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[Slauson]
So, "Take the A Train" starts,
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which is, you know, I know
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okay, Rod's gonna come out
next and do his warm-up.
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And, well, Rod
finishes his warm-up,
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and they do the opening slate,
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and he's telling us, you know,
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"Fifteen seconds.
Lick your lips,
and sit up straight."
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And blah, blah, blah
and get ready to applaud.
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And we start applauding,
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and music comes on,
lights are on.
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They're doing
the opening pan.
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And I hear my name.
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♪
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♪
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♪
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Hi, I'm Linda, or I'm Ted!
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You're Linda! I'm Ted!
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-Oh, you got me confused.
-I don't know who you are.
Who are we?
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I'm Linda.
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And the Homework Helpline
is coming up in just a minute
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as soon as we figure out
who we are.
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Linda [laughing]
Great.
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[Slauson]
My name is Ted Slauson.
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And, uh, I was born on an
Air Force base in Massachusetts.
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My dad was in the Air Force.
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From there, when
I was six weeks old,
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we moved to Wisconsin,
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which is where both
of my parents are from.
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Lived there for a few years,
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moved-- went down to the
Kansas City, Missouri area
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where my dad was stationed
for a few years.
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And then in 1970,
they moved to California
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where my dad
was transferred.
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Uh, he retired in 1972,
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so, they ended up
just staying in California,
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but that's--
they're still living in
the house that I grew up in,
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the house that I remember
most from my childhood.
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-[Narrator]
"The Price is Right..."
-[bell dings]
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...America's love-in
with the giveaway,
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a hit in prime time
in the 1950s,
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by 1972,
the producers decide
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time is right
for a daytime version.
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Roger Dobkowitz started
as a production assistant
on The Price is Right.
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It was his first job
in television.
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[Dobkowitz]
For the showcase,
when they reveal the showcase...
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we actually taped calculators
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to the readout machines
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with gaffer's tape
on that machine,
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and that machine.
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And I had to enter
in the amount.
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Oh, now the difference.
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The difference is here,
and then I had to jump
over here.
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And the operators had to
enter in all that information.
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I mean, you look back,
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how did we ever put
together a game show
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using this rudimentary
equipment?
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[Slauson]
Nowadays, everyone has four TVs
and a million channels to watch.
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Well, back in the early '70s,
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there were four channels
and we had one TV.
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And with six kids,
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obviously, we had to all agree
on what to watch.
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And you know,
my older brothers and sisters
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decided they wanted to
watch "The Price is Right,"
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so grudgingly, you know,
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sat down and
watched it with them.
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By the end of the show,
I was pretty much hooked.
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And I still have...
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just about all of my name tags,
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and contestant cards
from all the tapings
I've been to.
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I went to, I'm pretty sure
it was 37 altogether.
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What's interesting is that,
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in the old days
on the left,
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they have more,
kind of a pastel color,
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and then as they
got into the 2000s,
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they got kind of bright
in their colors.
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I have been
a mathematics teacher
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and in mathematics assessment.
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We mostly write
and develop and review
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test questions that
go on assessments
that students take.
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[Dobkowitz]
I didn't have anything to do
on the show at the beginning.
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As I tell a lot of young people,
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I said, "That's a wonderful
position to be in."
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But what happened is that people
started asking me to help them.
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I helped them with the prizes.
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I helped them
with the scripts.
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I helped them copying.
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I helped them this,
I helped them that.
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And I began to pick up
a little bit of everything.
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[Slauson]
My mathematical ability
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really kind of surfaced
around junior high level.
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So that, of course, with
the numbers and everything
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and all the prices,
that kind of made
a connection for me.
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Hi, this is Ted!
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And this is Linda!
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And we're here
for the Homework Helpline.
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So have your program--
your problems ready,
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and we'll be waiting
for your call.
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So, one week,
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I got into, like, watching,
"Price is Rights" from 1973.
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[Johnny Olson] Side-by-side
refrigerator-freezer
from world-famous Amana.
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Think 25 cubic foot
side-by-side...
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The same refrigerator-freezer
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was on four different
episodes that I watched
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and it was $789 all four times.
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I'm like,
"Well, see? There it is.
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There's proof.
It was way back
in the beginning."
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It was the same, you know,
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same stuff over and over.
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[brushing off table]
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And it's that hideous
avocado green.
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My brother and I,
I think, both noticed
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"Oh, well, I remember the price
of this was $1500 or whatever."
