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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Casey Buck on May 09, 2006, 03:37:11 AM
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Check out Mike Klauss' video page (http://\"http://classicgameshows.com/video/index.html\"), the first new clip.
Um, wow. It's an insult to the TPiR name.
On the bright side, there's also a clip from Bert's Family Feud further down, if you want to recover from that train-wreck.
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What......the hell? That's my opinion. A horrific, farcical travesty of a show.
Joe Pasquale = really annoying Austin Powers-just-sucked-the-helium-out-of-a ballon-sounding host.
Or maybe the late hour is getting to me on that one.
--Jamie
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All I want to know is what's with 1) the Come on Down sign in the audience, and 2) Bruce Lee Plinko?
Chris C., do you get royalties for "Switch" making it across the pond, even if it is "Swap"? :-P
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I tried. I made it 1:45 before hitting the little black "X" in the corner.
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When the Plinko disc getting stuck is the highlight of the episode you know you are in trouble.
Has the US version ever had a Showcase valued at 4 figures?
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[quote name=\'dougal18\' post=\'118046\' date=\'May 9 2006, 06:02 AM\']
Has the US version ever had a Showcase valued at 4 figures?
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You mean, after, say, 1981?
JOKE.
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Well you're quite happy to mess up all our formats, so I think it's only fair, really.
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[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'118048\' date=\'May 9 2006, 03:33 AM\']
Well you're quite happy to mess up all our formats, so I think it's only fair, really.
[/quote]I think we did quite OK with "Millionaire," and you guys botched "Pyramid" something fierce, so I would put it closer to a wash, really. When you consider we gave you "Blockbusters," I think the Yankees are ahead by quite a bit, even.
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I spent 6 hours downloading that yesterday. I want my time back.
It's not that I didn't like it, its just that I was shocked at why they would "modernize" Bruce's version for this , by 1:cheapening the prizes , 2:cheapining the set, and 3:(un)intentionally offending stereotypes - Chinese Plinko? WHat the hell was that?
I miss Bruce's PIR...and I would imagine the majority of the UK would agree
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Great one guys judging it on the first episode.
I much prefer episode two over one, Take 2 for example nice new game board, so was any number.
I just wish Americans wouldnt judge it to the US versions, Plinko was well horride im sure there was a few complaints to ofcom who will no doubt ignore it.
Its just panto inspired 2nd episode the showcase was won, and music clearly inspired by panto was played.
The set is modern yes and bright yes it suites Joe, the prizes are cheap because its daily with a budget of £25,000 now thats not that much less than BPiR had weekly even with inflation!
The bought tacky expensive prizes because thing is the show here as the reputation of prizes beeing tat, and always will be.
Id love to see what you lot think of Cash En Carlo
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I guess I might've been more prepared for a campy take on Price if they hadn't screwed up a few years ago and made Brucie's version brilliant.
I like the graphics and the energy, though. I'm going to try to find some way to keep watching (wink wink nudge nudge say no more), because I might still find it more entertaining than what Barker's doing these days (then again, foreign games tend to get an extra cool point fom me regardless).
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'118049\' date=\'May 9 2006, 07:05 AM\']
When you consider we gave you "Blockbusters," I think the Yankees are ahead by quite a bit, even.
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At least overseas, many of those shows are still on the air.
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[quote name=\'remlap\' post=\'118052\' date=\'May 9 2006, 07:54 AM\']
The bought tacky expensive prizes because thing is the show here as the reputation of prizes beeing tat, and always will be.
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Translation, please?
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[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'118053\' date=\'May 9 2006, 01:17 PM\']
I guess I might've been more prepared for a campy take on Price if they hadn't screwed up a few years ago and made Brucie's version brilliant.
I like the graphics and the energy, though. I'm going to try to find some way to keep watching (wink wink nudge nudge say no more), because I might still find it more entertaining than what Barker's doing these days (then again, foreign games tend to get an extra cool point fom me regardless).
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I've just watched the first episode, I think this sums up the show pretty nicely.
They've clearly gone for the ironic angle for the show. Just listen to the voiceovers! I think the show's main problem is that it isn't silly enough.
In answer to Clay's question, despite the truth that our version actually gave away huge and pretty good prizes for the time (in actual fact the original Crowther version was told off for breaking the limits on the amount that you were allowed to give away on a show), people seem to have a memory that what it actually gave away was pretty tatty and "novelty". That explains the silliness and novelty of a lot of the prizes of this version. They are, in effect, playing up to the false nostalgia.
