| Production #4432K - Taped July 28, 2008
Drew: stage entrance
Models of the Day: Tamiko Nash, Rachel Reynolds and Brandi Sherwood
1 Trip to Las Vegas (Vegas.com; 6n)(B)
Lynette from Playa Del Rey, CA plays 5-PUSHOVER for an ElectraCraft 16CS Party Barge (R)
2 ESP Eclipse Electric Guitar (B)
Gary plays 3 STRIKES for a Cadillac CTS DI (Std., Elect., Wheels, Tires, Spare, Prot)(T) Numbers: 4 6 7 8 9
The funny thing here is that Drew built this game up as one that takes forever to play, which it can. All that buildup and ... THUD! 3 Sigma SD14 Digital SLR Camera (from above)
Patty plays CHECK GAME for 2 Honda CRF80 Offroad Motorcycles (R) GAME CHANGE: The target has now been set between $7000 and $8000
4 Westley Allen Montana Day Bed/Loving Care Formfit (R)
Jill from Long Beach, CA plays DICE GAME for a Ford Mustang Conv. (Std., AT., Remote, Cargo)(B)
5 Bob Burns No Bananas Golf Equipment (T)
Kimberly plays GRAND GAME (Target: $8.00) for a somewhat substantial sum
Two days into the new season and we have our first laggard, and it's William. Mimi has been busy over the summer overseeing the refurbishment of the "First Four" Breakfast Club. Yes, even that dregs needs an occasional coat of paint. Of course, that doesn't mean those who end up there get posh digs. You don't want to be there, but is William headed in that direction?
William heads off to the clubhouse while Jennifer plays SWITCH?
SHOWCASE ROUND Jill has the honor.
Today's Pricing Games: 3 for 6 Total Winnings: $105,850
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3 Strikes: I'm completely confused now. Did they play it once with the original rules and then change them?Exactly. This playing may be the last of the luxury era, which is why it's so depressing it was a wipeout.
A question for those of you who get to see the show in HD: Is the show widescreen in HD?Yes.
Yes.
Maybe if he kept his mouth shut, the game wouldn't have been changed.I don't think anyone believes that the game was changed because of Drew.
...it will allow more expensive prizes to be offered in the game, but John did point out at the time that the game is technically now harder to win...I think that if they are going to offer nicer, more expensive prizes, the game should be harder to win.
Last Edit: Today at 05:41:15 PM by Joe_Capitano
I don't think anyone believes that the game was changed because of Drew.
I think that if they are going to offer nicer, more expensive prizes, the game should be harder to win.
nick, what do you think he'll make syd think about?
How long have they been using that dice wipe in Dice Game? It isn't nearly as impressive as the old one.
Again, maybe I'm out of the loop on something, but when was the last time Grand Game was played fifth?
Drew needs to cut it with the "model collision" joke in Switch? It's getting old, and I didn't even think it was funny the first time.
Another good show today. I love it when 3 Strikes makes an appearance. Speaking of which, weren't they now playing 3 Strikes with the first number given for free? And on top of that, although they supposedly were going to start playing it for regular cars, they played it for a luxury car. I believe this puts into question the validity of the reports regarding any changes to both 3 Strikes and Make Your Mark.
The initial change to 3 Strikes was reported on August 6th for shows taped the previous weekend, which would have been somewhere in the neighborhood of August 3rd. Considering that they taped the first batch of shows on July 20th, and that first week's worth of shows is not the premiere week... that leaves an extremely short timeline for them to have played it again.
I don't like the new Check Game rules. Makes the game needlessly much more difficult. Anywhere from about $1500 to $5500 seemed decently reasonable to write the check for, which is a ridiculously large range of "seemingly OK" prices.
Wait, wait, Roger?
I know he made the lineup, but I wasn't aware that he was still picking the prizes and making the fakes at this point.
How long have they been using that dice wipe in Dice Game? It isn't nearly as impressive as the old one.
I don't think anyone believes that [3 Strikes] was changed because of Drew.
