TPiR 12/16/08: How the Difference was $0

[@UncleAwesome]

When you find out Drew Carrey became the host of the Price is Right back in 2007 (16 Years ago) but to you, it feels like Bob Barker was the host only a few years ago.

[@Vyselink]

Apparently you have no sense of time. I'd get that checked.

[@shadic6892]

I get it. Bob Barker always had that snowy white hair, even when I was a kid in the 90s. I can't recall a time in my lifetime (34 years old) that he had normal color hair. So, for me, it too does feel like he retired recently.

[@FayeKramer-rl9xz]

Bob Barker tinted his hair for many years. As I remember, he stopped in 1981. When he stepped onstage with white hair, the audience went NUTS.

[@shadic6892]

@FayeKramer-rl9xz I believe he had the Abe Lincoln treatment. I think some fan told Barker he looks the best with white hair so kept it, like how that one little girl wrote to Lincoln that he should grow a beard....so he did lol

[@Tristin471]

@@shadic6892 He stopped coloring his hair in 1987.

[@CoinCommunityCollectors]

The fact that both contestants were less than $500 from the actual price is crazy, congrats to both.

[@1986beasty]

Not really crazy. Terry got the exact bid with help from Ted Slauson who is a math genius and who attended the show over 30 times I believe.. He made spreadsheets to memorize the price of prizes and the show up until that point recycled prizes so with his vast memory was able to memorize almost any prize that could show up. Terry, the winner was staring at Ted in the audience and Ted was sitting next to Linda who was Terry's wife. She relayed the final bid after Ted suggested it but then ended up saying maybe he should bid 500 and have a nice round number at the end to avoid any weirdness. Linda didn't listen or was already in the middle of relaying 743 to Terry so that is why his final bid ended in those numbers. The black woman also won a car earlier in the show thanks to Ted as well, because she listened to him as well. The show stopped the taping for about 15 minutes after a female producer knew Terry had given the exact bid, because they suspected cheating. It wasn't cheating as audience members are allowed to help, the whole show is built up on that. So they went back to taping and awarded the guy his prizes. Drew was very subdued because he thought this could be the end of the price is right with some kind of scandal. This of course never happened. Watch the documentary The man who knew too much on KZbin.

[@ComaAlpha]

@@1986beasty I thought he used 743 because it was their anniversary or pin number or something.

[@poppyssnoopy5835]

@@1986beasty, Thank you for all the information.

[@silverroadtraveler]

@@1986beasty Yes the white man was able to get the exact number. I saw the documentary too and was impressed b the white guy named Terry's system. Sharon was able to win a car earlier in the show! Bravo to math!!

[@appleforever6664]

Sucks to be the bitch that lost.

[@TourPace]

I love the great sportsmanship shown by the other contestant

[@joeglennaz]

I agree if I was a guy who won I would want to do something for the lady just because she handled it so well I don’t know what maybe give her $1000 maybe give her one of the prizes I don’t know but I would wanna do something for her

[@dannyrichards-nb9sh]

​@@joeglennaz❤

[@andyorwig]

Drew's face was 'there's going to be a meeting after this show today'.

[@minnettewalker2623]

Lol!😂😂😂

[@jmadratz]

@@minnettewalker2623 No LOL here, they probably did have an internal meeting afterwards to discuss the possibility of an internal cheating scam.

[@Thom1212]

You don't know how deep some of these people go with TPiR. Spreadsheets, research. Which prizes have which options. Tons of memorization. Some are contestants multiple times. It's crazy.

[@warpath6666]

Debbie Drew Downer 😄

[@warpath6666]

Mimi was in the audience holding up a sign that said "Y O U S U C K, CAREY !!!" 😄🤣😝🤪

[@bagelboi66]

I feel kind of sorry for the lady. She had such a great bid I'm sure she thought in her mind that she had won. Not only did she lose, but the winner scooped her prizes too!

[@weatherjamaica]

lmao

[@adrianramdharry4380]

Apparently she won a car ...the guy did a interview n said so

[@XTXT555]

Take her along? Naaaaaaa, I would give her cab fare to the airport for her to go back home. No participation trophies offered.

[@lawanatabron5057]

bagelboi66 of course she thought she won, you would've thought so as well and me too for that matter. Well some win and some don't.....😋😋😋

[@sngwrter49]

Why feel sorry for her? I mean, you can choose to feel however you want, but it appeared someone she knew in the audience gave her the idea to bid the amount she did and she almost changed it by ten grand. She was clueless while the other guy had spent months trying to break the pricing code and he did it. The other lady still walked away with what she had already won but the focus should be on the guy, not her, imo.

[@jimmyzhao2673]

The audience members did a competent job displaying the products.

[@Lunafalls]

And here they've been paying their models the big $$$$ all these years!

[@since1876]

When that man was on the table I lost my shit 😂😂😂

[@owdeezstrauz]

The guy showing the pool table was scratching the hell out of the felt with the stick 😂

[@since1876]

@@owdeezstrauz I doubt it matters, it's probably just a show piece and the winner of the prize would get a new one sent from the manufacturer if they didn't take cash value. I can't imagine that they'd wanna try to repack that one and spend a load of time on it when the company is already prepared to send stuff to customers. Hell, it might even have just been a prop that was built on set and it's not even real. I dunno. Then again, I could be completely wrong about all of it. 😜 And to be clear on one thing, the idea that they wouldn't repack a table to send to the winner because it would be expensive won't work. If you dumpster dive a big company like guitar center, you'll find MOUNTAINS of unopened gear that's cheaper and easier to throw away than to send back to the manufacturers. And price is right has a way bigger budget than a guitar store lol

[@JohnSmith-n9l8e]

Yeah, the First Lady in the red shirt was really cute.

