# When did they start wearing costumes on The Price Is Right? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-they-start-wearing-costumes-on-the-price-is-right/718130 "2015-04-20T17:13:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-they-start-wearing-costumes-on-the-price-is-right/718130/1 "2015-04-20T17:13:05Z")
It’s on at the gym sometimes, and I see prospective contestants wearing costumes, presumably to get noticed. When did this start? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-they-start-wearing-costumes-on-the-price-is-right/718130/2 "2015-04-20T20:49:17Z")
Are you sure you’re watching TPIR and not Let’s Make A Deal? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-they-start-wearing-costumes-on-the-price-is-right/718130/3 "2015-04-20T23:26:51Z")
Since3 this is about a tv show. let’s move this to Café Society from GQ. **samclem** , moderator ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-they-start-wearing-costumes-on-the-price-is-right/718130/4 "2015-04-21T02:54:41Z")
Must be fairly recently if so, because most I ever recall is sometimes people show up with a novelty T-shirt with something written about the show or host or something or other. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-they-start-wearing-costumes-on-the-price-is-right/718130/5 "2015-04-21T16:09:15Z")
Costume wearing on _Let’s Make a Deal_ dates back to its original incarnation in the 1960s. I had _The Price Is Right_ on ten minutes ago and didn’t see any costumes, just seas of matching t-shirts. If the OP was looking at _LMaD_ and thinking it was _TPIR_, s/he would naturally think a change had occurred. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-they-start-wearing-costumes-on-the-price-is-right/718130/6 "2015-04-21T16:18:51Z")
Especially considering that LMAD is on just before TPIR (in our market, anyway). Was the host a nerdy-looking white guy or a really white black guy? ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-they-start-wearing-costumes-on-the-price-is-right/718130/7 "2015-04-21T21:20:26Z")
Have to agree with everyone here. Unless there are people in TPiS audience wearing matching t-shirts, or some shirt with a message to the host, I’ve never seen LMaD style costumes. And LMaD costumes back in the Monty Hall days were the biggest reason to watch the show. That and seeing a $1000 bill come out of a small machine or Monty’s suit pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-they-start-wearing-costumes-on-the-price-is-right/718130/8 "2015-04-21T22:01:30Z")
FWIW, plug TPIR Costume in Google and at the bottom of the page is a Yelp post from 2009 asking for advice on what costume to wear to a TPIR taping. While nowhere near LMAD’s level, I have seen the occasional person wearing rather unusual garb in the TPIR audience.