Home sick from school? About to spend some time with Bob? What game(s) did you hope to see played?

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Informal_Accident418@reddit

Oh dear sound effects lady!! Do I have 1 number right???

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DarkRazer22@reddit

Remember when they would ask “Gentlemen do I have at least one number right?” Think got the ladies in there in the mid 90s.

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Ryuujin_13@reddit

I knew it was going to be a good day if 'Golden Road' made a rare appearance.

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DarkRazer22@reddit

I remember when 5 digit cars would be on golden road. And it would be something to behold. As they were still somewhat rare. Hell of a lot of money back then.

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Perdendosi@reddit

That seemed to have the highest value prizes.

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Ryuujin_13@reddit

It did. Especially the last stop on the road. It always had something impressive in a pre-‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ gameshow world.

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DTDePalma@reddit

Yep. Those are the three. I'd add Punch a Bunch and Super Ball.

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Ok_I_Guess_Whatever@reddit

That was it! I couldn’t remember the name but yeaaaaah. Punching that paper out was so good.

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LostMyPercolatorFish@reddit

Damn I forgot about the punch out one

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Ok_I_Guess_Whatever@reddit

I lived for Plinko

I also loved when they did the games where they had to punch paper to get out what’s inside. I only have the vaguest recollection of it, but I found it so satisfying.

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Distinct-Ad-267@reddit

Plinko! All the way and the Show Down!

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high_everyone@reddit

I spent most of today watching Bob on Pluto TV.

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fubo@reddit

... and have your pets spayed or neutered.

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Cisru711@reddit

I also liked lucky 7 or whatever where you have to guess the cost of a car and you lose a dollar for each number off. Seemed pretty challenging.

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GoatTnder@reddit

That one is so fun to watch, but I can't recall more than one or two people ever winning it. So damn hard!

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Cisru711@reddit

Bob could get sassy when he pulled the dollars away

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wheres_the_revolt@reddit

I was on TPIR about 15 years ago, won a bunch of stuff, got to the showcase and underbid by $10k lmao so much fun though

My game was switcheroo, and it was super easy. I really wanted plinko.

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wheres_the_revolt@reddit

They send you a 1099 for the retail prices/cash value of whatever you won. Mine was worth about $10k total so I just added it to my taxes for that year and end up having to pay around $700.

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bnjmnzs@reddit

I watch PIR every single day!!! It reminds me of being a kid growing up at my grandparents house while they used to babysit me when my dad went to work.

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R0botDreamz@reddit

I swear to god I was the only one watching The People's Court with Judge Wapner. Everyone else was watching The Price is Right.

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msgflava@reddit

I can almost taste the Sprite and Saltine crackers now.

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corpsie666@reddit

Vernors and Saltines for Michiganders

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aytchdave@reddit

Vernors is the truth and I’m not even from the Midwest.

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Big_Monday4523@reddit

Canadian dry ginger ale and saltine crackers for me.

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shittyshittycunt@reddit

I think we might have had the same grandma.

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Gusto36@reddit

I just hoped they would be playing for a car! So many good games lol

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Signal-Ant-1353@reddit

Same. As a little kid, I couldn't watch or listen to this game. It scared me. ☹️

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rabidturbofox@reddit

Yodeler was my top fave. Made any sick day better.

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EyelandBaby@reddit

Yo, dee yo dee yo, dee yo dee yo, dee yo de yooooo…

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rebelopie@reddit

Apparently, fans have now named him "Cliff". Drew mentioned on a show I caught recently.

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upstatestruggler@reddit

Drew doesn’t exist to me lmao in this house we are Bob and Bob only

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healywylie@reddit

It was P.I.R. right into local news and a grilled cheese. 💥

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mrmadchef@reddit

My favorite instance of that game, he was on his way up, (I think Drew was hosting by then) thought it was over, yodel guy got RIGHT TO THE EDGE and stopped.

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A while back I tracked down the source of the song. It a track called “On the Franches Mountains” from the late ‘50s album Swiss Mountain Music. I bought a copy on eBay and it’s delightful. I imagine some Goodson-Todman producer just pulled it out of the credenza in their den to put on air.

