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Post by gamecrazyh on Nov 23, 2014 10:32:27 GMT -5
We all know what the most desirable prizes are on a game show (cash, cars and the like), but here are three UNdesirable prizes from three classic game shows. Which one is the most undesirable?
The choices are:
Ceramic Dalmatian, "Wheel of Fortune"
Flokati Rug, "Press Your Luck"
Fish Soup Tureen, "Sale of the Century"
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Post by S_SweepFan3 on Nov 23, 2014 11:11:22 GMT -5
Designer accessories (bags, shoes, makeup, the like): The Price Is Right
That's gotta be the most worthless prize on the planet.
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Nov 23, 2014 12:08:57 GMT -5
Going on a game show and finding out the prize is a vacation getaway, all expenses paid trip to your very own hometown.
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Post by gamecrazyh on Nov 23, 2014 12:15:41 GMT -5
A pair of good candidates, i mean, unless you're a woman, you wouldn't want designer accessories (although I'm sure our administrator, Mandoli, would look great with them), and a trip to your hometown of, say, Orlando, Florida? Unless you moved away from there 20 years ago, why would you want to win that?
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Post by Mandoli on Nov 23, 2014 12:32:43 GMT -5
(although I'm sure our administrator, Mandoli, would look great with them) Uh, no. I'm a girl, yes... But me with fancy accessories? I don't even wear jewelry. |
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Post by gamecrazyh on Nov 23, 2014 12:35:38 GMT -5
Oh... okay, that being said, Mandoli, what do YOU think is the most undesirable prize in TV game show history?
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Post by Frank on Nov 23, 2014 14:35:32 GMT -5
grandfather clock
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Post by thekid965 on Nov 23, 2014 14:41:22 GMT -5
This is probably just me, but I was never a big fan of when Classic Concentration would offer $1,000 of California Lottery tickets. To me it just seemed a bit chintzy. I think I would've preferred the thousand bucks straight-up, rather than the very real chance of the total winnings from those tickets (which IIRC were all of the scratcher variety) being worth far less than that. Yes, you could have gotten lucky and made it onto The Big Spin where the guarantee was at least five figures, but the odds certainly wouldn't have been in your favor.
At least once on the Davidson Price is Right, a Watara Supervision turned up as a small prize in Hole in One (which was played with SPs rather than grocery products on that version). The Watara Supervision was a very short-lived competitor to the Game Boy, only with worse graphics, a miniscule library consisting mainly of simplified ripoffs of more popular games, and some serious quality-control issues. They don't even qualify as "collectible" in today's retrogaming market.
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Post by gamecrazyh on Nov 23, 2014 14:52:42 GMT -5
Yeah, those were some real stinkers.
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Post by manekineko on Nov 23, 2014 16:56:18 GMT -5
I think the ceramic dalmatian was the worst thing to get, to be honest. Actually, most of Wheel of Fortune's prizes kinda sucked because no one pays retail price for anything. I think I remember that one time The Price is Right offered an 8 gig flash drive as a prize as well.
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Post by gamecrazyh on Nov 23, 2014 17:20:01 GMT -5
Yeah, i believe they did.
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Post by WarioSajak on Nov 24, 2014 3:48:23 GMT -5
At least once on the Davidson Price is Right, a Watara Supervision turned up as a small prize in Hole in One (which was played with SPs rather than grocery products on that version). It was also a Race Game prize on the first aired episode, where it was won (along with the other three prizes, which were pretty decent). here are three UNdesirable prizes from three classic game shows. Which one is the most undesirable? The choices are: Ceramic Dalmatian, "Wheel of Fortune" Flokati Rug, "Press Your Luck" Fish Soup Tureen, "Sale of the Century" The frickin' fish soup tureen, hands-down. The ceramic Dalmatian looks great and is a collector's item these days, and Flokati rugs have a practical purpose (being a rug and all, although Tomarken once proved it'd make a half-decent Colonial-era wig  ). My brother saw the second appearance of the soup tureen ("With pizzazz!"), and said the people responsible for putting together that display were trolls. |
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Post by gamecrazyh on Nov 24, 2014 8:10:34 GMT -5
Yeah, that soup tureen WAS ugly. They tried selling it again, along with some other things, during Sale's final week in 1989 in it's "Cancellation Garage Sale" instant bargain.
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Post by WarioSajak on Nov 26, 2014 23:21:43 GMT -5
Huh. I thought I remembered seeing it a third time. (Of course, in that case I think it finally got bought because it was thrown in with a bunch of actually good stuff. ) |
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Post by Kaos on Nov 30, 2014 23:49:20 GMT -5
Well, one that comes to mind is a hot tub filled with hot sauce on LMaD, but that's a Zonk, so it doesn't really count, does it?
Truth is, one that truly comes to mind is during the Race Game when the prizes were season tickets to the LA Dodgers, Kings, Lakers, and Rams. Especially if they are NOT the player's home team.
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