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It would be $1500 again
and so that kind of
inspired me
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to start, kind of
tracking prices,
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or, you know,
keeping records,
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if you will.
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["William Tell Overture: Finale"
playing]
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When I would record the shows,
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and put it all in a Word doc
and everything
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and put it in the database,
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pretty much every show,
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I had to add four
or five new things
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because they were always
bringing new stuff on.
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[Dobkowitz]
I went to San Francisco
State University
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and when you go
after a master's degree,
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you got to write a thesis.
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In those days, you had
to put it all on paper,
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and I wrote a thesis
about this thick.
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[bell dings]
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Two hundred pages.
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I wrote a thesis
on game shows
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because I love game shows.
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I would actually sit
and watch game shows
in the afternoon,
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and wait for
the credits to roll.
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Saw who produced them,
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and they only showed
the credits once a week,
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so if you missed it
once a week,
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you had to wait
a whole nother week.
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And I sent a copy of my thesis
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out to like 20 or 30
game show producers.
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I saw Mark Goodson,
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and Mark Goodson was
one of those people.
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He's larger than life.
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A big office, big desk!
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[bell dings]
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Near the end of the interview,
he said to me, he said,
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"When are you flying
back to Los Angeles?"
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I said, "Flying back?
I'm driving back."
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And his eyes got really big.
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He said,
"You drove to New York?"
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I said, "Yes,
I drove to New York.
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I have a VW Bug
and I drove to New York."
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And then in the hotel,
I remember it to this day,
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there was a little
slip of paper in the--
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"Somebody phoned for you,
Roger. Here it is."
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It was Mark Goodson's office.
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"Please phone the office."
I phoned the office right away,
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and the secretary said,
"Mark Goodson would like
to see you tomorrow."
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Well, I went into his office,
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and he said, "Roger,
I've decided to hire you,
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"because anyone
that would drive
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"to New York City
for an interview
has a lot of initiative."
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[Slauson]
And this is
"The Price is Right"
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that I wrote back
in the early 1990s.
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And it has all the games that
were on the show that year.
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You type in some
names of some players.
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And you can type up to nine.
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Last thing is
a random number,
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so that the prizes
and prices and everything
get randomized.
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-[game fanfare plays]
-There we go.
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Here's the opening of the show.
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It's all in text with, you know,
fake lights going around.
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And it's calling down at least
two of the people that I put in.
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It has the standard
opening, of course.
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You know, then the doors open,
it's not gonna be Bob Barker,
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'cause I wasn't that good
of a programmer back then.
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[Barker]
When I was on duty,
I had a disc jockey show.
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They had a studio there.
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There was an audience
participation show.
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The host didn't show up.
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He was never ashamed
to take a drink.
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And I think
that he probably over-imbibed.
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But in any event,
G. Pearson Ward
came rushing in there.
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"Bob, you have to--"
Everything was live.
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There was no taping in those.
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He rushed in there.
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He said, "You have to get
out there and do that show."
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And so out I went.
I didn't have time
to get nervous.
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I grabbed the hand mic,
went out,
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started talking
to the audience.
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And I got about
three or four laughs.
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And I thought, "I like this."
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I'm gonna try to make them
do that some more.
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And fortunately,
my wife, Dorothy Jo,
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heard that show.
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And when I got home,
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she said, "Barker, that's
what you should do."
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She said,
"You did that better than
you've ever done anything else."
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[Slauson]
I mean, Bob Barker has said
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every game on the show
had an element of luck.
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A good chunk of those games,
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if you had a really good
knowledge of prices,
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you were gonna win.
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[beeping]
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$500, not bad.
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It's not real money,
so I'm gonna go ahead
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and look in the next hole.
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Next hole is worth...
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-[alarm ringing]
-Oh, there it is! $10,000.
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It's just that easy.
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And I think I will keep that.
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[Dobkowitz]
And so after 12 years,
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Goodson liked me,
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and when there
was an opening,
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he promoted me
to be a producer.
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Because he realized not only
did I know the show,
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I loved "The Price is Right."
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I just loved
"The Price is Right."
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And at the start of that,
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I really became much
closer to Bob Barker.
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[Barker]
Well, uh...
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any pride that I feel,
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I have to share
with several people.
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One of them right over here.
Roger Dobkowitz.
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He was a splendid producer.
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And he protected me
in every situation
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where a little protection
was needed.
