TPIR '99: Great Pathfinder and Fortune Hunter playings

[Jessyleppert]

Why was this Game Retired?

[TVgeinus90sSim]

@Jessyleppert poor win/loss record made the chances of winning poor

[intelcore2duo43]

Wasn't Fortune Hunter the idea behind 1/2 Off? Kinda similar game play.

[starnameddavid1595]

i wish i'd see this full episode

[SP84Fanatic]

The music sting in Fortune Hunter was used for Grand Game's intro on the Davidson version.

[JeopardyandWheelFan]

What was that sound that used to play when a car was revealed? Was it a recorded "OOOOOH!"?

[domirules28]

$15,000 for a car seems low for season 27, i have eps taped from season 19 with $15,000 cars...

[dubs19842009]

@domirules28 Not necessarily. I've seen $15,000 cars in Drew Carey's era. But that is the absolute minimum.

[domirules28]

@dubs19842009...that's depressing considering that there were cars offered for 10-15k back in 1984 and 85...

[domirules28]

@dubs19842009: wow that's depressing...i thought 15k was standard for about 1990 as car prices first broke over the 10k mark around 1982....

[am42783]

You like that "foosball, flatware" skit there? Sounds like she changed her mind mid-game and Bob either acted like he didn't know what she said, or it was a set-up.

LOL

Either way, it was still pretty funny. If it were the case....sometimes you had to FORCE a win in this game.

[TheRosettaStoned]

shes a biker bitch, bob just wouldnt understand.

[who8mahbacon]

i wana see all contestants bid 1,2,3,4 that would make my day

[TheCarrShow]

@who8mahbacon as awesome as it would be it would have to be a setup cause the first person would never bid $1

[cnlaw]

Original air date: February 3, 1999

[bdwriley]

Is that money real?

[Cynic316]

Pathfinder isn't retired. They played it on today's Earth Day episode.

[SarahPalinGOP2012]

I figured that they got rid of the pathfinder game because some fat chick stepped on it and broke it.

[Methylcloroisothiaz1]

i was getting ready to laugh at the guy who got the $100, i thought it was going to pass it

[DanielLukic]

LOL @ when the hot College girl says "I will choose the foosball table" and Bob thinks she's saying "foodbar"!

If he knew what the name "foosball" meant she would've LOST THE $5000!!

[domirules28]

@DanielLukic: i agree, though i wouldn't consider this cheating like the person who tried defrauding 3 strikes back around 1987 by sneaking a peek at the chips before bob and the camera could see them...she still lost....

[jarvisbrodiea1]

The game was rarely won by any contestant. It would have been better if they changed the rules of the game a bit instead of retire it.

[cnlaw]

How do you think they could have changed the rules?

[CDP76]

Too bad it wasn't a $1,000,000 spin.

[Yugi40]

WOW!! I DON"T BELIEVE IT!! Someone actually won Fortune Hunter!! YES!! The Fortune Hunter playing was awesome!!!

[the69chevykid]

I wish they still did the "1, 2, 3...Now" with "Half-Off" instead of the stupid "1, 2, 3...ALAKAZAM!"

[csifan18]

Was this playing of "Fortune Hunter" the only win ever?? 'Cause people playing that game lost mostly....

[gameshowguy2000]

I thought it was never won in Season 28.

[csifan18]

You're right, through all the "Fortune Hunter" playings in the 28th season, not a single game of it was won, and the averaging win of this game was only 33%

[jarvisbrodiea1]

That would probably explain why the game was scrapped.

[jarvisbrodiea1]

I thought it was never won at all.

[jazzalex22]

Somebody didn't make a mistake on Pathfinder last night. I love this episode. Fortune Hunter was a good game. I never pictured why it was retired

[TVLubber]

Because of a poor win-loss record. As a matter of fact, in its next-to-last season, Fortune Hunter was never won.

[yeldell1234]

It was too confusing and just like "Professor Price". They should of made it like 3 small prizes and two options like Pathfinders, $uperBall and Secret X.

[TVLubber]

Should HAVE! Not OF.

[gameshowguy2000]

And the cash in the Fortune Hunter box is real money! (Look at it..all in stacks of real $1 bills)

[gsnman]

I remember this too! I saw this back in school in Greensboro, NC.

[btn2271984]

Awesome! I remember the Fortune Hunter and Pathfinder playings. The Fortune Hunter playing was hilarious!

[jarvisbrodiea1]

But, why wasn't Bell and siren effect used if it was won on this episode?

[domirules28]

@jarvisbrodiea1: i wonder that myself because the perfect bid bell, siren, and regular win bells are often used for big wins...i have several episodes taped with grand game and punch board that illustrate this...