It's great to see past episodes of the price is right. Those models looked hot in that swimwear. Seeing that pinball machine brought back memories. I grew up in the 1970's. Still is a great game show today 👍.
Of course, we are all accustomed to seeing Bob Barker as host of The Price Is Right. And Barker will always be the best. But one must give credit where credit is due... Dennis James was pretty darn good. Rest In Peace, Mr. James.
May or may not be of interest to you but the original plan was for Dennis James to be THE host of The Price Is Right. Bob Barker didn't want to do it at first as he was still busy with Truth Or Consequences. Then Bob Barker changed his mind. He did both for two to two and a half years.
@@frankmaiorana66 BILL CULLEN WAS HOST OF THE ORIGINAL PRICE IS RIGHT--1956-65-HE WAS GREAT IN THAT VERSION BUT IN THIS CURRENT PRICE--OF COURSE BOB BARKER WAS INDEED THE BEST HOWEVER THE LATE DENNIS JAMES & THE LATE TOM KENNEDY WERE ALSO GREAT HOSTS OF BOTH NIGHTTIME SYNDICATED VERSIONS OF PRICE!!
By the way, the man in the opening credits with glasses is Earl Mad Man Muntz....He invented the eight track stereo and big screen TV, among other things.
Despite being a syndicated program - carried by all of the NBC owned and operated stations (only five at the time), notice that they kept the brown CBS curtains with the eye clearly visable. When the second incarnation of the syndicated Price is Right starred Tom Kennedy, it appeared they changed the curtains for some of the episodes to solid colors so that there was no identification with CBS. And despite no mention of taped at Television City in the rolling credits, people know it's the same studio as the day time program.
My assumption was that NBC's O&Os at the minimum were heartsick for the old TPIR, having been a success before in both morning and evening during its original run at that network. On the other hand, Match Game PM was also adapted from a CBS daytime show, but snapped up by ABC's stations in their five markets.
It's always a treat seeing Dennis James in action, especially working with Johnny Olson. What surprised me was the opening PSA. I don't know who the voice belongs to, but he was an NBC staffer in the '50s. I've heard him on promos/system cues on some of the old radio shows.
I didn't know that. Also, there was a pricing game on The New Price is Right where there would be two contestants standing behind the showcase podium continuously guessing the price of a car back a fourth until someone gets it correct
Interesting that Grocery Game was originally revealed before the prize was shown, even though the daytime version stopped doing this around 1974. Probably there was a rule in this nighttime version where the game would be revealed first.
@DennisJames I would like to know how often you upload videos because if you get a chance I would like to know if you could upload more nighttime Price Is Right episodes from 1977 with commercials aired on KNBC-TV Los Angeles as I mentioned a few months ago.
You'd probably meant Any Number. And you'd be right about the Family Fued theme being used. For a time, this was used as one of the cues for when a car is presented between this 1975 until about 1985 or so.
No Sir, this is the Night time Price is Right which Dennis Hosted from 1972 to 1977. Dennis sold the Day time and Night time version along with Mark Goodson in 1972. Bob Hosted the Daytime on CBS, Dennis Hosted the Night time version that was syndicated mostly on NBC stations.
@@dennisjames7576 oh that makes sense. I have been a big fan of the price is right since I was maybe three years old maybe back then I would always call it the wheel show because of the big wheel since I am blind I rely totally on audio and I’ve got a big kick out of the sound at the wheel made as it went around beep beep beep beep beep beep. Never knew there was a nighttime price is right this is awesome
@@bradjames10 I'm telling you, Barker has his hooks in the show. No episode in reruns has ever had a fur coat in it. Why don't you talk to Barker himself?
@@bradjames10 HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Oh, Brad, have you seen Game Show Network now? It's mostly original game shows and marathons of Steve Harvey's Family Feud. You should try Buzzr. That's owned by Fremantle (who owns Goodson).
FYI, Janice was going through a crisis at the time as her boyfriend Fritz had disappeared while skiing near Middle Eastern borders and have not been found since the episode was taped.
