The Price is Right/Set Changes

"The Price is Right" had a variety of different changes of the set over the years because of the fact that it has to match the decade or the year. The set would also change to give it a better look, style or improvement.

Opening Music

 * On September 4, 1972, an original Come on Down intro cue was used. Another Come on Down intro cue was used which sounds a lot like a showcase cue when someone wins in contestant's row or calling another contestant to join the other 3 in contestant's row.
 * On February 19, 1976, the "Come on Down" cues are replaced the cue called "Walking". The 1st version of "Walking" is more fully orchestrated with more instruments than the one used for the body of the show.
 * On October 9, 1979, the "Walking" cue used during the opening is replaced with an identical edit of a less fully-orchestrated version of the cue used for the body of the show. It was put to permanent use on October 11, 1979.
 * On February 21, 2002, the "Walking" cue gets extended so that the first 17 seconds loop once.
 * On April 15, 2002, the "Walking" cue, used from 1979 to 2002, was played for the final time.
 * On April 16, 2002, the extended "Walking" cue, where it loops for the first 17 seconds, was put to permanent use.
 * On October 15, 2007, a remix of the extended "Walking" cue played under Drew Carey's tenure.

Light Border/Opening Titles

 * On September 8, 1975, the Light Border was introduced. It has a simple ring of chasing light bulbs a short distance into the screen.
 * On September 12, 1975, an opaque yellow border has been added around the lights that extends to the edges of the screen.
 * On September 19, 1975, the border wasn't used for the last 7 weeks of half-hour shows.
 * On November 3, 1975, the light border was put to permanent use which also gets updated to have a transparent gold trim around the lights. The opening phrase was "one hour" which would flash in the screen in red, green or blue.
 * On January 6, 1976, the opening phrase changed from one hour to hour power. It also adopted the first of its standard fonts. It also introduces the zoom-in growing phrase effect; therefore, the phrase starts out small in the middle and gradually grows larger while the phrase flashes.
 * On January 28, 1976, the opening titles are pink.
 * On September 21, 1976, the "hour power" text is now full-sized the entirety it is on the screen.
 * On March 15, 1977, the opening titles are yellow.
 * On June 23, 1977, the opening titles are a greenish-blue color.
 * On November 14, 1977, the text on the opening titles now rapidly and repeatedly grows and shrinks as it flashes all the while.
 * On January 23, 1978, the opening titles are a yellowy-orange color.
 * On October 23, 1979, the opening titles now rapidly grow and disappear 4 times.
 * On September 17, 1981, the opening titles are red & begun with any phrase other than "hour power".
 * On October 16, 1981, the opening titles change back to blue.
 * On Christmas Eve 1982, the opening titles are green.
 * On September 12, 1983, when the show does a new season premiere, it shows us how long the show has been on the air.
 * On September 17, 1984, the opening titles are red instead of blue.
 * On December 20, 1984, the light bulbs on the light border changed orange for 2 out of the 3 giving it the appearance of being a completely different prop.
 * On September 9, 1985, the opening titles have the more familiar flip horizontal effect as each text grows. The 1st 3 opening texts would grow, flip and stop for a couple of seconds and disappear. The 4th opening text would grow, flip and stop for a couple of seconds and then it would shrink back into the screen.
 * On September 8, 1986, the more golden light border was introduced. The number of opening texts has been reduced from 4 to 3. The titles no longer say the same thing. The 1st 2 opening texts disappear while the 3rd opening text shrinks and disappears into the screen.
 * On November 21, 1986, the opening titles changed from red back to blue again.
 * On March 12, 2008, the MDS Light Border has been adopted onto daytime TV.

Opening Logos

 * On September 4, 1972, the pricedown dollar sign & the word "new" is colored orange & the other words in the title are white.
 * On June 26, 1973, the title of the show dropped out the word "new" to simply title it as "The Price is Right". The Pricedown dollar sign was still colored yellow with the word "price" colored yellow as well.
 * On September 16, 1976, the title from the word "Price" changes from yellow to white.
 * On September 24, 2001, the "30 Years Price is Right" logo debuted.
 * On September 23, 2002, the "31 Years Price is Right" logo debuted only for the premiere of the show.
 * On September 19, 2005, the "34 Years Price is Right" logo was seen after the 4th pricing game.
 * On September 18, 2006, the "35 Years Price is Right" logo debuted, but there weren't any stars or asterisks surrounding it.
 * On September 19, 2006, the "35 Years Price is Right" logo added the stars and asterisks all around the logo.
 * On October 15, 2007, the new logo appears on the screen at the opening by flying in from all directions. The orange section flies left, the red section flies right, the dollar sign flies from the top and the words fly down from the bottom. This version of the logo has no background.

