What do you remember most about this Season?
* One Away finished with a record of 18-8 (69%). It was never lost more than twice in a row. It was won four times in a row twice and five times in a row once. It's too bad a Ford Thunderbird was lost during the MDSs.
* On the other side of the coin was Five Price Tags, which suffered the ignominy of not being won all season long. That hadn't happened since Switcheroo in Season 30. Granted, it was only played seven times, but still... It's not like I'm blaming the producers solely. Three of the seven contestants earned only one pick of the five tags. That's bad, but what's even worse is that two people managed to lose with three choices of the five tags.
* Also occupying the cellar with 5PT was Card Game, where a combination of producer trickery and contestant stupidity led to a 1-13 record. Then came the rule change. A $5000 range card? That's TOO Much!
* Pocket Change debuted and finished with a record of 8-3. In three playings, people won the car without having to look at the envelopes. Needless to say, they were the three least exciting playings.
* 1/2 Off went through the paces of a full season and finished 8-18. It should have been a lot better, but people were blowing the SP front game something fierce. The last playing is evidence of that.
* Lucky $even was going pretty good until the end of January (8-4), but thanks to a budget crunch, our good friends Paint Sealant and Fabric Protectant, and the producers sudden love affair with 1 and 9, L$ finished 1-10 for its usual sub-.500 record.
* On the Spot may have taken its swan song, but at least it finished with a couple of wins.
* The best Showcase I saw was The Dating Show, where Brandi played the Bachelorette. It ended with a Pontiac GTO!!
* How come every time a GTO or Crossfire was in a Showcase, people would bid $10000 less than the ARP? Sheesh.
* Pathfinder was only being played once a month. Then they played it about twice a month to get it back on track. It was finally won...in May. They used PS and FP on the majority of the cars to ensure that no one would have much of a chance.
* For one glorious week, Contestants' Row bids were given expediently. Never again.
* It took until November before someone hit the $10,000 spot in Pl!nko. After that, 14 of the last 25 contestants hit the ten grand spot.
* Race Game was only won twice out of eleven times. Why???
* Ten Chances was only won three times out of 12. WHY?
OK, I'm done for now. What about you guys?
