Golden-Road.net
Studio 33 - Price is Right Discussion => The TALK Is Right => Topic started by: silverice878 on November 09, 2017, 12:44:38 PM
-
We've all seen our share of wacky/strange prizes over the years, or prizes that are just too esoteric for their own good. What are some you remember? I think that coffee kiosk offered 6 or 7 years back takes the cake for me, at least in the esoteric department. In terms of strange, seeing that $26K Kohler bathroom offered last season. I get bedrooms/dining room/game rooms, but that might have been the first time I'd ever seen a bathroom offered. What other eccentric prizes do you remember?
-
I love and still miss the $14,995 Man Wall. Given my sports habits and sports writing, that would be great to have the ability to watch a mix of the Mets, Yankees, Patriots and NASCAR all at once.
-
Back in the 80s, this three-wheeled one-seat car was the grand prize in Walk of Fame:
http://www.golden-road.net/index.php/topic,9104.msg130260.html#msg130260
And to think those would be common things by the year 2000, as they predicted back then, but what happened to that?
-
Years ago , when they use to offer that Outdoor Play set that was so big , it was filmed outdoors to show it.
Also , during a Wedding Shower Show in 2013 , when they offered a trip for 20 people ( plus the Couple that was playing ) to Aruba worth over $47K.
-
I was just watching an episode I think from July 2008 with a replica gas pump that was around $2,500 in Most Expensive. That is pretty oddball to me, but to each their own I guess.
-
365 pairs of shoes and the $18k (or $22k) wine cellar.
-
One that always struck me were patio heaters. That'd really come in handy in an apartment 😜
-
I was just watching an episode I think from July 2008 with a replica gas pump that was around $2,500 in Most Expensive. That is pretty oddball to me, but to each their own I guess.
Ah yes, those Petroleum Artifacts gas pumps. Those don't seem as strange to me. They make good decorative pieces.
Also-anyone remember those RagtimeWest.com automated guitars and calliopes? The automated piano made sense, but the guitars were a bit much IMO.
One of the newer ones in the oddball department is these outdoor wood-fired pizza ovens
-
365 pairs of shoes and the $18k (or $22k) wine cellar.
Greco specials.....shudders
-
Years ago , when they use to offer that Outdoor Play set that was so big , it was filmed outdoors to show it.
Don't think I ever remember that one.
-
To me the amphibious vehicles and hovercrafts they used to offer are pretty wacky/oddball. Some would make good use for them, but for most they wouldn't be that useable. There used to be personal airplanes offered also. There was also a giant bubblegum machine they offered in a Showcase a few seasons ago that didn't include the gumballs.
One of the newer ones in the oddball department is these outdoor wood-fired pizza ovens
To me they're not oddball. Personal pizza makers like that are somewhat trendy.
-
The $599 sitttingprettykitty.com cat climbing tree!
-
I suppose we could also file the popcorn cart into this as well? :P
-
The $599 sitttingprettykitty.com cat climbing tree!
Awe, I always thought that was cute. I forget the name of the brand but sometime in the later Barker years they offered overly expensive weird looking furniture that was really oddball. I remember one piece they offered was a sofa that was made up of different circular shaped cushions and it was like $4,000.
-
I know I was in the minority, but I thought that big-ass coffee kiosk with supply of coffee makers and coffee was cool. :P
-
I suppose we could also file the popcorn cart into this as well? :P
That one doesn't seem oddball to me. That sucker would be great for parties or get-togethers.
-
Also, anyone remember those Nicole Reid high chairs that showed up a few times around S35-36?
-
I know I was in the minority, but I thought that big-ass coffee kiosk with supply of coffee makers and coffee was cool. :P
It was, but like I said, it was too much of niche/esoteric prize to offer
-
Don't think I ever remember that one.
I don't remember what it was exactly called. I remember that Rachel modeled it when they gave it.
-
I don't remember what it was exactly called. I remember that Rachel modeled it when they gave it.
Was it one of those large adult treehouses? I vaguely remember Price giving away one of those at least once in like season 37 or 38.
-
Was it one of those large adult treehouses? I vaguely remember Price giving away one of those at least once in like season 37 or 38.
Yeah, that what it was. It was so weird seeing that when they had it on the show.
-
Going back many years, the bright red Kohler clawfoot bathtub struck me as rather esoteric.
-
Going back many years, the bright red Kohler clawfoot bathtub struck me as rather esoteric.
Anytime they offered a bathtub, it just stuck me funny. What other show would offer a bathtub as a prize?
Also, another niche/esoteric prize would be those Stewart motorized golf caddies that showed in seasons 35 & 36. And does anyone remember those Oreck radiovacs?
-
That giant rocking horse!
-
Carousel horses! And in 1972, living, breathing horses!
Double Prices often got weird in the 70s and 80s, as evidenced by the aquarium coffee table in the 1981 episode posted recently in the Video Vault. DP seemed to be the go-to game for offering up esoteric prizes (or "conversation pieces") during the show's early years.
