TPIR/MDS suggestion

[Michael Brandenburg]

We'll probably have some more special prime-time Price is Right episodes next spring (in between seasons of Survivor! on CBS), so I thought I'd like to suggest a change on the "Big Wheel" prizes to both promote something new that will be coming out at that time and as a tribute to the zany humor of their late announcer, Rod Roddy.

   Here's the change: Each on-stage contestant in each half of the show spins the "Big Wheel" as before, with the contestant getting closest to $1.00 without going over advancing to the final "Showcase" round.  However, if a contestant gets exactly $1.00 in either one spin or a combination of two spins, the contestant also gets a "bonus spin," as before, for a chance to win a bonus cash prize.

   If the contestant gets the red "$1.00" space on his/her bonus spin, the contestant wins $1 million, as had previously been the case on the TPIR prime-time specials.  Further, if the contestant lands on the green "15-cent" space that is just past the "$1.00" space on the wheel, he/she wins a consolation prize in the form of a check for $5,000, again as before.

   But if the contestant lands on the green "5-cent" space that is just before the "$1.00" space on the wheel, we have a new consolation prize for that contestant, which is (as Rod Roddy would have no doubt delivered it):


   "It’s ONE…

   HUNDRED…

   THOUSAND…


   NICKELS!

   And they aren't wooden nickels either, but are the first of two special commemorative nickels being issued this year by the U.S. Mint.  These legal-tender coins feature the portrait of America’s third president, Thomas Jefferson, on one side, and on the other, the Jefferson Peace Medal commemorating the purchase of the 800,000 square-mile Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.  Total face value of these geniune nickel nickels, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS!"


   Michael Brandenburg
   (Well, the recently introduced redesigned $20 bill got quite a few plugs on Wheel of Fortune and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, so why not these new up-and-coming nickels?)

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'Michael Brandenburg\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 11:49 AM\'] (Well, the recently introduced redesigned $20 bill got quite a few plugs on Wheel of Fortune and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, so why not these new up-and-coming nickels?) [/quote]
 At the risk of going off-topic: the redesigned $20 bill is not being received very well.  It's being rejected by vending machines, and it took only one week for counterfeits to be discovered.  Back to the drawing board.

ObGameShows: The "Sacajawa" and "Socka-wocky" moments on questions involving the then-new golden dollar were LOL funny.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Michael Brandenburg\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 09:49 AM\'] Total face value of these geniune nickel nickels, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS!"
 [/quote]
 All things being equal, I'd rather that the US Treasury spend the tax dollars that I pay to support it on something other than self-promotion on a game show.

[Jay Temple]

Agreed, but if they're going to waste money promoting a new coin anyway, this would be cool place to waste it.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 01:12 PM\'] Agreed, but if they're going to waste money promoting a new coin anyway, this would be cool place to waste it. [/quote]
 Frankly I think it would be perfectly asinine. But that's JMODO.

[chris319]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 10:28 AM\']All things being equal, I'd rather that the US Treasury spend the tax dollars that I pay to support it on something other than self-promotion on a game show.[/quote]
How does TPIR giving away $5,000 worth of nickels cost the government money?

The problem is, the prize would have to be awarded in nickels. What is a contestant going to do with 100,000 nickels? How are they going to be delivered to the contestant and once delivered, how is the contestant going to lug them around? Why does a new coin need to be "promoted" in the first place?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 03:20 PM\'] How does TPIR giving away $5,000 worth of nickels cost the government money?

 [/quote]
 Why would TPiR do that promotion without some sort of renumeration from the Treasury?

Why does a new coin need to be "promoted" in the first place?

Even better question.

[That Don Guy]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 06:51 PM\']

Why does a new coin need to be "promoted" in the first place?

Even better question. [/quote]
I can think of two reasons:
One, to inform people that a new coin is being circulated, so they don't think it's counterfeit;
Two, to get people will use it.  

Note that the "commemorative state quarters" did not need any promotions.

I for one was a little surprised the newest dollar coins weren't accepted more than they were (especially when they changed the color so they no longer looked like quarters).  It looks like the only way to get people to use dollar coins is to do what other countries did: simply stop making dollar bills, and pull the existing ones out of circulation.  True, some will still be floating around, but eventually the dollar coin will be forced into acceptance.  (When was the last time you saw a $1000 bill, which haven't been made in over 30 years?)