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I'm watching the Brit Price now. I just can't get past the host. It sounds like he's playing a character and is really hard to understand. The audience looks....well, like they'd rather be somewhere else :).
Any clips of the 'better' version that this one replaced?
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'118055\' date=\'May 9 2006, 05:28 AM\']
[quote name=\'remlap\' post=\'118052\' date=\'May 9 2006, 07:54 AM\']
The bought tacky expensive prizes because thing is the show here as the reputation of prizes beeing tat, and always will be.
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Translation, please?
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I think he's saying that the rep Price has overseas is that the prizes have always been cheesy, and since (based on what I'm gathering from this thread) they're kinda going for parody with this version, the prizes are intentionally tacky.
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No that really is his voice. Joe Pasquale won I'm A Celebrity... two years ago (a hugely popular show over here, hosted by Ant and Dec of Gameshow Marathon fame) and this is the first vehicle they've found for him.
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[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'118062\' date=\'May 9 2006, 09:55 AM\']
No that really is his voice. Joe Pasquale won I'm A Celebrity... two years ago (a hugely popular show over here, hosted by Ant and Dec of Gameshow Marathon fame) and this is the first vehicle they've found for him.
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The first vehicle they should have found for him was a car driving far away from the studio.
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I dont get really why so many of you really care, I understand you think its sh*ting on US version.
Leave it be what it is tacky, and I like it like that because Im happy we have PiR back here whatever the set might be like, the host, the prizes and games played.
Its much better than having reruns from Granada or Carlton archive which we where having before yesterday.
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[quote name=\'dougal18\' post=\'118046\' date=\'May 9 2006, 06:02 AM\']
When the Plinko disc getting stuck is the highlight of the episode you know you are in trouble.
Has the US version ever had a Showcase valued at 4 figures?
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The last showcase under $10,000 on the US version I can remember was in the 1993-94 season. The player's final total was $9900 and change(they'd won their one-bid item but not their on-stage pricing game), and I can remember how cheap that seemed back then. SHowcases under $10,000 were the norm in the 70s and into the mid 80s.
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[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'118059\' date=\'May 9 2006, 09:49 AM\']They've clearly gone for the ironic angle for the show. Just listen to the voiceovers! I think the show's main problem is that it isn't silly enough.[/quote]
I agree, and I think a lot of the US criticism is coming from people who either don't get or don't like the fact that they've chosen this approach. It's only a travesty if you're expecting something that hews closer to the Bob Barker version (as Brucie did), and that's clearly not what they wanted to do.
Still, while ironic detachment is something you guys are better at than we are, it's a tricky thing to pull off in this genre. The best I've ever seen at being an engaging show while still pointing out the absurdities of the genre has always been the UK Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, but that was more of a variety show than a game anyway. When you're playing a real game, it's hard to pull off "we know we're making a stupid, tacky show" when all the audience sees is "stupid, tacky show".
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[quote name=\'remlap\' post=\'118068\' date=\'May 9 2006, 07:42 AM\']
I dont get really why so many of you really care, I understand you think its sh*ting on US version.
Leave it be what it is tacky, and I like it like that because Im happy we have PiR back here whatever the set might be like, the host, the prizes and games played.
Its much better than having reruns from Granada or Carlton archive which we where having before yesterday.
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Don't take it personally. Realize that trying to parodize the Holy Church Of Barker is about the biggest offense you can perpetrate upon the TPiR fanbois.
I'd be interesting in knowing if pickles are being crapped over at Golden Road, for sure. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'118071\' date=\'May 9 2006, 04:13 PM\']
[quote name=\'remlap\' post=\'118068\' date=\'May 9 2006, 07:42 AM\']
I dont get really why so many of you really care, I understand you think its sh*ting on US version.
Leave it be what it is tacky, and I like it like that because Im happy we have PiR back here whatever the set might be like, the host, the prizes and games played.
Its much better than having reruns from Granada or Carlton archive which we where having before yesterday.
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Don't take it personally. Realize that trying to parodize the Holy Church Of Barker is about the biggest offense you can perpetrate upon the TPiR fanbois.
I'd be interesting in knowing if pickles are being crapped over at Golden Road, for sure. :)
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Im a Barker fanboi, its the reason I started to like PiR is because of the US version airing here on and off in the early 90's.
But I still get why its over the top, and golden-road seems to have less the uproar than the posts here.
This show is in no-way as wild and as tacky as Cash en Carlo was in Holland.
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Based on the exchange rate, this was an $18K+ showcase.
Curt
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THE OK
The theme and set are nice. It fits the moderness that they are trying to convey, and it does kinda work.
