I used to love this game show when I was kid...I almost always associated summer time with the show, since that was usually the longest stretch of time I could watch it when not in school.

I used to root for certain contestants back then, but nowadays I enjoy seeing them choke. You almost can tell what income bracket they're in when they play very poorly at bidding or games that requires them to strategically play with priced or unpriced items to win a prize.

I remember first watching TPIR at 4 or 5 and having to ask my mom what spay and neuter meant. :D But :thumbsup: to Bob for being an animal lover and trying to control the pet population.

I still watch the morning show occasionally when I'm home. One thing I love is when a young person wins and runs onstage so giddy and full of arrogance, expecting to play Plinko or go for a car or exotic trip. And then the prize will end up being a dining room set or some other furniture piece. Not that they're bad prizes, but watching them strain to fake enthusiasm at winning a fridge or grandfather clock is priceless. And what's even funnier is how the next contestant up will be some 90 year old granny who'll be trying to win a pair of motorcycles. I swear I've seen that happen, and it always cracks me up.

One thing I miss about TPIR is Rod Roddy. He just always seemed like a kind man and I was sad when he passed. His wacky suits used to make me laugh as a kid. It's just not the same without him. But what will really seem weird is if the show continues after Bob dies. I just can't picture who could replace him.

I still love the show but DESPISE the t-shirt craze...pretty soon, people will wear costumes for attention just like Lets Make a Deal :(

Does anyone else think servicemen have a better chance than others at becoming contestants on the show? I think the viewers at home like seeing people in the armed services getting a shot on the show.

Yes, that is hilarious. Money, a car, a trip, those are all great prizes, but who the hell needs a grand piano or a 6'x6' greenhouse? You can see their faces fall. rotfl

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The $1, $2, $3, $4 round would have been classic.

I always thought that I would have been a wonderful contestant on that show. Too bad I havent watched it in years.

Maybe I'm crazy, but I could swear I read somewhere that after the show, winning contestants had the option of choosing between the prize or the cash equivalent.

Anyone here ever been on the show and know if this is true? Or did I dream it.

Worst game--Plinko. I don't understand the unrestrained shouts and cheers from the audience when people get a chance to play it. Nobody ever wins big money at it. They might win some, but if you ask me, it's rigged to have the chips land on the zeros most often.

The best game (to win a car, anyway) are the two dice games they have. The one, where you pick a number lower than six or larger than one, is often pretty easy to get through, and the other one with the yellow dice with like three cars on each side of the dice is so freaking easy to win, but I have seen people lose at that one, just not as often.

The game where you can win a car and you have to shout out, "Ladies, do I have X number of numbers right" and they beep a horn if they do annoys me as well. Maybe it's just me, but if I was playing that game, I would cringe with every car beep I heard over one, because unless you get five honks, you're screwed if you get more than one honk. At one honk, you'd have to be a moron to not get the first number right, so it would be a no brainer at which numbers to change. When they get four honks, and they were just screaming and hollering with joy louder and louder with each honk, I am sitting there thinking they are being set up for a mighty fall, and those with the four honks and only one number to change hardly ever win at that game.

"THAT'S TOO MUCH" is also another game I've only seen a couple people win. Horrible game!

Another thing that amuses me about the show is there are episodes you can tell they are watching their budget, maybe after an episode where they gave out a lot or had a double showcase winner, and they roll out all the hard to win games then Bob stands there and says, "Only 69 times in Price is Right history have we had games with no winners." Uh, if you REALLY wanted some winners, you'd give them some easier games mixed in with the harder ones.

I've had the same thought about that game. You are better off getting only 1 correct than 4 in the first go-around.

As a casino-goer, I've always enjoyed Hit Me - probably in my top-5.

Hit Me is another one I know I could win at. It's usually a no brainer what is exactly right and which one is ten times the amount, it's SO EASY to pick the ace and the ten.

http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/harrow/953/penny5.JPG
forgot about this one, do they still play penny ante?

I haven't seen this show in quite a while. Are all the commercials still about senior citizen products like drug prescription plans, health insurance plans, adult diapers, and Wilfred Brimley talking about diabetes testing supplies?

Yes, over and over and over again like a tier in HELL. The commecial I hate is the dagdammed perscription card one with all the people that have to squeel like a pig whenever they say, "and it's FREE!!" And Bernie Koppel....dude, you're still milking The Love Boat. Stop it, just STOP IT. And Wilfred Brimley, YES, WE KNOW YOU HAVE DIABETES! DIE ALREADY!!!!

Oh, and let's not forget the commercial with the stupid ass grandma putting coins in the parking meter. I especially love the insolent little brat mouthing off to her grandma to get grandma's ass moving and she turns and skips so innocently down the street and she deserves to have her mouth slapped for talking to an elder like that. And in the end, the grandma's time is up on the meter and the meter maid is right behind her. Bitch, you're getting a ticket.

And, no, the damn power chairs will NOT go wherever people can walk! What about a tight rope walker! And don't you love those two old ladies at the grand canyon???

I just love the way Wilford Brimley talks down to the viewers...

"You check your goddamm blood sugar levels, and you check 'em OFTEN! There aint no reason not to y'hear? And call LIBERTY!"

You know as soon as they're done taping, they have to spend the next 30 minutes trying to disengage him from the horse. The less popular "You've interupted me on the set of my latest movie where I play a sheriff" isn't nearly as convincing.

I would not trust a "free RASCAL" on the edge of the Grand Canyon. You can just imagine one of those dopey old biddies switching the Rascal into reverse and tumbling over the edge... -ohbfrank-

While on the subject of Wilfred Brimley, he always sounds angry and disgruntled when he says, "Liberty can help you live a better life," with the anger really focused on the word "LIFE." Uh, dude, if life with Liberty makes you sound that pissed off, count me out.

The hidden meaning being "Liberty will prolong your miserable existence. I'm being paid to tell you this, but cannot summon the acting skills needed to appear enthusiastic about it."

http://blogs.salon.com/0002212/images/call-liberty3.jpg

:lol: Great responses :lol:

I forgot about how Wilfred Brimley sounded pissed off and like he was yelling at you to "check your effing blood sugar you no good lazy piece of shit!" :lol:

I have to try to catch the show at some point. These commercials will be entertaining. Well, maybe seeing them one time would be entertaining, after that they would be annoying as usual I'm sure.

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Anybody got info on the new Vida Guerrera-like Barker Beauty? I could be mistaken, but I think Bob said her name was "Fire"!

The worst PIR game is the Check Game.

"Here, write a check and we'll see if you win."

Golden Road is my favorite game. That's the one where it starts out with the chance to win a roll of Life Savers and ends with two Winnebagos or something huge like that.

The Check Game is great only to hear Bob try to explain it everytime.

Ten Chances is my favorite Barker-tantrum game.

[Buzzer] "NOOO! AUDIENCE, HELP HER OUT!"

I like one putt or 2. Seems so easy, plus isn't there usually a car if you make the putt.

Haha, that game is awesome simply because of Barker's tantrums. Like when the item for grabs is a $245 vacuum and the numbers are 2 4 5 9 and the dumb broad keeps writing things like 942, 924, 492, etc. It's quite obvious on that game that all prices end in 5 or 0.

Do they still have Ten Chances? Granted, I don't see much TPIR anymore, but that one never comes up when I do.