The Price is Right: October 1, 2001 (Debut of Bonkers!)

[@MarkcusHines]

RIP Bob Barker & Rod Roddy

[@Watchinwheel]

Bonkers is a fun game to watch being played

[@alamander13]

I'm In the audience of this episode second row from the contestants in the aisle. I gave Bob a high five

[@NDW85]

Hope you had a great time at that taping. It must have been one hell of an adventure for you.

[@andyleal6982]

here's what aired in primetime: ABC: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, NFL Monday Showcase, NFL Monday Night Football (San Francisco 49ers at New York Jets) CBS: The King of Queens (Sight Gag), Yes, Dear (Christine's Journey), Everybody Loves Raymond (No Roll!), Becker (Psycho Therapy), Family Law (Moving On) Fox: The Simpsons (repeat), King of the Hill (repeat), Love Cruise NBC: Weakest Link, Dateline NBC, Crossing Jordan (The Dawn of a New Day) UPN: The Hughleys (Stormy Weather), One on One (My Life as a Dog), The Parkers (Nobody's Fool), Girlfriends (Untreatable) The WB: 7th Heaven (Teased), Angel (That Vision Thing) In late night: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (Denzel Washington, Drew Hastings, Cyndi Thomson), Late Show with David Letterman (Jim Gaffigan, Steve Zahn, Elton John), Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Joan Cusack, Jay Mohr, Jude Christodal)

[@petercolbeysgameshowmania7176]

Fun Fact; Bonkers was supposed to debut a week earlier, but it was malfunctioning, so it was replaced by Range Game. (I got that from The Price is Right Decades video game.)

[@JamesSperbeck]

thank you bob for adding this game on your program

[@danbaranowski]

32:23-32:28 an actor you see in the Wolf Lake ad is Lou Diamond Phillips, who would later appear as Henry Standing Bear in the A&E/Netflix show Longmire from 2012-2017

[@Ultraandfinalirairabou]

5:58 *BZZZZZZZZ!* 6:09 *MULTI DINGS*

[@gregorygousy2897]

WOW, only 1 second and Joshua managed beat Bonkers for the first time. Talk about a close call and a lucky win. That is awesome.

[@chrisfinch8637]

7:39- The only model and time to ever have this happen, for this game. Miss you, Heather.

[@mutsortima174]

I guess they forgot to add the price reveal at the bottom of the Bonkers prop by then, hence why a makeshift price tag had to be used for its first playing.

[@ckfinke7625]

@@mutsortima174 Apparently early installment weridness...they used a price tag the first time the game was played, but then switched to a simple push of a button to reveal the price, only it got stuck on a couple of playings early in season 31.

[@Musicradio77Network]

This episode was aired 3 1/2 weeks after 9/11, and it features the first playing of "Bonkers", a game that is a ton better than the ill-fated "Spilt Decision". The game has a lot of fast paced than "Split Decision". After the first play, a contestant just won.

[@cedricbrooks8951]

opening graphics are exciting fun-filled & hilarious!

[@bryanwilson8652]

I was born on this day.

[@robertdubs9466]

Final Winnings/Standings for Episode 1st Place: Stephanie Troy ($17,290) 2nd Place: Joshua Kenneth ($9,123) 3rd Place: Steven Walden ($7,521) 4th Place: Virginia McMurray ($5,137) 5th Place: Kendra Evans ($4,229) 6th Place: Shirley Green ($1,009) Total Winnings: $44,309

[@A-hurt-one]

The Bonkers Game was the first to join the said games after the 9/11 attacks.

[@matthewcasiglio2539]

Not only that but that game debuted on my sister kaitlin's birthday!

[@ytv2965]

This Aired on the same day That Jerry Springer did a episode entitled "I Live In A Box"

[@heintzliketheketchup]

R.I.P. Jerry

[@A-hurt-one]

Jerry, Jerry, Jerry...

[@a.conner6565]

7:03 what is this bonkers music called

[@ckfinke7625]

It's a stock music piece called (what else?) "Gone Bonkers" from the Killer Tracks (now Universal Production Music) library.

[@GETENT]

I wonder what’s on the opposite side of that Bonkers pricetag.

[@jelanimclean6326]

Sad Shirley 😢

[@NDW85]

The piggy bank, in my opinion, is definitely the worst prize you can win playing Any Number.

[@5150Rockstar]

Bob kept getting older and the models stayed the same age😉

[@SpikeAngelSolidsnake]

Bienvenue a Price is right

[@tristankelly4059]

36:48 LOST

[@funshine97]

Bonkers est. 2001

[@graigmellon7874]

In my opinion, having Bonkers played first and wasting an audience entrance is not a good idea. Audience entrances are usually for big games, like Golden Road, Plinko, 3 Strikes, and sometimes One Away during his time he made audience entrances.

[@NDW85]

I agree but it could have been worse. Bonkers could have been lost on it's first playing which really would have meant a wasted audience entrance. Also, I guess since it was the first playing of that game, the staff wanted to start it off with a bang.

[@graigmellon7874]

@@NDW85 They realized on the third playing of the game that it wasn't going to be a played first only pricing game. Maybe playing it second though would have saved an audience entrance from occurring unless if it was a big game that blocked Door #2.

[@brianlesko1738]

They even played Hit Me first once before...and wasted an audience entrance.

[@graigmellon7874]

@@brianlesko1738 That would be in Season 20, and I wonder if GSN aired that episode back in the day. Perhaps there was a big game ready to be played but broke down prior to the taping, or they may have just wanted to try something different.

[@whatdidoursurveysay]

I'm confused -- how exactly does an audience entrance get "wasted"?

[@jamesmoss3424]

I like bonkers it's a good piercing game. 😀👍

[@EASFan1997]

September 24, 2001.

[@jelanimclean6326]

Sorry Stephanie

[@NDW85]

Well, I think it was a great comeback for Stephanie after losing the car playing Hole in one.

[@davidgamez5497]

31:45

[@TMS62366]

Young MAN Christopher 15 01PWD Buzzer Buzzer Buzzer! OverBid 33:39

[@teddyjam8134]

That dude Christopher looked uncomfortable on camera.

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