1. I do NOT approve of the The Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular Prime Time Special. You do not win a million dollars on The Price Is Right. You win a daybed, a collection of gardening equipment, a fondue set, and a supply of Hot Pockets. If you're lucky, you win a car and lose your shit on daytime, national TV. You do not win a million dollars.
The Price Is Right has been on literally for as long as I can remember. I've watched it on occasion since I was a little kid. I started watching it regularly when I was home after Luna was born. What the hell else is on weekdays that's not a soap? In fact, I still Tivo it. It's something we can watch on a rainy day with Linus. It's amazing how little there is on TV that's even remotely appealing to adults, but is also safe for a 3-year old to watch. Now I can tell you the exact retail price of a number of grocery items: Hot Pockets? $2.49. V-8 Juice? $3.15. Gold Bond Powder? $7.99; not to be confused with Gold Bond Lotion which goes for $12.99 (that mistake cost me a dining room set in the It's In The Bag game).
The furniture they give away is horrible - really, all this dark, heavy wood and a lot of tropical motifs, clearly a demographic issue though I don't think it would kill them to embrace a modern design aesthetic on occasion - but I give them props for giving away musical instruments all the time like that's exactly what people want. What other game show gives away a set of 4 electric guitars as a prize (even if they are "designed for girls", which is just a euphemism for pink, but still...)? My favorite part is when they bring out some crazy prize and ask people to price it as part of the game as if they should totally know. Like, a calliope! Are you fucking kidding me?! Who knows how much a calliope costs?? Or, a player piano, or a popcorn cart (like you might find at a fair)? Your average person might have a general idea what a refrigerator costs, or a lawn mower, but a tennis ball machine?? Hahahahaha!
2. If you aren't watching Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew on MTV you need to start watching it right now. They replay episodes 6 times a day, everyday, and I'm not kidding, so it's easy to get caught up. If you are at all a fan of urban street dance styles, or if you grew up in the 80s and maybe saw Breakin' II Electric Boogaloo in the theater you will love it! I'm telling you, kids these days and their crazy dance moves!
I don't know about you, but when somebody says, "Master Mix", I prick up my ears. I've been meaning to plug this show since we first stumbled across Season 1 back in February but never got around to it. Season 2 just started last week, so it's not too late to hook in. Most of the crews have real talent, and any show that takes poppin' and lockin' seriously is fine by me. I wish I could post a clip from last week of the Boogie Bots doing a lateral slide lift to Zapp & Roger's "More Bounce To The Ounce", but I can't find one, dammit! Just trust me and watch.
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