MAD (magazine)[]
The formerly popular magazine had spoofed both the Cullen & Barker's era respectively.
The Price is All Right[]
This can be seen is issue #51 (December 1959) in four pages, written by Larry Siegel and illustrated by Mort Drucker hosted by Bill Culon (parody of the late Bill Cullen).
The Prize is Slight![]
This can be seen in issue #442 (June 2004) in four pages written by Dick DeBartolo and illustrated by Tom Bunk hosted by Bob Barfer (parody of former host Bob Barker).
The original version of The Price is Right (or in this case Name the Right Price) was spoofed in a 1961 episode of the variety series called The Garry Moore Show with Bill Cullen himself making a special appearance.
The original version of The Price is Right (or in this case The Prize is Priced) made an appearance on an episode of The Flintstones called "Divided We Sail" in 1962 which Barney Rubble appeared as a contestant. Barney missed out on one prize, but struck paydirt in the next round by winning a houseboat by bidding a mere two cents.
The 1977 crime-drama film Looking for Mr. Goodbar (based on a 1975 novel written by Judith Rossner of the same name) features Theresa Dunn's family in a living room watching the opening credits of The Price is Right on TV.
The 1979 action-comedy film The In-Laws (originally released on June 15, 1979) features a scene at a bar where Dennis James' syndicated version of The Price is Right is being seen on TV.
The 1979 comedy-drama film Being There (originally released on December 19, 1979) features a scene where Chauncey Gardiner (played by Peter Sellers) is watching a brief clip of The Price is Right on TV.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: There is also scenes where the late Paul Lynde from Hollywood Squares, Jon Bauman on Match Game and The Gong Show is being shown on TV as well.
The classic Disco hit song "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer from 1979 briefly referenced the title of the show in this lyric: See them out on the street at night (walkin'), Picking up all kinds of strangers if "The Price is Right".
Brief footage from an episode of The Price is Right did appear in the 1986 music video "Welcome to the Boomtown" by the music group David & David. It mainly featured the Showcase segment of the show.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: This music video also featured brief footage from Sale of the Century as well.
In the 1986 drama film Power (originally released on January 31, 1986) during a hotel scene with a frustrated Pete St. John (played by Richard Gere) a clip of the opening of The Price is Right could be seen on TV.
The 1986 black comedy film Ruthless People (originally released on June 27, 1986) features a scene where Barbara Stone (played by Bette Midler) is relaxing in her bed while reading her Harper's Bazaar magazine then sniffing a perfume sample as she rubs it on her neck, then briefly throws it away as she's back to reading her magazine, a clip from The Price is Right is shown on TV.
The 1986 science fiction adventure film Flight of the Navigator (originally released on July 30, 1986) features a scene where David Freeman's mother Helen (played by Veronica Cartwright) and the workers from NASA are watching Tom Kennedy's syndicated version of The Price is Right on TV.
Sesame Street has spoofed TPIR twice, starting with The December 31, 1986 episode as The Trash is Right hosted by none other than Oscar the Grouch. Oscar's friend Grungetta was the contestant and she had to guess which trash belongs to the right person, even though the gameplay was nowhere near the way Price is played. Since she guessed all the trash correctly, she kept all the trash as the grand prize.
The December 12, 1988 episode also featured a TPIR spoof as The Triangle is Right hosted by Guy Smiley. Just like TPIR, the gameplay was also nowhere near the way Price is played. The object of the show is to answer every question with a triangle, contestant Prairie Dawn has very little patience for this format.
The 1987 comedy-fantasy film The Witches of Eastwick (based on the 1984 novel by John Updike of the same name and was originally released on June 12, 1987) features a scene where Daryl Van Horne (played by Jack Nicholson) is ironing his shirt while watching The Price Is Right on a small TV.
The 1987 comedy film Adventures in Babysitting (originally released on June 19, 1987) features a scene where Brad Anderson (played by Keith Coogan) accidentally spills the pasta, a brief clip of The Price is Right could be shown on TV.
In the intro of the 1987-90 MTV game show Remote Control, a brief clip of a promo for TPIR can be briefly seen on television.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: This also features clips from Truth or Consequences and Let's Make a Deal as well.
In the 1987 episode of the classic medical-drama series St. Elsewhere (originally October 28, 1987) called "Night of the Living Bed", a clip of TPIR can be briefly seen on television as Frank Bermudas (played by Hector Elias) is watching it in his hospital bed.