[@maxcohen13]

The subdued tone in Drew's voice was eerie. It was like he was thinking "this has got to be rigged."

[@maxcohen13]

Mrs. Phyllis Stephens Well, _Phyllis,_ I didn't know you were backstage at this particular time witnessing the events as they unfolded. Perhaps you can take that tone of yours and shove it up your Sunday dress...?

[@BriveAW]

+Mrs. Phyllis Stephens savage haha

[@KMyer]

I got, "You're going to be investigated soon, Buddy."

[@maryfontenelle8633]

Drew was shocked, anyone can see that, it was the fact Terry got it right , down to the 43 dollars, not even a round number. That was what was strange about it.

[@scrapplepig]

@@maxcohen13 Hey buttplug, there was a show about these guys that studied the Price is Right. Back stage and all.

[@nmsoccer222]

Theodore gave him the right answer if anyone has seen the documentary "The perfect bid". This dude didn't do any research but look into the crowd and got lucky him and his wife were sitting next to the guy that knew the most about price is right than anyone else. Theodore created his own database and memorized every item and price that was on the show.

[@cooltop1061]

So they cheated..

[@jamIam6548]

@@cooltop1061 it's like card counting. Not exactly cheating.

[@OgenB]

@@cooltop1061 I mean, if someone researches a ton of trivia before going on Jeopardy is that cheating? Theodore did mass amounts of research, and he helped someone else with it which is allowed on this game.

[@johnet22]

@@cooltop1061 That's not cheating. Price is Right should have used new products and prizes. Oh, the name of the show is "Price is Right", so you're cheating if you research prices before coming onto the show --- NOT.

[@sws212]

@@cooltop1061 Have you ever seen Price is Right? Everyone cheats, they look right at the crowd when they're trying to guess with people screaming prices, the only thing this time is that someone actually knew the prices.

[@altfactor]

"Price Is Right" should have a $1 million cash bonus for any contestant who exactly guesses the retail price of his or her own showcase.

[@dr.floridamanphd]

If you guess the first bidding war right you get $100. Spin the wheel and land on the $1 marker you get $1000 with a bonus spin to win some more. But $1M for guessing the final one right? That’s well above scale.

[@knightish]

I think there is a game where you have to guess a price of an item and the host lets you know if the price is higher or lower and you keep guessing until you get it right. But if you guess the price of two items in under 10 secs you get 1million dollars.

[@heinleinreader]

I have a question. What happens if both contestants, for example, are exactly $94 away from the price of their showcase? Do they both win everything in both showcases? Because it would seem really unfair to me to have a playoff or tiebreaker, and have one of them go from winning everything in both showcases to getting the consolation prize of a year's supply of ricearoni instead,just because they lost a damn tiebreaker. However, since you have to get within $100 of the price to win both, which happens rarely, there should be a bonus, like hitting the $0.05, $0.15, or $1.00 on the showcase showdown, if you nail it exactly. Drew said it happened once in 1973, which was back when Bob was doing the show. I don't know about $1,000,000, but since you get $1,000 if you get $1.00 on 1 or 2 spins, and a chance at more, like $10,000 for the two smaller ones next to a dollar and $25,000 for hitting the dollar a second consecutive time, maybe a quarter million dollars would be sufficient?

[@ukrainium_92]

There’s actually a scandal that someone in the audience always shouted the right answer so they would’ve lost so much money

[@kindrom]

The highest price for the entire show is no more than 100k. You go on and try to host a show thats worth couple million first

[@nhojnhoj6485]

Drew Carey's face is like: "How did this guy cheat?"

[@jonburrows2684]

No, tomeka just thought she had it in the bag

[@Motoko1134]

@@jonburrows2684 tomeka?? lol

[@beavacuda]

You can totally tell by reaction, or lack there of, Drew Carey really wasn't believing this and likely suspected cheating. Who could blame him with such a random exact figure

[@mjlives5428]

He said he thought it was a scam in an interview you are right.

[@CSJiGSaW08]

He cheated

[@danelysabreu1451]

@@CSJiGSaW08 wasn't really cheating, he knew the exact price because the items the show used were the same from other times and the guy knew their prices and had seen them from watching the show, so it was really just knowledge of the items value, even if the knowledge came from the show

[@Dan-cj9yg]

Why would he use such an exact number. Make it 23700 or even 23740 could maybe be believable.

[@ChadtheHammer]

@@danelysabreu1451 it wasn't him who knew the price. Watch the documentary "The Perfect Bid." This guy Terry, got his so-called "knowledge" of the prizes from man named Theodore Slousin who had been a super fan since the early 70's. This idiot then took all the credit that he's some kind of genius when he only got the exact total of the showcase from Theodore who told him and his wife what it was.

[@teresaf991]

This was early on when Drew came on. He's really grown to love the show and the players. He's even chipped in and paid the taxes for a few players.

[@SMPMS8389]

Drew is great.

[@shahriar1111]

Drew is great, but he is right to think something wasn't making sense though.

[@dantunno9264]

What taxes?

[@beverleyramsay3548]

Hi

[@autumnleaf3667]

@@dantunno9264 sometimes it’s hard to actually keep some prizes if you can’t afford the insurance on the cars, and the government takes tax on all cash prizes, not sure if they mean tax, fees, or insurance, but basically your prizes aren’t free.

