Check out Mike Klauss' video page, the first new clip.

Um, wow. It's an insult to the TPiR name.

On the bright side, there's also a clip from Bert's Family Feud further down, if you want to recover from that train-wreck.

What......the hell? That's my opinion. A horrific, farcical travesty of a show.

Joe Pasquale = really annoying Austin Powers-just-sucked-the-helium-out-of-a ballon-sounding host.
Or maybe the late hour is getting to me on that one.

--Jamie

All I want to know is what's with 1) the Come on Down sign in the audience, and 2) Bruce Lee Plinko?

Chris C., do you get royalties for "Switch" making it across the pond, even if it is "Swap"? :-P

I tried. I made it 1:45 before hitting the little black "X" in the corner.

When the Plinko disc getting stuck is the highlight of the episode you know you are in trouble.

Has the US version ever had a Showcase valued at 4 figures?

You mean, after, say, 1981?

JOKE.

Well you're quite happy to mess up all our formats, so I think it's only fair, really.

I think we did quite OK with "Millionaire," and you guys botched "Pyramid" something fierce, so I would put it closer to a wash, really. When you consider we gave you "Blockbusters," I think the Yankees are ahead by quite a bit, even.

I spent 6 hours downloading that yesterday. I want my time back.

It's not that I didn't like it, its just that I was shocked at why they would "modernize" Bruce's version for this , by 1:cheapening the prizes , 2:cheapining the set, and 3:(un)intentionally offending stereotypes - Chinese Plinko? WHat the hell was that?

I miss Bruce's PIR...and I would imagine the majority of the UK would agree

Great one guys judging it on the first episode.

I much prefer episode two over one, Take 2 for example nice new game board, so was any number.

I just wish Americans wouldnt judge it to the US versions, Plinko was well horride im sure there was a few complaints to ofcom who will no doubt ignore it.

Its just panto inspired 2nd episode the showcase was won, and music clearly inspired by panto was played.

The set is modern yes and bright yes it suites Joe, the prizes are cheap because its daily with a budget of £25,000 now thats not that much less than BPiR had weekly even with inflation!

The bought tacky expensive prizes because thing is the show here as the reputation of prizes beeing tat, and always will be.

Id love to see what you lot think of Cash En Carlo

I guess I might've been more prepared for a campy take on Price if they hadn't screwed up a few years ago and made Brucie's version brilliant.

I like the graphics and the energy, though. I'm going to try to find some way to keep watching (wink wink nudge nudge say no more), because I might still find it more entertaining than what Barker's doing these days (then again, foreign games tend to get an extra cool point fom me regardless).

At least overseas, many of those shows are still on the air.

Translation, please?

I've just watched the first episode, I think this sums up the show pretty nicely.

They've clearly gone for the ironic angle for the show. Just listen to the voiceovers! I think the show's main problem is that it isn't silly enough.

In answer to Clay's question, despite the truth that our version actually gave away huge and pretty good prizes for the time (in actual fact the original Crowther version was told off for breaking the limits on the amount that you were allowed to give away on a show), people seem to have a memory that what it actually gave away was pretty tatty and "novelty". That explains the silliness and novelty of a lot of the prizes of this version. They are, in effect, playing up to the false nostalgia.

I'm watching the Brit Price now. I just can't get past the host. It sounds like he's playing a character and is really hard to understand. The audience looks....well, like they'd rather be somewhere else :).

Any clips of the 'better' version that this one replaced?

I think he's saying that the rep Price has overseas is that the prizes have always been cheesy, and since (based on what I'm gathering from this thread) they're kinda going for parody with this version, the prizes are intentionally tacky.

No that really is his voice. Joe Pasquale won I'm A Celebrity... two years ago (a hugely popular show over here, hosted by Ant and Dec of Gameshow Marathon fame) and this is the first vehicle they've found for him.

The first vehicle they should have found for him was a car driving far away from the studio.

I dont get really why so many of you really care, I understand you think its sh*ting on US version.

Leave it be what it is tacky, and I like it like that because Im happy we have PiR back here whatever the set might be like, the host, the prizes and games played.

Its much better than having reruns from Granada or Carlton archive which we where having before yesterday.

The last showcase under $10,000 on the US version I can remember was in the 1993-94 season. The player's final total was $9900 and change(they'd won their one-bid item but not their on-stage pricing game), and I can remember how cheap that seemed back then. SHowcases under $10,000 were the norm in the 70s and into the mid 80s.

I agree, and I think a lot of the US criticism is coming from people who either don't get or don't like the fact that they've chosen this approach. It's only a travesty if you're expecting something that hews closer to the Bob Barker version (as Brucie did), and that's clearly not what they wanted to do.

