The Price is Right First Show Opening

[GiveCourage]

what's the old price is right then?

[MapleBalls]

nice, can you post the entire episode?

[ELOVE4U]

This is when the game show and the king is born.

[happymax1]

Too bad this show never caught on...

[NOWhammies91983]

The sound guy accidentally plays the theme twice. You can hear them overlap around :41.

[iscrmoal]

When do you think they droped the "new" out of the title? 2nd, 3rd year... It sounds weird like that!

[HearingLossProvider]

I didn't know there was an old Price Is Right :|

[dpaanlka]

It's funny today how much people are screaming and losing their minds during the intro.

[MapleBalls]

@dpaanlka They are told to do that when they enter the room to make it more exciting.

[Tattooprinces]

Look how confused everyone is

[BARNEYFATSWALT]

Happy 88th Birthday to Bob Barker!

[raydonato42276]

@BARNEYFATSWALT when did he turn 88 ?

[steveb802011]

I believe Bob was 49 when the show started in 1972.

[Icyfox68]

How old was Bob Barker when he first hosted the price is right?

[BigCheeseMC26280]

"Oh...great...I have to play these pricing games..."

[LiveWire134679]

@BigCheeseMC26280 Why in quotes?

[matt199110]

holy shit bob barker is young in this video

[wadupbraah]

no one could of guessed this show would be one of the most famous in america....bob barker is the only reason it was

[MichaelTheTerrible]

Buy a vowel!

[jrosario9100]

They haven't got their motto yet "Come On Down"



[jrosario9100]

Wow, Can't Believe This is the first show



[pluto4847]

@jrosario9100

As a kid, I would always watch 'The Price is Right' when I was home sick from school.

Everytime I had the flu, cold, or tummy ache I would always watch this show. LOl

[daniellejudith]

I don't believe there is a soul out there who does not like bob barker. If you looked charisma up, bob barker should be used as an example. miss and luv ya bobby. TPIR just isn't the same without you

[N0RCALGAL]

What's the first item??????????

[Permaglo]

Happy birthday TPIR! 9/4/1972

[Gonso96]

And nobody will know what was the first item up to bid...

[marioluver86]

quite a crowd arent they?

[MrRETEROROB]

notice that the audience is pretty well dressed. if you watch the show today most of them look like bums.

[dodgerslakers2]

bob looks so young

[guiqui5]

@ssalcyxalag Thanks

[guiqui5]

I bet that when this show was taping, Drew Carey was in Diapers.

[califgirl11]

I was in the audience in 1980.

[AaronBruceLadner]

SCREW DREW, WE WANT BOB!!!

[calebdude570]

@AaronBruceLadner screw your face

[calebdude570]

@AaronBruceLadner screw you

[arrowstar71]

Wha year was this?

[tywill10]

The Price Is Right with Bob Barker made television worth watching! I'm SO GLAD I have "The Best Of " DVD set!

[grimjacked]

dam he is looking yung

[Thatcrazykidbrendan]

lol they arent even excited to get called down

[thebikerdiva]

@Thatcrazykidbrendan It was just the first show.

[Thatcrazykidbrendan]

@thebikerdiva the price was wrong, bitch

[littlenaitch2]

@Thatcrazykidbrendan Who are you, Happy Gilmore?

[littlenaitch2]

@Thatcrazykidbrendan What do you expect, it's the first show, for cryin' out loud!

[scason]

@Thatcrazykidbrendan Remember, this was new. Very first show. They didn't know what to expect.  Nobody did. It took the show several years to develop the excitement you see now.

[doulasc]

Bob was 48 then,but he looked 38.

[delideliver]

I watced this show most of my life,the early years are so much better,after they started getting the OBNOXIOUS,LOUD college kids on this show it ruined it,they act like animals,and everytime one of them made it on stage I hoped so much they would not win anything,I hope those who have been on the show,save the tape from it so they can show their kids,how OBNOXIOUS and immature they were

[music4ismylife8]

Bob barker DAAYUM. I didn't recognize him at first, the show has changed so much.."

