Hungry Hungry Hamster, COME ON DOWN!!!
I have no idea what that means, but I’ve seen both people overbid on their Showcases.
And one occurrence that Bob Barker himself can explain best…“In our 30 years on the air, that’s the first time anyone’s spun the wheel backwards.”
Try here
Its got the infamous ‘tubetop’ episodes as well as some interesting double showcaser winners.
Also they once offered a Porche 911 as a prize…wow
This was my OP, which somehow didn’t get posted with the thread:
This show has been on for 30 years. I’m sure we’ve all seen some amazing things in the time it’s been on.
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I’ve seen 3 people win both showcases at the end of the show. One of those was back when you had to be within $100 instead of $250.
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I saw someone overbid on the final showcase by $24. The other person was under by over $5000, but they won.
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I saw Bob lose his temper at a contestant who simply couldn’t understand the rules(it was the skee-bo game). He ended up helping her throw the balls up the ramp.
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I saw two people win $1,000 on their first spin, then both win $10,000 on their bonus spin.
Hmmm… I’m sure there’s more. You?
Anyone remember the Samoan incidents? I recall one of them. A large Samoan guy won on the firs t round and picked Bob up and held him over his head…Bob made a comment that this was not the first time he had been picked up like that by someone from Samoa–anyone else remember this?
I remember all but one of the contestants that were picked out in the beginning of the show were still in the front row at the end.
The only unusual thing I ever recall seeing is a woman fainting after winning the final showcase. Besides people acting so excited they were probably wetting their pants.
(I used to have this on tape - don’t ask) There was an episode where they were all bidding on a refrigerator to get up on stage, and the final woman was asking for help, when suddenly, louder than any other noise in the studio, came a booming “A THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR!!” Because the audience was laughing so hard, Bob had no choice but to ackowledge the voice, which belonged to a huge trucker-looking guy in overalls. The final woman went with $1025. Bob then opened the envelope, got this exasperated look on his face, and asked the guy to stand up. Bob then said “Sir, how much do you think the refrigerator costs?” And the guy again says “A thousand twenty-four” like it was common knowledge. Sure enough, it was exactly $1024, and the woman lost b/c she bid $1025.
Oh, man, this is a great thread. I gotta say, just great. ** Price is Right ** is a source of infinite amusement.
One particularly interesting occurance happened just last week. A young college girl, probably about 20, was bidding on a fireplace in the initial front row bidding stage. A fireplace! That’s all. Just a fireplace. Now, I’m not sure if she though it was goldplated, or if the house came with it, but she bid TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. I mean, My God! That’s a hell of a lot of money! Again, it was one of those situations where Bob Barker had all he could do not to throw her out of the studio.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, she was back for another go at the next prize. Sure enough…she guesses it to the dollar. Maybe she’s clairvoyant and was just messing with us.
This has nothing to do with the actual content of the show, but is “Price is Right” related.
In college I dated a girl that was within a hair’s breadth of being a nymphomaniac. Anytime, day or night, was the right time. And then about 5 minutes later was the right time again. I was, as you can imagine, a very, very happy camper.
She lived with her parents but we certainly didn’t let that curtail us from our activities. I mention this because her very aged grandfather came to visit one week. He was a pleasant enough guy, but he was also as deaf as a post. His favorite show was “The Price is Right,” but because of his hearing (or lack thereof), he had TO HAVE THE VOLUME ON THE TELEVISION TURNED UP TO THE MAXIMUM.
Long story short, Dianne and I are in her bedroom, going at it like bunnies on crank, when all of a sudden, I hear “COME ON DOWN - YOU’RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT ON THE PRICE IS RIGHT!” The whole show was at top volume while Dianne and I boinked ourselves into a sweaty, silly, dither. Grandpa is hollering “HIGHER!! LOWER!! HIGHER!!! LOWER!!! LOWER YOU DAMN FOOL!!!” throughout the entire day’s events. I can’t hear the phrase “IT’S A NEW CAR!!!” without getting a smile on my face.
I can’t top plnnr’s story, but the one time I attended a taping of the show a woman nearly broke her ankle playing the Race Game.
She had just placed all of the prices (correctly, as it turns out) and was running back to pull the lever when she lost her footing and slid feetfirst into the box with the lever on it. She managed to scramble back up and pull the lever in time to win, but they had to stop taping afterwards while someone taped up her ankle backstage.
Out of town guests dragged me to one of the shows when I lived in LA.
You have to be there at the crack of dawn, go through this whole process and then you come back again.
As you wind through the line, a guy interviews you in groups of four to see if you are “come on down” material.
They guy who normally did it was out sick, so they had a new guy doing the interviews.
The contestants on the show I went to were ALL women, ALL blondes, ALL with huge breasts. It was so funny that the audience started to see what was going on and there were even a few boos as yet another blonde with biggun’s got up.
My guess is that the replacement interviewer never got the job full time as I have never seen a show with contestants like that again - although if you want to be sure to be called, go to your local costume shop and rent a military uniform. Slam dunk you are on the air!
This was quite a few years ago, and even then, they sorta had to prop Bob up and point him in the direction of the audience. During commercials, his banter was more like the rambling of a man who wasn’t quite sure where he was - but give the guy credit, he still is able to snap that show to attention when the cameras go back on!
This reminds me of another good one. I seem to remember one man getting so excited about winning his pricing game that he fell clear off the stage!!
I don’t know about anything unusual, but my grandmother’s neighbor was on the show and she won a sports car and a telescope.
Remember the Price Is Right girl with the enormous breasts? The one that accused Barker of sexual harrassment? I think her name was Diane - anyway, this happened when she was still on the show. Barker asks the announcer to tell the contestants what they can win. Just then, we see a closeup of Diane, ample bosom in view, as the announcer says: “IT’S AN UPHOLSTERED CHEST!”.
The camera pulled back to show that she was sitting on an actual wooden chest with an upholstered lid, but for a moment there I didn’t know what to think 
I saw one guy do the following:
He got onstage by getting the exact amount on the item
He got a new car by getting “CAR” in the bee game on his first try
He got to the showcase by getting two 100s in a row on the wheel
He won both showcases
Some of those things were pure luck so he couldn’t have been cheating. Barker said he was the luckiest contestant he’d eever seen.
Yeah, sure… :rolleyes:
I saw one show where a person whose name was called to “come on down” decided she didn’t want to be a contestant. After checking to make sure she really didn’t want to play, they just went on to the next name on the list.
Just this week there was a very small woman, who on the first try couldn’t get the big wheel to spin completely around. Bob then offered to help her spin it, so on her next try they both pushed the wheel together.
My guess is that she didn’t want a fireplace.
I dunno. She looked * awfully confused *. And if you’re going to try and avoid winning a fireplace, wouldn’t try to also avoid the embarassment that comes with overbidding by $24,100? Unless you’re just kidding, in which case I shall retire to my quarters.