Still, while ironic detachment is something you guys are better at than we are, it's a tricky thing to pull off in this genre. The best I've ever seen at being an engaging show while still pointing out the absurdities of the genre has always been the UK Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, but that was more of a variety show than a game anyway. When you're playing a real game, it's hard to pull off "we know we're making a stupid, tacky show" when all the audience sees is "stupid, tacky show".

Don't take it personally. Realize that trying to parodize the Holy Church Of Barker is about the biggest offense you can perpetrate upon the TPiR fanbois.

I'd be interesting in knowing if pickles are being crapped over at Golden Road, for sure. :)

Im a Barker fanboi, its the reason I started to like PiR is because of the US version airing here on and off in the early 90's.

But I still get why its over the top, and golden-road seems to have less the uproar than the posts here.

This show is in no-way as wild and as tacky as Cash en Carlo was in Holland.

Based on the exchange rate, this was an $18K+ showcase.

Curt

THE OK
The theme and set are nice. It fits the moderness that they are trying to convey, and it does kinda work.

Joe (ignoring his annoying voice) is not a bad host. He's new...he could get better with time.

The prizes are definatly cheaper than Bruce's, but with roughly HALF the budget, that's expected.

Peter Dickson, sounding great as usual.

The not-so OK
The asian-themed Plinko. WHY? I don't get it?

The "joke" prizes for Swap...I'm not sure this was meant to be a parody, but it came off as a giant joke that no one was really in on.

The showcase main prize. Huh?

It seems to me that the right elements are there, but it's definatley missing the hominess of Crowther's version and the glamour of Bruce's version.
It is however, an interesting interpretation.



1. If I'm correct, it's a throwback to the Giant Come on Down signs in the Crowther and Warman versions.

2. I have NO idea. This is the only thing that bothered me.

The opinions I've read here and on G-R's board are polarized by region--Europeans/Brits think this show is at least tolerable, while most people on the North American side of the Atlantic think it's utter crap.


So it's wrong to base one's opinion on a first impression?

As the esteemed Mr. Lambert previously said, if Brucie's version wasn't the epitome of glitz and class, then this might be tolerable. Instead, this is an absolute joke compared to what came from the UK within the last decade.

Cleanse your palate with the Bert's Feud clip. That is beautiful to watch.

(This means I'm at least temporarily off the hook for Malcolm...right?)

It's just that...well...after doing a Game Show Marathon, I expected a more traditional version. However, I think this angle just might work.

I loved the Feud clip. The cash bonus behind one of the answers is a very good idea.

I sincerely hope that Fremantle doesn't get any ideas about bring the elements of that crapfest over here.

BPiR was amazing, this is just annoying.

Brandon Brooks

EDIT: Just saw Bert's FF. Made me get un-irritated quickly.

Well, that's a refreshing change. :)

Does NOBODY realize that "Plinko" is a simplification of "pachinko"?

Turn off the TV, go down to Sbarro, and buy a slice of pizza. Good GRIEF.

And why not? If I'm interviewing someone, and then come in with a "TOP TEN REASONS TO CHUG BEER SHIRT" and cut-off jean shorts, I'm sure as hell not going to give them another interview.
First impressions mean everything.

Nah, last I checked, they were complaining about another price increase with Hot Pockets.

I do now. :-)

Well, that annoys me too... because it's thrown my breakfast budget out of whack.

Gee, that was...odd. The only positive here was the announcer. With those weird prizes, for a minute during Swap, I thought I was watching a MadTV parody of the show without Frank Caliendo as Rod and remakes of the American cues. Oriental Plinko? That's just not the right style for this game. The Win/Lose twist was mildly interesting, though. It was made more LMaD-ish with that Plinko "disk of desire" and the idiot bringing it out. The crowd clapping along to the theme was unique, I didn't know a knock-off of the rhythm of "Copacabana" could work on PiR, but I wouldn't bring it here. Was I the only one that noticed Joe looks like a dead ringer for Ozzy Osbourne’s son Jack? Overall, that was a bad first show. Thank goodness Bert’s Feud was much better. Then again, I've never seen a clip of Bruce's PiR, so what do I know?

James

So. Much. Better.

Brandon Brooks

To anyone grousing about the "joke" prizes in the Swap game...first IUFB today was a full-sized cotton candy maker. USPiR has had plenty of "dud" prizes (Doggone Good gas pump. Popcorn carts. That Hawaiis Finest crushed ice cart/squishee thing.)

I liked JPPiR. The nonexistant theme and discotheque 'Come On Down' music weren't my favorite but the rest was a younger, hipper, club-atmosphere BPiR.

