The Price is Right demo film, pt. 1

[CadillacL]

I was a kid ubt, I do remember Dennis James as host. :)

[BatmanFan1966]

I wonder if Mark had ANY inkling that in 2011, his "baby" would be embarking upon its 40th season?!?!?! An amazing run!

[MrWilliamtom]

I read years ago that Goodson wanted to remake TPIR & first offered it to Bill Cullen who refused because of all the walking around the stage. Cullen had childhood polio and had difficulties walking. So Goodson's next choice was Dennis James. CBS executives didn't want James and said, "We'll put it on if you get Bob Barker". So Goodson was hard-pressed to hire Bob Barker to put this show on the air. Barker later said he would have asked for more money if Goodson was so desperate to hire him.

[WhatInTheHellO]

Can you imagine how strange the world would be if the Price is Right never existed?

[GSNSmashFan3]

Those two games would have been GENIUS for the show! Although the first game does remind me of Check Game, while the second reminds me of Golden Road. The world of TPIR is amazing! :D

[csx2117]

Did anybody else notice Dennis's goof during his comments? The comment about the original show which had THREE contestants? While he's sitting with Mark Goodson? They must have really wanted to get this film out in a hurry if they left that in.

[polybi5]

@csx2117 I don't think it was a goof. Remember, this was a sales film and maybe at that time 3 was what they were working with.

[spagandtuna]

I loved Dennis James as host because he was truly an every man. He seemed to align himself with the contestant---one got the sense that he was rooting for the contestant against the machine. He wasn't polished, had a very blue collar feel, and also conveyed just a slight sense of anxiety which amplified the immediacy of the moment. He was good and seems almost forgotten today. Thanks for posting this!

[joebradio]

and if that doesn't work out, they could always do the TODAY show .. that's looks just like the set they used for Today during the Hugh Downs, Barbara Walters, Frank McGee era

[joebradio]

..a show for the present and the future.. hmmm, I wonder if the format will last ?

[Thunderwing88]

I think the first game was closer to Take Two.

[mpontheair2]

Mark Goodson was a genius.

[bluebear1985]

It seems to be that in the first "game", an element of it would later be used in "Check Game", because they are trying to get a certain price, but on the show it was within a certain price range. The second one seems like an early variation of "Ten Chances", except in this pitch film the prizes are more at risk.

[bduddy55555]

Is there something cut out of this? At 5:15 Goodson says he lost the first game, but the video doesn't show him playing it.

[gsn93]

The first game they show, is like Take Two, in which they add the Prices togetter to get the target price.

[MikeTeaveeJr]

The second game would be the basis for the Golden Road, Ten Chances and Triple Play. Was that 7-year old girl Marjorie Goodson-Cutt?

[WhatsAYak]

@MikeTeaveeJr - She was indeed.

[tsskiller08]

The first PG looks like an early version of Take Two.

[Hondo20132]

I was looking EVERYWHERE for this!!!

[gfalcon]

Goodson was busy going over his "enemies list" when the camera started filming.

[cottagechskitty]

Nope I'm pretty sure that Bob's version went without a pilot, which was typical for Goodson.

[Hondo20132]

It says in my TPIR book, 'not even a pilot was shot for the New Price is Right, as it was called back then'.

[mtprice1978]

It looks like they play 10 chances.

[nextbarker]

Who do you think did better nighttime TPIR, thewhammy83, Dennis, Bob, Tom, or Doug?

[thewhammy83]

It's almost difficult for me. I only saw one Dennis episode and two Tom episodes (the ones I have). My opinion would probably be Bob and/or Doug. In my reality, out of every version of TPIR I've seen, I only saw Bob whenever it came on at night. Personally, I would say that Bob, Tom, and Doug did a decent job in the afternoon.

[armymjm]

Thanks for posting this. Any TPIR fan would consider this a real gem.

There are some Tom Kennedy and Dennis James clips of TPIR on You Tube. Once you have seen those, you will definitely change your mind about Dougs hosting.

IMO Tom Kennedy was the best Nighttime TPIR host.

[smashwhammy]

No, Bob was the best at both Day and Night (if you count MDSs as Nighttime.)

[gshowguy]

@thewhammy83 For me, Bob, then Tom, then Dennis, then Doug.

[nextbarker]

Did the daytime version with Bob Barker have a pilot episode?

[thewhammy83]

I do not know.

[PsYcHoFaB]

According to Janice Pennington, in one of the "Model chats" (which is floating around youtube) there was a pilot. She mentions how she's been with TPIR since the 1972 pilot.

[WarioBarker88]

She may have been thinking of the first taped episode (#0101-1/0011D), which had several things which didn't appear on 0101-3/0014D (nobody's seen 0101-2/0013D).