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any possiblity of GSN ever adding it to their network? I would love to watch TPIR episodes from the 80's when I was growing up.
 
Re:speaking of GSN

> any possiblity of GSN ever adding it to their network? I
> would love to watch TPIR episodes from the 80's when I was
> growing up.
>

Do they still air Lets Make A Deal?
 
Re:TPIR on GSN

Reruns of The Price Is Right have not been on GSN since 2000 because Fremantle withdrew it from air for various reasons. One is that Bob Barker didn't want episodes with fur coats being shown and another is that Fremantle wanted huge money and that GSN refused in that offer and another is the fights that Dian,Holly and Janice have had with Bob with the court cases and all and so The Price Is Right is gone from reruns for the time being.

The last time Let's Make A Deal was on GSN was in 2004 and I miss this show as well. They showed the syndicated episodes from 1971-1977 and the All New Let's Make A Deal from 1984-1986.
 
Re:TPIR on GSN

> Reruns of The Price Is Right have not been on GSN since 2000
> because Fremantle withdrew it from air for various reasons.
> One is that Bob Barker didn't want episodes with fur coats
> being shown and another is that Fremantle wanted huge money
> and that GSN refused in that offer and another is the fights
> that Dian,Holly and Janice have had with Bob with the court
> cases and all and so The Price Is Right is gone from reruns
> for the time being.
>
>
Good Grief! It sounds like they couldn't show most of the episodes anyway, if Bob won't let them show fur coats or Dian, Holly, and Janice. The money doesn't really matter, I guess.

I would like to see some of the oldest "The NEW Price Is Right" episodes from when I grew up in the early 70's. It would be great to have "TNPIR" and "Match Game 7x" back to back again!!!! Oh, the nostalgia...
 
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Or...How about the short lived 30 minute edition Night time price is Right from the 80's...did it even have a wheel to spin?...and who was the host again?

I also wouldn't mind seeing the three recent lets make a deal episodes that aired on NBC, along with any lost ones that didn't air.

You don't know Jack reruns would also be good to see...including any that never aired. (but for that, I fear I need to bug Comedy Central instead...)

Not many people know this, but there may be plans to air an ALL NEW Mad Dash gameshow.
That was a great gameshow in the 70's that deserves some rerun time on GSN for sure...I hope new episodes get aired soon.
From what I understand, the Polish edition in Polland was the last project. If it failed, I hope that didn't distract from bringing new episodes to GSN.

Does anyone even know what the Mad dash is? I was very young in the 70's, and only seem to recall it to be like a human board game of some sort...but still very entertaining. <P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"
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Re:TPIR on GSN, and other game shows

> Not many people know this, but there may be plans to air an
> ALL NEW Mad Dash gameshow. ... Does anyone even know what the
> Mad dash is?

Ohhhhhhh, yeah. Saw that one. Good thing I'm right across the border from Vancouver and Victoria.

Mad Dash, The, was your basic Canadian low-stakes - low by American standards of the time - version of Video Village (or Shenanigans) hosted by popular entertainer Pierre Lalonde. The game was played by two married couples - one mate was the human gamepiece, the other played at the game table where he/she would answer tossup questions to gain control of a die. Don't laugh. It lasted several years into the mid-80s.

This Website explains the game play better than I can.

BTW: That new version is being seen in Poland. I don't know of any plans for a Canadian revival - but you never know.
 
Re:TPIR on GSN, and other game shows

> Or...How about the short lived 30 minute edition Night time
> price is Right from the 80's...did it even have a wheel to
> spin?...and who was the host again?
>
That was the Tom Kennedy version of Price, which lasted a season. It was played exactly the way Price was before it expanded to an hour: three pricing games; the top two winners of the day play in the showcase.
 
