# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/41 "2013-03-01T18:54:23Z")
IIRC, broadcasting the occasional Presidential speech was part of the deal for giving the networks a reserved part of the spectrum. Don’t like it, watch cable, or some other broadcast medium that doesn’t rely on public airwaves. ---
**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, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/42 "2013-03-01T18:57:02Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I don’t even know what a tv is. I don’t even know how to spell tv. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/43 "2013-03-01T18:57:50Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Wait, this thread is for serious? Whatever it is, it’s an excellent example of [Poe’s Law.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law) Based on the OP’s previous history, it’s just barely possible he’s serious. ---
**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, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/44 "2013-03-01T19:01:21Z")
I should have looked at the footage first. It’s more of a [Yo doo do dee Yo doo do dee Yo-doo do dee oh!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjR2d5X57iw) Is there any show he could have interrupted that would have been more apropos? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Surb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Surb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Surb)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/45 "2013-03-01T19:01:41Z")
Thank God he’s not interrupting Flipper! ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/46 "2013-03-01T19:04:43Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > He’s easily the most egotistical president we’ve every had. I can remember back to Reagan, and no president has wallowed in his celebrity status the way Obama has. > > Congratulations. We elected the Kardasians. Oh please. The Reps set up Really Old Man and Stupid Young Woman the first time against him. Then they set up Smug Greedy Rich Guy Who Pays a Lower Rate Than You Do and Right Wing Rape Freak the second time. They have only themselves to blame on this one. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/47 "2013-03-01T19:06:08Z")
It’s like he thinks he’s the President or something. > [@LavenderBlue](#): > > The Reps set up Really Old Man and Stupid Young Woman the first time against him. Or, as one T-shirt portrayed them, Cotton and Peggy Hill. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/48 "2013-03-01T19:09:16Z")
government should only do work when there is nothing good on tv. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/49 "2013-03-01T19:11:16Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I don’t even know what a tv is. It’s a guy who wears dresses. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/50 "2013-03-01T19:12:12Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > He’s easily the most egotistical president we’ve every had. I can remember back to Reagan, and no president has wallowed in his celebrity status the way Obama has. So, when did Reagan schedule his speeches on vitally important national economic issues? It obviously wasn’t midday on weekdays, since that’s “wallowing in celebrity status”. Presumably it wasn’t evenings, since that’d be worse. Did he do it in the early morning, like at 4am or so? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/51 "2013-03-01T19:15:29Z")
Sometimes you just want to watch the world burn. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/52 "2013-03-01T19:20:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by 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? Trion, I am pleased to tell you that I remember how to masturbate. THERE IS HOPE FOR HUMANITY!!! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/53 "2013-03-01T19:27:34Z")
If I ever forget _that_, just put me in my box. I’ll be dead anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/54 "2013-03-01T19:28:15Z")
> [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](#): > > Trion, I am pleased to tell you that I remember how to masturbate. > THERE IS HOPE FOR HUMANITY!!! Good, I was having trouble remembering it. Would you give me a hand? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/55 "2013-03-01T19:28:21Z")
My only question is…do they still give away ceramic dogs as consolation gifts?? Need answer fast… ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/56 "2013-03-01T19:29:18Z")
Also, the OP is what is wrong with the world. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/57 "2013-03-01T19:30:28Z")
Oh **PSXer**! Don’t ever change! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/58 "2013-03-01T19:37:06Z")
Don’t listen to her. Please DO change. 🙂 ---
**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, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/59 "2013-03-01T19:39:22Z")
> [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](#): > > Trion, I am pleased to tell you that I remember how to masturbate. > THERE IS HOPE FOR HUMANITY!!! Thank God! Although I hear that the USA is no longer number one in this area. People, we have work to do! ---
**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, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738/60 "2013-03-01T19:40:13Z")
> [@Trion](#): > > Thank God! Although I hear that the USA is no longer number one in this area. People, we have work to do! Let’s get to it! No jerking around! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738.md?page=4)