The Price is Right: August 28, 1973 (Debut of Lucky Seven!)

[@jonvater8424]

Bob was a true one of a kind talent. So well spoken, swift, amusing and considerate. And the contestants are adorable!

[@jondstewart]

He was 49 when this aired. Look at the average 49 year old man today. Greying, having knee or back problems, needing reading glasses, yet they still try to act or think young.

[@JohnSmith-4U]

Trump 2024

[@fifiaames5935]

This old episode is so charming. I love Bob Barker. I also forgot they didn't always have the wheel.

[@danielcraig1745]

they didn't have it in the first 2 seasons. It started as the rainbow wheel in 1974 I believe

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

The Big Wheel was added when they went to one hour and six contestants.

[@jeremyfisk6266]

@@danielcraig1745 September 1975 is when the rainbow wheel debuted. I’m not that old enough but I’ve seen the episode where it debuted. It was awesome

[@georgemaster689]

I would like to see a video of all the pricing games, retired and still in play from debut onwards.

[@lindamerchant123]

Is his name bob parker or bob banker?

[@IamTaliaIsrael]

Man I miss those days how I wish I could go back!! Where did the time go? Why'd it have to go? Those were the days

[@IamTaliaIsrael]

@Steve Acho 😂🤣😂🤣my uncle said something😂 he hated those cars

[@WolfmanJack66]

Great of Lynda to pass that since she already won a car. Classy!

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Just being fair

[@combusean]

I've never seen anyone do that in all the many, many years I've watched this show!

[@1978TVP]

these two hostesses, true goddesses. gosh! the quintessence of u.s. female beauty of the 70s, cannot be imitated....

[@HDCAMAN]

100%!!!

[@bufnyfan1]

There has been NO ONE that comes close to the late Johnny Olson since his passing.

[@RedEyeC]

"Hello mama May"

[@EmilyTienne]

I loved the looks of people back then with their imperfect teeth. Today, everyone looks much alike in that respect. 😢

[@mikejohnson515]

Can't believe this show is in its 50th season and Bob Barker is still alive!

[@Leahyummy]

Now he's dead

[@KenDanielMurphy]

Anyone else like that the commercials were left in?

[@maremacd]

Ken Daniel Murphy I think the commercials are from decades later.

[@DP-hy4vh]

The commercials are from the 1990's, especially the psychic hotline ads.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

The original 73 commercials

[@eyehatefarcebook11]

i like the $7 teaser for "Lucky Seven." Clever move even back then. And a great camera angle showing both the car, Barker and the price board too!

[@hernacabreja5988]

Lucky Seven now features triangles on the doors and I remember that.

[@tpryce6243]

Bob slipped up and called it the “new” price is right.

[@taronjeroneharris1313]

I need that suit Bob is wearing! He was sharp as a tack! I like the shirt and tie too.

[@tinahobbs3273]

You would be one sharp dresser! Lol

[@taronjeroneharris1313]

@@tinahobbs3273 thank you ma'am.😉

[@Cheirosa81]

Always fly

[@jonmc2502]

Great show. As other people have said, Americans definitely looked leaner then!

[@markjones1184]

From what I've heard even in Canada, fast food the way it is today, was not as prevalent. Thinking back even to the 70s that I recall, this is probably a factor and true

[@SasfootBigsquatch]

Yeah there was far less sugar-filled processed food and fast food places back then.

[@Cheirosa81]

Also well dressed, clean, no tats and piercings 😊

[@PGTransformed]

RIP Bob Barker! His first Lucky Seven was a Chevy and his final Lucky Seven was a Chevy.

[@SasfootBigsquatch]

The contestants in these old episodes are so charming and classy. Watch TPIR now and they all act like idiots.

[@povertyspec9651]

I was 7 years old at the time and Janice Pennington confirmed my heterosexuality.

[@randydelaney7804]

I was almost a month old when this aired. lol. Love seeing these early episodes. Thanks for posting. They should have called the lucky 7 game the unlucky 7 game lol.

