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Studio 33 - Price is Right Discussion => The TALK Is Right => Topic started by: brosa0 on August 02, 2022, 05:46:49 PM
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With taping for the new season starting yesterday, I thought it might be a good idea to have a thread to discuss all the tidbits of information and speculation in the lead up to the season 51 premiere.
Yesterday the TPIR instagram reposted a story from one the producers which appears to show some of the set for the new season - pretty much exactly the same as last season. The shape of the TPIR logo itself looks slightly different though compared to season 49.
(https://i.imgur.com/TpdQIeO.png)
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When they get to be about 51, a lot of folks in Hollywood have the skin around the edge of their face stretched back like that.
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With the dollar sign now overlapping the red section of the logo by just a bit, I do wonder what they're going to put on the big doors, since as it stood with the old logo, the doors split open right between the orange and red sections.
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The poor logo forgot its Gas-X this season.
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I think I'd like to see more than just one low res photo before I judge any set or logo updates. That said, I'm slightly disappointed we don't get the full audience back just yet but if they feel the need to keep using the audience pods just to be on the safe side, so be it. Better than nothing.
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A better look at the revised logo from James' instagram story. The trapezoids are curved now. I really wish they would get rid of them once and for all. But at least the dollar sign is the correct size again.
(https://i.ibb.co/SybYvhW/vlcsnap-2022-08-03-00h20m19s433.png) (https://ibb.co/54mpcNt)
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The trapezoids are curved now.
Oof. :headbang:
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Yeah I realized how stupid that sounds immediately after I posted it.
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Yeah I realized how stupid that sounds immediately after I posted it.
You weren't the stupid one, whoever designed the logo is.
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You weren't the stupid one, whoever designed the logo is.
Seriously? Just stop.
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Why do we care about the logo exactly? Oh its rounded off trapezoids. It has no effect on the show and is a non issue. Please don't insult the person who did it.
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I know covid is still a thing, but the reduced audience on TPIR and LMAD just put the hosts in such a lull with their energy levels. Sad to say, I'm just not as excited about it like before. It's just amazing the effect the live audience can have on a production. It's even more apparent when I've watched LMAD on Pluto.
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I know covid is still a thing, but the reduced audience on TPIR and LMAD just put the hosts in such a lull with their energy levels. Sad to say, I'm just not as excited about it like before. It's just amazing the effect the live audience can have on a production. It's even more apparent when I've watched LMAD on Pluto.
If it wasn’t for the recent surge in cases, I’d bet a pretty Plinko chip S51 would be taping with a full capacity audience from the beginning. That said, I have very little doubt that the pods are temporary. Case numbers are already back on the decline and came nowhere close to what we’ve seen in previous surges. With so many shows already taping with full, maskless audiences, it’s only a matter of time before this one follows suit. It could be as soon as after the next pause in taping, set for August 18-27, per the calendar. If the pods aren’t removed then, it probably won’t be too far down the line before they are.
We also have plenty of precedent of wholesale changes being made at random points during a season (just look at Season 31), so I have serious doubt the production team will be like “well, we had pods at the beginning, no turning back now.” Plus Television City might have some say in getting the normal searing restored, too. After all, Bill Maher also tapes in the BBS. I’m sure having to pull chairs out between tapings gets really annoying after a while.
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After all, Bill Maher also tapes in the BBS. I’m sure having to pull chairs out between tapings gets really annoying after a while.
I don't watch this show, but is this what's been happening? Maher tapes in front of a full audience with the seats reinstalled?
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The audience area is kept very dark on Real Time so it’s difficult to tell, but it looks to me as if the risers are in place with chairs sat out on them in place of the pods.
I guess my only question in regards to the logo is…why? It looks almost exactly the same as the pre-50 logo. Seems like it would’ve saved a lot of time and money just to keep it the same and put up the old door panels and audience logos.
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I guess my only question in regards to the logo is…why? It looks almost exactly the same as the pre-50 logo. Seems like it would’ve saved a lot of time and money just to keep it the same and put up the old door panels and audience logos.
I guess they could've [saved money]. As for the change...why not? I probably would've kept it as it was. On the other hand, there's no crime changing it a bit either.
To be honest, I wouldn't even have known they "tinkered" with it at all if I didn't learn that they did. In time I probably would've noticed it, but possibly I might not have paid attention to it. And really, I'm not going to pay attention to it. At least most people in general will not notice the difference
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It's somewhat reminiscent if the old "TV shape" ala TV Guide or the Mark Goodson Productions logo. Whether they had that in mind or not, who knows.
