This just shows how great of a game show host Bob Barker really was. When he first saw the error, he didn't panic and ask the producers off stage what to do. He just went with it and made it fun for the contestant. We miss you, Bob.
I don't really care if anyone got fired or not. The real gem here is how Bob handled the situation in real time. Quick-witted, professional, and willing to poke fun at their own mistake. This segment would have been edited out of any other show, and perhaps even a Drew Carey-hosted TPIR. This just goes to show you how good Bob was.
Something similar happened with Drew Carey as the host (one of the models inadvertently removed the wrong tag, revealing the price of the car). Drew was laughing hysterically.
Bob really didn't have to ask anyone how to proceed, because Barker was the executive producer of the show back in 2000 (he became that in 1988). He was the head honcho and could have stopped the game dead in its tracks on his own. But NOOO, not good ol' Bob. He played out this epic game setup failure perfectly. That was always his style. Like the time when the Master Key game had a problem, it got stuck and he simply gave it a drop kick. That's what made Bob Barker the best ever host. While game prop failures like this happen and Bob didn't want them to happen, when they did, he always made the most of them.
Its funny how they didn't want to ring the winning bell right away lol. Bob had to say "Daniel won....." before they were sure Daniel actually won them.
I'm just a bit surprised Bob didn't point it out like that. He surely must have been "The first contestant in Price is Right HISTORY to win all three prizes in the Ten Chances game using ZERO chances!!!" Bob always loved to point out historic moments in that or similar fashion, although this one was indeed due to a big botch by the crew.
That guy who bid $600 is probably the unluckiest player ever, not only did he get 1-upped by Daniel, he basically lost his chance to get a sure-win car!
@@LittleBlueOwl318 Yeah, and he's just sitting there DOING JACK SHIT while people are dying, businesses are drying up, things are falling apart, and he just sits there hiding behind a desk, whining like a baby on Twitter when someone calls him out. Can't wait until he's voted out of office.
Hahaha, I love Bob...he handled these moments extremely well. Other hosts would get all flustered and they would have to stop taping. Bob just goes with the flow. However, from 2:22-2:41 he is absolutely hesitating on purpose, probably because he is awaiting permission from the producer to continue. Awesome clip.
@@DorvellTStewart Probably the same result as happened. They still gave them the 30k off camera, but for the sake and fairness of the game when it came to wheel spin placement, they just had them redo the Plinko for the show aesthetics. I feel like The Price is Right pioneered the position of just giving away the prizes regardless of the mistakes.
@@ajk I think the rigged Plinko footage couldn't be used because it was not obvious that the game was rigged. The issue is laws passed after the quiz show scandals in the 50's say it's illegal to show any rigged game under the penalty that everybody involved could literally go to jail and any station that showed it could get their FCC license revoked. Standards and Practices didn't chance it there. Here, the guy didn't even get to the game and it was obvious how they screwed up.
I bet that "talk" at the end of the show consisted of only a couple words....."YOU'RE FIRED! And don't forget to get your pets spayed or neutered while you're not workin"!!
I love how pissed off Bob is at how the number options and actual prices were switched. He didn't have an issue giving the guy all the prizes, he just wanted tonsee him actually win them.
Even in an emergency room, people ailing from everything you can imagine. Every face in that room had a smile when you watch someone win a car on The Price is Right.
Mistakes happen, but they did probably stop down to check everything else. And there was a substitute announced, so they learn, and the normal guy re-trains.
Why would they be fired? The show gets everything through promotions from manufacturers and entire point is to give it away. So stuff costs the show or anyone associated with nothing, and they keep playing for the prizes over and over until they get given away, so why would someone get fired for doing as the show intended? This just made it easier to that
This will go down, as the best win ever! You will never see this again in game show history! Bob Barker will go down as the best game show host ever & emcee in other events!
Had to laugh at Bob’s reaction after he pulls off the first cover and starts to explain how the game works. “In the price of the shredder, there are two numbers. Using...”. Then realizes the first one was set up wrong! In Bob’s head, he may have been thinking “What the heck?!”
