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Quite literally,... *_MILLIONS OF KIDS_* ,....stayed home with a cold,...and/or.....had a snow-day/summer recess,....and grew-up watching [Johnny Olson/Rod Roddy] Bob Barker & his beauties! Some _timeless_ memories from my childhood, that I'll never, forget! 🙏
Exactly what happened with me! When sick, I'd usually head down the street to my grandparents' house while my parents worked. Grandma always watched TPIR. Now, whenever I hear the theme music, I'm taken right back to my childhood. Fantastic memories.
I was a contestant on my vacation in 1981 and vividly remember the interview process! I was the second person called by Johnny Olsen to COME ON DOWN, I won prizes in my game, spun the wheel and made it to the Showcase Showdown Bob Barker was very sweet Great memories!!!!
@@benjaminsorensonThere was something more distinguished about the show in the 70’s and early 80’s, but overall it was good when a real host like Bob was there and not Drew.
@@benjaminsorenson I think they are referring to the production team, and mostly the directors. There was an obvious difference in the way the show was filmed, angling, transitions (very key) and staging. The show was always shot live-to-film so the director was key to making it look AMAZING - they did not have all the tech back then. That was mostly due to Marc Breslow who was replaced by Paul Alter in 1986. The shows were still good, but the 80's & 90's were spectacular! 💲
I worked at the Young and the Restless and one day I had pink eye and they told me to go home. Instead of going home, I ran into Roger Dob in the hall and he said they had room in the CBS house seats behind the green contestants seats and I could go to the taping starting in 20 minutes. Anyone in these seats is ineligible to be called down or win anything but they are great seats with a good view. Bob or "Barker" as he was known came into the Young and Restless sound stage every now and then and I remember him as being slight and lots of fake tanner and make up. Very nice guy. The energy on the Price is Right was off the charts. It was so loud during their tapings it would disrupt the Young and the Restless every now and then. We needed peace and quiet for all those dimly lit restaurant scenes. It was incredible and shook the building. If you want to be in a good mood, stand near the Price is Right stage during taping. They only taped three days a week two episodes a day, and summers off. What a schedule!
It's amazing how the in-person ambiance of the show is almost completely different from the ambiance the TV viewers experience. There's so many people and so much equipment on the stage, lots of things moving around and happening off-camera, and the bare studio walls and ceiling lighting the TV viewer never sees.
The other thing people at home don't see... that stage is TINY! You feel like you're walking into a miniature recreation of the set. They just make it look bigger with TV magic.
@@mken101 That is usually the way TV sets are. I have been on The Oprah show, Judge Mathis and The Jerry Springer show. All of those sets weren’t that big either. The cameras make everything look much larger.
@@danatompkins5847 I was really surprised that the music isn't piped into the house audio. I get that it isn't necessary for the show, but it is such a key part of the show. I've heard a lot of reports from audience members about what it's like to be there, and I have NEVER heard that there's no music. So weird.
It’s amazing how many people are onstage during the pricing games. When we watch it at home, it’s just Bob Barker and the contestant. We forget about all the camera people and other technicians that are standing just out of range of the cameras.
Everything seemed so much larger when you’re watching on TV. The audience seemed to be huge, but this gave us a perspective that it’s not that big of a studio.
I LOVED this video.. I have wondered many times what all goes on behind the scenes of The Price is Right... Thank you so much for this video.. Brings back so many memories... 🥰
I was at a taping of the Price is Right in 2019 and this video gives you a very accurate idea of what it's like to be in the audience. It's loud, you can barely tell what's happening on stage unless it's one of those rare moments when the audience is expected to be quiet (that is, when the host does their monologue or the announcer describes the products), you see various parts of the stage being set up for the next game, you see cameras moving around. But it's mainly that you really can barely hear. Someone won both showcases on the show I was at and the only way I could tell was that I heard that "whoop whoop" horn after the second bid. I loved every second of being there.
The guy in the beginning interviewing each guest has a certain flare about him that just isn't found much today. He can literally talk to anyone about anything and manage to pick a story out of each person with sheer charisma.
