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Studio 33 - Price is Right Discussion => The TALK Is Right => Topic started by: gamesurf on August 03, 2022, 12:37:41 AM
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Time to revisit our Season 50 bold predictions (https://www.golden-road.net/index.php/topic,32463) and see how we did, laugh at some of them, and make new ones.
Here's mine:
•At no point do we return to the S49 format of four singular players (90%)
•By the end of the season, tapings are open to members of the general public visiting CBSTVC who did not "audition" (70%)
•Contestant "auditions" (sending in a form and video via website) are in place through the end of the season (60%)
•Season 50 includes at least four "special" weeklong events (Dream Car, PCH, Big Money, etc.) (70%) (Dream Car Week, Christmas, and Premiere Week)
•Season 50 includes at least seven "special" episodes not related to weeklong events (Breast Cancer, College Rivals, Halloween, 50th Anniversary, etc.) (90%) (Halloween, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, New Year's Eve, Valentine's, Spring Break, Baby Shower, Grammys, April Fools, Teacher's Appreciation Day, Mother's Day, Beach Party, 4th of July in daytime; 50th Anniversary, Christmas, First Responders, The Talk, Valentine's, Rachel Brosnahan in Primetime)
•PlutoTV unearths at least 200 "new" episodes from the 80s by the end of S50 (90%) (200 "new" episodes WERE shown from August 31 to Feb 24; this is stretching a bit as the run began a week before I posted my predictions but I'm counting it)
•Roger criticizes the current production staff at least five times by the end of S50 (90%) (I am not double-checking and I will not be predicting this again, a little too mean-spirited and I regret including this)
•Bob makes a taped appearance (i.e. not archival footage) in some form during the S50 primetime special (60%)
•Mike Richards finds new employment with somebody besides Sony by the end of S50 (60%) (At least, none that's been publicly announced AFAIK)
•Somebody wins over $100,000 (90%)
•Two contestants win over $100,000 (80%) (Four contestants won over $100,000; Melissa, Stephen, Robert, and Tristan)
•Somebody breaks into the TPIR top 10 winnings record (80%) (Melissa hits #5 with $159,040 with her miraculous Ten Chances Audi win)
•Triple Play is won at least once (70%) (out of four attempts)
•Pay The Rent is won at least once (70%)
•At least $250,000 given away via Big Wheel (80%) ($365,000 was given away; including 6 $26,000 winners, 14 $11,000 winners, and 55 $1,000 winners)
•5 or fewer DSWs (80%)
•3 or fewer DSWs (60%) (3 DSWs)
•There are more 0/6 shows in the season than 6/6 shows (80%) (3 0/6 shows; 1 6/6 show)
•5 or fewer 0/6 shows (70%)
•2 or more 6/6 shows (60%)
•Plinko will remain "winless" (99.999%)
As before, I fully expect to be wrong on some of these, the goal is to get at least 4 of the 5 predictions ranked at 80%, 3 of the 5 predictions ranked at 60%, etc.
Final total:
5/5 on 90% predictions (100%)
5/5 on 80% predictions (100%)
2/5 on 70% predictions (40%)
2/5 on 60% predictions (40%)
Takeaway: I was too conservative on my 90% and 80% predictions (should have missed 1-2 of 10 but got 10/10), and too out-there on my other predictions (should missed 3-4 of 10 but missed 6/10). I'll try to recalibrate for Season 51 by being less safe on the top end and more realistic on the bottom end.
Time for bold predictions for Season 51! As before, I'll do twenty predictions, five each of 90%/80%/70%/60%.