Host Introductions

 * When the show premiered on September 4, 1972, there was no transition effect for the host's introduction.
 * On March 31, 1983, the host's entrance has added transition effects by using a simple circle moving inward toward the center of the screen while a 2nd one move outward towards the edge of the screen.
 * On September 12, 1988, the circle wipes used for the host's entrance have been changed to star wipes.

Audience Seats/Seat Covers

 * On September 4, 1972, the audience seats are blue while some of the seats at the very front are red.
 * On September 11, 1972, the words of the show were added got taped out of order. the seat covers were colored brown.
 * On August 19, 1975, the seat covers changed from brown to blue.
 * On October 31, 1980, the seat covers changed from blue to green.
 * Between 1984 and 1985, the blue seats get replaced with red seats.
 * On September 19, 2012, the blue seats get reverted.

Contestant's Row

 * On September 4, 1972, the podiums were colored brown with eggcrate displays. An asterisk flashes when someone gave the closest bid to the retail price of an item.
 * On August 19, 1975, the contestant's row podiums changed to a colored pattern of red, green, orange and blue with a SportsType font style. The asterisks on the display no longer existed.
 * On May 23, 1977, a $100 bonus was awarded for perfect bids.
 * On October 16, 1981, the colors on the contestant's row podiums are now red, blue, orange and green from left to right.
 * On September 14, 1984, the border color changed from green to pink.
 * On October 17, 1985, the border color reverted back from pink to green.
 * On November 10, 1998, the perfect bid bonus increased from $100 to $500.
 * On January 31, 2003, the orange display on the contestant's row podiums changes to yellow. The borders of the displays become marbled silver & their interior border is lined with black.

Curtains

 * When the show premiered, the curtains behind the audience were a solid yellow.
 * On September 8, 1975, the curtains changed to a colored pattern of red-blue-green-yellow from left to right.
 * On October 23, 1980, the curtain colors changed to red-blue-orange-green from left to right.
 * On October 7, 1986, the order of the audience curtains was reversed, changing the colors to green-orange-blue-red from left to right.
 * On March 17, 1988, the audience curtains were altered so that each one has 2 sets of curves going down it.
 * On March 23, 1988, a ninth colored curtain has been added behind the audience; so as to completely cover the center wall, each existing curtain has been moved one space to the left for an order of green-orange-blue-red from left to right.
 * On September 9, 1991, the curtain colors changed to green-red-blue-orange from left to right.
 * On April 18, 1995, the curtains are now solid red.
 * On May 4, 1995, the curtain colors changed back to red-blue-orange-green.
 * On October 13, 1997, the curtain colors of green, red, blue and orange were removed after some holes burned in them by leaving the lights behind them turned on over the weekend. It got replaced with the silver curtains used from the 1986 Nighttime Price is Right Special.
 * On October 21, 1997, the curtain color scheme had no curves running down them. The colors used were 1 gold, 2 blue, 2 silver, 2 blue and 1 gold.
 * On October 29, 1997, the curtain color pattern of green-red-blue-orange returned after that burned hole incident from October 11, 1997.
 * On October 10, 2001, the curtain pattern changed to red-green-blue-yellow from left to right.
 * On October 15, 2007, the curtain colors changed to pastel blue, yellow, and red with strings of lights adorned with Goodson-Todman asterisks and hypocycloid diamonds visible between them.

