Fun Contestant Wins $10K With First Punch Playing PUNCH-A-BUNCH! - The Price Is Right 1983

[@TPIR_Fan_1972]

This is the kind of thing that makes the classic Price is Right so great.

[@rodney1279TheFlip]

John look like he was emotional. He needed that money. This is great.

[@kyle3535]

Post Win Dance, this is what makes The Price is Right during this era special!!!!

[@mattsharpe2861]

Good for John!!!! Oh man I miss these days! Look how genuinely happy everyone and I mean EVERYONE in that audience was! Bob, the whole crew …. I miss these days so much 😞

[@markheying2830]

Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!

[@rubenmejia942]

These were ordinary, everyday Americans. Makes you want to cheer for them. They didn't have to act like obnoxious clowns.

[@Bluestar-bh3bf]

Bob: “Now John I’m gonna give you a chance to win a wonderful prize but I want to escape with my life” lol

[@wny9521]

Both Bob and Janice we so grounded and happy for the man. They knew this money would help him so much and their emotion for him was so genuine.

[@jwes869]

Don't touch my body.😆 The models have probably said that to Bob several times. 1:41

[@silvialogan9226]

That was an excellent win!

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

On the December 🎄 21, 1983, episode of THE PRICE IS RIGHT ▶️, of course, Silvia.

[@wrongmirrorball]

There is nothing I love more than seeing someone so emotional winning a big prize, makes me happy!

[@The_Price_Is_Right_New_Orleans]

Original Punch-A-Bunch.Man,I miss this original setup. I love the current version,too!

[@chrisfinch8637]

I actually liked that Blue & Yellow setup. Looks so much like a carnival game (as well as the original Pick-a-Pair) display.

[@The_Price_Is_Right_New_Orleans]

@@chrisfinch8637 The current Blue & Yellow setup is still being used on the show

[@chrisfinch8637]

@@The_Price_Is_Right_New_Orleans I suppose I meant to say the 1978-1996 setup.

[@MorganNye]

@@jackcroley9004 Yeah I miss the second chance slips too, why did they get rid of them in 2011?

[@TheKevTravel]

Airdate: December 21, 1983 That is one early Merry Christmas to celebrate 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@davidellis5141]

@@yaphettvazquez9796 Merry Christmas 🎅 !

[@briandonegan8480]

Needed the whoop whoop siren

[@pvtmikeyjr1963]

You can get the clangs and whoops sound effect from various sources like 101soundboards.

[@JoshuaMuse]

That's about 28K in today's dollars.

[@pvtmikeyjr1963]

For the Carey era it's $25K but still love these Barker era wins.

[@ThePeej]

Almost brought me to tears of joy!

[@andrewps84]

I don’t know why but I love Bob’s outfit in this episode.

[@allanr2697]

He's a main-TAIN-ance man!

[@1986beasty]

Bob was almost 60 when this aired, wow

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

Actually, PRICE IS RIGHT 👉🏻 host Bob Barker (née Robert William Barker) had turned 60 on December 🎄 12, 1983, just nine days before this episode of THE PRICE IS RIGHT 👉🏻 aired 💨 on CBS Daytime December 🎄 21 at 11 am Eastern.

[@abe_froman8360]

Bob didn't even try to drag it out and build the suspense.

[@sha11235]

What a dance he did!

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

Also from the December 🎄 21, 1983, episode of THE PRICE IS RIGHT 👉🏻, which featured sub-Barker's Beauty 💅🏼 Chanelle Lea, still filling in for regular Barker's Beauty 💅🏼 Holly Hallstrom.

[@davidellis5141]

John had the best bid at 500 Dollars 💸 !!

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@davidellis5141 With a difference of just $20, because the actual retail price of the Panasonic Genius microwave as the fifth IUFB was $520.

[@davidellis5141]

@@jamesmcclelland1414 That's Right ✅ !

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@davidellis5141 Thanks 🙏🏻!