•By the end of the season, tapings are open to members of the general public visiting CBSTVC who did not "audition" (90%)
•Contestant "auditions" (sending in a form and video via website) are in place through the end of the season despite tapings being open to the public (70%)
•The "pods" are not in place by the end of S51 (80%)
•Season 51 includes at least four "special" weeklong events (Dream Car, PCH, Christmas, Big Money, etc.) (70%)
•Season 51 includes at least ten "special" daytime episodes not related to weeklong events (Breast Cancer, College Rivals, Halloween, Mother's Day, etc.) (90%)
•Season 51 includes at least three "special" primetime episodes (80%)
•PlutoTV unearths at least 200 "new" episodes from the 80s by the end of S51 (80%)
•No new pricing games premiere in S51 (90%)
•At least two existing pricing games have major refurbishments in S51 (60%)
•Triple Play is won (60%)
•Stack the Deck is won at least twice (60%)
•Magic # does not reappear and is quietly removed from the official website (90%)
•Two contestants win over $100,000 (90%)
•Somebody breaks into the TPIR top 10 winnings record (80%)
•At least 12 contestants win more than one car (80%)
•At least $350,000 given away via Big Wheel (70%)
•10 or fewer showcase rounds ending in double overbids (70%)
•4 or more DSWs (60%)
•5 or fewer 0/6 shows (70%)
•2 or more 6/6 shows (60%)
•Plinko will remain "winless" (99.999%)
What are your bold predictions for Season 51? What old S50 predictions didn't age well at all?
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My bold prediction: We have seen the end of Back to '72. This season, we will see the premiere of Back to '82! (cross-promoting Barker Era TPiR on Pluto)
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My bold prediction: We have seen the end of Back to '72. This season, we will see the premiere of Back to '82! (cross-promoting Barker Era TPiR on Pluto)
And possibly advancing 10 years every new season (Back to '82, Back to '92, Back to 2002, and Back to 2012).
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Bold prediction: Drew shaves his beard (80%)
Bolder prediction: At least $200,000 is won on regular Plinko playing (The dollar amounts are unmodified) (70%)
Boldest of the bold prediction: other than the logo reverting reverting back to pre-Season 50, there is at least one change to the set (60%)
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Drew starts wearing ties again
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Bolder prediction: At least $200,000 is won on regular Plinko playing (The dollar amounts are unmodified) (70%)
Seems that is impossible, given that the unmodified dollar amounts top out at $10,000 and having that changed would be a modification.
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For me, Magic # returns to the rotation, but with a new set, and maybe modified rules (for example, the contestant wins a cash bonus that's equivalent to the magic number they set, should they win both featured prizes).
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Bob dies. The show makes only a passing reference to it, and the fans here get so, so angry.
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Can we remove Torgo again? What an insensitive and inappropriate thing to say!
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Can we remove Torgo again? What an insensitive and inappropriate thing to say!
Request seconded. That was completely uncalled for.
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Y'all are aware this is a joke right?
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I mean...Torgo's prediction is entirely reasonable, albeit hopefully wrong.
Seems like the second half of his post already came true without the first half of his post coming true.
As for me:
Drew shaves his beard (100%)
The logo receives a facelift while the GPT does not (100%)
Magic # returns to the show (10%)
Plinko will be won (100%)
The full audience will be reinstated (0.31415926%)
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But Torgo's point is valid. Bob will likely receive the same post-production farewell he gave Rod upon his passing.
It's a daytime gameshow. It's fun, exciting, and a celebration. Not an hour-long eulogy. "Hey, you won that new car! Fantastic! Too bad about ol' Barker, though."
I hope the guess is wrong; I'd like to see him at least hit 100. And he will, just to spite Betty White.
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Inspired by gamesurf, here's my twenty:
• Plinko would not be won (100%)
• Refreshed graphics for home base and door 4 screens (95%)
• Drew mentions Bob in the season premiere (90%)
• Plinko gets a $30,000+ win (85%)
• New on-screen graphics would be used for SCSD bonuses, showcase totals, and DSWs (80%).