NOTE: The title of this episode is a parody of the classic 1968 horror film called Night of the Living Dead.
Price's sister show Family Feud briefly referenced The Price is Right by the late Ray Combs as a joke on its July 4, 1988 CBS daytime premiere by saying "I have, uh, been studying all of the great CBS shows. I think I'm prepared, so if you're ready, let's have the first item up for bids!" As the audience laughs, Combs says, "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Wait a minute! That's the wrong show!".
The 1988 Pixar short film Tin Toy (originally released on August 2, 1988) features the TV in the background as one of the channels had The Price is Right on it. Sadly, It had sound only since the camera focused on the baby and the Tin Toy and not the TV.
In the 1989 musical romantic-comedy science fiction film Earth Girls Are Easy (originally released on May 12, 1989 in the U.S.) at Valerie Gail's house while channel surfing, a clip of The Price is Right can be seen playing on TV. Even Mac, Zeebo & Wiploc (played by Jeff Goldblum, Damon Wayans & Jim Carrey respectively) even try to act like the male contestant on TV by putting their hands on their heads.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: The film was originally released at the Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF for short) on September 8, 1988 before being released in the U.S. on May 12, 1989)
The 1989 "Weird Al" Yankovic-driven comedy film UHF (originally released on July 21, 1989) features a scene where one of their TV programs for the Fall schedule on the U62 channel called The Lice Is Right is a parody of the show's title.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: Other game shows are parodied on the schedule were Wheel of Fish (Wheel of Fortune), Beat the Loanshark (Beat the Clock), Name that Stain (Name That Tune) and You Bet Your Pink Slip (You Bet Your Life).
Former host Bob Barker appeared in a cameo role in the classic 1996 Adam Sandler film Happy Gilmore where he and Happy (Sandler) got into a big fight due to having some trouble during a golf match. For one moment, Happy though he won (when Bob was unconscious Happy/Sandler said, ("The Price is Wrong, B***h.") but it turned out to be a trick for the tables were turned quite suddenly and Bob ended up winning the fight and saying ("Now you've had enough, B***h!). Adam, a huge Price is Right fan, visited the show during a Price is Right special focusing on Bob's 50 years on television after a playing of Plinko. In 2015, they were together again to relive that famous fight on Comedy Central's Night of Too Many Stars special.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: In addition to the famous Gilmore/Barker fight scene, the classic game show Let's Make a Deal was briefly mentioned as a conversation piece, but Bob corrected Happy by saying, "It's The Price is Right, Happy".
In the 2006 box office flop Date Movie during a brief spoof of The Bachelor called The Extreme Bachelor: Desperate Edition when the bachelor Grant Fonkyerdoder (played by Adam Campbell) is told by Harrison to pick one girl and eliminate the rest, a sped-up version of the Sheila Cole-era TPIR theme song is played in the background. The theme in particular was created by David Kitay.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: This brief spoof also features a brief cameo appearance by Chris Harrison as host.
In early 2007, Adam Kontras and his friends, known as "the egos" crashed the TPIR set by playing around it (e.g. spinning the big wheel, playing at the showcase podiums and contestants row, and pretending to be excited contestants coming on down in the audience area). Then, Adam pretends to be the new host of the show, thinking this will be a fine job for him. This was appropriate enough since this was shown during Bob Barker's final season. Unfortunately, he and the egos are kicked out by security.
The 2007 box office flop I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry features a scene where former host (and former Happy Gilmore star) Bob Barker can be seen hosting The Price is Right on TV.
In a 2008 episode of the VH1 miniseries called I Love the New Millennium, it briefly talks about how former host Bob Barker is retiring as host of The Price is Right as Drew Carey becomes his official replacement in 2007.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: The episode also briefly discusses Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?.
In 2009, former Price host Bob Barker appeared in the award show special on GSN called The 2009 Game Show Awards he appeared in the opening number with Howie Mandel he also has been given a "Legend Award" by Tom Bergeron.
In the 2011 box office film flop Jack & Jill (originally released on November 11, 2011) Jill (played by Adam Sandler) wanted to be on a game show as one of her to do list. She went on TPIR hosted by Drew Carey. Jill managed to make it onto the Showcase Showdown, but she hurt her arm in the process of spinning the big wheel. Despite the injury, she still won a lot of prizes.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
This scene used the Sheila Cole-era TPIR theme music along with the Come on Down! cue.
