Drew Carey joked round with a The Value Is Proper contestant who was making an attempt to win a automobile, however when his joke began to seem like it was coming true, the host began to panic.
On the Thursday, April 3 episode, a contestant named Shirley Stokes bid on a French door fridge with an ice and water dispenser. She picked $2,351, which was just one greenback greater than her fellow competitor’s bid. Stokes received for the reason that retail worth was $2,499.
She bought to return on stage to play a sport and meet Carey. Stokes performed Pocket Change to attempt to win a brand new SUV. The contestant has to attempt to appropriately guess the worth of the automobile from the numbers which might be on the board. TPIR gave her the primary quantity, which was a two. Stokes had 5 numbers left to select from, however she solely wanted to select 4. Each time she was proper, she bought to select an envelope off the board, which had change quantities in them.
Carey gave her one to begin off with, which was $0.25. She wanted the additional change as a result of each time she would choose a improper quantity, the worth of the automobile would go up from $0.25 in $0.25 increments.
Stokes picked 4 for the subsequent quantity and was right, so she picked an envelope. The subsequent quantity she picked was three, which was additionally proper, leading to one other envelope. Nevertheless, Stokes picked 9 subsequent, which was improper. The value of the automobile went as much as $0.50, and he or she didn’t get to select an envelope.
When the sport present contestant chosen six, she was proper and solely had yet another quantity to select. Stokes picked 9 for the final quantity and bought two extra envelopes.
“All you want is $0.25 extra to purchase the automobile from us. You’ve gotten 4 playing cards right here. You would need to be the unluckiest particular person within the constructing proper now to not win this automobile,” Carey mentioned.
The host opened the primary envelope, which solely had $0.05 in it, for a complete of $0.30. The second envelope had $0 in it. “Oh, come on. I used to be solely joking round,” Carey mentioned as he pulled out the cardboard. “I used to be solely kidding. I swear to God. I assumed it will be the primary card.”
Nevertheless, Carey opened the third card, and it had $0.25 in it, giving her $0.55. She received the automobile regardless of Carey’s joke and ran over to see it nearer. Stokes didn’t make it to the Showcase.
The Value Is Proper, Weekdays, 11a/10c, CBS