I've been watching a lot of 1991-1994 Supermarket Sweep

Lord Blazer · 04-14-2022, 05:03 AM

And uh

This show is CAPITALISM: THE GAME SHOW and it makes me feel gross
but at the same time, damn this is a good setup for a game show

the 2020 revival kind of sucks, but I think it's just because Leslie Jones says YASSSSSSS too much

Canadian Supermarket Sweep is fuckin weird and they all have fanny packs, I think for their lav mics, instead of a belt clip? I guess? S'weird.

Anyway Supermarket Sweep is fun.

Lord Blazer · 04-14-2022, 05:13 AM

The adjusted rules in the 2020 series also bother me a little bit

90s show had $25 penalties if you knocked something off the shelves and didn't pick it up, and some sort of penalty for running into someone's cart or a cameraman

The new show seems to have removed that rule (as well as bumping the item limit from 5->6) but like
nobody takes advantage of it to just start free wheel tossing shit into their carts
They just knock shit over and move on
And that lowers the stakes a bit, I think

Lord Blazer · 04-14-2022, 05:16 AM

A thing that I really enjoy about the 90s episodes is uh

So quick rule of thumb, $1 in 1992 = $2 in 2022, close enough. I think it's 1.9x or something

But then you do that math, and then you have to take a guess in your brain if like, a certain food was just more expensive 30 years ago just because of technology or it's exotic and there's not enough demand to form a standard supply chain etc

Like this episode told me that a can of tuna was $2.85, which like
fuckin $6 can of tuna? how? what?

Lord Blazer · 04-14-2022, 05:19 AM

And I find it kind of ironic that the 2020 show is a lot less of an ad than the 90s show? Like I would expect a modern revision, with 10x the prize, to be even more ads, but it's somehow not. A lot of the """"trivia""" is just about food rather than BRAND DO YOU KNOW THE BRAND YOU LOVE THE BRAND and instead it's "strawberries"
and the 90s show has the bonus prizes as like, a giant inflatable can of CAMPBELLS SOUP REMEMBER THE BRAND YOU LOVE THE CAMPBELLS and the 2020s show is "yeah it's a pizza shaped pool float."
2020 show isn't even sponsored by a ham company

Lord Blazer · 04-14-2022, 05:19 AM

I got that good good medical weed

Lord Blazer · 04-14-2022, 05:24 AM

and while it's easier for me to hold nostalgia to the late 90s-2001 episodes

somehow the super early 90s ones just hit a lot harder

David Ruprecht wearing a sweater? Nothing better.
David Ruprecht in a shirt and tie? It'll be fine.

Lord Blazer · 04-14-2022, 05:31 AM

also like
it's weird to ponder if like
did this fuckin thing just come out?

I watched three people not get very obvious clues for I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, so I guessed like, aight, late 80s maybe, whatever-- First out in 1981

Also see a lot of people not get Progresso, a frequent clue, but that's been around forever and confuses me. Like, hella easy questions, hella dumb people in a stressful environment, but there's like two brands of soup, and I can't explain it

Inverse- something fascinating when the brands don't exist anymore, especially when they're comparing the price of 3 distinct brands that don't exist any more.

I guess it's like... if I watch some stuff from the 50s-60s it's stuff that my parents grew up with, but it's completely foreign to me and super easy to divorce myself from- but I was alive when this show was airing, so I guess it's maybe hitting some of them Mandela Effect neurons or something

Lord Blazer · 04-14-2022, 05:33 AM

Like, there's no possible way that this is a product that you could purchase in the fucking 1990s, right?

Lord Blazer · 04-14-2022, 05:37 AM

Have you ever
EVER

seen someone use the coffee grinder in a grocery store?
like
take a bag of whole bean coffee off the shelf
and grind it up
at the store

I'm sure it was different in 1993 but right now I've got a fancy automatic burr grinder and it cost me $50 to grind it fresh every day, and I had a $15 grinder before that. Why do these machines exist in stores?

Lord Blazer · 04-14-2022, 05:41 AM

in the 91-94 era, before they started dropping loads of extra bonuses, final scores would be like, $700-1200
And like yknow
Subtract some bonuses, you pull out $300 of groceries in ~3 minutes, alright, yeah, okay, I do plenty of $300 grocery trips, and I'm not throwing 5 fuckin turkeys in my buggy

But the 2020 show, they're pulling like $2500 cart totals and like
nah man
no you didn't
this is bullshit
I know what things cost right now.

Bown · 04-14-2022, 04:19 PM

Seems like you’re using a very different kind of grinder to me

Lord Blazer · 04-14-2022, 10:35 PM

Quote:

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Seems like you’re using a very different kind of grinder to me

Lord Blazer · 04-24-2022, 12:08 AM

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French Fry · 04-24-2022, 03:16 AM

hahaha I came across that bot on Twitter and was a bit weirded out when I saw this thread

Nixon · 04-25-2022, 01:16 AM

yeah right !