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KingFumbles@reddit

Amazing

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upstatestruggler@reddit

I’m dying love it

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sweetnourishinggruel@reddit

The entire album kitschy and charming - like waiting for the Matterhorn at Disneyland. The photo of a band on the back cover even includes a guy in a bear costume!

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wratz@reddit

Holy Shit! I can’t believe it’s a real song.

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Book_Nerd_1980@reddit

Yes!!!! That’s it!!!

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BEniceBAGECKA@reddit

I got STOKED when it came on not too long ago watching with my mom.

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Nirvana1975@reddit

It's my ringtone!

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Sensitive-Draw8208@reddit

It was punch a bunch and spelling bee for me, gotta spell CAR!

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S1ayer@reddit

My home sick rotation was Who's The Boss, Dinosaurs, and Price Is Right. Then the soap operas would come on and I would go to sleep.

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blue_suavitel@reddit

I watched Unsolved Mysteries when I was sick

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forgetfulsue@reddit

Plinko, yodel dude, and the one where they got some money and would lose money for each number they were off by.

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too_old_to_be_clever@reddit

Plinko always

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nochickflickmoments@reddit

You were allowed to watch TV when you were sick? My mom said if I was watching TV I must not have been that sick. I had to be close to death to even stay home.

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Ok_Passage_7151@reddit

My mom would rent me 3 amazing action movies. Anything with Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Norris, or Dolf were always clutch.

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BitCurious8598@reddit

I can hear the music right now! Yo dee doo dee 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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themoonhasgone@reddit

plinko was my favorite and I don't want to die without playing it

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voteblue18@reddit

The yodeling cliff hanger and punch a bunch were favorites.

I hated Plinko, still do. It’s dumb and completely random. There is no skill to it whatsoever, pure luck. I never understood why it was so popular.

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IronbAllsmcginty78@reddit

I dunno but when the stories come on it's Naptime

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johndicks80@reddit

We didn’t have a TV until the mid 90s. So nothing.

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Nonsenseinabag@reddit

Cliff Hangers for sure, I loved the little yodel song they played as he climbed up the mountain. Also it seemed like they didn't roll that one out very often so it felt special.

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DrenAss@reddit

I knew Plinko was a huge fan favorite but I had no idea so many of us loved the yodeling! I asked my husband this question without any of my input and he just started yodeling. 🤣 I loved it, but i didn't think it was super popular.

This sub is the best.

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Dramatic-Dark-4046@reddit

The pics you have shown are all some classic faves, but I celebrate the entire catalog.

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sailorlum@reddit

Same. I recently showed my daughter some clips from the Barker era and she loved the mountain one the best so far.

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Interesting_Tea5715@reddit

Showcase was the best part for me.

One person always got the shit prizes while the other got a car and trips around the world. They also had a train, when that thing rolled out you know it was nothing but shit prizes.

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FuzzyScarf@reddit

OK. The yodeling game scared me. I didn’t want him to fall off the mountain!

Plinko is my all time favorite.

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garfodie81@reddit

Pluto has Bob era TPIR on 24/7. I’m talking pre-Rod Roddy old. The fashion and prizes blow my mind.

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Embarrassed-Bike3450@reddit

There’s a 24 hour “Barker Era” Price is Right channel on Pluto!! It’s best when you need some comfort tv. Also, 24 hour Bob Ross!

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Bird_Herder@reddit

I found that the other day and watched for a while. I did terrible. $700 for a coffee table in 1981?! I was bidding like $150. I guess inflation hasn't hit some things as badly as others.

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IncognitoRanchDorito@reddit

$400 ceiling fans

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upstatestruggler@reddit

Yeah I love that a microwave is like $1k but a whole ass car is like $2k

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BigConstruction4247@reddit

You also have to remember that you had to guess the "actual retail price" which is a LOT higher than anyone has ever paid in a store.

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teriKatty@reddit

I liked plinko and I liked Punch a Bunch. I also liked the showcase showdown at the end.

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Aggravating-Moment-3@reddit

The one with the huge dice!! Those were the days!