I think that if they are going to offer nicer, more expensive prizes, the [Check Game] should be harder to win.
and did anyone else notice the two gray plates next to home base? i caught it today after drew got his mic just before they cut to drew against the turntable.
I laughed at how Drew couldn't open the reveal for Pushover, and noted that they changed the reveal's magnets over the summer break.
From what I understand, sadly, 3 Strikes may never recover from this tinkering.
One can thank Drew (or Syd) (or the new producer) for destroying this classic game. (Drew has got to stop whining!)
I highly doubt you can thank Drew.
I highly doubt you can thank Drew. And honestly, he was just voicing his opinion, he's allowed to have one, you know.
I'm not sure what leads you to that conclusion...the scenario described farther up the thread in which his complaining caused the game to be redesigned into the ground seems perfectly plausible to me.
He was not insulting the show. He was simply stating the truth: this game can be really exciting, however it could also be a very long, drawn out game.
He called 3 Strikes "tedious." That is a ridiculously unprofessional comment to make about a game you are currently in the process of hosting.
He called 3 Strikes "tedious." That is a ridiculously unprofessional comment to make about a game you are currently in the process of hosting.
I'm confused as to when Drew says a purple wheel is ugly and horrible it's OK and he single-handedly saves the wheel, but because he's mentioned a negative about 3 Strikes...it's unprofessional.
He called 3 Strikes "tedious." That is a ridiculously unprofessional comment to make about a game you are currently in the process of hosting.
I thought Drew did a mostly respectable job of hosting today, but he did one thing that really, really irked me -- he insulted 3 Strikes!
From what I understand, sadly, 3 Strikes may never recover from this tinkering.
I believe today's 3 Strikes playing should be proof of why the decision was made during the Bob and Roger era as to what rules to use. There is no need to reinvent the wheel, here.
From what I understand, sadly, 3 Strikes may never recover from this tinkering.
I was watching online, and it was sorta a "giveaway" to me that 3 strikes would be short and sweet. CBS.com has the dividing lines that split up the segments, and the white was essentially 95 percent to the dividing line. Did anyone else notice this? Sorry if it's clumsily worded. I didn't really know how else to phrase it.
Why didn't she write Fifty-five hundred dollars? I hope that's not another new time constraint...Drew has never prompted the contestant to fill out the word portion of the check. Unless they start doing it themselves, he just goes right to the reveal, I assume to save time.
He was not insulting the show. He was simply stating the truth: this game can be really exciting, however it could also be a very long, drawn out game.But the two aren't mutually exclusive. The longer the game goes without a conclusion, the more exciting it gets.
The final pull in Three Strikes is only second to the final reveal in Golden Road for 'best moments' on the show!
Gotta totally agree wtih John there. No other game offers up the potential for a freat reveal that Three X does. Yes, granted it takes a miracle/littany of things to happen to arrive at that point, but to watch someone in studio miss the first 7 pulls, get the next four pulls correct and then cry as he pulls X,X,X?
I finally did something tonight that I thought I would never do!
I TURNED OFF PRICE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHOW! (I have it on tape and maybe I'll watch it later if I stop being mad!) ...
...it's very disheartening to have a new host come in and suddenly insult a part of the show that's been around and well-loved for 32 years.
I believe today's 3 Strikes playing should be proof of why the decision was made during the Bob and Roger era as to what rules to use. There is no need to reinvent the wheel, here. (We did that too, literally.)
From what I understand, sadly, 3 Strikes may never recover from this tinkering.
Dear Mr Carey,
Congratulations on outlasting Doug
please tell me that just means we'll have to live with the current rule set (versus the game becoming so unpopular--to say nothing of confusing--that it gets retired?)
I don't think it's an issue of it becoming unpopular. In fact, it sounds to me like its popularity is being ignored.
How can you honestly say 3 Strikes is popular? Because a small number of folks on the internet like it? Maybe they've gotten a crapload of letter about it. Granted, I can't say it's unpopular either, but we can't base "Price Law" on the opinion of .0012% of the viewing audience.