Re:TPIR on GSN

> Reruns of The Price Is Right have not been on GSN since 2000
> because Fremantle withdrew it from air for various reasons.
> One is that Bob Barker didn't want episodes with fur coats
> being shown

I don't think Barker has too many fans on FreeRepublic.com. OTOH I sometimes post there, and I don't care one way or the other about Bob and furs.

ixnay
 
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> > Not many people know this, but there may be plans to air
> an
> > ALL NEW Mad Dash gameshow. ... Does anyone even know what
> the
> > Mad dash is?
>
> Ohhhhhhh, yeah. Saw that one. Good thing I'm right across
> the border from Vancouver and Victoria.
>
> Mad Dash, The, was your basic Canadian low-stakes - low by
> American standards of the time - version of Video Village
> (or Shenanigans) hosted by popular entertainer Pierre
> Lalonde. The game was played by two married couples - one
> mate was the human gamepiece, the other played at the game
> table where he/she would answer tossup questions to gain
> control of a die. Don't laugh. It lasted several years into
> the mid-80s.
>
> This Website explains the game play better than I can.
>
> BTW: That new version is being seen in Poland. I don't know
> of any plans for a Canadian revival - but you never know.
>
Joe_Capitano,

I'm glad that you remembered Mad Dash. I grew up in Seattle and we got the Vancouver/Victoria channels on cable at the time (don't think they get them anymore).

Based on the OP, all I could think of was "Money Maze" in the US from the 1970's, hosted by Nick Clooney (George's father). Basically, a spouse would guide their spouse through the maze to various numbers (1 one and 4 zeroes). If they successful guided their spouse to all of the numbers, they would win 10,000. Otherwise, if they got 1 one and 3 zeroes, they would win 1,000, etc.
 
Re:TPIR on GSN, and other game shows

> Based on the OP, all I could think of was "Money Maze" in
> the US from the 1970's, hosted by Nick Clooney (George's
> father). Basically, a spouse would guide their spouse
> through the maze to various numbers (1 one and 4 zeroes).
> If they successful guided their spouse to all of the
> numbers, they would win 10,000. Otherwise, if they got 1
> one and 3 zeroes, they would win 1,000, etc.
>

IIRC one couple wore blue vests (the "blue" couple) and the other wore "red" vests (the "red" couple). Also, the closing credits were done in the font that ABC Sports was for most of the 70s.

ixnay
 
Re:TPIR on GSN, and other game shows

I seem to remember a short lived syndicated 1/2 Hr. TPIR sometime in the middle 90s, hosted by a guy who used to be on "The Young and the Restless." Any info on when this ran, or the gameplay?

> > Or...How about the short lived 30 minute edition Night
> time
> > price is Right from the 80's...did it even have a wheel to
>
> > spin?...and who was the host again?
> >
> That was the Tom Kennedy version of Price, which lasted a
> season. It was played exactly the way Price was before it
> expanded to an hour: three pricing games; the top two
> winners of the day play in the showcase.
>
 
Re:TPIR on GSN, and other game shows

> This Website explains the game play better than I can.
>
> BTW: That new version is being seen in Poland. I don't know
> of any plans for a Canadian revival - but you never know.
>
This sounds like a good idea to restore. I hope GSN, or a Canadian station launches an all new Mad Dash soon.
 
Re:TPIR on GSN, and other game shows

> I seem to remember a short lived syndicated 1/2 Hr. TPIR
> sometime in the middle 90s, hosted by a guy who used to be
> on "The Young and the Restless." Any info on when this ran,
> or the gameplay?

This version, hosted by Doug Davidson, was seen during the 1994-1995 season. The set, music, announcer and even the "beauties" were different than the Barker version. The pricing games were generally the same.

Contestants called to "come on down" automatically play a pricing game -- there was no Contestant's Row. The pricing games were the same as a Barker version, with a couple of exceptions -- "Barker's Markers" was "Make Your Mark"; and the "Clock Game" was played on the big screen.

After three games came the Showcase Showdown -- some shows have "The Price Was Right", where contestants guess the MSRP on a product featured on an old commercial. Other shows have the Big Wheel.

The winner of the Showdown plays the Showcase, which was actually "Range Game" -- the contestant has to guess the range the prize package's price is located in.

Competition from Wheel and Jeopardy (which also killed the 1985 Kennedy version), plus the fact that people believe Barker was better, led to this version's early demise.
 
Re:TPIR on GSN, and other game shows

...and the announcer was none other than Alan Kalter, aka "Big Red."

Letterman couldn't be prouder.
 
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That was the 1994 version with Doug Davidson, who was and still is on Y&R. I know many Price fans will howl with disagreement, but this life-long Price devotee loved the new version.

The set boasted a black marble look. Still had the three doors, but the "carpet" section was replaced by a video wall, so any games normally played "up on the stairs" were played on the main stage. The theme had a jazzier sound, but it was clearly recognizable as the classic Price melody.

