# Price is Right - model's mistake results in free car to contestant. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681 "2015-04-03T03:02:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681/21 "2015-04-03T18:18:04Z")
I didn’t see the show, but potentially another contestant could have been adversely affected. The contestant goes into the round to spin the wheel for a chance to win the showcase. It’s possible that she got a better placement in the order due to her winning that car, even though she didn’t. So perhaps someone had to either spin first or second when he/she could have spun second or third but for the model’s error. So possibly someone got screwed out of a chance for the showcase. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681/22 "2015-04-03T21:18:22Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > Boy, was it a stinker! 1955 must have been a really bad year for movies if that one won. They couldn’t give an Oscar to the TV version, so they had to settle. However, the other nominees were _Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, Mister Roberts, Picnic,_ and _The Rose Tattoo,_ so you are right about the quality. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681/23 "2015-04-03T21:28:49Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > They couldn’t give an Oscar to the TV version, so they had to settle. However, the other nominees were _Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, Mister Roberts, Picnic,_ and _The Rose Tattoo,_ so you are right about the quality. Actually, it was a great year for movies: **Night of the Hunter, The Man from Laramie, All That Heaven Allows, Rebel Without a Cause, Kiss Me Deadly, East of Eden,** and foreign classics like \*\*Ordet, Smiles of a Summer Night, Pather Panchali, \*\* and **Diabolique**. You can blame the Oscars for giving them collectively virtually zero love. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681/24 "2015-04-03T21:32:27Z")
I haven’t seen TPIR since I was a teenager. Is it my imagination, or have the models gotten waaaay sexier in the past couple of decades? That was some dress she was wearing. Great googily moogily. Anyway, fun clip, and I agree that neither the show nor Hyundai is too broken up about this little mishap. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681/25 "2015-04-03T22:10:09Z")
[QUOTE=aceplace57] I have seen that disclaimer stating portions of the game were reshot. But don’t know why or what happened that required reshooting. . [/QUOTE] The full text is usually closer to “Portions of this program not affecting the outcome may have been edited.” which means if Drew’s mic went dead while chatting with the contestant, they can stop tape, fix the mic and start that segment over, but if some aspect of the actual gameplay goes wrong, such as a model pulling the wrong tag off to reveal the winning price, it’s set in stone, so to speak, and gets aired. On the other hand, a few years ago, there was an incident where [the Plinko board was accidentally rigged in the contestant’s favor.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4AsQEfasR8&feature=youtube_gdata_player) (Short video with Drew Carey describing the incident) During a shooting hiatus, the Plinko game was used in shooting promos, and nobody in the studio realized or remembered that the board had been rigged up with fishing line to guarantee $10,000 payouts for the promo. Midway through the game, someone had the “OH SHIT!” moment and stops the game. After some delay, the game is un-rigged and the contestant re-plays the game, winning an honest $3,000. She was also allowed to keep the $30,000 from the rigged game, but that was dropped from the broadcast entirely. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681/26 "2015-04-03T22:11:12Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Cite for the [Quiz Show Scandal.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiz_show_scandals) > > The movie a few years ago covered it really well. I wish I could remember the name of that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681/27 "2015-04-03T23:13:41Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I didn’t see the show, but potentially another contestant could have been adversely affected. The contestant goes into the round to spin the wheel for a chance to win the showcase. It’s possible that she got a better placement in the order due to her winning that car, even though she didn’t. So perhaps someone had to either spin first or second when he/she could have spun second or third but for the model’s error. So possibly someone got screwed out of a chance for the showcase. Yeah, but isn’t part of the point that we don’t know what would’ve happened if the game were played as normal? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681/28 "2015-04-03T23:56:29Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > Actually, it was a great year for movies: Guys And Dolls! To Catch A Thief! Guys And Dolls! Blackboard Jungle! Guys And Dolls! Bad Day At Black Rock! Guys And Dolls! To Hell And Back! Guys And Dolls! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681/29 "2015-04-04T00:01:31Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Guys And Dolls! To Catch A Thief! Guys And Dolls! Blackboard Jungle! Guys And Dolls! Bad Day At Black Rock! Guys And Dolls! To Hell And Back! Guys And Dolls! I see what you did there, alternating a bad movie with a good one! For as much as I love _G&D_ the musical (which is nothing short of genius), the less said about the rather atrocious movie, the better. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681/30 "2015-04-04T01:08:14Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I wish I could remember the name of that movie. **[Quiz Show](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiz_Show_(film))** Directed by Robert Redford ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681/31 "2015-04-04T02:02:19Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > I see what you did there, alternating a bad movie with a good one! > > For as much as I love _G&D_ the musical (which is nothing short of genius), the less said about the rather atrocious movie, the better. It’s not atrocious, but you got to think something’s wrong when the cast Frank Sinatra in a role originated by someone who couldn’t sing. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681/32 "2015-04-04T16:43:40Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Loved the model’s reaction to her mistake. Hope she still has a job! The producers were perfectly ready to give away the car if the contestant won. It’s not like it was a thousand-to-one longshot and the model messed it up. Whatever amount the show spent on the car was already built into the budget for the episode. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > I didn’t see the show, but potentially another contestant could have been adversely affected. The contestant goes into the round to spin the wheel for a chance to win the showcase. It’s possible that she got a better placement in the order due to her winning that car, even though she didn’t. So perhaps someone had to either spin first or second when he/she could have spun second or third but for the model’s error. So possibly someone got screwed out of a chance for the showcase. I’d always assumed the contestants spun in the order in which they got onstage, but now I realized that I don’t really know that. Have to look on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681/33 "2015-04-04T17:09:25Z")
Re: the showcase showdown > [@Cayuga](#): > > I’d always assumed the contestants spun in the order in which they got onstage, but now I realized that I don’t really know that. Have to look on Monday. I believe they play in reverse order of their winnings (so far). The player who has won the most gets the advantage of going last. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681/34 "2015-04-04T17:14:20Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I haven’t seen TPIR since I was a teenager. Is it my imagination, or have the models gotten waaaay sexier in the past couple of decades? That was some dress she was wearing. Great googily moogily. [My fond teenage memory of Christmas 1984.](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/alex_8899/15852213/21400/21400_original.png) ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681/35 "2015-04-04T18:02:07Z")
So at the start she had 3 chances to guess the right one of 5? so to not win the car = .8\*.75\*.66 = ~.40 It’s not exactly like someone with a 60% chance anyway is gonna catch them unprepared when they do win. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681/36 "2015-04-04T18:17:40Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > [My fond teenage memory of Christmas 1984.](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/alex_8899/15852213/21400/21400_original.png) Oh my. ---
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> [@Cayuga](#): > > I’d always assumed the contestants spun in the order in which they got onstage, but now I realized that I don’t really know that. Have to look on Monday. Nope… top winner gets to go first and has the option to bid or pass. Here is a good article on the guy who got the exact price on the showcase. [Price Is Right Perfect Bid - How Terry Kniess Beat The Price Is Right](http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a7922/price-is-right-perfect-bid-0810/). ---
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> [@aceplace57](#): > > Cite for the [Quiz Show Scandal.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiz_show_scandals) > > The movie a few years ago covered it really well. > [@gigi](#): > > I wish I could remember the name of that movie. > [@notfrommensa](#): > > **[Quiz Show](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiz_Show_(film))** Directed by Robert Redford That movie. You know the one. Where the guy was on that quiz show, and he knew the answers to the questions on the quiz show, that he won so much money he wasn’t allowed on anymore quz shows I believe it was called “The man with the really good memory” ---
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CITIZEN KANE! It was CITIZEN KANE! IT WAS CITIZEN KANE! ---
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> [@Spud](#): > > Nope… top winner gets to go first and has the option to bid or pass. > > Here is a good article on the guy who got the exact price on the showcase. [Price Is Right Perfect Bid - How Terry Kniess Beat The Price Is Right](http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a7922/price-is-right-perfect-bid-0810/). He’s talking about spinning the wheel, not the Showcase Showdown. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-models-mistake-results-in-free-car-to-contestant/716681.md?page=3)