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Growing up in the early 1970s, I was a big fan of the daytime version of The Price is Right, a never-fail go-to game show when I was home sick from school, or when I was bored out of my skull during summer vacation (…and that would be because you could see a Playboy-worthy model scampering around in a swimsuit on every single episode–a big deal back then in those chaste TV times).Īs I got older-and since I wasn’t a housewife or an out-of-work bum-I didn’t have much opportunity (or desire, frankly) to watch The Price is Right.
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That non-story (coming from a long line of chicken thieves and cattle rustlers, I always side with the cheaters) only registered with me because at the time, the media emphasis was on how new host Drew Carey had “botched” his subdued, head-down reaction to this milestone pop culture event. Reading the synopsis, it brought back vague memories of the faux “cheating scandal” that rocked CBS’ The Price is Right in September, 2008, when a former weatherman named Terry Kniess somehow managed to win two showcases with an exact dollar-match bid. In a documentary mood last night, and flipping the channels (“flipping”?), looking for something other than the ubiquitous true-crime offerings that crowd streaming services (if I see that creepy, blinking guy who pushed two wives down the stairs one more time…), I spotted Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much on Hulu’s line-up. And no, I’m not referring to Terry Kniess….
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2017’s Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much is a documentary about a hero of sorts, a genial math whiz who over the course of three decades first mastered and then resoundingly beat the most iconic game show in television history…and who didn’t even get a prize for his efforts.