Instead of contestant's row, players called to "come on down" went right to the stage to play their pricing game, all of which were played in the same way as the daytime version (though some were played for substantially bigger prizes). Eliminating the up-for-bids segments created time for a showcase showdown--on some shows it was "The Price Was Right," where the three players, down in a modified three-person Contestants' Row, guessed the price of a product in a classic TV commercial. Other shows used the wheel (due to not having enough classic clips cleared).

Only one player went to the showcase, a sort of modified Range Game. The player randomly pre-selected a range, and pulled a lever when they thought the price of the showcase package was within the range.

Sure it varied from the daytime version--that's what made it a good compliment. Remember just how dramatically the 1972 Price must have seemed to fans of the original. The 94 version was just a little twist on the established format.

As for Davidson, he had an easy command of the games and an excellent rapport with the players. Of course he wasn't Bob Barker Jr., but no one should try to be--he was his own person with a different style that still suited the show. Quite frankly, there's no valid reason he shouldn't be considered again, if he wanted the daytime gig when the time comes.

Price was one of many shows the syndicators kept trying to pitch as the sure-fire Wheel/Jeopardy killer, and no show could live up to the massive expectations that were set. It's only been recently with shows like Millionaire and Family Feud that the syndicators have done a better job of marketing the shows for other time slots in enough markets to make them viable.

The show did well outside of access in markets that tried it, but not enough did, and it fell victim to the same fate as so many other shows. (Though in Philadelphia, no one had an opening in access, so the Fox station buried it on weekends--if they didn't bump it entirely for sports--all over the schedule, with only two episodes. Hardly a good way to launch.)

> I seem to remember a short lived syndicated 1/2 Hr. TPIR
> sometime in the middle 90s, hosted by a guy who used to be
> on "The Young and the Restless." Any info on when this ran,
> or the gameplay?
>
> > > Or...How about the short lived 30 minute edition Night
> > time
> > > price is Right from the 80's...did it even have a wheel
> to
> >
> > > spin?...and who was the host again?
> > >
> > That was the Tom Kennedy version of Price, which lasted a
> > season. It was played exactly the way Price was before it
>
> > expanded to an hour: three pricing games; the top two
> > winners of the day play in the showcase.
> >
>
 
Re:TPIR on GSN, and other game shows

>
> Based on the OP, all I could think of was "Money Maze" in
> the US from the 1970's, hosted by Nick Clooney (George's
> father). Basically, a spouse would guide their spouse
> through the maze to various numbers (1 one and 4 zeroes).
> If they successful guided their spouse to all of the
> numbers, they would win 10,000. Otherwise, if they got 1
> one and 3 zeroes, they would win 1,000, etc.
>

CORRECTION: Nick Clooney is George Clooney's uncle. Thought I might clear that inaccuracy up.<P ID="signature">______________
To MRS Ventures: KZYQ and WZYQ are NOT on the air! Must be a cold day in radio hell!</P>
 
Re:TPIR on GSN, and other game shows

> >
> > Based on the OP, all I could think of was "Money Maze" in
> > the US from the 1970's, hosted by Nick Clooney (George's
> > father). Basically, a spouse would guide their spouse
> > through the maze to various numbers (1 one and 4 zeroes).
>
> > If they successful guided their spouse to all of the
> > numbers, they would win 10,000. Otherwise, if they got 1
> > one and 3 zeroes, they would win 1,000, etc.
> >
>
> CORRECTION: Nick Clooney is George Clooney's uncle. Thought
> I might clear that inaccuracy up.
>
No, Nick is indeed George's father. You are probably
thinking that Rosemary Clooney was George's mother; she
was his aunt (Nick's sister). There were two other Clooney
sisters: Betty, who also had a fairly-successful singing
career; and Gail, who didn't have much of a show-business
career. I think Nick and Gail are the two living members
of that generation of Clooneys.

George actually got his first on-camera exposure appearing
on his dad's WKRC/12 talk show during school vacations.
When Money Maze was on ABC, WKRC (then an ABC affiliate)
used to run it on delay at 10:30 AM, followed by Nick's
talk show from 11 to 12.

Back to TPIR a minute. Does anyone remember the syndicated
'70s version? Dennis James was host from 1972-77, then
Bob Barker took over until 1979. The format was the same
as daytime Price from 1972 until it went to an hour.
 
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