[@777hc777]

When my dad retired he watched this show every day for years, he got so good that he always guessed the prices right on the money. So I believe this man did not cheat

[@roldiny]

​@@zoomdoof6107 a guy in the audience gave him the right numbers watch "Perfect Bid: The contestant who knew to much" on Netflix

[@fomone2018]

@@roldiny he is called Theodore

[@shawnhughes4192]

@@fomone2018 The black broad was "trying" to bet 31,545 which would have went over but accepted the bid... its why she wasnt super mad!

[@TheABelGuitar]

I watch this show whenever I have dinner at my parents’ house (they record and watch during dinner), and there are some items that I can routinely get within a couple hundred bucks. Like the small Mitsubishi hatchback. $17,295 was my guess and the price was $17,400. Cars can vary based on the different packages and accessories.. but literally the only reason I have any idea what boats cost is due to the showcase showdown. It’s really not hard with repetitive viewing to mentally tally what repeat items cost.

[@MaddawgMar]

There is a documentary where he listened to a guy that sat next to his wife, and that guy had compiled the data on all the prizes, so he knew what each prize cost. They took like 30 minutes trying to figure out what to do between announcing the winner. However, it was not considered cheating keeping track of the price of repeat prizes. So they started changing the prices on every repeat prize so this doesn’t happen again.

[@jasoncataldi2053]

Don't get too excited Drew, calm down.....

[@flyinryan6722]

Jason Cataldi if you thought they were cheating as well would you show alot of emotion?

[@lulzforisaac]

I would be overly sarcastic with excitement but I guess that’s just me

[@Jimbo700]

Even if I thought he was cheating I would have treated him like royalty and let the producers sort it all out after taping ended. Kid of like Bob Barker said he would handled it.

[@queenchoklitmochabee]

😂😂😂

[@priscillalopez7480]

ROTFLMBOCSLAPMPGFA 😂

[@Queen71373]

That was a absolutely Phenomenal!!! I've watched the Price Is Right , for over 40 years. This is the first time in the History of the show, that anyone guessed the exact amount of a Showcase!! Wow!!!! Blessings from Illinois USA 🇺🇸 July 2, 2022

[@badactor3440]

Happened in 1974

[@MrMGR1986]

Literally the greatest Price is Right player of all time. He did the research, played the game, beat the producers and won.

[@nevogreen9504]

Lol Yea, the story of Ted was aired today on the Japanese Television tonight. I just love this dude

[@rpsyco]

Then they taxed the hell out of the items that don't even work, and the guy lost everything.

[@priscillalopez7480]

@@rpsyco What?? He didn't get anything??

[@zman3238]

His bid contained numbers special to him- anniversary year and wife’s birth month. No research- just very very lucky

[@bigbrianusa]

He took the bid from an audience member, see the documentary "Perfect Bid". Someone else did the work, he took the credit and the prizes.

[@bostoncurtis9559]

Terry had no idea he had it right on the exact price when he gave the number, he just took hand signals from his wife who got the number from Ted Slauson sitting next to her. It’s not illegal to get signals or suggestions from the audience, almost everyone looks to the audience for advice. Just so happens he got his advice from Ted Slauson, who is the “Price is Right Rain Man”

[@King-ze2kt]

Even the girl who was playing looked to specific people in the audience to get her number

[@shirleysewell1991]

I read where him and his wife watched the show for over a year or so and kept track of what everything cost. Than when it was time to bid she signaled what to bid, I don’t see how they can call that cheating because everyone yells out prices. I heard the PIR started changing how often they show certain prizes.

[@foxmccloud7055]

After this, Ted Slauson was banned from "The Price Is Right" for life.

[@Fractured676]

@@King-ze2kt They were both getting their answers from Ted lol.

[@patman0250]

Yeah Ted actually tried to change the number because he didn't want to make it look too obvious. But since he already told Terry's wife what his original bid was. As soon as her husband looked at her she gave him the price and he won it.

[@stephfran9761]

That lady was so sweet with the way she reacted, what a beautiful soul!!!

[@Saynt614]

I actually read up on this. During the break the people backstage were freaking out on his bid... and when Drew Carey asked who won... the lady who handed him the card said. "That guy got it right on the nose" Drew Carey thought he cheated and so did everyone else for that matter. Drew assumed the show would never air, so he read the result without any excitement.

[@PoochieCollins]

@Captain : thanks for the post. I was wondering why he seemed so uninterested.

[@walterkoziol3822]

Captain Cartman Yea but if it was Bob Barker Bob would still act excited and then worry about it after the show was over. Drew needs to learn this. One of the reasons why I stopped watching the show was that Drew was just going through the steps with no emotion.

[@straycat1674]

Captain Cartman From what I understand, the men have been watching for a very long time and pay attention to the price of things in the prizes. But after this even though he legally did not cheat, they start changing things up more to make this all but impossible to happen again.

[@ronpaulcyberpunkdoge2024]

If anyone was cheating is was the black lady. If you're gonna cheat you don't guess the perfect answer, you bet a little but off but make sure your still win, just like she did. Guessing perfectly arouses too much suspicion.

[@morticiawright6676]

Don Swartwood only people from PA are crooked!!!

[@michaelwilliams4410]

In all of the years I watched "The Price Is Right", I never saw anyone get a perfect bid on a showcase! Unbelievable!

[@danielsmith6628]

Michael Williams it happened in 1974, l watched the show regularly with my mom, who loved Bob Barker, the show even came to Louisville, we went, but didn't win anything.

[@scotmandel6699]

same here

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

Really? Then quit typing stuff and just scroll up!

[@hope4thin65]

It is also so risky to aim for a perfect bid. Just one dollar more and he would have lost it all.

