Today was Halloween on The Price Is Right with Drew and company dressed in reverence to their favorite pricing games. Rich Fields (sp?) went as the big wheel, Drew was the mountaineer from cliffhangers, beauties dressed as a cash register and a pricing meter from various games.
Prizes, likewise, were all hallows themed. A light up skull, a Gucci watch on a severed hand, and a pot of boiling witch's brew. Disappointingly a pair of pirate costumes were bid on ... and expensive.
Most harrowing was the showcase showdown where contestant number one bid 4,200 dollars for three trips around the world. A nervous bid as the crowd booed what was originally intended to be a frightful overbid of 42 thousand.
This led to what would have been the easiest showcase win in the history of the Price if, that is, contestant two wasn't a brain dead zombie. With a LCD TV, a pair of decked-out lounge chairs, and a SUV decked out as a hearse he turned to the crowd for advice. Now he could have bid low, ridiculously low, but reasonable and won. He could have thought for a second, one second, and bid maybe what a low cost car goes for ... and won. But he didn't. He stared to the crowd, got confused by various shouts and fingers held high then bid ... 4,200 dollars.
Drew was confused, made some jokes about odd pricing choices and cut to commercial. Contestant two lost after the break, showcases with cars are generally more expensive (have you ever seen this show?) and contestant one's confusion paid off.
Now maybe contestant two did it to be nice, to give contestant one a fighting chance, understood that contestant one had made a colossal mistake and said,"Hey, we all make mistakes, but you probably need three trips more than I need a new car." Or maybe contestant two was just a huge (BLEEPING) dumbass.
You decide at www.wascontestanttwoahughbleepingdumbass.com
Tune in next time for more (or less) PIR updates. (Less because I start a new job and don't have Tivo.)
Happy tricks.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Further Proof or Fremantle Must Be Rolling in Idol Dough.
In the last two days on the Price prizes mark the new California gold rush. A private jet trip to Cabo. A 2010 Camry. Movie Premiers and a lot tour directed by wait for it ... Drew himself.
Yes Fremantle must be rolling in it. American Idol slush funds has grown so big that they could buy all the foreclosures in Cali. They probably own their own offshore bank. Soon, I fear, we will live in Fremantleland.
I've long been wondering why the trip prizes all seat coach, thinking that first class would be a more difficult price to guess. Private jet is in a league of its own. That person was short, by thousands, more thousands than the other guy.
The other guy won a showcase including a CBS lot tour. Cheap you say? Sure, but it's the thought that counts, and as the credits began to roll Drew got in a CBS golf cart and told the lucky winner to hop in.
The above winner bribed his way in with a mooing stuffed cow he presented to Drew as he got to his first game. Good play contestant, good play.
Also today, two ... two people hit 100 on the big wheel, one continued to his second spin into 25 large. Um ... not a math guy here, but what are the odds? I might sit down and figure it out.
Tune in soon for more updates. Maybe the math, or maybe what I would bring to Drew you know something with a little TLC.
Have a good day world, a good good day.
Yes Fremantle must be rolling in it. American Idol slush funds has grown so big that they could buy all the foreclosures in Cali. They probably own their own offshore bank. Soon, I fear, we will live in Fremantleland.
I've long been wondering why the trip prizes all seat coach, thinking that first class would be a more difficult price to guess. Private jet is in a league of its own. That person was short, by thousands, more thousands than the other guy.
The other guy won a showcase including a CBS lot tour. Cheap you say? Sure, but it's the thought that counts, and as the credits began to roll Drew got in a CBS golf cart and told the lucky winner to hop in.
The above winner bribed his way in with a mooing stuffed cow he presented to Drew as he got to his first game. Good play contestant, good play.
Also today, two ... two people hit 100 on the big wheel, one continued to his second spin into 25 large. Um ... not a math guy here, but what are the odds? I might sit down and figure it out.
Tune in soon for more updates. Maybe the math, or maybe what I would bring to Drew you know something with a little TLC.
Have a good day world, a good good day.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Shout outs or How to Impress a Girl for a Whole Year.
This morning the Price is Right continued to impress, giving away a Lexus SUV in the showcase. I'm told previous in the week a Mini-Cooper was up for grabs. "Where do they get these wonderful toys?"