Home Base/Turntable

 * On September 4, 1972, the turntable carpet was orange. The stationary turntable walls are brown, orange and yellow. The turning panel has a pattern of dots on the front side & a hexagon pattern on the game side. The wall borders are brown.
 * On September 18, 1972, the 2 left-hand stationary turntable walls are brown, pink, black orange and yellow from outside to inside. The wall borders now have chase lights going around them.
 * On March 27, 1975, the carpet turns from orange to green.
 * On April 2, 1975, the wall borders become green.
 * On August 19, 1975, the stationary panels of the turntable wall change to purple surrounding orange. The turning panel gains a solid red pattern on the front and the turning panel gains a dotted pattern on the game side on the back.
 * On October 23, 1979, the game side of the spinning turntable panel changed to have a series of zigzags colored orange and brown.
 * On November 15, 1982, the panels of the turntable wall except for the back side of the spinning panel changed to display a purple, red, orange pattern. The chase lights get removed. This got taped out of order.
 * On July 1, 1983, the purple, red, orange pattern was added to replace the backside of the turning panel.
 * On May 27, 1992, the green borders on the turntable wall change from green to gold while the turntable carpet changed from green to red.
 * On September 24, 2002, a Hollywood mural is placed over the traditional patterns of the turntable. The gold borders are now brighter & shinier than before. The traditional pattern of the game side of the turntable is red, blue and yellow. The red carpet & the showcase podiums from season 30 are still in use.
 * On March 10, 2003, the traditional patterns of the turntable return with a color pattern of a sparkly pink, light purple and blue except for the interior panel which remained gold. The turntable carpet is colored blue.
 * On October 15, 2007, the turntable walls have been squared off, except for the upper left corner of the extra panel & the gold wall borders have been replaced with thicker green ones similar to the door frames. The border extends across the bottom only on the turning panel also contains the show's original logo from 1972 to 2007 using the same color scheme as the new version. The interior wall panel once again has a pattern on it which shows the same hypocycloid pattern as the other walls. The lights seen in 1982 are restored to the interior borders of the turning & center wall panels, but they no longer chase. The carpet is mostly blue, although the middle step in the staircase changed back to green.
 * On September 22, 2008, a square pattern replaces the hypocycloid pattern. The color changes from purple to blue. The show's classic logo from 1972 to 2007 is discontinued, but a gray Pricedown dollar sign gets replaced.

Big Doors

 * On September 4, 1972, the title for the show had 3 colors: Orange for "The", Red for the Pricedown dollar sign & "New", and yellow for "Price "Is" & "Right". The door frames are brown. There were 3 colored strips of orange for Door #1, Yellow for Door #2, and red for Door #3.
 * On June 26, 1973, the show's title has 2 colors instead of 3. The Pricedown dollar sign and "Price" are yellow while "The", Is" & "Right" are red. "New" gets dropped out of the show's title.
 * On August 19, 1975, the door frames change from brown to green & the strips going around them change as well. Door #1 is colored pink, Door #2 is colored is orange and Door #3 is colored maroon or burgundy.
 * On August 23, 1996, the show's logo on the big doors has a shadow painted behind it & is accompanied by drawings of confetti, balloons & a streamer that has the words "25 Years on CBS" on it, with the purple balloon getting the trademark CBS Eye.
 * On September 9, 1996, the big doors get their new designs.
 * On September 8, 1997, the text on the big doors changed from "25 Years on CBS" to "26 Years on CBS".
 * On April 9, 1998, the text on the big doors changed from "26 Years on CBS" to "5000th Show on CBS".
 * On April 10, 1998, the big doors changed again to remove the CBS Eye logo on the balloon & all the other texts leaving the show's logo standing alone. 2 additional balloons & the pattern of the confetti are slightly altered and the streamer is smaller.
 * On September 24, 2001, the show's logo on the big doors is replaced with "30 Years" Logo and the show's logo is now small.
 * On September 24, 2002, the show's logo gets enlarged from the same place after the end of the 29th season. The big doors gets restored with a star surrounded regular logo & it's also in its red & yellow version and it's surrounded by stars to the opening.
 * On September 18, 2006, the "35 Years" logo has a green streamer & there aren't any drawings of confetti & the number 35 years logo in a different font. The big doors gets receive a new paint job; they now have a sunburst pattern of every color of the rainbow with 5 pointed stars & Goodson-Todman asterisks. All 3 doors are identical.

