"I've waited my whole life to see Bob-- er, I mean, Drew"

[silverice878]

My respect for Roger takes a hit every time he allows himself to be baited by Facebook followers (and Stu Shostak, for that matter). I can’t believe he really thinks this could have been a setup by the show’s producers. They have shown on multiple occasions the respect they have for Bob.

I still get a good laugh every time I see where Roger said the coffee "crash" from earlier this season was staged.

[gamesurf]

This is silly. Sure, the coffee crash MIGHT have been staged to get a viral moment, and sure, they MIGHT have faked those shirts for their Instagram account, but I just don’t see why it’s prudent to worry about that when we know the lizard people are adding fluoride to our water

[SamJ93]

I think it's silly to say that everything on TPiR was organic and not "fake" in Roger's day. How many times did we see Bob laughing and joking with Janice, Holly or Rod like they were the best of friends, when we all know now that their relationship off the air was much, much different?

Game shows, by definition, are a fantasy world. Nowhere else do people have a chance to be famous and win prizes for knowing how much toothpaste costs. TPiR has always been slick, prepackaged entertainment--it may be a different kind of entertainment today, but it's never been "real."

Yes, the show is too tightly edited and less spontaneous than before, but a lot of that is due to things that were a lot different in 1972, and not necessarily in the show's control today. Fewer commercials, editing that was much more time-consuming and expensive, and Bob simply being a product of the live-TV era and being used to doing things that way.

[imhomerjay]

And the thing is, the target doesn't care, nor spend time analyzing, editing and pondering spontaneity. We live in a world where Instagram's "snapshots" often have more prep put into them than old-time visits to the Olan Mills portrait studio. 

Just as Price in 1972 created something different for its day vis a vis the prior incarnation, that's what needed to happen again...and it has. Some of the moments will be organic, some will get a little help in the edit suite. Some will be somewhere in the middle. This is the way entertainment works today.

[Reloaden]

Its just a simple joke i thought it was cute and funny.

[RedWing512]

Yes, the show is too tightly edited and less spontaneous than before, but a lot of that is due to things that were a lot different in 1972, and not necessarily in the show's control today. Fewer commercials, editing that was much more time-consuming and expensive, and Bob simply being a product of the live-TV era and being used to doing things that way.

QFT.

I know people make much ado about Drew & Co. not doing the show live-to-tape anymore, but good luck finding another host that could do that just as well as Bob--shows simply aren't done live anymore, and Bob had the luxury of being brought up in an era in which shows were in fact done live.

[GuyWithFace]

shows simply aren't done live[-to-tape] anymore

I would blame Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and Deal or No Deal for having that sort of influence upon the rest of the genre.

Regardless of the era, it is much easier and less costly to record a 30-minute studio-based episode in no more than 35-40 minutes (or a 60-minute episode in no more than 65-70), rather than doing endless retakes out of a misguided sense of micromanagement which extends the recording of a single episode to multiple hours.

In that sense, I commend Roger for attempting to keep Price to the "as-live" method for as long as he could.