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And he's a dear friend, too.
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[Slauson]
I had a very close friend who
lived right across the street.
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Her name was Dee.
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She and my brother and I
would play "The Price is Right,"
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where one of us,
we'd plan the whole show,
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the other one wouldn't
have to be all the contestants.
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However it worked.
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We had planned a trip,
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kind of because it was
the first time we both could go
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and do our own
thing as adults.
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And I told her,
"Absolutely, for certain,
one thing we are doing,
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is going to
'The Price is Right.'"
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[bell dings]
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[Dobkowitz]
In real life, every game
has a time limit.
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If you play checkers,
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there's no official time limit.
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"Hurry up, hurry up.
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Make your move.
I don't have all day."
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And this is what
Bob used to do.
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[Slauson]
Well, I was kind of surprised
the show was still on the air
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because they had taken
so many game shows off
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to expand the soap operas
to an hour.
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"Hurry up!
'The Young and the
Restless' is coming.
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Make your decision.
What do you want?
What do you want?"
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It would become very exciting.
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[Slauson]
I was really worried
"The Price is Right"
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would never make it
until my 18th birthday,
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and here I am,
52 years old, and the show's
still going strong.
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Um, from Sacramento,
we drove to Los Angeles.
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And instead of
being intelligent,
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and taking the shortest,
most direct route,
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we decided we would
kind of meander
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over toward
the coastal area,
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and take US 101,
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-which is a much
longer drive.
-[bell dings]
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Of course, what
Dee didn't realize
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when we made that decision
is it gave her
much more time
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to quiz me on my
price list for the show.
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If you ask her today,
33 years later,
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she'll still complain about
how much time she had to spend
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quizzing me
on those prices.
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[Narrator]
If you're a New Yorker,
you might often get the feeling
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that you're waiting
on a perpetual line.
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But here in LA,
this is no ordinary day,
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and no ordinary line.
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These 300 people
are waiting to take part
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in a TV audience phenomenon.
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[Slauson]
Well, you show up
and you hope
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that there's not more than
300 people there already.
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Of course even if there
aren't that many people,
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you have to hope there's
not a bunch of groups
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who are gonna come
to the show that day.
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But you do spend
a lot of time waiting,
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waiting on benches,
waiting outside the gates
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until they open them
in the morning.
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[Narrator]
While they wait,
a small army
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is preparing a stage show
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that couldn't be
topped in Vegas.
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[Slauson]
The CBS pages come
through the line.
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They will create your name tag,
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00:13:14,794 --> 00:13:16,839
and if you have
a long name like mine,
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they might have to make
one or two or three of them
before they get it all on there.
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00:13:20,190 --> 00:13:22,366
[Woman]
I just want to know
what you're feeling right now.
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It's my tie.
I feel it right here.
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[laughter]
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Well, you tell.
Roger Dobkowitz will tell you
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we're gonna go out
there as if it were...
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00:13:33,682 --> 00:13:35,423
-Uh, opening day.
-That's right.
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We're going out there
as if it were opening day.
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00:13:37,381 --> 00:13:39,514
-Or is it opening night?
-Opening day!
298
00:13:39,557 --> 00:13:41,821
-It's a daytime show! Yes.
-Sorry, that's for daytime.
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00:13:41,864 --> 00:13:44,040
[Announcer]
Caress leaves your skin
softer than soap.
300
00:13:44,084 --> 00:13:45,868
Skin feels better
when it's caressed.
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00:13:45,912 --> 00:13:47,435
Well, I had always
liked Holly,
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00:13:47,478 --> 00:13:48,958
who was one of the
models on the show,
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00:13:49,002 --> 00:13:50,568
ever since I was a kid.
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00:13:50,612 --> 00:13:52,092
She just seemed like
the most genuine,
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00:13:52,135 --> 00:13:54,094
the most kinda goofball.
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00:13:54,137 --> 00:13:57,184
Um, and so my sister
had this idea.
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00:13:57,227 --> 00:13:59,795
We had a shirt made that said
"I'm here to kiss Holly."
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And the guy who
made it was very helpful,
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00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:05,148
and he was like, "How about
we put some felt hearts
behind Holly's name?"
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And he got, you know, the most
fancy cursive for her name.
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And you know,
a lot of times
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people would get picked
who had special shirts made.
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Then we decided on the back.
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We would put "Sorry, Bob!"
