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Barker TPIR coming to Pluto TV 12/1/20 (Confirmed)
BillCullen1:
I just figured Rod was going to Thailand to get those fancy suits he wore on TPIR. I never thought anything else about it.
So by 1982, Bob had apparently not gotten the memo that it's not the 1950s anymore.
Other than that, I'm enjoying seeing these shows again, particularly for the games that have been retired, plus Pick a Pair with the ferris wheel. We'll eventually see the debut of Plinko. I wonder if we'll see the Phone Home Game. I couldn't find any info as to what year they started playing that.
Retired games I've seen so far include Barker's Bargain Bar, Give or Keep, It's Optional, Penny Ante, Poker Game, Super Ball and Trader Bob.
Allstar87:
So do we have any proof of Rod doing anything depraved in Thailand, or just hearsay?
tyshaun1:
--- Quote from: Allstar87 on December 05, 2020, 10:46:00 AM ---So do we have any proof of Rod doing anything depraved in Thailand, or just hearsay?
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I was thinking the same thing. I remember several people mentioning it on alt.tv.game-shows and later Golden Road, but I wonder where those rumors actually came from.
calliaume:
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on December 05, 2020, 01:17:57 AM ---A Mexican lady with the surname Rodriguez appears. Paraphrasing here.
BOB: You’re not a Rodriguez...you married someone with that name.
(she’s single; awkward exchange about what ethnicity she is ensues)
BOB: You’re no more Mexican than I am Indian.
(more banter from Bob)
I’m not one to cringe at 40-year-old TV shows but that one threw me for a loop.
ETA: Same episode, female contestant walks on stage.
BOB: You’re a housewife?
CONTESTANT: No I’m a junior accountant.
Jesus, Bob*. Hopefully I won’t have to report anymore chauvinism. At least not from this episode.
*I know. I know. Some people consider them one and the same.
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Geez.
I've probably said it here before, but I was never that big a fan of Barker TPIR for the reasons listed above--I found him terribly condescending to the contestants. (I will allow that some of them, when on stage, weren't necessarily thinking rationally.)
Combine that with not seeing the daytime version much over the first few years of the run, since I was in school, and my preferred host was Dennis James. I will admit Dennis had his share of condescending moments as well, but it felt a little less chauvinistic.
TimK2003:
--- Quote from: BillCullen1 on December 05, 2020, 10:44:13 AM --- We'll eventually see the debut of Plinko. I wonder if we'll see the Phone Home Game. I couldn't find any info as to what year they started playing that.
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I once read that the Phone Home Game came out in Fall of 83. So if that is true, and they are going through a month and half worth of episodes a week , we should start seeing the game played by February.
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