Comments on: Chris Tarrant and Bob Barker Talk About “Millionaire” and “Price”

By: DeVares

DeVares — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:52:54 +0000

….and all this over an elephant.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:02:58 +0000

Ahhhhh…..cool, thanks for the info :-)

By: HomerJay

HomerJay — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:10:41 +0000

Honestly, the whole “Bob was the master of the reveal” stuff escapes me. Dear Lord, my two-year-old would be able to smell Bob’s set-ups from a mile away, they were so predictable (and after that many years, not the least bit suspenseful any more). How many times could we see him do the same fake over and over and over again?

By: DENo1MatchGameFan

DENo1MatchGameFan — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:28:42 +0000

Barker wouldn’t do his ‘icon’ thing on the GSN Game Show awards last year if Betty White appeared on the show, and with GSN wanting ‘the ego’ to appear, Betty agreed to tape her dedication to Mark Goodson instead of appearing on the show. This all had to do with Billy the Elephant – an elephant that Barker wanted shipped off to a refuge, while Betty wanted his area enlarged at the LA Zoo. Betty and the zoo won, and Barker was pissed, so she became his enemy due to that event, and instead of Betty giving the award to Mark Goodson’s daughter, Alex Trebek did so instead. Yet another example of Barker being a crybaby if he didn’t get his way!

By: CarShark

CarShark — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:28:27 +0000

It wasn’t really a retraction, so much as a raising of a white flag. He made what he thought was a fairly innocuous statement, and now he wants the issue over with. It didn’t sound like he slammed Drew to me. Just that Drew prefers not to do the building up that Bob loved to do. Drew rarely does it, and only if he thinks the contestant is right.

By: CarShark

CarShark — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:44:08 +0000

Few winners, short schedules and the like is why I enjoy the show less, and that’s why I don’t watch it. It’s all about the budget, and the enjoyment comes a distant second.

By: Myke25

Myke25 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:51:04 +0000

And that’s what you’d pay your entire crew OT for, too…to just stand around while a player second-guesses themselves to death.

The clock is a cost-saving measure, pure and simple. Especially here in the States where they tape 5 or more shows-a-day, the producers simply don’t have the luxury of letting players take forever to deliberate. It may have been quaint and suspenseful when they just taped one hour-long show a night, but those days are over.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:50:46 +0000

Whoa!! What’d I miss?? Bob and Betty are enemies???

…alright Lucy, ‘splain!!

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:48:13 +0000

Gee, wasn’t that Drew’s reason for not wanting the job in the first place??

;-p

…and I LIKE Drew on TPIR!

By: Nando

Nando — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:51:52 +0000

Even if that is his motivation, I’m kind of willing to take sizable donations to veterans’ affairs and saving the whales in exchange for his supposed ‘revenge’ against Betty White.

By: DENo1MatchGameFan

DENo1MatchGameFan — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:23:44 +0000

Anything to keep his name in the headlines – that’s all Barker is about these days, especially since his enemy Betty White is getting all of the attention!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:31:44 +0000

Someone at a certain TPIR fansite described it the best… Bob is better at creating excitement while explaining the rules and during the game’s playing and reveal. Drew is better at creating excitement once the player has won (i.e. Taylor and Lucky Seven).

It’s a trade off on both sides, but IMO, both of their styles work well.

By: Mr. Brown

Mr. Brown — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:21:41 +0000

Looks like Bob has issued a retraction of sorts… http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/07/27/bob-barker-drew-carey/

By: Marc Power

Marc Power — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:14:00 +0000

sort of the same thing David said regarding Bob, the fact that it came from TMZ, I don’t think anyone should read too much into this. Bob has his style, Drew has his style. Bob’s better at bringing in the excitement, Drew’s better at bringing in the laughs.

By: CarShark

CarShark — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:38:10 +0000

I remain steadfast in saying that the clock is the most indefensibly stupid thing ever to be inflicted. Sure, you get rid of the dull nothingness, but that’s what you pay your editing department for. The “much, much later” lady took what? 45 minutes? An hour? Slice it down to thirty seconds or so. What our version has now lost is the serious, thoughtful deliberation that made most of the high-level questions, and even the mid-level ones, so intense. Now, it’s either “I know it. (answer) Final.” or “I don’t know it. I walk.” There’s little to no serious effort to try to figure it out or remember any useful facts. Just quick, quick. Make a decision. NOW! QUICKLY! That’s fine for the ADD-riddled lowest-common denominator. But I enjoyed the somewhat more subdued pace on the third tier. It made Millionaire stand out in the quiz show crowd.