Joe (ignoring his annoying voice) is not a bad host. He's new...he could get better with time.
The prizes are definatly cheaper than Bruce's, but with roughly HALF the budget, that's expected.
Peter Dickson, sounding great as usual.
The not-so OK
The asian-themed Plinko. WHY? I don't get it?
The "joke" prizes for Swap...I'm not sure this was meant to be a parody, but it came off as a giant joke that no one was really in on.
The showcase main prize. Huh?
It seems to me that the right elements are there, but it's definatley missing the hominess of Crowther's version and the glamour of Bruce's version.
It is however, an interesting interpretation.
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'118043\' date=\'May 9 2006, 04:32 AM\']
All I want to know is what's with 1) the Come on Down sign in the audience, and 2) Bruce Lee Plinko?
Chris C., do you get royalties for "Switch" making it across the pond, even if it is "Swap"? :-P
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1. If I'm correct, it's a throwback to the Giant Come on Down signs in the Crowther and Warman versions.
2. I have NO idea. This is the only thing that bothered me.
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The opinions I've read here and on G-R's board are polarized by region--Europeans/Brits think this show is at least tolerable, while most people on the North American side of the Atlantic think it's utter crap.
[quote name=\'remlap\' post=\'118052\' date=\'May 9 2006, 07:54 AM\']Great one guys judging it on the first episode.[/quote]
So it's wrong to base one's opinion on a first impression?
As the esteemed Mr. Lambert previously said, if Brucie's version wasn't the epitome of glitz and class, then this might be tolerable. Instead, this is an absolute joke compared to what came from the UK within the last decade.
Cleanse your palate with the Bert's Feud clip. That is beautiful to watch.
(This means I'm at least temporarily off the hook for Malcolm...right?)
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It's just that...well...after doing a Game Show Marathon, I expected a more traditional version. However, I think this angle just might work.
I loved the Feud clip. The cash bonus behind one of the answers is a very good idea.
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I sincerely hope that Fremantle doesn't get any ideas about bring the elements of that crapfest over here.
BPiR was amazing, this is just annoying.
Brandon Brooks
EDIT: Just saw Bert's FF. Made me get un-irritated quickly.
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[quote name=\'remlap\' post=\'118072\' date=\'May 9 2006, 08:24 AM\']
But I still get why its over the top, and golden-road seems to have less the uproar than the posts here.
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Well, that's a refreshing change. :)
[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' post=\'118074\' date=\'May 9 2006, 08:33 AM\']
The asian-themed Plinko. WHY? I don't get it?
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Does NOBODY realize that "Plinko" is a simplification of "pachinko"?
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' post=\'118069\' date=\'May 9 2006, 09:55 AM\']
The last showcase under $10,000 on the US version I can remember was in the 1993-94 season. The player's final total was $9900 and change(they'd won their one-bid item but not their on-stage pricing game).[/quote]
Turn off the TV, go down to Sbarro, and buy a slice of pizza. Good GRIEF.
Great one guys judging it on the first episode.
And why not? If I'm interviewing someone, and then come in with a "TOP TEN REASONS TO CHUG BEER SHIRT" and cut-off jean shorts, I'm sure as hell not going to give them another interview.
First impressions mean everything.
I'd be interesting in knowing if pickles are being crapped over at Golden Road, for sure. :)
Nah, last I checked, they were complaining about another price increase with Hot Pockets.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'118078\' date=\'May 9 2006, 12:14 PM\']
[quote name=\'remlap\' post=\'118072\' date=\'May 9 2006, 08:24 AM\']
But I still get why its over the top, and golden-road seems to have less the uproar than the posts here.
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Well, that's a refreshing change. :)
[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' post=\'118074\' date=\'May 9 2006, 08:33 AM\']
The asian-themed Plinko. WHY? I don't get it?
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Does NOBODY realize that "Plinko" is a simplification of "pachinko"?
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I do now. :-)
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[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'118079\' date=\'May 9 2006, 12:36 PM\']
Nah, last I checked, they were complaining about another price increase with Hot Pockets.
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Well, that annoys me too... because it's thrown my breakfast budget out of whack.
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Gee, that was...odd. The only positive here was the announcer. With those weird prizes, for a minute during Swap, I thought I was watching a MadTV parody of the show without Frank Caliendo as Rod and remakes of the American cues. Oriental Plinko? That's just not the right style for this game. The Win/Lose twist was mildly interesting, though. It was made more LMaD-ish with that Plinko "disk of desire" and the idiot bringing it out. The crowd clapping along to the theme was unique, I didn't know a knock-off of the rhythm of "Copacabana" could work on PiR, but I wouldn't bring it here. Was I the only one that noticed Joe looks like a dead ringer for Ozzy Osbourne’s son Jack? Overall, that was a bad first show. Thank goodness Bert’s Feud was much better. Then again, I've never seen a clip of Bruce's PiR, so what do I know?
