"THE PRICE IS RIGHT" (WITH HOST BILL CULLEN)

[@lynettepalecek3141]

I loved watching Bill Cullen as the host of "The Price is Right" in the 1950s and as a panelist in the 1950s and 1960s on "I've Got A Secret." He was very handsome, in my opinion. He was a great host and panelist. The game show "The Price is Right" in 1950s started in 1956.

[@cadoo5591]

Wow, they gave away some incredible stuff back then - even as bonuses!

[@DAN-lo5db]

but they had to have a lot of money to pay the taxes or forfeit the prizes.

[@wschmrdr]

@@DAN-lo5db Even more so back then, as income tax rates were much higher, 20% minimum, 91% maximum. Exemption level was $5000, and $500 exemption per person.

[@Lisa-hn3hz]

Wow,,I think I was 6 years old here,,I remember we all had a black and white TV,,I was born in 1956,,the good Ole days,,how things have changed

[@susanwyatt6539]

I love the excitement!!

[@timewarpambience1956]

The prizes are amazing!

[@bobby1970]

And the prices.

[@ninnerj6400]

They had some great prizes on this show!

[@richardwhitfill5253]

I remember this show in the 50s when I was a kid. I remember one show they gave away a Rolls Royce.

[@TheVintageApplianceEmporium]

I cannot believe they gave away a Rover P5B! That's insane 😮

[@seanmc7128]

I never knew about this original tpir TV show. This is a real treat.

[@williamdunphy352]

It ran from 1956 to 1963 on NBC, and from 1963 to 1965 on ABC. November 26th, 1956 (daytime).

[@seanmc7128]

@@williamdunphy352 I just think it's amazing that we had the original show and basically another verison on the air to this very day.

[@friendofdorothy9376]

I love the second contestant lady kissing the men on either side of her when she won. My kind of gal...and loads of fun when Bill saw that and chuckled. He had a great laugh.

[@ronnymatthews4133]

Bill Looks Like Drew ❤😊❤😮❤

[@derryk1]

Don Pardo who went on to announce Saturday Night Live from the very first show in 1975 all the way up to the day he died up in his 90's just a few years ago. His career lasted for decades 1940s on up.

[@catmama3816]

And his voice was so unique!!

[@a1wireless1964]

My granddad worked for the Metz Furniture Company in Hammond Indiana at the time I wonder if he built some of that beautiful dining room set

[@sarysa]

...a SUBMARINE?! As a prize? Wow. They did not mess around in the 50's.

[@zacharykane8589]

haha that is good although I'm certain the fella was making a joke about his large mobile automobile! I guess the kids lived next to the coast if its the ladder option hahaha

[@williamdunphy352]

They showed this episode this past Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 with the actual commercials.

[@H0TWHEELS]

Thus is absolutely amazing how some stuff has stayed the same like the turn tables for prizes. Let's talk about that video camera. Rolling across the studio floor. Massive

[@timothy4545]

This is fascinating to see, and I have won $500 in bets because I knew Bill Cullen was the original host, great great job David.

[@seths1997]

01:38 Mrs. Katzman from Swampscott trying to find an apaatment. definitely a massachusetts native :)

[@edmiller8396]

Bill Cullen, the Pride of Pittsburgh, PA.!

[@fairfaxcat1312]

Why are so many people only “from” Pittsburgh?

[@edmiller8396]

@@fairfaxcat1312 Bill was very proud of his Pittsburgh roots, and mentioned it often during the shows he hosted over the years. He was loved in the Steel City.

[@Scratchingforcash]

I’m from Pittsburgh!!!

[@allenjones3130]

Yes, Pittsburgh--the same city that gave the world that lovely and talented lady of song, Jackie Evancho!

[@monicapyle]

Omfg that car!!! 😍

[@timmack2415]

I'd love to have that car in my garage 😍

[@RandallReede]

I have been watching TPIR. When the late Bob Barker was the host. I loved it ever since then.

[@brkitdwn]

This must have aired sometime between 1960-61, because Sabena didn't start flying the B707-329 until then.

[@georgechambless2719]

It must have been 1960. In 1961, Rover cars added vent windows to the front doors. This one does not have them. Cool car!

[@allenjones3130]

I remember Sabena. I wonder if they're still in business? Probably not; a lot of airlines that used to dominate the air travel industry no longer exist. (Pan Am is a good example.)

[@creed8808]

​@@allenjones3130Sadly, Sabina Airlines last flight was Nov. 7th, 2001. A victim of post 9/11 airline conditions.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

This show started to air in 1956. This particular episode aired in 1956.

[@angelamarie79]

They give out people's home addresses!! Lol

[@captainamericaamerica8090]

YOU'RE YOUNG AND CLUELESS! THESE WERE GREAT SIMPLE HONEST TIMES, WITH DECENT PEOPLE. NOT LIKE ALL YOUNG CROOKED PEOPLE LIKE TODAY😤😤😧😧😧😧

[@angelamarie79]

@@captainamericaamerica8090 that was kinda my point lol... I may be young, but not blind hence why its shocking today that they used to do that.

