 12:49 PM\'](Speaking of which, did anyone ever win fewer than two punches?)[/quote]
In the clip from the post right before yours, the lady only had 1 punch.
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I'm just citing tpir.tv, but apparently there was someone who found the $10K with only one punch.
EDIT: Just saw the clip, and Bob cited it.

[Steve Gavazzi]

[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' post=\'232351\' date=\'Dec 15 2009, 03:49 PM\']As for the "corner" theory, if the slips are placed at random, at least one corner will have $10,000 or higher about 2 times out of 7.[/quote]
I don't know about the other slips, but the $10,000 and $25,000 are not placed randomly.

[dale_grass]

[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'232388\' date=\'Dec 16 2009, 01:00 AM\'][quote name=\'That Don Guy\' post=\'232351\' date=\'Dec 15 2009, 03:49 PM\']As for the "corner" theory, if the slips are placed at random, at least one corner will have $10,000 or higher about 2 times out of 7.[/quote]
I don't know about the other slips, but the $10,000 and $25,000 are not placed randomly.
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OK, I'll bite.  How do the producers decide where the big slips go?  Do they keep track of which holes are punched, then place the big amounts in the ones that are punched the least?

[Steve Gavazzi]

[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'232606\' date=\'Dec 20 2009, 09:44 PM\'][quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'232388\' date=\'Dec 16 2009, 01:00 AM\'][quote name=\'That Don Guy\' post=\'232351\' date=\'Dec 15 2009, 03:49 PM\']As for the "corner" theory, if the slips are placed at random, at least one corner will have $10,000 or higher about 2 times out of 7.[/quote]I don't know about the other slips, but the $10,000 and $25,000 are not placed randomly.
[/quote]OK, I'll bite.  How do the producers decide where the big slips go?  Do they keep track of which holes are punched, then place the big amounts in the ones that are punched the least?[/quote]
I don't know how things are done now (although I have a hunch it's still something like this), but yes, Roger kept track of how often each hole got punched and used that data to decide where to place at least some of the slips.  Saying that he'd put the big amounts in the holes that were punched the least is oversimplifying things, though -- it depended on how much money he wanted to give away that day.

[Mr. Armadillo]

Exactly.

My reasoning for my statement earlier of 'NEVER punch the corners' basically took that line of thought and extended it to just much money the current staff wants to give away on that, or any other, day.

/But the word 'MEDITERANEAN' on a plasma is so much more exciting than a new car!

[Mr. Bill]

[quote name=\'vtown7\' post=\'232331\' date=\'Dec 15 2009, 06:33 AM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Bill\' post=\'232306\' date=\'Dec 14 2009, 08:05 PM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'232287\' date=\'Dec 14 2009, 05:36 PM\']While we're along these lines, don't even think about punching a corner in Punch-A-Bunch.[/quote]
Don't punch all the corners anyway.  And only think about it if you have three or four punches.  The big money is sometimes there.  I remember a long time ago they let Janice punch one just for kicks.  She punched the top right corner and found $10,000!
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Perhaps this is the clip you speak of, Senor Bill?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZrX2Yz5TWA...feature=related

Ryan.
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No, Ryan.  But I wasn't aware of this one.  It was the second time she'd done it apparently because she signals two fingers and says something about having had two turns at the board and implying she'd found the $10,000 both times.  Notice, too, how shocked Bob looks and how quickly he starts disclaiming that none of the talent or production staff (aside from whoever actually decides what goes where and stuffs the holes) have any advance knowledge of the location of the money amounts.

I'm sure the way things show up on You Tube it will only be a matter of time before somebody finds it and uploads it.