I don't want to jinx it but I just checked and Tom Kennedy is still alive at the age of: 93! It is surreal that the late Johnny Olson was on this show. He was awesome.
That woman who got 5 zeros was referenced on the Christmas Day 1996 show from Season 25. The lady playing that day only got 2 chips, she got a zero with the first but hit the big $5K with her second.
Note how at this point, the $25,000 on the Plinko sign still has its original purple shading, and not its pale pink "glitter" effect which would be introduced shortly before Johnny's passing.
Does anyone remember on Bob Barkers verson when a women played plinko & got all 5 zeros? Also I just saw on Drew Carry's verson only got two chips & got both zeros.
@fatmanfiftythousand Tom Kennedy hadn't yet started his hosting gig on Break The Bank when tapings for the nighttime TPIR had commenced.I recall Gene Rayburn had hosted that first before he got unjustly fired.Then Tom Kennedy had replaced him.
From what I've heard, his autobiography's gonna come out in April, and he'll make a guest appearance on the show either in March or April. Other than that, he's still active in animal rights.