User:Daniel Benfield/Price Is Right Seasons 9-14 Video Archive

Not much to say, except The Price is Right kept on doing what it'd already been doing.

While I'd occasionally thought about doing this one, the seed was really planted when Dom Falance suggested it in April 2017. My biggest hurdle was (and is) GSN's airings of this period, most noticeably when it comes to 1983, so inclusions will be handled on a case-by-case basis.

Some things will be included regardless:
 * Game debuts and finales.
 * Season Premieres and Finales.
 * Anything regarding the Home Viewer Showcase.
 * Shows with the set decorated for Christmas.
 * Any appearances of Super Ball!!, The Phone Home Game, or Walk of Fame.
 * Anything they aired from the 1984 portion of Season 12 (GSN only got up to February 9 before Price disappeared from the schedule in 2000).
 * Anything from Seasons 13-14, which GSN avoided for the most part.
 * Any episodes also available (in whole or part) from an original broadcast, repeat airing, or master copy.

Big thanks to Golden-Road.net and The Price Is Right Summaries for much of the info and placement below. Note that the airdates shown are per the episode numbers; any reschedulings done by CBS are noted.

LEGAL STUFF SO I DON'T GET SUED: I'm only linking to these videos, none of which were uploaded by me, for the purposes of research and as a public record. Footage ©1980-86 Mark Goodson(-Bill Todman) Productions/FremantleMedia and associated entities.

Season 9 (1980-81)
August 25, 1980 - June 12 [September 4], 1981

Three pricing games debut this year: Now....and Then (only played six times this season), Hit Me, and Super Ball!! (which will be referred to as "SuperBall" on this page in supplementary notes).

Of note, per this post and a few later ones in that thread, Now....and Then was one of three inflation-based games that were pitched at the same meeting, the others being a similar idea by Sam Governale and a format by Imie Camelli called "Inflationary Spiral".

1980

1981
 * February 3, 1981 (#3982D: Danger Price, Hole in One, Clock Game, Squeeze Play, Super Ball!! {debut!}, Money Game; most of segment 6 only)
 * [Originally, the small prize labels in SuperBall showed the name of the item ("VACUUM", for example) in the same color scheme as the choices.]


 * April? 1981 (Game 3 {Grand Game} and Showcase Showdown #1 only)
 * [Per the uploader, this aired in "April about 3 or 4 days after Ronald Reagan had had that assassination attempt made against him." In case that ends up not holding up, the Contestant's Row displays are red-green-orange-blue, and the red dot is present for Big Wheel spinners.]
 * [In any case, by this point Grand Game's price labels now use the same color scheme as the target price.]

Season 10 (1981-82)
September 7, 1981 - June 11 [September 3], 1982

Three more games debut this season: Blank Check, Check-Out, and Pick a Pair.

Sometime between December 28 (#4331D) and April 9 (#4475D), Money Game moves from center stage (behind the Giant Price Tag) to the Turntable.

1981

1982

Season 11 (1982-83)
September 6, 1982 - July 1 [August 19]/August 22-26 [September 9], 1983

Just two games debut this year: Plinko (easily the mascot pricing game for quite a while), and Master Key.

1982
 * September 24, 1982 (#4595D: [Some order of Super Ball!!, Dice Game, One Right Price, Double Prices, and Card Game], then Hi-Lo {taped 6/21/82}; last four segments {and a clip of some preceding portion} only, ends during credits)
 * [A blog post about the focus of this video is here, which also shows a local newspaper clipping about her appearance (hence the tapedate). At this point, the front side of the spinning Turntable panel is still a solid red.]

1983
 * March 25, 1983 (#4855D: Lucky Seven, Clock Game, Pick a Pair, One Right Price, Master Key {debut!}, Range Game {taped 2/16/83}; studio master, slate and Master Key only)


 * April 28, 1983 (#4904D: Lucky Seven, Race Game, Hi-Lo, Blank Check, Five Price Tags, Squeeze Play {taped 3/16/83}; studio master, slate and partial intro only)

Season 12 (1983-84)
September 12, 1983 - June 22 [September 7], 1984

Three games debut this season: The Phone Home Game, Walk of Fame, and Balance Game.

The Phone Home Game goes on hiatus each season in favor of the Home Viewer Showcase. This year, the hiatus lasts from October 31 through January 25.

Following the December 7 episode (#5113D), Holly left the show to pursue an acting career. This didn't pan out, though, and she returned around March.

