Camelot_2000
I admit I've been a devout viewer of this show ever since I was a little kid. Bob Barker and his original "Barker's Beauties" always seemed to withstand the weather of time and kept on going no matter how long the clock ticked, just like the "Energizer Rabbit". The decades passed and there they still were. Did the Price is Right change during that long hour glass journey? No, not until a long time afterwards. Their cars went from 1970s Corvettes to the latest Dodge Vipers, lavishly displaying how prizes and prices drastically changed, but how the show didn't. The rouse of excitement this show always incited was a major draw for me. It's enthusiastic audience reaction and it's loud carnival atmosphere really drew my interest. There were a lot of record breaking wins and unexpected surprises sometimes. The show seemed to have an enthusiastic potential that apparently wouldn't end.I admit I'd eagerly watch sometimes, but would later lose interest only to be drawn back into it again a few years later. There they still were - Bob Barker and his "beauties". I admit Bob is never one to be tired of, but it was tiring seeing the models Janice, Diane and Holly constantly raising their arms for an eternity to introduce the latest prizes. It was time for new faces when those models exhausted their endlessly long run. They were near senior citizen age by that time and went on longer than they should have. They remained gorgeous beauties though.I think Drew is the perfect host after Bob with his chronic cheerful disposition and constant wit. The new models too brought a refreshing feel to the show. I'll always be a fan of TPIR and the "happy wealth" it so happily delivers, but times change and so should those who are on it after a certain period. I love it.
cabasaexpert351
Ever since I was a little kid I always remember hating this show. I would hear the saying "Come on down" and I would think Nooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! Change the channel!!!!!!! My brother loves this show on the other hand so he watches it a lot but I continue to hate this show with a passion, I think it has to be one of the worst games hows ever made. I don't like Bob Barker, I think he is stuck on himself and I think the show is just plain boring and extremely annoying. This show and Bob Barker are really overrated. Another thing that really gets on my nerves is how when they take the bets to find out who gets to go on stage how people can bet $1 or like 1 or 2 dollars over what someone else before them has bet, I think that is really unfair. This is just a horrible show in my opinion.
Pepper Anne
The Price is Right isn't really a gameshow. Sure, contestents get are called "randomly" from the audience to come down to the podium and guess the prices of selected merchandise and, if successful in their estimates, go on to play idiotic games for other prizes. They scream and howl for whatever it is they've won, and sometimes those prizes are really great (new cars, boats, travel packages). But The Price is Right is nothing more than free advertisement for thousands of brand name products. The entire show is built around people guessing prices of selected products (such as household cleaners, shampoos, and so forth). And the games are really just a front for the blatant advertising (the games themselves are pretty ridiculous and more of the show is spent announcing the product than playing the games). Whenever products are introduced for the various games, they are announced like a commercial (try Alkaseltzer so and so for fast acting pain relief from--insert brand here). Then, before they break to a commercial, they have to tell you what product made the show possible and then do another product placement (for a while during the early 90s, this was often Chia Pets and things you can find at Walgreens) and where you can find them. Then cut a commercial (many commercials). Then back to the show.It is a show based on commercials and that is really all it is. So why is it so popular that it has survived nearly thirty years one the air (as of this writing, it is only 28 years on air)? Is Bob Barker really that charming? Or are people really that boring?
mr_klean18
This is one of the best shows on television! I first saw it in 1998, and I watch it all the time now. Bob Barker is a very good host, and Rod Roddy is a very good announcer. The current models (Nikki Ziering, Claudia Jordan) are also very good. The pricing games are also very unique. Some of them I like more than others (like $50,000 Plinko and 3 Strikes played for a luxury car.) There are 6 pricing games played in a show. After the first 3 and last 3 pricing games, they have a showcase showdown. At the end of the show, there are the fabulous showcases. Do three things for me; sit down, get your pets spayed or neutered to help control the pet population, and watch The Price is Right.