-- Don  (and then do the same thing with pennies, like Australia did in 1992)

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Nov 11 2003, 02:31 PM\'] One, to inform people that a new coin is being circulated, so they don't think it's counterfeit;
Two, to get people will use it.  
 [/quote]
 Last I saw, the shows where information was disseminated to the people ran at 5, 5, 6, and 11PM, depending on where you live. The "spaying and neutering" thing is all fine and good 'cuz it's a cause Bob believes in. This is a freakin' nickle.

I for one was a little surprised the newest dollar coins weren't accepted more than they were

Coin: heavy, bulky. Dollar bill: light, stores easily. Give me the paper every time.

And abolishing dollar bills sucks. It's a good way for foreign governments to take your money. When I went to Canada I came back with some bills and a pocketful of change, including some dollar coins. My bank (and most banks, as far as I know) will NOT TAKE coins when exchanging back to your home currency.

If people weren't so lazy and math-stupid, these change isssues wouldn't be issues at all.

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Nov 11 2003, 04:31 PM\']
(When was the last time you saw a $1000 bill, which haven't been made in over 30 years?)

 [/quote]
 On the 1984-86 run of LMAD, as I don't think the 1990 version showed the $1000 bills. MOnty did say the $5000 bill had been discontinued when one was seen in the "pick a bill from 1-9" deal on a couple of occasions on the 70s syndie version.

[inturnaround]

[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 05:20 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 10:28 AM\']All things being equal, I'd rather that the US Treasury spend the tax dollars that I pay to support it on something other than self-promotion on a game show.[/quote]
How does TPIR giving away $5,000 worth of nickels cost the government money?

The problem is, the prize would have to be awarded in nickels. What is a contestant going to do with 100,000 nickels? How are they going to be delivered to the contestant and once delivered, how is the contestant going to lug them around? Why does a new coin need to be "promoted" in the first place? [/quote]
 Huh? Of course they would give the contestant a check and presumably he or she could convert that check into as many nickels as they want.

Also, the Treasury mention would be paid for by the government...so that's how it would cost them money.

(By the by, the new $20 having problems with vending machines is nothing new. The last redesign of the $20 about 5 years ago had the same problem. The public somehow managed to make it through the crisis)

[chris319]

Huh? Of course they would give the contestant a check and presumably he or she could convert that check into as many nickels as they want.

No, if you announce that you're awarding a contestant 100,000 nickels, nickels are what they get. If you award a contestant a car with air conditioning and California emission, air conditioning and California emission are what they get. If you're just going to award $5,000 in the form of a check, what's the point of bringing nickels into the picture?

[chris319]

Why would TPiR do that promotion without some sort of renumeration from the Treasury?

Um, well could it be because the government doesn't sell currency the way Libman sells mops? Could it be that the government doesn't advertise currency? Could it be that the idea is to promote the new currency as a public service rather than to accept a fee for advertising a product that is sold for profit?

[cyberjoek]

1. To cover part of the cost from our friends at the Treasery
2. So on AFHV when they were doing their whole $20 bill thing they had to give the twenties?
3. Doesn't CBS say that they have the right to substitue prizes of "equal or greater value" in the wavers?
-Joe Kavanagh

[inturnaround]

[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Nov 11 2003, 10:25 PM\']

Huh? Of course they would give the contestant a check and presumably he or she could convert that check into as many nickels as they want.

No, if you announce that you're awarding a contestant 100,000 nickels, nickels are what they get. If you award a contestant a car with air conditioning and California emission, air conditioning and California emission are what they get. If you're just going to award $5,000 in the form of a check, what's the point of bringing nickels into the picture? [/quote]
 Yeah, but few game shows say you will win a check, but, of course, you do.

There are weasel ways of doing it, anyway. You say "You can win 100,000 nickels...that's right....5 THOUSAND DOLLARS!" go on and do your hypothetical nickel promo and still be able to cut a check for 5K.

(Did WinTuition actually give the quarters as change or was it converted into a check?)