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With taping for the new season starting yesterday, I thought it might be a good idea to have a thread to discuss all the tidbits of information and speculation in the lead up to the season 51 premiere.
Yesterday the TPIR instagram reposted a story from one the producers which appears to show some of the set for the new season - pretty much exactly the same as last season. The shape of the TPIR logo itself looks slightly different though compared to season 49.
(https://i.imgur.com/TpdQIeO.png)
Could be just me, but it almost looks like they covered the 50 Years logo with the new one.
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With the dollar sign now overlapping the red section of the logo by just a bit, I do wonder what they're going to put on the big doors, since as it stood with the old logo, the doors split open right between the orange and red sections.
I'm guessing the way it was before Season 36: The logo is more centered horizontally as it should be.
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I feel like the official red-and-orange logo has always had the dollar sign overlap the two background pieces. As can be seen in season 36 episodes, the official logo had an overlapping dollar sign (https://youtu.be/bG3-waPjhe4?t=2739), but for the doors, the dollar sign was shrunk slightly (https://youtu.be/bG3-waPjhe4?t=448) so it would fit entirely in the orange shape.
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I believe they slowly phased out the overlapping dollar sign once the started using the "metallic" version of the logo, as seen on Price's official website right now:
(https://priceisright.com/wp-content/themes/priceisright/images/logo-new.png)
It seems by about Season 44 or so the show itself was using this logo exclusively, right up until last year in time for Season 50.
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Are you implying that the show continued to evolve and change after season 41? No, I'm pretty sure the world revolves around my own personal experiences.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to petition the show to bring back Check Game.
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Small change for the big wheel this season, plain red instead of gold behind the $.
(https://i.imgur.com/vNu8PZ1.jpg)
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Are you implying that the show continued to evolve and change after season 41? No, I'm pretty sure the world revolves around my own personal experiences.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to petition the show to bring back Check Game.
Next you'll petition for Mike Richards to be removed as executive producer.
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Small change for the big wheel this season, plain red instead of gold behind the $.
I love the return of the red walls. They look great behind the big dollar signs.
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The wheel is lookin' sharp!
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I daresay I quite like that look for the wheel. Less busy than the square pattern. The gold was fine and made sense for the 50th anniversary but red has always been the wheel's definitive color.
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I do love the wheel's sharpness for reverting to its original red walls! I just wish that the little red bulbs would return or have the Pricedown dollar signs in gold, but it is very pretty as the HD resolution of the show would make the color scheme look even better!
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They taped an episode with all six models today. Per Amber's insta, the season premiere is on her birthday, September 19.
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Some stills of the set from a video Rachel posted today: https://www.instagram.com/p/ChHHKkRjMUF/
(https://i.imgur.com/yLTz3eJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fLHngNU.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MFiNTUm.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ftDWpUr.jpg)
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Some things that really stand out to me:
1) Now that we've hit the big 5-0, I wonder if every season hereafter will have the "xx Years" on Door 4.
2) If not for the logo itself (yet that is, I trust we'll all get used to it), I like that the pricedown sign stands out from the rest of the logo on Door 1.
3) Erm......guys? Now that you've changed the logo, shouldn't you get a new Giant Price Tag too?
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Some things that really stand out to me:
1) Now that we've hit the big 5-0, I wonder if every season hereafter will have the "xx Years" on Door 4.
It’s been the norm since Season 30 to only display the anniversary logo all season long on the big 5-year anniversaries. That “51 Years” logo like previous years will most likely only appear during premiere week.
3) Erm......guys? Now that you've changed the logo, shouldn't you get a new Giant Price Tag too?
It’s long overdue for a redesign… this would be a good opportunity.
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Now that I've seen the updates courtesy of Rachel, I think they look quite nice. I also strongly agree that the Giant Price Tag needs an update. It's looked out of place since season 37 and now that the design of the logo has changed it really sticks out.
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Maybe they'll wait until 2025 before updating the GPT. I think it would be a record if so.
That's a joke, but who knows for sure. I agree that an update to it would be great. I wouldn't bet that they would wait until mid-decade before a refresh, but IMO, it might not be a big deal since the GPT is a small part of the show. They might not ever upgrade it, but thinking twice about it, it's a surprise that it hasn't been changed given how a ton of things have changed within the past 14 years.
I actually love the big wheel design and the simple-red background. No bulbs, no squares, no design. Nothing but red with a giant pricedown logo. A gold finish would've been okay, but now that necessary
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They might not ever upgrade it, but thinking twice about it, it's a surprise that it hasn't been changed given how a ton of things have changed within the past 14 years.
