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Ways Price is Right could handle their time crunch
Jeremy Nelson:
--- Quote from: MikeK on June 16, 2025, 12:19:20 PM ---I think the easiest way to save time is one showcase with both players locking in secret bids. That would save four or five minutes, at least. Editing out/down the hemming and hawing while listening to 180 different bids from 180 audience members saves time too. Within $250 doesn't win both showcases, obviously, so the bonus could be $25,000, a car, or some combination of cash and transport.
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Easy fixes all around for a two player showcase. If by some chance they both bid and they're under, stop tape and have them rebid while telling them they're under. I like cash equivalent to make up for no DSW.
TimK2003:
--- Quote from: TheLastResort on June 16, 2025, 07:55:55 PM ---Contestant #1 bids on the showcase. Contestant #2 guesses whether the ARP is higher or lower than that bid. If #2 is right, he wins the showcase. Otherwise #1 wins it (see Card Sharks).
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However, that guarantees that the showcase will be won each episode. I'm sure CBS/Fremantle likes to see the occasional Double Overbid to keep the budget in check -- much like how their budget loves when a contestant selects the least expensive Big Deal door on LMAD.
TLEberle:
I would want as close to zero double overs as possible because you don’t want the last memory of the show being the Spoilers Victory sounder and nobody celebrating their new boat or trips
Joe Mello:
I don't think this would actually save any time, but I just watched one of the specials from 1986 and was fascinated by the choice of transitioning from the 3rd game of the half straight into the Showcase Showdown without a break.
Otm Shank:
--- Quote from: Joe Mello on June 16, 2025, 11:58:10 PM ---I don't think this would actually save any time, but I just watched one of the specials from 1986 and was fascinated by the choice of transitioning from the 3rd game of the half straight into the Showcase Showdown without a break.
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Complete with the walking to the Big Wheel that most of the time spatially could not happen.
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