The set had Christmas decorations.
Current TPIR announcer George Gray made an appearance.
In the 2011 film (originally released December 16, 2011) Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked. Simon, Theodore and the Chipettes are riding on a basket to Zoe's shelter place on the deserted island. When the basket arrives at the place, Alvin who already arrived at the shelter prior to the others says the show's most famous catchphrase "COME ON DOWN!"
In the 2012 episode of Cartoon Network's Mad series called "This Means War Machine/iCharlie" (originally released July 23, 2012) the show is spoofed as a "cheaters week" where the evil mutant Magneto from X-Men spins the infamous big wheel (a.k.a. "showcase showdown")
In the 2012 political satire comedy film (originally released August 10, 2012) The Campaign, Mitzi Huggins (played by Sarah Baker) is watching the current Drew Carey version of The Price is Right on her HDTV when Cam Brady (played by Will Ferrell) drops by her house.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: In the film, the line said by Mitzi was "Almost everyday I touch myself to Drew Carey on The Price is Right.
In the episode of the Nerdist web series Neil's Puppet Dreams "The Restaurant", you can briefly see both Bob Barker and Drew Carey's names in the end credits.
The longest-running sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL for short) has parodied Price three times. The first was in 1992 as Sabra Price is Right hosted by Uri Shurinson (Tom Hanks). In 2012, another TPIR-like spoof called Super Showcase where a game show contestant (Vanessa Bayer) loses out on a showcase, so wacky-voiced starlets Vonda (Kristen Wiig) and Shonda (Maya Rudolph) show her all the prize she didn't won. After a five year absence, in 2017, a third sketch called The Price is Right: Celebrity Edition featuring Lil' Wayne (Chris Redd), Tilda Swinton (Kate McKinnon), Chris Hemsworth (Alex Moffat), Ariana Grande (Melissa Villasenor), Bernie Sanders (Larry David), Tony Bennett (Alec Baldwin) and Sofia Vergara (Cecily Strong) with Beck Bennett as Drew Carey.
TPIR Has also been parodied on Mad TV multiple times.
TPIR was also mentioned in some episodes of The Simpsons. starting with the 1992 episode called “The Otto Show” where Otto starts to watch the show on TV in their house; in another episode called “HOMR” from 2001, where Homer Simpson acts as the animated dog and says, "Don't spay or neuter your pets!"; finally, in an episode from 2003 called “The Fat and The Furriest” where Patty and Selma mention they were on the show.
An October 9, 1993 episode of 2 Stupid Dogs a cartoon that originally aired on Cartoon Network and TBS respectively did a parody of TPIR called Let's Make a Right Price (self-explanatory title) hosted by Bill Baker (a spoof of Bob Barker voiced by the late Casey Kasem). While the format was the same, the losers of the bids get doggy treats which is what both he Big and Little Dog (voiced by Brad Garrett and Mark Schiff respectively) actually want because they were both scavenging for food on the studio lot.
ADDITIONAL NOTE:
The title of the episode itself is a mix of Let's Make a Deal and The Price is Right respectively.
A November 2, 1993 episode of Animaniacs called "Chairman of the Bored" the Warner siblings (Yakko, Wakko and Dot respectively) meets a man named Francis Pumphandle in which every calls him "Pip" (voiced by Ben Stein). Pip then talks about cheeseballs and mentions about Bob Barker to the siblings and cannot stop shaking their hands.
A 1995 episode of Beavis & Butt-Head called "Screamers". It mentioned TPIR when both Beavis and Butt-Head are watching the show on their TV. It had ladies screaming when they've won their showcase and then the announcer says "Tomorrow on The Price is Right".
On some episodes of Cartoon Planet, the character Bill Barker (parody of former Price host Bob Barker) from the 2 Stupid Dogs episode Let's Make a Right Price can be briefly seen introducing Brak but with a different louder voice.
A 1996 episode of Rocko's Modern Life called "Heff in a Handbasket", when Heffer Wolfe becomes a contestant on the game show Triple 6, a hooded guy in a suit named Peaches commands him to "Come on Down...NOW!!!!".
NOTES:
The title of the episode is a spoof of the term "Hell in a handbasket".
This episodes has spoofs of many well-known classic game shows that were based on Jeopardy!, Family Feud, Pyramid and Wheel of Fortune.