Hans Grosse · 04-25-2022, 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Blazer

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04-14-2022, 05:03 AM	#1
Lord Blazer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 16,879	I've been watching a lot of 1991-1994 Supermarket Sweep And uh This show is CAPITALISM: THE GAME SHOW and it makes me feel gross but at the same time, damn this is a good setup for a game show the 2020 revival kind of sucks, but I think it's just because Leslie Jones says YASSSSSSS too much Canadian Supermarket Sweep is fuckin weird and they all have fanny packs, I think for their lav mics, instead of a belt clip? I guess? S'weird. Anyway Supermarket Sweep is fun.

04-14-2022, 04:19 PM	#11
Bown Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 18,740	Seems like you’re using a very different kind of grinder to me
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04-25-2022, 01:16 AM	#15
Nixon Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4,293	yeah right !
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04-14-2022, 05:13 AM	#2
Lord Blazer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 16,879	The adjusted rules in the 2020 series also bother me a little bit 90s show had $25 penalties if you knocked something off the shelves and didn't pick it up, and some sort of penalty for running into someone's cart or a cameraman The new show seems to have removed that rule (as well as bumping the item limit from 5->6) but like nobody takes advantage of it to just start free wheel tossing shit into their carts They just knock shit over and move on And that lowers the stakes a bit, I think

04-14-2022, 05:16 AM	#3
Lord Blazer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 16,879	A thing that I really enjoy about the 90s episodes is uh So quick rule of thumb, $1 in 1992 = $2 in 2022, close enough. I think it's 1.9x or something But then you do that math, and then you have to take a guess in your brain if like, a certain food was just more expensive 30 years ago just because of technology or it's exotic and there's not enough demand to form a standard supply chain etc Like this episode told me that a can of tuna was $2.85, which like fuckin $6 can of tuna? how? what?

04-14-2022, 05:19 AM	#4
Lord Blazer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 16,879	And I find it kind of ironic that the 2020 show is a lot less of an ad than the 90s show? Like I would expect a modern revision, with 10x the prize, to be even more ads, but it's somehow not. A lot of the """"trivia""" is just about food rather than BRAND DO YOU KNOW THE BRAND YOU LOVE THE BRAND and instead it's "strawberries" and the 90s show has the bonus prizes as like, a giant inflatable can of CAMPBELLS SOUP REMEMBER THE BRAND YOU LOVE THE CAMPBELLS and the 2020s show is "yeah it's a pizza shaped pool float." 2020 show isn't even sponsored by a ham company

04-14-2022, 05:24 AM	#6
Lord Blazer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 16,879	and while it's easier for me to hold nostalgia to the late 90s-2001 episodes somehow the super early 90s ones just hit a lot harder David Ruprecht wearing a sweater? Nothing better. David Ruprecht in a shirt and tie? It'll be fine.

04-14-2022, 05:31 AM	#7
Lord Blazer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 16,879	also like it's weird to ponder if like did this fuckin thing just come out? I watched three people not get very obvious clues for I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, so I guessed like, aight, late 80s maybe, whatever-- First out in 1981 Also see a lot of people not get Progresso, a frequent clue, but that's been around forever and confuses me. Like, hella easy questions, hella dumb people in a stressful environment, but there's like two brands of soup, and I can't explain it Inverse- something fascinating when the brands don't exist anymore, especially when they're comparing the price of 3 distinct brands that don't exist any more. I guess it's like... if I watch some stuff from the 50s-60s it's stuff that my parents grew up with, but it's completely foreign to me and super easy to divorce myself from- but I was alive when this show was airing, so I guess it's maybe hitting some of them Mandela Effect neurons or something

04-14-2022, 05:33 AM	#8
Lord Blazer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 16,879	Like, there's no possible way that this is a product that you could purchase in the fucking 1990s, right?

04-14-2022, 05:37 AM	#9
Lord Blazer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 16,879	Have you ever EVER seen someone use the coffee grinder in a grocery store? like take a bag of whole bean coffee off the shelf and grind it up at the store I'm sure it was different in 1993 but right now I've got a fancy automatic burr grinder and it cost me $50 to grind it fresh every day, and I had a $15 grinder before that. Why do these machines exist in stores?

04-14-2022, 05:41 AM	#10
Lord Blazer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 16,879	in the 91-94 era, before they started dropping loads of extra bonuses, final scores would be like, $700-1200 And like yknow Subtract some bonuses, you pull out $300 of groceries in ~3 minutes, alright, yeah, okay, I do plenty of $300 grocery trips, and I'm not throwing 5 fuckin turkeys in my buggy But the 2020 show, they're pulling like $2500 cart totals and like nah man no you didn't this is bullshit I know what things cost right now.

04-24-2022, 12:08 AM	#13
Lord Blazer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 16,879	https://twitter.com/SweepScreens Woo I made a bot

04-24-2022, 03:16 AM	#14
French Fry Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 1,962	hahaha I came across that bot on Twitter and was a bit weirded out when I saw this thread