TPiR Season 37 changes

[TroubadourNando]

Nothing wrong with it, though. imo the wheel was due for a little freshening up anyway.

And at least it isn't the already-infamous Purple Wheel.

[Joe Mello]

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'193190\' date=\'Aug 2 2008, 09:24 PM\']Dunno what the whole point on that was. If you want to change the look of the show, then hey, it's your show, change the look of the show!

This new regime is just weird.[/quote]
I think it's change for sake of change.  The staff has been presumably under a stiff regime of little-to-no-change, so seeing all these extraneous touch-ups doesn't seem that surprising.

To be honest, I could barely tell until I looked closely.  I do like the chrome border with the lights off, though.  Looks cool.

I guess we haven't talked about Gas Money yet, either.  I consider it.....interesting, I guess.

[Chelsea Thrasher]

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'193196\' date=\'Aug 2 2008, 11:03 PM\']
I guess we haven't talked about Gas Money yet, either.  I consider it.....interesting, I guess.
[/quote]

From the trio of descriptions I've heard, it essentially sounds like the inverse of the now-retired Joker, only played for a lot higher stakes.

[TLEberle]

Only on The Price is Right can you win $6,000 by being wrong three times. Oy.

/Or a new car for doing nothing more than choosing a number on the Pass the Buck board, I suppose.

[Unrealtor]

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'193190\' date=\'Aug 2 2008, 08:24 PM\']
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'193189\' date=\'Aug 2 2008, 09:19 PM\']
A partial image of the new wheel's look (which is not purple..don't know if that's been covered yet) is here.

Looks very good, IMO.
[/quote]
So, they changed the numbers on the wheel......why? They look just like the old version, but more safecracker-y.

Dunno what the whole point on that was. If you want to change the look of the show, then hey, it's your show, change the look of the show!

This new regime is just weird.
[/quote]

You ask "why?". I ask "If they're re-doing the rest of the wheel to look good in high-def, why not stick fresh numbers on that don't have 30 years' worth of accidental dents, scratches, etc.?"

They may not be exactly the same design, but the rest of the set is 2008's idea of how the 70s looked, not how the 70s actually looked.

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'Unrealtor\' post=\'193222\' date=\'Aug 3 2008, 01:25 PM\']
You ask "why?". I ask "If they're re-doing the rest of the wheel to look good in high-def, why not stick fresh numbers on that don't have 30 years' worth of accidental dents, scratches, etc.?"

They may not be exactly the same design, but the rest of the set is 2008's idea of how the 70s looked, not how the 70s actually looked.
[/quote]
Not quite the point I'm trying to make. What I'm saying, is, the new bosses are obviously putting their own stamp on the show, yet that stamp seems to be exactly like the old stamp, with minor tweaks. It goes against all of the other rumours/innuendos that have TPIR shedding a LOT of it's former self.

[Robert Hutchinson]

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'193205\' date=\'Aug 3 2008, 01:42 AM\']Only on The Price is Right can you win $6,000 by being wrong three times. Oy.[/quote]
This is the same argument that was made against One Wrong Price, isn't it? I really don't think it's fair to say that someone is winning money for being wrong when the goal is "pick a wrong price" and they do so correctly.

I wonder if the price ranges are going to be similar to the ones used in Five Price Tags, and if so, what the historical record is on contestants picking the right price in that game with their first pick. Greater than 20%? Less? Between that, and all of the people who are surely not going to want to risk $6,000 in hand for what amounts to them to a coin flip, I'm not sure this game is going to have a win percentage much higher than the $1M win percentage on Deal. Which may be part of the idea, of course.

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'193229\' date=\'Aug 3 2008, 01:59 PM\']
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'193205\' date=\'Aug 3 2008, 01:42 AM\']Only on The Price is Right can you win $6,000 by being wrong three times. Oy.[/quote]
This is the same argument that was made against One Wrong Price, isn't it? I really don't think it's fair to say that someone is winning money for being wrong when the goal is "pick a wrong price" and they do so correctly.[/quote]No, not really.  This isn't the example I was thinking of; I think Plinko is the most glaring example.  You can blow all four prizes and still win $10,000.

[TLEberle]

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'193260\' date=\'Aug 3 2008, 04:31 PM\']No, not really.  This isn't the example I was thinking of; I think Plinko is the most glaring example.  You can blow all four prizes and still win $10,000.[/quote]As much as I don't like the "something for nothing," I'm OK with it because 1) it's not my money, and 1a) they can do whatever they damn well please with their budget, but more importantly

2) how dumb will it look when someone oh-fers the pricing portion and doesn't get to play the marquee game? You have this massive prop that everyone in the crowd goes wild for...and it goes back to the storage unit.

Lame.

[TLEberle]

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'193229\' date=\'Aug 3 2008, 11:59 AM\'][quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'193205\' date=\'Aug 3 2008, 01:42 AM\']Only on The Price is Right can you win $6,000 by being wrong three times. Oy.[/quote]This is the same argument that was made against One Wrong Price, isn't it? I really don't think it's fair to say that someone is winning money for being wrong when the goal is "pick a wrong price" and they do so correctly.[/quote]I made no such argument about it: of the three prices, one is wrong, and you have to find it. End of rules.

The problem I have with Gas Money as written is that the second layer of rules is added on to give away the money. That layer of rules also allows someone who was initially wrong to win $6,000, even though he may not know that he was wrong that first time. If you're going to ask someone to pick the right price of a car, just do that, and be done with it. (Like Five Price Tags) Something in my brain just doesn't like it when you can be wrong from go and still win a pile of money like that.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'193292\' date=\'Aug 3 2008, 10:54 PM\']
Something in my brain just doesn't like it when you can be wrong from go and still win a pile of money like that.[/quote]
But...you're not wrong. You're right about eliminating a wrong price.

[Jeremy Nelson]

Five Price Tags meets Trivia Trap...can't wait to see how this is gonna work.

Speaking of which, on Trivia Trap, they were paid to correctly identify wrong answers, so the players who knew the correct answer would have an advantage over those who blindly picked from the set. Same rules apply here: A player who knows the right price of the car has a better chance of taking the max than someone who goes based off picking blindly.

I have a question, though. Is it automatically going to be $1K for the first correctly guessed wrong price, $2K for the second, etc., or does each wrong price have a dollar amount attached to it?

[Fedya]

tleberle wrote:

The problem I have with Gas Money as written is that the second layer of rules is added on to give away the money. That layer of rules also allows someone who was initially wrong to win $6,000, even though he may not know that he was wrong that first time.

In that case, don't have the contestant set aside any of the prices at the beginning.  What you're left with is more or less a reworking of Grand Game, played for a car instead of cash.

[tyshaun1]

According to this Variety article, Mike Richards is your new co-exec. producer. He worked on Weakest Link and hosted Beauty and the Geek for the CW/B. It also states that he was considered for the hosting job last year as well...

Tyshaun

[Jimmy Owen]

On Lucky Seven, if there is a dollar left over after buying the car, isn't it kind of insulting to tell the players to use the cash to buy what amounts to a mere thimblefull of gas?