[@kevinfitzmaurice4072]

You're not clueless, A.M. Giving out home addresses was a bad idea. And anyone who thinks the fifties were so innocent engages in oversimplification. Ever read "In Cold Blood"?

[@zorenxam4693]

People need to realize they gave people's home addresses on lots of TV shows I do not think anybody's house got robbed LOL and also realize this was over fifty years ago it was a much simpler time people that worry about that kind of stuff

[@angelamarie79]

@@zorenxam4693 that was what I was getting at... what a more civil and trusted time that was.

[@lindamerchant123]

How young bill was and resembled Drew carrey with dark hair

[@rayn1ful]

RIP Bill.

[@allenjones3130]

Once again, the contestants were well-mannered and well-dressed, although the studio audience was excessively loud at times!

[@BangerFleet]

Rover 3-litre! With a V8 it was the P5B

[@tinahobbs3273]

This is the original Price Is Right!!!!!!

[@allenjones3130]

And it's in black and white too! (Which in all likelihood is how most viewers saw the program!)

[@tinahobbs3273]

@@allenjones3130 I didn't know this the original Price Is Right l found out about it last year or the year before last on the internet lol

[@EinSofQuester]

5:20 So let me get this straight, $1600 for a TV, storage cabinet, and record player in the 1950s. It costs way more than prices in 2021. That's insane. And that $1600 in the 1950s is like $16000 in today's dollars. Only the rich could watch TV and play records in the 1950s.

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

pretty much.

[@charlesbird2058]

while most things have gone up in nominal price some items like electronics have decreased in nominal as well as real dollars. ( computers for example). So when you look at necessities and inflation over time you are likely to say no way is inflation that low.

[@stanbrown32]

And people did buy things on time, making payments.

[@frankftw]

A 17 inch black and white TV cost about $200, a record turntable, 12 inch speaker and 12 watt mono amp without a cabinet maybe $100. The other $1300 is the fancy wine barrels, brass fittings, customization, snob appeal

[@Lestercortez128]

The wine barrels with the electronics inside is custom-made that's why the price is a bit high

[@bobby1970]

Hard to believe how different this show and stage looked compared to a modern episode in 2023 with Drew Carey. No traditional games here in this video. Also, no studio audience is shown.

[@chrischeshire6528]

The audience was 600 people and was shown in some episodes.

[@robertsheffield4044]

I know the original TPIR and the 1972 to date TPIR aren't exactly the same, but it's kind of funny how 1950s Bill Cullen with the short crew cut and thick glasses looks like Drew Carey.

[@brkitdwn]

Thinking the same!

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

May 31, 1957 was the first season.

[@gcfifthgear]

Except Bill Cullen never, ever grew a beard!

[@robertsheffield4044]

@@gcfifthgear I think Drew is just being pandemic lazy...and trying to cover up some weight gain (although he's still much lighter than he was years ago).

[@chrischeshire6528]

Bill Cullen was so good as a host that in the second year of TPIR the network paid him $300,000, thats 1958.

[@forbudt4u2]

Bill Cullen... the original Drew Carey!

[@bobby1970]

His voice was more like Bob Barker, though.

[@rottweilertom]

If these contestants were alive today, they should chime in..

[@zabadazidit]

If these contestants were alive today, they would be over 90!

[@feralcatbrothers]

Anyone else remember when the Game Show network showed game shows from the 1950's - 60's? Not any more!

[@kingdavid4466]

Feral Cat Brothers...use to watch them back in the 90s!!

[@Sammy4549]

It's nothing but Family Feud now.

[@chriszenko6355]

Never knew they sold Rovers in the USA $5100 for a car in early 60s was very high

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

yes they had lots of rare cars on this show!

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

same price as a new Cadillac, $5,000.

[@Janster59]

GREAT PRIZES!!!!!

[@GregoryLehmann-z8e]

Sylvia Katzman's honor from the Bill Cullen Price Is Right: highest winning total BY A RUNNERUP!

[@ericlarsen4050]

25:38: Plug for "Happy" (TV Sitcom). Who remembers watching "Happy"?

[@DonnieLansdale]

ELP!!!!! I am looking for my father James (Jim) Lansdale who was a contestant in 1957 while on leave in New York with the US Air Force. Please help me locate this episode. My mother is 88 and has never seen his appearance. Thank you!

[@steelermia]

10:13 damn I want me a rover lol sweet looking ride

[@kelleymarie1446]

Holy crap that 5 carat diamond ring 11k then 😍😍 i wonder how much it is worth now

[@williamdunphy352]

$11,500 was the actual retail price in 1961.

[@kelleymarie1446]

@@williamdunphy352 No shit .... I was wondering how much it is worth TODAY

[@friendofdorothy9376]

I get $95,000 here in 2020

[@WaltGekko]

I wonder how they paid the taxes on these prices. Back then, this would have been a whopping tax bill!