James
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[quote name=\'LetsGoMets2003\' post=\'118083\' date=\'May 9 2006, 12:30 PM\']
Then again, I've never seen a clip of Bruce's PiR, so what do I know?
James
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So. Much. Better. (http://\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9h3_nAHDs4&search=bruce%20the%20price%20is%20right\")
Brandon Brooks
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To anyone grousing about the "joke" prizes in the Swap game...first IUFB today was a full-sized cotton candy maker. USPiR has had plenty of "dud" prizes (Doggone Good gas pump. Popcorn carts. That Hawaiis Finest crushed ice cart/squishee thing.)
I liked JPPiR. The nonexistant theme and discotheque 'Come On Down' music weren't my favorite but the rest was a younger, hipper, club-atmosphere BPiR.
The prizes were pretty much the same (I liked the gag line with the chocolate fountain), the format is 100% the same (right down to the graphics for the showcase).
As someone else said, the showcase is about $18,000 US and that thing at the end reminded me of the 6WD ATV. I'd love to have something like that...great fun where I live.
Would I want to DL it everyday? No. Would I like to see 3 or 4 eps a month? Sure.
FAR from worst TPiR ever.
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[quote name=\'JayDLewis\' post=\'118085\' date=\'May 9 2006, 06:54 PM\']
As someone else said, the showcase is about $18,000 US and that thing at the end reminded me of the 6WD ATV. I'd love to have something like that...great fun where I live.
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Without wishing to spoil anything, the variance in our showcases prices appears to be huge - in the other two episodes that have gone out, one showcase was worth more than twice as the one on the episode you've all seen.
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[quote name=\'JayDLewis\' post=\'118085\' date=\'May 9 2006, 10:54 AM\']
Popcorn carts.
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In this day and age of home theater, I dispute whether a popcorn cart is a gag prize. I think it would rule, personally. Especially since so many people have forgotten how good real popcorn is compared to the stuff you throw in the nuker.
That Hawaiis Finest crushed ice cart/squishee thing.)
Oh, no way. Shaved ice RULES. TOTALLY legit prize. :)
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Fair-use quote from a Guardian ratings article behind a subscription wall:
Joe Pasquale made his debut as the new host of The Price is Right on ITV1 yesterday, with a double helping of the show at noon and 5pm.
At midday, Pasquale's Price is Right attracted 1.2 million viewers and a 23% share but lost out to BBC1's Bargain Hunt, which drew 1.4 million viewers, and Cash in the Attic, which took 2 million.
Later in the day, the squeaky voiced comedian faced even tougher competition, up against The New Paul O'Grady Show on Channel 4.
The Price Is Right was watched by 1.3 million viewers and drew a 12% share, while The New Paul O'Grady Show attracted 2.4 million and a 20% share.
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Quick reminder: Paul O'Grady's the comic also known as "Lily Savage," the host of the most recent version of "Blankety Blanks" over there. His talk show used to be in the 5 p.m. time slot on ITV, but Channel 4 waved a wad of bills to lure him over, where he replaced Richard and Judy at 5 p.m.
Those BBC1 shows air here on BBCA.
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I still like Bruce's version better, but I don't mind this at all. Yeah, some of the prizes were bizarre, but that is the angle they're going for. The only thing I really didn't like was the theme; too repetitve.
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By the way, I've seen clips of Cash en Carlo... much better show that this. It's kistchy, and it does a good job of conveying it. This show is a half-hearted mess.
Brandon Brooks
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I totally agree with Jay. The host is annoying as hell, but he's ignorable, and aside from him, the show's actually pretty good. I don't think I'd make it "appointment television" like I do the Barker version, and I'd probably rather watch Bruce's Price Is Right than Joe's, but I think it's getting a lot of flak in this thread that it doesn't deserve.
Oh...and if you want to see the real worst TPIR in the world, check out an episode of the Portuguese version. When you're seven minutes into the program and the host hasn't even tossed to the first Item up for Bids yet, you know you've got problems.
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Speaking of the url hosted clips it be great if someone could credit where he downloaded most of them clips either aussietorrents or uknova.
So if anyone wants more of Temptation, DoND and Feud thats where they are posted to.
