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Dave Price was the first to audition to replace Bob Barker as host, and while Bob Barker and Ro [...]
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In selective episodes of the showcase round, retired host, Bob Barker was the only emcee who ha [...]
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One of the most underrated jobs on "The Price Is Right" is the task of announcing. This is yet [...]
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The 1976 music package featured a music cue called "The Feud". It was mostly used as a car cue, [...]
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When Rod Roddy was super busy, staying on the show, for the first time, he had to miss some epi [...]
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On the Season 38 summer reruns shown since July 26th 2010, JD Roberto begins doing the promotio [...]
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When Bob Barker was recuperating from heart surgery, at the beginning of the 28th season, witho [...]
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At the beginning of the May 3, 1985, episode, there was once a hesitation to switch cameras rig [...]
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Not only was Johnny Olson a great announcer, but eventually he was used in showcase sketches as [...]
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The New Price Is Right premiered at at 10:30 on September 4th, 1972 on CBS. Taped at the CBS st [...]
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When it debuted, there were no themed showcases, afterwards, when the producers were just showi [...]
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The show's announcer Rod Roddy became best known for his brightly colored jackets. Originally, [...]
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15 October 2007: Drew Carey began his hosting duties on the show's 36th season premiere.
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At least 4 contestants in history have spun the wheel in the opposite direction during the Show [...]
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June 10, 1998: Contestants Suzanne and Chirell made history at the Showcase Showdown when both [...]
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Rod Roddy's final episode aired on October 20, 2003, just one week before his death.
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The very first pricing game played on the show was "Any Number"; however, all the games were un [...]
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The top prize slot in the Plinko game was originally $5,000. It was later changed to $10,000.
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The call for contestants to "Come on down!", popularized by announcer Johnny Olson was ranked # [...]
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On January 17, 1992 Danielle Torres from Pepperdine University became the biggest winner in the [...]
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December 13, 2000: The last episode for both Janice Pennington and Kathleen Bradley.
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On 24 September 2002, after thirty years with basically the same set design and color scheme, a [...]
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After making its debut on January 3, 1983, Plinko became the most popular pricing game on the s [...]
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The original music package to the show was recorded in London. It was composed by Ed Kalehoff f [...]
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The original models, formally named "Barker's Beauties" were 'Janice Pennington' and 'Anitra Fo [...]
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By late 1987, when Bob Barker took over as Executive Producer of the program, he decided he wou [...]
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On one taping of the show, which was the beginning of the 20th year in 1991, an elderly contest [...]
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Twice in the show's history, both contestants had won $16,000, along with their showcases. On t [...]
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On October 14 1981, The Price Is Right debut it's 50th game pricing called "Blank Check". In th [...]
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Rosie O'Donnell came close to becoming the new host in 2007. But the full-time job would requir [...]
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When prize deals are made, the wholesalers and retailers send over the loot and it's hauled int [...]
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On June 8, 1988, while taping an episode, a cameraman swung a camera around and knocked Janice [...]
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On March 27, 1987, The Price Is Right celebrated a milestone. The program became the longest ru [...]
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Johnny Olson did not eve live in Los Angeles when he was the announcer on the show. He commuted [...]
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Originally Bill Cullen, the host of the original version, was considered as host of the new ver [...]
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After the producer has selected which cars appear in the show, one of the production staff memb [...]
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Longtime staff member Roger Dobkowitz was fired from the show in 2008 after Season 36 wrapped u [...]
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Dian Parkinson left the show in 1993 claiming her intention to pursue other interests, as host [...]
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In what is probably an unprecedented streak, the first ten shows of Season 29 all have at least [...]
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Whenever a contestant spins the Big Wheel and it does not go all the way around, the audience b [...]
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The first week of shows didn't summon each contestant to "Come on down!" right from the top. It [...]
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January 17, 1992: Danielle Torres from Pepperdine University became the biggest winner in the s [...]
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The show's set was designed by a man named Don Roberts, who also designed the set for the hit s [...]
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When Bob Barker went from dark hair to white hair, there was quite an adjustment period for his [...]