[@claytonthomas1980]

@@danielsmith6628 okay then that's news to me about that fact because I thought that it happened post Bob barker era but now I know differently, thanks for the update.

[@lucgagnon5241]

This was explained by the perfect bidder Theodore in is video. Drew Carey suspected that there was cheating. So after the show was over, the TPIR crew did a kind of investigation to make sure that there was nothing to suspect. They finally had to let go. But at the end, it's easy to see that TPIR is pretty much like any other lottery. They're glad that you win... but not too often ! And certainly not with a perfect bid !

[@gaprofitt]

Dude is the GOAT

[@oldiesmusic76]

Terrible way for Drew to reveal this. Bob Barker would have killed it.

[@robertjewett9893]

Did Drew just snort a Xanax or something?? What a dead fish... Dude guesses the prize on the dot and Drew is lazily fumbling thru his molasses "get your pet spayed or neutered" spiel. Jesus Drew... What a dud...

[@connorparsons7515]

He knew he was cheating

[@RichieI]

Connor Parsons Fk you!!! He THOUGHT he was cheating!

[@drinny26]

Yeah drew sucks. Bob owned this show.

[@SirManfly]

@@connorparsons7515 he did cheat !!

[@aweewa5659]

Drew said prematurely that's a very exact bid.

[@michaelgentry9289]

Its almost like Drew didn't even care that guy nailed that price perfectly

[@streetsareforpeople723]

or didn't believe it was legit

[@bengibson3298]

Drew Didn't Think This Would Not Air At All

[@ShadowLinkxMaster]

He thought the guy cheated, so he figured the episode would be pulled from air, so he wasn’t as enthusiastic.

[@anthonymccoy1942]

He already knew the price

[@ericritenour9002]

Drew knew he cheated

[@jim02026]

Here's an interesting question: Has there ever been a situation where the Showcase contestants, when after they made their bids on their respective showcases, ever have the same difference, and what did game officials do in a case like that? For example, contestant 1 bid $23,000 for his Showcase and contestant 2 bid $28,000 for his Showcase. The actual retail price of contestant 1 Showcase is $24,000 with a difference of $1000. The actual retail price of contestant 2 showcase is $29,000 with a difference of $1000.

[@MrKG204]

7 years later and no one has answered your question. It has never happened before, and the odds of it happening are astronomical. If it does happen though, both contestants will win both showcases

[@WR-kk4gz]

@@MrKG204 or perhaps a re-bid

[@john-ic9vj]

For a second I thought the video title was referencing this situation

[@VladimirBlarp]

@@MrKG204 Jim is dead. He died never knowing the answer to his question.

[@askapk]

@@WR-kk4gz rebid on what?

[@nelda7071360]

Drew told Terry that "that's like an exact bid". Or something like that. Funny he would say that. It makes it seem like he was given the bid before they showed the prizes. But still fun to watch.

[@GMad-sc4uk]

This occurred because the guy befriended a long time show fan in line before taping began. The KZbin documentary “the perfect bid” tells this complete story… definitely worth a watch.

[@johnnyvt9]

You are confused. Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much is about Ted Slauson. The guy in this video clip is Terry Kniess.

[@GMad-sc4uk]

@@johnnyvt9 the guy who won the showcase showdown befriended Ted Slauson in line before the show. It’s actually coved in “Perfect Bid.”

[@johnnyvt9]

I bet you don't see this in the youtube comments much. G, you are right and I was wrong. I stand corrected. lol

[@GMad-sc4uk]

@@johnnyvt9 lol, it’s all good buddy…

[@debbiegubala5429]

I love that Drew still says what Bob Barjer always says...DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR PETS SPAYED OR NEUTERED... LOVE IT!!!!♥️😻🐈🐩

[@bengibson3298]

He Said Just In Case It Air And/Or For The Live Audience

[@foxmccloud7055]

After this, Drew Carey made sure that whoever gave Terry the answer never came back again.

[@alex-marquette]

Actually I think how they did it, was they knew the prizes are on a rotation basis with a price to them. And just add them up as they are put together. It's not that hard, just watch the show enough times and you can get the pattern. It's the same as Press Your Luck, Michael watched the show so much he memorized the patterns in order to break the system. It's the producers fault for not thinking people will catch on.

[@bulletproofx1x420]

the guy explains how he was able to get most of the numbers correct but the last 2 digits are apparently his pin number on his debit cards or something. But yeah he did his homework

[@nmsoccer222]

Go watch the Perfect Bid documentary. It will explain it all. It wasn't Terry that was the genius. It was actually a guy named Theodore. I'll let you watch the documentary and not ruin anymore but Terry knew nothing and is a douchebag for trying to take credit for it.

[@jameserickson25]

I find that hard to believe that the guy could put all that data together in a few minutes and then add up everything correctly.

[@jameserickson25]

As people have mentioned earlier but I think worth mentioning again what that guy did memorizing prices is like counting cards in Las Vegas. It is having an extremely unfair advantage over the other players; competitors. Just my take, I feel that is wrong.

[@SunshineSuperstar]

​@@nmsoccer222Totally agree... He is quoted as saying "There's such a thing as being TOO perfect"... Imagine trying to take credit for another man's work and then believing you're a genius afterwards! Fucking ridiculous! 🤣🤣🤣

[@conradknoblock2323]

I miss Bob Barker when he did this show

[@ghazalaabdullah3234]

Me too

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

Yeah, but he was old. Let the guy retire.

[@darrinbaker00]

The models don’t miss it one bit.

