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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Ian Wallis on September 10, 2004, 09:30:13 AM
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Since "Price" is just about set to enter its 33rd season, I'm wondering what you think is the best moment in the show's history? Not necessarily the most memorable, because that would likely be "she came on down and they came on out!"
It could be a big showcase win, a contestant pulling off a surprise win in a game they were destined to lose, or even the entire 5000th show when a car was offered in every game.
Here's mine:
During the 25th Anniversary show in 1996, they showed a clip of the Punch a Bunch game. A contestant had won $5000 with one punch hole left to go. He wanted to put it back but Bob and the audience tried to persuade him to keep it. He eventually did put it back and Bob pulled out the next card - only to have it read $10,000!
For me, that's just about the most memorable.
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The playing of "Shell Game" where our lovely contestant "cheated" and lifted up the shell.
"You know, you've ruined my show. You've ruined my game."
"Everybody knows the damn thing's not there..."
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Let me think about my most memorable moment... ;-)
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I like the one where the Guy hurt his leg on stage and they had to bring out a chair for him. Then after he spun the Big Wheel he just rolled himself over to the Score Board. He was a fun guy who I still remember to this day.
John
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When Amy Remple became the daytime version's all time winner last March.
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Yolanda "coming on out"!
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Air date: November 30, 2001
A certain someone from this board gives a winning showcase bid and is thanked shortly thereafter by the showcase winner, an elderly lady from Maryland who had no clue what to bid. Thanks to that person, she took home over $30,000 in prizes, including a speedboat.
But I'm a skosh biased.
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Air Date: January 12, 2004
Salvatore, an elderly yet very spry man with a bright green jacket and red and green hat, gets the audience riled up waiting in line, doesn't see the fireplace he's supposed to bid on, then trips on his way to the turntable, stopping the hearts of 325 people for a few seconds... he doesn't win the car in Any Number, but a terrific contestant
Why is it my favorite moment? I saw it live with my brother and his wife!
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I have two:
From the US, 07/13/02:
Thomas Arozen (spelling?), Jr. wins a Ford Focus sedan, Dodge Caravan, and Pontiac Sunbird convertible in Triple Play, then wins a Jeep in the showcase.
From another country: mid-90s:
As seen on many game show funny moments specials, there are two women from the Aussie version who constantly wheeze, and even a tiny sip of water doesn't help.
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How could anyone NOT mention our yodeling-favorite WALTER! I've never seen an elderly man so excited about the game....His attempt to sing along with the yodeler was HILARIOUS since he did so bad! Then when poor Hans fell off the cliff, the next shot we see is of Walter on the floor face down and wriggling. Still the funniest moment EVER in my opinion
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How about Rod's "A BARBECUE AND A NEW CAR!" Blooper?
I think that was the best. Couldn't stop laughing when he did that, and I don't think anyone could stop laughing about that.
Second best would be the one and only Pick-A-Pair blooper (Ferris wheel era), where after the contestant fails on his first attempt to pick 2 products with the same price, Bob accidentally tells him the product that matched his first choice.
Then, Bob realizes his mistake, and he gets the contestant to tell him what matched his first choice, and nonetheless, he won his prize.
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Let's not forget the very 1st Grand Game winner, Pauline! At least she didn't also win $11,000 on the wheel or BOTH SHOWCASES, she would've been "Hurricane Pauline"!
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Sep 10 2004, 09:17 PM\'] Let's not forget the very 1st Grand Game winner, Pauline! At least she didn't also win $11,000 on the wheel or she would've been "Hurricane Pauline"! [/quote]
A little insensitive to invoke a hurricane reference at this point in time, no?
Doug
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Ftom 2003:
The game was Flip Flop. The contestant playing it sees that the prop to reveal the actual retail price gets stuck about halfway down. Poor Bob tried pushing the button repeatedly but to no avail. Then he tried to "rip" it off. Finally, with the help of that contestant, the prop was "ripped" off. Of course, hearing the bells meant that player won the prize anyway. But poor Flip Flop was evidently put out of action for awhile in order to make repairs on it.
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Sep 11 2004, 05:28 AM\']Ftom 2003:[/quote]
June 6, 2002 actually.
[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\']But poor Flip Flop was evidently put out of action for awhile in order to make repairs on it.[/quote]
Flip Flop was only gone for 2 weeks. Nothing unusual at all.
