"The New Price Is Right" (1972)Series de televisión 1972-????

Directors:

Paul Alter
Marc Breslow

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 36

Release Date:

4 septiembre 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Game-Show

Frase comercial:

Come On Down!

Plot:

Contestants guess the prices of featured products in order to win them.

Plot Keywords:

Famous Opening Theme | Audience Participation | Prize | Product Placement | Non Fiction

Awards:

19 wins & 37 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

27 years and counting

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 28	11:00 AM	CBS
Tue. July 29	11:00 AM	CBS

Cast

Bob Barker	...	Himself - Host / ... (81 episodes, 1972-2007)
Janice Pennington	...	Model (66 episodes, 1972-2000)
Holly Hallstrom	...	Model (38 episodes, 1977-1995)
Johnny Olson	...	Announcer - Himself / ... (36 episodes, 1972-1985)
Dian Parkinson	...	Model (36 episodes, 1975-1993)

También conocida como:

The Price Is Right (USA) (new title)

Duración:

USA:30 min (1972-1975) | USA:60 min (1975-)

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (1972-1987) | Stereo (1987-)

Clasificación:

USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

Bob Barker Studio, CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Blvd., Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Price Productions

Trivialidades:

On June 15, 2007, After 35 years as the "World Greatest Emcee" of "The Price Is Right" and the face of CBS Daytime, 83 year-old 'Bob Barker' will step down from his duties and retire.

Quotes:

Himself - Host: [repeated line during Double Prices]
[to contestant]
Himself - Host: Hold my hand.
[he/she does]
Himself - Host: Say Alakazzam.
Contestant: Alakazzam.
[Drew reveals price]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in $30 (1999)

Soundtrack:

New Price Is Right Theme

27 years and counting

If Bob Barker didn't exist, television would've had to invent him. His folksy and highly-controlled approach is slick, witty, charming, disarming and utterly appropriate for the populist realm of game shows.

Until "Who Wants To Be Millionaire?," you could safely assert that there was no more populist a game show than "The Price Is Right." The cross-section of people who "come on down" to play the game is as culturally diverse a melting pot as you'll find on television. And because of this, it is easy for the viewer to relate to the contestants, and to feel for their ups and downs.

Skillfully facilitating all of this is Barker, who is refreshingly old-school in his across-the-board respect for the contestants. And he doesn't have to strain to "sell" the pricing games to the viewers -- most are clever, challenging and enduring.

One of the interesting elements about "Price" is that a contestant can be inept as a pricer, but if they're lucky enough, they could still advance to win the "showcase" at the end of the show. The "anything can happen" element this creates helps make the show even more interesting, if occasionally frustrating. (It seems unfair to disqualify an excellent showcase guest that is over by a few hundred, while the "winning" guest is under by several thousand. But those are the rules.)

Cheers to Mr. Barker, and to Rod and "the beauties."