[@shellygeesey9812]

There's only one host for this show... Bob Barker; just like there's only one host for Jeopardy; Alex Trebek. R.I.P.📿❇️📿

[@trevor6434]

@@shellygeesey9812 yes

[@allanbenard3633]

Drew already said it's very exact bid before even she bid!

[@MichaelSimmons.]

A guy bids on a showcase, and hits it right on the money, and Drew acts like he just ran over his dog, or something. Way to bring the excitement Drew.

[@oaktown5109]

Venom101002 the dude had studied for years and beat the pants off of them. Drew wasnt happy

[@oaktown5109]

John Canry he didnt cheat

[@Korijenkins1414]

The producers were indicating the guy cheated simply because they couldn't believe it. Drew was told when he was handed the card, and assumed that the episode would never air as a result. In the end, it turned out the guy didn't cheat, but they weren't going to go back and reshoot the ending.

[@TorontoTransitFan]

Venom101002 the producers talked to him beforehand and said he was probably cheating, so drew thought it wouldn’t be aired on TV.

[@2AForever-wi8yj]

watch Netflix Perfect bid and you'll learn the reason why

[@Bowens20]

It was the guy in the audience who had everything memorized and shouted out the price! There’s a documentary on it lol

[@birdy1numnum]

I personally like it when smart people outsmart the so called smarter people. *I also feel bad for the lady with her exceptional bid only to lose...she seems like a real joyful soul.*

[@RealJackHQ]

birdy1numnum She was great 😊😀! She’s a way better sport than Terry, who took all the credit away from Ted Slauson after Terry “won” his showcase and her showcase.

[@ReR7474]

Exactly. Terry is a POS for taking all the credit on that TMZ interview

[@thekcdot]

There was a guy in the crowd that new all the prices exactly. He told the guy the price. There is a whole documentary on this guy here on KZbin.

[@randysills4418]

He knew the prices all right...!

[@haili9704]

Aw, I hope you're wrong :/

[@daffyduckfan4478]

You just believe anything you want to as long as it’s in A documentary, correct¿

[@Witchofthehill]

You're absolutely wrong. Guy's name is Terry Kniess. He and his wife watched every show - realized the show used the same prizes over and over. So they took notes and memorized prices. They figured out that the packages were generally worth around $24,000, and he wanted to make sure he didn’t go over, so he started with $23,000. The $743 came from a combination of his wedding anniversary (7th of April) and his wife’s birth month of March (3). Because of this, prices are much more random now, and the prizes are also more upscale and less familiar to the ma-and-pa core of the show’s audience.

[@Swordsfor200Alex]

@@Witchofthehill - Sure that's why he needed help from someone in the audience. He didn't come up with that number. He was focused on someone in the audience for sure giving him those numbers. If he had memorized everything he never would have looked at his wife in the audience and just gave the answer. So your statement should read his wife came up with their wedding anniversary and her birth month because he was a blank book on stage. He had ZERO idea what to bid.

[@adambradshaw4510]

I used to work with Terry when he was a TV weatherman....he was a total science brain so I'm not surprised he got it

[@a_serhir2350]

For real? How was he

[@adambradshaw4510]

Great guy funny as heck

[@crazyclemsonfan8305]

@@adambradshaw4510 Terry is an absolute scumbag took credit when it wasn't his number. I know the guy who actually got the number right and gave it to Terry he was my middle school math teacher.

[@TheMW2informer]

crazy clemsonfan no man he is a good guy, down to earth kinda guy. Do you know him?

[@crazyclemsonfan8305]

@@TheMW2informer No but I know the guy who gave him the number. He was a great down to earth guy. And I know Terry stupidly guessed the exact price, won the car(nothing against him but wouldn't have done it on his own), and took credit for it when he got it from someone in the crowd.

[@Jasonrcsd]

dang I feel for that lady! that's like the Buffalo Bills - Kansas City Chiefs game. Just when you think you've won with 13 seconds left....

[@jx5189]

That lady was very gracious especially when I am sure she thought she won.

[@angelaroseneder7980]

I really thought Sharon had it. She had an amazing bid! Spoiler: Look on the bright side, at least she has the car she won in One Away

[@warpath6666]

Drew was the Eeyore of The Price Is Right that day LOL!!! 😄🤣😄🤣

[@fable9159]

Drew already spoiled that he had it exactly right so Sharon couldn’t win. I felt bad for her because she had an amazing bid!

[@kip258]

There's a documentary about Terry, by the way. He had a lot of help but got pretty lucky, then just bragged for years all about how great he was at knowing prices.

[@vulturevic]

Netflix has a documentary that tells the true story behind this. It’s called The Perfect Bid. It’s pretty good.

[@Mysterio1412]

I just watched it with my gf, it was really good and informative. I hate how this guy continues to take credit and say it was him who was smart enough to guess it right.

[@2AForever-wi8yj]

yup Theodore was amazing . they didn't show it on this clip but he was seated right next to the guys wife and had told her the price to bid and at 2:03 when the guy looks at the audience his wife flashed him the amount to bet, The woman was actually looking to him for the price but with trips hit was hit or miss and he still missed it by less than 500 bucks.

[@42luke93]

Christoph Ross What is a gf?

[@vulturevic]

Girl friend = gf

[@42luke93]

Vulture Vic Oh, thank you.

[@heathdockery8903]

First one someone guessed too much and the lady guessed 1 and now this

[@alecnolastname4362]

Guessing a buck is a valid strategy if you think your opponent bid over.

