{"id":11581,"date":"2018-12-19T12:54:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T12:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=11581"},"modified":"2018-12-19T12:54:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T12:54:49","slug":"its-christmas-so-heres-one-of-our-favourites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=11581","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Christmas, so here&#8217;s one of our favourites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s a really old school edition of <strong>The Price is Right<\/strong> from 1961.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=10168\"> We&#8217;ve discussed this original version before<\/a> &#8211; it&#8217;s effectively an auction based format where the nearest without going over wins the prize on offer, some of the prizes and skits being quite unusual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This video is in two parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"665\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3p075ZPqzEM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ie7fLlEezSk\">Part two is here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s going on, in case you couldn&#8217;t be bothered to click the link above:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It\u2019s fairly simple. Four contestants bid items shown to them. On their turn they must either increase their bid to be higher than the current leading bid or freeze. Sometimes there are is a minimum increment, and sometimes there are one-bids (like you get now). Whoever is nearest without going over wins the prize and occasionally a bonus prize. Sometimes these are a bit outlandish, sometimes there\u2019s a mini-game attached. But it\u2019s really neatly done with some neat ideas. And it all shifts along under the auspices of Bill Cullen, as someone who mainly knows him for his later work he\u2019s really sharp here.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a really old school edition of The Price is Right from 1961. We&#8217;ve discussed this original version before &#8211; it&#8217;s effectively an auction based format where the nearest without going over wins the prize on offer, some of the prizes and skits being quite unusual. This video is in two parts. 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