The Price is Right: The Barker Era on Pluto TV

[NickintheATL]

Sidenote, maybe this was asked before, but why were there no Christmas shows in 1997? Kinda peculiar.

No, it wasn't peculiar. Quite often during the 80s and 90s they would rerun the previous season's Xmas shows instead of tape new ones. It probably saved money on the set budget that season.

[pricefan18]

No, it wasn't peculiar. Quite often during the 80s and 90s they would rerun the previous season's Xmas shows instead of tape new ones. It probably saved money on the set budget that season.

Touche, didn't realize just how common it was till looking at FAQ, from the post previous thought it was an anomaly more.

This does beg an interesting question though. In 1985...say Johnny didn't die, would they have still done a Christmas week do you think? I noticed there wasn't one, and I suspect that was much of why which would make sense.

[wpghi5]

Also, they were all won playing Race Game at least once on April 9, 1982. 

That happened 1 day after I was born! Lol! 

[MrPlinko]

Yes!

Beautiful transfers of the taps to Pluto TV. Amazing quality!  How many episodes a day are they doing that are not rerun? We seem to be getting almost everything unedited with the exception of the following:

1.) No ticket plugs
2.) Years edited out of car descriptions.
3.) No original "Pick a Pair" carousel music. What was the name of that theme?  I loved that music! Kind of disappointed that it was removed. Is this right? Or was the music added later?

Joe

[Casey]

I’m not saying I know this, but it doesn’t make sense to me to pluck “1982” out of the car descriptions but leave all other references to the time period in place.  I mean we know it’s the 11th season because Bob has said so multiple times in the episodes we watched, and at least as far as I can tell, there isn’t a noticeable jump in the music or whatever during the car plug.

Isn’t it possible/likely that the car plug just didn’t include the year unless it was necessary?

[name456]

I believe the model year of the cars were not stated by 1982. I believe that ended in the late 70s. All of this talk makes me wish I didn’t tape over the shows after they originally aired (blank tape was expensive back then!)

[SeaBreeze341]

3.) No original "Pick a Pair" carousel music. What was the name of that theme?  I loved that music! Kind of disappointed that it was removed. Is this right? Or was the music added later?

The music was added later, around the time the colors were updated

[Briguy]

No, it wasn't peculiar. Quite often during the 80s and 90s they would rerun the previous season's Xmas shows instead of tape new ones. It probably saved money on the set budget that season.

And all these years I thought they simply taped the next year's Christmas shows the year prior. (Ergo, the shows that aired Christmas week 1990 were taped in December 1989, rather than September or October 1990.)

Brian

[SeaBreeze341]

Touche, didn't realize just how common it was till looking at FAQ, from the post previous thought it was an anomaly more.

This does beg an interesting question though. In 1985...say Johnny didn't die, would they have still done a Christmas week do you think? I noticed there wasn't one, and I suspect that was much of why which would make sense.

If I had to bet, I think they do.  Though if Rod had been hired right away (or if they just had Gene succeed Johnny) I think they would've done a Christmas Week.  Probably wasn't ideal during the audition process that started (airing) over a week before Christmas

[pricefan18]

If I had to bet, I think they do.  Though if Rod had been hired right away (or if they just had Gene succeed Johnny) I think they would've done a Christmas Week.  Probably wasn't ideal during the audition process that started (airing) over a week before Christmas

I'm not sure if that woulda been the reason as much as them grieving Johnny's loss, to where they woulda not felt in the Christmas spirit enough to wanna do a series of shows like that so soon after his passing. That'd be my assumption anyway, but that may be wrong.

[GuyWithFace]

The music was added [to Pick a Pair] later, around the time the colors were updated

The music was added at some point in between the recording of the December 21, 1984 episode and the end of the March 1985 tapings (as it can be heard in very early Tom Kennedy-hosted episodes).

The orange-to-blue changes occurred at some point in 1985, while Johnny was announcing. The orange set was seen at least twice on the Kennedy series.

[pricefan18]

The music was added at some point in between the recording of the December 21, 1984 episode and the end of the March 1985 tapings (as it can be heard in very early Tom Kennedy-hosted episodes).

The orange-to-blue changes occurred at some point in 1985, while Johnny was announcing. The orange set was seen at least twice on the Kennedy series.

I wonder if they added it in just as the Nighttime series began, just because of it. I could see that.

[SeaBreeze341]

I'm not sure if that woulda been the reason as much as them grieving Johnny's loss, to where they woulda not felt in the Christmas spirit enough to wanna do a series of shows like that so soon after his passing. That'd be my assumption anyway, but that may be wrong.

You're right.  I doubt they would have done a full week of Christmas shows even with Rod.  Based on the schedule it would've been way too soon for any specials.

On a related note, as far as information related to Christmas shows, that was my fault.  I posted the years in which they would have done those.  As mentioned by Nicholas, it was common to use past seasons during when they could've had first-run Christmas episodes.  I knew from memory that they (pretty much) did nothing in Season 26.  Per the FAQ, the last show was right in the middle of the month.  In fact, in Season 27 they ended up rerunning Christmas stuff from Season 25!  Speaking of the FAQ:

The music was added at some point in between the recording of the December 21, 1984 episode and the end of the March 1985 tapings (as it can be heard in very early Tom Kennedy-hosted episodes).

The orange-to-blue changes occurred at some point in 1985, while Johnny was announcing. The orange set was seen at least twice on the Kennedy series.

Thank you.  I never recalled hearing it with Tom Kennedy.  Now that I think of it, it's for real!  I probably tuned it out, and that was somewhat due to the fact that Kennedy's version did several things different than the real version, specifically different think music.  While timeline didn't mention when the think music was added, the FAQ clearly stated that it preceded the blue color scheme.

I wonder if they added it in just as the Nighttime series began, just because of it. I could see that.

Pricefan, that is a possibility.  Of course the mid 80s featured a ton of changes, at least a half-dozen made during the time nighttime PIR taped/aired.  Speaking of which, I wonder if GuyWithFace or someone else knows when the CBS curtains were changed from brown to maroon.  That was definitely done while Johnny was announcing but I can't pinpoint the exact date (between late 1984 and likely early 1985)

[pricefan18]

Pricefan, that is a possibility.  Of course the mid 80s featured a ton of changes, at least a half-dozen made during the time nighttime PIR taped/aired.  Speaking of which, I wonder if GuyWithFace or someone else knows when the CBS curtains were changed from brown to maroon.  That was definitely done while Johnny was announcing but I can't pinpoint the exact date (between late 1984 and likely early 1985)

Speaking of changes......what prompted the Purple border around CR before and into Tom's run for a bit? Anyone know?

[blozier2006]

Kennedy's version did several things different than the real daytime version

FTFY.