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[quote name=\'remlap\' post=\'118093\' date=\'May 9 2006, 03:18 PM\']Speaking of the url hosted clips it be great if someone could credit where he downloaded most of them clips either aussietorrents or uknova.
So if anyone wants more of Temptation, DoND and Feud thats where they are posted to.[/quote]
I have credited a few clips from those sites.
The Aussie clips come from demonoid.com.
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' post=\'118094\' date=\'May 9 2006, 08:22 PM\']
[quote name=\'remlap\' post=\'118093\' date=\'May 9 2006, 03:18 PM\']Speaking of the url hosted clips it be great if someone could credit where he downloaded most of them clips either aussietorrents or uknova.
So if anyone wants more of Temptation, DoND and Feud thats where they are posted to.[/quote]
I have credited a few clips from those sites.
The Aussie clips come from demonoid.com.
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Demonoid is the tracker Aussietorrents.com uses :D
"nowego" is a great guy just for upping 60 Minutes Aussie.
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http://rapidshare.de/files/20051501/PiR_Day_3.zip.html (http://\"http://rapidshare.de/files/20051501/PiR_Day_3.zip.html\")
Photos from Episode 3 with the US inspired Pick a Pair, Cliffy and Joe's Bargin Bar.
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Well, I should probably apologize for having a somewhat misleading title; it may have been exaggerating quite a bit. But, I still have a bad taste in my mouth after watching this.
It may work for Britain, but I'm damn sure a TPiR like that won't work here.
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[quote name=\'Casey Buck\' post=\'118101\' date=\'May 9 2006, 01:37 PM\']
It may work for Britain, but I'm damn sure a TPiR like that won't work here.
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Depends on how seriously you take the show, I think.
Thing is, we know a lot of people who take it WAY too seriously.
(MY GOD THE PRICE OF HOT POCKETS WENT UP AND I LOST AT PICK-A-PAIR!!!!!!!!11!!ELEVEN)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'118102\' date=\'May 9 2006, 04:59 PM\']
[quote name=\'Casey Buck\' post=\'118101\' date=\'May 9 2006, 01:37 PM\']
It may work for Britain, but I'm damn sure a TPiR like that won't work here.
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Depends on how seriously you take the show, I think.
Thing is, we know a lot of people who take it WAY too seriously.
(MY GOD THE PRICE OF HOT POCKETS WENT UP AND I LOST AT PICK-A-PAIR!!!!!!!!11!!ELEVEN)
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Can I ask how this became the rallying cry of the "I'm too good for Golden-Road" crowd? 'Cause, ya know, some of us actually enjoy knowing useless crap like this.
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I've have eps. of Crowthers and Bruce's PIR and I'd say it's a close third. Sure the host has a shrill voice but you get over fast. It reminds me a lot of Bruce's version. Nice party atmosphere. I wish they'd spent a little more money to get a new wheel made but what the hell.
As a side note, the early Bruce shows weren't that great either but look how much of a cult following it got.
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[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'118106\' date=\'May 9 2006, 08:05 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'118102\' date=\'May 9 2006, 04:59 PM\']Depends on how seriously you take the show, I think.
Thing is, we know a lot of people who take it WAY too seriously.
(MY GOD THE PRICE OF HOT POCKETS WENT UP AND I LOST AT PICK-A-PAIR!!!!!!!!11!!ELEVEN)
[/quote]Can I ask how this became the rallying cry of the "I'm too good for Golden-Road" crowd? 'Cause, ya know, some of us actually enjoy knowing useless crap like this.
[/quote]There's a difference between those who merely enjoy knowing useless crap -- something I think most of us on this board have in common -- and those who believe that such useless crap is integral to their very existence and therefore should never be changed. When you see too many of the latter, it's easy to make the mistake of lumping them in with the former. Occasionally it bears repeating that most of us would not, say, throw the TV out the window at the slightest change in a product's price. :-)
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'118113\' date=\'May 9 2006, 05:42 PM\']
There's a difference between those who merely enjoy knowing useless crap -- something I think most of us on this board have in common -- and those who believe that such useless crap is integral to their very existence and therefore should never be changed. When you see too many of the latter, it's easy to make the mistake of lumping them in with the former. Occasionally it bears repeating that most of us would not, say, throw the TV out the window at the slightest change in a product's price. :-)
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What he said. If the shoe fits, wear it. If it doesn't, put it back on the shelf. Simple.
(That said, it's been my experience that the folks who get the most pissed-off when I say something like that seem to have awfully accurately-sized feet.)
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Wow. If Bob ever retires, I hope they find someone as personable and friendly seeming as Bruce. Compairing Bruce to Joe is like Apples and organes.