It's been tweaked with a little bit over the last number of years. The logo was changed and the lighting around the rim was altered. If anything, they'll just update the logo again.
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It's been tweaked with a little bit over the last number of years. The logo was changed and the lighting around the rim was altered.
Honest question: When and how did they change the logo?
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Honest question: When and how did they change the logo?
I think he’s referring to Season 44’s update to the silver-rimmed more 3D logo.
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^Yes.
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Do we know if contestants are still social distancing from Drew while on stage?
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I say full capacity will be better than social distancing.
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Do we know if contestants are still social distancing from Drew while on stage?
My guess would be yes, but I really hope not cause I miss the days when people would hug him and jump on him and such.
I say full capacity will be better than social distancing.
Agreed. Hopefully soon, but I rather like the pods, too.
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I say full capacity will be better than social distancing.
Being Big Brother finally has live audiences on Eviction Nights, I am sure full audiences to Price and Deal are not too far behind.
Probably still distancing with contestants and hosts, however.
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Other than "more work for the staff", what does a full audience add that the pods don't? When you get that many people in the room, it just becomes one faceless, nameless mob.
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Other than "more work for the staff", what does a full audience add that the pods don't? When you get that many people in the room, it just becomes one faceless, nameless mob.
From a die-hard fan's perspective watching the show from my home office, the quality of the production felt no different in Season 50 than it did pre-season 49. I enjoyed watching, and I'm perfectly fine with pods to start S51, although I do hope the full audience can return sometime this season.
My wife, on the other hand, is very much a Jane Plinko. Whenever she's watched bits and pieces of the show the past season in between scrolling through Facebook and TikTok on the couch, she has commented on the pods and doesn't seem to care for them. Granted, I have a very small sample size of opinion, but if I'm a typical, average viewer, the pods certainly wouldn't look 'normal' to me in a world that is increasingly returning back to normal, and that might bother me to some degree. I do think a full audience adds to the 'randomness' of the show for most viewers, and having a smaller contestant pool with the pods taints that magic just a bit. The contestants may come across as more 'selected' than when a few hundred people from all over the country are present, and literally any person off the street can be called on down. I've felt that myself a few times this past year, although Season 49 was quite exaggerated when no audience was present.
Now... As someone who has dreamed of making his pilgrimage to the Bob Barker Studio his entire life, it would absolutely pain me if I never get the opportunity to have the full taping experience whenever I finally make the trip from Tennessee to California -- from waiting in line and being interviewed, to being in the middle of the pure energy radiating from ~300 fellow wannabe-contestants. The current online processing of potential contestants and pod-based audience of 50-60 people in the pit cannot replicate what we were accustomed to for 48 years. If we never get that back, it won't stop me from getting tickets when the day comes for me to finally make the journey, but I'll always wish I could have experienced the 'old' way. I do also miss seeing the full audience on TV each day, largely for reasons I can't quite explain other than I just miss it.
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Other than "more work for the staff", what does a full audience add that the pods don't? When you get that many people in the room, it just becomes one faceless, nameless mob.
One of the things that has always made TPiR stand out from any other game show is the fact that the contestants were selected on the day of the taping. Everyone had a chance if they brought the energy to Studio 33/TBBS. By pre-selecting people who can be in the audience, they're giving people a chance to rehearse their act as much as possible and choosing people who know how to pander to the camera to be in the audience. This is why we've seen this very unfortunate uptick in social media personalities on the show the last two years. Yes, I know there are still interviews on-site still but just to get to those interviews, you have to be screened or be the friend of someone who's been screened. It's just not the same as finding people who love the show so much they'll plan a vacation around it and letting them show it naturally on camera.
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Well, we have an answer to the question of what they're going to do about the episode numbering system. The priceisright.com website shows that the 12/5/22 episode is 0011L. So they're using the next letter of the alphabet.
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Well, we have an answer to the question of what they're going to do about the episode numbering system. The priceisright.com website shows that the 12/5/22 episode is 0011L. So they're using the next letter of the alphabet.
We kinda already knew that... (http://www.golden-road.net/index.php/topic,33403.0.html)
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We kinda already knew that... (http://www.golden-road.net/index.php/topic,33403.0.html)
Thanks Steve. I guess I was checked out this summer. Looks like I didn't quite use the right words when I searched before I posted.
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Thanks Steve. I guess I was checked out this summer. Looks like I didn't quite use the right words when I searched before I posted.
Eh, it's fine. It's not like you were being a jerk about it or anything.