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Win the game and still win nothing?
Kevin Prather:
--- Quote from: JakeT on October 09, 2019, 06:51:22 PM ---Why wouldn't they have been smart enough to do a stopdown after the first reveal to make sure that this didn't end up this way?
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One of the staff members (director, producer, I don't remember) once said in an interview that stopdowns are often more expensive than the prize, so it's more cost-effective to just say "Give them the car".
JakeT:
--- Quote from: Kevin Prather on October 09, 2019, 08:15:10 PM ---
--- Quote from: JakeT on October 09, 2019, 06:51:22 PM ---Why wouldn't they have been smart enough to do a stopdown after the first reveal to make sure that this didn't end up this way?
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One of the staff members (director, producer, I don't remember) once said in an interview that stopdowns are often more expensive than the prize, so it's more cost-effective to just say "Give them the car".
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I'd really like to hear how a simple two-minute corrective stopdown could cost them $20,000...
JakeT
TLEberle:
Studio time by the hour ain't cheap.
JakeT:
--- Quote from: TLEberle on October 09, 2019, 09:04:55 PM ---Studio time by the hour ain't cheap.
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I'm well aware of that...but $20,000 for a two-minute correction? Let's be real here...
Plus we know they've done tons of stopdowns for many other reasons...
Can we try to apply a little logic here and inject a dose of reality? Maybe some facts as well?
JakeT
JasonA1:
--- Quote from: Kevin Prather on October 09, 2019, 08:15:10 PM ---
--- Quote from: JakeT on October 09, 2019, 06:51:22 PM ---Why wouldn't they have been smart enough to do a stopdown after the first reveal to make sure that this didn't end up this way?
--- End quote ---
One of the staff members (director, producer, I don't remember) once said in an interview that stopdowns are often more expensive than the prize, so it's more cost-effective to just say "Give them the car".
--- End quote ---
I imagine the bigger stopdowns that require a new prize to come in could possibly fit that bill. If you realize halfway through Money Game that the wrong car copy was read, it's easier to let the game go, resolve the situation in the break, and have the host mention it at the top of the next act...or tell the host during the act to say "give them the car." Because the only fix in that case would be to reset the game for the real car at stake (which requires selecting & retrieving graphics for 9 new pairs of numbers, resetting the board, etc.) or getting a new car in the studio, which is far less practical.
But in this specific case, after you see the first price in Ten Chances has been accidentally revealed, throwing up a curtain (or dropping the Race Game flat) while you double check the other 2 prizes would be far lest costly. I think Bob was making a statement to the staff.
As I had it explained to me some time ago, even when the sliding of the numbers became manual, Ten Chances still had electricity running through it. When the contestant wrote the correct number, they would engage the button, so when Bob pressed it, it would actually work. Apparently, a short had run through the game and dropped all the prices. Since it happened between when the game was set up and when the game was played, nobody caught it.
-Jason
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