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The Big Board / Re: Ways Price is Right could handle their time crunch
« Last post by Joe Mello on June 15, 2025, 09:46:56 PM »
Quote from: TLEberle on June 15, 2025, 02:27:37 PM
The increase of commercial time is partially due to the fact that they aren't getting nearly as much money from promoting groceries, small items and the like.
I don't think it's even that. Wheel and 25WOL look to be under 20 minutes now. Price at 38 (and Price at Night at 43) sounds like it's just the Way Things Are. All carriers want more ad revenue and the way they get that is with more ads. I'm guessing a couple ads are going to be more lucrative than even a 6-grocery game show.

I'm also curious as to what we want to save large chunks of time for. I think after all this time, it's pretty clear that Drew isn't going to full stop the show like Bob did and make someone daytime TV famous. I also don't think Showcase skits are ever going to come back, either.

That being said, two ways to save time are in the Showcase round. They do have two-prize Showcases on occasion and could probably do more of them. Also, despite the lack of skits every Showcase has a theme, even though probably 40% of peak-Barker Era showcases didn't. You can probably save a chunk of time by having more Showcases just be something like "This showcase starts with a trip to fabulous [PLACE]...and you can head to and from the airport in your brand new SUV!..."
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The Big Board / Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
« Last post by BrandonFG on June 15, 2025, 06:07:38 PM »
Quote from: rebelwrest on June 15, 2025, 03:35:06 PM
Quote from: mmb5 on June 13, 2025, 06:50:45 PM
Quote from: rebelwrest on June 13, 2025, 04:57:40 PM
You were not a house in a rural area unless you had either the Ray Stevens "best of" or his full length movie Ray Stevens Get Serious!.

/Funny when I was 11.
//Now, not so much.
What's going on?  I was getting Ethel a snow cone.

Since The Streak was brought up, I saw the video on Ray Stevens' YouTube channel.  It did provide a chuckle; however, I notice one of the words has been censored.  The word that got censored was........

mooned
Youtube is weird about censorship. I watched Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke (don’t judge me) and they censored nudity…of a Playboy centerfold that was plastered on the bathroom stall. IIRC they also censored the language so I immediately turned it off and went to Prime.
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The Big Board / Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
« Last post by The Ol' Guy on June 15, 2025, 05:33:19 PM »
Beat The Clock - all stunts must be performed within 3 seconds.

High Rollers - answer questions, toss dice from the top of the Empire State Building to the table below.

You Bet Your Life - the "no wrong answers" quiz

I'm Telling - sisters answer questions to earn cash to bribe little brothers with found diaries.

Family Feud - Irish mobs vs. Italian mobs.
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The Big Board / Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
« Last post by SRIV94 on June 15, 2025, 05:04:00 PM »
Quote from: mmb5 on June 13, 2025, 06:50:45 PM
Quote from: rebelwrest on June 13, 2025, 04:57:40 PM
You were not a house in a rural area unless you had either the Ray Stevens "best of" or his full length movie Ray Stevens Get Serious!.

/Funny when I was 11.
//Now, not so much.
What's going on?  I was getting Ethel a snow cone.

I hope you told Ethel not to look.
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The Big Board / Re: Stupid Topic: Bad New Rules for Old Shows
« Last post by rebelwrest on June 15, 2025, 03:35:06 PM »
Quote from: mmb5 on June 13, 2025, 06:50:45 PM
Quote from: rebelwrest on June 13, 2025, 04:57:40 PM
You were not a house in a rural area unless you had either the Ray Stevens "best of" or his full length movie Ray Stevens Get Serious!.

/Funny when I was 11.
//Now, not so much.
What's going on?  I was getting Ethel a snow cone.

Since The Streak was brought up, I saw the video on Ray Stevens' YouTube channel.  It did provide a chuckle; however, I notice one of the words has been censored.  The word that got censored was........

mooned

Yes, you read that right.  The word that got censored was

mooned

I tried to find why it was so offensive now, but I couldn't find a thing.  So you're telling me that Ray Stevens' audience is so sensitive that the particular word would send them into conniptions........actually seeing his other videos would make you think that.

/HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA they had to censor mooned!
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The Big Board / Re: Ways Price is Right could handle their time crunch
« Last post by TLEberle on June 15, 2025, 02:27:37 PM »
Quote from: wdm1219inpenna on June 15, 2025, 07:01:07 AM
Once upon a midnight dreary, Price is Right had 44 minutes of actual air time and 16 minutes of commercials.
Certain pricing games could be sped up too.  Pocket Change is a prime example of this.  Rather than have the contestant walk over and pick an envelope off the board after each number is filled into the car price, just have them select the 4 envelopes off the board at the start of the game!
You've mentioned this and I think it underlines a fundamental misunderstanding of what a game show or indeed a TV show is about. Pocket Change is timed out to have a certain amount of time allotted to that segment and saving the twenty seconds isn't worth the idea of "you got the number right, your reward is getting to go to the board and playing with the prop.

If Pocket Change can be reduced to a single trip to the board, why not build a lectern station near home base and the contestant plays the games from there? Or heck, let the contestant stay standing at contestants row which the shlubs have to sit down and Drew sidles over to the winner and the models carry out directives for the player by proxy?

The increase of commercial time is partially due to the fact that they aren't getting nearly as much money from promoting groceries, small items and the like.
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The Big Board / Re: Ways Price is Right could handle their time crunch
« Last post by TLEberle on June 15, 2025, 02:18:10 PM »
Quote from: byrd62 on June 15, 2025, 12:22:30 PM
Better yet, how about a 5-person "Showcase Showdown" with only the winner advancing, and the "Showcase" round done like on the late-1990's UK Bruce's Price is Right, with a randomizer to determine how close the person's bid must be (between $1000 - $5000), without going over, to win?
We aren't Britain? We've had the two player showcase for fifty some years? One in five isn't quite as good as one in four plus the top winner getting a pass which might mean some maneuvering in the later games?
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The Big Board / Re: Ways Price is Right could handle their time crunch
« Last post by SRIV94 on June 15, 2025, 12:53:57 PM »
Quote from: Dbacksfan12 on June 15, 2025, 10:09:36 AM
This was a lot of words to offer no actual improvements whatsoever.
In other words, TL;DR.
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The Big Board / Re: Ways Price is Right could handle their time crunch
« Last post by byrd62 on June 15, 2025, 12:22:30 PM »
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Even a five-person showdown with top two advancing would save time.

Better yet, how about a 5-person "Showcase Showdown" with only the winner advancing, and the "Showcase" round done like on the late-1990's UK Bruce's Price is Right, with a randomizer to determine how close the person's bid must be (between $1000 - $5000), without going over, to win?
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The Big Board / Re: Ways Price is Right could handle their time crunch
« Last post by bscripps on June 15, 2025, 12:20:06 PM »
Quote from: TLEberle on June 15, 2025, 11:23:47 AM
They could also take fifteen mins off LMAD and given them to TPIR.
Great for markets where the two air back to back in the morning. 

Not so great for markets like mine, where we run "Live" at 10am and take the 3pm feed of LMAD.
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