See the Debut of Temptation on The Price Is Right with Bob Barker in 1973 | The Price Is Right 1973

[@ThePeej]

The relative CALM of the contestant and audience is absolutely spellbinding!

[@agalgonzalez]

The contestants are so clean cut and dressed so respectfully.

[@bk9509-o2o]

Everyone dressed nice, having manners, in good shape. We've really devolved as a society.

[@briangreenberg6021]

@@bk9509-o2o And the game show emcees have devolved as well.

[@briangreenberg6021]

@@bk9509-o2o Game shows have devolved too.

[@ron.lightning.9065]

​@@bk9509-o2oI recently watched another clip of TPIR from this era. One contestant who won his way onstage was a gentleman dressed in a SUIT and TIE! Dress codes have sure changed!

[@gsftpir2025]

Another piece of Price is Right history here today! It's widely believed this game was a replacement for Double Digits. This is definitely a better game.

[@The__Outlaw]

Ahh The days of sitting on the carpet , playing with my fisher price toys. While my baby sitter ironed her husbands shirts.

[@ron.lightning.9065]

I'll guess you won't find many babysitters ironing anyone's shirts anymore. 😂

[@pinedelgado4743]

Bob never said the word "TEMPTATION." He just said, "It's with this BOARD that we're going to play this game."

[@silentbob328]

He mentions it at 6:51

[@ron.lightning.9065]

​@@silentbob328Correct. But, oddly, that's the only time he mentions the new game by name! 🤨

[@pinedelgado4743]

@@silentbob328 Oops! I stand corrected! My bad! Apologies rendered! :) :)

[@junkboy555]

I don’t like how the price tags are already showing when the prize comes out, I’m happy that’s changed since.

[@meyerj75]

Temptation was a solid revival of a previous game Double Digits which had similar elements but only featured two digit prizes and that all chosen digits were made regardless and was played at the turntable era. After 5 playings which only included one victory, Double Digits was morphed into Temptation offering bigger prizes and, of course, a car and is still played to this day during the Drew Carey era.

[@Buddy-pv4mf]

In further playing temptation the contestants were allowed to make any necessary changes if they choose to

[@ron.lightning.9065]

I had the same thought! I wonder when they changed that rule. 🤔⁉️

[@shoredude2]

@@ron.lightning.9065 July 1974

[@toddmccreary4579]

I notice he didn't offer her to change any numbers but maybe that wasn't an original rule.

[@slentbob3208]

That option would be added later on.

[@BlueCrystalTear]

Yeah, I noticed that too. Was a much needed addition. Makes it so someone can see a full price and think one number is off.

[@meyerj75]

During the Double Digits playings, that option was also vacant.

[@greatPretender79]

I would love that Javelin 😍😩😮😮 I might have had it as I did guess 6 for the 2nd number. It wasn't a low end model

[@ron.lightning.9065]

I made the same guess you did! 😀

[@greatPretender79]

@ron.lightning.9065 it doesn't seem to be v8 car but oh well

[@ron.lightning.9065]

​@@greatPretender79​​ I was just a kid back then, but I still marvel to think about ANY new car selling for under $4,000! 😊

[@slentbob3208]

Spoiler (scroll away if you haven't seen this episode yet): Stephanie was wise to take the prizes and qualify for the Showcase. She'd go on to win hers which included a Chevy Vega. Nearly $5,000 worth of prizes!

[@greatPretender79]

A Vega instead of a javelin?? 😢 She did make the right choice after making the wrong one though...

[@ron.lightning.9065]

Isn't it peculiar, we rarely see new cars being offered on TPIR nowadays that sell for under $4,000. 😂

[@greatPretender79]

@@ron.lightning.9065 ain't that peculiar

[@ron.lightning.9065]

​@@greatPretender79I get that, it was a joke! 😛

[@keithalvarez6229]

I always thought they should have had Janice put the prizes she brought out farther back. That way the game board and the 4 gifts make a nice V shape. The green color of the game had a better look to it than when they changed it to pink.

[@DrummingWriterTrekfan84]

They did v shape with the prizes by the time the board became pink like you said.

[@JohnDexterCruz-op1ww]

Originally aired on CBS: 9/7/1973; repeated airing on #TPIRBarker (Stephanie's playing for the car & 4 other prizes worth over $1,000 during the premiere of #Temptation)

[@crazyfan740]

If you listen *very* closely, the laugh track that CBS/Goodson-Todman used is on a continuous loop until about the 3:30 minute mark. Sounds like someone had a difficult time turning them off.

[@RobMoldovan]

Tough first price for the car. The 4th number is usually always 0 or 5 but, she made the wise decision to take the prices.

[@AxelQC]

For a second I thought he'd called Barbara Mandrell.