-
-That $25k bathroom from last season
-From Cyber Monday 2014, a trip to Paris (not very unusual, but it was the prize that was offered ALONG with it: a $13,000 Hermes Birkin bag--THIRTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS)
-On at least two separate occasions, ~10 years apart (1976 and 1986), an AIRPLANE in the showcases (they weren't full on airplanes like what airlines use to fly you to other countries, but still)
-On BigJon's Price (not sure if this counts since it didn't show up on the actual show but instead on a PC game), I was watching smashwhammy(?) play Hole in One when a box of Trojan condoms showed up and I believe it ended up being the most expensive grocery item out of the six
-
--On BigJon's Price (not sure if this counts since it didn't show up on the actual show but instead on a PC game), I was watching smashwhammy(?) play Hole in One when a box of Trojan condoms showed up and I believe it ended up being the most expensive grocery item out of the six
That one threw me the first time I saw it. Took the wind out of my sails, even though it wasn't just a game lol
-
Double Prices often got weird in the 70s and 80s, as evidenced by the aquarium coffee table in the 1981 episode posted recently in the Video Vault. DP seemed to be the go-to game for offering up esoteric prizes (or "conversation pieces") during the show's early years.
Oh, that reminds me -- on the Season 5 finale, one of the prizes in 1 Right Price was the world's most expensive monopoly set (it literally said that in the prize copy). It was the most expensive prize package offered all day, including the showcases.
-
That I remember? That bathroom sticks out, but I remember a certain nighttime episode with a live pony.
/A year's supply of dandruff shampoo!
-
Oh, that reminds me -- on the Season 5 finale, one of the prizes in 1 Right Price was the world's most expensive monopoly set (it literally said that in the prize copy). It was the most expensive prize package offered all day, including the showcases.
They offered variations on that Monopoly set every now and again for several years. They were all much smaller than that, though. You can still find one or two of them online if you look in the right places.
-
Also , during a Wedding Shower Show in 2013 , when they offered a trip for 20 people ( plus the Couple that was playing ) to Aruba worth over $47K.
Don't remember that one. I do remember that $33K Mexico trip they offered on a similar special (maybe that same year?)
-
Awe, I always thought that was cute. I forget the name of the brand but sometime in the later Barker years they offered overly expensive weird looking furniture that was really oddball. I remember one piece they offered was a sofa that was made up of different circular shaped cushions and it was like $4,000.
highbrowfurniture.com? I still remember that baseball-glove shaped chair that went for like $999.
-
The encyclopedia of TV Game Shows, Flokati Rugs, collections of stuffed animals, Lobster Tennis Ball Servers, and my personal favorite confusing and amusing prize category: hovercrafts and other various amphibious vehicles.
-
Silverice, would you please try to copy multiple quotes in one post?
-
highbrowfurniture.com? I still remember that baseball-glove shaped chair that went for like $999.
I think that might be it. I remember the baseball glove and I think they also offered a chair that looked like a pair of lips and maybe one that looked like a high heeled shoe.
-
I remember the lips sofa. I also remember that $4893 dinette set they had. Johnston Casuals had some zany colors in their furniture as well. I don't remember the high heel, though.
-
If there's any sort of prize offered on the show that made me do this...
:headbang:
it was around 1995 where this dude was playing Any Number for a car, but instead of that (or the piggy bank), he wound up winning hundreds of dollars worth of...BARBIE DOLLS!!! (facepalm)
-
Don't remember that one. I do remember that $33K Mexico trip they offered on a similar special (maybe that same year?)
It was the next year (2014)
-
If there's any sort of prize offered on the show that made me do this...
:headbang:
it was around 1995 where this dude was playing Any Number for a car, but instead of that (or the piggy bank), he wound up winning hundreds of dollars worth of...BARBIE DOLLS!!! (facepalm)
There are quite a few hardcore doll collectors out there--yes, some of them are even men--who would be interested in such a prize. Sell it to one of them.
-
Electric Scooter that was offered as a bonus prize in Bonus Game in 3/3/05.
-
would you please try to copy multiple quotes in one post?
Is it possible to do that in this forum without cutting-and-pasting?
-
Silverice, would you please try to copy multiple quotes in one post?
Is it possible to do that in this forum without cutting-and-pasting?
Yes. If you click "Quote" on the first post you want to respond to, and when it brings up the box for you to type in, you can scroll down and for any other post you want to put in your response, you can click the "Insert Quote" button associated with it and that post will be "quoted" just above the one you started with.
-
If there's any sort of prize offered on the show that made me do this...
:headbang:
it was around 1995 where this dude was playing Any Number for a car, but instead of that (or the piggy bank), he wound up winning hundreds of dollars worth of...BARBIE DOLLS!!! (facepalm)
November of 1993. Bob had quite the discussion with his friends in the audience during the showcase showdown when he learned that they were going to share the Barbie dolls among them. They were all members of a fraternity if I remember correctly.
-
would you please try to copy multiple quotes in one post?
Is it possible to do that in this forum without cutting-and-pasting?
Yes. If you click "Quote" on the first post you want to respond to, and when it brings up the box for you to type in, you can scroll down and for any other post you want to put in your response, you can click the "Insert Quote" button associated with it and that post will be "quoted" just above the one you started with.
Well, whaddya know! It works! Except that when all three quotes I wanted were here, the first one ("would you please try to copy multiple quotes in one post") was at the bottom of the sequence instead of top, so I had to cut-and-paste it to move it to its proper place. But that beats the way I used to do it - open a new window to "reply with quote" for each quote, then copy and c-and-p all the quotes into one reply.
And now back to the topic at hand: wacky/oddball prizes offered over the years...
-
What about that combination stereo/sofa that was offered a bunch in the mid-to-late 70s?
-
Gold bars.
Actually, I’m surprised they haven’t made it back on the show.
-
Gold bars.
Actually, I’m surprised they haven’t made it back on the show.
And when they were used, wasn't the contestant actually just given the cash value of them instead of the bars themselves?