[@davidellis5141]

@@jamesmcclelland1414 You're Welcome !

[@davidellis5141]

John ? - You have a chance to win up to 10,000 Dollars 💸 !!

[@dhornjr1]

What a great moment.

[@chrisfinch8637]

Let’s Go White Sox, to my main man John! ⚾️

[@briangreenberg6021]

I think of Hawk Harrelson saying “you can put it on the boooaaard, yeeeesssss!”

[@kevinmiller6380]

Chris Finch-My favorite team, too.

[@rodney1279TheFlip]

You cannot go wrong with the Chicago White Sox.

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@rodney1279TheFlip Nope 👎🏻🙅🏻!

[@jmiller297]

This made me cry! 🥲🥲🥲

[@GoatzombieBubba]

3:58 Mimi from Drew Carey Show in the audience.

[@EricCarver-h5i]

This guy was so happy he needed that money good for him and he even got a kiss 💋 from Janice.

[@martinrubio3084]

On the first punch a win thats amazing

[@mikedski9698]

A $10,000 Punch!

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

On the December 🎄 21, 1983, episode of THE PRICE IS RIGHT 👉🏻, of course, Mike.

[@briangreenberg6021]

He looks like former White Sox owner Bill Veeck.

[@TL....]

average annual wage in america in 1983 was $11,000

[@morganschiller2288]

Why didn’t he get to see what was on the second punch?

[@sha11235]

Who cares? He wins the maximum amount, no need to look further.

[@jasonbennett3293]

Wonderful!

[@ThomasDickensheets]

We miss 1980's

[@Marcus71]

Gotta love the Punch Board

[@AmericanPride1234]

John should have put it back. See what the 2nd punch was lol. 7-3-23

[@sha11235]

So even though he only had 2 punches, he still got the maximum amount of prize money.

[@anthonyguarino4242]

I wondered if another punch had a $10,000 slip. There were two punch holes containing $10,000.

[@sha11235]

@@anthonyguarino4242 They don't bother to look after you win the maximum amount.

[@anthonyguarino4242]

@@sha11235 ok

[@kingpin123rcs]

A happy White Sox fan? I haven't seen one of those in a while.

[@billhosko7723]

That Cow chewing gum.... geez.

[@sacredwolf2011]

That's what you call a very lucky punch on Punch-A-Bunch. He earned $10,000 fair & square.

[@bretstanley8931]

Never saw a guy kiss Bob before!

[@sha11235]

Of course, he still had to pay taxes on that money.

[@anandguruji83]

JOHN WINS $10,000 PUNCH A BUNCH 3:44

[@anandguruji83]

JOHN WINS $10,000 PUNCH A BUNCH 3:44

[@davidellis5141]

One 👊 = 10K !

[@steverippe1151]

A great win for John!

[@Golbez1991]

Go Sox!

[@russellpavlov1343]

What are the odds of a contestant taking home $10,000 on the very first punch?

[@pvtmikeyjr1963]

There are 50 holes on the punchboard so one in 25 chance since there were two $10K slips in those holes.

[@YoungTrash-ro1ip]

4%

[@arizonashane]

With inflation that's about $1.2 million today.

[@captainfantastic9158]

Kissing the lovely Janice will cost you $9,990.

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

Top 5 Barker Beauties Dian Parkinson Janice Pennington Kathleen Bradley Nikki Schieler Ziering And Rachel Reynolds By The Way The Price Is Right Hosted By Bob Barker And Voice Over Rod Roddy From The 80s And Early 90s ☺💋💞🤩😍

[@twinsfan1979]

I loved Holly Hallstrom

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

@@twinsfan1979 I'm So Delightful

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@jefferyrobertson7520 And don't forget Holly Hallstrom, Chanelle Lea, Claudia Jordan 🇯🇴 (DEAL OR NO DEAL?) and Heather Kozar.

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

@@jamesmcclelland1414 Well Thank You So Much

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@jefferyrobertson7520 You’re welcome 😇.