November 21, 1972 ep with 5 Price Tags/Grocery Game/Most Expensive

[Nickrj]

TPIR from November 1972

1. A Hardwick Range

Debbie $385
Irene $325
Brenda $450
Vivica $280

ARP is $476

Brenda is going to play Five Price Tags for a 1973 Chevrolet Vega Sudan

Here are the five prices

$2338
$2475
$2390
$2444
$2410

She can win up to 4 prizes and choices

1st prize Channel Master Stereo
Price $150
She says True which is wrong $180

2nd prize Washington Forge Silverware
Price $35
She says True which is right!

3rd prize Rival Can Opener
Price $23
She says False which is wrong.

4th prize Diamondair Diamond Earrings (fake?)
Price $160
She says False which is right! $120

She has two choices

Brenda wants to know if the car has Auto Transmission, It doesn't but Bob says it has hubcaps and a taillight.

1st choice $2338 which is right!! WIN!

2. A Refrigerator Freezer from Tappan

Debbie $485
Irene $490
SUE $234
Vivica $250

ARP is $350

Vivica is going to play Grocery Game with these products

Wish Bone California Onion Salad Dressing
Checkerboard Rock Hornish Game Hen
Lipton Beef Flavor Mushroom Chip Dip
Grasshopper Cocktail Mix from Holland House
Royal Strawberry Gelatin

(Vivica taps Bob's mike)
Bob: What's wrong?
Vivica: Oh nothing.
Bob: You're acting like you know what I'm about to say
Vivica: No I've never watched this before.
Bob: Get back to your seat child!

Spending within a quarter of 7 dollars will get her

A Color TV from the Spiegel Catalog
A Burner Base from Scheireck $1020

1st choice  5 Hens
each is .89
5 is $4.45

2nd choice  5 Dressings
each is .41
5 is $2.05
total $6.50

3rd choice 1 Jello
It's .19
total $6.69

4th choice 1 Lipton
It's .39
total $7.06 OVER

Bob tells her she better start watching The New Price Is Right

3. A Guild Stereo

Debbie $245
Irene $300
Sue $289
KEN $273

ARP is $277

Ken is going to play Most Expensive for

1. A BBQ Grill from Charmglow
2. A Washer Dryer from General Electric
3. Luggage from Skyway

He chooses 2

1. $312
3. $248
2. $467 WIN!

Showcase time with Brenda as the top winner and Ken as the runner up

1st showcase
Rath Hickory Smoked Ham
A Dining Room set with Broyhill Furnature
Masonite Wall Paneling
Le Creuset Cookware
A Piano from Sohmer

Brenda passes it to Ken who bids $2500

2nd showcase
A Doughboy 18 foot swimming pool
A Glastron GT 150 Boat with Johnson motor and Shoreline trailer

Brenda bids $2500 as well

Bob find out that Ken has been on the show 4 times

Ken bid $2500
ARP $2985
Diff $485

Brenda bid $2500
ARP $3520
Diff $1020

Ken wins with a total of $4289

[OldPrice75]

Nice recap.  Just some questions:

- Did Johnny say "And now from Television City in Hollywood, here's the star of The New Price is Right, Bob Barker!" ?  

- Did Grocery Game have the WIN/OVER display?

[Nickrj]

Well Johnny didn't exactly say that but he said "From Television City in Hollywood, A Fortune in fabulous prizes may go to these people today if they know when the price is right."

Yes the Win/Over display was over the register by this point.

[OldPrice75]

Well Johnny didn't exactly say that but he said "From Television City in Hollywood, A Fortune in fabulous prizes may go to these people today if they know when the price is right."

Yeah, he seemed to say one or the other on a lot of early episodes.

[Heidi]

At least three of the Five Price Tag podiums got double duty in Most Expensive.  How often did these two games get played on the same episode in the half-hour editions?

[OldPrice75]

Heidi wrote:

At least three of the Five Price Tag podiums got double duty in Most Expensive. How often did these two games get played on the same episode in the half-hour editions?

Well, after looking at looking at the PG lineups of several dozen of DJ Ryan's episodes, I'd say never.

[wpghi5]

I hate it when a man wins the entire show. 1/2 hour or hour.

[Nickrj]

who cares?

[OldPrice75]

wpghi5 wrote:
I hate it when a man wins the entire show. 1/2 hour or hour.

Do you have something against men?

Heidi, I change my mind: ALMOST never.

[goodboy16]

I hate it when a man wins the entire show. 1/2 hour or hour.

Your feeling that way probably wouldn't be a big deal at all if you didn't constantly verbalize your disgust every time a man is crowned the winner. It's really getting old.

[TPIRCOUSIN]

I find it interesting that in the old days, two games used identical podiums for their games.

I call the 5PT/ME podiums the giant "firecracker" ice pop podiums...that's what they look like to me, LOL!

[OldPrice75]

They were my favorite 1972 prop, too.

[WarioBarker]

Interesting...No, wait. What's going on here? This isn't the premiere (it was a loss) nor the 2nd playing (a female won). This is the 3rd or 4th playing, because I have the 2nd playing's episode (which had the exact same lineup as this one). Odd...

Well: 'On at least two of Most Expensive's early playings, the lineup was Five Price Tags, Grocery Game, Most Expensive. On both occasions, FPT & ME used the same podiums, separated by a Turntable game while the staff affixed the numbers to them.'

[OldPrice75]

Daniel Benfield wrote:

This is the 3rd or 4th playing, because I have the 2nd playing's episode (which had the exact same lineup as this one). Odd...

Considering it happened once, it figures it'd happen again.  Remember that they only had a handful of games to pick from, so you'd see the same lineups often.

[SteveGavazzi]

In fact, if you think about it, the only car games they had at this point in the run were Five Price Tags and Any Number.  Imagine how weird it would be to see Five Price Tags an average of five times every two weeks!