Price was also mentioned in some episodes of Family Guy. The first few episodes were for Barker's era. The first mention was in the episode "Brian in Love" from 2000 where Brian was watching the end of an episode and Bob gave his "spayed and neutered" signoff; a frustrated Brian wished he would "just die already." Another episode called "Screwed the Pooch" from 2001 features Peter Griffin as a contestant on Survivor, as he accidentally knocks over the reality show's backdrop revealing the set of TPIR (both shows run on CBS). In "Tales of a Third Grade Nothing" from 2008, when Prince was on the show, he bid $350, a bid Bob initially did not understand and bid exactly correct. The episode "The Fat Guy Strangler" from 2005, while in contestant's row; after a contestant bid $780, the last contestant bid $781. That infuriated the contestant bidding $780, so he said, "F**K YOU!". In "It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married one" from 2007, the Griffins rode the Cliffhangers mountain climber while Cleveland Brown was inside a Plinko chip. There were also a couple of episodes where Price was mentioned in Carey's era. The first clip from "New Kidney in Town" from 2011 was during Peter's Red Bull addiction; he appeared in the Showcase Showdown and gave the wheel an incredibly fast spin. After Peter sends out greetings to everyone to the camera, the wheel breaks off, rolls down and kills a section of the audience. Then Peter replies, "Whoa! Paramedics, come on down!" and goes crazy. In another 2011 episode called "Stewie Goes for a Drive" a female contestant got a very crummy showcase which included a hammock, chalk and a trip to Wilmington, Delaware. To much of her disgust, she replies, "I moved my abortion for this". Another episode called "Mom's the Word" from 2014, when Evelyn is kissing Peter in The Drunken Clam, TPIR comes on TV. Another episode called "Brokeback Swanson" from 2015, Joe tries to watch TPIR while manipulating the remote control with his mouth, however, it causes the volume to increase. In the 2016 episode "The New Adventures of Old Tom", a female model of TPIR have been replaced with a male model as it result in a male contestant on the show rejecting a car that was offered to him in the process. In the 2021 episode "And Then There's Fraud", a use of the infamous losing horns were briefly used when referencing the late Kenny Roger's plastic surgeon. In the 2022 episode "Carny Knowledge", When competing in a Generation Gap like contest. Peter holds his answer up as "The Price id Right Yodeler" (obviously referencing Hans/Yodely Guy) when his son Chris put his answer up as "Adele".
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Rich was to be in one episode of Family Guy but he was dubbed over when his contract was not renewed in 2010 and he was let go. Besides the first mention, both Barker and Carey have provided their voices each time they have been featured.
In the 2011 episode "Stewie Goes for a Drive", the background music plays similar to the theme song of Family Feud.
In the 2016 episode "The New Adventures of Old Tom" (a spoof title of the 2006-10 Julia-Louis Dreyfus led CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine) this was a reference to having Rob Wilson in 2014 being the first male TPIR model as of now he is replaced by James O'Halloran since 2014 and has now added Devin Goda since 2018.
Celebrity Deathmatch had a episode from 2002 (Originally April 11, 2002) where former Price host Bob Barker tries to dispatch former host of The Weakest Link Anne Robinson. The episode in general was called "The Mysterious 'T'" and the voice for Barker was Hamlet Sturman while Robinson was voiced by Gigi Marceau-Clarke.
TPIR was briefly spoofed in a 2002 episode (Originally November 10, 2002) of the former UPN/Adult Swim animated series Home Movies in one of the "movie montage" segments as The Price is Nice featuring Brandon Small (voiced by Brandon Small) as a Bob Barker-Like host and Melissa Robbins (voiced by Melissa Bardin Galsky) as a model for the washer and dryer set. The episode in general was called "Time to Pay the Price".
In a 2005 episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, the classic and long-actively running pricing game Cliffhangers was briefly parodied as Hellfire. The spoof stars when Myron Reducto (voiced by Stephen Colbert) calls out his "first and only witness to the stand" Harvey Birdman (voiced by Gary Cole) as he stars asking him to "tell the court if you will where you Mr. Birdman fit on the chart?" he starts to hold a small gold-platted version of Birdman in his hand. Birdman in response says "Well, I'll be right there next to the man." as Reducto places the gold-platted version of Birdman under the green parrot but between the caveman and the dolphin. Birdman then says "Yes, but closer to the bird, maybe." as Reducto puts it close to the parrot. Birdman says "No, no closer to the man" as Reducto puts it back on the caveman on the chart but between him and the dolphin. Birdman then says "No, no closer to the bird, to the man" as the witnesses stars shouting words like "Lower" and "Bird" as it then cuts to the small gold-platted version of Birdman with an old wooden stick climbing the Cliffhangers-like mountain. After it falls off the cliff in the end, Reducto (dressed like Barker) says "nothing further". The episode in general was called "Evolutionary War".