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And he insisted on
making a little frowny face
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out of little scraps of felt.
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00:14:18,945 --> 00:14:22,122
And so, that was the shirt
I wore to the first taping.
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[Narrator]
The job of picking contestants
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00:14:23,601 --> 00:14:25,342
goes to coproducer
Phillip Wayne.
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He's not above
dropping an honest word
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to a hopeful prospect.
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[Slauson]
I was stuttering
through my interview,
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00:14:30,521 --> 00:14:33,089
and he, you know, he seemed
unimpressed with me,
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00:14:33,133 --> 00:14:34,351
and kind of brushed me off
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00:14:34,395 --> 00:14:36,397
by saying, "And you've
got lips for Holly."
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00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,181
And he moved on
to the next person.
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00:14:38,225 --> 00:14:41,054
But then you go into
the Bob Barker Studio,
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00:14:41,097 --> 00:14:43,273
and you marvel at
how small everything is
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00:14:43,317 --> 00:14:45,319
compared to how it looks on TV.
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00:14:45,362 --> 00:14:47,843
-[cheering and applause]
-[Woman]
Backstage you can feel it.
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The anticipation
is at near frenzy.
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[Slauson]
And they would just
jump right into the show.
333
00:14:53,370 --> 00:14:54,763
Kind of like
no warning at all,
334
00:14:54,806 --> 00:14:56,460
just "Here we go.
We're getting ready. Boom."
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00:14:56,504 --> 00:14:58,201
[Announcer]
A new swimming pool!
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[Slauson]
Being my first taping,
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00:14:59,507 --> 00:15:01,552
I didn't want to be
overly boisterous,
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00:15:01,596 --> 00:15:04,425
so I waited for a few
other people to yell out bids.
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00:15:04,468 --> 00:15:06,557
And then I yelled out $1499.
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00:15:06,601 --> 00:15:08,733
[Barker]
1,499.
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$1,499.
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00:15:10,953 --> 00:15:12,389
And if you look
way in the back
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00:15:12,433 --> 00:15:14,261
where Dee is
sitting next to me,
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00:15:14,304 --> 00:15:16,045
her head kind of
snaps over to me
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00:15:16,089 --> 00:15:18,613
like she's surprised that
I got that on the nose,
346
00:15:18,656 --> 00:15:20,528
even though she spent
the whole time on the road
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00:15:20,571 --> 00:15:22,138
quizzing me on prices.
348
00:15:22,182 --> 00:15:24,575
[Dobkowitz]
We had people shouting
out the exact price.
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00:15:24,619 --> 00:15:26,273
Of course, nobody
knew that person
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00:15:26,316 --> 00:15:28,623
knew the exact price, you know?
351
00:15:28,666 --> 00:15:30,625
So, we allowed that.
We were fine with that.
352
00:15:30,668 --> 00:15:32,801
[Rod Roddy
speaks indistinctly]
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00:15:36,283 --> 00:15:38,589
[Slauson]
So then on the second
item up for bids
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was a brass trunk.
Which I knew was...
355
00:15:40,113 --> 00:15:41,723
[Slauson shouting
in background]
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00:15:41,766 --> 00:15:43,551
...which you can hear
on the tape.
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[Barker]
$795.
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-Deborah, you win.
-[bells ringing]
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00:15:47,294 --> 00:15:51,733
[Slauson]
My first two bids in
the studio were right on.
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00:15:51,776 --> 00:15:54,301
[Dobkowitz]
The two things
we did not let them do,
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00:15:54,344 --> 00:15:56,999
we didn't allow them
to take lists into the studio.
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00:15:57,043 --> 00:15:58,479
[Dobkowitz]
Good luck inside.
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00:15:58,522 --> 00:16:00,481
In line, when they're waiting
to come into the studio,
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00:16:00,524 --> 00:16:02,831
we didn't allow them
to say anything
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00:16:02,874 --> 00:16:05,486
in the order of
"Everybody pay
attention to me!
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00:16:05,529 --> 00:16:07,270
"I've memorized all the prices,
367
00:16:07,314 --> 00:16:10,012
"so everybody listen to me
when I shout out a price.
368
00:16:10,056 --> 00:16:12,188
We'll all shout."
We didn't allow that either.
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00:16:12,232 --> 00:16:14,234
[Slauson]
From about 1984 to 1989,
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00:16:14,277 --> 00:16:15,887
I went to the show
about once a year.
