Price is right to have a 7 week taping break while Drew enjoys soccer

[abba]

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[DoorNumberFour]

[quote name=\'abba\' post=\'240193\' date=\'May 2 2010, 09:09 AM\']http://www.golden-road.net/index.php/topic,14642.0.html[/quote]
Damn it, I was planning on bringing my brother to the show soon! When does this break start?

[Joe Mello]

[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'240196\' date=\'May 2 2010, 10:35 AM\']Damn it, I was planning on bringing my brother to the show soon! When does this break start?[/quote]
I don't know exactly, but World Cup is June 11-July 11.  Add some time before and after and you should get a decent guess to start and end.

[Fedya]

How much of a break does the show normally take between taping the last episode of one season and the first episode of the next season?

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'240203\' date=\'May 2 2010, 12:37 PM\']How much of a break does the show normally take between taping the last episode of one season and the first episode of the next season?[/quote]
One thing to keep in mind--they don't necessarily tape in order.  I do believe a couple of season premiere weeks were taped after episodes that were already in the can for the next season.  (I think it happened during Barker's last year, too, but I'm not totally sure about that.)

[WarioBarker]

One thing to keep in mind--they don't necessarily tape in order. I do believe a couple of season premiere weeks were taped after episodes that were already in the can for the next season.

A good example of that is Season 20 -- the Season Premiere week was taped in July 1991, but the following 2-3 weeks were taped in May. The first of these weeks featured the first taped appearances of Swap Meet and the second-generation Money Game board.

Also, to a lesser extent -- the 1986 Specials, which introduced a plethora of changes (including the second-generation Any Number board), were taped after the first 21 episodes of Season 15. The last episode taped prior to the Specials was the October 6 show, aka "Shell Game Debra".

[NickS]

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240215\' date=\'May 2 2010, 03:16 PM\']A good example of that is Season 20 -- the Season Premiere week was taped in July 1991, but the following 2-3 weeks were taped in May. The first of these weeks featured the first taped appearances of Swap Meet and the second-generation Money Game board.

Also, to a lesser extent -- the 1986 Specials, which introduced a plethora of changes (including the second-generation Any Number board), were taped after the first 21 episodes of Season 15. The last episode taped prior to the Specials? October 6, aka "Shell Game Debra".[/quote]

Source?

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240215\' date=\'May 2 2010, 03:16 PM\']October 6, aka "Shell Game Debra".[/quote]Who?

[tpirfan28]

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'240227\' date=\'May 2 2010, 07:46 PM\'][quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240215\' date=\'May 2 2010, 03:16 PM\']October 6, aka "Shell Game Debra".[/quote]Who?
[/quote]
The gal who "cheated" at Shell Game.  I guess.

[Fedya]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'240206\' date=\'May 2 2010, 02:56 PM\'][quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'240203\' date=\'May 2 2010, 12:37 PM\']How much of a break does the show normally take between taping the last episode of one season and the first episode of the next season?[/quote]
One thing to keep in mind--they don't necessarily tape in order. [/quote]
Then let me rephrase the question: How much of a break is there between the last taping session for one season and the first session for another season?  Or are you saying that they start taping the next season's episodes before they finish the previous season's?

Either way, since they only tape ~39 weeks worth of episodes, I'd think it's normal to have a substantial taping break at some point of the year.  (Although I'd also think the summer tourist season wouldn't be the best time for a taping break.)

[ClockGameJohn]

[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'240233\' date=\'May 2 2010, 09:23 PM\']Either way, since they only tape ~39 weeks worth of episodes, I'd think it's normal to have a substantial taping break at some point of the year.  (Although I'd also think the summer tourist season wouldn't be the best time for a taping break.)[/quote]

While it was normal practice to have a 3-4 week long summer vacation break, the taping weeks were scheduled with a full week off roughly every month.  None of the staff had to work on days when they weren't taping, unless there was something they needed to catch up on.  

So, in essence, when the show was down, the staff was off.  This is no longer the case.

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'240233\' date=\'May 2 2010, 08:23 PM\'][quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'240206\' date=\'May 2 2010, 02:56 PM\'][quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'240203\' date=\'May 2 2010, 12:37 PM\']How much of a break does the show normally take between taping the last episode of one season and the first episode of the next season?[/quote]
One thing to keep in mind--they don't necessarily tape in order. [/quote]
Then let me rephrase the question: How much of a break is there between the last taping session for one season and the first session for another season?  Or are you saying that they start taping the next season's episodes before they finish the previous season's?
[/quote]
That's a possibility, although I don't know whether that's actually happened.

In 2004, I attended the taping of the fourth show of season 33.  The finale of season 32 had only taped the previous week.  That was one time when they did tape in order, but there was no break (unless you count a few days as a break).

And I've seen cases where they held the taping of the season premiere week until August, but had already taped episodes for the new season in July.

[Esoteric Eric]

[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'240225\' date=\'May 2 2010, 04:29 PM\'][quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240215\' date=\'May 2 2010, 03:16 PM\']A good example of that is Season 20 -- the Season Premiere week was taped in July 1991, but the following 2-3 weeks were taped in May".[/quote]Source?[/quote]I can personally verify this part, because I attended tapings in May '91 with scheduled airdates in October (one on my birthday, the 8th,) that included what someone (Rod? Barker?) told us would be the first actual play of Swap Meet, although the game was to debut during the season premiere week.

[WarioBarker]

You wouldn't happen to recall the specific taping days, do you? I happen to have the S20 Premiere and 9/17/91, which is how I knew the discrepancy (and why I brought it up).

The gal who "cheated" at Shell Game. I guess.

That's her (not sure if it's "Debra" or "Deborah", though; I've seen both used in tape collections). A cut-down version of it was shown in Game Show Moments Gone Bananas, which surprised me since I had more or less forgotten the clip from Tony's site.

[Steve Gavazzi]

[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'240225\' date=\'May 2 2010, 07:29 PM\'][quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'240215\' date=\'May 2 2010, 03:16 PM\']A good example of that is Season 20 -- the Season Premiere week was taped in July 1991, but the following 2-3 weeks were taped in May. The first of these weeks featured the first taped appearances of Swap Meet and the second-generation Money Game board.

Also, to a lesser extent -- the 1986 Specials, which introduced a plethora of changes (including the second-generation Any Number board), were taped after the first 21 episodes of Season 15. The last episode taped prior to the Specials? October 6, aka "Shell Game Debra".[/quote]Source?[/quote]
I've seen the show's tape schedule for the fall '86 episodes, and I can verify that the Specials were taped between the October 6 and October 7 programs.

[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'240233\' date=\'May 2 2010, 09:23 PM\']Then let me rephrase the question: How much of a break is there between the last taping session for one season and the first session for another season?  Or are you saying that they start taping the next season's episodes before they finish the previous season's?[/quote]
I don't think this was normal, and I can't even remember why they did it now, but in the summer of 2006, there was a plan to repaint the Big Doors for Season 35, tape the second week of the season, paint the Season 31-34 patterns back on, tape the Season 34 finale, and then paint the Season 35 pattern again and go forward from there.  Some kind of conflict came up with the schedule, though, and it ended up not happening.

So yeah...hardly normal, but not unheard of.

EDIT:  Actually, maybe they were going to tape the sixth and seventh shows on Monday, do the 34 finale on Tuesday, and then pick 35 back up on Wednesday.  That would give them time to paint the doors overnight, instead of doing it between the early and late Monday shows.

I remember I thought it was weird, whatever it was.