I’ve been watching The Price is Right for…well, a long time. When you stayed home from school, it wasn’t a sick day unless you had Bob Barker on the tube and you were trying to play along with the games. When Drew Carey became Bob’s successor, he had some big shoes to fill and after doing this for over a year he’s made the show his. There are little changes like getting annoucer Rich Fields more involved with the show, especially the showcases, Drew talks to the models and isn’t grumpy like Bob was the last 6 years of his run and my favorite is when Drew makes fun of or is shocked by the prices of some of the prizes. “What!? $2000 for Kate Spade luggage!?!” or “yes because we all need some Oreos to go with our curio cabinet.”
What I’ve noticed over the past few weeks is a trend shifting in the showcases. Today one of the showcases was a set of Viking appliances (which is kick ass but I’m old enough to appreciate how much those are), a year’s worth of groceries, a night with a personal chef for a cooking class/dinner party and a trip to New Orleans to various restaurants. The other showcase (the historically better choice) was like a hovercraft, a Harley and something like a dining room set or something I can’t even remember right now. I understand we’re in a recession and damn near a depression but people want to see those showcases with a trip AND a car or something big and grand, not two mediocre showcases with prizes that you could win at a raffle. (Groceries, personal chef, etc) It’s that promise of something really over the top that people want to see not a reminder of our economy being in the crapper and people getting groceries for a year. That’s just kind of depressing and I’m not ready for my game shows to turn depressing as well!
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