I was captivated. Usually I browse on my phone or work on some household task while watching RU-vid. However, this video had my full attention. As a lifelong fan and daily watcher of The Barker Era on Roku, this footage was like a salve for my curiosity and longing for days gone by. Thank you for posting!
I didnt quite get the first part and I'm worried this well ruin the random funess of it if its over rehearsed I dont think people need to be told to be excited or how to be
This a tremendous posting! Thanks for the behind-the-scenes look! So valuable to any fan of The Price Is Right! I met Rod Roddy once backstage at a Van Halen concert in Honolulu! Who'd have guessed that?
Just a great example of the illusion that TV is. The viewer never thinks about all the behind the scenes people and equipment that make a show possible. THIS was a great look, with so much insight captured. This will be a special video for a lot of fans, so thank you for sharing !
Wow.This is the best behind the scenes footage I've ever seen of TPIR.. Thank you for sharing.... RIP Bob and Rod all who we lost making this show then.
I was in the audience of the very first 4 shows of the New Price Is Right taped in August of 1972. I was only 12, but they hadn't yet set a minimum age of 18. I have the DVD set of those shows and I'm sitting with my sisters a couple of rows behind the contestants in the center. I believe they taped Carol Burnett in the same studio, which we also saw. My sister came up on the stage with Carol to tell a joke during the audience question and answer time. All In The Family was next door, and Sonny and Cher farther down. Such fun memories!
As one who has been involved with television production, I cannot express the importance of the camera assistants keeping the camera control cables out of the way. This was such a treat watching a professional game show production. Thank you for showing this.
Thoroughly enjoyed this - thank you for sharing! I was lucky enough to be a contestent on the show in 2001 and was extremely fortunate to meet Bob Barker. The 10 second interview was just like this-I don’t even remember what I said! I won my game, made it to the showcase but lost. When you’re on stage, everything around you disappears besides Bob! Great seeing the inner workings of the show. It was an amazing experience that I’ll cherish forever. The show now is so cringe - haven’t watched it in years since Bob left.
Wow, so cool to look back on these days of Bob Barker. I remember waiting in that long line to be interviewed before the show and then finally getting to watch the show filmed live. It was an all day event. 1989-1990
love the behinds the scenes stuff. especially the video and sound control rooms. it is something that the general public rarely get to see . have always wished I could have gotten into that line of work. back when I was in H.S in the 80's' during the summer, a friend his mother and I used to go out to the Hollywood area to watch them tape game shows and sitcoms. it always fascinated me ! 😃
This is really neat! It's always fun to go behind the scenes of 'The Price is Right." Rod Roddy is probably the best announcer in the history of "TPIR."
Just like I remembered it. I went to the 2nd taping for the start of the 32nd year. We had an EXCELLENT TIME but that taping is only like 30 mins. Goes pretty fast..We stood in that line for hours but it was well worth the wait.
Hello from Finland. I was working in Finnish commercial TV company 1975-2001 and this was quite much like here. Your cameramen did extremely fine job. Bob Barker was really professional host and Johnny Olson did fine warm-up which is very important job.
After watching this the level appreciation is very high. The amount of work that went into this show was incredible. The cameramen alone looked very difficult
Reminds me of having scrambled eggs with ketchup while watching this on my grandparents small tv in the dining area of the kitchen. The tv had rabbit ears too. Miss those days…
Please tell me I'm not the only one old enough to have instinctively looked for the tracking controls on the VCR at 7:15 when the screen goes all wonky!
I wish I had the total number of episodes I watched. Great job by the cast, crew, and audience. I got to work for a CBS affiliate in my hometown. The last thing I did every morning was put The Price Is Right ON AIR before heading home. It was always an honor!
I worked in radio and television for 40 years, but nowhere on a scale like this! I always wanted Johnny Olson's job when I was a kid, but never made it... It's funny to me how watching a TV show like this in the audience is nothing like seeing it on TV. Cameras and people and "stuff" between you and the real action. But it was always fascinating to watch and see what looked like a team of ants moving stuff all around the stage. Great video. Thanks for uploading!