[@ron.lightning.9065]

LOL, I thought the same thing! In fact, I was going to make the same comment. 😂

[@john172867]

I thought it was Sissy Spacek.

[@itoo3654]

He did, same name

[@ron.lightning.9065]

​​@@itoo3654 If you listen closely, sounds like he called Barbara Mandell, without an "R" in the last name.

[@JulianneRemley-l2q]

I would have taken the prizes

[@GeorgeMaster-xg7lg]

I'd like to see a video of the pricing games with their names intact for the first time.

[@grantorino2325]

Talk about a role reversal. The models both wore pants, and the contestant wore a dress.

[@gm12551]

Donna appeared most excited of all. They were all young too. Well Barbara may be pushing 30.

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

That fireplace today would probably cost at least $2000.

[@ron.lightning.9065]

This episode is so old, it took place before all the female contestants gave Bob the customary kiss on the cheek if they made it onto the stage! 💋😂😂

[@qaII56056]

First Debut of this games with a Bailout. How about a First Win? In Which episode in 1973?

[@graigmellon7874]

Over $1,000+ in gifts for 1973... when you have that amount, it's best to take it and run as in the half-hour days, doing so would give you a good chance of moving on to the showcases as the top two advanced. Yeah, you couldn't change the numbers after guessing initially... thankfully that rule was added in late Season 2. And we're also starting to hear some Concentration '73 cues get played...

[@TheRSTD1]

1973 forever!!!

[@raymondgallardo576]

@@TheRSTD1 The year of "The Sting"

[@meyerj75]

The year that Godspell made it to the big screen and Funkadelic released "Cosmic Slop".

[@davidellis5141]

Stephanie is a 10 on a 1-10 scale ⚖️ ! A 100% All Natural Beauty 😊

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

👍🏻

[@meyerj75]

She reminds me of Alie Ward of Did I Mention Invention?.

[@foxmccloud7055]

$ale of the Century when they went with the Winners Board used this type of format, but with higher stakes when a contestant clears the Winners Board, they have a decision: "Do they take all ten prizes that they won off the Winners Board and retire or risk all 10 prizes in a all-or-nothing 11th day for $50,000?"

[@slentbob3208]

From the opening and the first pricing game of the 9/7/73 episode of The Price is Right. Featuring the DEBUT of TEMPTATION today! More fresh 1973 episodes air on Pluto TV today at 3pm ET.

[@AustinTheSuperiorVyonder2021]

It's not just Pluto TV. They are also doing this on Plex as well.

[@slentbob3208]

@@AustinTheSuperiorVyonder2021 Thanks 👍I should look for another place to watch it because Pluto can be quite glitchy.

[@meyerj75]

A week earlier, they introduced Lucky Seven or Lucky $even.

[@AustinTheSuperiorVyonder2021]

@@meyerj75 Lucky $even was introduced the same year as Temptation, but slentbob3208 (hope I got that right this time) was specifically talking about the date of which this pricing game debuted in.

[@ron.lightning.9065]

I don't even know if I get Pluto TV in my cable package, I'll have to check it out. 😀

[@bk9509-o2o]

Today, I'd almost always just take the prizes. Anymore, they are worth not that much less than the car and the game is so hard to win, it's pretty much a no brainer just to go with the sure thing.

[@bivouac-wt1lz]

beautiful car.

[@slentbob3208]

A nice change of pace from the usual Vega's.

[@TheRSTD1]

The Javelin is a sweet machine!!

[@bk9509-o2o]

Yeah. Most of the early cars on Price is Right were undesirable lemons, but this one was nice.

[@ron.lightning.9065]

Beautiful contestant, too! 😍

[@taronjeroneharris1313]

They kept that Temptation board green all the way up till about the late 80s, when they painted it pink. I remember it from childhood. ❤

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

Well, good 👍🏻 for you, Taron Jerone.

[@davidellis5141]

Taron has a fine memory 🙂. Speaking of pink , Robert wears pink 💗 panties ! 😆 🤣

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@davidellis5141 So do both Kevin Miller and Austin--not to mention Rob Bernath, Kevin Chau, Andy Pfeiffer, Desmond Shannon and Benjamin Shider!

[@davidellis5141]

Austin is a 🧚‍♂️

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@davidellis5141👍🏻

[@Daniel-79]

Notice how everyone isn’t obese and they didn’t dress like a bum

[@optrix7245]

Were they trying to bury them with prizes? Pretty tight. Lots of explaining on this game debut.

[@silvialogan9226]

She did well to keep the prizes because if she went for the car, she would had lost everything. When did they change the rule about changing any of the numbers in this pricing game?

[@silentbob3208]

Not exactly sure when but it wasn't that long before the rule was added.

[@raymondgallardo576]

0:15 I see Johnny right there!