• New "Barker Wall" for Drew (75%)
• A refreshed opening light border would be used (70%)
• Pay The Rent is won (65%)
• Two or more pricing games would receive a facelift (60%)
• At least two perfect shows happen(55%)
• 3 Strikes is won at least twice (50%)
• At least one winless show happens (45%)
• Remixed versions of Barker-era cues would be used (40%)
• A car is won in Dream Car Week through a bonus spin (35%)
• The giant price tag would be redesigned (30%)
• Three or more contestants win prizes totaling $100,000 or more (25%)
• Drew shaves his beard halfway through the season (20%)
• Back to '72 has been redesigned as a throwback-themed game focusing on different years, similar to Now or Then (15%).
• Plinko's top prize would finally be increased after 1998 (10%)
• A perfect Lucky Seven playing occurs (5%)
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Drew is now the same age that Bob was when he let his hair go grey, so I'd see the beard as something similar. With the highest inflation in over 40 years, I'm presenting some odds regarding these price increases:
-Any cash game's top prize is increased (40%, I'd say Grand Game would be more likely than Plinko since it still has the same top prize since 1980)
-Bullseye's range is increased (30%)
-The cheapest Showcases are now in the $22,000-$23,999 range (25%)
-Hole In One's $500 bonus is increased or dropped (25%)
-Golden Road's opening item becomes a two-digit SP as on the 1994 Davidson version (20%)
-The One Bid minimum increases from $500 to $600 or more: (20%)
-No more cars under $20,000 are offered (10%)
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• New on-screen graphics would be used for SCSD bonuses, showcase totals, and DSWs (80%).
I seriously doubt this one, because the graphics we have now have only been used for three years now. For comparison’s sake, we had the last ones (3D CGI ones) for about 10 years until the update in 2019.
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Seems that is impossible, given that the unmodified dollar amounts top out at $10,000 and having that changed would be a modification.
I believe he meant $200,000 total won across all Plinko games throughout the season.
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I believe he meant $200,000 total won across all Plinko games throughout the season.
That would make sense, though being it said playing (and not playings) it didn't make that seem like the intent.
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Torgo's point may be valid, but his joke remains in extremely poor taste, and his mocking of how this site's membership would handle such a situation is extremely uncalled for.
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The IUFB aired overbid total will be less than Season 50 ( which is at 3 with one episode remaining )
A DSW and a double overbid will happen in the same week.
All Big 3 games will be won.
A Let 'em Roll 1st roll Yahtzee.
Three 5/6 shows in the same week.
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Understand Torgo's permanent banning was due to trolling and mentioning of the page's membership to get a reaction, not the joke itself. That's the line crossed. It's anti-constructive. Objectively, there's no upside, only helps to divide and truly just cause a reaction. This doesn't help any of our discourse or add to our experience as a joke itself would. If this post is ended with the Barker line, it stays, and personally, I don't think action is warranted, and I would've found it funny in a macabre way. But because it didn't, here we are.
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I am perfectly fine with Torgo remaining banned forever.
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I disagree with Gavazzi, but I will say this. At some point, we need to sit down as moderators and decide what we're doing when that eventuality occurs. I know, I've been planning for it. I told Torgo as much off site. I expect this site to be overrun with people and as someone who has written obituaries before, I feel like it's going to end up being me handling this. But we need to have this discussion off site.
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Just to clarify, it's not this thread specifically that's made me feel that way about Torgo. It's been my experience that he's a horse's ass who has no respect for anyone besides himself.
I'm not the sole decision-maker around here, but given that he seems to enjoy actively disliking our site on the site itself, I don't feel that he has any business being involved in running it.
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Torgo hasn't been a mod in 5 years. He literally did the S44 first half recaps and that's it. He has no power and hasn't in years.
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Torgo hasn't been a mod in 5 years. He literally did the S44 first half recaps and that's it. He has no power and hasn't in years.
If that's the case can I ask how he got a copy of a report I made on one of his posts and mockingly made it his signature for a while? Unless post reports are sent to the reported user as well.