My most favorite part of the whole show, seeing on TV and hearing Rod's voice, It's the fabulous 60 minute Price is Right! Then he calls the first 4 contestants down, You are the first 4 contestants on the Price is Right! And here's the star of the show, Bob Barker!! The doors open and he comes out and walks down and gets the mic, that is my most absolute favorite part of the entire show. As a kid, I always used to think that everything was already set up, like all the games, they had two wheels, and that the stage was just really really long. So where they do the showdown, imagine that is near the end of the stage, so there's 6 curtains in front of where they do the showdown at, 3 of them are for one showdown prize and the other 3 curtains hide the other 3 showdown prizes. As a kid, that's how I always used to think of that show. But it is my all time most favorite show. I miss Bob.
Wow! What a video treasure that's been hidden so many years! I grew up watching TPIR as well as many other classic game and variety shows taped in Studio 33 -and am fascinated with any behind the scenes like this. Thank you so much for sharing!!
The 80's were a great time period for game shows. I remember this particular episode when I was a boy. Seeing this with lots of different camera angles and behind the scenes, gives it a new perspective of how I see it now. The unique designs of all the games are creative and sparked my imagination, especially 3 Strikes. Lastly, Bob Barker was a true gentleman, master of ceremonies and a caring animal advocate. There is no one that can match his work ethic, dedication and level of professionalism. He will be truly missed and remembered.
@@gregrider8154 That makes sense. He said “listen” for the costume waiter who seemed to have a cheery personality. Who cracked the code? Did you figure that out yourself?
@SyncopateTheShot I think that it's said because when you interview, people start to lose focus and saying "listen" attracts your focus again without it sounding like their is meaning behind it.
This is amazing!!! Rod had only been at the helm of announcing on TPiR for just a couple of months! What a great find. I loved that the entire warmup was kept. Thank you so much!
Wow, a totally different look at how things went during the taping of a mid 80s episode of TPiR. I like this perspective of behind the scenes look. Thanks!
Bob was what Drew (or any that attempt to follow Bob) will never be. Bob was the ultimate showman and MC. I grew up in the early 80s watching Bob (10 am C) on my days off school, after that was Family Feud with Richard Dawson (another fantastic MC and a great actor). I'm so glad that Pluto TV has a dedicated TPIR channel (The Barker Years), and they added several of the New TPIR episodes from the 70s. It would be fun to watch Bob on Truth or Consequences (his first major game show), because that was long before my time.
Been to this show three times (all Drew Carey times). It's interesting to see the different areas and how the contestant interviews were done back then.
We attended a taping around 1988 and they had to stop the show when a man got up and pushed his wife and started yelling. He was an elderly gentleman. The only part that made the show was seeing Bob Barker look into the audience as the argument got loud. They escorted both of them out and started the taping again.
Brings back fond memories of when I was there in 1978. I sat right next to the seat labeled, "The". It looks the same as when I was there. The interviewer when I was there walked along the ranks and spoke to each person. I was fifth in line that day. Johnny Olsen was there telling dirty jokes during the commercials to get us laughing.
I was there too in 1978 on vacation with my family. My younger sister and I were under 18 so our name tag had an X in the corner. Still have that name tag in 2024!
I was lucky enough to go to a taping the week after 9/11. I whiffed the interview, froze up completely. I came to see Rod Roddy as much as Bob & the show, but this was right after he had surgery so Burton Richardson was filling in. It was the best time I ever had. Afterwards as my friends and I were leaving, we got invited to be in the audience for Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher. Also got to see The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn. On the way that studio, I’m pretty sure I passed Norm Macdonald in the hallway.
I gained a whole new respect for the camera operators, the way the move those huge behemoths is astounding. Clearly very experienced professionals. I'd never thought of all the cable wrangling either, even Bob's microphone had a cable wrangler. I'm sure these days that's probably wireless.
They even have wireless cameras now. You can see how much the director trusted his cameramen on this show. There are several shots where the camera is put on the air barely a second after the shot is framed up. The director just knew they’d be ready when he needed them.
@@andyrose5616 33 years in the business as a cam op and 20 plus years doing steadicam. i love the directors who will buy whatever you sell them because that means they trust you won't put them in a corner. cat in the red shirt was the top cat to get those shots.
Seeing all the technical gear from the mid-eighties again when I once worked on a sitcom brought back many good memories. It was not nearly as complicated a production as this. After so many years they definitely had taping this show down to a science.
