The Price is Wrong

[burendasan4]

When I heard that the last (episode of?) "The Price is Right" was going to be aired today I was determined to watch it, since I had no class, work, or major plans (besides reading) today (yay!). I used to watch "The Price Is Right" during summer vacation (where did summer vacation go??) or whenever I had a day off from school because of sickness or otherwise. You could say that the show was part of my childhood. At first I laughed at how overly excited the contestants would act when they were called to "Come on down!", but that became one of the kitschy charms of the show for me.
So today, I got up almost at around 11:30 (dude, you can't blame me, I NEEDED the sleep) and turned on the TV just in time to catch the last half of the show. To my dismay, I found that...well, things had changed. I found that the show no longer held the charm it once did for me. The announcer was different, (I knew that the original announcer had died, but the new one was nothing like the original) and the models were not the ones I remembered. The new models were kind of dowdy and didn't have the kitschy big hair. The audience, unlike the middle aged people of the past, was made up of people in their 20s who got excited in an ironic sort of way. Even Bob Barker himself seemed a bit...fake. What hadn't changed though, was the set. The wheel was still there and the podiums that flashed the contestants "bids" were just as I had remembered them.
Then it struck me that I hadn't watched the show in well over 10 years. Of course things were going to be different! The last time I had watched the show, I was a kid...so no wonder I was easily amused by the show back then. Now I'm 27...that's probably why the contestants today seem young in comparison. I realize now that my nostalgia for the show was actually a memory of the simple joys it brought me as a kid. Part of me wishes I hadn't watched today's show because in a way, it broke the child-like illusion I held for the show.

Comments

[burendasan4.livejournal.com]

I remember feeling that way when I watched an episode of "Thundercats" when I was in college. I was like, "I don't remember the show being this crappy." Now with the likes of YouTube, we'll always be reminded ;-)

[burendasan4.livejournal.com]

YAY! The more, the merrier! If there's anything in particular food or drinkwise you'd like me to get, let me know.
The good thing about AYBS is that it doesn't change...it stays right in the 70s/early 80s ;-) And also, I appreciated it more in recent years as opposed to when I was a kid.

[intothebluagain.livejournal.com]

I feel the same way about TPIR, altho I bit of a psychosomatic response b/c I ONLY watched it when staying home sick from school, so even the theme song gives me a hint of an upset stomach and the smell of chicken soup and buttered toast ;)
But I also know what you mean about past shows... I watched "Short Circuit" a month or so ago, and BOOOOY was it lame, I was almost heartbroken! Still, there will always be a soft space in my heart for it ;) But there are still classics from our age like "Dangermouse" and game shows like "Press Your Luck" that will never lose their flair. Eternal thanks for the 80s ;)