[@nickperez7553]

Yeah but to even get right the 43 dollars that is a one in a million guess

[@dinodadinosaur]

@@nickperez7553 to get the 43 right is 1/100 odds actually since there is only 100 options from 00 to 99

[@bronzegod8037]

Give her the prizes too. Not sweat off your back Drew.

[@BigDave469]

Hum, I thought from the description that the difference between the two contestants was going to be $0 on each showcase, in other words, the shortage of each bid was the same, that there was a tie! Never saw that before and I guess I still did not! Interesting how this guy made a specific bid that matched the price exactly?! Has this ever happened at any other time? If I knew the price, I would have rounded my bid down just to avoid suspicion!

[@lauragriffin6512]

I thought the same thing.

[@ellaams9280]

I saw this episode, that trailer was so cool. NO WAY I would have passed on a 17 feet trailer, I would have kept the trailer. AWESOME!

[@lionsfan7500]

They have a great documentary about this on Netflix.

[@7dayshadow375]

Unreal Drew knew as soon as he got the answer it was over. he says "wow thats very exact bid" taps top of ladies podium "good luck"

[@garfieldsmith332]

+Marteze Gilmore Yes it seems that way. You can tell by his voice as he announces the first players bid and says a difference 494 dollars. Drew definitely knew the winner had it on the nose. And it appears that the gut got the bid from someone in the audience.

[@Easttnvol25]

Netflix brought me here 11 years later

[@mr.c1563]

Algorithms go you here instead of current issues they are hiding.

[@danielvrodriguez81]

I don't get why Drew sounded disappointed that he got it right on the nose. It should be a big deal.

[@ENTERTAINMENT35]

Drew sounded so enthused

[@bosoxfan2525]

Drew Carey's reaction was about the same as mine when I reach into the pockets of a pair of jeans that I haven't worn in a while, and pull out a $5 bill. "Oh. Ok. Cool."

[@falconwind00]

Before the reveal, he was told backstage that the guy nailed it. Everyone suspected cheating, so he thought the show would never get aired.

[@StoneyBrownTV]

I remember when this aired. We would watch this at work on our lunch break. We couldn't believe it when he guessed it on point.

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

re: "guessed it on point" = heyyyyy ... thou must be attorneys !!

[@flclfan85]

when this happened, I wonder how many people on the staff flashed back to when Michael Larson cracked the secret of the big board on Press Your Luck?

[@AJR-zg2py]

I would have loved to be a fly on the wall in the Press Your Luck "war room" when Michael Larson basically said "fuck your game" and cleaned them out LOL

[@leaporter9925]

Exactly right 🤣🤣🤣

[@roachtoasties]

There was no cheating here. Contestants are allowed to get help from the audience (people are always yelling out suggestions). More recent than Michael Larson (he also didn't cheat), there was Charles Ingram on the UK version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. In that instance, he didn't get the £1 million he won on the show. Too much coughing from the audience from people who were helping him.

[@GigsTaggart]

Funny thing is I remember being a little kid watching press your luck and seeing that the board clearly was not random. Press your luck was only a matter of time until someone memorized the patterns.

[@erikbunty2016]

It's not cheating, in either case, it's called doing your homework.

[@joebarniak]

I don't think he cheated simply because cheaters try to make themselves look like they're not cheating. If I was a cheater, I wouldn't take 30 seconds to look over the equipment, I would look at the audience and act like I'm getting information from them. If I was a cheater, I wouldn't be laughing and talking to the other contestant I would be kept to myself making sure I remembered the numbers. I just think today was his day. I think he truly got lucky when he memorized the prices from the previous episodes, on a show that is on daily. He's basically a price is right card counter, or one of those guys with good memorization skills. I used to think that to be good on PIR you go to the store and look around, according to him you just watch all of the previous episodes.

[@paullarue2010]

Amen!

[@joebarniak]

+Paul LaRue thanks Paul

[@jst2708]

The show thought the man cheated somehow but the truth is there is a man in the audience that has attended the show for years. He memorized the prices & when the contest looked to the audience for help thats what the guy told him to bid. Look up the interview on this. The man won fair & square

[@MrHansen]

Incredible guess. Great job by both of them.

[@a.grimes4202]

When Drew said that a perfect Showcase bid hadn’t happened “since ’72 or ’73”, I wonder if he was saying it had never happened before, which it hadn’t, or if he somehow believed it *had* . At any rate, the closest anyone had come to a perfecta bid in the Showcase was a contestant who was under by $1, but unfortunately it seems the recording of that episode has not yet turned up.

[@RobertEllis-e7p]

I've never seen that in over 40 years of watching price is right. Amazing!

[@edcampion3998]

MORE POWER TO HIM.HE PLAYED THE GAME TO PERFECTION

[@axil157]

No. No he didn’t

[@ReR7474]

Ted Slauson did, not him or his wife

[@AquapolisQuest]

LOL drew Carey is like, “Wow. That’s an exact bid.” The second that guy said those numbers, Drew knew he won. 😂

[@ChadtheHammer]

Not true. Drew had no idea until the producer came up to him during the break and said he got the exact bid. Drew thought the show would never air so he wasn't so thrilled. Watch the documentary called "The Perfect Bid."

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

Hey @mattydaley3042 - Drew does not know showcase answers ahead of time! Do you make up "exaggerated" stories much in daily life, too??

[@desireewade9896]

What a way to enjoy this Everything truly needed to make it last 4 ever with memories of a Lifetime and yes truly go down in history!!

