Never will happen (an analogy with Major League Baseball)

[RatRace10]

It also happened in the five-digit era.  IIRC, the one from the 4 digit era was from right to left, while the Season 14 playing went from left to right

There was a perfect four-digit playing that was left-to-right. It's one of the first episodes in Pluto's rotation.

[RatRace10]

The 30th Anniversary Special was recorded at Harrah's Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.  It aired January 31, 2002.

I remember not long after Drew started hosting, he said in an interview that he wanted to tape Price on location in Cleveland (and other cities, but especially in his home state). Obviously, that will probably never happen.

[BonusShell]

Last four-tag loss was in 2008. (The last time before that was just sixteen months prior. Getting four picks used to be much more common than it is now.)


2013. This is ignoring a Big Money Week $5,000 bailout in Season 47.

tpirstats.com is a great resource for questions like these.

Thanks for supplying these statistics.

I was wondering if $0 in total winnings ever occurred in Plinko (i.e., a contestant getting all four SP prices wrong and having his or her Plinko chip land in a $0 slot), and according to tpirstats.com, this has occurred twice since Season 29: on 2/15/10 and 6/10/11. This very likely also happened before Season 29, though I would be curious to learn of any other occurrences.

Also, does anybody know if $0 in winnings (i.e., no SPs or punches being won) has ever occurred in Punch-a-Bunch? It seems that the producers make sure the pricing portion for two or three of the SPs is very easy, just so the main game gets played. According to tpirstats.com, there has never been a playing since Season 29 in which zero punches were won.

[StacksOfCash]

A Car-Winner is first to spin on the big wheel.

[SeaBreeze341]

There was a perfect four-digit playing that was left-to-right. It's one of the first episodes in Pluto's rotation.

Okay thanks.  I'm probably thinking of an earlier episode pre-Season 11, probably between 1978-1982

[mrbrown2195]

That's the only time I knew they were on the road, but with what I've posted, I don't think they'd do another one again (unless it's VERY VERY special!).

And you'd think the 50th anniversary of the show would be very special, but here we are!

[Steve_Bier]

I'll chime in...

1: A contestant, after being presented the second showcase, asking to pass it and see a third.

2: The top winner in the showcase immediately passing to the runner up, after hearing the opening strains to "Splendido!".

[FanOfDrew87]

I wonder if Pluto TV will offer the prime time specials, such as the six-episode The Price is Right Special series, when they get around to airing the 1986 era?

I know there's a likelihood that we will never see any of the half-hour episodes (those that aired on CBS after the Pillsbury Bake-Off) on Pluto TV.

[TPIRfan#9821]

^I mean, we know they already skipped one of the half hour shows, so I think you're right with the Pillsbury Bake-Off episodes.

[imhomerjay]

I'll chime in...

1: A contestant, after being presented the second showcase, asking to pass it and see a third.

2: The top winner in the showcase immediately passing to the runner up, after hearing the opening strains to "Splendido!".

I thought the idea was things that are technically possible albeit unlikely. These...aren't things that can happen.

[JhayPrice]

- Side by Side and Freeze Frame played for 5-digit prices (although this is technically possible with a 3-digit and a 2-digit stacked together on SBS and alternating 3-digit and 2-digit tiles on FF).
- Reducing prize money offered for cash games
- Price doing an international show just like what Alex on J! did on Sweden back in the 90's
- Change the intro theme within Drew's tenure
- Change the Big Wheel's design to a new one
- Do an all-male or all-female show (one happened in 1973?)
- Do another decades week

[ironman00710]

After watching the show today, here's one that came to mind:

Contestants making a check "official" in the Check Game by writing out the worded amount on the line.

(they just write a number and that's it)

[COINBOYNYC]

I remember not long after Drew started hosting, he said in an interview that he wanted to tape Price on location in Cleveland (and other cities, but especially in his home state).

Don't want to sidetrack the thread, but I wonder... with CBS being as hot 'n horny for Drew as they were, if Drew had insisted that they do some shows in Cleveland, and a refusal on CBS' part would have been a deal-breaker, would CBS have given in?

[RatRace10]

After watching the show today, here's one that came to mind:

Contestants making a check "official" in the Check Game by writing out the worded amount on the line.

(they just write a number and that's it)

In the Barker era, they did write the amount. Bob usually insisted on it. The TPIR Wiki's Check Game gallery also shows at least one playing from Season 36 where the amount was written out.

After its refurbishment in 2013, they got rid of the line for writing the worded amount since nobody wrote it anymore.

[gamesurf]

Also, does anybody know if $0 in winnings (i.e., no SPs or punches being won) has ever occurred in Punch-a-Bunch? It seems that the producers make sure the pricing portion for two or three of the SPs is very easy, just so the main game gets played. According to tpirstats.com, there has never been a playing since Season 29 in which zero punches were won.

Is there proof that a Punch-A-Bunch wipeout even exists?

According to Roger's notepads, it's happened exactly once, all the way back in season seven.