Talk:The Phone Home Game

This article was nominated for deletion on 13 May 2010. The result of the discussion was redirect all to List of The Price Is Right pricing games.

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Theory about Title taken from "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial"

This game was named "THE PHONE HOME GAME" in 1983 after the phrase "E.T. Phone Home" (from the 1982 film) became part of pop culture at the time. If you were around at the time and at least 6 years old, you would remember this and just KNOW why the game was named that. It truly went without saying back then. Therefore, I consider the retirement based on the phrase becoming passe as a valid theory (along with many other viewers at the time who swore the name was taken from the movie). If anyone feels that strongly about it not being a valid theory, then go ahead and edit it out. I won't re-add it again. Just please, to confirm your credibility, promise you were actually WATCHING the show AT THE TIME, and either 1) not too young to remember back to the early 80s, or 2) not even alive back then. If you're 25 years old or younger, you really shouldn't have a say in this because you wouldn't remember "PHONE HOME" being a staple in popular culture.

-J

I think it's an utterly asinine theory. I don't dispute that the movie inspired the game's name; in fact, it probably did. However, using an outdated name to explain why a perfectly good pricing game was retired is just silly. Far more sensible theories have been suggested over the years, such as the show wanting to eliminate home-viewer contests or not having enough control over what the home players said on the phone.

I would also like to note that I am 24 -- one year younger than you say I need to be to make a useful contribution to this discussion -- and have authored what is arguably the most comprehensive document on The Price Is Right in the history of the internet. I dare you to look at that and tell me with a straight face that I shouldn't have a say in this matter. -TPIRFanSteve 06:31, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd look you in the face happy, sad, amused, disgusted, whatever and stand behind what I say. But since the opening paragraph on this page makes said representation, there's little reason to push it further. I know how many of you think you "own" Wikipedia and you're always right no matter what. -J

Wow, that's really mature, coming in nine months after the end of the argument just to flame me. Funny how it also did absolutely nothing to refute my claims or to further yours. -TPIRFanSteve 02:44, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Retirement

Golden-road.net now has posted a radio interview with Roger Dobkowitz in which he states that Phone Home was retired because a) it timed long, and b) it was not considered popular enough with viewers to keep around.

Well and as Steve said, I'm sure the general end of home viewer contests had something to do with it as well. They just simply didn't have the time to do 6 games, 2 showdowns, the showcase and advertising home viewer contests in one show. And yes, there's no way to confirm this but I bet that, on average, this was the longest game to play or close to it (Superball! was probably close to it). Just the whole saying hi to the person at home and having them chat a bit with the stage player took significant time. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 12:16, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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