[@grumpyoldlady_rants]

I’ve been watching these TPIR episodes from the 70s and I noticed one thing. Hardly anyone is overweight.

[@Cheirosa81]

Everyone looks so good I agree 😊

[@DISCOVEGASGUY]

Janice and Anitra sure looked smart and sophisticated. Even the contestants dressed super nice and everyone was lean and in good shape. Times have changed. And not for the better.

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

My God that Linda was beautiful. Dee as well.

[@williambone7724]

A brand new car for under $3,000? Ah, the good old days.

[@combusean]

You wouldn't have wanted a Vega tho.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

A vega station wagon

[@ronaldwilliams1371]

Wow i remember women being way more beautiful back in the 70s and they where more down to earth!😎

[@iwanaGoFast2010]

But all that hair. Ehh. Women shave how to please the pedo in all of us. Except me of course.

[@nedwart]

What in god's name are you people talking about

[@jj-eo7bj]

I think the food has changed people are very fat today and most would rather not be fat

[@Joe-g7i2i]

You are absolutely right. I was about to say the same thing.

[@Richard74205]

That buzzer on Most Expensive sounds even meaner than it does today. It actually sounds like a dual buzzer.

[@shawnsmith2052]

This aired on my 3rd birthday.

[@whatafreakinusername]

It's crazy, Bob Barker was almost 50 when this episode aired and yet he's still alive, 48 years later.

[@robertclark4929]

August 2022. Still alive. He will be 99 in December.

[@chrisfinch8637]

@@robertclark4929 And he just turned 99 recently. This December, when he reaches his next penny, he'll be exactly $1.00 on the big wheel.

[@tyrese3745]

"Was". Past tense. He passed away on August 26th this year.

[@tyrese3745]

@@chrisfinch8637 Sadly, he wouldn't make it to 100. Bob just passed away on August 26th.

[@Leahyummy]

​@@tyrese3745and he almost made it to 100 without going over

[@millenniumman75]

30:04 Interesting even in the late 1990s, they still offered this - I remember seeing it on the 1980s Let's Make a Deal. It was like $1,995 back then! This is the episode with the Underwater showcase! It is nice to finally see it after only seeing images of it in the past! Thank you for posting this!

[@tomservo56954]

The Cullen TPIR gave them away...

[@joeharris3878]

Even taking into account that contestants were chosen according to their looks, it is amazing how trim the women are.

[@strix.1]

JHC...$2683 for a brand new Chevrolet Vega! You could get a moped for that today. And Lynda got her bid on the catamaran exactly right but the $500 bonus was not a thing yet. 🚙 And the Eureka whisk hand-vac in the second game..."it evens grooms pets." What? Not many pets would let you use that contraption on them! And a submarine in the showcase? Giving away a deathtrap! 😂

[@timdaugherty5921]

Everyone sat down back then too!

[@robertpasquini4097]

Lynda got an exact bid. No bonus.

[@jerrypeukert5732]

People were different then, she had a car so passed the other car to the next contestant.

[@GigsTaggart]

They also rarely bid 1 over highest bid until later 70s

[@bobbyadkins6983]

The very first lucky seven game played and won.

[@Leahyummy]

rip bob barker he was a great guy

[@shaneomacdaddy]

He made it the closest to 100 💯 without going over.

[@Leahyummy]

@@shaneomacdaddy yep. you got that right.

[@matthewbenoit2066]

First time play and she was smart enough to think it out with the better offs with picking 5

[@Wildstar40]

It is strange seeing this show without the big wheel.

[@tommyboybr]

Wow Bob's hair, not one flyaway.

[@joyceprater4647]

ME: Only a month old when this show film .

[@DC-vv5ii]

They should give away those cars in 2021.

[@ccbsnyc]

What do you do with a personal submarine? I'd be afraid to use it, safety standards weren't so great in the 1970s. Loved the Jim Palmer ad.

[@iwanaGoFast2010]

Bob Barker was still a lot older than me at this point.

