# CBS is literally interrupting The Price is Right for Obama's budget conference **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 1, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738 "2013-03-01T16:53:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/21 "2013-03-01T18:08:25Z")
People still watch The Price is Right? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/22 "2013-03-01T18:18:41Z")
Can’t you just get The Price is Right on laserdisc later? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/23 "2013-03-01T18:21:57Z")
So Obama has that much power to force the network(s) to carry him live and interrupt regular programming? Seems to me if he really did have that much power, there would be no problems to solve and no interruption of regular programming to talk about them. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/24 "2013-03-01T18:28:43Z")
yodel lay hee yodel lay hee yodel lay hee hoo ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/25 "2013-03-01T18:30:23Z")
He doesn’t have any legal authority to do it but he knows perfectly well that if he says he’s gonna give a live speech every network is gonna cover it. That’s how he passes executive orders too ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/26 "2013-03-01T18:32:29Z")
What is this I don’t even ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/27 "2013-03-01T18:33:37Z")
I’m glad CBS didn’t figuratively interrupt The Price is Right. That would have been awkward. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/28 "2013-03-01T18:33:49Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > He doesn’t have any legal authority to do it but he knows perfectly well that if he says he’s gonna give a live speech every network is gonna cover it. > > That’s how he passes executive orders too So he should quite giving speeches at times that interfere with you shows? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/29 "2013-03-01T18:37:16Z")
Easy solution to the budget problem: Plinko! ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/30 "2013-03-01T18:37:38Z")
yeah he needs to be aware of what the American Public is doing the worst was when NBC decided to show his speech instead of Sunday Night Football the NFL was nice enough to move the opening day of the NFL from Thursday to Wednesday so it wouldn’t interfere with his speech, but he couldn’t return the favor ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/31 "2013-03-01T18:41:18Z")
I think you may need to think why the fuck you are watching morning game shows. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/32 "2013-03-01T18:41:39Z")
The mind is still boggling over here. This is actually an issue? A presidential address is interfering with your game shows? We are truly doomed as a civilization. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/33 "2013-03-01T18:42:03Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > I don’t own a tv. I don’t even know what a tv is. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/34 "2013-03-01T18:43:19Z")
The people who watch The Price is Right are not the people running civilization says this unrepentant judgmental snob. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/35 "2013-03-01T18:43:46Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > People still watch The Price is Right? It’s sad, really. At some point we became unable to entertain ourselves and began counting on The Price is Right to take care of us. When did we, as a people, forget how to masturbate? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/36 "2013-03-01T18:44:51Z")
Moved from Cafe Society to the Pit, where anyone who thinks the OP is either stupid or trolling can say so. **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/37 "2013-03-01T18:46:09Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > The people who watch The Price is Right are not the people running civilization says this unrepentant judgmental snob. There _is_ that. But they vote, and that is scary. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/38 "2013-03-01T18:46:58Z")
The OP has made a valid point, but in truly the dumbest way possible. I agree there’s no need to interrupt any TV show for this stuff, but getting a kink in your colon over missing the 400 thousandth Price Is Right showcase showdown might legally qualify you to be involuntarily committed in some states. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/39 "2013-03-01T18:52:18Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > I think you may need to think why the fuck you are watching morning game shows. No choice. The hacks keep the remote. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/40 "2013-03-01T18:53:16Z")
Yeah I made this thread in anger and now I’ve calmed down some. I barely even watch the Price is Right anymore. I haven’t watched it regularly since Drew took over. So the first time in months I’ve watched it and then this happens. But it’s still not necessary in this day and age with all the meda we have that any show should have to be pre-empted like that [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738.md?page=3)