I honestly believe if there was a logical production reason that a game was to be retired (as possibly the case of 3 Strikes) or one of our favorites was to be brought back for some odd reason, this board would just dispute any decision now because FremantleMedia is in charge.
Again, all I ask is if it upsets all of you this much please stop watching the show.
This is what bothers me so much. Some people believe we are the only viewers.
How can you honestly say 3 Strikes is popular? Because a small number of folks on the internet like it? Maybe they've gotten a crapload of letter about it. Granted, I can't say it's unpopular either, but we can't base "Price Law" on the opinion of .0012% of the viewing audience.
This is what bothers me so much. Some people believe we are the only viewers.
How can you honestly say 3 Strikes is popular? Because a small number of folks on the internet like it?.
I honestly believe if there was a logical production reason that a game was to be retired (as possibly the case of 3 Strikes) or one of our favorites was to be brought back for some odd reason, this board would just dispute any decision now because FremantleMedia is in charge.
Again, all I ask is if it upsets all of you this much please stop watching the show.
This is what bothers me so much. Some people believe we are the only viewers.
How can you honestly say 3 Strikes is popular? Because a small number of folks on the internet like it? Maybe they've gotten a crapload of letter about it. Granted, I can't say it's unpopular either, but we can't base "Price Law" on the opinion of .0012% of the viewing audience.
I honestly believe if there was a logical production reason that a game was to be retired (as possibly the case of 3 Strikes) or one of our favorites was to be brought back for some odd reason, this board would just dispute any decision now because FremantleMedia is in charge.
Again, all I ask is if it upsets all of you this much please stop watching the show.
How can you honestly say 3 Strikes is popular?
Am I correct that Drew has also now hosted more episodes than Dennis and Tom?
John
I'm not sure how many episodes Drew has hosted so far, I believe it is in the 200s. According to the FAQ, Dennis hosted over 300, and Tom hosted 170. So he's outlasted Tom and Doug, but I'm not sure about Dennis.
I guess I can't guarantee that the general public likes it. However, you just admitted yourself that you have no evidence that they don't, so perhaps we should stick with that .0012% we actually understand. Frankly, I think we've got a better idea of how to run the show than the people currently in charge do, anyway, having spent so many years observing the way Roger ran it.
I would much rather try to save it...and frankly, having been a participant on these forums since the summer of 2000, I don't really appreciate being asked to stop watching my favorite program and leave the site alone by someone who a quick check of his profile reveals didn't even post here regularly until this February. If everybody who was as concerned about the show as I am just got up and left, I don't think the site would even have a staff right now.
Why? Let me put it this way. It's a fairly popular opinion 'round these parts that Three Strikes is awesome. If we don't know what everyone else thinks, which is more likely -- that the general public likes Three Strikes as much as we do, or that everyone out there dislikes Three Strikes just as much as we all like it? If we're using our behavior as a predictor for general behavior (which is the most logical assumption to make, since we can't assume everyone else automatically thinks the opposite of whatever we do), it's most likely that they will think somewhere along the same lines as we do.
Who are these some? You reference them often, but I don't know who they are.
Do you have access to a larger polling group that honestly has the ability to answer this question? I'd be willing to bet that if you gathered a large sample of frequent Price viewers that do not frequent this website, most would put 3 Strikes in their Top Ten. Do you disagree, and if so, why?
First help me understand what logical production reasons would justify the retirement of 3 Strikes, and why Barker/ Dobkowitz never found this reason.
Seems to me like you have a problem with folks expressing their discontent. Why? I'm upset that one of my favorite games may be on the chopping block, but I'm not going to turn off my TV at 11:00am.
Also, Millionaire, why WOULDN'T you consider 3 Strikes popular?
I'm sure that if you asked a group of pfople who'd consider themselves casual, but not daily viewers, they would know about 3 Strikes. Heck, I know quite a few "casual" viewers who wonder what happened to Penny Ante!
Even you would have to admit a lot of extreme changes have gone on since Bob left.