371
00:16:15,931 --> 00:16:18,586
It was always hard
to try to find somebody
to go with me,
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00:16:18,629 --> 00:16:21,763
and we realized, "I don't need
anyone to go with me.
I can go by myself."
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00:16:21,806 --> 00:16:24,374
-[bell dings]
-[Barker] And there is the six
down there in the piggy bank.
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00:16:24,418 --> 00:16:28,204
-[Barker speaks indistinctly]
-[crowd shouting]
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00:16:28,248 --> 00:16:30,946
[Barker]
He wants the one!
Light up that one!
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00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:32,252
[bell dings]
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00:16:32,295 --> 00:16:33,688
[Dobkowitz]
Well, first of all, we were
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00:16:33,731 --> 00:16:36,734
very, very absolutely
100% proud of this.
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00:16:36,778 --> 00:16:39,563
We would tape
a 60-minute show
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00:16:39,607 --> 00:16:41,652
in 60 minutes.
381
00:16:41,696 --> 00:16:43,611
Marc Breslow
our first director,
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00:16:43,654 --> 00:16:45,830
and I'd say, "Well, how did
the show went, Marc?"
383
00:16:45,874 --> 00:16:48,137
And he'd say,
"No editing tonight."
384
00:16:48,181 --> 00:16:51,053
We had just completed
a 60-minute show.
385
00:16:51,097 --> 00:16:53,534
And one of the reasons
why Bob did,
386
00:16:53,577 --> 00:16:55,014
and he said, "Roger,
387
00:16:55,057 --> 00:16:57,451
"when you do
the show to time,
388
00:16:57,494 --> 00:16:58,974
you become the editor."
389
00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,282
[Slauson]
And I would go to the show
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00:17:02,325 --> 00:17:04,023
whenever I had time
off from school,
391
00:17:04,066 --> 00:17:07,026
and was a first,
second-year teacher at the time
392
00:17:07,069 --> 00:17:09,158
so summer school
was not just an option,
393
00:17:09,202 --> 00:17:12,509
it was kind of a
"have to do this
to make ends meet."
394
00:17:12,553 --> 00:17:14,076
In the summer of 1990,
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00:17:14,120 --> 00:17:15,991
July 4th fell on a Wednesday,
396
00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:17,253
and "Price is Right"
used to tape
397
00:17:17,297 --> 00:17:18,646
on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesdays.
398
00:17:18,689 --> 00:17:20,169
And so, I called the show,
399
00:17:20,213 --> 00:17:21,431
or I called CBS.
400
00:17:21,475 --> 00:17:23,520
"Uh, no, we're not
taping on the 4th.
401
00:17:23,564 --> 00:17:25,087
We're taping on
the 1st, 2nd and 3rd."
402
00:17:25,131 --> 00:17:26,567
And hung up.
403
00:17:26,610 --> 00:17:28,003
I better call back
and make sure.
404
00:17:28,047 --> 00:17:29,178
So I called back and I said,
405
00:17:29,222 --> 00:17:30,745
"Are you taping
on Sunday, July 1?"
406
00:17:30,788 --> 00:17:32,529
And they said, "Yes, we are,"
and I said, "Great."
407
00:17:32,573 --> 00:17:33,574
[bell dings]
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00:17:33,617 --> 00:17:35,141
So I went down,
409
00:17:35,184 --> 00:17:36,577
and got my hotel,
410
00:17:36,620 --> 00:17:38,361
and got my tickets,
411
00:17:38,405 --> 00:17:39,797
and got in line
the next morning,
412
00:17:39,841 --> 00:17:41,538
and got into the studio.
413
00:17:41,582 --> 00:17:43,497
I had fairly good seats.
414
00:17:43,540 --> 00:17:45,499
I think I'm in the fifth row.
415
00:17:45,542 --> 00:17:47,631
I've now gotten
a little frustrated
416
00:17:47,675 --> 00:17:49,633
that people aren't
listening to my bidding
417
00:17:49,677 --> 00:17:51,026
and yelling and helping.
418
00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:53,463
As soon as the first item
up for bids was described,
419
00:17:53,507 --> 00:17:55,813
as soon as Rod
finished the description,
420
00:17:55,857 --> 00:17:56,945
I yelled out...
421
00:17:56,988 --> 00:17:58,555
[Slauson in background] 1250!
422
00:17:58,599 --> 00:18:00,166
Now there's the first bid...
