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Offline The_Great_Butler

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Check Game being considered for retirement?
« on: October 29, 2007, 10:45:32 PM »
Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm probably just shooting my mouth off. But still... Check Game was played fairly often last year,  and it hasn't been played once under Drew's custody. That, coupled with the fact that it was always hard for the contestants to understand AND the fact there's a new host, makes me a bit nervous for its survival.

I guess all I'm asking for is some verification that Check Game is still alive and well...
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Re: Check Game being considered for retirement?
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2007, 10:47:29 PM »
Based on what I know, Check Game is still alive and well, and has not been retired.  However, we won't be seeing it for a little while...
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Re: Check Game being considered for retirement?
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2007, 10:47:36 PM »
Verified, without question.
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Re: Check Game being considered for retirement?
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2007, 10:49:02 PM »
Thank you for the swift response :)
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Quote from: thepriceis_J on July 17, 2013, 05:27:30 PM
I'll put this in here, but I didn't want it to overshadow the more interesting topic of specials. Earlier in the show Mike and Beth talked about Jenny McCarthy's appointment to The View and it leads to Mike talking about her appearance on Price. Mike says that he and the staff mulled over whether or not to have her on the show because of the controversy that follows her. They ultimately decided to have her because she's "a great advocate for what she believes in." Now, Mike didn't specify exactly what he meant by "what she believes in" and what "belief" of her's that he's addressing, but that could certainly be taken the wrong way.

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Re: Check Game being considered for retirement?
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2007, 11:01:58 PM »
Many of the games are not being played at the moment; for these first several weeks, the 34 games we have seen so far  for plus a 35th that hasn't been aired yet are going to be it for a while. For his first few weeks, Drew did multiple tapings using the same 7 pricing games, these tapings are being aired in a different order so that gamnes aren't repeating within a week. More games will be added as Drew learns them--Steve mentioned in another thread that Drew is currently up to 43 games, but you won't be seeing the latest eight for another several weeks.
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Re: Check Game being considered for retirement?
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2007, 11:58:34 PM »
Quote from: actual_retail_tice on October 29, 2007, 11:01:58 PM
Steve mentioned in another thread that Drew is currently up to 43 games, but you won't be seeing the latest eight for another several weeks.

You'd think that, wouldn't you?  But no.  Thanks to the goofy scheduling, we're actually going to see three of those shows by the end of next week.
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Re: Check Game being considered for retirement?
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2007, 12:11:15 AM »
Oh...well, shows how much I know. Looking forward to seeing a few more games in the mix, at any rate.
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Re: Check Game being considered for retirement?
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2007, 11:50:36 AM »
with Drew having to learn all the pricing games, you'll see the same ones for quite some time. i predict that, and the tapings to be back to normal early next year. ;)
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Re: Check Game being considered for retirement?
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2007, 02:27:49 PM »
drew hs said in several interviews that he is learning abou 7 games a week (when taping).  its probably also safe to assume that some of the least played games (not all of course) might be saved for last.
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Re: Check Game being considered for retirement?
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2007, 05:17:56 PM »
Quote from: stormy41992 on November 01, 2007, 11:50:36 AM
with Drew having to learn all the pricing games, you'll see the same ones for quite some time.

Or not.
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Re: Check Game being considered for retirement?
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2008, 08:23:17 PM »
Well, PC was an easy one that should have been one of his first IMHO

More Or Less seems like a no brainer, so maybe he'll learn it? Or did they kick it to the curb?

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Re: Check Game being considered for retirement?
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2008, 08:27:43 PM »
Quote from: mmarlin on January 09, 2008, 08:23:17 PM
Well, PC was an easy one that should have been one of his first IMHO

More Or Less seems like a no brainer, so maybe he'll learn it? Or did they kick it to the curb?



1.  PC (it took me a while to even figure out what PC was) is hardly an easy game to explain.  In fact, I think it might have some of the most convoluted rules on the show.
2.  Why did you find it necessary to bump this thread up, anyway?
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Re: Check Game being considered for retirement?
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2008, 09:16:10 PM »
There's only one game that might get retired this year, and More or Less isn't it.
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Re: Check Game being considered for retirement?
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2008, 09:20:40 PM »
C'mon Steve... don't just leave it at that.  Elaborate, please.
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Re: Check Game being considered for retirement?
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2008, 09:34:45 PM »
Well, ClockGameJohn has alluded to Barker's Marker$ either getting retired or being renamed in another thread.
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