Victory on “The Price Is Right” Made Them Change Their System

Post by laretluval » Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 2:54 AM UTC

colmvp wrote: post #5

scrubby wrote: post #4

It might be different now, but I'm pretty sure back in the Bob Barker era contestant selection wasn't random. The entire audience had to introduce themselves to the producer one by one and answer his questions about where they were from, what they did, and if they were there with anyone. The people selected were fairly attractive and charismatic. The selection also leaned toward people who came with larger groups. I…

Given your comment, I wonder if there's an interesting list of people who have been on the Price is Right. For example, one person I can think of is Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad) who said: "It looks like I'm on some serious crack. I downed about six cans of red bull because I knew they wanted people with energy. It worked, but I could not sit still. It was not healthy."

Post by hxta98596 » Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 3:01 AM UTC

scrubby wrote: post #4

It might be different now, but I'm pretty sure back in the Bob Barker era contestant selection wasn't random. The entire audience had to introduce themselves to the producer one by one and answer his questions about where they were from, what they did, and if they were there with anyone. The people selected were fairly attractive and charismatic. The selection also leaned toward people who came with larger groups. I…

Post by paulcole » Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 3:05 AM UTC

fjsolwmv wrote: post #3

Short version: TPIR used to recycle prices/products, so with studying it is easy to guess prices of products on the show. Many contestants and avid fans know this, and one of them got extra lucky in the showcase showdown by guessing the exact price, at about 1/1000 odds (after accounting for common sense and attentiveness) , which is likely to happen eventually for a daily show like TPIR. (Or possibly he was cheating…

Post by eropple » Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 3:17 AM UTC

paulcole wrote: post #14

eropple wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Can anybody explain this part of Arthur Chu’s Jeopardy strategy? Don’t they still get the chance to answer? Or is his strategy that he’ll figure it out within the allotted time? As I recall, he went hunting for Daily Doubles to take them off the board and away from other players who might be able to answer them. Only the finder gets to pose a question for those.

But that has nothing to do with: >buzzing in when he didn't know the answers to prevent other contestants from winning money

Post by em3rgent0rdr » Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 3:20 AM UTC

davb wrote: post #16

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