Drew Carey Intro to TPIR now online.....

[stutzunoon]

Hey All,

Just wanted to let all of you know that a news feature is now online that begins with Drew Carey's new TPIR intro.  You can clearly hear the new theme in the clip as well.

You can find it here..

http://www.tampabays10.com/video/news/?aid...1&sid=65185

It seems to me that the new theme is rather campy and kind of pokes fun at the kitschy-ness of TPIR...  but that's just my opinion...

Stutz

[tvwxman]

And now, here is the star of the Price is Right....

Droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Careeeeeee!

Jeez Rich Fields is annoying.

[Card Shark]

[quote name=\'stutzunoon\' post=\'166425\' date=\'Oct 11 2007, 09:15 PM\']
Hey All,

Just wanted to let all of you know that a news feature is now online that begins with Drew Carey's new TPIR intro.  You can clearly hear the new theme in the clip as well.

You can find it here..

http://www.tampabays10.com/video/news/?aid...1&sid=65185

It seems to me that the new theme is rather campy and kind of pokes fun at the kitschy-ness of TPIR...  but that's just my opinion...

Stutz
[/quote]

Call me crazy (take the bait or don't), but I don't hear much of a difference in the theme. I'll have to listen more carefully next Monday.

[CJBojangles]

Good GOD I hope someone tells Rich that there are no "O"s in Drew's name. Then again, this is the same man who deemed the letter "R" in the word "CAR" unnecessary.

They updated Price and they did it right. I'm highly impressed.

[aaron sica]

Something I'm wondering....In the clip where Drew is talking (right after they show him making his entrance from backstage), it looks like the Big Wheel, but different..(white and red). What is that?

[JasonA1]

Part of the new "Race Game Curtain," the fan name for the flat that conceals the prizes for "Race Game" among many other functions. Apologies if you already knew that term.

-Jason

[Steve Gavazzi]

[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'166459\' date=\'Oct 12 2007, 12:03 AM\']
Part of the new "Race Game Curtain," the fan name for the flat that conceals the prizes for "Race Game" among many other functions.[/quote]

Actually, that's what the label says on the curtain's controls, right next to the ones for the similarly-labeled Giant Price Tag.

[tpirfan28]

The opening looks cheap (where the logo zooms in).

Three days.  Hurry up.

And for those who think "this isn't TPiR if Bob Barker isn't hosting", pull yer head out of your rear.  What appears to be quality television will grace our screens at 11AM EDT Monday.

[pianogeek]

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'166479\' date=\'Oct 12 2007, 08:16 AM\']
The opening looks cheap (where the logo zooms in).
[/quote]

True.  It looked like the chyron operator did some logo cropping and cutting at Photoshop 101 and brought it to the control room.  

And the way Drew excitingly emphasized the cash prize in "It's in the Bag" in that clip or "Plinko" on the YouTube clip reminded me of Jim Perry when he was enthusiastic about a contestant winning big on the "Money Cards".

I can't wait for Monday!

[Footix]

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'166426\' date=\'Oct 11 2007, 09:25 PM\']
And now, here is the star of the Price is Right....

Droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Careeeeeee!

Jeez Rich Fields is annoying.
[/quote]
That is sort of a natural thing for any announcer to do. If you've ever heard Rick Jeanneret announce a Buffalo Sabres goal scored by Chris Drooooooooooory or Droooooooooooo Stafford, you'll know what I mean.

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'Footix\' post=\'166483\' date=\'Oct 12 2007, 09:50 AM\']
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'166426\' date=\'Oct 11 2007, 09:25 PM\']
And now, here is the star of the Price is Right....

Droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Careeeeeee!

Jeez Rich Fields is annoying.
[/quote]
That is sort of a natural thing for any announcer to do. If you've ever heard Rick Jeanneret announce a Buffalo Sabres goal scored by Chris Drooooooooooory or Droooooooooooo Stafford, you'll know what I mean.
[/quote]
Having both announced professionally, and been a professional broadcaster for many, MANY years, I can assure you that it's neither natural or normal. It's an easy cop-out way to introduce someone.

Now, if that's what Fremantle wants, then, fine. But there are many other ways to introduce Drew without sounding like you're at a WWE match.

[HYHYBT]

The logo before the doors appear would look *so* much better without the outlines... but otherwise the show seems to be practically perfect in every way. I can't wait until Monday! (actually, very late Wednesday night at the earliest, but who's counting?)

[ewalker3]

Call me crazy (take the bait or don't), but I don't hear much of a difference in the theme. I'll have to listen more carefully next Monday.
[/quote]

youre not crazy - from what I heard from the clip and confirmed. There is at least the addition of a congo drum in it, but otherwise it sounds pretty much the same

[chris319]

Wow, you're alive! Welcome!

There is at least the addition of a congo drum in it, but otherwise it sounds pretty much the same

It's conga, dear. Congo is a country in Africa.

But there are many other ways to introduce Drew without sounding like you're at a WWE match.

Yeah, by hiring a real announcer ;-)

In the interview Drew says something I tell every aspiring game show emcee I meet: be yourself. You see, Drew's been channeling ME!!! :-)

Oh, and it's Bent-uh, not Bent-ay.

[Jumpondees]

[quote name=\'Footix\' post=\'166483\' date=\'Oct 12 2007, 09:50 AM\']
That is sort of a natural thing for any announcer to do. If you've ever heard Rick Jeanneret announce a Buffalo Sabres goal scored by Chris Drooooooooooory or Droooooooooooo Stafford, you'll know what I mean.
[/quote]

I'm sorry, I know this is O/T here, but Jeanneret, he's the TV guy right?  If he is, he is by far one of the most annoying voices in all of the NHL.  To me, he's like fingernails on a chalkboard...and a bunch of other analogies that I'm not going to bore everyone with.

I'm done...That is all.