The Price is Right | Vanna White's appearance (6/20/80) 

Little did Vanna realize on that fateful day she would soon succeed Susan Stafford as the new hostess and letter turner of Wheel of Fortune just over two years later, and this appearance on TPIR as a contestant was but a small stepping stone in the immense fame she would soon acquire on the #1 network and later syndicated game show that has run strong for over 35 years. (Or 43 total if you also count the daytime version) Coincidentally on that very same day over at NBC they were having a crisis involving David Letterman's ill fated talk show, in which several game shows on their daytime lineup were canceled with Wheel also slated for getting the axe. Thankfully the show was spared from that fate when the execs changed their minds and retracted the cancellation order.

Vanna got to learn a lot of her future career from three of the best in Janice, Dianne, and Holly.

Oh god I have forgotten how retro the 80s were. And Vanna is hotter than all of them even by today's standards. ^_^

Vanna saw Janice and thought " I could do that!" lol

At the time of this episode Pat Sajak wasn’t even known outside of Chicago as he was a meteorologist there. He replaced Chuck Woolery in 1981 on WOF

This actually aired June 2, Vanna mentioned it in her book it was the same day as her mom's birthday

bob: "vanna, one of the guys read your shirt where it said 'get serious', and he said, I AM, I AM" it was you, wasn't it, bob. ;-)

Something interesting that I haven't seen brought up yet. Item Up For Bid #2 Is a Gibson stove (and probably one of the few times Holly Hallstrom modeled a Gibson appliance where the door stayed close).

I'd seen this before, but didnt know that Bob CRACKED on Vanna for not paying attention!!

Macon, Georgia. My mom is from Macon. Nice little country town. I like visiting Macon and I love a southern accent.

I guess once Vanna got the job on WOF, each episode (on NBC anyway) was for sure broadcast "in living colour". I guess she helped put a little of it back into their daytime lineup. The above comment may suck a bit, but it's the best I could come up with.

After annoying Bob Barker here (which wasn't that hard to do) who would have guessed that she would serve as hostess on WOF for longer than he would host TPIR? And she would break Janice Pennington's record for female model on a show by 7 years and counting.

poor vanna never made it out of contestants' row :(

What a coincidence that Vanna White appeared on The Price Is Right on June 20th 1980 on CBS! On that very same day on NBC, three of its' daytime game shows got cancelled. The Hollywood Squares, High Rollers, and Chain Reaction all got the ax. Wheel Of Fortune was originally slated for cancellation as well. That decision was retracted at the last minute and Chain Reaction got cancelled instead!

Maybe they should of asked Vanna White to host The Price of Right instead of Drew but she would be afraid people would bid on her. TV movie Goddess of Love forever.

but... Vanna didn't come up on stage

It,s so ironic that Vanna White,s appearance on The Price Is Right was on 6-20-1980.THAT,S also the very same day that the original daytime Hollywood Squares with Peter Marshall & High Rollers with the late Alex Trebek aired their final episodes on NBC while this was on CBS!!

What year did you record Vanna's appearance? In fact, what date? I know it's from 2000, because of the grey gsn logo screen bug.

Get serious. I am. I AM!

That patio furniture on the 5th IUFB was featured on the November 10, 1980 Episode on TPIR (AKA The Pauline Episode) -- Classic!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Black Friday", for those that aren't aware, was the day that a certain network cancelled three game shows on the same day to be replaced by a talk show hosted by some guy who's probably faded into obscurity by now...

Didn't Vanna also talk about in her book that she was told that going on game shows was a way to get noticed? Cause if I'm not mistaken...that was how Kirstie Alley said she got noticed was being a contestant on Match Game.

THIS IS THE EARLY LIFE OF BARKER'S BARGAIN BAR (THE GAME IS NOW 32 YEARS OLD)

A contestant wore a suit and tie! Good for him!

RIP, Johnny Olson. I had a friend named Barbara Olson, but they weren't related, though.

Does anyone has appearance of Mark Shera on Tattletales?

Love Vanna loty

Too bad Vanna never got out of Contestant’s Row! I think she got over it though!

Now is the episode that aired on 6/20/80, or was this the tape date that aired later in the fall? I was watching back then but can remember how long PRICE seasons lasted back then. In any of event, in just a few weeks, it will be the 35 anniversary of Vanna's appearance. They just talked about this at the end of "Wheel of Fortune" a few nights ago, coincidentally, probably not realizing that this milestone anniversary was coming up. Very cool.

Yup, and also, don't forget abut Password Plus, that is, her occupation was an Interior Designer.

Hi lo with those damn paper towel props too lmao

0_0 Wow and she still looks pretty for a 55 year old

At least Vanna trades barbs with Pat Sajak everynight I watch wheel of fortune all the time love that bankrupt whistle LOL

She still a beauty!

And Poor Vanna didn't win a doggone thing !

8:08 He got brutally violated, and he loved every second of it!!!!!!

Wait a second... Vanna appeared on TPIR on Black Friday?

Who have this episode when it was originally broadcasted on CBS?

23:44

6:42-6:44 the quality of the video actually makes Johnny Oleson sound auto-tuned.

And you posted that a year ago so that increases the number to 29 years. Interesting.

Did it really air on that fateful day?

23:43 A new car, our survey said!

Wow.

Why didn't they invite Vanna White to the 40th Anniversary Special? Same question goes to Aaron Paul...

wow vanna looks better here than WOF. how come the guy that won the 3rd time got to change his bid from 510 to 495 at 12:00? they all overbid but only he got to change his?

If they did that "borrow a car for one week" now, wonder what they would let you get?

You're gonna have to change it to 2013.

That was unprofessional of Joyce

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