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September 30, 2002: Nikki Ziering's final episode.
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In 1972, CBS lured away the Daytime Programming Chief from NBC, B. Donald Grant. Grant approach [...]
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On 9 April 1998, Studio 33 at CBS Television City in Hollywood, where this show is taped, was r [...]
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Bob Barker has had an indelible influence on the content of the show. In the early years, the f [...]
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What made it easier for Rod Roddy, was when he visited the show, he paid attention to what his [...]
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Gene Wood, a friend of Johnny Olson's, had filled in for Olson, himself, when he was in the hos [...]
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On April 1st, 1981, Bob Barker made his entrance from behind the audience as an April Fools jok [...]
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The associate producer and production coordinator sit in a long conference table across from a [...]
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When announcer Rod Roddy was diagnosed with colon cancer, it didn't slow him down. He was just [...]
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Television had a sort of backlash of conservatism in the 80's with "family values" political at [...]
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After not seeing things eye-to-eye with the Executive Producer, Rich Fields parted ways with th [...]
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From the mid-80s to the early-90s, a freeze-frame action shot was taken of a contestant's react [...]
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On October 27th, 2003, announcer Rod Roddy died of colon and breast cancer. The producers start [...]
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January 12, 1998: Super Ball is played for the final time.
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Terry and Linda Kniess, a Las Vegas TV meteorologist and his wife with respective talents for d [...]
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Unlike the prices to either products and/or merchandising, on the show, in real-life, Bob Barke [...]
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From shortly after the Persian Gulf War in 1991 until shortly after Drew Carey took over hostin [...]
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Mark Goodson Productions, which produced The Price Is Right, was sold to Pearson Television in [...]
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The first game show ever to have a foghorn, which is used primarily, when a contestant goes ove [...]
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In 1980, Vanna White was a contestant. She never got out of Contestants' Row.
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February 6, 1997: 8 time nine ball/straight pool champion Loree Jon Jones appears as a contesta [...]
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On 16 April 2009, two years after his retirement from hosting the show and passing the torch to [...]
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The show was originally from Mark Goodson-Bill Todman productions, though this ceased after Bil [...]
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During Bob Barker's 35-year-run, he had at least 90 contestants that were "Double Showcase Winn [...]
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3 November 1975: The Price Is Right expands the series time slot from 30 minutes to a full one [...]
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The second game show (after Let's Make a Deal (1963) to have an announcer with on-camera exposu [...]
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The final three pricing games played on Bob Barker's final show ('Double Prices', 'Grocery Game [...]
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The clothes that are worn during the show are brought out in the morning by the show's costume [...]
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Beginning with the February 20, 2004 taping, the scoreboard of the showcase podiums were moved [...]
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This is the first game show, that is also known for the infamous losing horn. It's also carried [...]
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On many of the Season 26 summer reruns, the replacement copy for the consolation prize plugs is [...]
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At least three times, a contestant did not respond when called to "come on down" during the fir [...]
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April Fools' was always a fun day for the people working on the show to pull off some pranks bo [...]
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Early on, the show had trouble getting sponsors to put prizes on the show because nobody knew w [...]
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June 6, 2007: 'Bob Barker', in an interview with Entertainment Tonight (1981), stated that he w [...]
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There have been many announcers on "The Price Is Right", but only four have manned the post as [...]
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In the history of playing the 3 Strikes pricing games, there were 7 contestants, in the Barker [...]
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Rod Roddy's audience warm-up routine was very different from Johnny Olson's in that it had more [...]
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The only long-running game show, whose Goodson-Todman asterisks is between the production compa [...]
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Originally in order to win both showcases, the winning bid had to be less than $100 from the ac [...]
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The earliest shows featured cars of all kinds, from Mazdas to Jaguars. The creative team felt s [...]
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Since 1996, six women who were dismissed from 'The Price Is Right' under Barker's role as execu [...]
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For the first week of shows, the producers were nervous about studio reaction. They were afraid [...]
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Producer Jay Wolpert came up with the idea to make the make the show cases more interesting by [...]
