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Why the hell would anybody want five hours on a private jet? That's only enough time to fly to most places in one direction!
He did a bad job with the Showcase reveal, too...you shouldn't ever know whether or not the contestant has won until the host actually starts saying the price.That's one thing I wish he wouldn't do... he does it in pricing games, too. Unless he's going to do a dramatic buildup like Bob (which he actually did in a game a couple of months ago... I think it was Pocket Change), he doesn't need to look ahead of time.
Nice to see cars return to the showcase. Let's hope that becomes a regular trend from now on.
Most people probably wouldn't. I know I wouldn't. But you know Mike and Drew...
Hi everybody, this is Joshua from today's show!... I'll be replying to most everything...including my "cheesy" loss in Grand Game.
Hi everybody, this is Joshua from today's show! I'm in a bit of a hurry and can't post a detailed account right now, but once I get time I'll be replying to most everything...including my "cheesy" loss in Grand Game.
Hi everybody, this is Joshua from today's show! I'm in a bit of a hurry and can't post a detailed account right now, but once I get time I'll be replying to most everything...including my "cheesy" loss in Grand Game.
I know I'm a music cue nerd, but c'mon... was there even one 1983-or-older cue played today? Heck, was there even a '94 cue now that I think about it? That is disgusting.
(See original post)Hey, don't forget the accompanying sound effect to go with it: MRRRRRRRRP! (http://www.qwizx.com/gssfx/usa/tpirmrrp.wav)
That's all
And while I'm at it, I'm getting the cash equivalent for everything in my Showcase except the chair
How? Unless something's changed since Roger was fired (and if it has, it just reinforces how little of a clue these people have about controlling the budget) or the prizes for whatever reason became unavailable, you can't do that.
How? Unless something's changed since Roger was fired (and if it has, it just reinforces how little of a clue these people have about controlling the budget) or the prizes for whatever reason became unavailable, you can't do that.
Since Drew took over, a lot of prizes are there just for show and not to be given away. In fact, it is there just for the plug itself. So since the prize isn't being given away, the contestant who wins said prize(s) will get the announced value of that prize in cash.
Are they in such a tight budget mode they can't afford to give several IUFB's away as prizes?
Awesome to see Shell Game and awesome to see it won. Thank goodness everything after her first chip didn't matter. Oh yeah and I knew she had won before Drew even started the reveal, you know how? Watch the video again, if you want to. When Drew sat his microphone on the table and then started rattling the shells, you could hear it was either under 2 or 3.
2) Why even offer a prize if there is no chance it is ACTUALLY gonna be awarded? This sorta seems a bit below the "up and up" if I say so myself.It's standard game show practice, especially with prizes needed for
I'm getting the cash equivalent for everything in my Showcase except the chair.
Whew...OK. Now that I'm here...a detailed account!
First order of business to everyone's questions: I gave up that trip. No way am I paying taxes on $25,000 airfare. And while I'm at it, I'm getting the cash equivalent for everything in my Showcase except the chair, which I'm keeping (these dorm room chairs I'm sitting in suck big time). And, of course, the TV, which incidentally arrived last Monday--just in time for the new semester! (Of course, wanting to keep the ultimate secret, I haven't even taken it out of the box yet, but come this weekend...)
I kinda cheated and saw Grand Game behind the GPT even before it was lifted, so I was immediately thinking, "OK, I'll pick off the hard ones first and leave an obvious one to give me the easy $10K." With that setup, no way was that happening.
As far as the last product goes...honestly, I had no idea the bandages were even there until Drew flipped the card down showing the price of the cheese. And RIGHT before he did, I thought, "Oh, no, that's not the right one..."
Hey...at least I knew to stay away from the motor oil! (IIRC, it was a little over $6...$6.39, I want to say?)
Cameron told me after he sat down next to me that, for the last number, he had "4, 5, 9" lodged into his brain and couldn't figure out which one he wanted to pick. So, he turned to the crowd...and we all know what happened there.
(He also really wanted to swap One-Bid prizes with me after the show...)
Two funny things happened in Shell Game that were edited out: Drew messed around with the shells before the game, even picking some up (and inadvertently revealing the ball in the process). He suddenly realizes, "Oh, jeez, I wasn't supposed to do that, was I?" So they spin the game back around and it proceeded as usual, save for one instance where that blow dryer just wouldn't stand up straight. And Tyra told everybody backstage that she was just married about a week before the taping, and she was so happy to have won that furniture.