423
00:18:00,209 --> 00:18:03,212
...of "The Price is Right"
and everyone starts laughing.
424
00:18:03,256 --> 00:18:05,127
And he proceeds to tell them,
425
00:18:05,171 --> 00:18:08,478
"Now, one of you,
whoever gets the closest
to the actual retail price
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00:18:08,522 --> 00:18:09,740
will win that...
427
00:18:09,784 --> 00:18:13,135
And you, sir, have
no chance of winning it.
428
00:18:13,179 --> 00:18:14,919
And they put the camera
on me at that point,
429
00:18:14,963 --> 00:18:16,834
and I'm laughing,
thinking, "Oh.
430
00:18:16,878 --> 00:18:18,880
You should not
have said that."
431
00:18:18,923 --> 00:18:20,708
And you can't
see it on the film,
432
00:18:20,751 --> 00:18:22,840
because they changed
the shot to the contestants,
433
00:18:22,884 --> 00:18:25,104
but his eyebrows
went from about here
434
00:18:25,147 --> 00:18:27,236
-to about here.
-[Barker] Stand up out there.
What is your name?
435
00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:28,585
Theodore?
436
00:18:28,629 --> 00:18:31,980
The actual retail
price is $1250.
437
00:18:32,023 --> 00:18:35,157
And it's fun when somebody
would know the exact price.
438
00:18:35,201 --> 00:18:36,811
The whole audience
would scream.
439
00:18:36,854 --> 00:18:38,987
"Yay! You know the exact price!"
440
00:18:39,030 --> 00:18:41,250
And then Bob would
turn to the audience,
441
00:18:41,294 --> 00:18:42,817
and say, "You see?
442
00:18:42,860 --> 00:18:44,166
"Watch every day,
443
00:18:44,210 --> 00:18:46,473
"and you can become
a good shopper.
444
00:18:46,516 --> 00:18:48,779
Just like John here."
445
00:18:48,823 --> 00:18:51,173
-Theodore is a bidder, isn't he?
-Yeah, I owe him one.
446
00:18:51,217 --> 00:18:52,479
The show went to commercial,
447
00:18:52,522 --> 00:18:54,002
and usually what would happen
448
00:18:54,045 --> 00:18:55,830
is they would reintroduce Bob,
449
00:18:55,873 --> 00:18:57,875
and Bob would talk
to the audience and say,
450
00:18:57,919 --> 00:18:59,355
"Thank you so much for coming,
451
00:18:59,399 --> 00:19:01,488
and you know, does anyone
have any questions?"
452
00:19:01,531 --> 00:19:02,750
And blah, blah, blah.
453
00:19:02,793 --> 00:19:04,926
That day, he pretty much
came down and he said,
454
00:19:04,969 --> 00:19:06,928
"Theodore, you watch
'The Price is Right.'"
455
00:19:06,971 --> 00:19:09,191
And he just kind of
interacted with me.
456
00:19:09,235 --> 00:19:12,281
Sometimes the first game
runs really short.
457
00:19:12,325 --> 00:19:14,631
It may have been scheduled
to go six minutes.
458
00:19:14,675 --> 00:19:15,763
And it only goes three minutes
459
00:19:15,806 --> 00:19:17,547
because the person
loses right away
460
00:19:17,591 --> 00:19:19,201
or wins right away.
461
00:19:19,245 --> 00:19:21,812
So this gives Bob
two extra minutes.
462
00:19:21,856 --> 00:19:23,249
The stage manager
told him, you know,
463
00:19:23,292 --> 00:19:25,120
"We got 15 seconds,"
or whatever.
464
00:19:25,164 --> 00:19:26,730
And he goes, "Oh,
is it time to smile?"
465
00:19:26,774 --> 00:19:28,210
And everyone would laugh.
466
00:19:28,254 --> 00:19:30,125
And Susan, who was a
contestant in Contestant's Row,
467
00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:33,084
turned around and she mouthed
the words, "Help me."
468
00:19:33,128 --> 00:19:34,825
Well, Bob happened to notice,
469
00:19:34,869 --> 00:19:37,524
like, the very last part
of this interaction
470
00:19:37,567 --> 00:19:40,222
about two seconds before
they went back on the air.
471
00:19:40,266 --> 00:19:45,009
Susan was just overtly flirting
with Theodore out here.
472
00:19:45,053 --> 00:19:46,750
And I thought, "Wow,
that was pretty good."
