Shot out to CJ Wallis who made a movie about this and is showing it at film festivals now. The movie is called Perfect Bid.
Victory on “The Price Is Right” Made Them Change Their System
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Re: Victory on “The Price Is Right” Made Them Change Their System
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But that has nothing to do with: >buzzing in when he didn't know the answers to prevent other contestants from winning money
I think it does. He chose daily-doubles when I didn't know the answer and bet low. It denies the others the D-D and means he didn't lose much. This is explained in detail later on. It's not the most felicitous of phrasing but it makes sense to me.
>buzzing in when he didn't know the answers to prevent other contestants from winning money
How does buzzing in when you don’t know the answer (not betting less when you’ve uncovered a daily double) keep others from winning money?
When you buzz in and get the answer wrong it doesn’t affect my ability to buzz in and get it right.
Re: Victory on “The Price Is Right” Made Them Change Their System
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Yes. I was there with a group of 30. They dismissed most of us in seconds, but took longer to talk with a few of our liveliest members. The one they talked the longest with got called as a contestant.
What do they say? Just small talk like where youre from and whatd you do for a living?
That's the sort of thing they started with. But that was just to have something to talk about. It was much more about tone than content.
Re: Victory on “The Price Is Right” Made Them Change Their System
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Yep, it's still like that now, too! I was on The Price is Right a few months ago, and I got called to "come on down" to be a contestant. Before the show, producer Stan Blits greets every member of the audience while they're waiting in line. He chats with each audience member (for about 20 seconds) to gauge their liveliness & enthusiasm. As he's chatting with each person, he gives a subtle hand signal to an intern who…
So that could be easily gamed too is what you're saying.
Well, people smart enough to be the kind of contestant they want, are still fulfilling what the producers want.