Today posed the question of who would you thank while spinning the big wheel. Some dude thanked his Home Depot. I Might thank Old Dutch for dill pickle chips, maybe, but you really got to love an inanimate to put it above friends or family. Home Depot? Guy must really love home repair, or lawn chairs, or paint ... chips.
The showcase loser, who did not win a new Lexus, lost more than just prizes. He lost a chance to become best husband with a year of free floral arrangements. Never again would he have to explain why he didn't buy his girl flowers, they would just show up once a month and he could brag to neighbors about how great he was. That's a gift that just keeps giving.
From the desk in L.A. under sunny skies, this has been a PIR update.
Tune in next time when we examine the price differential in showcases, how one is 45 gs and another 18. Or how Drew is connecting the row prize to the stage prize, today with ski equipment and surfboard to Colorado and Hawaii trips.
Today posed the question of who would you thank while spinning the big wheel. Some dude thanked his Home Depot. I Might thank Old Dutch for dill pickle chips, maybe, but you really got to love an inanimate to put it above friends or family. Home Depot? Guy must really love home repair, or lawn chairs, or paint ... chips.
The showcase loser, who did not win a new Lexus, lost more than just prizes. He lost a chance to become best husband with a year of free floral arrangements. Never again would he have to explain why he didn't buy his girl flowers, they would just show up once a month and he could brag to neighbors about how great he was. That's a gift that just keeps giving.
From the desk in L.A. under sunny skies, this has been a PIR update.
Tune in next time when we examine the price differential in showcases, how one is 45 gs and another 18. Or how Drew is connecting the row prize to the stage prize, today with ski equipment and surfboard to Colorado and Hawaii trips.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The Future ... or How The Game Ups The Ante.
Some years ago I stopped watching hockey. They changed the game, adding a set of new rules in hopes of captivating a wider audience. The goal was clear, more points on the board equals more excitement equals more viewers. Basically they Americanized it.
No longer was it the game I grew up with. The strategies I knew would no longer apply and I worried what would happen to records set by my childhood heroes.
Within the past few days of watching The Price Is Right I've seen three people hit 100 on the big wheel, winning them 1000 dollars and a clear shot into the showcase. Earlier on in my PIR blogging career this would be headline news, with exclamation points littered throughout like blood spatter. I would have touted the contestants abilities, revere the spin, and wonder what I could do personally to make myself better were I to be in their shoes. Today however, it seems a convenient convenience.
Also, within the last few weeks of watching The Price Is Right, they've been giving away decent cars. Hondas and Subarus rather than stock Ford and Chevy low ends. While more difficult to predict price wise, this incentive is building excitement.
Maybe Drew is trying to break records old B.B. set. Maybe the network wants to capture the audience with tastier carrot. Maybe I've been to far removed from analyzing The Price is Right. Maybe it's a convenient convenience. But the truth is out there.
Reporting from the new desk I found in a parking deck, this has been a new PIR blog. Good Day and Good Night.
Tune in soon for such engaging topics as; The price of airline tickets throwing off the final showcase and How I soon wont be able to watch The Price due to a new job.
No longer was it the game I grew up with. The strategies I knew would no longer apply and I worried what would happen to records set by my childhood heroes.
Within the past few days of watching The Price Is Right I've seen three people hit 100 on the big wheel, winning them 1000 dollars and a clear shot into the showcase. Earlier on in my PIR blogging career this would be headline news, with exclamation points littered throughout like blood spatter. I would have touted the contestants abilities, revere the spin, and wonder what I could do personally to make myself better were I to be in their shoes. Today however, it seems a convenient convenience.
Also, within the last few weeks of watching The Price Is Right, they've been giving away decent cars. Hondas and Subarus rather than stock Ford and Chevy low ends. While more difficult to predict price wise, this incentive is building excitement.
Maybe Drew is trying to break records old B.B. set. Maybe the network wants to capture the audience with tastier carrot. Maybe I've been to far removed from analyzing The Price is Right. Maybe it's a convenient convenience. But the truth is out there.
Reporting from the new desk I found in a parking deck, this has been a new PIR blog. Good Day and Good Night.
Tune in soon for such engaging topics as; The price of airline tickets throwing off the final showcase and How I soon wont be able to watch The Price due to a new job.
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