The Price is Right: April Fools 1975

This might be the first time "Price" played an April Fools prank in the Showcase. The real treat here is listening to Johnny Olson trying not to lose it as he reads the absurd copy.

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[Tubewings]

Funny.

BTW, what was the real showcase?

[AdamNedeff]

@Tubewings Dunno.

[THEmuteKi]

Oh, it's nearly every gag from the 2011 April Fool's Day show, only with funnier descriptions of (fake) prizes, in a shorter amount of time, and neither intruding into the way the game is played nor pulling itself along with a vague notion of a "10,000th thing"

[tyrese3745]

0:49 - Aaaaah!!! 

[tyrese3745]

@Tubewings Probably either a new car or two new cars.

[fred011972]

We need Johnny Olson and Bob Barker back at the helm! Anyone have access to a time machine?

[thunderhayes]

This is why the announcer should be a great straight guy...not a comedian like George Gray is...

Having a "straight guy" (not sexually straight, comedically straight...get your heads straight guys) helps sell a ridiculous showcase like this. The most painful thing I ever saw...Rich Fields doing "knock knock" jokes. He might have funny moments, but he is too serious for knock-knock who's there.

For an indication of what I'm talking about, check out Bob Hope...he's straight yet funny.

[gleepythehen]

That copy sounds like something Dick DeBartolo would have written between _MAD_ premises. And producers like Roger Dobkowitz would have pulled it off well.

[stevenuky]

23% caffeine free organ.

[TheTechnoSauce]

It's hard to see the show without Bob.

[DeeandEd]

they srsly had the budget to do that

[MetaTekReviews]

I love how April Fools flashes for 1 second.