The start of The Price Is Right when all four players are called down to Contestants' Row. The podiums are colored red, blue, yellow, and green. The person who is closest to the actual retail price of the prize gets to come up on stage to play a pricing game. If all are over, a buzzer sounds repeatedly and Drew Carey will ask them to bid again under the lowest bid recorded. If a player gets the price exactly right, not only do they get to come up on stage, they get a $500 bonus as well. When a pricing game is finished (and the commercials are gone), announcer Rich Fields asks another player to come on down. The player then occupies the position of the previous player.
Good strategy for when a player thinks the other three are over is bidding $1. There was also one occasion where someone had bid $69, causing the audience to laugh and Drew Carey to lose it in laughter in Season 36. After three contestants have made it on stage and played a pricing game, there is the Showcase Showdown, and the process (this and pricing game x 3, Showcase Showdown) repeats again for the second half of the show.
Good strategy for when a player thinks the other three are over is bidding $1. There was also one occasion where someone had bid $69, causing the audience to laugh and Drew Carey to lose it in laughter in Season 36. After three contestants have made it on stage and played a pricing game, there is the Showcase Showdown, and the process (this and pricing game x 3, Showcase Showdown) repeats again for the second half of the show.
"Hey, Rich, what's the next item up for bids?" Drew Carey asks announcer Rich Fields as part of the One Bid.
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Get the One Bid mug.(b. 1986-10-23) 22-year old actress born in Anderson, South Carolina who plays Erin Silver on the fourth edition of the "Beverly Hills, 90210" franchise, 90210 on The CW. She also starred in films such as "The Hills Have Eyes II" , "This Christmas", "School for Scoundrels", and "Prom Night". She also was in notable commercials for Dentyne and Honda.
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Get the Jessica Stroup mug.One of the major parts of The Price Is Right, the second step after a player has won the One-Bid. Most of these can be played for furniture, cash, or even cars. One example is Plinko, a fan favorite that debuted in 1983, which offers cash prizes up to $50,000.
"(insert name here), you're going to play PLINKO for a chance to win up to $50,000!" Rich Fields announced to the lucky contestant before the pricing game started and the audience cheered wildly.
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Get the Pricing game mug.A short-lived category on Wheel of Fortune, used only during Season 12 (1994-09-05 - 1995-06-23; also the last year for the show to record in the Bob Barker Studio, or CBS Television City, studio 33) that consisted of a word that was 8-13 letters long. The player who solves this puzzle gets an extra $500 bonus for using the word in a complete sentence.
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Get the Megaword mug.The final round of The Price Is Right; it involves two players who have won the Showcase Showdown. The player who has won the most money out of the two is the Top Winner; the player who has won the least money out of the two is the Runner-Up. The object is to come as close as you can to the actual retail price--WITHOUT GOING OVER. The Top Winner has the privilege to bid on the first Showcase or force the Runner-Up to bid on it; this is called passing. If a player overbids, he/she is automatically disqualified (but they keep the prizes won before the round), as an overbid cannot win. If a player wins, and he/she is $250 or less ($500 if a Million Dollar Spectacular) away from the actual retail price, he/she will win BOTH Showcases (and $1,000,000 if a Million Dollar Spectacular)! If both players are over, it is called a double overbid; in other words, nobody wins. A good strategy if a player thinks his/her opponent overbid is bidding $1.
"Actual retail price..." Drew Carey announced to the top winner before revealing the good news in the Showcase.
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Get the Aimee Teegarden mug.A term coined by Bob Barker (b. 1923-12-12, retired at the end of Season 35; ended 2007-06-15, taped 2007-06-06) which is someone that watches The Price Is Right all their life. Contestants are told this when they get on the show, win their One Bid prize and make it up on stage and declare that they are a fan of the show. Current host Drew Carey (b. 1958-05-23) has yet to say this to a contestant.
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