On a February 1, 2006 episode of Drawn Together, a brief scene featuring the Child Services woman (voiced by Paget Brewster) stands in a TPIR-like set in front of the big wheel while urging people to have their Nicaraguan babies spayed or neutered is a spoof of former host Bob Barker's reminder as he urges viewers to help control the pet population by having their pets spayed or neutered after each and every episode of The Price is Right. The episode in general was called "Captain Girl".
Robot Chicken has spoofed TPIR twice. The first was in a May 28, 2006 episode called "Message Chair" in the skit Bloopers! Three had a male contestant spinning the big wheel in the Showcase Showdown as he's getting caught in one of the big wheel's pegs, thus getting spun around multiple times continuously and getting plunked on the ground with each descent. Then in "Bob Barker's New Gig" for the episode "Squaw Bury Shortcake" (a spoof of the cartoon character Strawberry Shortcake) on August 19, 2007.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Also in the same episode from 2006 Family Feud was also briefly spoofed based on the original Dawson version.
In the 2007 episode, rapper Snoop Dogg who has hosted the TBS reboot called Snoop Dogg Presents The Joker's Wild also makes an appearance as he voiced himself.
Homestar Runner, a popular flash Internet Cartoon series from 2000 has referenced TPIR three times, the first one starting in 2003 in an episode called “Email: The Show”. Homestar's microphone resembles the famous pencil-thin microphone that was used by Bob Barker on the show from 1972 to 2007. Prior to this, another episode that also aired in 2003 was called “Main Page 19” where there were several allusions to the show:
The trip to Hawaii board is styled like ones in longtime use on TPIR.
The gremlin is revealed and announced in a style that was similar to TPIR.
The chair has a "$" sign, implying that its price must be guessed like on any of the numerous pricing games from TPIR.
The sound effect after the wrong answer was apparently guessed was styled after the infamous "Losing Horns" from TPIR.
The last episode that aired in 2008 was called “Strong Badia the Free”, in which after Coach Z was chosen for the draft, he remarks: "I think they've all overbid! One dollar! One dollar!"
In a 2012 episode of the Disney animated series Phineas and Ferb called "This is Your Backstory" briefly featured a simulation of Cliffhangers called Gnome-O-Meter where a garden gnome is Hans/Yodely Guy but the board has a huge major difference is that the numbers are labeled from 5,000 to 25,000 instead of 1 to 25 in order for the gnome to climb up or down and because there is no stone place nearby when the gnome is falling, it actually falling down to Wanna's leg.
A May 6, 2015 edition of the comic strip called Pop Culture Shock Therapy spoofed TPIR as The Price is Right: Cartoon Edition which features former host Bob Barker performing his usual service announcement by saying: "This is Bob Barker, reminding you to have your pets spayed or neutered!". To the horror of the contestant's dogs, as of which the third dog says: "Oh $?@!"
ADDITIONAL NOTE: This featured both Peter Griffin and Brian from Family Guy along with Charlie Brown and Snoopy from the Peanuts comic strip.
In the 1985 episode of the horror-anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents called "Prisoners" both Jack the escaped convict (played by Yaphet Kotto) and Julie Randall (played by Christina Raines) the housewife are both watching an episode of Price on television.
In 1994, Bob Barker guest-starred on The Nanny where he sat at a table when Nanny Fran Fine (Fran Drescher) spotted him. The episode in general was called "When You Pish Upon a Star".
A 1994 unsold lottery-themed game show pilot called Cash Tornado hosted and announced by the late Jim Perry and Gene Wood respectively, uses the set and theme song from Davidson's TPIR along with its model Lisa Stahl. Additionally, one of the contestants is former executive producer Roger Dobkowitz playing "Force Field".
In the sitcom Cybill, Cybill Sheridan's cousin from Arkansas named Lyle Clocum (played by Jeff Foxworthy) is obsessed with being a contestant on TPIR. The episode in particular from 1996 was called "Pal Zoey".