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

(here in Canada, we don't pay any taxes on prizes or lotto winnings... taxes were high in the 50s tho)

[@paulht3251]

I don’t think they paid taxes on prizes then. I know on let’s make a deal in the sixties and 70s the taxes and license where included. On cars and prizes. Then California and the government got drift of winners getting free stuff and made them pay the taxes and license and 30 percent income tax on their winnings. . Go figure 🤔

[@Snapepet]

I think they DID make them pay taxes. I just watched an episode from the late fifties and a tax commissioner won a ton of stuff. A joke was made that now he will, with HIS taxes, get a taste of his own medicine. I guess, just like today, you could decline prizes if you can't afford the taxes.

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

same as today: most people end of selling the stuff! ...one woman lived in a small apartment & had $40,000 worth of furniture that she won in storage until she could sell it... that happens all the time.

[@frankftw]

The average family income in 1958 was $5100. A husband, wife, and 4 kids (very common) using the standard deduction with $5,000 income paid $176 in federal income tax (effective rate 3.5%) there is no social security/disability taxes on game show winnings ...If this family won $5,000 in prizes, ($50,000 today) their additional taxes would be about 26% of the $5,000 -- or $1,300 more. Everyone - including the IRS - knows "manufacturers suggested retail prices " are FICTION to allow retailers to constantly run half off sales and still make money. You owe taxes on the fair market value, not a fictional value that no one pays.

[@Scratchingforcash]

The guy that wanted a submarine looks like a grown up Seth Mcfarlane

[@frankftw]

yes!

[@H0TWHEELS]

How cool would it be to win a submarine

[@datsun210]

I want to see that submarine!

[@LifeofWalk]

I like this format better cause you get to see the contestant's personalities more and I like the bidding format minimums. But the car's retail price was $2501? Let's say they rounded it up - $2500.99? Does that make sense? If I was a viewer it would give me the impression of fudging prices

[@Scratchingforcash]

Does it have automatic “thingamajig”?

[@oregonwanderer]

Believe it or not. Mrs Siegenthaler is still alive at the age of 92. Her husband died in 2018

[@DLAN-jb3hb]

I thought these would be in order because they are numbered.

[@pem1974]

That Italian bonus game was an epic failure!!

[@williamdunphy352]

pem1974 Whoever came with the idea with the Italian game for a bonus prize was not good.

[@kcjones679]

I got all but the safe.

[@ericsamuelson5656]

The only one I got was the trailer

[@friendofdorothy9376]

I got the dog

[@twinsonic]

Well..it actually was very easy..mamma mia

[@mdrussellmash]

Were they really about to give a dog away? I don’t know how Bob would feel about that as a prize...

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

they gave away dogs with Bob too.

[@squirrelgray945]

Brawner got fucking screwed. Host was like are you sure you want to make that dumb bid?

[@Scratchingforcash]

That guy couldn’t remember one word in Italian? What a complete putz

[@edwardvogel9094]

At least remember the pool! What did the Mrs say, I wonder.

[@scootermom1791]

They gave away a submarine?!?

[@KateTheSleepyTeacher]

What year was this ?

[@lindamerchant123]

Original price is right Bill Cullen

[@kimnguyen4958]

What year was that car

[@williamdunphy352]

I believe it is a 1961 model. Retail price: $5,201.

[@DakotaWolf666]

Kind of funny that they were gonna give away a dog as a prize

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

I have seen that a few times with Bob Barker, they gave away puppies, yup!

[@DakotaWolf666]

@@Sarah_Gravydog316 I could see them doing that 14+ years ago but in the current year there's no way they would give away an animal in 2022

[@wilneal8015]

😮Spay Or Neuter Your Prize😊👍🏁

[@GTA082]

At 1:30 now a days you be arrested even if the kids come knocking on ur door

[@CaptainAaron]

haha the free candy submarine

[@danitadavis7093]

WATCHED

[@billhershkowitz5759]

And the taxes on your new Rover are $2850....

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

love these old shows :)

[@richardwhitfill5253]

Me too

[@ALANLACORTEBRITO]

HAVE A LITTLE THE FORM OF MOVIE THAT TV SHOW

[@pipj14u2nv1]

Damn shiit was expensive back then how'd they buy anythimg making $1 per hour. Minimum wage then.

[@Vdalem]

I want!

[@dochollliday7452]

Where in the world did you find these,

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

from GSN tv channel

[@MusiCole-1]

1960/61.

[@Michelle-jz8vl]

Wow! Just to think how your name and address was just blurted out to the public back then😲.

[@bigrod1674]

City is not a full address.

[@5star555555555]

@@bigrod1674 The home viewer's postcard with full address was visible.

[@tomservo56954]

@@5star555555555 The episodes aired on Buzzr blurred and bleeped out the home viewer's street address.

[@stanbrown32]

Back then, nearly everyone was listed in the phonebook with full address.

[@Kimberly-cn8ro]

I love that all the women are housewives cause nowadays men do not work I am 34 and I promise you my generation kick the bucket way too early......

[@joethaler7921]

Contestants: No Blacks, no Asians, no Latinos. trump’s kind of amerika. We have made some progress, I guess.

[@albear972]

I love The NEw Price is Right, with Bob Barker only. This format is just so boring IMHO.

[@ChrisBlountChannel]

I find this show boring compared to Bob Barker's The Price is Right. The prizes are great I must say.

[@sqwuade]

What year was this?