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-No more cars under $20,000 are offered (10%)
I have to check to see when they last offered a car under $20,000. In other words, I have to make time to do so. Speaking of $20 Grand, I know that they haven't offered a showcase under that amount since 2014, though they continued to offer sub- 20K cars well after that point. There's no relation I suppose, but it's just something I thought of; in the mid-90s when they stopped offering showcases under $10K, they did away with 4-digit cars a year prior.
Anyway, I seconded; I don't think you can find anything on the cheap anymore, I could even see the minimum being at least $22,000 for their automobiles.
While more predictions may come up, I have a handful myself.
- The chance at Shell Game perfection plays out. IOW, a contestants goes 4/4; he or she may or may not get the cash bonus
- Someone goes 5/5 in Switcheroo (either in one try or two tries)
- $20,000 is won in both Hot Seat & Time Is Money
- $10,000 is won in Half Off by a contestant having to choose one of sixteen boxes for the win
- 3 Strikes is lost with three draws
- Someone decides to risk $12,000 for $25,000 in To The Penny, but is unsuccessful
- Two people win $11,000 or more in the SCSD, one per half
- At least one DSW is within $10 or his or her showcase
- Some wins a $51,000+ showcase with a $25,000+ margin thanks to their opponent's $2 overbid
- Stack The Deck Is Won
- In Pocket Change, someone finds a way to lose despite making only one mistake
- In Pocket Change, someone reaches three bucks & is pretty much up against it, but wins thanks to a $2 card, one $.75 card & the 50 cent card
- Hole In One is won by a contestant putting from the sixth line
Speaking of that last "prediction", I agree with pannoni1 in terms of the bonus increase (though I disagree with a decrease). To be more specific, I can see it; maybe as a nod to the game's 45th anniversary. Probably up to $1,000
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I have to check to see when they last offered a car under $20,000. In other words, I have to make time to do so. Speaking of $20 Grand, I know that they haven't offered a showcase under that amount since 2014, though they continued to offer sub- 20K cars well after that point. There's no relation I suppose, but it's just something I thought of; in the mid-90s when they stopped offering showcases under $10K, they did away with 4-digit cars a year prior.
Anyway, I seconded; I don't think you can find anything on the cheap anymore, I could even see the minimum being at least $22,000 for their automobiles.
They offer sub-$20K autos all the time, especially in fee games, especially especially in budget mode.
I thought the reason they phased out <$10K cars had more to do with it being impossible to find cars at that price point rather than some self-imposed minimum. But that’s not the case today—even though inflation is driving the price of the average car farther from $20K, Chevy Sparks and Nissan Versas and Hyundai Accents are well under $20K and I don’t see those models going away anytime soon.
Speaking of that last "prediction", I agree with pannoni1 in terms of the bonus increase (though I disagree with a decrease). To be more specific, I can see it; maybe as a nod to the game's 45th anniversary. Probably up to $1,000
The Hole in One bonus could be $25,000, but it wouldn’t change the fact that it would only be won twice in the last twelve seasons.
The amount is less exciting than the fact that it happens at all.
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I don’t think anyone outside of this forum and associated Discord server will notice if the show is slow to make inflationary adjustments. Heck, my place of employment sure hasn’t made any changes to my paycheck. 😅🙄
Presuming the budget itself is increased to account for inflation (which also presumes advertisers are being charged more for ad time), the powers that be may opt to place some of that money on more extravagant prizes during specials and such as opposed to increasing the budget across the board outside of common prizes that may have increased in price. At the end of the day, as long as the show doesn’t have a cheapened feel this season, it truly doesn’t matter to me how an increased budget is/would be applied.
Grand Game is a great example of ‘across the board’ inflationary increases being unnecessary. $10,000 is still A LOT of money in 2022. It will take many decades of inflation…and then some…for $10,000 NOT to be a lot of money. No, it won’t buy you a new automobile as it once did when the game premiered. But that doesn’t mean the game is inherently broken. Until the minimum pricing game prize value is greater than $10,000, I have serious doubt we’ll see any changes to this game. And even when that time comes, I could foresee a bonus of some sort being added instead of the game being retooled permanently to be played in increments of $2-$20,000.