Can you imagine the dread that had to be running through the producers after he pulled the first card off and the price was there instead of the numbers? They had to know the other two cards were set up wrong too.
ReuWil Yeah, that would have been the thing to do. "Since the people who set this up forgot to put the cards with the scrambled numbers in, go ahead and write the price of each prize on those pads, just for posterity. That way, you at least did something to win them."
@@cecilrichardson2494 That would just be wasting paper. And TPIR's own rules DO state that if a mistake like this one happens and the prices are accidently revealed then the contestant automatically wins. And I'd bet money that 2 people were fired that day.
Likely an equal amount of dread was running through the mind of Bob Barker himself. He'd be thinking " Did I just screw up and embarrass myself? I am really too old to keep this job?"
For those asking about how the game is played, the first price was revealed with the correct two numbers. What he had to do, was look at three scrambled numbers and has 10 guesses to guess the correct two numbers in the correct order out of the three to get the first prize. If he guesses it correctly on the first try, he would have 9 tries for the other two items. You're given 10 chances to guess three prizes correctly. If he got the first part right, he moves onto the next item. Item number two would have four scrambled numbers, and he would have to guess three numbers in the correct order to move onto the car. If he guesses it right, he can move onto the car. With the car, he would have 5 scrambled numbers, and he would need to place all five of the numbers in the correct order to win the car. Remember, he only has 10 chances, say he did get it correct the first time on the two items before, this would leave him with 8 chances to guess the car correctly. The problem is, the people who worked on this machine or game messed up. They didn't put the scrambled numbers in at all, or put them behind the revealed prize. What Bob would do, is he would take the named products off revealing the scrambled numbers, but the people messed up, therefore he won his prize without having to play the game, at all.
(Bob) "We're gonna have a long talk w/ them right after the show." If I was on the show, played that game, & didn't have to do anything, I'd wanna have a "nice, long talk" w/ them, too. I'd say, "Okay now. Whoever set this up.....THANKS A LOT!!!!"
What I want to truly see is the private conversation Bob had with who was responsible for setup, and how loud Bob was. It’s like your sibling getting in trouble and your parents raise their voices so loud at said sibling you cringe lol!
I am related to Ralph Edwards. He was the creator and host of This is your Life. He also created shows like Name that Tune, Truth or Consequences, and several other shows including The People's Court. He was Bob's mentor early on and gave Bob his start.
Gameshowboy 92 But in reality, this would be "Daniel Wins 10 Chances by Doing Absolutely Nothing." Anyways, my guess is that the 10 Chances prop was supposed to have random numbers cover the actual retail prices, but for some reason the props department forgot to put them on.
bigblue999 I think the way Ten Chances works is that with the first two prizes, the numbers for their prices are included with a random number thrown in, that doesn't belong in the price. In other words, prize #1's price is 2 digits long, but the contestant is shown 3 numbers to choose from in order to figure out the price; the price of prize #2 is three digits, but the contestant has to figure out the price from 4 numbers to work with, which makes analyzing the situation and using the process of elimination a must. As for the third prize (typically a vehicle), the numbers for the price are all used, with no random numbers (in other words, you have to use ALL of the numbers shown), and the contestant is given 10 seconds to think and write their guess down.
From about 1:45-3:45, it's easy to see Bob Barker is VERY annoyed, just by the expression on his face. He's got that look like, "Well, SINCE the prices were revealed as soon as I took the red cards off, we have to give him the prizes.... FUCK! I'm going to have someone's severed head on a platter for this fuckup!" But on the same note, since they were taping live at the time, he had to try to soften the blow, just a little bit, by trying to make it look like a minor mistake. But you can still hear the "pissed off" in his voice when he says, "We're going to have a talk with them, after the show!"
