This is from a talk show "2 On The Town," in 1982. Includes an interview with Johnny Olson and his audience warm ups, contestant selection, and pricing games.
I miss that old set, the times...everything back in the 1970's and 1980's. Sad times we live in...this is as close to a time machine we're gonna get. Thank you Bob for the memories.
I share your sentiments. That was when times wasn’t all that hard, and things was a little easy. Today, it’s straight up sucks. Unfortunately, we don’t have Bob Barker, or johnny olson. May both of these great gentlemen rest in peace.
I have attended three tapings of TPIR with Bob Barker. I never saw Bob leave the stage in the 75 minutes it took to tape the show. They would stop tape during the commercial breaks so the crew could set things up for the next game. It took five to seven minutes. Bob would stay out on stage and talk to the audience.
I did three tapings with Bob too and he stayed on stage for the entire taping. I did go back one more time for Drew Carey and was told by people who had seen Bob near the end he was leaving the stage during the breaks and not talking that much to the audience. No one knew why, but considering the legal problems between him and former staff, he probably didn't want to talk about it.
I went to to tapings with Bob one of which was during the last month of his taping. And he did stay out on stage the entire time and answer questions. 1 marine officer asked if he could just come up and spin the wheel and Bob said yes thank you for your service you can. And then I stood up and said hey Bob how would you like to have dinner with me and my friends tonight? He very quickly replied no I can't because I have a bottle of tequila waiting for me at home. LOL classy guy
That's right. Bob was there when there was no TV audience. Attended shows in 83 and 86. I remember how interesting it was to watch them set up for the next game.
Yes, Johnny O was one of the best parts of the show - he really shined when Jay Wolpert produced the show, and had him in all those great showcase skits!
Thought I'd tell you, my most favorite part of this video is Johnny Olsen disco dancing to "Disco Inferno". What an awesome way to warm up the audience!
And before that episode with the Any Number problem aired, Johnny would add in a disclaimer in post-production after his closing spiel, "Due to a production error, a portion of the program was re-created and the tape edited."
Since my last comment, Adam Sandler is the current director (one of the few remaining staffers left from the Barker era), and on one special episode we got to see him hard at work. Oh, and RIP Marc Breslow.
Bob and Marc didn't get along. Marc was let go and Paul Alter took over as director. Marc did receive a one million dollars severance package, however, and did other projects for Mark Goodson productions.
During the contestant selection, you can also see Gina Edwards-Nyman (then Gina M. Edwards) there as well helping out the process, and she's still on the show as of today (one of the remaining staff members of the Barker Era remaining). Not only that but she would sit next to the chair that had the "Right" seat to tell the contestants what to do and what not to do between each act (blue, then later green) as well as give a smile and/or wave during the opening.
How interesting, even with all of Johnny's antics and dancing about the studio; the audience was still sitting politely in their seats. Today's audience's would be jumping up and down and shouting.
I attended a taping back in 2008. I could hear everything in the studio that you hear on TV. However, it was often hard to hear the names being called by the announcer and the stuff said by the contestants over the crowd noise. They do hold up cue cards with the contestants' names when they are called. That's probably why Drew (or Bob) will repeat back a bid incorrectly, since it's hard to hear.
@oldertvshowswerebetr They do play the main sounds, like the Come on Down music, the Main theme, and the Big Wheel beeps, but I cannot remember if they played them all.
@AmericanPride1234 I attended a taping in April 2007. During a commercial break, someone suggested that to Bob, to which he replied, "Sure. And maybe I'll become a bodybuilder and run for governor of California". I'm sure a lot of people agree with you. Actually, there was once a showcase which centered around what things would be like if Bob were president.
Amazing. I had no idea the music wasn't playing when they were doing the "Come on down!" and when Bob came out. And even when they win a price the "ding ding ding" doesn't play! It's all added later!
@3:20 Bob Barker admits that there were days when he didn’t feel like getting out of bed to go to work hosting TPIR. It got me thinking what did Bob Barker like to watch on TV when he was sick? Did he ever call in sick so he could stay home and watch reruns of TPIR?
I got to see Rod Roddy's warm up in 1997 and Rich Fields' warm up in 2004. Rod asked the audience how many had been to a TV taping before. About a third of the people raised their hands. Rod then said "I see we have a roomful of virgins with us today".
+norelco pc that's hilarious. I have heard a little bit of Rod Roddy's warm-up with the crowd on the fluid TV television show. And, I seen or heard actually a clip of Rich Fields warm up to. Yes! I know I can't see them do their stuff and action due to blindness. But, it would be pretty cool to hear johnny dancing in action. I thought it was cool that he was dancing to disco Inferno.
@@kayandaeddings4803 Here on YT, there are opening production slates of Press Your Luck with Rod Roddy working the crowd and Peter Tomarken getting in on it,too.
Imagine when you have a headache and work for the show (or any other actually) when the people start screaming hahaha Just like singers with a concert or anyone that works with crowds and noises.
I'd feel bad if I were the contestant and my game messed up, because it's better if things go smoothly. I wonder why they couldn't bring up the 6 in Any Number before they stopped tape but they were able to bring it up after the stop.
By the way, TPIR's current director (as of 2011) is Michael Dimich; Rich DiPirro has too many on his plate now including Family Game Night (with Todd Newton and Burton Richardson, who announced on the Doug Davidson TPIR and was one of the sub-announcers after Rod Roddy's death).
@lakebay972 I agree - thanks to him, Marc got fired by someone that considered him to be his son, Mark Goodson, and after Mark Goodson did that, both he and Marc Breslow were sworn enemies of Bob Barker after he was promoted to EP in 1986 - hellva way to treat a guy, huh?
These stupid contestants have no idea what they are letting themselves in for. First of all, the prizes are worthless. Who in the hell needs a "party boat," especially if you live in the middle of a city? And the cars are not worth the price of admission.! They do not come fully loaded and the contestant has to pay a 40% luxury tax on the car, not to mention the other prizes. Furthermore, the contestant has to go to the dealership to pick up the car and the dealership could be in another state, so they either have to fly or drive there. And a lot of these automobiles come with standard transmission. If you can't drive a standard transmission, you have to pay extra for an automatic transmission. And, the car you see on the showroom floor is not always the car you get when you arrive at the dealership. And who needs a trip to the Azores, or some other country that is embroiled in war? Give me a break! The contestants who win the big showcases throw themselves into a higher tax bracket. If you make $30.00.00 per year, and you win a $65,000.00 showcase, you are now in the top tier - $95,000.00 tax bracket. Not worth the trip to the studio, suckers!
I would never sit in the audience on any game show, much less be a contestant. I have better things to do with my money than piss it away on taxes paying for these stupid prizes!
Gee, Mr. Condescending Killjoy, I think your comment is worthless, what do you think of that? Do you really think you're breaking this news? The tax bite is such common knowledge it's a cliche. Also the shows generally let winners opt out of the prizes to accept something equivalent. Not sure how valid your transmission claim holds up today when the vast majority of cars are automatic. And in any event, many people become contestants just to savor the thrill of the experience and the lifetime memory they'll always enjoy.
the only time in tpir history where production is stopped to technical error instead of immediately awarding the prize, or you keep taping, so the guy who didn't have to do anything in 10 chances had all 3 prices revealed if marc breslow was directing that day, he would have stopped taping after the first one was revealed instead of awarding the contestant all 3 prizes, or the guy that pressed the red button on flip flop we would never have seen that if marc breslow was there directing, he would have stopped taping and recreated the game with the contestant flopping the 59 to 95 for 4695 i think was the price of the prize, 2 classic examples marc breslow would have screwed us out of ever knowing happened.