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I might as well list my predictions. My apologies if any predictions have already been posted.
Let 'Em Roll: Contestant does not acquire any additional rolls, and still manages to win the car by rolling all five dice and revealing car symbols on only free roll.
Punch-A-Bunch: Contestant only manages to acquire one punch and wins $5K+.
Showcase Showdown: All three contestants land on the dollar on their first spin (or their two spins add up to a dollar), forcing a three-way tie spin-off to see who will advance to the Showcase.
Time is Money: Contestant manages to place all of the items in the correct pricing ranges on their first try.
Any Number: Contestant manages to win the car by guessing all of the digits for the car without filling in digits for the medium prize on the piggy bank.
Showcase: A contestant wins a Double Showcase with their bid being within $20 or less on their showcase.
We are able to award shiny spinning golden stars to some of our members for being contestants on this season of TPIR.
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I believe he meant $200,000 total won across all Plinko games throughout the season.
I did mean $200K total over the season, but only when the dollar amounts are unchanged from the normal amounts. That was my bad.
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That got back on topic pretty quickly. Anyway:
Spelling Bee: A contestant pulls out C, CAR, A, CAR, R in that exact order.
Punch A Bunch: A contestant punches the $25,000 first followed by both $10,000 slips (not really caring if there is a fourth).
Any Number: A contestant is able to call 0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, or 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2.
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That got back on topic pretty quickly. Anyway:
Spelling Bee: A contestant pulls out C, CAR, A, CAR, R in that exact order.
Punch A Bunch: A contestant punches the $25,000 first followed by both $10,000 slips (not really caring if there is a fourth).
Any Number: A contestant is able to call 0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, or 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2.
That was the plan! Anyway...
I actually had every intention of putting the Spelling Bee perfection in my list. It would've been in my second batch of predictions (along with Check Game Perfection). However, my attempt was to go with things that were likely to happen before wishful thinking. For example, I'd love to see a winner in Pass The Buck collecting $8,000 in addition to the car. Maybe luck hits off of such a risk in Season 51, but I'd be quitting after two of the 3 top options (even if I didn't draw the car card).
I think Bee perfect is possible, and it would totally be awesome, in any order. As for Punch, A $25,000 winner would be pretty cool even without the other $10,000 hits. The game isn't won as much as before, and even hitting 10K is a rarity.
Hole in One is a mix of what I think could happen & wishful thinking. The point gamesurf made is very fair; it's so rare that the bonus is best left at $500. I wouldn't mind an increase, and in the past, I sorta liked the idea of a Shell Game bonus, if not something spectacular. But only for a minute. $500 or whatever, I'd love to see someone put everything in order in the upcoming season. If not, so be it, since the object of the game is to win.
Speaking of Hole In One, as well as the prediction of an upgrade to a pricing game prop, I'd put $5-$10 on one for Hole. I'd lose that right away, as it's doubtful more than probable. I can't picture what a new set would look like if TPIR actually "refurbished" the game. However, they did such a phenomenal job with 3 Strikes, and I have no doubt that they'd ace an upgrade to Hole. It's likely not that necessary, but it would be interesting
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Bob dies. The show makes only a passing reference to it, and the fans here get so, so angry.
Can we reinstate torgo now? His prediction literally came correct. The show barely talked about bob barker's death and they arent even filming in his studio
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because they did an entire thing at night to look back at his legacy
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How exactly is them filming an entire hour long special about him that aired in Primetime a couple times and again on his 100th Birthday considered "mention in passing"? Most specials that commemorate the loss of an entertainment icon are done by the news programs or Entertainment Tonight and quite often are prepared well in advance (or predone). The show was also airing reruns when Bob passed away and they started each rerun that week with an "in loving memory" card.
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An entire hour special airing several times is by no definition "barely" talking about it. And good lord, who cares about the studio? We've known for years they would move, it's life.
