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TPIRFan

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Rich Fields
« on: September 27, 2005, 07:31:40 PM »
Am I the only one who finds Rich Fields over the top and annoying on The Price is Right?  He sounds like a screechy old lady when he says "Here it Comes!" and sounds too amateur in his announcing.

Even though it's been nearly 2 years since they made the (wretched and poor) descision to hire him, I still think Burton Richardson (or even Randy West or Roger Rose) should of gotten the job.

Discuss.

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chris319

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« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2005, 11:32:52 PM »
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Am I the only one who finds Rich Fields over the top and annoying on The Price is Right? He sounds like a screechy old lady when he says "Here it Comes!" and sounds too amateur in his announcing.
No, you're not. The few times I've heard him he seems to have picked up some of the bad habits Rod Roddy developed to deal with his voice-cracking issues.

Just my opinion.
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urbanpreppie05

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« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2005, 12:11:08 AM »
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Even though it's been nearly 2 years since they made the (wretched and poor) descision to hire him, I still think Burton Richardson (or even Randy West or Roger Rose) should of gotten the job.

Funny you mention those two...while i like the stylings of all three announcers, and i feel price would have been great if they selected any of them (or Art Sanders), I feel that at times Randy's voice cracked. Burton's too. Come to think of it, so did Rod's. No announcer is perfect, period.

If there were a way to make a hybrid- announcer, I would mix Randy's enthusiam and call-downs with Rich's copy reading (who i feel is one of the best readers in the biz)

But that's just me.
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« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2005, 01:18:51 AM »
[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Sep 27 2005, 11:11 PM\']If there were a way to make a hybrid- announcer, I would mix Randy's enthusiam and call-downs with Rich's copy reading (who i feel is one of the best readers in the biz)
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« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2005, 01:49:12 AM »
I think that Rich is doing a very good job. The only thing that he does that I find weird is that he says, "A new caaaaaah!", like he's from Boston. I'm just glad that Randy West or Daniel Rosen didn't get it.
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« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2005, 03:52:33 AM »
[quote name=\'TPIRFan\' date=\'Sep 27 2005, 06:31 PM\']I still think Burton Richardson.....should've gotten the job.
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No, no, no, no. That voice works on the over-the-top Family
Feud but not on TPiR in this fan's opinion.
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« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2005, 04:01:21 AM »
[quote name=\'CarShark\' date=\'Sep 27 2005, 10:49 PM\']I'm just glad that Randy West or Daniel Rosen didn't get it.
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Wow, that's an awfully crappy thing to say about an active member of this forum.
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TPIRFan

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« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2005, 06:25:23 AM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 28 2005, 03:01 AM\'][quote name=\'CarShark\' date=\'Sep 27 2005, 10:49 PM\']I'm just glad that Randy West or Daniel Rosen didn't get it.
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Wow, that's an awfully crappy thing to say about an active member of this forum.
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« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2005, 06:33:22 AM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Sep 27 2005, 11:32 PM\']
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Am I the only one who finds Rich Fields over the top and annoying on The Price is Right? He sounds like a screechy old lady when he says "Here it Comes!" and sounds too amateur in his announcing.
No, you're not. The few times I've heard him he seems to have picked up some of the bad habits Rod Roddy developed to deal with his voice-cracking issues.

Just my opinion.
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I tend to agree for generally the same reasons. I thought Randy did a better job, but I am a bit biased. ;-)
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« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2005, 06:36:26 AM »
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Sep 28 2005, 02:52 AM\'][quote name=\'TPIRFan\' date=\'Sep 27 2005, 06:31 PM\']I still think Burton Richardson.....should've gotten the job.
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No, no, no, no. That voice works on the over-the-top Family
Feud but not on TPiR in this fan's opinion.
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Sorry if there are rules against double posting, but, (I felt) that Burton sounded professional and just all around good (Same for Randy). (He's been announcing for 20+ years) (Rich Fields "announced" on Flamingo Fortune, which basically was just saying the beginning and ending {poorly}.)
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jmangin

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« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2005, 08:48:33 AM »
I honestly can't stand to listen to Rich shriek through the copy on a daily basis.  There is no reason he should be yelling at the top of his lungs into a mic.  Yes, we all know that it is truly loud in the studio...but that's still no excuse to SCREAM.  It hurts my ears!!  His normal speaking voice is abrasive enough already without raising his volume so high that his voice cracks.  

I also find it incredibly annoying that his inflection rarely changes between introducing a car and when he plugs $1,000 worth of coinage.
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Dbacksfan12

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« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2005, 12:17:44 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 28 2005, 03:01 AM\']Wow, that's an awfully crappy thing to say about an active member of this forum.
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Ah, well.  Are you surprised?
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Sorry if there are rules against double posting, but, (I felt) that Burton sounded professional and just all around good (Same for Randy). (He's been announcing for 20+ years)
That's an awful lot of parenthesis and brackets there, cowpoke!  Just remember that tenure doesn't necessarily mean he's better.  (And if you're talking about Burton--he's not).
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cmjb13

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« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2005, 12:45:51 PM »
After hearing all the different voices on the Price DVD, it just reaffirms how good I thought Art Sanders, Don Bishop & Jim Thornon were. (even though I have a tough time telling Don & Jim apart)

Not saying that the others were bad...

OK. Daniel was.
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« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2005, 12:49:52 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 28 2005, 03:01 AM\'][quote name=\'CarShark\' date=\'Sep 27 2005, 10:49 PM\']I'm just glad that Randy West or Daniel Rosen didn't get it.
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Wow, that's an awfully crappy thing to say about an active member of this forum.
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Well, he's always said that if someone didn't like his announcing it was no skin off his nose, so I thought it would be OK.
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« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2005, 01:18:59 PM »
[quote name=\'CarShark\' date=\'Sep 28 2005, 11:49 AM\']Well, he's always said that if someone didn't like his announcing it was no skin off his nose, so I thought it would be OK.
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Just me, but there's a difference in saying "I don't like your announcing style" and "I'm glad you're unemployed".
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