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Barker TPIR coming to Pluto TV 12/1/20 (Confirmed)
gamed121683:
Anyone here figured out how the weekend schedule goes? From what I’m observing (tuning in and out), I don’t think they’re playing the same episodes every six hours.
snowpeck:
--- Quote from: gamed121683 on December 06, 2020, 06:27:59 PM ---Anyone here figured out how the weekend schedule goes? From what I’m observing (tuning in and out), I don’t think they’re playing the same episodes every six hours.
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At least for this weekend, they're repeating 12 shows each day (running each one twice), which means all 24 they showed this previous week have been repeated. Not sure how next weekend will go when they have 30 shows to choose from.
jjman920:
--- Quote from: Sodboy13 on December 04, 2020, 10:04:35 PM ---Unrelated to that, having watched a couple plays of Trader Bob, it's bizarre how botched the order of the price reveals is in that game. Anyone who's paying attention is being told if the game's won or lost before the final reveal.
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Yeah, that's why Trader Bob was the worst of the Give or Keep doppelgangers. Completely sucking any suspense out of the reveal by the time the end came around. Like, if the 4th eliminated prize was less than the 3rd kept prize, it was clear as day as to what was going to happen. And yet, this game lasted longer than Finish Line (probably because it didn't require mechanics like Finish Line).
Bob is condescending, but people liked this. The show skyrocketed to #1 at this point and they partied and had fun. This was the time the show started cementing its status as an institution. People waited to see Bob be smarmy on TV, they waited in line to be talked to him that way in studio. Perhaps his fame and the prospect of winning blinded people from it, but no one cared. They liked reaching into his pocket. They asked him for kisses. Whatever it is they liked about him, they were *sold.* I think it was his quick wit and cavalier attitude that came off as so charming back then.
Mr. Armadillo:
--- 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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Season 13 premiere, so sayeth the Golden-Road FAQ.
--- Quote ---My wife and I were watching an episode the other night, and there was a contestant from Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Bob spent several beats of an exchange trying to correct the contestant on where in the state it was located. And my wife just said, "Bob, what in the hell are you doing this for? He lives there!"
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Bob lived there for several years himself, though not in the same part of the state, but yeah, not a good start.
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on December 05, 2020, 01:17:57 AM ---(she’s single; awkward exchange about what ethnicity she is ensues)
BOB: You’re no more Mexican than I am Indian.
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So she's one-eighth Mexican.
daveromanjr:
Not trying to hijack the thread but with the addition of TPiR to PlutoTV I've been watching the free service much more than I've had in the past. Has anyone else using a Roku had major issues with the PlutoTV app? I've found many others online (be it on Reddit, Pluto's Facebook post comments and tech support groups online for Roku/Pluto) seem to be having the same issue. The issue is that I have to reinstall the PlutoTV app each time I want to use it. Otherwise it will not completely load - it'll simply play the last channel I watched but will not react to any remote inputs. You can tell it is receiving the command from the remote as it is playing the Roku sound it makes when you hit an incorrect button or a button that doesn't do anything. It will not let you change channel or anything. I'm a tech person and I've tried all the typical fixes but to no avail. A reinstall works for one go-round but then freezes after you go back into the app. E-mails to Pluto and Roku haven't provided any fix. Anyone else having this issue?
Also is it me or is the audience like WAY more excited about the Big Wheel than they are nowadays? The general feel of excitement seems so much higher and it doesn't just seem like the work of Mother Mackenzie. Bob's edginess never goes too far which shows how good of a host he is ... always in control but always making sure the contestants are the stars.
Bob goes to prove my belief that the television personalities that are held in the highest regard are the ones that take their role seriously on air. I understand that Drew and his crew want a party atmosphere but Bob's run felt much more fun than the "forced fun" we have now. I swear watching the current setup forcing contestants do a gig when they come out and when they win the item up for bid is vomit-inducing. Bob made the fact that if a person knew how many packs of gum it would take to get a total of $6 in a game then that contestant would win a new car 100% legit.
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