[@bewarethedecks]

The memorizing of prices to be able to make an exact bid reminds me of another game show that had an unusual outcome. Back in 1984, on the game show "Press Your Luck", a contestant, Michael Larson, won over $110k (a record amount back then) by memorizing the light and tile patterns on the game board so he could hit the tiles with large cash amounts and additional spins while avoiding the Whammy. The technical crew ended up expanding the light & tile patterns to reduce the chances of that from happening again. Revived versions of PYL (including the one that airs now) use(d) computers to completely randomize patterns so getting "Larsoned" is virtually impossible.

[@JLvatron]

I remember the fool players who are screaming, "No Whammies! No WHAMMIEEEEEES!!!"

[@codysmackdown1]

Drew better calm down I've never saw him so excited 😂

[@victorneyra1206]

he's not excited because he thought he cheated. At least that's what he said on a interview.

[@arielgonzalez5296]

Facts

[@freddymngadi6135]

That is how you run a FAKE show, folks! After a little commercial break and a short chat with "sponsors", you make some miraculously incredible result happen, JUST LIKE THAT!!!🤣😂😂

[@Wilson_the_Mannequin]

I like his BS reaction "What? What?".....from IMDB, The Price is Right, look under trivia:"Terry and Linda Kniess, a Las Vegas TV meteorologist and his wife with respective talents for discerning patterns and mathematics, discovered that the prizes with particular prices on the show tended to repeat often in predictable patterns. Deciding to use this to their advantage, the couple closely watched recordings of the show for months to detect, compute and memorize those patterns."

[@darrinbaker00]

I have seen a contestant underbid by $1, and I have seen a contestant overbid by $1, but I have never, NEVER, seen anyone get it right on the nose. Judging from Drew Carey's reaction, however, you would think it was a regular occurrence.

[@thegun88888]

Darrin Baker he was told by the producers that there could be cheating involved prior, thats why he didnt go ballistic

[@Motosportnut]

thegun88888 bs

[@Motosportnut]

+riddleman65 I'm saying there's no cheating.

[@eagle0468]

+Darrin Baker did you not hear Drew say, "This hasn't happened since 1972..."? Or are you just deaf?

[@eagle0468]

+riddleman65 the producers didn't stop Drew, or tell him "there might be cheating". And honestly, you and those like you, are fucking idiots.

[@Jiltedin2007]

Judging by his voice Drew Carey was thinking something wasn't right.

[@123rockfan]

“That’s a very exact bid.” Lmao

[@WebVManReturns]

Drew already told him it was a very exact bid. LOL

[@UncleGingersChronicles]

Drew said it was exact right after he bid on the showcase

[@foxmccloud7055]

This is the reason why "The Price is Right" had to change their prize rotation to a more random prize rotation.

[@coreypayne7470]

wow double showcase winner a week before christmas

[@Droppinthehammer]

That guy is from the future.

[@danielkilgore8454]

Drew being the great gameshow host....you can almost not hear the excitement in his voice

[@christophergargaro959]

It's because he knew the bid was perfect and the public and show producers would immediately expect cheating. He explained it on the Netflix documentary 'Perfect Bid'. He thought that someone had infiltrated the show, knew prices and there would be fallout that would cause him to lose his job as host. The producers of the show knew instantly that the bid was exact and stopped the entire show for 10 minutes while they verified Terry didn't cheat here. Drew still thought there would be repercussions because he was about to announce Terry won over $50K in prizes.

[@Dogs4EvernEver]

Disbelief->excitement

[@MrReymoclif714]

Definitely.

[@blthetube1]

My jaw almost hit the floor with the first bid....but the second being right on?? and drew acting like it was just another day???

[@scottjones4888]

ive never seen or heard of exact bidding on showcase

[@tncookies]

It's so obvious he's focused on one person in the audience when he's making his bid, and concentrating on repeating the exact figure. Then he looks at the same person and mouths the bid as the bid is repeated by Drew. At no point did it look like he was actually trying to figure out the prices himself or gauge the audience. Either he didn't realize or didn't care that it would raise a red flag to give an exact bid. I'm sure there were contestants before him who received help but gave a round figure to avoid suspicion. It's not cheating to get help from the audience or to memorize prices. It's a flawed game.

[@WayoshiM]

I wouldn't say it's flawed just because of this fact. Anyways, you're definitely right - the helper here even said he realized he should have said 23500 right afterwards.

[@WayoshiM]

***** The guy in the audience was such a dedicated fan, he made flash cards of prizes and knew everything to the exact number. Saying 23500 results in the same winnings (243 diff, still a DSW), barring the other person getting closer, which is almost impossible, and would have raised no suspicions.

[@WayoshiM]

***** If you're that good, there's nothing wrong with the technique. But clearly the show thought it looked bad, and has taken extra steps to make exacta'ing in the SCs much harder.

[@katymvt]

+WayoshiM Actually if you are exactly on the nose you get both showcases.

[@eternasapphiremoon81]

+katymvt If your bid is under by $100, you win both. That has happened before. This is a first where it's exactly right in a showcase. Lucky guy. I hope he enjoyed those trips. ^_^

[@drowization]

I heard about this, the guy from what I understand has been watching the show for over,,,,30 years and said that TPIR uses the same products over and over, they just spin them every couple of months or so. and that is how he know what to bid, but I don't think he thought he would get it exactly.... GOD BLESS all....

[@NightHawk12to81]

***** Which killed the show.

[@scotthamp384]

I'm surprised Drew didn't go, "Actual retail price... wow. $23,743. You got it right on the nose"

[@killStreakx0]

Who’s here after Netflix?

[@laurapettit6487]

It’s possible. Look at the guy who watched the show every day for 30 years when Bob was on. He memorized every prizes exact price.

