KrangPrime
Master Member
I started watching price is right back in 1980. or so I was told.. apparently I used to be plopped down in front of the wheel when it was on, and it kept me entertained till the show ended. I guess from then on I was hooked.
back then, the show was simple. 6 games. you got time to know the contestant a little. bob found out who they where and where they where from so you wanted them to win. The models where entertaining and aloud to talk.... and the show went like that for 30+ years. enter Bob's twighlight years. Mark Goodson was no more. Freemantle (or Dismantle as I like to call them) took over. Bob got slower with age, and even I thought it was time for a change.
but, what we got wasn't what I wanted. I would have thought Marc Summers would be the PERFECT Bob Barker replacment. they have the same style...only marc is known more for working with kids on double dare. What we got instead was an un caring drew carey.
At first his energy level was refreshing and catchy. But, once you got passed that show and started to realize that he didn't seem to care about things, it grew real old real quick. By the time I finally gave up watching, in one year he hadn't learned all the game rules. he stumbled around for things to say...and grew increasingly depressed when a contestant lost, brining the show to a complete halt as he almost wanted to punch the game board hoping for a win.
And fremantle didn't help either. I don't know how, b ut at the start of drews tenure, the losses seemed to pile up far more than wins and the excitement was gone. even worse, if they did win, it was some rediculously expensive prize, like a 150,000 dollar boat that they'd never be able to afford taxes on anyway....so it wouldn't matter if they won or lost.
I havn't tuned in to price is right since at least 2007 (I forget when bob left, but it was drews second year)....eventually this loyal friend and true said 'I can't take anymore'...
any other pricing fans feel the same way? has it gotten any better?
back then, the show was simple. 6 games. you got time to know the contestant a little. bob found out who they where and where they where from so you wanted them to win. The models where entertaining and aloud to talk.... and the show went like that for 30+ years. enter Bob's twighlight years. Mark Goodson was no more. Freemantle (or Dismantle as I like to call them) took over. Bob got slower with age, and even I thought it was time for a change.
but, what we got wasn't what I wanted. I would have thought Marc Summers would be the PERFECT Bob Barker replacment. they have the same style...only marc is known more for working with kids on double dare. What we got instead was an un caring drew carey.
At first his energy level was refreshing and catchy. But, once you got passed that show and started to realize that he didn't seem to care about things, it grew real old real quick. By the time I finally gave up watching, in one year he hadn't learned all the game rules. he stumbled around for things to say...and grew increasingly depressed when a contestant lost, brining the show to a complete halt as he almost wanted to punch the game board hoping for a win.
And fremantle didn't help either. I don't know how, b ut at the start of drews tenure, the losses seemed to pile up far more than wins and the excitement was gone. even worse, if they did win, it was some rediculously expensive prize, like a 150,000 dollar boat that they'd never be able to afford taxes on anyway....so it wouldn't matter if they won or lost.
I havn't tuned in to price is right since at least 2007 (I forget when bob left, but it was drews second year)....eventually this loyal friend and true said 'I can't take anymore'...
any other pricing fans feel the same way? has it gotten any better?
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