I thought Drew was fairly good today...although, as usual, his antics during his entrance were bizarre.
I hate the lack of small prize games. This is the fourth show in a row without one.
The whole deal with Mark playing the piano was kinda neat. It reminded me of when Bob used to let choirs sing in Contestants' Row.
The first showcase
could have been neat, but it hurt that there was no real explanation of what they were doing (and that hurt the second showcase too, really, but we've already been through that in another thread). Even
that might not have been as bad as it was, because it was pretty clear that they had a rhyming thing going...except they freely admitted that the first rhyme was contrived. That's something that should only be done with the
third prize, so they can give off the impression that they were bound and determined to get it into the prize package...it doesn't work when you imply that you were desperate to include a sewing machine! There have actually been some decent showcase ideas aired in the last couple weeks...but they need someone who knows how to analyze them and figure out issues like this
before they tape the show. (ROGER, for instance.)
I did like how Rich inhaled more helium before signing off, though.
That was funny.
(By the way, show of hands: Did anybody
not know what the second showcase was going to be when Kylee bid $6,000?)
"Whaddaya say we get outta town, Drew, with this luggage?" doesn't work very well as an IUFB intro when Drew's just given a speech promising to find a winner. That makes
another reason they shouldn't be trying to script ad libs.
...and wow, where's the love for this episode? I know the Showcase left a bit to be desired, but I think calling it "the worst show of the Drew era" is a massive exaggeration.
Otherwise, I enjoyed the show today. Loved all the piano antics, especially Mark getting piano music as opposed to the regular theme when he won his game.
Ooo, I forgot about that! That was neat, too. Weird, mind you -- the music didn't really sound right as a celebration of a pricing game win -- but still neat given the circumstances.
Wow, HI LO had a tough setup. I don't know if anybody would have picked the marinade before the Gold Bond.
The Gold Bond was right, Nick. Cynthia's mistake was picking the mouthwash.
In response to Nick's comment about the second showcase, which I'm not going to quote because my computer's donwloading a McAfee update and as a result is moving like a snail...I don't think I agree with all of the things he said about it, but yes, it
did have problems. The showcase in and of itself wasn't bad, but it was just kinda
there for no reason. If they'd done something as simple as framing it as "Rich Fields takes another dreaded announcer's test," with him explaining the various odd things he had to do to pass it, that would have solved most of the problems.
Do you think that the production staff, Drew, Fingers, etc., read the Golden Road thread? Or do they dismiss it for whatever reason?
My sense is I think they appreciate our honest thoughts and opinions, but that's just me, as a longtime TPiR fan who has seen far worse, speaking.
Brian
Do I think they read our comments? Yes, I do.
Do I think they dismiss them? Cripe, I hope not.
Why? Well, don't you think at some point they are going to quit caring to hear what we have to say when the negative posts on this board are so predictable it's not even funny. Not only that, but negative about the most minute things. While I think the threads that critique the changes of a game are good for them to see. Some of these other issues are ridiculous.
Roger ran the show for decades by giving a damn about the most minute things. If anything, we're carrying on his tradition of caring about them. I don't see why we ought to be mocked for that, especially on our own site.
What was wrong with today's Showcase #1? So they got stuff to rhyme with the prizes. What was the problem? Is everyone unhappy because they didn't come up with a childish story to go along with prizes?
Actually, yes -- that is
exactly what was wrong with it. It just started with no explanation for
why they were doing rhymes. The explanation doesn't even have to be complicated -- it can be something as stupid as, "This showcase contains prizes revealed as we attempt to find words that rhyme with them." But
it needs to be there.Plus, GRECO ain't new to this. I don't know why everybody thinks she's gonna wreck the plane.
But she
is new to it. Fingers has been at the show for a long time, but this is the first time she's ever had to do most of the things Roger did, or even
think about doing them.