[@benbendingrodriguez5572]

I remember him. Bad haircut, porn star mustache, and bulging eyes 😂

[@ammonnhonduras]

They made a movie about the guy. Perfect Bid: The contestant who knew too much. He was on the show the day this guy got the showcase bid and is the reason the guy got it. I highly recommend the documentary.

[@daisy671]

The documentary "The Perfect Bid" explains this in great detail. Good watch.

[@KevinBenecke]

I wonder what the rule is if the showcase ends up with a tie. Would they have a tie breaker? Or would both contestants get they're prizes? It is a very slim chance. Probably just as slim as getting the bid right on ever again. But it is possible.

[@jonathanr.]

From Google --- if there was a tie within the double showcase-winning range, both contestants would win both showcases.

[@L1011Widebody]

That subdued reaction from everyone reminds me of the guy who swindled Press Your Lucky by memorizing the board... at one point he was cheering for prizes before he even hit the plunger, and the audience and even Peter Tomarken were pretty silent.

[@cincycap]

What are you talking about? The audience and Peter Tomarken was flipping out on that episode. The stupid woman to Michael's left was pissy about it, but everyone else was very excited.

[@L1011Widebody]

cincycap Was it? I haven't seen that episode in so long, so forgive me for misremembering it. The thing that stands out in my mind is the way he'd get excited and celebrate before he hit the plunger.

[@cincycap]

Yeah, the CBS executives were pissed and tried every possible way to deny him the money....and they didn't let him return for another show like every other winner...but they did pay him the $110k. Funny thing (and sad) is that a couple years later there was a radio contest offering $30,000 if someone could find a specific serial number on a dollar bill. He took out $50,000 of his Press Your Luck money from the bank, all in $1 bills, and someone broke into his house and stole it while he was at a family Christmas gathering. I just watched a documentary about it earlier tonight....he was a really interesting guy.

[@MONOPOLY35]

Michael Larson observed that the board was not random. He didn't manipulate the software or receive information from an insider working for the show. It was CBS's fault for being so careless. As for TPIR exact bid, Bob Barker would given a much more reasonable reaction instead of jumping to conclusions.

[@NightHawk12to81]

MONOPOLY35 Bob has said he would have drummed up excitement for it and praised Terry Kniess for getting it exactly right.

[@kidd5952]

The announcement of the prizes 🤣 hilarious. First you'll visit Chicago 😳🤗. Michael Jordan and his tongue 😜 And WIND 🌬️ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jwoodworth]

Drew: “I am getting fired, sewed, and dead to everyone.”

[@waynesworld2086]

The comments are more interesting and entertainment than the price is right clip lol

[@saustin6355]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@redzoom7857]

Dang, that’s gotta suck to be that close and still not win.

[@MS-ij1xm]

I remember him. Accused him of cheating but how? unless someone told him. I don't think he did. Just an awesome bid.

[@XxStonedImmaculatexX]

missy snow Ted told his wife who was sitting next to him in the audience. But everyone always yells out the prices anyways so no he didn’t cheat but he also didn’t do it himself really. The only good thing this guy did was get called up to play lol There’s a documentary on Netflix called the Perfect Bid or something like that. You should watch it, it’ll explain everything.

[@shaheedsimon24]

Will y'all stop saying he cheated!? Stop hating

[@EliteGeeks]

he cheated...

[@TheKSProduction]

EliteGeeks O but he didn't.

[@shaheedsimon24]

Anthony Demauleon ok

[@EveeLover]

Anthony Demauleon how do you know Drew got the trailer?

[@PLCollia]

Anthony Demauleon What a bunch of bull you are spewing. The guy spent 10 years studying the prices of items sold on TPIR. He even did an interview after, saying "10 years of studying prices, that i am guaranteed to be off by a dollar or two at most". And as for Drew and the trailer, did you know that the producers promised drew one if a contestant were to get his/her showcase on the nose??? The guy kept all his prizes, and used the trailer to go on Vacation with his wife!

[@mellosimpson1224]

THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE...I WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT IF I DIDN'T SEE IT FOR MYSELF

[@Mark-yy2py]

Wonder how Bob would have reacted to an exact showcase bid??🤔

[@fable9159]

He probably would have said You get it exactly right! You win both showcases!

[@erikbunty2016]

He would say it is a historic moment on TPIR.

[@fable9159]

@@erikbunty2016 I forgot about that!

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

@Mark-yy2py - how do you think? Bob Barker would have reacted in the usual professional, supportive manner as usual ... without any judgmental "cheating" ideas that Drew may have had !!

[@hououinkyouma5539]

that guy is just an expert memorizer, no cheater. price is right shouldn't use patterns xD

[@robinmabe8990]

I think there should be a rule that you can't bid,$1.00 more cause the last contestants have to have the exect price,i think there should be at least a$500.00 in between the bids.

[@thomasbryant6512]

As long as there have been games of chance, there have always been people who will try to beat the system, cheat, or whatever you want to call it. I watched the documentary on this episode. Drew, the producers, and everyone else thought the show was done after this. Ted Slauson won this game for Terry, despite the denials they both have made. If anything good came out of this, it made the producers more aware of how they select prizes and how much they cost.

[@warriordugan7236]

Theodore Slausen gave him the exact bid from the audience. Watch the movie 'The Perfect Bid' here on KZbin.

[@birdman7135]

I've successfully predicted the number of Super Bowl victories for the Cincinnati Bengals over the past 30 years. Unfortunately........ so has everyone else.

[@erikbunty2016]

Yes. Starts with a "Z" and ends with an "O".

[@trevorp8420]

Lmao the audience modeling is hilarious