The Price is Wrong, B***h!!!!

[ynot2k]

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/09/09/Worldandnation/TV_show_s_prize__A_tr.shtml

TV show's prize: A trip to New Orleans
By Times staff writers
Published September 9, 2005

A ripple in the blogosphere on Thursday.

Observant channel flippers and game show fans noticed that one of the big prizes on today's airing of The Price Is Right was a ski boat - and a trip to New Orleans.

Most bloggers commented on the cruel irony of such a prize. Some linked to www.thepriceisright.tk a database of episodes from the Price is Right yes, there is such a thing. According to the database, Thursday's show originally aired on Dec. 7, 2004. Neither contestant in the Showcase Showdown won the trip.

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and the New York Daily News says it ran in the East, Central and Mountain Time Zones before "mortified network execs killed it for the West Coast."

[rugrats1]

> TV show's prize: A trip to New Orleans
> By Times staff writers
> Published September 9, 2005
>
> Neither contestant in the Showcase Showdown
> won the trip.

That's because they were spinning the big wheel in the "Showcase Showdown" -- the trips and other prizes are in the "Showcase", no "Showdown".

> and the New York Daily News says it ran in the East, Central
> and Mountain Time Zones before "mortified network execs
> killed it for the West Coast."
>
That was true -- those on the west coast saw another episode instead.

Edited by rugrats1 on 09/09/05 04:03 PM.

[WLYNgm]

What about any movie or TV show shot in NYC over a 30-year period that shows
the World Trade Center towers? Should all of those scenes be edited out?
If so, who decides? Whatever decision is made, many people would take issue with it...

[buster2]

> What about any movie or TV show shot in NYC over a 30-year
> period that shows
> the World Trade Center towers? Should all of those scenes be
> edited out?
> If so, who decides? Whatever decision is made, many people
> would take issue with it...
>

That's a different argument entirely.  

Erasing the WTC towers would make no sense because they were a part of the city's existence for many years.

I do recall, though, that when "Spiderman" came out, the poster ads contained a photo of the towers and those were removed since they had just been destroyed.  Since the story was ostensibly set in contemporary times, it made sense to not refer to what no longer existed.

I was watching "Godspell" on video a few months ago.  I had never seen it before.  There is a very long sequence in the middle of the film where the characters are running around NYC and end up playing on top of one of the towers.  The building was almost completed, but still under construction.  It was very sad to contemplate those new towers and think of what would happen to them in just under 30 years.

That said, I do understand when re-runs of shows like "Law & Order" delete scenes of the towers.  I think that has more to do with the producers trying to maintain a sense of timelessness for the shows as opposed to sensitivity to the fact the buildings are gone.

[ynot2k]

> What about any movie or TV show shot in NYC over a 30-year
> period that shows
> the World Trade Center towers? Should all of those scenes be
> edited out?
> If so, who decides? Whatever decision is made, many people
> would take issue with it...
>
I think it's the age old idea of "timing plus tragedy."

If I recall correctly, it took about 2 years until at least some of the stations carrying Simpsons reruns ran the World Trade Center episode.

While I didn't think Price is Right did reruns (yes, I figured they'd tape enough episodes to run new ones all year), I'd figure they'd do the same as a "regular" tv show, identify the ones with New Orleans related trips in there, put them aside, and then run them again in a few months or years once the "timing" was better and the city wasn't still under water.

[Jets885sports]

http://www.sptim> es.com/2005/09/09/Worldandnation/TV_show_s_prize__A_tr.shtml
>
>
> TV show's prize: A trip to New Orleans
> By Times staff writers
> Published September 9, 2005
>
> A ripple in the blogosphere on Thursday.
>
> Observant channel flippers and game show fans noticed that
> one of the big prizes on today's airing of The Price Is
> Right was a ski boat - and a trip to New Orleans.
>
> Most bloggers commented on the cruel irony of such a prize.
> Some linked to www.thepriceisright.tk a database of episodes
> from the Price is Right yes, there is such a thing.
> According to the database, Thursday's show originally aired
> on Dec. 7, 2004. Neither contestant in the Showcase Showdown
> won the trip.
>
> ***************
> and the New York Daily News says it ran in the East, Central
> and Mountain Time Zones before "mortified network execs
> killed it for the West Coast."
>
I NEVER knew TPIR ran reruns! I thought every episode was live because I never saw reruns. So are these so called "summer reruns"?

[Braves2005]

>
> While I didn't think Price is Right did reruns (yes, I
> figured they'd tape enough episodes to run new ones all
> year), I'd figure they'd do the same as a "regular" tv show

  The Price Is Right,Wheel Of Fortune,Jeopardy,Family Feud have always shown reruns in the summer. I can stand The Price Is Right,Wheel Of Fortune,and Family Feud being seen in reruns in the summer,but this year I couldn't stand Jeopardy being rerun and them showing the reruns of Ken Jennings winning and the ulitimate outcome being shown and then the Ultimate Tournament Of Champions where Ken Jennings loses to Brad and now Brad is the top winner of Jeopardy and not Ken Jennings.

  I can't wait until Monday,when Wheel,Jeopardy and Family Feud return,and next Monday(September 19th) when The Price Is Right returns.

[clichemoth]

> >
> > While I didn't think Price is Right did reruns (yes, I
> > figured they'd tape enough episodes to run new ones all
> > year), I'd figure they'd do the same as a "regular" tv
> show
>
>   The Price Is Right,Wheel Of Fortune,Jeopardy,Family Feud
> have always shown reruns in the summer. I can stand The
> Price Is Right,Wheel Of Fortune,and Family Feud being seen
> in reruns in the summer,but this year I couldn't stand
> Jeopardy being rerun and them showing the reruns of Ken
> Jennings winning and the ulitimate outcome being shown and
> then the Ultimate Tournament Of Champions where Ken Jennings
> loses to Brad and now Brad is the top winner of Jeopardy and
> not Ken Jennings.
>
>   I can't wait until Monday,when Wheel,Jeopardy and Family
> Feud return,and next Monday(September 19th) when The Price
> Is Right returns.

Will the winner from last season's final episode of Jeopardy return as the champion in this season's opener like Jennings did or was that a special situation because his streak was so long and really good for the ratings?

I don't recall it ever happening before him, although I could be wrong and they've always done it . . .



>

[Adam C.]

> I do recall, though, that when "Spiderman" came out, the
> poster ads contained a photo of the towers and those were
> removed since they had just been destroyed.  Since the story
> was ostensibly set in contemporary times, it made sense to
> not refer to what no longer existed.

I thought the whole movie had to be redone because they blew up the towers in the movie.

-A

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[Adam C.]

> I NEVER knew TPIR ran reruns! I thought every episode was
> live because I never saw reruns. So are these so called
> "summer reruns"?
>

TPIR isn't even done live to my knowledge... I believe it's "live to tape" much like Jeopardy! and Wheel are.

Now.. Idk if TPIR calls it "summer re-runs" but I know J! and Wheel do.

-A

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