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How exactly is them filming an entire hour long special about him that aired in Primetime a couple times and again on his 100th Birthday considered "mention in passing"? Most specials that commemorate the loss of an entertainment icon are done by the news programs or Entertainment Tonight and quite often are prepared well in advance (or predone). The show was also airing reruns when Bob passed away and they started each rerun that week with an "in loving memory" card.
Im clearly talking about the show itself. Not a primetime show that isnt even really the price is right. A title card is the very bare minimum. Rod roddy got a more respectful tribute than this.
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An entire hour special airing several times is by no definition "barely" talking about it. And good lord, who cares about the studio? We've known for years they would move, it's life.
Which isnt a price is right episode at all. No games were played
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because they did an entire thing at night to look back at his legacy
That wasnt a price is right episode
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It was a primetime special shot directly on the Price set with Drew, and is no less part of Price canon than a standard daytime show. You seem to labor under the impression that it somehow had to be brought up on the regular show, when a primetime special was (IMO) more effective than just a short tribute at the beginning or end due to Bob's legacy. Bob was one of the greatest game show hosts who ever lived, a major part of Price's success for 35 years, and the producers recognized this.
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It was a primetime special shot directly on the Price set with Drew, and is no less part of Price canon than a standard daytime show. You seem to labor under the impression that it somehow had to be brought up on the regular show, when a primetime special was (IMO) more effective than just a short tribute at the beginning or end due to Bob's legacy. Bob was one of the greatest game show hosts who ever lived, a major part of Price's success for 35 years, and the producers recognized this.
If it was indeed a primetime episode of the price is right, tell me which games were played and what prizes were won.
If you correctly answered none, then it shows its not a price is right primetime special at all
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are you just here to stir the pot
also, ever heard of clip shows?
it's not just for sitcoms and shows trying to copy the AFV formula
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If it was indeed a primetime episode of the price is right, tell me which games were played and what prizes were won.
If you correctly answered none, then it shows its not a price is right primetime special at all
The title: The Price Is Right: A Tribute to Bob Barker. So yeah, it is. It can be a Price primetime special even without gameplay.
The fact you tried to challenge me to tell you about any possible games or prizes on the special in a desperate attempt to win the argument is, frankly, disingenuous. Between this and your attempts at deflecting other users about this (all of whom are community veterans, by the way), not much else needs to be said.
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Mods...lock it up!
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The title: The Price Is Right: A Tribute to Bob Barker. So yeah, it is. It can be a Price primetime special even without gameplay.
The fact you tried to challenge me to tell you about any possible games or prizes on the special in a desperate attempt to win the argument is, frankly, disingenuous. Between this and your attempts at deflecting other users about this (all of whom are community veterans, by the way), not much else needs to be said.
I did not personally attack you. Why do you need to personally attack me?
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Wow, that's a giant leap in logic! I wasn't attacking you personally at all; I was just saying your attempts at deflection over whether the tribute special counted as part of the show were disingenuous. Torgo stated that the show would make "a passing reference" to Bob's death when they wound up making a whole primetime clip show celebrating his legacy.
I agree that this needs to be locked.
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Wow, that's a giant leap in logic! I wasn't attacking you personally at all; I was just saying your attempts at deflection over whether the tribute special counted as part of the show were disingenuous. Torgo stated that the show would make "a passing reference" to Bob's death when they wound up making a whole primetime clip show celebrating his legacy.
I agree that this needs to be locked.
Game shows dont have clip shows so torgo was still unfairly banned. At the very least, an apology needs to be made to him
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Jeopardy's 4000th episode was a clip show without any gameplay.
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Jeopardy's 4000th episode was a clip show without any gameplay.
Wasnt a jeopardy episode then as no game was played
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So you only consider game show clip shows real episodes if they have real gameplay.
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(https://i.imgur.com/nNfYKTb.png)
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That argument was getting boring anyway.
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It's Season 52.
LOCKED