I don’t particularly want two snowmobiles, but maybe you’re a Utah henchman who wants to kill James Bond. To be exciting to the average Price Is Right audience (the physical manifestation of the market and its desires), a Showcase must have at least one item from the following list:Įven Showcases with those items can be lackluster on an individual level, of course. Deepest apologies to all Priceheads out there.)
That’s a different part of the show, where you spin a giant wheel to earn the right to play for a Showcase. (Note: I originally, and incorrectly, referred to this segment as the Showcase Showdown. Each contestant must estimate the value of their prizes, and the winner is whoever’s closest without exceeding the actual value of the Showcase. Two contestants are each presented with separate prize packages, called Showcases. The Showcase is the final game of each episode, and the rules are simple. Using only knowledge of market prices, anybody can climb the ladder and enjoy the ultimate reward of capitalism: owning things that flaunt your wealth.īut the Showcase has one small flaw: sometimes the prizes stink. I’m talking about the Showcase portion of The Price Is Right. And there’s one place that proves social mobility is limitless.Ĭollege? Wait, which one of you said that? It’s definitely not college. We want to believe hard work matters more than status. We tell our children they can accomplish anything.
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