[Nintenfan3424]

Way More Chaotic Now adays

[CalicoatMaker]

I think this was the same show he started sexually harassing Janice (In "Daddy's Room")

[kawikatube]

Bob is holding the mic wrong

[aiboluver]

i luv u Bob :D

[danbarker39]

Why did Johnny tell the players to STAND UP at first? I don't get that.

[UglySean]

@danbarker39 Wow I've only heard the audio until now. Supposedly it was a throwback to the original Price is Right. Johnny O changed this by the third episode or so. I think the first item (not mentioned here) was something insane like Tupperware

[fballjones]

@UglySean It was a fur coat.



[LtSeth242]

@danbarker39 nobody ever really knew, but do you know why the audience was silent at first when they called all of their names?

[denelson83]

@LtSeth242 Probably because it was just the first show and the producers were just learning how to do things there in Studio 33.

[LtSeth242]

@denelson83 very true. They probably had them stand up so they could just find them on camera and give them their few seconds of "solo" camera time, and because the camera's couldn't really capture them running down at that speed in 1972.

[quirpco]

"Stand up"?? Jeez, how dull! "COME ON DOWN" was a major improvement to the show.

[yolichka1]

Connie was getting into the music, I like her!!

[stl49erfan]

I believe Bob took over for Bill Cullen in 1972. I was raised by him in front of the TV, love him and still miss him. Simply the best!

[Mykevin67]

I remember watching Bob in the 70's and 80's. still have visions of the lady falling out of her bube tube in the 70's. Bob, you were such a gentleman and also so hilarious. As a kid, when I was sick from school I so looked forward to catching an episode on TV. Thanks Bob.

[LadyTyger51ne]

The music is still the same all these years. If it ain't broke dont fix it LOL

[stereo123]

I'm not american so I'm not that familiar with the show, but I once stumbled accidentaly on The Price is Right Music Library. This show has a lot of cool instrumental music on it, pay attention and you'll agree!

[MandaGurl03]

OMG He's SO young :O

[crazykidsdad]

How times have changed, the reason no one clapped when names were called was because the contestants wouldn't been able to hear the names being called. When I went to the show in 2006, names were held on a board during the name calling so you could see it also.

[thtsritesun1212]

shemales are for bitches

[nate081304]

Back when Bob could make it out onto the stage without his classic arm swing for momentum.

[Jeff98177]

I've seen more excited people waiting for flights at the airport.

[PuI2ePLaYaZ]

First ever contestant is a black lady ... (this is not a racist comment)

[frankp3]

@PuI2ePLaYaZ very common strategy on games shows of the 70's...they would more often than not win too.

[TheEman29]

@frankp3 ya and white people win all the time too idiot.

[TheEman29]

@PuI2ePLaYaZ Oh shut up you idiot, who cares if shes black, get a life loser. wow I never seen a black lady,

[fairhillnorrie]

what if you had no legs? or in a wheelchair?? stand up?? come on down??

[Jeff98177]

@fairhillnorrie There are screeners outside who quietly scan the group waiting to go in and pick their favorites. The "come on down" group is chosen from that list. It's not 100% random.

[TrevWks]

The clip cuts off, but the first item up for bid - ironically - was a fur coat.

[jsicolts]

STAND UP ! Wow. Come on down ....was down the road.

[MiffyeHalak]

MY GOD, this is so weird.

[SERGIOCHAOTIC]

I love how it's been the same song for decades.

[bartradco]

GD29...Yes, my family and I were at the taping of 3 or 4 of the first shows, including #1. I was only 12, but can remember standing in line for an hour or so and then going in for the taping of a couple of shows on the same day. While in line the staff was asking questions of audience members, presumably to help them determine who to pick as contestants. All of us got the big name tags. I've still got mine. Johnny Olsen warmed up the crowd ahead of time. He was funny!

[BIGRED224FOREVER]

BABA BOOOEY.....................WAS THE SECOND GUEST TO APPEAR ON PIR? HOWARD STERN WOULD BE PROUD.