Giant Price Tag

 * On September 4, 1972, the giant price tag was white with a brown border which displays the show's logo. There is a black circle on the left side which represents a hole that a thread would be put through. On the first show only, curtains are on either side of it.
 * On August 19, 1975, the giant price tag border changes from brown to green.
 * On February 25, 1985, the giant price tag has a golden three dimensional look of the show's logo set at an angle against a starry background with its shadow appearing beneath it on a gray, tiled floor. A golden ball near the left edge of the tag, in the spot where the original giant price tag's "hole" had been.
 * On October 30, 1990, The 3rd incarnation of the giant price tag premiered. The tag is a marbled green with a yellow knot where the so-called "hole" on the original tag was. It's in a yellow alternate font version of show's logo and yellow border.

Showcase Showdown

 * On September 8, 1975, the Showcase Showdown was introduced. It had a rainbow wheel with multiples of 5 cents all the way to $1.00.
 * On November 3, 1975, the Showcase Showdown introduces the big wheel with the same number order. There was a weak-sounding beep or blip when the wheel spun around for the first few years. The wall was colored gold.
 * On January 28, 1976, the split-screen arrow graphic premiered.
 * On December 14, 1977, a red wall was painted on the big wheel.
 * On November 29, 1978, the green sections for 5 and 15 were added.
 * On February 20, 1979, the pink Pricedown dollar signs have been added to the walls of the big wheel.
 * On April 24, 1980, the normal big wheel beeps were introduced.
 * On April 22, 1981, a red circle-shaped carpet is added infront of the wheel for spinners to stand on.
 * On March 23, 1988, the big wheel had gold Super Ball!-style dollar signs to replace the pink Pricedown dollar signs.
 * On May 7, 1993, a red carpet was laid down in front of the big wheel.
 * On March 28, 2000, a gold-trimmed border was added on the red carpet with an asterisk.

Showcase

 * On September 4, 1972, the showcase podiums were colored red for the runner-up & yellow for the top winner. The showcase podiums had a brown border around them. The showcase podiums had flip cards placed on them after the commercial; for the remainder of the week, the standard price reveal method with Bob reading the actual retail prices from small price tags is used & a nameplate with a description of the showcase is placed on each podium during the commercial.
 * On September 28, 1972, the blank nameplates on the showcase podiums have become yellow on the red podium and pink on the yellow podium. The descriptive cards changed from brown to orange.
 * On April 15, 1974, black asterisks were added to the showcase podiums.
 * On April 18, 1974, the double showcase rule was introduced. The words "Double Showcase Winner" were written in a "Tonight" font style.
 * On May 13, 1975, the brown portions of the showcase podiums changed to green and their nameplates have both become orange. Top winner uses yellow podium.
 * On August 19, 1975, the showcase podiums are both white with a green asterisk for the top winner and a red asterisk for the runner-up.
 * On September 8, 1975, after the players in the showcase gave a bid on their own showcase there was no commercial break and the showcase round continues the showcase reveal.
 * On November 26, 1975, the top winner stands behind the red asterisk and the runner-up stands behind the green asterisk.
 * On November 30, 1979, commercial breaks after showcase bidding return.
 * On December 29, 1982, the asterisks changed from red to purple for the top winner and from green to orange for the runner-up.
 * On September 10, 1984, the showcase podiums had a gold trapezoid shape surrounded by golden borders and they contain a golden outline of a Goodson-Todman asterisk. They also slanted inward and the nameplate holders were purple and orange, with the word "showcase" written on it. The prize name signs are black on yellow when they do a showcase ARP reveal.
 * On September 21, 1998, contestants who are within $250 or less can now win both showcases.
 * On January 8, 1999, any player who wins the showcase and has a total of over $35,000 in prizes including cash if possible, the complete total of the showcase winner flashes. This will happen to Double Showcase Winners as well.
 * On September 24, 2001, the 3rd showcase podium generation premiered with the word "showcase" written in a different font & the interior of the gold rim surrounds the word "showcase" is now purple and orange.
 * On October 2, 2002, the Tonight font style was used for the last time. 27 days later or October 29, 2003, a new font style for double showcase winners was introduced. The font was "Kingpin" and had stars surrounding the font itself.
 * On March 10, 2003, the showcase podiums get different colors to match the turntable setup. A pink podium was used for runner-up players and a blue podium was used for top winning players.
 * On February 20, 2004, the showcase podiums have displays on top & the showcase description below it. The yellow placards are written in a different font.

Links
The Price is Right Timeline