Priceless Moments with Bill Cullen

[monkeyman1282]

PLEASE SOMEONE THROW A SHOE AT HIM!!!!!

[atbglenn]

I used to watch Bill Cullen on the Price Is Right when I was a kid in the 60's. TV was so much better in those days

[spokaenette]

I just found out that Bill Cullen was disabled but it was so carefully camouflaged that even panelists and celebrities didn't know about it.

[bluebear1985]

I guess in that last clip, opening up the bidding was the only clean way Bill could get himself out of that slip of the tongue.

[PirateTravisJohnson1]

I knew drew was skinny @ 1 time, even if it was back in the Black & white era.

[PirateTravisJohnson1]

@ 9:00 I shit my pants to the extreeemeee

[PirateTravisJohnson1]

National Biscuit Company, is tha nabisco or was it bought out by some other company? NEVER heard of it.

[PirateTravisJohnson1]

3:22 WTF!?! A camera & crib combo? wow. I can hardly believe this was practical.

[PirateTravisJohnson1]

3:22 WTF!?! A camera & crib combo? wow. I can hardly believe this was practical.

[JazzKeyboardist1]

did not know bill had polio until mel brooks told his parody story, mel thought bill was walking like jerry lewis so mel did too, bill said, wow mel you are the first to kid me about it, i will cherish it, but go screw yourself

[PirateTravisJohnson1]

@JazzKeyboardist1

Polie? Really? Loved Space Balls & History of the World part I. Still waiting for part II

[TerrorBlack]

I wonder what those 40 shares of Nabisco stock would be worth today.

[bluebear1985]

@TerrorBlack He was kidding about the biscuit part. When he mentioned NBC, I think he meant the network this version was broadcast on.

[musicom67]

@TerrorBlack 1 share of KFT (Kraft Foods owns Nabisco) 12/5/11 was about $36/share = $1400 in 2011 dollars...

[storrs19]

Bill's references to the the Pittsburgh Pirates winning the world series in 1960 are priceless. They would win again in 1979. Now they haven't had a winning season since 1992.

[StFidjnr]

@ 4:17 there he goes.

[onemooners]

see what you mean!!!! :D

[bluebear1985]

Uncle Bill must have been making quite a bit at the time, because in addition to hosting this on NBC, he was also a regular panelist on "I've Got a Secret" on CBS.

[onemooners]

@bluebear1985 seen him on two, and even think hes better than Dick Clark on pyramid

[chrisjman]

THANK YOU so much for posting this. I miss the BW game shows so much since GSN TURNED ITS BACK on classic game shows. : (

[MikeHL78]

As I like to say every time I see something of Bill's I've never seen before, it's the master at work. :) I'd heard about the last clip but had never seen it. Great stuff!

[SueBeaWho]

I am such an idiot I almost turned this clip off cuz I thought it was really in French. You know, like an american clip dubbed into French. So glad I hung in there the whole 5 seconds. Dum-Dum me at times!! And yeah they should do a movie about his life or do one movie about all the greats: Gary Moore, Gene Rayburn, John Charles Daly etc etc etc sorry can't list all of them but you know what I mean.

[drunkenuff]

They soooooooo need to do a movie of Bill Cullen's life. Matt Damon would be a dead ringer for a young Bill...damn near identical.

[colBoh]

I could see that... some black hair dye, some thick-glasses... of course Mr. Damon would need to adopt a nasally charming voice...

[hoosierlooker]

Complete entertainment unit...ROTFL!!

[fonna]

WhhhhhAT! The Price is Right was on back then?

I thought that show started at about 35 years ago.

[colBoh]

35 years ago, the show you're referring to was called "The NEW Price Is Right" - a drastically-changed revival of the original - what you see here.

-Kataang & MaiKo 4.F.R.!

[fonna]

Thank you.

NOW I remember.

I use to wonder why it was "The New..." I use to think they were faking that it was on before....XD

[bluebear1985]

The original version, which as you can see was hosted by Bill Cullen, aired from 1956-1965. It was a different kind of show back then.

[Drivermatic]

Man, Don Pardo is the anouncer during the entertainment center clip......he's been around since the dawn of time? Still on SNL!

[bluebear1985]

@Drivermatic Well, if you think of 1944 as the dawn of time, then yeah. At least that's how long Don pardo has been with NBC.

[Drivermatic]

@bluebear1985 From a broadcasting point of view its darn close. When did Marconi get his patent 1901?

[colBoh]

Oh yeah, those were the days...

Are the clips at 4:10 and 6:08 related?

[Noveltooner]

Uncle Bill, you're the BEST (and the same goes for "Price" creator and original producer (albeit under Goodson-Todman), Bob Stewart.

[Noveltooner]

Bob Barker wouldn't have been caught dead doing this stuff; he was too much of a "star."

[tjm3774]

The clip that begins at 4:10 is absolutely, hilariously priceless!!!

[davemock]

Forget "come on down" - he decided to fall on down! Mr Cullen was smart to hold him in place when that bonus bell went off.

[NEPatriot]

Uncle Bill--YOU CAD YOU!

[bobodogpup]

You found these on DVD's? Wow. Where can I get some of those?

[AdamNedeff]

Well...by dropping by my apartment, I guess. :-) These came from GSN airings that I have on DVD-Rs, and one weekend I just rooted through them looking for funny bits.

[ajk]

Not sure I got the joke at the end.

[Noveltooner]

He suddenly realized when he said "complete entertainment unit' that it included the bed. (Who says New York studio audiences don't have dirty minds?) Ah, for the days when the game shows originated here before Los Angeles decided stealing the Dodgers wasn't enough for them.