[jkrb05]

"Stand Up" XD

[an82506]

Looking at the difference between the first episode and the last episode with Bob Barker, the audience has changed a whole lot. It's amazing to see the difference.

[GD29]

@an82506 i bet it has something to do with the fact that this was a brand new experience for both the audience in the studio and those watching at home at the time...not only that, but it was a renewed version of an certain "price" that they were used to so i guess that in itself kind of alienated them from getting too excited like audiences nowadays.....either that or maybe it was more of a standard to have calm, quiet, and well-mannered audiences for game shows back in the 70's......

[MrWilliamtom]

Listen carefully to this video----Anybody notice what Johnny said after he called a contestant's name??

[p33p00p33]

people looked REDICULOUS in the 70s

[gitane1976]

it's the same song since 1969!!!!!!!!!

[frankp3]

the first item up for bids was in fact...(drum roll please)...a FUR COAT! LOL

[Smokie181]

lol i love how no one gets excited or cheers. They all sit there all quiet and humble hahaha nowadays people bounce off both walls, roof and floor!

[landrykkb]

Th Price Is Right just happened to catch on at the right time and it's still going 38 years later,although with Drew Carey and the ratings are not quite as high as the Bob Barker era,but still steady.Then again,there was a lot more competition when Bob Barker started as opposed to when Drew Carey did.He's competing against a portion of NBC's The Today Show & ABC's The View,which are not the same cup of tea at all!

[reverendflash]

This is not the 'first show opening'. Barker compares this 'new' Price Is Right to an older one. Where's the older one's first show opening?

[darkpowrjd]

@reverendflash He's talking about the Bill Cullen version that wasn't as popular as the "new" version was (and that version was played EXTREMELY different). That one went off the air some years before the one we know now debuted.

[reverendflash]

@darkpowrjd

Okay, so where's THAT opening?

[darkpowrjd]

@reverendflash search for "price is right cullen open" (telling you that because YouTube doesn't allow links in their comments last I checked). It was the first video that came up for me.

[kuate1122]

Now the price is right is much better with drew Carey.

[conemen1]

@kuate1122 You ass!

Bob Barker was damn awesome!

Ask my 77 year old grandpa, he's been watching forever.

Bob Barker was the bomb!

[landrykkb]

That depends on when you started watching it!

[AwsumSaus]

I love how unexcited the audience is compared to today lol. They had no idea it would grow like it did...amazing. :)

[rockstar2677]

wow, he was young with brown hair..now he's getting old, got white hair.

[HymnTimeGospelSongs]

This is still better than it is now ...I will not watch anymore Drew is not and I say it again NOT the right type host .....wish they would call me. I would put some life into it.

[conemen1]

@HymnTimeGospelSongs YES!

[bjlopez1130]

Wow that audience was so quiet.

[Psythik]

Yeah they look confused. >_>

[gnccracer16]

probably smoked too much weed before tha show

[retroguy1976]

@gnccracer16 ROFL

[bacardi123]

@bjlopez1130 lmao i kno rite

[bacardi123]

@sickandtiredofmorons it means laughing my ass off trailor trash bitch

[TheJamesgordon43]

@bacardi123 Hey, sickandtiredofmorons and bacardi123, knock it off with the trash-talking to each other, the both of youse.

[sickandtiredofmorons]

@TheJamesgordon43 shut the fuck up

[akiratrooper]

@TheJamesgordon43 Just help out and flag this troll's comments as spam =D

[hanypants]

@bacardi123 dude really shut up. where does it really get you if you swear? make you feel big? well it kind of makes you look stupid.

[bacardi123]

@hanypants 1ST OF ALL IM A LADY, 2ND OF ALL I DIDNT SWEAR NOTHING, 3RD OF ALL WHY THE FUCK U TALKING TO ME? EXACTLY CASE CLOSE!

[makoncrayley]

@bacardi123 Hypocrisy at it's finest, ladies and gentlemen.

[GSNSmashFan3]

@bjlopez1130

Funny by how a year later, the audience was in full blast!