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
This episode has a semi-reference to Jeopardy! as well.
Comedian Jeff Foxworthy would later go on to host Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, The American Bible Challenge & The American Baking Competition. Additionally, in 2011, Foxworthy would appear on an episode of Shark Tank as a guest "shark" in season 2.
In the premiere episode of the American-Canadian, action-adventure comedy series Martial Law called "Shanghai Express", TPIR was used as a plot device in its very first episode where its main character Sammo Law (played by Sammo Kam-Bo Hung) is a contestant on the show for when he is called to "COME ON DOWN!" by Roddy to contestant's row. It also features the appearances by former host Bob Barker, former late announcer Rod Roddy and former Barker's Beauties Kathleen Bradley, Janice Pennington and Chantel Dubay.
In a 2001 episode of the sitcom Yes Dear called "The Ticket" Jimmy (played by Mike O'Malley) cheats on TPIR by spinning the wheel from behind to go to $1.00. He cheated because he got another traffic ticket. After Barker rebukes Jimmy, it makes him cry as Barker comforts Jimmy by hugging him. After this, Barker tells him that after the show that they'll play Plinko and that there's a trampoline in the showcase for today, which makes Jimmy feel much better.
In a 2005 episode of the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris called "Everybody Hates Greg", both Julius and Rochelle Rock (played by Terry Crews and Tichina Arnold respectively) are watching an episode of Price on their TV in the living room.
On a 2006 episode of the short-lived syndicated talk show Tyra, former supermodel & current reality show host Tyra Banks goes behind the scenes of the show.
NOTE: Banks appeared on the actual show itself as a one-time only on February 17, 2006.
The sitcom How I Met Your Mother has referenced Price twice, for the episode "Showdown" in 2007, in which Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) was a contestant on the show. Barney claimed that Bob Barker was his father (which is completely untrue since Bob never had human children, and Neil knows it), so he came on the show just to meet and impress him. Barney was on a roll that day. The pricing game he played was Clock Game and he got the price of the first prize on his first guess (an achievement at least two contestants on the real show did) though we never saw it; on the second prize, Barney purposely guessed $1,000,000 all just to show Bob Barney's self pictures; by the time the clock almost ran out, Barney came through with the right answer and won. Later Barney spun $1.00 on the wheel and bids exactly right on the Showcase (something that would really happen during Drew Carey's second year as host); and just when Barney was about to tell Bob that he was Bob's son, he instead congratulated Bob on 35 years as host of The Price is Right. Barney never kept any of the prizes he won; instead he gave them all as wedding presents to his friends and newlyweds Marshall and Lily (Jason Segel and Alyson Hannigan). The main plot of the episode in fact was the preparation of their wedding day. Neil went on to actually be a special guest on The Price is Right during celebrity week at the beginning of 2012 and won $65,238. 40 for his favorite charity.
In the 2010 episode "Cleaning House", a young Barney Stinson (Riley Thomas Stewart) is watching an episode of Price on television during a brief dream sequence.
The NBC sitcom 30 Rock episode called “Christmas Special” from 2008 has Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) saying to Liz Lemon (Tina Fey), "If all you wanted was a hug from a black person, maybe you should host The Price Is Right!".
The Price is Right was also part of the plotlines during three consecutive episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful in 2009. Forrester Creations hasn't been doing too well, so Pam Douglas (Alley Mills) gave a call to The Price is Right and asked them to show off their fashion pieces on the models, but the show declined. So what Pam did instead was to appear on the show as a contestant and took Donna Logan (Jennifer Gareis) with her, much to Donna's chagrin. As it turned out, Donna was picked to be a contestant and surprisingly did very well. She won her pricing game which was Let 'em Roll after winning her One-Bid down at Contestant's Row, beat her two opponents at the Showcase Showdown Big Wheel and ended up winning both Showcases; during the closing of the show (like all loved ones of Showcase winning contestants) Pam came up on stage where she finally met Drew Carey. Additionally, Pam reveals her own fan crush on Rich.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Prior to these episodes, Bob Barker made a guest appearance on the popular soap opera. Two of the models had connections to B&B: Gwendolyn Osbourne-Smith started out as one of the models on that show before becoming a TPIR model and Manuela Arbeláez appeared in two episodes of B&B alongside Ellen DeGeneres Show DJ Tony Okungbowa (Bob Barker ironically was one of Ellen's guests during the time of his final year); Jack Wagner of B&B made two guest appearances on TPIR. The Come on Down theme was used instead of the main theme when Drew was introduced and when Donna won her pricing game. The main theme was used when she won both showcases.