It's interesting to view this in slow motion. If you look at the camera stage left around 8:04, it's pointing upward and then slowly moving down. That's when the camera pans towards the lights as Bob walks out.
The beta, and VHS tape recorder brings back memories, I had the mini cassette tapes and huge battery rechargeable pack to lug around, this was before the mini discs and if I remember it was several hundred dollars to get one, and the extra batteries to swap would end up being closer to a grand than 500$. But at least with VHS you could just put it in a VCR instead of running auxiliary or rerecording on VHS and losing quality
Even today, I could not imagine being a camera operator on TPIR... Especially if it's your first day working there.... So many camera moves that need to be choreographed and in sync. Talk about stressful having to do all those moves as well as trying to get the shot lined up right on time. It's probably one of the harder shows to work on compared to Jeopardy or Wheel.
It’s slightly easier now than it was in 1986 because they now have 5 cameras instead of 4, the cameras are wireless, and the graphics are all electronic instead of being shot on art cards.
Rod Roddy was wasted as an announcer really, he'd have made a great host in his own right judging by his warm-up act! That guy doing the interviews at the start looks very much like the late British actor Richard Griffiths when he was younger.
I went to a taping in 1990…..I enjoyed it however it was incredibly chaotic to keep up with it all. I actually had more fun watching the camera’s constantly moving around more than watching what was being bid on. And YES have your pets spayed or neutered💪
Went to 6 shows in the 90s til I finally got called, but was last & left in bidders row and had to settle for consolation gifts. A bummer, but those tapings were so fun. Met amazing folks from all over the USA
Amazing video. I feel like I better understand what has gone wrong with the show since this era. The way this production took time to cast for the singular goal of creating the best Show possible. Bob staying in character as master of ceremonies even during the polite and sincere looking conversations. The audience having fun. A masterclass in live to tape game show production. These elements are psychologically important to the show being truly fun.
CLEARLY I did not impress production to be a contestant when I went.🤨😂 I went I think 6th or 7th show before Bob's last show...I remember walking into the studio and not realizing how small it was...on TV it looks MASSIVE!! Bob talked to us during every commercial, answered questions about his life and career...you could tell he loved talking about his time on "Truth or Consequences." I wish I had gone to a taping sooner, it was really fun and interacting with everyone outside before the show was really cool, especially when someone you connected with gets up on stage. A lot of people don't know, even with tickets, you have to wait HOURS before the show. We got there around 6am, checked in...I don't remember getting a number, but we had to remember where we were in line and return to the same place. After the audience was "registered" they told us we could leave for about an hour or 90-minutes, so we walked over to the Grove and looked around, got some fruit & coffee then returned. We sat around on the queued benches and talked for about another hour...saw an actor walking in that was on Baywatch and was also a soap star, young guy, David Charvet (edit: it was Billy Warlock), then they started the speed interview process to select the contestants that would be called then we queued again further down. We were waiting in a long, long, long line and they walked us around the back of the building to the soundstage entrance and they eventually let us in and directed us to our seats. If you go to a game show, your ticket is not a guarantee, they give out more tickets then they have seats so they fill the audience...I went to a taping of Scrabble with Chuck Woolery, a big light that lit the scrabble board from behind burned out or broke and they did not have a replacement (WHAT?!) we waited for 2-hours when we got inside, Chuck came out and talked for a while then they pulled him away then apologized and told us we had to leave so they could let the next audience in (WHAT?!). I guess that's show business. 💲❇💲❇💲
A friend of mines mother got on stage with Bob Barker in the 90s, and she said up close, Bob looked like a skeleton with pancake makeup. But I get it. He was old and it was show business. And how can you not like Bob Barker? He did a lot of good in the world. RIP Bob.
You can see how easily it would be for one of those swinging cameras to knock someone off the stage and that's exactly what happened to model Janice Pennington!
"Get those hands ready for that applause; get those lips a-smiling. Oh, they're ready, Brother Rod." Make them feel like they are in church to get a spirited group! 29:48
I experienced this back in 1995. Brings back memories. I remember having the producer outside asking us about ourselves. I still have my name tag! (I did not get called up though....). It was alot of fun
