The Price Is Right (March 24, 1982)

Here's more great games, contestants, and prizes in this episode of The Price Is Right from Bob Barker's tenth season. Missing most of the opening.

[@SyncopateTheShot]

Only a really geeky/nerdy fan would point this out (like me), but I think it was around this time when Bob started taking that stutter step when making his entrance through the big doors. Late '81, early '82. He once told Roger Dobkowitz it was important to have a spring in your step (Roger said so on a podcast). So maybe that's where the half-step comes from.

[@howardsternssmicrophone9332]

Here's another fact that only a Price is Right "Insider" like myself would know....Bob's microphone wasn't actually plugged in. His dialog was picked up through an overhead boom mic. He needed a prop to hold because they felt it would look awkward if he wasn't holding anything. By the way, the prop microphone Bob used was a real Mic, it was the Sony ECM-51!

[@SyncopateTheShot]

That’s interesting. Bob was always asked why he used that mic. He said because cordless mics would cut out and the mic he used didn’t. Based on what you are saying, it sounds like a less than truthful answer on his part.

[@ericsamuelson5656]

This episode aired one day before my dad's 43rd birthday when my parents lived in East Keansburg, New Jersey. My mom was a few weeks pregnant with me at the time.

[@StLawrencePlace]

That was gutsy for the contestant to give up $1,000 to get $5,000!

[@graigmellon7874]

Just wait until January 26, 1996 - where Bryan gave up $5,000 to get $10,000. I mean that is really gutsy.

[@zachhoran]

Yowza was also heard in Chic's Dance Dance Dance which was fairly recent at the time, and a couple of years later was said when Jim Lange spun the Wheel on Melody ROulette on NTT84

[@demaskus2016]

I was an egg about to be fertililized when this aired 😆

[@heidimountain606]

I was almost 3 years old when this aired.

[@BigLebowski324]

I was being born as this was airing lol

[@NEOSCISSORSJAGUARPRIME]

RIP BOB BARKER

[@Boblib1970]

Richards gold is worth almost 6 fold now.

[@Boblib1970]

And whats up with that cheap chrome and glass dining room set costing nearly $1650? Richard got the shaft on that game.

[@zachhoran]

@@Boblib1970 If they'd rounded off the price of the second prize to the nearest zero as they do now in Safe Crackers, it would have been 430 and he'd probably have guessed it. Also, most players in Safe Crackers wouldn't pay attention to the grand total of both prizes.

[@lindapratt7112]

Hi pannoni 8! I won the showcase on "The Price is Right" show #3921D, aired December 22, 1980 (it was a Christmas show). This was really before people had VCR's, so I never was able to get a copy. Is there anyway you know of to get a copy of this show?

[@graigmellon7874]

Have you contacted Fremantle to ask them for a studio master copy of your episode? I say that because GSN ran certain episodes from the first 10 seasons and it's possible they may not have rerun your show due to a fur coat or other circumstances like music clearances/tape damage beyond GSN's control.

[@BlondeSandalgirl]

@19:52 - I WANT that dress and those sandals!

[@ckfinke7625]

It's interesting they showed the actual price on top and the word "higher" or "lower" underneath on the bottom, and in the same size for each of those, for the Shell Game/Punch-a-Bunch actual price/correct guess cards. They later reversed that to show the word "higher" or "lower" on top and the actual price underneath on the bottom, and the word on top was in a larger size and the actual price underneath in a smaller font.

[@pannoni8449]

Thanks for pointing that out! I'm aware of hundreds of various set/production changes over the show's history, but this positioning of the ARP/higher and lower portion of the cards is new to me. Recently, I also discovered that around 1990, that the font of the original distribution chart also changed so that the $1,000/$5,000/$10,000 would be larger and bolder.

[@SybilKibble]

Love ya Bob!

[@mattikaki]

There was much sparkling between the TPIR girl and Richard: ?t=2503

[@ckfinke7625]

On top of that, someone gave up $1,000 and wound up with $5,000, which she kept before her final punch, which was $100. Look at it another way when someone gave up $5,000 and wound up with $10,000.

[@jimt.626]

Apparently, if a contestant takes out the slip, they get disqualified. I think.

[@pannoni8449]

IIRC they just lose that hole, but still could opt to take any remaining holes they've won.

[@howardsternssmicrophone9332]

Wow, Imagine being able to buy an ounce of Gold for a mere $380!

[@pannoni8449]

Even as recently as 2001 you could have! Sadly, all I could afford then was a quarter ounce.

[@howardsternssmicrophone9332]

@@pannoni8449 The last somewhat reasonable price I remember gold being was I saw a one ounce special edition 24 karat gold Buffalo gold piece for $800 in 2008! Now it's doubled almost.

[@RickPatterson-pn5yy]

So what!

[@barbaraziaeisangary]

pretty annoying quality

[@PhyuckYew]

Remember watching this when I was sick on a school day

[@markheying2830]

Also for each of those 6 One Bid Prizes, I would have guessed the following. Queen Mary Weekend: $448 Bar Of Gold: $333 Dishwasher: $490 Dinner Ring: $500 Bar Cart: $299 Golf Clubs: $800