[bartradco]

My sister and I are in the audience! We were there for the taping of the 1st and 3rd show in 1972.  Where did you get this footage?

[GD29]

@bartradco were you really? what was the experience like?? did you have wait for hours to days in line to get in?? and also, whats the reason behind the quiet audience?

[bartradco]

@GD29 I posted an answer above, but as far as the quiet in the audience...we did whatever we were prompted to do. They must not have had the applause sign on when the show was beginning as they did later. It does look strange when you look back at it now. I can remember being nervous, after all, it was a national television show!

[GD29]

@bartradco so you were instructed to just sit there and not react? or was it a natural response for all the audience? like, they didn't give anybody instructions so people just sat there all confused? did you ever visit the show again?

[bartradco]

@GD29 I don't recall exactly, but I do know we were prompted when to applaud and show enthusiasm. Because of that, we must have been instructed to keep quiet until the first contestants were told to come on down. Doing it that way does tend to make it a bit suspensful, huh? After seeing 4 shows taped, (one wasn't aired) we didn't go back for other tapings, however, we did see the Carol Burnett Show, Sonny and Cher, Lucy, Bob Newhart and other shows during our stay in LA. It was a blast!

[GD29]

@bartradco you saw four price is right shows in a row??? were they actually the first episodes aired or were they aired out of order? im aware that a show like this tapes like three to four episodes a day

[bartradco]

@GD29 I think it was two shows in one day and we were there two different days. They were broadcast out of the order they were recorded. This one is the first show and I think it was recorded first as well, but I could be wrong. So you know, my sister and I are easy to spot. During the second camera shot when Johnny says, "..fabulous prizes..", my sister and I are behind the two guys wearing large glasses. She's wearing a yellow blouse under a brownish jumper and I'm to the left in a t-shirt.

[bartradco]

@GD29 Oops, we're in the first camera shot. I've got "The Best of the Price is Right" dvd set and it lays out some of the date issues. The first show aired on Monday, 9/4/72, the second and third shows we saw were recorded on 8/21/72 and were aired on Tuesday the 5th and Wednesday the 6th. We are wearing different clothes, so I know it was a different recording date than the first show. I think the shows that aired on Thurs. & Fri. were the out of order shows with the Fri. one being replaced.

[bartradco]

@GD29 The bottom line is it is a bit confusing on the timeline issue. The dvd set gives one story and some websites give another slightly different story. I'm going by the dvd. The shows were numbered like 1.1 or 0011D, 1.2 or 0012D, etc. 1.1 aired 9/4/72, 1.2 aired 9/6/72, 1.3R aired 9/8/72 (it was a replacement show for one that had to be redone), 1.4 aired 9/7/72 and 1.5 aired 9/5/72. 1.2 and 1.5 were taped on the same day (8/21) and aired on consecutive days.

[bartradco]

@GD29 Something more..I think episode one 1.1 (0011D) was recorded on a Saturday, 8/19/72, maybe by itself, which we were there for. The next two episodes recorded, 1.3 and 1.4 may have been taped on Sunday, 8/20/72. 1.3 aired on Friday, 9/8/72, but was a replacement for the one recorded on 8/20. 1.4 aired on Thursday, 9/7/72. I don't think we were there for those two, but might have been. 1.2 and 1.5 were taped on Monday, 8/21/72 and were aired 9/6 and 9/5 respectively.

[bartradco]

@GD29 Back then they evidently taped on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The reason I think is because "The Carol Burnett Show" was taped in the same studio, Studio 33. Carol Burnett was a big production and required time for stage rehearsals, etc. We saw that show as well and I remember they taped it twice and took the best from each taping to make the show. I think this was on different days as well, so they needed the studio most of the week.

[GD29]

@bartradco i see....were there as much people waiting in line for tickets as there are today?? i think bill maher now tapes his show in the same studio as price.....i could be wrong though....

[bartradco]

@GD29 I don't think so. Being a new show, there wasn't a following like today, so there were no people camping out for tickets. We just walked up and got in line for tickets if I remember correctly. They were making sure they had full audiences.