It may not be his money, but that was $20,700 worth of prizes that the show had to give the contestant, because of an error on their part. I don't doubt Bob that wanted his contestants to win (in fact, any emcee in their right mind would be crazy to NOT want the contestant to win), but on the same note, he also wanted the technicians charged with the responsibility of setting up & checking the games to do their jobs the right way, which would have been: whatever games are going to be used for that day's taping are to be set up, checked and tested BEFORE taping (probably the morning of taping, but several hours before the show), and any mistakes or mechanical/technical issues that are found are to be corrected immediately, then the game is to be checked again to see if it works the way it's supposed to. So I believe what Bob was upset about was that somebody did a half-assed job when they likely had more than enough time beforehand to correct it, or use another game if the issue couldn't be resolved before the show started taping.
Honestly, I don't think it's Bob's responsibility to make sure everything is in order. He is actually the host of the show. If anything, its the stage manager's responsibility to make sure everything is in order before the show starts. good for that guy tho for winning those prizes. he was very lucky.
HomewreckerHaHa I'd say it's part of Bob's responsibility since he was the emcee, and subsequently, the face of The Price Is Right. And that would mean that anything good or bad that happened during taping would pretty much have been associated with him (meaning he'd be among the first people to be questioned about it). He'd be the first one (or among the first ones) to be notified of what happened, ergo he would have a say in how to remedy the situation, as would the stage manager and ultimately, the producer.
The point is for the contestant to be able to play a game of guessing prices, and the contestant doesn't get to do that, so of course Bob is annoyed that he doesn't get to bestow that promise. At the pricing games, the contestant is "playing against the house", so as long as the game integrity is preserved, everyone wants the contestant to win. Even the guy on the buzzer. Yes, you can adjust the difficulty to try to stay within budget, but there's always a path to victory in a fair game.
I Love Bob Barker! I remember watching truth or conquences when he hosted that show before price is right back in the 60's. He is a super emcee man! He also did Miss America pageants
it would have been funny if the wheel fell off during his spin. Then in the showcase his opponent throws a dumb bid to be over obviously & he wins bidding $1. :)
Vanewolf29 If the wheel fell off the axle upon the stage it would have plowed contestants, audience and equipment, not to mention start an electrical fire to boot. That is the reason why it has a really thick axle, to keep it safe for the show, and no, it would not be funny to see. How dare you find a large wheel falling off stage. You are a psycho. Go find a shrink. That is crazy to imagine such a horrendous event to ever happen anywhere, even on live TV. You are either sick or evil.
I don't think someone has been fired. It's more of a prop error, since these game pieces has been the same for decades and has chance to cause error once in a while.
Bob's pause when revealing the first price is understandable. What would be running through his mind might be: "Did I just screw up and forgot how this is played? Am I getting too old? Is this the end of my TPIR career right now?"
Bob Barker and TPIR are good sports...considering that this isn't aired live, they definitely have themselves legally covered in case this kind of mistake happens to the point where they could just play the game (correctly set up) over with different prizes, or move on to another pricing game altogether. Although I wouldn't want to be the 3 guys who set this game up...LOL
Well Daniel, if you're out there in 2020 Hope that your luck continued through your life! Insane moments like that come so rarely...hope they continued for you!
Video description: "Bob Barker gets pissed at DV as he cleans house, and steals the show away from Bob." None of which occurs in the video. Bob does not get upset with the contestant for anything and the contestant certainly did nothing to "steal the show" away from him.
Possibly. If they didn't lose their jobs by some minor miracle, I bet they got one hell of a stern warning! "Screw up like this even ONE more time, no matter how small, and you WILL be looking for another job!" And I'd be willing to bet that they archived the footage of this particular game of Ten Chances as training material for any new stage hands that were hired since then as an example of what NOT to do!
The same theme was at the bottom of the Star Trek: Voyager first-season episode "Prime Factors" (OAD March 20, 1995): B'Elanna almost cost Voyager the warp core by installing incompatible trajector technology, and Captain Janeway said to her, "If there are any further trangressions--even a minor one--you will no longer be an officer on this crew. Is that clear?"