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I make no claims to not be completely geeky to the highest order. My enjoyment (extreme enjoyment in some cases) means that I recall information about those topics. My brain is wired as such that I remember large amounts of information on several topics. But even I have limits.
I have no problem if someone wants to remember the premiere date of every single pricing game on the show. I take extreme offense at a clique of fans getting on their high horse and saying I'm less of a fan, or less worthy than them because I don't know when the price of the Hot Pockets changed.
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[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'118059\' date=\'May 9 2006, 09:49 AM\']
They've clearly gone for the ironic angle for the show. Just listen to the voiceovers! I think the show's main problem is that it isn't silly enough.[/quote]
That makes a lot of sense to me. Y'all are, after all, the country that has (had?) a drag queen hosting your version of Match Game. It's not my taste, but neither were people dressed as chickens to play Let's Make a Deal.
In answer to Clay's question, ... people seem to have a memory that what it actually gave away was pretty tatty and "novelty".
Thank you. The post you were clarifying was so chock-full of bizarre misspellings that I never, ever would have realized "tat" was intentional.
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By the way, what are Hot Pockets selling for these days?
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'118129\' date=\'May 10 2006, 01:42 PM\']
[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'118059\' date=\'May 9 2006, 09:49 AM\']
They've clearly gone for the ironic angle for the show. Just listen to the voiceovers! I think the show's main problem is that it isn't silly enough.[/quote]
That makes a lot of sense to me. Y'all are, after all, the country that has (had?) a drag queen hosting your version of Match Game. It's not my taste, but neither were people dressed as chickens to play Let's Make a Deal.[/quote]
Blankety Blank has an interesting history in this regard as well - it was certainly never a show people went on for the prizes, and it was certainly de rigeur for whoever was hosting at the time to comment on how cheap everything was for comic effect.
But then when Lily Savage's version transferred to ITV after a largely successful run on the BBC, they completely glamourised the set and the prizes turned (basically) actually quite good. Despite this, it was still being hosted by working class 40-year old Liverpudlian single mum Lily Savage and the celebs were lower down rung of celebrity, so it managed to feel more lowbrow even if the budget apparently went up a bit. The format wasn't really the joke anymore.
Paul O' Grady (the man behind Lily Savage) is currently pulling in huge amounts of viewers being curmudgeonly for his afternoon chat show, which now broadcasts immediately after DoND in the afternoons after ITV forgot to renew his contract despite being one of their biggest assets. So there we are.
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Maybe just by being prepared for it now, I found Tuesday's episode (actually #3, since they showed two different ones on premiere day) of Joe's PIR to be markedly better.
Two questions:
1) Why would they have chosen two boring games (One Right Price and Swap) for the premiere? and
2) Given that you can't win eleventy billion dollars on Plinko, why exactly does the audience get so excited over it?
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[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'118136\' date=\'May 10 2006, 04:49 PM\']
Maybe just by being prepared for it now, I found Tuesday's episode (actually #3, since they showed two different ones on premiere day) of Joe's PIR to be markedly better.
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It's putting a smile on my face. Considering I was expecting to really dislike it, it's doing rather well for itself as far as I'm concerned.
I gather they record two shows at each recording session and use the same pricing games in each.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'118118\' date=\'May 9 2006, 08:41 PM\']
I have no problem if someone wants to remember the premiere date of every single pricing game on the show. I take extreme offense at a clique of fans getting on their high horse and saying I'm less of a fan, or less worthy than them because I don't know when the price of the Hot Pockets changed.
[/quote]
Yeah, this is kinda where I lie too...I feel less welcome over there, because I'm "uninformed".
And, if you disagree with them on something (like the Ten Chances idiot), well, you're damned there too.
By the way, what are Hot Pockets selling for these days
Why don't you go over there and ask them?
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[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'118136\' date=\'May 10 2006, 08:49 AM\']
2) Given that you can't win eleventy billion dollars on Plinko, why exactly does the audience get so excited over it?[/quote]That's a fine question. Once I got the meta-joke, I really liked the Oriental styling of the board's graphics. The ONLY thing is that risking a few hundred pounds to win a several-thousand pound prize isn't much of a risk at all. Which could be exactly what they're going for, for all I know. When the values were 250-1,000 pounds, there was the chance you were trying to double or triple up, and that was at least a tougher choice.
I'll give them credit for making Plinko interesting to watch again, though.
