Five Fun Facts about CLIFF HANGERS

A game that often appears on the Mount Rushmore of pricing games, enjoy this list about Cliff Hangers!

[@heidimountain606]

Yodely guy crashes to his doom after the 25th step. The Cliff Hangers cue has been used when trips to Switzerland🇨🇭were offered for prizes.

[@laurakruk4692]

That makes sense!

[@meyerj75]

True fact: While the Yodel Guy made his debut on Cliff Hangers in 1976, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band released the single "Come To Papa" from the "Night Moves" album.

[@docadams7099]

Cliffhangers had a contestant named Walter who accompanied the yodeling. In fact, several players have yodeled with this game.

[@heidimountain606]

That was hilarious, I remember watching that episode.

[@MyGuyJustinH]

I seen that clip of Walter yodeling & I've also seen several contestants yodel along with this game along with Heidi Klum during an episode of Celebrity Week.

[@MrT8599]

Rachael Reynolds did the yodeling once. In fact, the Mountain Climber was a cardboard version of her when that happened.

[@MyGuyJustinH]

@@MrT8599 That was during U Decide Week.

[@petercolbeysgameshowmania7176]

@@MyGuyJustinHThe question was, “Who should Yodely Guy dress as-Drew or Rachael?” Rachael got more votes.

[@shogunfox7141]

3:52 Yeah, I thought that was wild about Fritz. For those that don't know, Dennis James shouted "There goes Fritz" when the climber fell off and Janice the model stormed off the stage, crying, never got back on stage for the remainder of the episode. Dennis didn't know about the model's late husband who had died from mountain climbing and the guy's first name was also Fritz. No idea how he came up with Fritz unless he read about something and didn't realize that Fritz and the model were married. They said he was very apologetic to the woman but still, of all names......

[@meyerj75]

The name came out from the movie "Fritz The Cat" which needs no further discussion.

[@alfonsogreen2722]

Omg that's messed up

[@meyerj75]

This may have happened during the first or earliest playings of the game. Both Bob and Dennis named their "yodel guy" Hans and Fritz respectively. Following the "There goes Fritz" incident, he remained unnamed for decades right through Drew Carey's tenure on the show.

[@MyGuyJustinH]

I think the music was used when The Price is Right gave away trips to Switzerland.

[@alfonsogreen2722]

Still love Cliff Hangers today. As an honorable mention the mountain climber/yodel guy name is Hans

[@jamesbonnen]

I always thought of the $20, $30, $40 game plan when playing Cliffhangers

[@MyGuyJustinH]

That's what my strategy is for playing this game

[@JonesDylan874]

Same here. Yet most people DON'T know that rule in recent times...

[@akampfer]

My parents actually had the record where they got the yodeling from & no, I don’t know what became of it.

[@justinbryant9419]

The yodeling music was originally the silly song from Walt Disney's Snow White and the seven dwarfs

[@petercolbeysgameshowmania7176]

Then it was changed to the yodeling cue we all know and love today-“On The Frances Mountains.”

[@angelaroseneder7980]

Speaking of yodeling, in very early playings, they used a snippet of the Silly Song from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves before using the tune we all know and love today

[@andyk6796]

I remember the main part of the yodel song used during showcases in the 80s/90s whenever a trip to Switzerland was offered. I think that's why it sounds familiar. (Another comment here mentions this too).

[@heidimountain606]

I remember Duff Goldman appeared on TPIR with a Cliff Hangers cake complete with movable mountain climber during a playing of Cliff Hangers, Drew liked it so much that they used the cake alongside the game when the contestant guessed the price on the small prizes, moving the cake mountain climber the same steps as the real mountain climber.

[@MyGuyJustinH]

I've seen that episode

[@kyleboulanger170]

@ScapinoMedia TV & Retail Nostalgia my favourite fun fact about CLIFF HANGERS is how they show the contestant's face in a photo box in the left-hand corner when the climber moves up the mountain.

[@willmack5909]

Such a sensational and timeless game. One other fun fact, I believe during its first playing (maybe its first few playings) there were 4 small prizes to bid on and the mountain had 50 steps, but they changed it to 3 items and 25 steps which is a perfect balance I believe. One thing I wish the sound effects people could add, when the mountain climber goes over the edge, before the crashing sound effect, have him yell "MacGyyyyyyyvvvvvveeeeerrr!!!!!!!!!".

[@MyGuyJustinH]

I knew that the first time that Cliffhangers was played that they had to guess the price of four items instead of three, but I didn't know that the mountain climber had to go up fifty steps

[@jenniferbice8998]

What TPIR ought to do is if Yodely Guy goes off the cliff, he should pop back up from where he landed from his fall and say, "The price is wrong, Drew!"