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Throwaway_inSC_79@reddit

Always Plinko. It reminded me of Kerplunk, and I never had that game.

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JLLIndy@reddit

The one with the big check.

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Steal-Your-Face77@reddit

I loved it when they passed on the first showcase in hopes of greener grass for the second, only for the first to be way better.

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Lordmorgoth666@reddit

Yup. 1st showcase is luggage, a trip to 3 locations in Europe, and a new car.

“Imma pass on that Bob.”

2nd showcase: A microwave, coffee pot, grandfather clock, and an ugly sofa.

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Steal-Your-Face77@reddit

haha, but now and then it was better. Just enough to make you have doubts.

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liltooclinical@reddit

Plinko. Never enough. Like even when I got to watch it every day during the summer, it was never played enough!

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TheJRKoff@reddit

golden road... it was always a big prize

the game i hated was the check game

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Tony_Tanna78@reddit

Plinko, Cliff Hangers, Golden Road, Dice Game, and Lucky Seven.

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Bright_Respect_1279@reddit

Lucky to have played on that set as a child!! My Dad worked at CBS, so my sister and I always loved spinning the wheel if it wasn't locked when our Dad took us with him to work on the weekend. It's very heavy and hard to get it to go all the way around (maybe because I was a kid?? Heh). Plinko was my favorite game. 😍

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upstatestruggler@reddit

You are the envy of this sub today

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leffertsave@reddit

The yodeling game gave me anxiety as a 7-year-old because it was about a guy possibly dying. I think that’s reason I couldn’t get into it. Am I the only one?

For a while, I thought I was the only one who would put on my Sunday suit, grab the thin antenna off of an old TV and pretend it was Bob’s mic and pretend I was Bob, but I’ve met a couple people later in life who told me they did the same thing.

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upstatestruggler@reddit

Lmaoooo that skinny ass microphone

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rialucia@reddit

I loved me some Plinko, but I didn’t really have a favorite game. I was just happy to be watching. When I got Covid for the first time earlier this year, I watched hours of The Price is Right on the Roku channel and it was amazing. So comforting. It almost made being sick and miserable worth it!

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Parisian_Nightsuit@reddit

Does the Roku channel of TPIR ever show Rod Roddy episodes? Any time I come across it, it’s pre Rod Roddy era and I just want to see that guy and his awesome wacky suits!

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upstatestruggler@reddit

I saw one the other day where Rod and one of the beauties were the featured players in the showcase showdown and it was amazing

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Echterspieler@reddit

cliffhanger. I liked to se the little guy fall off the mountain lol. plinko was also fun

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Dtidder1@reddit

One putt… Or two!

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smcg_az@reddit (OP)

I always appreciated second chances

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killerwhaletank@reddit

Back when COVID was still prompting this show to not have a full audience, I auditioned for it. What pushed me over the edge was my ability to yodel this song perfectly. Never got the call, sadly. But kept getting told I’m in the queue, whatever that meant!

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JudgmentalBeef@reddit

I was always a big fan of Punch-A-Bunch and Pathfinder

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Lightning_35@reddit

I’d kill for a Showcase Showdown

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corpsie666@reddit

Plinko was my only favorite. It was all action and no pauses for thinking.

I also liked how the disc would randomly launch way off a pin like it was a super-pin.

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funnyname5674@reddit

This is kind of mean but I always hoped for the blank check game. Nobody knew how to play, it forced nervous people to do math, and people rarely won. I swear that game was meant to embarrass people. Absolute shitshow and they kept that game around for years

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Parisian_Nightsuit@reddit

I always liked the big feather pen they used for that game.

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Hiciao@reddit

I loved this show so much growing up. I watched it during the summer too. My mom always thought of it as an old person show and thought it was strange that her 11 year old watched it.
I ended up getting to be in the audience one week before Bob retired. One of the more exciting moments in my life.

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Parisian_Nightsuit@reddit

I went in ‘04 and it was awesome. I didn’t get to be a contestant but won a $100 raffle at the end of the show. It came with an autographed photo of Bob Barker with his dog. I still got it.

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