The Showcases...oh, jeez. Call it (if I may coin a new term here) "overphobia", but I figured the phone, desk, computer, chair, and service were around $5,000 total. That trip, at least to me, couldn't have been more than $15,000, so I was originally thinking to bid around 18-20K. Why I lowered it to what I bid...don't ask. Chalk it up to overphobia.
So when they were setting up before the reveal, they left the desk on stage. With my bid, there was no way I could've won, so I thought Jeff had :dsw: ed. But of course, now we know what happened there...and man, I felt so terrible for him.
Overall, my energy level was hyped up much higher than it usually is (simply because I was so freakin' NERVOUS!), and I kinda feel bad for having won that Showcase the way I did, but I wouldn't trade that experience for the world. Drew and Rich were so nice to me, and luck really was on my side.
It's standard game show practice, especially with prizes needed for multiple use, like some of the ones on this show.
How is Drew Carey & Rich Fields in person Joshua?
Chair - $1,169
Virtual Assistant - $910
Private Jet - $28,000
First order of business to everyone's questions: I gave up that trip. No way am I paying taxes on $25,000 airfare.
Which means that he probably got a little over $6500 in cash, minus taxes.
Still, how do you plan on spending the money?
In all seriousness, what game show besides Let's Make a Deal has offered prizes they knew they weren't going to give away?Well, we can start with Wheel of Fortune. A quote from a 1997 article (http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%60WHEEL%27+OBSESSION%3B+PRIZES,+PARTING+GIFTS+AREN%27T+ENOUGH+FOR+SOME...-a083888167) about crazy Raymond, a contestant from the early 90s, says "Taylor says his "Wheel" loot included a $25,000 check in lieu of a Dodge Stealth, a $3,000 savings bond and an Amtrak trip across the nation that he never took. ="
I gave up that trip. No way am I paying taxes on $25,000 airfare.
Ya know, somebody needs to drill this little fact into Mike Richard's head, before he decides to have the show offer countless trips in the showcases every day! ;)
Josh, it's great to know you had an awesome time at the show!
Virtual Assistant - $4,200Whoa! I wouldn't spend that much on a virtual assistant. It's like $1,400 per month. In fact, I am one of the people who do not need one.
Well, we can start with Wheel of Fortune. A quote from a 1997 article (http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%60WHEEL%27+OBSESSION%3B+PRIZES,+PARTING+GIFTS+AREN%27T+ENOUGH+FOR+SOME...-a083888167) about crazy Raymond, a contestant from the early 90s, says "Taylor says his "Wheel" loot included a $25,000 check in lieu of a Dodge Stealth, a $3,000 savings bond and an Amtrak trip across the nation that he never took. ="
If you remember, there was a gentleman on Price a couple years ago who was DQd for having a relationship with CBS. He said (http://francispage.blogspot.com/2007/10/come-on-down.html), regarding his prize of a camcorder, "The production staffer says they're going to give me $2000 in place of the camera, which they have the right to do. Some of the prizes are bought by the show and not provided, meaning they probably need them to use again as props."
I feel like, in one of his Stu's Shows appearances, Roger Dobkowitz talked about the prize department, and how the prizes that aren't furnished likely are only for one-time use on the stage, and it's much easier to substitute them with cash than to have the prize department send out five of them.
... I gave up that trip. No way am I paying taxes on $25,000 airfare....
Ya know, somebody needs to drill this little fact into Mike Richard's head, before he decides to have the show offer countless trips in the showcases every day! ;)
...or because who the **** wants a $19k train ride through Europe?!I do. Don't always assume that, just because a trip is dressed with lots of options, the contestant doesn't want the trip. I am apparently one of the few people out here who loves to see the trips with all the extras, or with unusual perks. I'd love to go to New York, have a personal shopping assistant, and be taxied around in a limo. I'd take a prize that included 5 hours in a private jet - that would get me to Texas and back (well, very close to it), and that would be a sweet ride. Are these trips hard to price? Darn skippy they are. Are they truly "once in a lifetime"? Absolutely. These trips with guides, assistants, personal tours, etc. are better (in my opinion) than the "we'll fly you coach to some strange city where you'll wander aimlessly around trying to figure out what to do while you're here" trips that were offered in the past.
There's a difference between tacking a $1k-2k extra onto a $6k trip and offering a $25k trip that doesn't even count as a trip, though. Nobody wants to have to pay $6,000 in income taxes just to be able to fly to Texas.Oh, sure! Use logic and common sense to counter my perfectly lousy argument! I keep forgetting about that darned income tax.