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There actually is a script for "The Price Is Right", but it's not like a movie or soap opera sc [...]
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The Price Is Right hit another milestone in April 1990, the program became the longest running [...]
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The show is done live-to-tape meaning the show is taped as if it is live. It's done in just a b [...]
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As Bob Barker gained more control over the show's production, he also came to be involved in th [...]
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On 17 February 1976, announcer Johnny Olson calls on contestant Patricia Bernard to "Come on do [...]
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Shortly after obtaining the job, host Drew Carey opted to get laser-eye surgery, Because his gl [...]
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September 20, 1999: Chantel Dubay's last episode and Nikki Ziering's first episode.
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On October 12, 1985, the show's original announcer Johnny Olson passed away due to a cerebral h [...]
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Several references of Truth or Consequences (1950) have been made on this show, which was Bob B [...]
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Marc Breslow, the show's original director, developed many of the show's regular kinds of camer [...]
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Though the showcase skits had recurring themes, the show never used the exact same showcase ski [...]
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Bob Barker initially had no interest in hosting the program, since he hosted "Truth or Conseque [...]
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Balance Game (II) was the 100th pricing game to debut on the show. The game made its debut in S [...]
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When the show expanded from a half hour to an hour, the Showcase Showdown was introduced. The t [...]
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Originally the bonus prize for getting a perfect bid in "One Bid" was $100. On November 12, 199 [...]
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A production coordinator and the director both work together on the staging of the show using a [...]
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The bell in which contestants have bidded exactly right, or who have won their pricing games (e [...]
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When the show debuted, both Bob Barker and Roger Dobkowitz had their own problems with the orig [...]
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March 26, 1996: History was made in Plinko (the shows most popular pricing game) where no money [...]
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November 23, 1994: History was made in Lucky 7 when the contestant lost all seven dollars on th [...]
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Long before the show started, Roger Dobkowitz was an avid, lifelong Bob Barker fan by watching [...]
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The special effects and lighting crew checks out every electronic aspect of the show. Large cus [...]
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In July 1984, during hiatus, art director, Jack Hart had decided to change the look of both of [...]
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On October 31, 2006, Bob Barker announced he will step down from his duties and retire followin [...]
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In the mid 70's, announcer Johnny Olson started appearing on camera once per show to call a con [...]
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When the producers first instituted the Double Showcase rule, the showcases were in the range o [...]
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Johnny Olson's audience warm-up was crazy. He'd come out into the audience with lights flashing [...]
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The many games that are played on the show are stored on the CBS lot and must be hauled out a p [...]
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The final episode hosted by 'Bob Barker' was recorded on June 6, 2007, and aired on June 15, 20 [...]
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The very first one bid prize was a fur coat.
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Holly Hallstrom was another model on the show and her clumsiness and accidental mistakes proved [...]
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On the November 16, 1984, taping, when the last commercial had aired, and before the Showcase r [...]
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In the Showcase Round, usually when one contestant overbids, his or her own showcase, former ho [...]
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Gas Money, the 103st pricing game to debut on the show, was the first new pricing game introduc [...]
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Besides being a great announcer, one of the other reasons that made Rod Roddy a good choice for [...]
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September 23, 1992: The now retired game Super Ball is played perfectly for the first and only [...]
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There are a number of pricing games where, even if you know the prices of all of the items in a [...]
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Scoring for the show consists of laying in prerecorded music from various composers over the ye [...]
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Mark Goodson was not optimistic about the show at first because it was so heavily defendant on [...]
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The announcer has to split their attention during the show. They wear a head-set during the sho [...]
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In 1987, 63 year old Bob Barker was named Executive Producer.
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(17 October 2017) Gwendolyn Smith's last appearance as a model (episode #46.22).
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Mark Goodson and Bill Todman wanted to revive the original version of The Price is Right, but w [...]
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On April 1, 2015 as part of an April Fools switch Bob Barker hosted The Price is Right for the [...]
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{17 September 2021] - The game "To the Penny" is played for the first time.
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The show originally premiered as "The New Price is Right" however, the "New" was dropped near the en [...]
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