In 2001, TV Guide magazine ranked TPIR #1 as one of the 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time. Prior to this, in 2013, TPIR was ranked again as #5 as one of The 60 Greatest Game Shows of All Time.
In 2002, TPIR had its own hour-long documentary on E! True Hollywood Story.
In 2003, TPIR was mentioned as a topic on VH1's nostalgic miniseries I Love The 70's 1978 episode.
In 2006, GSN ranked TPIR #4 as one of The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time. This special was hosted by Bil Dwyer.
In a August 19, 2007 episode of Mind of Mencia host Carlos Mencia briefly dreams about what would happen if he became the new host of The Price is Right as he holds nothing back.
In the pilot episode of the legal comedy-drama/fantasy series on Lifetime called Drop Dead Diva from July 12, 2009, when Deborah "Deb" Dobkins (played by Brooke D'Orsay) tries to do a hand model pose on the left and to the right as her boyfriend Grayson Kent (played by Jackson Hurst) gives her a green bottle of nail polish in order to paint her pinkie nail green, then her boyfriend looks at the TV while their both making out in front of the TV. A clip of the current Carey version of The Price is Right can briefly be seen on a HDTV.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
The character Deb Dobkins was killed in a car crash on a way to an audition for The Price is Right.
The series ran on Lifetime from 2009 until 2014.
In a September 7, 2009 episode of WWE Monday Night Raw, a spoof of The Price is Right was parodied as The Price is Raw featuring Bob Barker as its guest host for the episode.
On a 2013 episode of the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (or Parks and Rec) called "Partridge", a brief clip of TPIR can be seen on TV as Ben Wyatt (played by Adam Scott) watches the show from his hospital bed.
Opening credits to the short-lived 2015 reality show on TBS Meet the Smiths has its former model Gwendolyn Osborne-Smith (who's the wife to former retired NBA basketball player Kenny Smith) standing behind the big wheel/showcase showdown from TPIR.
On a February 4, 2016 episode of the FX series Baskets called "Strays", a brief clip of TPIR can be seen on Farm Boy's (played by Shel Rasten) HDTV.
On a February 29, 2016 episode of the CBS high-octane drama series Scorpion called "The Fast and the Nerdiest", Sylvester Dodd (played by Ari Stidham) becomes a contestant on TPIR and plays a pricing game called Pay the Rent since he's a human calculator, he knew the prices and told Carey where they should go before Carey could even explain the rules.
NOTES:
The episode title is a reference to the popular action movie franchise The Fast and the Furious.
This episode also features cameo appearances by current Price announcer George Gray and Price models Rachel Reynolds and Amber Lancaster.
On a January 27, 2021 episode of the syndicated talk show The Drew Barrymore Show (or Drew), the $1,000 Clock Game appeared with Drew Carey proctoring remotely while Ross Mathews (a.k.a. Ross "the intern") guest modeled. In the end, Barrymore won a robot vacuum along with a washer/dryer set for contestant Jenna, plus $1,000.
On a March 16, 2021 episode of the sitcom Young Rock called "Check Your Head", Dwayne can be seen watching the show.
In the 2022 episode of the sitcom Young Sheldon called "A Clogged Poor, A Little Spanish and the Future", George Cooper Jr. can be seen watching the show.
In the 1982 song "Fantasy" by Aldo Nova, references the title of the show with this lyric: "Give you love, if "The Price is Right".
In the 1983 song "Game Show Love" by Ray Stevens, the show's catchphrase was mentioned in this lyric: "You said "Come on Down", you just won a brand new start".
The 1984 song “I Lost on Jeopardy” (a parody Greg Kihn’s 1983 hit “(Our Love's in) Jeopardy”) by Weird Al Yankovic, referenced the show with these lyrics: "Don't know what I was thinkin' of; I guess I just wasn't too bright. Well, I sure hope I do better next weekend on The Price Is Right, -ight, -ight."
The 1998 rap song called “My Flows Is Tight” by Lord Digga, samples the Sheila Cole-era TPIR theme song.
The 1998 rap song called "Cowboy" by Kid Rock, references the title along with its purpose with this lyric: "And if "The Price is Right", then I'm gonna make my "bid" boy.