The prizes were pretty much the same (I liked the gag line with the chocolate fountain), the format is 100% the same (right down to the graphics for the showcase).

As someone else said, the showcase is about $18,000 US and that thing at the end reminded me of the 6WD ATV. I'd love to have something like that...great fun where I live.

Would I want to DL it everyday? No. Would I like to see 3 or 4 eps a month? Sure.

FAR from worst TPiR ever.

Without wishing to spoil anything, the variance in our showcases prices appears to be huge - in the other two episodes that have gone out, one showcase was worth more than twice as the one on the episode you've all seen.

In this day and age of home theater, I dispute whether a popcorn cart is a gag prize. I think it would rule, personally. Especially since so many people have forgotten how good real popcorn is compared to the stuff you throw in the nuker.

Oh, no way. Shaved ice RULES. TOTALLY legit prize. :)

Fair-use quote from a Guardian ratings article behind a subscription wall:

Joe Pasquale made his debut as the new host of The Price is Right on ITV1 yesterday, with a double helping of the show at noon and 5pm.

At midday, Pasquale's Price is Right attracted 1.2 million viewers and a 23% share but lost out to BBC1's Bargain Hunt, which drew 1.4 million viewers, and Cash in the Attic, which took 2 million.

Later in the day, the squeaky voiced comedian faced even tougher competition, up against The New Paul O'Grady Show on Channel 4.

The Price Is Right was watched by 1.3 million viewers and drew a 12% share, while The New Paul O'Grady Show attracted 2.4 million and a 20% share.

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Quick reminder: Paul O'Grady's the comic also known as "Lily Savage," the host of the most recent version of "Blankety Blanks" over there. His talk show used to be in the 5 p.m. time slot on ITV, but Channel 4 waved a wad of bills to lure him over, where he replaced Richard and Judy at 5 p.m.

Those BBC1 shows air here on BBCA.

I still like Bruce's version better, but I don't mind this at all. Yeah, some of the prizes were bizarre, but that is the angle they're going for. The only thing I really didn't like was the theme; too repetitve.

By the way, I've seen clips of Cash en Carlo... much better show that this. It's kistchy, and it does a good job of conveying it. This show is a half-hearted mess.

Brandon Brooks

I totally agree with Jay. The host is annoying as hell, but he's ignorable, and aside from him, the show's actually pretty good. I don't think I'd make it "appointment television" like I do the Barker version, and I'd probably rather watch Bruce's Price Is Right than Joe's, but I think it's getting a lot of flak in this thread that it doesn't deserve.

Oh...and if you want to see the real worst TPIR in the world, check out an episode of the Portuguese version. When you're seven minutes into the program and the host hasn't even tossed to the first Item up for Bids yet, you know you've got problems.

Speaking of the url hosted clips it be great if someone could credit where he downloaded most of them clips either aussietorrents or uknova.

So if anyone wants more of Temptation, DoND and Feud thats where they are posted to.

I have credited a few clips from those sites.

The Aussie clips come from demonoid.com.

Demonoid is the tracker Aussietorrents.com uses :D

"nowego" is a great guy just for upping 60 Minutes Aussie.

http://rapidshare.de/files/20051501/PiR_Day_3.zip.html

Photos from Episode 3 with the US inspired Pick a Pair, Cliffy and Joe's Bargin Bar.

Well, I should probably apologize for having a somewhat misleading title; it may have been exaggerating quite a bit. But, I still have a bad taste in my mouth after watching this.

It may work for Britain, but I'm damn sure a TPiR like that won't work here.

Depends on how seriously you take the show, I think.

Thing is, we know a lot of people who take it WAY too seriously.

(MY GOD THE PRICE OF HOT POCKETS WENT UP AND I LOST AT PICK-A-PAIR!!!!!!!!11!!ELEVEN)

Can I ask how this became the rallying cry of the "I'm too good for Golden-Road" crowd? 'Cause, ya know, some of us actually enjoy knowing useless crap like this.

I've have eps. of Crowthers and Bruce's PIR and I'd say it's a close third. Sure the host has a shrill voice but you get over fast. It reminds me a lot of Bruce's version. Nice party atmosphere. I wish they'd spent a little more money to get a new wheel made but what the hell.

As a side note, the early Bruce shows weren't that great either but look how much of a cult following it got.

There's a difference between those who merely enjoy knowing useless crap -- something I think most of us on this board have in common -- and those who believe that such useless crap is integral to their very existence and therefore should never be changed. When you see too many of the latter, it's easy to make the mistake of lumping them in with the former. Occasionally it bears repeating that most of us would not, say, throw the TV out the window at the slightest change in a product's price. :-)