Talk:The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)

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[edit] Featured on Martial Law

Nowhere is it mentioned in the article that "The Price Is Right" was featured in the show "Martial Law". Detective Law was waitng in line for the show when a woman fainted. He revived her by using reflexology (meassaging her feet. He was then called down to contestants' row and subseqently went on to win the showcase. He claimed to be a long time fan of "The Price Is Right"

[edit] Good article reassessment

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Collectonian (talk) 01:59, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Please remember to sign your posts. --Mr. Brown (talk) 05:08, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
I followed the instructions on the GAR page, which implied a signature would be added automatically. Collectonian (talk) 05:30, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Result: The GAR has closed as delist with the following closing comment: Article has been listed at GAR for over a month. Actionable and obvious concerns have been presented, but have not been addressed within requested waiting period or the ca. 3 weeks thereafter. Two editors (nominator and a commenter) have expressed explicit preference for delisting and two others recognize the existence of concerns. No support for retaining GA status has been presented. ЭLСОВВОLД talk 21:45, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merging sections

It has been suggested that One Bid, The Showcase (The Price Is Right), and Showcase Showdown (The Price is Right) be merged into this article. I don't believe this would be the best course of action - it would result in something similar to what this article was originally like with all versions of the show in one article. At that time, it was complained that the article was very lengthy. Merging these three articles into the main article would only increase the length of the main article dramatically. --Mr. Brown (talk) 05:19, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

This article also needs massive cutting down. If it were cleaned up, there would be no more problems with length and merging in the three articles. Collectonian (talk) 05:31, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
I agree that a lot of it has to be cut out (I mean, come on, there are references to freakin' production numbers in here now), as a lot of it is fanfluff and is inappropriate for an encyclopedic article. --Mr. Brown (talk) 16:06, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
The spinoff articles are definitely weak, but merging them back in here just would add too much bulk. I would ask to hold off on a merge, as the article has also been tagged with {{articleissues}} and came up for Good Article Reassessment in the same week. It's too much to address at once.—Twigboy (talk) 16:49, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
I'll second Twigboy on that. Structurally, the article seems to be OK. What needs to happen is trimming down the explanations. Then we can talk about whether it is appropriate to merge the One Bid and Showcase Showdown articles. My first thought, however, would be to not do this, at least with the Showcase Showdown, because of their unique play and production elements. [[Briguy52748 (talk) 20:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)]]
I've cut down a lot of the trivia and historical information that's no longer relevant to the current show. I took out the mention of everyone who auditioned for the announcer position after Olson's and Roddy's deaths. I also took out the repetitive mention of the syndicated show hosts, and the detailed explanation of the Gameshow Marathon episode (since it wasn't actually an episode of this show). And I trimmed a lot of the detail on gameplay. There's still a lot that can be done here - a few weeks ago, I whacked Wheel of Fortune down to less than half its previous size (including cutting out a lot of my own previous contributions), and no one seems to think that anything truly important was taken out. JTRH (talk) 17:08, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. I've taken the Oreo approach: I cleaned up sections in the beginning and the end and left the creamy middle. Thanks for the help. More to go, but this is shaping up nicely.—Twigboy (talk) 02:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

1313mocking bird lane says WHY DO YOU CARE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.163.203.147 (talk) 01:18, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The infobox is getting obnoxious again...

Just an observation. Seems some people are adding the entire production history to the infobox, and its getting obnoxiously large again. So, I'll ask the eternal question once again - what needs to stay and what needs to go? --Mr. Brown (talk) 04:23, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

I would suggest taking out the names of former production staff like Breslow and Alter (they should still be mentioned in the main article prose, of course). Leave only the names of staff that are currently on the show. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 05:25, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Chick in the 80's who refused to accept the foreign car!!!...

There was a woman who refused to accept an import car in the 80's and I saw that referenced recently in some random magazine article can someone track down information on that and a clip of the video that'd be awesome! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.193.109.220 (talk) 15:25, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Maybe add a part about Les Moonves not allowing reruns to be aired?

Seems how a recent vandal said Bob Barker was the reason, he actually had a valid point(albeit his edit was not constructive). Les Moonves is the man that has TPIR's rerun fate in his hands, shall we add that to the article or not? I'd like to see some opinions before doing so, take your time, I'm in no hurry on this one. Landofpartinggifts (talk) 03:54, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

To clarify to those "out of the loop", Leslie Moonves is the CEO of CBS, and the husband of Julie Chen. My understanding is Les basically has said "no" to any reruns of TPIR airing on ANY network. Landofpartinggifts (talk) 14:54, 9 June 2008 (UTC)