Well, if Drew is going to "ride" a prize out the big doors, actually offering the prize as the first item up for bids is the best way to do it. It
might have worked for a change of pace... except, well, you know, that I'm sure most of us are absolutely sick to death of Drew riding prizes out the big doors by this point. Hard to even semi-appreciate that the prize was actually the first item up for bids this time around.
Neither showcase had a theme today, did it? The first showcase seemed like it should've been an "Around the World" showcase, except they presented it as a "random prize" showcase that just so happened to include three trips. This would have just been an insult to the "Around the World" theme, though: that had to be the absolute worst copy ever since... well, yesterday's all-trip showcase. Wonder why trips are getting the worst copy lately. On a very related note, was Rich actually
supposed to not stop after "trip to New York"? What happened to the natural pause that should've occured right there?
I've never understood how the Match Game cue goes with home gyms, but if they're going to use it, I can't complain. Use it as much as they can, I say! I will complain about Rich's leadup to the car, though. Or lack of car. Seriously, I did not like that at all. Sure, a contestant should generally be excited to win anything, but if you're
obviously building up to a car and then
have a far inferior prize instead... yeah, that might piss me off. I'm almost not sure which showcase was worse. The first one was bad all around, but the "pretend car" at the end of the second left a
really bad taste in my mouth.
Wow... That's Too Much was actually set up to be win. I'd have lost, though, just because I'm
way too suspicious of the new crew. Bizarrely, I'd have probably won if Roger were still there.
Seems like they've been using the Season 28 car cue a lot more this season. Whoo?
Please, Drew, don't retire Race Game. We all love Race Game!
Today pretty much had the worst pricing game lineup ever when you take the total lineup into consideration: 1) Nothing about this lineup warranted throwing the SP game out. 2) When Money Game, Coming or Going, Pick a Pair and Squeeze Play all show up together you're in trouble. This lineup seemed "short short short."
And That's Too Much is a relatively quick car game, too. Seriously, does Race Game take so long to play, that four of the six games have to be the almost absolute minimum time they could take to play, with a fifth being almost the minimum? I mean, not counting Double Prices. Roger was rarely so bad with the lineups.