[@jondstewart]

iwanaGoFast2010 I know how you feel, he’s actually 2 years younger than I am today when this was taped, yet today as a Generation X’er I don’t feel the same he does here. I hate suits!

[@daffyduckfan4478]

Bob old as shit

[@tinahobbs3273]

Lol

[@tinahobbs3273]

@@daffyduckfan4478 🤯

[@tinahobbs3273]

@@daffyduckfan4478 🤯

[@thetreasurehouse1742]

Dee is a sweetheart, just like my Karen!!!

[@crawford586]

14:33 As the closing door gives poor Bob a separated shoulder.

[@altfactor]

The. Chevrolet Vega: The car given away most often on 1970's TV game shows!

[@thetruthisthelight0910]

Junk

[@zachalderton2057]

johnny olson great guy

[@mscout28]

Back when the game show network was enjoyable to watch

[@bratton79]

The first contestant, Linda’s bid was right on the money but it was no big deal? I’m glad they changed that later to where you received cash from Bob if you guessed the exact retail price of an item up for bids.

[@Musicradio77Network]

@ 18:43 is the same design which is still in use for the "5 Price Tags" game.

[@DSpeir-pi6tm]

The tap teaser . For that I just rolled out of bed hair do :D

[@wattsjetton3027]

Including the one bid prizes, The contestants won a grand total of $8,011.

[@jasonbeard4713]

Dee was so adorable.

[@CrunchyStingray]

50 cans of chicken of the sea tuna? Wow lol

[@40Willum]

I turned 2 on August, 28,1973

[@michaelf7863]

I turned 3 on August 24, 1973.

[@theharmonymotel8107]

I was born the day before this episode aired.

[@eyehatefarcebook11]

President Nixon resigned 49 weeks later.

[@ForeignerFan74]

I Was Born The Following March Of 1974!

[@jondstewart]

Dee was so stinking cute! I wonder if she’s still alive and if she is she’s pushing 70. Yes, still alive. Life expectancy in America today is 78. That means half the population dies before that age.

[@chrisreinhart3381]

How do you look up the old consents

[@wpgne]

Gotta love the Phone Valet in Bonus Game

[@canadasweetie]

Days before they gave $100 for a perfect bid.

[@rgen28]

lol. Vega. I remember that thing

[@jeffthevideoguy23]

3 weeks later, the Vega blew up.

[@planesense7390]

Dee didnt even thank Lynda for passing the car showcase to her!

[@TheOfficialIceman]

Plane Sense why should she?

[@roachtoasties]

There was no bonus back then for exactly guessing a price to get on stage. I was in the audience for a taping in the 1980's, and did see myself on TV when it aired. I didn't make it as a contestant. I doubt the episode will ever make it as a re-run on the Game Show Network. Nothing exciting happened that day. I remember every game played that day the contestants lost. I brought a lot of bad luck that day. :/

[@lucyflorey9152]

Chevy vega. One of the least dependable cars ever made lol LP records were so easy to get in those days...simply by joining a record club they would send 20 or so records free.

[@leefertwayne8163]

I like Dee. So cute and bubbly.

[@tomxconn]

14:32 Bob nearly got bonked by that turntable!

[@bradhamilton3157]

COME ON DOWN!!!

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

She got the bid on the nose. They didn't give her a bonus of $100 though.

[@eyehatefarcebook11]

Christopher Baker That rule started around 1977 or 1978.

[@funshine97]

Lucky Seven est. 1973

[@sleepy670]

RIP Bob

[@HarlemHyena]

27:59 The theme from Colombia's TPiR, El Precio Es Correcto.

[@bigloo609]

This is the most hyper I've ever heard Bob Barker.

[@williamstraughan8553]

I would have been 20 years old

[@chrisfinch8637]

4:45 And thus begins the new game, Lucky $even! It’s Easy to play, easy to walk to, and easy to help you with subtraction.

[@steventaylor2484]

A dollar for a Vega is a rip off.

[@MCL21]

Watch out for those spinning doors!

[@manofmanyinterests]

Dee was sweet!!