I know it might not count for much, but 3 Strikes won the most recent thread (http://www.golden-road.net/index.php?topic=7398.msg120717#msg120717) of the best game.
And that wasn't only the best game on the show right now, that was the best game OF ALL TIME.
Seems like it's loved very much around these parts.
not to change the subject but strongbad is that rachel in your avatar?
Nothing to dispute here I was just making the statement that there is a mentality here at times that if the board as a whole disagrees with something...it shouldn't be done...no compromise.
I just wish you'd have a better outlook on the show as whole. It doesn't bode very well for the show and board when one of it's mods and major members as yourself are so down about the show.
I especially disagree with this logic when we have freely admitted that the Joe Plinkos won't even notice the changes we do.
Outside of your group of friends do you think other viewers can name 10 games by their proper names. I'm fairly confident a great deal of them will give you Plinko, maybe Cliffhangers, and the rest just descriptions (Yodelly Guy Game).
The most obvious would that it can be very time consuming and with the thought that maybe Drew should not be as rushed as we have mentioned, wouldn't it make sense to do that. I thought I read on here that Bob retired SuperBall for the same reason?
I do have a problem when mods constantly express their negative feelings and rumor to point where it breeds hatred and incites panic by the members for the some staff members and the company producing the show...
I can't. It is popular here, but is it really popular outside of the board? I don't know. No one here does.
No, I don't have to admit that. Have we had changes? Yes. Are they extreme? Outside of Drew and Roger...absolutely, positively, beyond a shadow of a doubt...NO.
I'm not sure how many episodes Drew has hosted so far, I believe it is in the 200s. According to the FAQ, Dennis hosted over 300, and Tom hosted 170. So he's outlasted Tom and Doug, but I'm not sure about Dennis.
How can you honestly say 3 Strikes is popular?
We just have a different group of friends. Most of my friends believe I have an unhealthy obsession.
He's the host. He is not supposed to be insulting his own show on the air.
I agree with your comments, but if we use your logic of using the board as a predictor then we are assuming the nation will hate the purple wheel, the nation wants Syd head on a platter, and the nation went nuts when the light border changed. I especially disagree with this logic when we have freely admitted that the Joe Plinkos won't even notice the changes we do.
I'm positive if I took time, I could come up with some posts that insinuate we are the only viewers who have an opinion. My point was we cannot assume that other viewers aren't making their opinions known to CBS or Fremantle.
I thought I read on here that Bob retired SuperBall for the same reason?
Again, I have no problems with folks opinions, but I do have a problem when mods constantly express their negative feelings and rumor to point where it breeds hatred and incites panic by the members for the some staff members and the company producing the show.
The weekly nighttime show had a total of 300 episodes, but Dennis only hosted it for its first five years. I think it was 195 episodes with Dennis and then 105 with Bob. Then, of course, Dennis hosted three daytime episodes, for a total of 198 - so maybe Drew passes that record with today's show, the fourth of his 40th week?
However, if you slap Dennis, Tom, and Doug together you get 453 (201 plus 170 Kennedy shows, 80 Davidson episodes, and the two 1993 Pilots). If Tom hosted the 1983 "New Price is Right" Pilot then bump that to 454.
Anyway, Fremantle needs to hire Marc or John or Steve or Frank - SOMEBODY who moderates forums on this site - and get this show back to what made it good
Anyway, Fremantle needs to hire Marc or John or Steve or Frank - SOMEBODY who moderates forums on this site - and get this show back to what made it good;
And about the 3 Strikes thing, I'll say this: The one part I didn't like was when Drew said, "I'm not gonna ask you where you're from or what you do because this game takes forever!" It almost sounded as if he was saying, "We don't have any time to meet and greet; let's just hurry up and play the game and get it over with." That's kinda what ticked me off a bit.I took it mean something like "I only have 6 minutes for this segment, so let's not waste anytime for anything other than the gameplay". Yes, I know it's not like they only go 6 minutes and everything else is edited out. Drew just knew the game takes a while, so he should spend less time talking about the contestant.