Remember when there was the controversy on the daytime Price about having 3 vs. 4 models? Well I counted at least 5 on tonight's primetime show!

I feel stupid for not knowing this was coming (on a Wednesday night for some reason). I liked tonight's Million Dollar Game -- a perfect Switcheroo feels like a good idea for granting a bonus like that. Actually a perfect Pathfinder would have been acceptable to me as well, and that actually wound up happening on the special!

What was up with the .00 part of the Grand Game sign?

 

posted by Brad @ 9:33 PM   4 comment(s)

MadTV has sucked for the last few years, but this clip is a total riot.

 

posted by Brad @ 3:35 PM   6 comment(s)

I snoozed through Bingo America the other night. Man. I don't get GSN sometimes. Certain shows are smart, interesting, engaging (Lingo, Camouflage) and others just stink the house up. Patrick Duffy is a robot, he has no rhythm whatsoever as host. They kept taking audience shots, yet the crowd looked bored most of the game. The game itself has really nothing going for it, and there's not even a real bingo aspect to the game, unless you play at home.

I never thought I'd find myself craving Your Number's Up, but, here we are.

 

posted by Brad @ 11:02 PM   5 comment(s)

As Drew was explaining the rules to Million Dollar Clock Game tonight, I thought, wow this is going to be really interesting, as long as they don't rig it with prices like, oh, say, $899 and $999.

:|

On the one hand, it rewards viewers who watch the show every day. On the other hand, it just seems like a ridiculous giveaway. Congrats to the contestant who won. She nailed the first price immediately and then added some drama by going way over the unstated $1000 limit on the second price (and threw in a curious "ten hundred" bid as well).

Still, it just seems like these easy $1 Million giveaways have cheapened (ironically) the show a bit. But it still looks great in HD.

 

posted by Brad @ 12:56 PM   23 comment(s)

Huzzah to Price for bringing back a lost art form -- the April Fools' showcase. This one may have been the best written showcase ever, complete with absolutely bogus prizes and even some photoshopped art cards. The look on the fooled contestant's face was priceless.

 

posted by Brad @ 12:22 AM   9 comment(s)

What is GSN's thought process with bringing Russian Roulette and Friend or Foe back? RR was a fine show, former Tivo viewing back in the day. FoF I could give or take, mostly give, although Kennedy was usually good for a laugh. But GSN is even promoting RR with on-screen ads during their other shows.

Are they gauging interest in a revival? And, if so, does that mean GSN is so out of ideas that they're recycling their own original shows? What's Burt Luddin up to these days anyway?

 

posted by Brad @ 12:17 AM   7 comment(s)

Nothing against "Barbara", the guest hostess on the '70s Let's Make a Deal episodes, but she's awful. She has this ridiculous pose that looks so awkward, and half the time she's not standing in front of the right curtain.

Wasn't Susan Stafford available?

 

posted by Brad @ 11:53 PM   0 comment(s)

While we're celebrating classic US Price with the DVD set out this week, how about a look at the first episode of UK TPiR from 1984. It's worth watching just to see the manual labor the models have to perform during Race Game. What kind of union is that?

 

posted by Brad @ 3:17 PM   4 comment(s)