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The Price is Right

with Alan Carr (December 2017)

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LL
Larry the Loafer
gottago posted:
Brekkie posted:
An interview here in which he mentions he'd like to host Blankety Blank. Didn't ITV commission a full series after the David Walliams pilot last Christmas?

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-12-30/alan-carr-on-why-the-time-is-right-to-bring-back-the-price-is-right/

No it wasn’t picked up with David in the end.


Shame, really. I thought that was one of his best gigs. It was nice to see him play it more straight and sarcastic instead of his whole "I love Simon Cowell even though I'm straight" charade.
VM
VMPhil
RDJ posted:
VMPhil posted:
Are you really judging the programme based on the first 9 minutes?! God, at least wait until you’ve watched the whole thing!


I watched the whole thing. It didn't really get any better.

It doesn't sound like you were going to give it a much of a chance anyway. Might as well skip it.
JO
John
It was so bad, it was good - but then Channel Four want a reason not to move to Manchesterford or pebble Mill.
WO
Worzel
Gary McEwan posted:
The VO sounds like Tony Hirst who was in Corrie and Hollyoaks and who also does the VO for How It's Made.

I'm catching up on +1, and so far, I'm actually quite liking it. Studio seems to be on the small side and a bit sparse imo.


I think it is. He's also the VO artist for Quest. Quite funny when he says 'Coming up now on Quest... How it's Made' only for him to be narrating the show as well.
JO
Jonwo
Is Alan still on a golden handcuffs with Channel 4, must be the reason he's had so many shows this Christmas. I wonder if he will remain loyal or move to another broadcaster once the deal is over

The Price is Right was fine but it wasn't suited to Channel 4, probably work better on ITV or Channel 5 after Blind Date.
DJ
DJ Dave
I thought it was not bad to be fair, better them Joe's awful version on itv.
LL
Larry the Loafer
I am pretty sure most of the people unhappy with it have completely forgotten about Joe Pasquale's take on it.
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
Pasquale's take was like being on a sugar rush and he clearly wasn't comfortable with it. It's probably had more revivals now than any other format, surely?
DC
DCI02
Neil Jones posted:
Pasquale's take was like being on a sugar rush and he clearly wasn't comfortable with it. It's probably had more revivals now than any other format, surely?

The Generation Game will have had the same once Mel & Sue's has begun, if you count Graham Norton's 2005 special/pilot 'Generation Fame'.
JO
Jon
Neil Jones posted:
Pasquale's take was like being on a sugar rush and he clearly wasn't comfortable with it. It's probably had more revivals now than any other format, surely?

Whether you were a Pasquale fan or not. I think he owned the format a lot better than Carr did last night.

Considering it was a ‘comedy’ commission it felt like the jokes were few and far between and Alan was incidental to the format and didn’t really add anything to it.

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