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Sep 10 2004, 09:17 PM\'] Let's not forget the very 1st Grand Game winner, Pauline! At least she didn't also win $11,000 on the wheel or she would've been "Hurricane Pauline"! [/quote]
I am more comfortable with Pat Finn saying "next word, first definition, last definition" on TJW '90 than seeing her chase Bob.
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One excited Samoan contestant who runs up onto the turntable, puts a straw hat on Bob's head, then spins him around two or three times.
Arlene, the red-haired contestant who faints after winning her showcase.
Finally, not really a moment, but Bob's about to do his inspirational putt, and he brags about how good of a golfer he is. The audience heckles him, to which he replies, "Audience...shut up!"
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Sep 11 2004, 09:53 AM\']
Finally, not really a moment, but Bob's about to do his inspirational putt, and he brags about how good of a golfer he is. The audience heckles him, to which he replies, "Audience...shut up!" [/quote]
How about the episode from the mid 80s where some of the staff placed bets on whether Bob would make his putt. And then, there's an episode a couple years ago where no inspiration putt was done at all(the guy got all six products in the correct order and admitted to being a decent golfer), the only time the Daytime TPIR didn't have anyone do a inspiration putt in Hole in One. The hosts of TPIR Live in AC apparently don't do such putt, but maybe Randy could be conned to do one the week after next when he's in town :)
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Sep 11 2004, 06:32 PM\'] [quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Sep 11 2004, 09:53 AM\']
Finally, not really a moment, but Bob's about to do his inspirational putt, and he brags about how good of a golfer he is. The audience heckles him, to which he replies, "Audience...shut up!" [/quote]
How about the episode from the mid 80s where some of the staff placed bets on whether Bob would make his putt. And then, there's an episode a couple years ago where no inspiration putt was done at all(the guy got all six products in the correct order and admitted to being a decent golfer), the only time the Daytime TPIR didn't have anyone do a inspiration putt in Hole in One. The hosts of TPIR Live in AC apparently don't do such putt, but maybe Randy could be conned to do one the week after next when he's in town :) [/quote]
Back in 1991, Janice Pennington did an inspiration putt. The ball went left & it suddenly turned crooked right & dropped in the hole!
The audience laughed & Bob Barker was amazed! After commercial break, they showed Janice's putt on the monitor. Janice quipped, "It's like you say this never happens for me!"
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Well, this isn't exactly a "moment", but on one of the more recent season premieres, the first Showcase Showdown had someone who won about $20,000 in prizes - spinning first (the other two had won $23,000 in Plinko and about $60,000 in Triple Play).
(The least memorable moment: it's a tie - the contestant who was $1 over in the showcase, and the two who had the ball on the line right next to the hole in "Hole in One" (back when they played for RX-7s) and missed the putt.)
-- Don
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Sep 11 2004, 07:32 PM\']How about the episode from the mid 80s where some of the staff placed bets on whether Bob would make his putt. [/quote]
Only person I've seen place a bet was Doug Quick, and that was off-air. Who else placed the bet?
The hosts of TPIR Live in AC apparently don't do such putt
The hole is smaller than the daytime version, so it's a bit more difficult.
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[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Sep 12 2004, 06:37 AM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Sep 11 2004, 07:32 PM\']How about the episode from the mid 80s where some of the staff placed bets on whether Bob would make his putt. [/quote]
Only person I've seen place a bet was Doug Quick, and that was off-air. Who else placed the bet?
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I think the staff was making bets off-air, don't recall which people were involved.
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I'd have to check the episode on tape to be sure, however there was an episode (I want to say mid-80's) with Hole in One, where some staffer (not anyone I recognized) challenged Bob to make the putt.
As to my favorite moments...
Any time the hideous On the Nose was played, there were sure to be disastrous results. On the Nose Tennis had to be about the funniest, as the guy playing smashed a shot that nearly hit the ceiling and then another that nailed someone a few feet off camera.
On the nose also fetured less than stellar athletic attempts by Bob. In the 5-6 episodes I have with On the Nose, I dont think Bob managed to hit the target at all on his inspiration attempts.
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The staffer who always seemed to be mentioned in bets on Hole in One was Bill Chesnutt. Bill was the last director of Barker's version of "T or C" and Barker seemed to help him get a crew job on "TPIR" (although exactly what I never remember, since he wasn't listed in the credits). When Bill retired, Barker gave him an on-air sendoff.