The Price Is Right???

[jr/shotglass]

I happened to watch Monday and they had the biggest winner in the history of the show -- she won $10K in cash and an Audi worth something in the $150K range. And she didn't even make it to the showcase.

The game she won -- Gas Money -- didn't seem all that difficult. Purely luck.

Ranked as Grantland's must-see YouTube video of the day.

 

[Riptide]

I happened to watch Monday and they had the biggest winner in the history of the show -- she won $10K in cash and an Audi worth something in the $150K range. And she didn't even make it to the showcase.

The game she won -- Gas Money -- didn't seem all that difficult. Purely luck.

Ranked as Grantland's must-see YouTube video of the day.

It's a wonder her head didn't explode. From the start, I mean.

 

[Bubbler]

What turns me off now is how everyone in the audience has customized T-shirts on, usually with some version of "PICK ME!!!"

Everyone used to wear normal clothes, and if someone had a customized shirt, it was actually a cool thing. Now it's ridiculous.

I know. Those wacky kids are wacky. Us 40-somethings and above would never do anything like that.

What's that? Let's Make a Deal? Never heard of it.

Well played.

 

[WCIBN]

I happened to watch Monday and they had the biggest winner in the history of the show -- she won $10K in cash and an Audi worth something in the $150K range. And she didn't even make it to the showcase.

The game she won -- Gas Money -- didn't seem all that difficult. Purely luck.

Ranked as Grantland's must-see YouTube video of the day.

What cheapskates. Couldn't find a V10 version in place of the V8 version for the show?

I think it's quite possible the fix was in as when Drew Carey initially read the five possible prices, the only one in which he read all six digits was the actual retail price of the Audi. Check the tape starting at 1:30. At the very least Drew showed his "tell" during the bit.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

What turns me off now is how everyone in the audience has customized T-shirts on, usually with some version of "PICK ME!!!"

Everyone used to wear normal clothes, and if someone had a customized shirt, it was actually a cool thing. Now it's ridiculous.

I know. Those wacky kids are wacky. Us 40-somethings and above would never do anything like that.

What's that? Let's Make a Deal? Never heard of it.

It's not just the wacky kids. Everyone has a customized shirt these days.

Heck, Barker used to read them and have the camera show them when they got called up because it was such a novelty.

 

[RickStain]

I still have my "Come on down ... the aisle" t-shirt from my sister's wedding weekend.

 

[da man]

I've actually met two different people who have won the showcase. One I would consider a professional friend, one a fringe acquaintance.

The first is a local network affiliate sports anchor. She was on the show long ago while in college. Every now and then they show the highlight of it on their newscast for a joke.

The other was the girlfriend of pro bowler Marshall Holman. In the mid-80s when the Tour would come to town I would be the guy covering it. During the qualifying rounds I was following Holman and talked with her quite a bit. The next winter I saw her on the show and she won the showcase.

You know someone who gets paid to be a friend?

I think there's another name for that besides "professional friend."

 

[D-3 Fan]

Haven't watched it since they broke up that Murderer's Row of Barker's Beauties: Janice, Dian and Holly.

This.

This x 10.

 

[old_tony]

I've actually met two different people who have won the showcase. One I would consider a professional friend, one a fringe acquaintance.

The first is a local network affiliate sports anchor. She was on the show long ago while in college. Every now and then they show the highlight of it on their newscast for a joke.

The other was the girlfriend of pro bowler Marshall Holman. In the mid-80s when the Tour would come to town I would be the guy covering it. During the qualifying rounds I was following Holman and talked with her quite a bit. The next winter I saw her on the show and she won the showcase.

You know someone who gets paid to be a friend?

I think there's another name for that besides "professional friend."

You caught me. A friend from the journalism who didn't work where I worked. You're so witty.