1983

1984
 * February 21, 1984 (#5212D: Money Game, Cliff Hangers, Clock Game; taped from WEYI with most commercials, first few seconds missing due to a local promo)
 * [At this point, Holly is still absent. Also at this point, the show is still credited to Goodson-Todman.]


 * April 6, 1984 (#5275D: One Right Price, Any Number, Trader Bob, Walk of Fame, Penny Ante, Dice Game {taped 3/7/84}; studio master, slate and Walk of Fame only)
 * [By this point, Holly has returned.]

Show now credited under Mark Goodson Productions (began by 4/9/84)
 * May-October 1984 (Segment 3 {The Phone Home Game} and Showcase Showdown #1 only)
 * [Has the pink-bordered Contestant's Row, but the Big Wheel still has its Sportstype display.]
 * May 1984-October 1985 (Parts of first segment {ends after IUFB price reveal}, portion of IUFB #2 bidding, most of segment 3 {with Squeeze Play}, and part of Showcase Showdown #1 {mostly being fast-forwarded/rewound} only)
 * [Has orange lights in the light border and the pink Contestant's Row. Big Wheel display not shown.]

Season 13 (1984-85)
September 10, 1984 - June 14 [28]/July 1-5 [September 6], 1985

Two more games join the rotation this year, both played for cars: On the Nose and One Away.

The Phone Home Game's hiatus lasts from October 30 through January 24 this time.

As far as I know, GSN only aired six episodes from this season: September 25 (#5412D, taped 6/12), October 9 (#5432D, taped 6/25), December 17 (#5531D), December 20 (#5534D), December 21 (#5535D), and January 25 (#5575D).

1984

On the Nose debuts on September 14 with Baseball, adding Basketball on September 18 (#5402D), Football on September 29 (#5415D), Darts on October 16 (#5442D), and Tennis on November 28 (#5503D).


 * September 1984 or so (Segment 6 {with Five Price Tags} and most of last three segments only)
 * [Listed as "Summer 1984" by the uploader. Has the pink Contestant's Row and three-tiered Showcase podiums, but that's about it (the Big Wheel display is never shown during SCSD#2 due to how it goes).]


 * December 17, 1984 (#5531D: Most Expensive, One Away, Balance Game '84, Poker Game, Any Number, Hi-Lo; taped from GSN!, Balance Game only)
 * [Set decorated for Christmas this week.]

1985
 * 1985 (?, ?, ?, Blank Check {inferred}, Penny Ante, Any Number; begins during Game 5, ends after Showcase Showdown #2)
 * [Has the pink Contestant's Row. Bob notes that one player in SCSD#2 won a trip to Hawaii and $1,000, suggesting Blank Check. One YouTube comment suggests either May 30 or September 16.]

Season 14 (1985-86)
September 9, 1985 - June 13 [September 5], 1986

Only one game debuts this year (Bump), with four quickly taken behind the woodshed: Trader Bob, On the Nose, Walk of Fame, and Balance Game...though in fairness, all of these could easily be chalked up to "this game is too damn hard".

The Phone Home Game's hiatus lasts from November 4 through February 3 this time.

This season is best known for Johnny Olson's passing in October; first-run episodes with Johnny air into November, with Gene Wood filling in for a few weeks before the show began doing auditions between three candidates: Rod Roddy, Rich Jefferies, and Bob Hilton. In the end, Hilton was the first choice, but per Randy West's book Johnny Olson: A Voice In Time Barker felt he looked too much like a younger host in waiting (probably remembering that he'd replaced Barker when Ralph Edwards restarted production of Truth or Consequences in 1977), and even then it seems Hilton already had a commitment to hosting Bamboozle (which is an interesting story itself, but not relevant here). As a result, Rod got the nod, even though he was still doing Press Your Luck in its waning final months, not to mention a prior Pyramid gig.

As an aside, starting around this point Barker seems to have begun gaining more and more control over the show, which by all indication only gets worse as time goes on, but that's for another Video Archi...

No, actually, I think this is as far as I'll go. Seasons after this point are more plentiful on YouTube, and in all honesty I'm just not interested in them, plus I think I've covered more than enough Price as it is. :)

1985

Contestant's Row becomes green again (began by 10/15/85)
 * November 6?, 1985 (Full last segment)


 * November-December 1985 (Last minute or so of an episode)
 * [Gene Wood announces.]

1986

Rod Roddy becomes permanent announcer (began 2/17/86)
 * May 1986 (Segment 3 {Double Prices}, Showcase Showdown #1, and last two segments only {taped 4/86}; taped from WCCO)
 * [Tapedate and airdate per uploader. Double Prices has the Play Along element.]