What if they used a car as a prop on Cliff Hangers?

[pannoni1]

I know this may sound a bit silly, but on the occassions that Cliff Hangers is played for a car, wouldn't it be neat if instead of Hans the mountain climber, we would have Hans driving his car up the mountain! The front wheel would have the red arrow to show what step it's on. The car would be white and red to match the color of Hans, and just his head would be visibile in the car. Realistically, we have more cars falling off of cliffs than people nowadays, plus the "crashing" sound sounds more like a car crash than just a person. Hopefully, it should scare people driving on the Big Sur and other places.

[brtsimpson142]

I know this may sound a bit silly...

Well you're certainly right about that.

Change for the sake of change no reason at all, is what we have here.

[GameShowFan1987]

I sat here for a good 20 minutes trying to think of what to say to this.  Here's what I came up with.  No.

[tpirfan28]

Real car + massive prop + Grand Canyon = ....

/c'mon people, think BIG
//and no

[SteveGavazzi]

I know this may sound a bit silly, but on the occassions that Cliff Hangers is played for a car, wouldn't it be neat if instead of Hans the mountain climber, we would have Hans driving his car up the mountain!

No.

[magic#92]

If the prize was a dining room group, then what?  Would Hans be thrown off the cliff whilst eating dinner?

"A bit silly" is the understatement of the century.

[Todd]

Real car + massive prop + Grand Canyon = ....

What's the difference between a car and person?

It's a bit silly and unrealistic, but I don't think it's as ridiculously crazy as some of you are making it out to be. Definitely not the craziest thing suggested before.

[brtsimpson142]

I don't think it's as ridiculously crazy as some of you are making it out to be.

You're right.  It's crazier even than that.

Definitely not the craziest thing suggested before.

I'll give you this one.  But it's pretty darned close.

[Todd]

You're right.  It's crazier even than that.

How? The OP just thought it would be a neat effect to see Hans in a car. I'm still not seeing how this is THAT ridiculous.

[GameShowFan1987]

More unnecessary than crazy.

[TPIRSteven]

Shh... let's not give Mike Richards any more stupid ideas.  

[Ketsuban]

I think it's a pretty cool idea.

[SamtheBravesFan]

Though not a totally bad idea, it seems unecessary.

[BD]

Though not a totally bad idea, it seems unecessary.

This is how I feel.

Really don't understand how people are treating it like the "stupidest idea of the century".

Personally, I see this the same way as the Money Game having different pictures for the type of car that the contestant is playing for.

[CBSpromoman]

Personally, I see this the same way as the Money Game having different pictures for the type of car that the contestant is playing for.

Except for one obvious difference:  since the prop was designed to specifically BE a car, it was nice to be able to display a truck when that's what the prize really was.  It was more accurate to show a truck image than a car.

Here, there's a mountain climber.  The mountain climber doesn't refer to or imply any specific kind of prize...it's just a mountain climber that could be climbing the mountain for a car or new bedroom set or a trip or whatever they choose to.  There's nothing remotely inaccurate about showing a mountain climber no matter what the prize could be.