[@bigw8549]

I wonder if the Psychic network is still available. I'd like to get my free reading 😂

[@paullarue2010]

That Pricing Game is still around.

[@Cybrsk8r]

Knowing what we know now, she should have kept the dollar.

[@thetruthisthelight0910]

Right 😀😀😀

[@Wildstar40]

Well the show is 1973 but the commercials are 1983 lol. VCR recordings.

[@sandroilsardo9443]

They’re actually 1997, it says at the start.

[@rushbroussard5399]

Lucky SEVEN Aired On The Price Is Right On August 28, 1973

[@zacheryalderton84]

i want a car badly

[@tomservo56954]

And that's what you got with a Vega...a car, badly

[@harrythepro6383]

Pricing Games: Lucky Seven (1st Playing) Bonus Game Most Expensive

[@bryanvandergriff194]

Rip Bob

[@DOINGTHANGS1]

Wish the cars was still that cheap😔

[@JonesDylan874]

2:59 If this were today, that would've been a $500 bonus, but this ain't today.

[@tyrese3745]

4:44 The immaculate debut of the Lucky Seven board! (sans the border lights around the title that would not be added until around late September of '73) Here's the earliest rendition of the board with the border lights from the Tuesday, October 9, 1973 episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnelaJ94pcepfq8

[@kelperdude]

The second and third contestants called....their outfits...

[@jnadle1]

7:40 How do you like that? Won on its first playing!

[@tyrese3745]

7:52 And an another rare first: Lynda gets to hop in that '73 Chevrolet Vega Wagon and meet "Barker's Beauty" Janice Pennington, the "driver" of every car that rolls out from backstage, the position she would hold for the next 27 years (almost three decades)!

[@jnadle1]

Then again, most contestants who win the car would do just that with the model looking on in Lucky Seven or other car games, usually holding the license plate. Well, nowadays.

[@nextbarker2702]

Another very pop. car game debuted a week later, Temptation.

[@ahmeddhagahofficial9034]

16th August 1973

[@edkennedy7952]

I was about 12 hour's old here lol.

[@kathyrussell1902]

The wheel is not show up until before. I born I born in 1978

[@DP-hy4vh]

The Big Wheel debuted in November 1975 when the show expanded to one hour and had six contestants instead of three.

[@nightowlchad]

CBS Daytime did some revamping in 1975

[@jad8123]

I don’t recall a washer & dryer set like that. I was 9 in 1973. Also, the second showcase kind of sucked. LOL!!!!

[@jondstewart]

Linda didn’t get a $100 bonus for a perfect bid?!

[@trevortuominen8233]

The bonus wasn’t introduced until a few years later.

[@aleksinfroid4644]

Grandma said that contestents were hired from the local acting companies.

[@Camop-iz9kt]

Cool shot at 8:01.

[@RealPhilGames]

Does anybody know if this episode aired before or after Match Game Started Up?

[@tomservo56954]

Just after...

[@tyrese3745]

After. Match Game ('73) premiered on Monday, July 2, 1973, two days before the 4th of July.

[@ForeignerFan74]

When Did They Changed The Colors On The Price Is Right?

[@49kittypretty1]

« That’s the girl « wouldn’t fly in 2024.

[@jeffreyboarman4032]

Don't get the car to blow up if you get Rand in back

[@thetruthisthelight0910]

Rammed

[@andrewps84]

The Chevy Vega; now with fewer explosions than previous models, and comes with all these features, and it’s still the piece of crap you’ve already come to know.

[@jondstewart]

Bob Barker back then was the same age the average Generation X’er is today. He still looked and acts more mature than they do today despite the lack of grey hair. Yes, I know he used hair coloring until 1988.

[@ericpurkey7502]

Bob Barker is now 95 years old still miss on the Price is right after 12 years.

[@romanseano]

Not sure why you'd pick on GenX, let alone use Bob Barker to do it. GenXers love The Price is Right - it's our "stay home from school" show.

[@kaylaramirez3118com]

He has to get to get to get