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"Plinko! The All-New Price is Right." I quiver at the thought if GSN ever sees this version after Bob retires and CBS surrenders the rights to the format.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'118139\' date=\'May 10 2006, 01:04 PM\']
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'118118\' date=\'May 9 2006, 08:41 PM\']
I have no problem if someone wants to remember the premiere date of every single pricing game on the show. I take extreme offense at a clique of fans getting on their high horse and saying I'm less of a fan, or less worthy than them because I don't know when the price of the Hot Pockets changed.
[/quote]
Yeah, this is kinda where I lie too...I feel less welcome over there, because I'm "uninformed".
And, if you disagree with them on something (like the Ten Chances idiot), well, you're damned there too.
[/quote]
Your experience on our site has less to do with your being uninformed than it does with you behaving...well, like a troll. When pretty much your entire posting history consists of bitching about the show and calling the forumgoers obsessive nutcases, people aren't going to warm up to you.
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Modor wrote, quoting Travis when he meant to quote me (when I jokingly asked about the price of Hot Pockets),
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'118139\' date=\'May 10 2006, 01:04 PM\']
Why don't you go over there and ask them?
[/quote]
I dunno, seems like an awfully long trip when I could just click (http://\"http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/food/maggi-hot-pockets-bolognese/\").
But then, when I was in London I skipped the Eel Pie, so I'm not sure I'd want to try this, either.
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Best episode all round today.
Heres the screenshots http://rapidshare.de/files/20199400/New_Caps.zip.html (http://\"http://rapidshare.de/files/20199400/New_Caps.zip.html\")
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[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'118166\' date=\'May 10 2006, 10:16 PM\']
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'118139\' date=\'May 10 2006, 01:04 PM\']
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'118118\' date=\'May 9 2006, 08:41 PM\']
I have no problem if someone wants to remember the premiere date of every single pricing game on the show. I take extreme offense at a clique of fans getting on their high horse and saying I'm less of a fan, or less worthy than them because I don't know when the price of the Hot Pockets changed.
[/quote]
Yeah, this is kinda where I lie too...I feel less welcome over there, because I'm "uninformed".
And, if you disagree with them on something (like the Ten Chances idiot), well, you're damned there too.
[/quote]
Your experience on our site has less to do with your being uninformed than it does with you behaving...well, like a troll. When pretty much your entire posting history consists of bitching about the show and calling the forumgoers obsessive nutcases, people aren't going to warm up to you.
[/quote]
Steve...I don't act like a troll and I feel the SAME way.
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'118200\' date=\'May 11 2006, 06:53 AM\']
Modor wrote, quoting Travis when he meant to quote me (when I jokingly asked about the price of Hot Pockets),[/quote]
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'118139\' date=\'May 10 2006, 01:04 PM\']
Why don't you go over there and ask them?
[/quote]
Erm...this wasn't me. I don't mind being thought of as snarky, especially when I'm being snarky, but not when I'm not... :)
But then, when I was in London I skipped the Eel Pie, so I'm not sure I'd want to try this, either.
I had a bit o' the pie. You're not missing much. The rest of British food gets a bad rap, but it's things like eel pie that ruin their reputation.
I watched another episode of the show, and if this was somehow the only version of "Price" that you'd seen, you'd enjoy it. Everyone who said that Bruce's PIR did things so well was correct. It seems like they're trying to overcorrect this time...
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'118240\' date=\'May 11 2006, 03:21 PM\']
Everyone who said that Bruce's PIR did things so well was correct. It seems like they're trying to overcorrect this time...
[/quote]
Here's my question: based on what of the posted episode I saw, it didn't look bad.
So is the knock really on Joe Pasquale? Part of the appeal of BPiR is that those doors open and BRUCE FRIGGIN' FORSYTH walks out. He and Monkhouse are really their Barkers, right? (And to continue the metaphor, Ant and Dec are their Dick Clark?) So instead of Bob Barker, they're getting the equivalent of Doug Davidson. Maybe that's what has people irritated?
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'118242\' date=\'May 11 2006, 05:49 PM\']
So instead of Bob Barker, they're getting the equivalent of Doug Davidson. Maybe that's what has people irritated?
[/quote]
He's annoying, but that's not what gets me. The show wants to be a joke that fails. It's just garish and cheap.
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' post=\'118213\' date=\'May 11 2006, 12:58 PM\']
Steve...I don't act like a troll and I feel the SAME way.
[/quote]
Well, I'm sorry you feel that way, because I think you're a decent guy...however, my opinion still stands that Mark's experience is largely his own fault.
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[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'118269\' date=\'May 11 2006, 08:11 PM\']
Well, I'm sorry you feel that way, because I think you're a decent guy...however, my opinion still stands that Mark's experience is largely his own fault.
