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11 unusual facts about The Price is Right


Dallas Eliuk

In January 2005, when the Wings were in Anaheim for a game against the Storm, several members of the team, including Eliuk, went to a taping of the game show The Price Is Right.

Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room

Olson went on to become a famous announcer on American game shows, including as the announcer on The Price Is Right on CBS Television from 1972 until his death.

Ludia

The company works with the owners of game show properties such as FremantleMedia, Sony, CBS, BBC Worldwide, Mark Burnett Productions and Disney to create video games based on game shows such as The Price Is Right, Family Feud/Family Fortunes, Press Your Luck, Pyramid, Hollywood Squares, Hole In The Wall, Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?, The Weakest Link and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

Natalie Denning

In recent years Natalie has branched out into other types of modelling including presenting prizes on British Gameshows such as The Price Is Right and Gameshow Marathon.

Pilar Rubio

In television she has appeared in commercials Amstel, Canal+, Hyundai and in programs like Lo que necesitas es amor, The Price Is Right, La azotea de Wyoming and in Six pack, broadcast by the network Cuatro.

Robert Buckley

As a college student, Buckley appeared as a contestant on The Price Is Right.

Robert Scott Wilson

Before becoming the first male model for The Price Is Right, Rob Wilson has co-starred in episodes of the television series The Secret Life of the American Teenager and The Middle.

Robert Scott Wilson (born in 1988) is an American model and actor who is best known for being the first male model of The Price Is Right.

Ted Donato

Donato is the second professional hockey player to appear on the show The Price Is Right (winning his way on-stage and making it to the Showcase Showdown), the first player in the NHL to appear.

WRUF-FM

Rich Fields, the former announcer for CBS's The Price Is Right and Gameshow Marathon, was a former WRUF-FM afternoon drive disc-jockey and music director, as well as a graduate of the University of Florida.

Zoe Motors

Perhaps the single best remembered part of the Zipper outside auto-enthusiast circles was its appearance as a prize on the TV game show The Price Is Right.


2008 Pepsi 500

Drew Carey was the Grand Marshal, and attendance at this race inspired the "ultimate fan package" prizes offered on his show, The Price Is Right.

CHNM-DT

The station also airs popular English-language shows such as The Price Is Right, The Simpsons and Two and a Half Men alongside its multicultural programming.

Clint Bowyer

During the Pepsi Max 400 weekend at Fontana, Bowyer and fellow Childress driver Austin Dillon taped an episode of The Price Is Right that is scheduled to feature NASCAR-themed Showcases (a practice that occurs during a Fontana race; host Drew Carey was the Grand Marshal of the August 2008 race).

Dian Parkinson

Dian Parkinson (born Dianna Lynn Batts on November 30, 1944 in Jacksonville, North Carolina) is a former American model and hostess on The Price Is Right.

Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza

The program was hosted by Drew Carey from CBS's The Price Is Right and former host of ABC's Whose Line Is It Anyway? and was produced at the Hollywood Theatre at the MGM Grand in Paradise, Nevada.

Fresno Grizzlies

The team hosted such promotions as K-Fed Night and Second Chance Night in 2006; The Price Is Right Night in 2007; and Totally Rad 80s Night featuring The Karate Kid star Billy Zabka in May 2008.

Game Show Moments Gone Bananas

Other wardrobe malfunctions involved a contestant on Family Feud, Gary Burghoff on Tattletales, Playboy Playmate Tawnni Cable on Family Feud, and a contestant on The Price is Right.

Howard Finkel

On September 7, 2009, he announced in special guest host Bob Barker's The Price is Right-inspired segments.

Jack Grimsley

Grimsley also worked on shows such as Blankety Blanks, Benny Hill Down Under, and the Ian Turpie era of The Price is Right.

Josh Braun

From 1991 to 1999 Braun worked with Fremantle Media as Senior Vice President and head of sales, where he was responsible for the sales, production, and acquisitions of such programs as Baywatch, All My Children, Third Rock from the Sun, South Park, The Price Is Right, and many others.

KSPR

Notable former employees of the station include: Mark Steines (correspondent for Entertainment Tonight), John Brown (former anchor for The Daily Buzz), and Terry Kniess (later became known for perfect showcase bid on The Price is Right).

KTTS-FM

Bob Barker, star of the TV show The Price Is Right, got his first job in media with KTTS in the 1940s.

Make Me a Millionaire

The game appears similar to The Price Is Rights pricing game Lucky Seven, but with the fundamental difference that Lucky Penny is purely a game of chance.

Miss Rhode Island Teen USA

Other notable Miss Rhode Island Teen USAs are Claudia Jordan, who was also Miss Rhode Island USA 1997 and has appeared on The Price Is Right and Deal or No Deal and Gina Tognoni, known for her portrayal of Kelly Cramer on the soap opera One Life to Live from 1995 to 2001 and her appearance as Dinah Marler on CBS's Guiding Light.

OK, Il Prezzo è Giusto!

OK, Il Prezzo è Giusto! ("OK! The Price Is Right") is an Italian adaptation of the American game show The Price Is Right that aired on Mediaset, It was hosted by Gigi Sabani, Iva Zanicchi, Emanuela Folliero and Maria Teresa Ruta.

Shel Bachrach

Shel Bachrach is also credited with providing insurance for television shows such as The Price is Right, Miss Universe, Wanna Bet, Singing Bee, Lingo and First and Last.

Stewart Tele Enterprises

One of the first game shows he created was The Price is Right aired on NBC and was hosted by Bill Cullen.

The Paris Sisters

Sherrell Paris later served as a production assistant on The Price Is Right, best known as host Bob Barker's personal assistant, until she was released in 2000.