[@slentbob3208]

A great shot. You didn't often see Johnny from that angle.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

It was a milisecond! How did you catch that?

[@raymondgallardo576]

@@randomvintagefilm273 If you look at the upper left corner when you pause at 0:15, you can see him and his podium of that time!

[@gm12551]

Is that a red suit?

[@ron.lightning.9065]

​@@randomvintagefilm273Yep, I replayed it a couple of times. Needed a quick finger on the pause button to catch that, LOL! 😂

[@DavidRussell-i1l]

Love the show since the 70

[@yubamarkstedman7336]

Pretty sure he called Barbara Mandel and Donna Summer

[@fleece192]

I love you baby

[@Foolishpleazure]

Rod:"it's a Fireplace". Me: "it's an UGLY Fireplace"!!!!....lol :p

[@ron.lightning.9065]

The announcer here was the late, great Johnny Olson... Rod Roddy joined TPIR following Johnny's death in 1985. But I agree, it's an ugly fireplace LOL. 😂

[@Foolishpleazure]

@@ron.lightning.9065 yeah,some of the prizes were good,other,it seemed like they were pawning off CRAP,on the contestants..lol ;p

[@ron.lightning.9065]

​@@FoolishpleazureAgreed! Although I'm sure all the prizes are given away by the respective sponsors.

[@BlueCrystalTear]

This got me to think about something. Is Temptation still in rotation? I checked and it's only been played once this current season, in the first week no less. Bailouts have become the norm, thanks to inflation making it so digits after the thousands are just random guessing, and that creates a much less thrilling product as well as costs money. It would not shock me if this game was retired after a whopping half-century. Would be sad though. This game used to be great, so there was always the hope that it could be fun again.

[@bk9509-o2o]

It's too difficult of a game to win and the gap between the prizes offered vs. the car has shrunk. You can leave with around $10,000 worth of stuff now by doing absolutely nothing.

[@Rewindium]

Temptation is still played on the show today but it’s now about as frequent as 3 Strikes, only a few times each season. Magic Number was last played back in 2021 and is claimed to be retired

[@davidellis5141]

I ❤ Stephanie 😍 !

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

👍🏻

[@Vivianamarie01]

The AMC Javelin 😂

[@fleece192]

My friend had one

[@carenvarjas2844]

Look how Nice everyone dressed

[@Vivianamarie01]

Flash cubes 😂

[@ricknibert6417]

How did they draw the curtain that revealed the first IUFB?

[@randomvintagefilm273]

1973 was the best year of my life. I was 6 years old and had just moved to Africa and love it!

[@Mario500NOW]

(question: why this (intimate) message under this video (in a public place))

[@slentbob3208]

Don't mind Mario. It's not his business.

[@Vivianamarie01]

Avocado green appliances

[@debbienye6002]

She dodged THAT bullett! lol

[@anandguruji83]

STUNNED CONTESTANT STEPHANIE TAKES ALL 4 PRIZES IN THE DEBUT OF TEMPTATION 8:06

[@anandguruji83]

STUNNED CONTESTANT STEPHANIE TAKES ALL 4 PRIZES IN THE DEBUT OF TEMPTATION 8:06

[@AustinTheSuperiorVyonder2021]

​@@anandguruji83 Stop that spam at once!

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

anandguru still can't take a hint that people are sick and tired of him spoiling it for everyone else.

[@davidellis5141]

A SHOCKED 😲 STEPHANIE WINS 8:05

[@davidellis5141]

Austin The Inferior - Stop ✋️ The Spam ! 👎

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

From the start of the September 7, 1973, episode of _The Price Is Right 👉🏻,_ which originally aired 💨 on CBS Daytime at 3 🕒 pm Eastern. Furthermore, Happy 😊 Holidays 🎁🎅🏻🎄! And next ➡️ month are two ✌️🏻 January _Price Is Right 👉🏻_ birthdays 🎉🎉: Former Barker's Beauty 💅🏼 (and Girard, Ohio, native) Kathleen (JoAnn) Bradley's 74th birthday 🎈 (January 10) and former Barker's Beauty 💅🏼 (and Idaho Falls 🌻🍁🎃, Idaho, native) Brandi (Dawn 🌇) Sherwood 🪵's 54th birthday 🎁 (January 13).

[@slentbob3208]

STOP TALING YOU RE-DART. YOU SERIOUSLY NEED TO GET HELP.

[@slentbob3208]

As usual, continue to ignore this re-dart James in here and report ALL harassment from him.

[@AustinTheSuperiorVyonder2021]

​@@slentbob3208 The problem? These bots are automated by KZbin themselves.

[@davidellis5141]

Stephanie had the best 👌 bid at $230 💵 !!

[@davidellis5141]

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