[/quote]
I think his point is that whatever perception of elitism that is gleaned from the G-R.net population can't just be written off to "you're a troll, of course you think that." Maybe, just maybe, there's actually some elitism in there?
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Is there a nested-quotes tutorial somewhere? I'd really have liked to trim this some, but I made a bigger mess than the one to which I refer below.
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'118240\' date=\'May 11 2006, 06:21 PM\']
[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'118200\' date=\'May 11 2006, 06:53 AM\']
Modor wrote, quoting Travis when he meant to quote me (when I jokingly asked about the price of Hot Pockets),[/quote]
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'118139\' date=\'May 10 2006, 01:04 PM\']
Why don't you go over there and ask them?
[/quote]
Erm...this wasn't me. I don't mind being thought of as snarky, especially when I'm being snarky, but not when I'm not... :)
But then, when I was in London I skipped the Eel Pie, so I'm not sure I'd want to try this, either.
I had a bit o' the pie. You're not missing much. The rest of British food gets a bad rap, but it's things like eel pie that ruin their reputation.
I watched another episode of the show, and if this was somehow the only version of "Price" that you'd seen, you'd enjoy it. Everyone who said that Bruce's PIR did things so well was correct. It seems like they're trying to overcorrect this time...
[/quote]
I snarked about the price of HPs. Modor quoted me (and snarked back, which is fine), and in the same post quoted Travis about something else, and the multi-quote thing made the post appear as if it were TLE who'd snarked about the Hot Pockets. (So I'm not the only one who has trouble with the quoting interface, which is also fine).
TLE did comment about the Eel Pie. But when my London producer, with whom I was staying and who was playing Johnny Tour Guide for me every chance he got, said, "That's a local delicacy. And no, you don't want to try it," I decided to take him at his word.
So, clearly, the point here is that Eel Pie, brushstroke-looking Plinko fonts, and high-voiced hosts are all pretty much the same: local delicacies that not all tourists will enjoy.
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We've had 4 great hosts in the UK, but to go back over a wide scale Leslie Crowther will always be the ultimate TPiR host here in the UK. I loved the way he could control an entire studio, and he was brilliant at that. It's not easy to do, but it was child's play to him. I've watched the episodes I have many times over and I can honestly say he was one unique gameshow host I never tired of seeing. There are 4 people in this country who I'd have to say were just born to be gameshow hosts:
Bob Monkhouse (Family Fortunes/Celebrity Squares/The Golden Shot/others) (1928-2003)
Bruce Forsyth (Play Your Cards Right/Generation Game/The Price is Right) (1928- )
Leslie Crowther (Crackerjack/The Price is Right/Stars in Their Eyes) (1933-1996)
Ted Rogers (3-2-1 - his only gameshow but a damn good one) (1935-2001)
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AAAAAAAUGH!!!
WHAT THE F***?
WHAT DID THEY DO TO THE BRUCE FORSYTHE VERSION?
AND HOST JOHN PASQUALE IS THE BRITISH AUSTIN POWERS EQUIVALENT TO ROTTEN SMELLY CHEESE OF PATRICK WAYNE!
THAT SET IS A SLAP IN THE FACE OF THE TPiR NAME!
AND THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY MALE MODELS DO NOT BELONG ON A SHOW LIKE TPiR. IT WORKED ON SALE, BUT HERE, SORRY BUT NO WAY, JOSE!
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[quote name=\'megamanj1986\' post=\'118942\' date=\'May 19 2006, 06:29 PM\']
AAAAAAAUGH!!!
<screaming stupidity snipped>
[/quote]
Are you Thad Dixon?
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'megamanj1986\' post=\'118942\' date=\'May 19 2006, 04:29 PM\']
YADDA
[/quote]
Congratulations, you have cemented your status as the GSF's newest jackoff.
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' post=\'118943\' date=\'May 19 2006, 07:33 PM\']
Are you Thad Dixon?
Brandon Brooks
[/quote]
Can't be. He used only one font, one font size and one color.
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' post=\'118943\' date=\'May 19 2006, 06:33 PM\']
Are you Thad Dixon?
[/quote]
No, he's one of the kids from the GSN Playpen that people like for some reason over there.
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Yes, his delivery makes him worthy of the jackoff name. However, let it be noted that the overall message he attempted to convey, namely "This TPiR sucks," is correct. :)
Still jackoff though.
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' post=\'118943\' date=\'May 19 2006, 04:33 PM\']
Are you Thad Dixon?[/quote]
In the spirit of Britishness, this should have been "You are Thad Dixon, and I claim my five pounds."