Status of Credit Card

[SteveGavazzi]

Kathy has mentioned a few games in her recent replies on the price is right blog...

http://www.priceisright.com/blog/entry/460

Wow.  I wonder who wrote that description of Drew...'cause it obviously wasn't Kathy.

[444dd]

Check Game is one of my favourite game. I wish they would put that game on the front burner.  I bet that if Bob was still there he would not stand for that!!

[TPIRGuru]

Okay, so we have games that were fine, most likely no money in the set budget...so we feel it's okay to borrow other funds from another budget to "refurbish" every game in rotation and make new games....no comment.

The only reason I can see them doing the new games first is if Les Moonves is going to make budget cuts, its gonna be harder to make games. So, that's smart on their part, but stupid to dip into other funds.

If there are budget cuts, I have a feeling Check Game might become another Penny Ante.

[Mallory16]

If Credit Card and Check Game are only not being played because they want to refurbish the games, but don't have the budget for it now... then what's stopping them from playing the games as-is for the time being, exactly?  Did someone leave them out in the rain, or something ?

[JoePlinko]

If Credit Card and Check Game are only not being played because they want to refurbish the games, but don't have the budget for it now... then what's stopping them from playing the games as-is for the time being, exactly?  Did someone leave them out in the rain, or something ?

Is that true that the refurbs haven't been done because of budgetary reasons?  Or is that an idea we've placed on it?

I was under the impression it was because they wanted to focus on the construction of new games.  Any ideas??

[Roadgeek Adam]

If Credit Card and Check Game are only not being played because they want to refurbish the games, but don't have the budget for it now... then what's stopping them from playing the games as-is for the time being, exactly?  Did someone leave them out in the rain, or something ?

Speaking of new games - Penny Ante would be fun to bring back. You wonder how drew would accept it.

[William]

Check Game is one of my favourite game. I wish they would put that game on the front burner.  I bet that if Bob was still there he would not stand for that!!

I wouldn't count on that. You know how much Bob hated explaining check game.

[Denials]

I wouldn't count on that. You know how much Bob hated explaining check game.

No, Bob pretended to hate explaining check game (or players' ignorance thereof) as a means of providing comedy to the show.

[mrbrown2195]

If Credit Card and Check Game are only not being played because they want to refurbish the games, but don't have the budget for it now... then what's stopping them from playing the games as-is for the time being, exactly?  Did someone leave them out in the rain, or something ?

I thought there might be staging problems with the new home base & Check Game (i.e. it won't fit under the "door" border that has been added).

Don't know about Credit Card -- maybe a) Drew doesn't like it, or b) the crew thinks it looks like garbage in HD.

[sjd93]

Don't know about Credit Card -- maybe a) Drew doesn't like it, or b) the crew thinks it looks like garbage in HD.

You may have a point there about the HD, but Drew not liking a game is certainly not a reason not to play it. I'm sure there were plenty of games Barker wasn't too fond of that were still played.

[PriceRox]

I thought there might be staging problems with the new home base & Check Game (i.e. it won't fit under the "door" border that has been added).

I thought John cleared this up for us?

Don't know about Credit Card -- maybe a) Drew doesn't like it, or b) the crew thinks it looks like garbage in HD.

I'm sure it has something to do with Drew or Mike.  I can't stand the HD excuse.  There are games on the show older than Mike Richards which haven't been "updated for HD."

Regardless, it is sad to see two more great pricing games won't be seeing the light of day for a long, long time.  (Never is my prediction)

[mrbrown2195]

I thought John cleared this up for us?

Doh... then I retract that.

I can't stand the HD excuse.  There are games on the show older than Mike Richards which haven't been "updated for HD."

Regardless of whether or not you can't stand the "HD excuse", its no excuse that some of the games do look worn, outdated, or like, well, garbage. I thought the old Most Expensive set looked like a whole lot of empty in HD - and obviously they did too, since they continued to add those stupid triangular-shaped objects to the set, and then the Goodson marks, and then finally they just gave up and remade the dang thing.

[brosa0]

Is it possible that Check Game & Credit Card have been dismantled/removed from the storage areas to make way for refurbished games (like the new ME set)?   Wouldn't they have had both ME sets in storage at the same time as some point?

[PriceRox]

Regardless of whether or not you can't stand the "HD excuse", its no excuse that some of the games do look worn, outdated, or like, well, garbage.

Of all those games that "look" aged, Credit Card was certainly one of the more modern looking games, even though it was from the 1990s(?).

Check Game is very classy looking, I think.  However, I think with the futuristic direction of the show, checks are simply being considered by Young Mike and Super Drew as an outdated form of currency.

[JoePlinko]

Is it possible that Check Game & Credit Card have been dismantled/removed from the storage areas to make way for refurbished games (like the new ME set)?   Wouldn't they have had both ME sets in storage at the same time as some point?

It's absolutely a possibility.  As a matter of fact, it makes very good sense.

Check Game is very classy looking, I think.  However, I think with the futuristic direction of the show, checks are simply being considered by Young Mike and Super Drew as an outdated form of currency.

Aren't checks starting to become exactly that?  As a matter of fact the game basically became a hassle and pointless even with Bob.  He had even gotten to a point of telling contestants to forget writing the whole check out (i.e. One thousand, eight hundred dollars).

I'd love for it to come back as an updated version.

"Check Card" anyone?  Ooooooh.  Coincidence both of those have been missing???