The Price is Right: The Barker Era on Pluto TV

[pricefan18]

That was a great moment. I wondered if that was already out there in a highlights reel on YouTube somewhere. I've never heard of anyone with a name like that in my life. For those who missed it, her nametag said only "K." She handed Bob a card when he asked if her name was only one letter. The card could be seen briefly on camera. She had a first name that appeared to be over 50 letters long. Bob tried to read out the name and gave up halfway through.

What made it even better too, was after that she had tried to pronounce her name properly for him as it was a native Hawaiian name, and Bob initially said "Can you even say that?" in response. Really funny moment all around.

[JediJones]

According to this newspaper archive article, the woman was not even a contestant in Miss Hawaii 1969. So I don't know if the year Bob said was wrong or it was a different pageant or what.

Search on:
"judith higaki" "miss hawaii"

Apparently, the long name issue is something that happens in Hawaii. This article is about a woman recently trying to get her name to fit on her driver's license. In this case, it was her last name though, not her first.

Search on:
"Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele's name finally fits on ID"

The funniest moment I've seen yet on the Pluto airings is in the dice game where a woman rolled a 5 for the second number and guessed that the correct number was higher. Bob tried to make sure she understood the rules after she rolled again and it was clear she was confused. By the end was glancing back at the second number with a worried look. But then it turned out that number was a 6 and she won the car. Bob went to commercial saying, "This just proves that you don't even need to know what you're doing to win on The Price is Right."

[pricefan18]

The funniest moment I've seen yet on the Pluto airings is in the dice game where a woman rolled a 5 for the second number and guessed that the correct number was higher. Bob tried to make sure she understood the rules after she rolled again and it was clear she was confused. By the end was glancing back at the second number with a worried look. But then it turned out that number was a 6 and she won the car. Bob went to commercial saying, "This just proves that you don't even need to know what you're doing to win on The Price is Right."

That kinda speaks to what he said about Blank Check/Check Game last night. He remarked even with how many don't understand the game, 70 percent win it, and went on to say that a staff member (mighta been Marty come to think of it), said that the moment someone did understand the game, it'd mean they aren't likely to win lol. Betty on the playing just now disproved that theory though lol, since she understood without any need for an explanation and won.

Speaking of too, we got a rare acknowledgment of what happens off camera with regards to cash awards, and more specifically the checks that have been asked about recently here too actually in terms of if anyone has any or has seen any winning ones online anywhere, after the fact during the Showcase Showdown after that, when Bob was saying how Betty was telling her she was worried about cashing the check she was given in the game. Bob assured her it was fine, told her it was a souvenir and that she'd get a legitimate check in the mail later on. So that was rather interesting to see.

[FPGWillyT]

How late? They may repeat before then if I had my timing right.....they would hit 100 episodes as of the 9am airing. If that's all they got, they would be repeating beginning at 10.

Assuming no skips 11:00am CST (OAD 2/7/83)

[pricefan18]

Assuming no skips 11:00am CST

Yeah, I'm not sure you'll see that or not. Will see if they do stop at 100 though or not, maybe they got more.

[pricefan18]

Interesting prize choices for Most Expensive in the 1st game of the current airing, with a Clock, a Trip to Vegas and a Sailboat and the Clock being the Most Expensive of the 3. Forced loss setup to you all? The contestant managed to win, but I woulda chose the Sailboat, which ended up being fairly cheap at under $800 I believe it was.

[pricefan1991]

Looks like another episode got skipped; based on initial evidence, it looks like it was 4775D

[mellongraig]

And another one appears to be skipped, this time 4784D now totaling 4 even though they all aired on GSN back then.

[TPIRfan#9821]

The hundred episode loop includes all episodes that ever aired on Pluto TV. We're back to 4581D, unfortunately.

We were this close to getting the drunk show, aw.

[djryan]

The hundred episode loop includes all episodes that ever aired on Pluto TV. We're back to 4581D, unfortunately.

We were this close to getting the drunk show, aw.

Hey, for what it's worth, I'm impressed we got this many in the 1st batch!  Kudos to PLUTO & Fremantle for making this happen!  More will come later to this channel, no doubt!

[TPIRfan#9821]

Oh, yeah, don't take my statement as me hating Pluto for ending the 100 episode loop; I'm shocked we got so much retro Price and am glad I could have finally seen so much Price. I'm sure we'll get a massive dump of new episodes soon.

[Chelsea]

So, noticed something on the January 13th show that's really sticking.  Contestant plays Lucky Seven.  Johnny reads the prize copy for a 1983 Ford Escort, game plays normally, car on stage looks pretty much right, no big deal. Contestant loses by $1 on the last digit.

Teeny tiny problem, and it's never brought to light on air.  From the car reveal.  (The car onstage is a 1983 Mercury Lynx - might as well be the same car, but it's technically not)

[SeaBreeze341]

Wow.  That is interesting.  I missed that with the conclusion of the Army/Navy game airing on the same network 38 years later.


TPIR isn't a gameshow that has the practice of bringing contestants back on a future show due to a technical error, but they are very good at making up for it if it's caught in time (in this case, she would've won).  I'd say no to bringing her back in this case; even though she missed it by $1, she had a chance to win based on how the game played out.  It's tough; this isn't one of those situations where you could say it had no bearing on the final result

[JediJones]

On two of the Pluto episodes that I've seen, I heard Johnny O. announce during the end credits that a contestant was deemed ineligible and would not receive their prizes. Was I hearing things or was he really saying someone on that show had been deemed ineligible (by the time it aired)? Anyone know why that happened? I would have to guess they ended up being related to a CBS employee.

[JayC]

It's happened a few times over the years that a contestant playing was found to be ineligible and that announcement was made at the end of the show. I recall at least once it was because the contestant was found to be related (married?) to a CBS employee, and another time because the contestant was on the show before (prior to contestants being eligible once every 10 years).