TPIR Recap - 09/21/15 (Season 44 Premiere; Decades Week Day 1: 1970s)

[GuyWithFace]

As to "Stand up!", I'm glad they stayed away from that, because it was "Come on down!" by the end of the first week,

Not quite. #0013D(R) was taped after #0022D, the first show with the standard intro. "Come on down!" was always used during the body of the show, however.

[thepriceis_J]

I don't know why some people were sad they didn't do "Stand Up" today. They really didn't need to as they did it for the 40th Anniversary show from 2012. This was far better to get a recreation of the old border and opening titles.

Also, I didn't mention this earlier, but I love Drew's knowledge of history. After Any Number, he mention to the contestant about going to the Wheel and said immediately afterwards, "Wheel didn't exist in '72, but we're going to JUMP to '75." The way he said it, it sounded to me like he was saying this off the top of his head and not something written on a cue card. I could be wrong, but I was really impressed with how seamlessly he said it.

[Off_trak]

I'll just insert this here.

Actually, it appeared on my TV that the blue was slightly faded from top (a light) to bottom (a mid blue). If so, I imagine it was done that way for HD purposes, and not to look flat and plain.

[Torgo]

In an effort to maintain consistency for the season, I will be re-doing (or already re-did, if you see this late) the Decades Week recaps. I asked TPIRFan2000 for his permission, and many of the latter episodes of the week will feature his wording.