The Price is Right appreciation thread
 

Best game show on tv. Who wants to be a Millioinaire is pretty good too. Why doesn't jeapordy champ Ken Jennings go on that show? back on topic...TPIR has stood the test of time. my favorite new game on TPIR is 'Cover Up'. I also like the older games that have been around forever, like the "Clock Game", but i haven't seen it much lately. oh and how bout those Beauties?

I love The Price is Right! I watched it for the first time when I was 4, with grandma. I did not even speak English then, but I loved Bob! It has since become a favorite. You could say that The Price is Right helped me learn a second language.

A kid down the street won a car from the PiR over Spring Break!

I wish I could play. :(

My 3 most favorites:
Holly Hallstrom
Claudia Jordan
Lisa Gleave

Hon. Mention:Brandi Sherwood
Mostly because she's the most animated B-Beauty ever.

I usually catch half an hour of this before class everyday, but did anyone see the woman last week who refused to go on in the game because they wouldn't give all 5 dice to roll again. she was shaking and asking the crowd what to do on the game where you roll die that have cars and $ on them. she ended up taking 1500 after the first roll because she sadi she wanted to roll them all again and they wouldn't let her. She kept saying "mmm mmm, no way" and shaking her finger at BOB.

I used to love having a day off because I could catch TPIR. Now that I have a TiVo and a season pass to it, I never watch it. It just doesn't feel right to be watching it at 10PM.

growing up, I used to catch it religiously! that's almost 20 years of faithful watching. (okay, minus the last 5 to 7 years for being amongst the workforce and not being able to catch it anymore)

Still watch it whenever I get the chance. It's been on Saturday night for the last two weeks, so I've been watching those as well. I have never been any good at the car games, especially that Lucky Seven.

I love watching the contestants as the person next to them tops their bid by $1, ruining their his or her chance to get on stage.

One of the saddest days of my life is when I found out that the "Come On Down" part is NOT a random pick.

Me, my sister, and the two other kids that went to the same babysitter as little kids used to watch PiR with the babysitter every day (back when cable/satellite weren't so widespread). We would then go in another room and create our own PiR games, with candy and juice as prizes :D .

I love it when the 2nd to last person bids $1...then the last person just bids $2 rotfl .

I'd like to punch that guy in the face right now but I can't because I'd get in trouble if I do that. I bet you get a lot of that on Let's Make A Deal.

It's not? :(

How do they pick the contestants?

They break up the 330 or so people in groups of 10 and ask you one question "What do you do". If they like you they may ask you one or two more questions. The reason I know....I was a contestant on my golden birthday last year!! Too bad they called me with only 2 games to go and I never made it out of contestant's row...ah well (anyone need a shop vac or ANY type of dictionary?? :-P). The other two questions they asked were "what is my favorite game and how often do I watch?" Of course, everyone and their brother says "PLINKO" so I didn't, I said the Clock Game...that kind of threw them off and sure enough I was called down.

It's an extremely small stage too. Unless you are sitting dead center, you can't see all three of the big doors.

Greatest game show ever.

Best game = Cliffhanger.

I wish they would bring back a staple from the 70s and early 80s: Hurdles.

I always enjoy when the contestant is taking too long to place a bid or whatever and Bob starts coaxing them along, obviously pissed. He's just going to end up stabbing someone one of these days.

I can't believe you're a professional golfer. I think you should be working at the snack bar.

I agree...I was watching an episode one day and he said "if you don't hurry up, I'll kick you!" Classic right there...

During the bidding, do the contestants also win what they are bidding on?

Yes they do.

PLINKO?!?! I hate that game. I probably would have said the Showcase Showdown. :D

I remember when i was a kid and was home "sick" from school i would always watch it and now im 35 and when im home "sick" from work i still watch it :D Bob rules! :)

You know what's driving me crazy? You not getting the ball in the hole!

Check out this thread I started 4 years ago, MOD be cool to combine these 2 threads if possible!
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102750

I love it when the FIRST person bids a dollar! I actually saw an episode where somebody did this and the next person bid $2, the next $3 and the last person bid $4. Seriously, who does anybody but the last bidder think they are fooling when they bid their stupid dollar? What's even funnier is when they get mad when somebody just bids one dollar more than their stupid dollar, as if their strategy was that hard to figure out.

I get to see the last half of this show just about every day. I roll in laughter when people come just SOOOOOO close to winning then drop the ball. Today's episode was a great example with this guy who got the dice to roll for a new car. He rolled a six, and he knew the number was lower. He then rolled a five and the number was a five. He then rolled a one and knew the number was higher than one. Then he rolled a two. I was sitting there thinking I would say the number would be lower, because I don't know how many times I've seen people lose the game like this, and of course he picks that the number would be higher and when it came up ONE I died laughing.

Don't get me wrong, I like it when people win, but I just sit there and think man, all those taxes they now owe will just kill them. I would want to go on there if I had a guarantee to win cash, as I wouldn't want to come up with the tax money for the prizes. I could pay tax on the cash real easy, but not so easy on a trip or a car.

SWEEET! I did a search before starting this thread, but "the" "is" and "right" were ignored. lol.

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

:thumbsup:

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-