Talk:The Phone Home Game

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[edit] Theory about Title taken from "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial"

This game was named "THE PHONE HOME GAME" in 1983 after the phrase "E.T. Phone Home" (from the 1982 film) became part of pop culture at the time. If you were around at the time and at least 6 years old, you would remember this and just KNOW why the game was named that. It truly went without saying back then. Therefore, I consider the retirement based on the phrase becoming passe as a valid theory (along with many other viewers at the time who swore the name was taken from the movie). If anyone feels that strongly about it not being a valid theory, then go ahead and edit it out. I won't re-add it again. Just please, to confirm your credibility, promise you were actually WATCHING the show AT THE TIME, and either 1) not too young to remember back to the early 80s, or 2) not even alive back then. If you're 25 years old or younger, you really shouldn't have a say in this because you wouldn't remember "PHONE HOME" being a staple in popular culture.

-J.

I think it's an utterly asinine theory. I don't dispute that the movie inspired the game's name; in fact, it probably did. However, using an outdated name to explain why a perfectly good pricing game was retired is just silly. Far more sensible theories have been suggested over the years, such as the show wanting to eliminate home-viewer contests or not having enough control over what the home players said on the phone.

I would also like to note that I am 24 -- one year younger than you say I need to be to make a useful contribution to this discussion -- and have authored what is arguably the most comprehensive document on The Price Is Right in the history of the internet. I dare you to look at that and tell me with a straight face that I shouldn't have a say in this matter. -TPIRFanSteve 06:31, 17 June 2006 (UTC)