Quote from: Casey Buck on April 17, 2024, 06:23:53 PM

But I'm not sure that we've fully established with who came up with the three big differentiators of The New Price is Right: the Pricing Games, the two-player Showcase, and the selection of contestants out of the studio audience.

This may be sacrilegious, but I think the influence for those elements came from Let's Make A Deal.  Did Monty Hall ever make a compliant about how similar The New Price Is Right was to his show?

I was going to mention that in my original post. It wouldn't surprise me if Goodson said "Let's make The New Price is Right just like Let's Make a Deal, but with items up for bids!" Hell, there's even three doors!

But I'm not sure that we've fully established with who came up with the three big differentiators of The New Price is Right: the Pricing Games, the two-player Showcase, and the selection of contestants out of the studio audience.

This may be sacrilegious, but I think the influence for those elements came from Let's Make A Deal.  Did Monty Hall ever make a compliant about how similar The New Price Is Right was to his show?

I’ll defer to anyone who may have been on staff then, but given what I know of that team during a lean era, and the fact the show was on some form of development for seven years, I’d offer the correct answer may just be all of the above.

Could somebody please bookmark that tweet for the next time we have the conversation about how not every answer with at least two respondents is required to be displayed on the board?

A mildly interesting disclaimer in each of these tweets:

Note: #FamilyFeud surveys are conducted anonymously via phone throughout the 🇺🇸 by people who are not #SteveHarvey.

Are there viewers who think that Steve Harvey is the one going out and soliciting these responses? Anyway, I found it informative to learn that the surveys are conducted by phone now (I believe they were done by mail in the Dawson/Combs days). That would help eliminate any spelling bias in the "Give me a word that rhymes with ______" questions.

I assume that the people being contacted by phone know that they are specifically answering Family Feud questions (as opposed to the producers creating a pretense of conducting a general national survey), given the number of questions that are about Steve Harvey.

Today's survey showed how neatly the top 8 maximum fits some questions, and how the way some survey respondents miss the point never see the light of day.

We asked 100 people. Name something a male stripper called “The Pool Boy” might be holding.

Top 8 answers on the board
#1 Net / Skimmer (39)
#2 Hose (11)
#3 Pool Noodle (11)
#4 Life Preserver (7)
#5 Beach Ball (4)
#6 Speedo / Trunks (4)
#7 Himself / Butt / Trouser Snake (4)
#8 Float / Raft (3)
···
#SurveyAlsoSaid (not seen on TV)
* Jock Strap (2)
* Bucket of Water (2)
* Pool Brush (2)
* Towel (2)
* Cue Stick (2)
* Pool Vacuum (2)
* Floatie / Water Wings (1)
* Goggles (1)
* Squeegee (1)
* Rubber Duck (1)
* The 8 Ball (1)