The premiere playing of the retired game Professor Price. The first of only two playings of this game, which is the shortest lived game in TPiR history. After you watch this video you'll see why this game was axed quickly.
If Prof. Price were revived today, I'd be thrilled to see Drew introduce himself to him, explaining that Bob retired in 2007 and that he was a student at Rhodes HS when PP was introduced.
witherblaze Yes, because even if you're as terrible as this guy was at pricing things, you can still win the car just by answering 3 super easy trivia questions.
@@justincastillogayray The episode with the second playing isn't on the trading circuit. Here's a text recap from an ex-staff member who managed to watch it: www.golden-road.net/index.php?topic=22473.0 (Ironically, Bob threw to commercial after PP by saying he thought the Professor would become a very popular fellow)
Besides the poor pacing, the odd game play and the creepy puppet, the absolute worst part of this pricing game is that it forbid any audience participation - which really gives literally every other part of the show its energy.
@@somerandomgameranimator4481 Yeah, you're right. I forgot about clock game. But it moves so fast and is fairly exciting so it gets a pass on the no audience rule, in my opinion.
Professor Price was a short-lived pricing game featured on the sixth season of The Price is Right. The game was played only twice on the show, on November 14th, 1977, and the 21st in the same month; the contestants who played these games won both.
Well, there have been worse that have come along since that time; perhaps the biggest atrocity was a game called Split Decision, which was introduced in 1995, shortly after the start of season 24, where the contestant was shown a prize with three digits in the price, followed by an automobile, which had five numbers, similar to Any Number. The major difference was that in Any Number, which ever prize you fill out first, you win that prize, where as Split Decision, you had to win both prizes to win the game, which only happened about 3, maybe 4 times. Also, in Split Decision, you only had 20 seconds with which to win both prizes, though eventually, the producers eliminated the 20 second clock, giving contestants three chances outright to play the game.
Even I knew the 4 was the first digit in the car and I was born over a decade after this game was played. The game must have been played around 1976 by the looks of the Chevy.
Me and my girlfriend were playing that game tonight. Gotta say one he has to get to get a right answer then get it right whether it is part of the price. Horrible game plus the audience cant help which is what the price is right is all about.
Easily the biggest problem with this game was how much it goes against the spirit of the Price is Right. Whether you actually knew the price or not had no consequence towards success, just as long as you answered the trivia questions correctly.
Can't sleep....Professor Price'll eat me... The only thing that might make Professor Price somewhat redeemable is if he pulled a Hurdles and his first "correct" finger dropped after a second correct answer.
That doesn't answer my question. The premiere episode has a fur coat; therefore, it wasn't aired on GSN. However, clips from that episode appear here on RU-vid. The final playing of Professor Price wasn't aired on GSN, so it would seem like clips could also appear here. We have two episodes which aren't aired on GSN. However, one show has clips posted here and the other doesn't. To me, it seems like both shows could have clips here despite both not airing on GSN.
Without seeing the rest of this, I have to safely say that the Professor is holding up the wrong finger. He should be holding up the one next to it, right in a mirror, so they could actually see what people thought of the game.
it probably exists but just hasn't aired. All TPIR episodes exist to my knowledge, but only episodes that did NOT offer furs were cleared to air on GSN.
After careful evaluation of this retired pricing game, I can safely assert that the electronic puppet was modeled after TPIR's producer at the time, Jay Wolpert.
The other playing isn't on the trading circuit. Here's a text recap from an ex-staff member who managed to watch it: www.golden-road.net/index.php?topic=22473.0
@@braydenservis7929 I only heard of, and read once for Double Digits. Thanks for the info. I actually can remember "Professor Price" in it's time, oddly enough.
And the second shortest-lived pricing game was Telephone Game which was played three times in 1978 and the last and final playing got a single win: 1-2.
very few people would have them, but it seems like some people have original tapes. Therefore they COULD have the clips, because all episodes exist to my knowledge. I just don't know anyone who does.
I think the game would work if they voided the trivia aspect and just asked questions about the car price. It would work now as most cars are 5 digit prices.
@ReturnofLatinPupE I was thinking about the Brady Bunch reference when I brought up this video, but you already commented on it. They got the idea from Jan Brady (or was it Marcia?) making a puppet of Mr. Price. Peter: A "D"--a big fat "D"!
Without question the single weirdest "pricing" game ever conceived. Hard to imagine Mr. Goodson giving this one the green light. Just shows that even the most brilliant mind in the history of game shows occasionally goofed.
That is false. Professor Price had a perfect win record 2-0. It was the only game besides Double Bulls-Eye which had a 100% win rate. However, in this game, it was possible to lose the game.
I am stunned that they included this game in TPIR Decades. Of all the 1970s-era retired games they could've added, I thought they would have gone with something like Finish Line or Mystery Price.
