Things I Hate About TV: "I'm gonna be a jerk, Bob"

The one dollar over strategy is sneaky but it's a good one. If someone stays on contestant's row long enough, they get to try it.

EXCUSE ME,TOM, IT WAS "TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES" & THEN "THE PRICE IS RIGHT." ON THIS SUBJECT, THE ONLY REASON I WEIGHED IN WAS THE MISINFORMATION ON "LET'S MAKE A DEAL," I CANNOT BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE LOVING THIS SHOW AT ALL! IT'S LIKE FISHING TO ME-A HUGE BORE!

The "one dollar more or less" is all part of the game, so it doesn't bother me. It's part of the strategy to win, and should motivate people into guessing without lowballing themselves. What I *do hate* however, is the constant, long, drawn out and very boring wait that everyone on contestant row, Bob himself, and the tv viewer has to endure because dork there has to consult the entire audience, and/or try to hear his buds back up give him a dollar figure to bid with. Come on...if you can't even handle guessing on your own you deserve to be one-up'd.

I want to thank everyone for their hilarious comments. I posted previously about how my mom laughs at the show, but as I read these comments to her, she laughs so hard she cries. Thank you again, and keep 'em comin'!!

The most irritating contestants are the ones that can't think for themselves and turn to the audience and look stupid pleading for advice on what to bid. It slows the game and irritates Bob.

When my little sister was on Price is Right, the jerk next to her bid $1 more than her - and she smacked him. It was awesome. Even Bob Barker laughed. I hate these $1 more people.

(Jerkoff got on by the way, and my sister, who would have if not for said jerkoff, got his and her diamond watches instead.)

Whoever thinks Bob is rude for not hugging, must be very young and not up on the news. Audience members are asked, before the show, not to hug or even get too close to Bob. He is an OLD Man and very fragile. Can't you tell by looking at him that a good strong wind would blow him away? In fact, he has been knocked down by stupid, 'it's all about ME' people.

The stupidist bid I hear is when someone before them bids, say $500 and they then bid $499. There is no leadway at all.

Yep, the $1 upper has always pissed me off also, and makes the game unfair to the first bidder. I yell GREAT with the 3rd bidder $1 ups the asshole second bidder.

I have tried to figure out ways to overcome that unfairness by the show's producers, for example, requiring that any bid be at least $10 higher than a previous bid. But, what happens then if previous contestants have bid $700 and another bid $710?

Alas, it appears there is no fix.

to scarlet monty hall did not host the price is right.you said the people wore costumes and had to pick door number 1/2 or three what you just described is let's make a deal and monty did host that.i have ben watching bob barker sence the last year truth or consequnece's aired and right after that he got the price is right.