What happens when you win The Price is Right?

[Snuffleupagus]

The AV Club has the answer.

Marah Eakins interviewed 11 April 2012 Showcase Showdown winner Andrea Schwartz and reveals several interesting stuff.

http://tinyurl.com/n6zyy7g

[ILoveBonusGame]

I love the question, "What would I do if I won the Showcase Showdown?", because the obvious answer is, "Proceed to the Showcase round."

[Kyle]

That article sort of comes off as depressing. Sure, you have the thrill and excitement and allure of winning fabulous prizes, but then there's the unhappy aftermath reality of having to actually pay the taxes on all of those things. Really makes you wonder how many people actually accept (or can afford to accept) the prizes they've "won."

When she said all of her Plinko winnings were deducted by the taxes, that's a real downer. If anything, this article reinforces better than anything else that the draw of going to and being a contestant on The Price is Right is more for the experience rather than actually winning anything.

[vadernader]

That article sort of comes off as depressing. Sure, you have the thrill and excitement and allure of winning fabulous prizes, but then there's the unhappy aftermath reality of having to actually pay the taxes on all of those things. Really makes you wonder how many people actually accept (or can afford to accept) the prizes they've "won."

When she said all of her Plinko winnings were deducted by the taxes, that's a real downer. If anything, this article reinforces better than anything else that the draw of going to and being a contestant on The Price is Right is more for the experience rather than actually winning anything.

I'd like to think otherwise. Even after taxes and selling the prizes for much less than retail, I'd sure be happy with $17,000+ in cold hard cash after everything was said and done, she sure sounded like she was!

[Cyclone]

Whaddaya know, vadernader and I agree on something.

[rodroddyfan]

I think it is stupid how some of the people who commented on the interview think the plinko board is rigged.  There is no way in heck it can be. 

[dh027]

I think it is stupid how some of the people who commented on the interview think the plinko board is rigged.  There is no way in heck it can be. 

Well, they proved a few years ago that it can be.  It isn't, however, because CBS and Fremantle don't want to have to deal with the severe backlash that would accompany it.

[Axl]

CBS and Fremantle don't want to have to deal with the severe backlash that would accompany it.

Especially since part of that "backlash" comes in the form of prison time.

I love the question, "What would I do if I won the Showcase Showdown?", because the obvious answer is, "Proceed to the Showcase round."

Maybe the fact that no one outside of this board knows that the Showcase Showdown is really the Big Wheel round is an indication that it was unwisely named.

[Snuffleupagus]

Maybe the fact that no one outside of this board knows that the Showcase Showdown is really the Big Wheel round is an indication that it was unwisely named.

Wait, what? That's the first time I've heard of that!
I always thought the Showcase Showdown = Big Wheel and Showcase = Showcase Showdown.

[GR_Man_9009]

Wait, what? That's the first time I've heard of that!
I always thought the Showcase Showdown = Big Wheel and Showcase = Showcase Showdown.

According to you, you're saying that the Showcase= the Big Wheel, because if the Showcase Showdown= the Big Wheel and the Showcase= the Showcase Showdown, then the Showcase must also equal the Big Wheel

[Kyle]

Perhaps the confusion regarding "showcase showdown" stems from the fact that the showcase round pits two contestants against each other, hence, it's a showdown.

The big wheel certainly pits three contestants against each other, but, I believe the term "showdown" is more readily recognizable in the public vernacular when it involves two people or two parties, i.e. the showdown between the United States and Iraq or the showdown between the Wyatts and the Earps.

[MSTieScott]

I see that they're liberally using the terms "Expert Witness" and "industry insider," considering that they are interviewing a contestant (understandably overwhelmed by being selected but therefore less likely to remember specific details) who strongly implies that making a custom t-shirt gives you an advantage and that audience members are secretly being watched via security cameras to determine their suitability as contestants.

(When I was a page, I occasionally had to turn down an innocuous offer of candy or the like to avoid any perception of impropriety. I can't be positive that all of the employees working with the audience members know to do that, but if one or more of them accepted a doughnut, well, they really shouldn't have.)

[Cyclone]

I think the idea might have been more along the lines of, "You're not supposed to eat food while on duty".  I can't see the harm with accepting candy or something from another state that cannot be found locally, and consuming it with lunch.  Otherwise it's the same as when I was an arena usher (special events for a local hockey team; at the time the building easily sold out 5,000+ fans per game).  There was one time I had been sick with a nasty 24 hour flu bug or something and didn't eat dinner, thinking I'd be fine since I couldn't eat...then I suddenly felt better AND hungry as the shift started at 6 p.m.  I had to seek supervisor permission to quickly chow down a hot dog somewhere out of sight of most people (not too hard since not many were there yet) so I'd get through the evening.

[crazypackersfan]

That article sort of comes off as depressing. Sure, you have the thrill and excitement and allure of winning fabulous prizes, but then there's the unhappy aftermath reality of having to actually pay the taxes on all of those things. Really makes you wonder how many people actually accept (or can afford to accept) the prizes they've "won."

When she said all of her Plinko winnings were deducted by the taxes, that's a real downer. If anything, this article reinforces better than anything else that the draw of going to and being a contestant on The Price is Right is more for the experience rather than actually winning anything.

This is something that angers me. I don't understand why the government gets to stick their hand into every game show winner's pocket; in fact, it's the government who must find game shows to be a windfall! I heard that Ken Jennings got only about half of his $2.5 million; that's a huge loss. And as Jeff Kent famously said on Survivor last year, "it's only $600,000 after Obama gets his part of it." Rather ridiculous for them to take away almost half your winnings.

This is also why I'd hate to win a trip on The Price Is Right unless it was to somewhere outside the 48 states. Especially if it was to a crime-ridden city such as Chicago or New York. I'd really like to know what percentage of non-cash prizes are turned down, and especially what percentage of non-cash, non-car prizes are turned down. I'd bet it would be around 20%.

[therealcu2010]

Let's try to leave politics out of this as much as possible, guys (even if I do agree with the majority of the above post). Generally doesn't end well 'round these parts.