Price is Right -- Classics -- Showcase Showdown

[DartsRme312]

THE IMMORTAL JOHNNY OLSEN RULED

[NikitaFilatovFan3040]

1981

[TheSonicGod]

Brown hair or silver hair, Bob always knew how to be enthusiastic and make for an awesome show.

[adtv2]

she is hot with a hot name

[snootzie78]

I miss the triangle that showed the contestants spinning the big wheel during the Showcase Showdown.

[GameShowGamer]

It's funny how Bob's speech slows down along with the wheel.

[spiked200]

That beep is so soft!

[busterdog321]

damn bob is blabbin on and on like hes on coke or something. but hey,...it was the 80's....maybe this show always looked like it never got out of the late 70's....even when bob was in hisBAZING

[Permaglo]

That is one very homely looking woman at the beginning of the video.

[mandacakes]

Bob Barker turned into Steve Wilkos there at about 2:34! Classic Bob!

[coolwafferman]

@mandacakes Steve Wilkos. "Get off my stage". lol

This was TPIR at it's best.

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

They should have kept the 'contestant arrow' camera angle, as it made it easier to see what the contestant actually got.

[untexan]

They delivered vacuums to your door back in the day? Why, next you'll be telling me they used to deliver milk to my door, too!

[Mobee211]

i remember watching this show when my morning kindergarten was through...around 1986 or so. i love this show

[ItsyaboyAFizzle]

they need 2 release tpir on dvd so we can see the classics

[puppyshoes]

I will alyays watch the show with show.

[amez4life]

I totally agree with mrnitrous20; I don't even watch the show anymore for the same reasons he/she listed. BTW, that Gustava is one tall sister; she gave that wheel a HUGE spin on her first spin!

[mrnitrous20]

Bob made the show, without him the price is right blows especially with that dork drew carrey. They shouldn't have changed the music it just sucks, basically they should have retired the show with bob and aired reruns. Thank God for Youtube

[PsyCouture]

I haven't seen it since Drew's inception. Is it really that bad? Everyone I know that was a faithful watcher no longer watches it.

[JMFabianoRPL]

Nah...it's not. I can see how diehard Barker fans would be turned off, but I still like the show. So that must say something. They could do worse (and since it is Fremantle, I shouldn't invite them...)

The music changes, if you meant the remastering, is actually subtle for the most part, though other times there are notable differences. They still use classic cues, BTW.

Also, what date is this clip from?

[domirules28]

i'll guess between early 1980 and the fall of 1982...

[fanotv]

This one aired on March 16, 1981

[mateo096]

Its not bad at all. Drew is doing an excellent job.

[merlinhurst]

Drew is funny as hell.

[JMFabianoRPL]

And the DVD, which is awesome. Hope there'll be more. Which concerns me, for the same reasons why reruns might be hard to come by...yes it'd be easier on CBS than CBS leasing them to GSN. But as we know, Bob is choosy in what reruns can be used. (the fur thing...there were also rumors that he won't clear eps. with Holly, which was why no '80s episodes on the DVD...though it can also be that this was simply a 1972-75 set with the last Barkers as a bonus)

[JMFabianoRPL]

Also...I wonder if reruns as old as 35 years old would be a draw on network television. They can barely be seen on certain cable channels that were supposed to be showcases for them, after all.

It works on PBS with old Mister Rogers episodes (after his retirement/death), but that's public TV. I just wonder how/if it would work out here.

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

There were other people besides Barker that made the show, how about Janice Pennington, Dian Parkinson, Holly Hallstrom, Kathleen Bradley, Johnny Olson, and Rod Roddy to name a few...

[mewii24567]

ima gonna give you.....

I loved the old bob.

[edray1416]

What year did they change the dollar sign on the wheel?

[thirtymphs]

Wikipedia says:

The walls of the Big Wheel were originally gold when it debuted on the first hour-long show on November 3, 1975. The walls were changed to red by December 30, 1977. By late March, 1979, pink "Pricedown" dollar signs were added to the walls. On September 12, 1988 the current gold slanted dollar signs debuted on the walls.

[edray1416]

September 12, 1988? Damn, I was 2 when that happened. I like the "Pricedown" dollar sign better.

[WhiteHatBobby]

Bente Christensen-Dukes (set designer) has returned the Pricedown dollar sign this season -- one giant silver one set to the backdrop of a red wall with the same pattern as that on the walls and doors. The wall and wheel this year were initially purple, but Drew had it discarded after five shows.

[jasongarner]

Haha...Electralux...

[Tubewings]

GET OFF THIS STAGE, EUGENE!!

[pressmin]

I've put a clip here so you can compare to split screen and see for youself if you like the classic version or not.

[spunker88]

"Im a gonna give ya..."

LOL! Good ol Bob Barker.