Rat Race

[The Pyramids]

Is anyone a particular fan of 'TPIR's game Rat Race? I just don't think it plays well on tv.

[Jimmy Owen]

It might be better if they used real rats.

[aaron sica]

I think some would want, if there were real rats used, for one to bite Drew Carey.

[Brian44]

It might be better if they used real rats.

<--- This vegan DISAPPROVES.

(Bob was one of two celebrities who inspired me to go vegan.)

[MikeK]

I think Rat Race is a good game, though I'm not a fan of the way to earn rats.

(Bob was one of two celebrities who inspired me to go vegan.)

While in Florida for my cousin's wedding 3 years ago, my dad saw Rat Race for the first time.  After the game, dad turned to me and said "Bob Barker wouldn't approve this game."

[TLEberle]

That I don't get; he wouldn't approve because mechanical rats are racing?

[Brian44]

That I don't get; he wouldn't approve because mechanical rats are racing?

My feeling is that it's the way the rats are portrayed that would strike a nerve with Bob, not whether or not the game used live animals. Look at all the times that TPIR in the Barker era featured greyhounds up for adoption that had been exploited in racing. I'd even go so far as to say that if Finish Line were still around by the time the show stopped giving away furs--or at least by the time Bob became EP--that game would have gotten the ax.

[MikeK]

That I don't get; he wouldn't approve because mechanical rats are racing?

My feeling is that it's the way the rats are portrayed that would strike a nerve with Bob, not whether or not the game used live animals.

Precisely this.

[TLEberle]

Is anyone a particular fan of 'TPIR's game Rat Race? I just don't think it plays well on tv.

I like the play-in bit (though I make a pained face whenever someone bids lower than twice the range at hand), and the race is a different way to give out the prices, but the payoff is there less often than it isn't, and I think Master Key does the same thing better. I'd rate it higher than Double Cross and Pay the Rent but lower than Gas Money and Do the Math. Taking care of racing dogs who get to retire and live out a long, full and leisurely life in the pasture the exploitation of rats angle doesn't bother me.

[Neumms]

Is anyone a particular fan of 'TPIR's game Rat Race? I just don't think it plays well on tv.

Heck, I do. Nice graphics, nice pricing mechanism. I like the race. Would it be better on radio?

[Jimmy Owen]

It might be better if they used real rats.

<--- This vegan DISAPPROVES.

(Bob was one of two celebrities who inspired me to go vegan.)

If it's any consolation, I don't eat rat either.

[Thunder]

One can take one's advocacy causes way too far.

[Flerbert419]

That I don't get; he wouldn't approve because mechanical rats are racing?

The man didn't allow plastic meat on grills.  Anything with animals would be subject to elimination.

[clemon79]

The man didn't allow plastic meat on grills.

Ironic, considering how much meat he put in girls.

[Mark McNeil]

Simply put, I love it!