Most of the clips were from the 1950s and '60s. They easily could have used more 1970s content, since even by 1994, something in 1979 dollars was still noticeably less, not to mention lots of discontinued items, plus the '70s were starting to be seen as "cool" again. They easily could have delved into Paley Center archives for commercials, followed by researching old newspapers for prices similar to Now... or Then. Better yet, they could have used Cullen-era clips as well. But the biggest flaw for The Price Was Right was that the top winner had a huge advantage, where you'd either bid $1, $1 over the highest opponent, or $1 over the second highest bidder. If they had a rule where the contestants could right down the prices for each prize (a la Final Jeopardy!, with electronic light pens, with a tiebreaker for the same bid determined by who locks in first), it could have been a more interesting way to play. This brings up my next question:
Had The New Price Is Right (1994) used one-bids where four contestants came on down, would you have supported the Final Jeopardy!-style bidding, where each contestant had ten seconds to bid, with the closest/quickest without going over wins and gets to play a pricing game? In addition, what about a Showcase where all three contestants also write their bids for one Showcase only (no bidding/passing, just the closest without going over wins, and a triple overbid meaning that nobody wins the Showcase)?