[@MyGuyJustinH]

@@jenniferbice8998 I love that. It's kind of a nod to the movie Happy Gilmore

[@JonesDylan874]

I GOTTA LOVE CLIFFHANGERS! LOVING THOSE YODELS. It's a great game.

[@MyGuyJustinH]

I agree, & to think the game has never had a refresh & IMO it doesn't need one

[@MyGuyJustinH]

One fact about Cliffhangers is that two contestants got to play Cliffhangers for $250,000. What they did for the first playing is they started the mountain climber at one and every dollar missed the item they would lose $10,000. After the 3rd item wherever the mountain climber was at that's how much they would win. The second time they played Cliffhangers for $250,000, they had money on the mountain & every dollar they missed the items, they would lose $10,000 & they would show it on the mountain. Wherever the stopped after the third item that's how much they would win. Also on one episode of The Price is Right during U Decide Week, followers of The Price is Right on Twitter got to decide if the mountain climber got to dress up as Drew or as model Rachael Reynolds. They chose Rachael & during the playing of the game she was yodeling when the mountain climber went up the mountain. Needless to say the contestant lost.

[@petercolbeysgameshowmania7176]

Great video! I love me some Cliff Hangers. Can’t wait for Plinko! In the meantime, next up-Safe Crackers!

[@Jopo1226]

I remember a guy bid like 800 dollars on a toy guitar thinking it was a real one

[@benjaminclark6762]

CliffHangers was played for a Jaguar and the contestant won the $70,000 dollar car.

[@judesir]

That was cool

[@foxmccloud7055]

On one occasion, Bob Barker on an insane bid for a toy guitar told Yodley Guy to "Hurry up and fall!".

[@ricknibert6417]

Contestant bid $2500 then $50 and finally $800. Actual retail price $23.

[@matthewcasiglio2539]

Even rod Roddy was stunned with a bid like that

[@justinbryant9419]

in 1977 James bid $280 on $50 Sarah Coventry jewelry

[@mrf817]

Simple game to win using $25, $35, and $45

[@meyerj75]

Dammit! This "Fritz" nonsense on Dennis James has got to end! He deserves better. Respect his legacy.

[@peterwarner358]

Plinko Merch

[@marchoffman6017]

Cliffhangers

[@blukmage19typeR]

Challenges for Cliffhangers: • Beat the game without a single step (no dollar miss) • Beat the game with [Hans] (the yodeling guy) reaching the very top (25-mark) without going over ¹ Harder challenge - [Hans] is at the very top (25-mark) with one prize remaining that must be exactly right ² Extra hard - [Hans] is at the very top with two prizes remaining that must be exactly right If they were possible, they would be an extra bonus prize for beating either challenge.

[@Ben_the_Rosafan]

In the DOS and Commodore 64 versions of TPIR by GameTek, the climber gets headbutted up the mountain by a goat, and if you lose, you see his bloody, mangled corpse at the foot of the mountain. No, seriously.

[@ScapinoTV]

That is kind of amazing. I gotta look that up now.

[@jamesmoss3424]

Cliffhanger is brilliant. 😀👍

[@tnate6004]

Yeah, not a fan of Drew's "Yodely Guy" schtick, though not as stupid and annoying as his Vend-O-Price "Let's pretend you're a new employee ar CBS" routine..

[@petercolbeysgameshowmania7176]

Yeah, I’m not a fan of Drew’s Vend-O-Price spiel either… But I have a guilty pleasure of calling the mountain climber “Yodely Guy.”

[@MyGuyJustinH]

@@petercolbeysgameshowmania7176 I have a guilty pleasure of calling him Hans, because that's what Doug Davidson called him on the syndicated version of The Price is Right in 1994. He named him after a character in The Young & The Restless. Also I love Drew's Ven-O-Price spiel

[@petercolbeysgameshowmania7176]

@@MyGuyJustinH I see. Well, if you like Drew’s Vend-O-Price spiel, I’m fine with that. I’m just not a fan of it myself, but I respect your opinion. Also, since our stories about Cliff Hangers are similar, I can see why you call the climber Hans. Drew called him Hans for a bit, too, I think.

[@meyerj75]

Bob Barker left the Yodely Guy alone, but Drew Carey took it to new levels...

[@saints093]

I DO NOT like the term yodely guy, I MUCH RATHER prefer the term mountain climber

[@TheBattyviewer]

Actually, Drew Carey has been calling the mountain climber Cliff lately.