[GD29]

@bartradco what was the reactions like waiting in line?? did people know what they were getting into?? was it excitement or confusion??

[bartradco]

@GD29 I really can't remember any conversations, but certainly there were some there that remembered the original Price Is Right and so knew something of what to expect. Remember I was only 12 and so I was nervous and excited about being on any tv show! I don't recall any confusion in line but things were very organized and efficient. Of course there was excitement and anticipation.

[GD29]

@bartradco you were only 12??? don't you have to be at least 18 to get in?

[bartradco]

@GD29 During the early days of the show you only had to be 12. I was just not able to be a contestant. I still got the big name tag though!

[GD29]

@bartradco really?? why can't it be like that today??

[jsimone1320]

wow so young im sure he looks back at this and wonders where has the time gone hope your having fun now that your retired

[hardleecure]

there was an older price is right than this?

... Bob with brown hair.. He's always been grey as far back as I can remember

[frankp3]

@hardleecure yep..Bill Cullen in the 60's

[PGOLDEN88]

Drew would never be able to fit inside the door.

[talldude123]

@PGOLDEN88 Drew is actually smaller now.

[Aydee2020]

lmao young bob

[larewwedxhhh19]

Jezz Bob Barker sure has changed...

[jazzyj12399]

called old age

[whowebe43]

rip bob barker

[Zorn27]

wow Bob Barker isn't melting in this episode.

[howardkevinm]

the shows a billion triliion years old and they still have that stupid bongos tamborine 1950s theme music, its kind of sad.

[UnknownSolider137]

ur mom is kind of sad :(

[howardkevinm]

bite me. the show is like 60yrs old you would think they would upate the retro music they got going

[littlenaitch2]

@howardkevinm Why change something that has worked for 40 (not 60) years?

[trunks007100]

Bob Barker get a face lift?

[gmccord1970]

Check out those hairstyles and wide ties!! How '70's is that???

[pronessman]

i remeber, bob barker was a contestant of a tv show

[Hail2TheVictorsBaby]

Matchgame

[dancefunkydisco]

Damn, I wanted to know what the first item was. D:

[71Kenn]

lol right. true value gallon paint. lol

[iLuvTranceX3]

and the studio definately got more colorful every year Lols

[iLuvTranceX3]

wow bob barker is so young lols

[scorpionsroc2]

wow this song gives me the chills

[clay4him]

Wow look at Bob

[ltjbadboy28]

It's funny! Nobody knows what the hell to do!! They all look confused as hell!!!!

[gshow1970]

1972

[retardedpirate66]

what year was that

[kebler823]

Bob looks like the crypt keeper today.

[rha101]

not nice.

[Kennyrules101]

That dosen't ever look like bob!

[psychic757]

this is cool bob hair is brown

[jed6271]

I think I remember that the first two seasons did not use this opening theme, but maybe GSN overdubbed it here, anyone else remember this?

[sshuffield70]

No, that is the original. "Walking" (the portion that serves for Come on Down) premiered in '76.

[nanajanamike]

I don't know which I enjoyed more..."Stand Up",the men in the audience with suits on,or that a brand new car in 1972 was around $1200!

[GD29]

@nanajanamike hearing a sudden "Stand up" from a game show announcer may sound kind of perverted and creepy....espiacelly when you might not know where that person is speaking from....and believe it or not, there was a time when attending a television or radio program was the equivalent of going to a formal dinner or church because of the classy, high-standard effect the medium had on the country whereas nowadays its as casual as going to the park.....and BOY would i kill for cars THAT cheap!

[nakamichiguy]

No 'C'mon Down!' yet? I thought that was there from the very start! Really cool clip. I wish GSN would air these again in order from the very first shows. Great piece of Americana.

[tnpir]

The thing is, GSN no longer has the rights to TPIR, plus a lot of these early episodes (including this one) give away fur coats, and thus Bob vetos showing them ever again.

[Pdasilva0324]

TPIR..pushing 40...WOW

[thehilitereel]

1972 at its finest, Bob is the man.