Diner wrote: > Overall, it's a pretty good version. Slick, but not too slick; the > updating is very subtle. Padding it out to an hour doesn't really harm > the game in any major way.
1 hour is too long. They should have done this in one half hour and the Pyramid update (maybe drop the prize to $250K) in the 2nd half hour. > Wayne has a very nice rapport with the guests, and is a > fairly quick wit Really? I thought he was OK but really wooden. He seemed to be on autopilot and sticking too much to the patter. > My one complaint about the gameplay is that the Big Deal at the end is > only played with one contestant instead of two. The reason you gave is exactly right. The production doesn't have to shell out for the top two prizes ($30K+) at the end. It's a good way to keep their budget in check. Unfortunately instead of looking like Big Network TV, it smacks of cable tv. I will give them kudos, though, for not loading up the premiere with big wins. No one won a car (only one was offered,a Chevy Cobalt) and no one won the big deal of the day ($21K trip to China). > When TPIR started its new season a couple > weeks ago, they abandoned their longtime introduction of the emcee > (changing it from "And now, here's the STAR of The Price Is Right..." > to "And now, here's your host"). That was per Drew's request. -- QWIZX.com - A little bit of everything --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