The 1999 rock song "It's All Been Done" by The Barenaked Ladies, references the title of the show with this lyric: "Will I see you on "The Price is Right"?
The 2001 club dance hit, appropriately titled “Come On Down” by Crystal Waters, also samples the Sheila Cole-era TPIR theme song.
The 2011 rap song called "Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, references the former host and pricing game with this lyric: "Got that "Bob Barker" suit game and "Plinko" in my style"
The Chuck E. Cheese arcade game Loose Change uses the Sheila Cole-era TPIR theme song.
The now-cancelled series @Midnight or @Midnight with Chris Hardwick has a recurring game called "eBay Price is Right" where three guests comedians attempted to guess the "buy it now" price of strange items that are for sale on eBay TPIR-style.
In 2009, the comedy website CollegeHumor spoofed TPIR as The Slumdog Price is Right (or Slumdog Price is Right) based on the current Carey version.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
At the time, this was spoofing the popular award-winning British-Indian 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire.
On the actual show, there's always four contestants in "contestant's row" this spoof has only three, although this resembled Davidson's short-lived syndicated Price in 1994 when they also had three podiums in "contestant's row" in order to play a modified version of the Showcase Showdown called The Price Was Right.
In 2011, a State Farm commercial featured a brief cameo appearance by former TPIR host Bob Barker as he says "And...a new car" as an orange vehicle with a black female model waving inside suddenly drops from the sky.
A 2014 episode of Tosh.0 called "Banned from Walmart" features a spoof of TPIR as The Cost is Correct hosted by Daniel Tosh in a white wig trying to resemble former host Bob Barker where a male Walmart shopper named Joe Cantrell was slapped with a lifetime ban for trying to use the store's ad matching policy competes for prizes.
In 2017, a Subway commercial was seen, when the restaurant promoted their $6 footlong sandwiches, the current Kalehoff Carey-era theme can be heard at the end.
The 2018 indie music video for indie rock band Modern Time Machines called Freefall (Can't Stop) a B&W picture frame of former host Bob Barker along with a female contestant spinning the big wheel in the Showcase Showdown can be seen on top of the left side behind the band's drummer.
In the animated anthology series PONIES: The Anthology episode called PONIES: The Anthology 7 (Originally August 3, 2019) the classic and long-running pricing game Cliffhangers was briefly parodied as Scoothangers featuring Scootaloo dressed as Hans/Yodely Guy with Pinkie Pie as the contestant by failing miserably at it.
NOTES: This was based on the popular series called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
This features an audio clip by former TPIR host Bob Barker.
On an October 4, 2019 episode of the hit Netflix original animated series Big Mouth called "How to Have an Orgasm", the show was briefly parodied as Do the Thing!!! along with their parody of the long-running pricing game Cliffhangers nicknamed "The Yodeler".
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For the cold open of the November 7, 2019 episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden, the cast of Sesame Street finds their way to the set while singing a parody of the Sesame Street theme. (Note: The music used is the instrumental version of the 1998-2001 Sesame Street theme) While they are looking, the cast stops by the backstage area of The Price is Right. Cookie Monster attempts to eat the big wheel while Abby asks The Count how much a banjo is while he is behind one of the former showcase podiums. He guesses $4.99, but Oscar reveals it and says he's wrong. After going to other sets at CBS Television City, the gang finally makes it to Corden's set.
The November 20, 2020 episode of the Animaniacs reboot on Hulu, in the segment called "Anima-Nyet", Yakko, Wakko & Dot watch a Venezuelan version of this show under the name Juego de Super Dinero (Super Money Game).
NOTE: This episode also had a parody of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? as "Who Wants to Be a Oligarch?".
The December 31, 2020 episode of Craig of The Creek entitled "Snow Day" featured a Snow Day related parody of Price called "The Ice is Right" where he comes up to spin the big wheel in hopes of a snow day. However, he lands on a two-hour delay instead.
On a October 12, 2022 episode of The Rachael Ray Show (or Rachael), the classic pricing game Grocery Game was played featuring current host Drew Carey and announcer George Gray making an appearance.
In 2023, a commercial for the popular supermarket chain Kroger dubbed "The Kroger Show" has several illusions to Price such as the current Drew Carey-era theme being used in the background, one of the props looks similar to one of the pricing games on the show, the blue boarder with chasing white lights pays homage to the Barker era, plus a character uses a long-handled, Bob Barker-like silver microphone.
