Two weeks after the tragic events of September 11 and four weeks after the untimely passing of rising r&b queen Aaliyah, CBS lifted our spirits with the first episode of the 30th season of the greatest game show ever.
0:03 Here it comes, in the Bob Barker studio at CBS in Hollywood, the first show of our 30th year on CBS, the fabulous 60 minute price is right 1:11 And now here is the star of The Price Is Right, the man who been entertaining us on television for 45 years, BBBOOOBBB BARKER 2:54 and all of us at cbs want to congratulate you and tell you how proud we are to be celebrating the start of your record breaking 30th season of The Price Is Right the longest running game show in television history👏👏👏👏👏 5:17 overbid 12:59 you’re gonna play plinko, for a chance to win up to $50,000 32:36 stay tuned for more pricing games and the fabulous showcases which are coming up on the second half of the price is right
This episode was aired just 13 days after tragedy struck when two planes hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center in NYC on 9/11/01 as well as most of the Pentagon in Washington DC, and the plane crash in Pennsylvania and it was a sad time when that happened. It was originally premiered on 9/17, but it pushed back to 9/24 and it was the start of the 30th season of TPIR. On this episode, it features "Triple Play", the toughest game where you can win up to three cars. This was inspired by a game of baseball. This guy won all three cars in "Triple Play", but if you love "Triple Play", all you can say is "Batter Up!!!"
Sadly the 30th season was the one that Rod Roddy's health started to decline, but he managed to pull through with only one short leave of absence. During the 31st season, his health got much worse, to the point that he needed several leaves of absence, and eventually had to tap out for the remainder of the season. Rod was able to announce for the earlier episodes of Season 32, before he finally tapped out for the last time, and then succumbed to his illness soon afterwards.
Also, his on-screen appearances were taken out of the show for season 31, but he was briefly seen for the last time during the season 32 premiere just exactly one week before his death.
Season 30 was actually supposed had started a week earlier on September 17, 2001. It was delayed because of the 9/11 attacks. It started on September 24, 2001 instead.
Christopher Dixon From that point on, the CBS Daytime Lineup started the new season the same week as the Prime Time Lineup. The only exception was Drew's first season. (Season 36)
What a great start to the season from TP and Plinko. It did help lift my spirits after the sadness of the 9/11 attacks. First time Switch was played for 2 cars. I think that Plinko record stood until Ryan won $31,500 last May.
I agree brother Clifford Switch is played for 2 cars, and if I bring my future girlfriend to the show and play for 2 cars I'll keep one for myself and give the other one to her.
This season stunk! Especially after getting those new models, and kicking Janice in the teeth and firing her for NO reason whatsoever!!! I vowed never to watch this show ever again, and never have!!
If you watched the show long enough as I had, I could always tell when the show was running short on time because that's when Bob would push the heck out of the contestants for a quick bid or an answer lol.
Originally aired on CBS: 9/21/2001 (1st show of the 30th Season) (Timestamps: please skip to the main show because of the main commercials and promos) 0:03 - Part 1 10:55 - Part 2 18:24 - Part 3 23:51 to 24:11 - Part 4 28:48 - Part 5 34:15 - Part 6 38:33 - Part 7 43:45 to 44:06 - Part 8 50:11 - Part 9 55:54 - Last Part
What a HORRIBLE bid by the 2nd guy in the showcase showdown. Who in their right mind thinks a Corvette, diamond rings and a silver tea set is worth only 32K? The car alone was around 45K...
...the closest to plinko perfection was back in 1991 when a contestant hit the 5k slot 4x and the fifth chip in $1,000.... i remember seeing it back then, but can't remember the exact date...it was shortly before the colors of the plinko board were updated as part of the show's 20th anniversary celebration...
I read somewhere that Bob Barker had considered retiring from hosting "The Price is Right" at the end of the 30th season, but he ultimately decided against it, because at the time, he was still having too much fun with it
Is this not the first time the logo appearing on the screen after the first four contestants come on down was put on the screen digitally? For 29 years it was a physical card!
I hate it when people bid 2500 and then the next person bids 2501 what a douche move. U can tell the audience wasn't happy about that either. I'm glad he lost. They need to change that rule
