Msame credits music, same slightly old-fashioned decor, same little Tyrolean cardboard character who climbs the mountain (is he going to fall?) and same frenzy of a screaming audience ” It is more ! », ” It is less ! », with big thumbs up or down and numbers shown with the fingers. A flagship game on French television, broadcast on TF1 for twenty years (1987-2001 then 2009-2015), “Le Juste Prix” is back on M6 since Monday March 12.
The sixth channel, which had not programmed a game for seventeen years and is still looking for its place between the TF1 group and the public service, (re) tries its luck with a very well-known brand, surfing without too much risk on the wave of nostalgia which has been flooding a good part of the program schedules for some time. We even find behind the gift windows the store brand But, an unwavering partner of the show since the beginning with its “magnificent” fully furnished rooms and other complete leather lounges.
If Philippe Risoli (and his legendary microphone throw) is no longer there, the magician-comedian-host Eric Antoine has taken up the torch with the same good nature and the same playful tone. No, in reality, the only thing that has really changed since the 1990s and 2000s is precisely the “fair price” of everyday consumer products. Inflation has been there and there is enough to take a double dose of nostalgia by comparing with the prices of the time, as the Huffington Post in a slightly depressing videoit must be said.
So, which is more expensive between a bag of peanut chips, sponges, lychee-mango flavored green tea, nasal spray and a drain unblocker? And are the 350 grams of canned stuffed peppers worth more or less than this bottle of concentrated licorice-mint syrup? Thorny questions in these times of continued price increases!
Sobriety and decline
However, for the moment, the candidates do not seem too far off the mark, probably because they have never been so vigilant about supermarket labels. Another sign of the times, the presenter of gifts with beautiful plastic gave way to a couple – parity requires – and the production promised “eco-responsible” gifts with products primarily made in France and all-electric vehicles. Which did not prevent us from offering a cruise in the Mediterranean on a large liner from the first issue…
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