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I don't watch as much as I used to.

posted 8 years ago by tskivolocki
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For a lot of reasons. I remember Drew saying right on the nose a lot. That got annoying rather quick. People getting 4 Plinko chips or 4 boxes on Half Off I swear happens too much to simply be a contestant mistake. Are they now screwing with those games or do they perhaps plant some actors? Seems like contestants got more chances more often on that 5 price tag game back then too. And why are people wussin out on It's In The Bag more often nowadays? Actors? Or morons? Didn't happen as much when I was younger but it happened some. There was nothing wrong with keeping some aspects of games non digital. I think it was stupid getting rid of the second chance on Punch a Bunch. Don't try to use a bad economy or not having enough money as an excuse because they have the money to pay the unnecessary guest apperances. I think the same can be said as to why we can see Golden Road and 3 Strikes a little more often. Speaking of car games...it seems like they beat to death Money Game, Lucky 7, Any Number and maybe That's Too Much(which needs to be axed.) There are a lot of other car games that can be played more often. Pathfinder, Hole In One, Master Key, the 5 price tag game to name a few. And I remember Drew saying to a Lucky 7 player one time any number 0-9. Since when has there ever been 0 in Lucky 7?

[–] I_Guard_Tanelorn 8 years ago

The show is totally too rigged now. It's just ridiculous. Maybe it always was, IDK, but it was never so obvious. Or maybe they're plants like you say. For sure it takes the fun out of watching.

Drew, who is much better these days, still isn't a great host. There's no fun or brevity and he's still crap at explaining the games.

And there's definitely not enough diversity in the games. They play the same stuff over and over again.

"I said no camels, that's five camels, can't you count?"

[–] monstermayhem32 8 years ago

I feel like when bob left even as grouchy as he was towards the end at least made the show watchable whereas drew is very bland whose jokes are corny.

[–] largeapartments 8 years ago

I don't watch the show at all. The last time i watched an full episode is when Craig and Drew swapped shows for April Fools.

The show feels fake and staged sometimes
Drew Carey is still a bad host, he improved a lot but still lacking good qualities of a good host. He doesn't explain the games right and he sucks at interacting with the contestants.
Some parts of the show comes off as staged. I remember hearing people saying they re shoot better reactions from the contestants etc.
I don't really like George as an announcer