473
00:19:46,794 --> 00:19:48,752
That he caught that
that quickly,
474
00:19:48,796 --> 00:19:50,754
and turned it into
something on the show.
475
00:19:50,798 --> 00:19:54,062
I mean, that kinda really showed
what a good host he was.
476
00:19:54,105 --> 00:19:56,760
So, of course, now I've got
someone listening to me.
477
00:19:56,804 --> 00:19:58,066
And they bring out an item
478
00:19:58,109 --> 00:19:59,763
I've never seen
before in my life.
479
00:19:59,807 --> 00:20:01,504
[Roddy]
A lovely area rug!
480
00:20:01,548 --> 00:20:04,855
The models are,
you know, petting it
while Rod's describing it.
481
00:20:04,899 --> 00:20:08,032
I'm looking at Susan,
and I'm like, "I don't know."
482
00:20:08,076 --> 00:20:09,338
Go for $1,000.
483
00:20:09,382 --> 00:20:12,602
And she ended up
bidding $1450 or something.
484
00:20:12,646 --> 00:20:14,474
She went way over
what I had said.
485
00:20:14,517 --> 00:20:16,650
Is that your bid or did you
get that from Theodore?
486
00:20:16,693 --> 00:20:19,609
And Bob reads the price
and it was $1059.
487
00:20:19,653 --> 00:20:22,177
And that kind of surprised me
that I was that close.
488
00:20:22,221 --> 00:20:23,570
They called down
the next person,
489
00:20:23,613 --> 00:20:24,875
and they bring out the item,
490
00:20:24,919 --> 00:20:26,616
and I can tell,
kind of immediately,
491
00:20:26,660 --> 00:20:28,792
it's these little
Emmett Kelly figurines.
492
00:20:28,836 --> 00:20:31,186
One of the other contestants
actually turned around
and looked at me,
493
00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:33,667
and I was like,
"Oh, I can't give
her the right bid,"
494
00:20:33,710 --> 00:20:35,408
'cause I kind of promised
Susan I'd help her.
495
00:20:35,451 --> 00:20:37,018
So Susan finally turned around.
496
00:20:37,061 --> 00:20:40,848
And I told her,
you know, "$695."
497
00:20:40,891 --> 00:20:42,110
I used to be much
better at that.
498
00:20:42,153 --> 00:20:45,287
-[Barker] $695
-[Susan screaming]
499
00:20:45,331 --> 00:20:48,247
It was $695, and Susan's
going up on stage.
500
00:20:48,290 --> 00:20:50,205
And he said, "Well, I have
to ask her, don't I?"
501
00:20:50,249 --> 00:20:52,338
-Did Theodore give you that?
-Yes, he did.
502
00:20:52,381 --> 00:20:55,254
-Theodore!
-[applause]
503
00:20:55,297 --> 00:20:57,560
Will dinner tonight
be separate checks?
504
00:20:57,604 --> 00:21:00,171
-I'll pay.
-There you are, Theodore.
505
00:21:01,347 --> 00:21:03,827
Whether you get
on stage or not, Theodore,
506
00:21:03,871 --> 00:21:06,874
you've won a little prize
on "The Price is Right."
507
00:21:06,917 --> 00:21:08,832
Um...
508
00:21:08,876 --> 00:21:10,747
Meanwhile, they've
opened the doors
509
00:21:10,791 --> 00:21:13,272
on the prize that
she's gonna play for
in The Check Game,
510
00:21:13,315 --> 00:21:15,274
and it's a big-screen TV.
511
00:21:15,317 --> 00:21:16,884
And back in those days,
512
00:21:16,927 --> 00:21:19,756
they would usually have the
contestant's reaction on the TV,
513
00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:20,975
so you could kind of
see the prize
514
00:21:21,018 --> 00:21:22,759
and the reaction
at the same time.
515
00:21:22,803 --> 00:21:24,892
Well, that day, because
of what was going on,
516
00:21:24,935 --> 00:21:27,503
they instead had me
on the big-screen TV.
517
00:21:27,547 --> 00:21:29,288
[Roddy]
A big-screen TV!
518
00:21:31,072 --> 00:21:32,552
When Rod described it,
519
00:21:32,595 --> 00:21:35,729
I knew the TV
was the $3900 TV.
520
00:21:35,772 --> 00:21:38,862
And so I knew, in order
for her to get to $6,000,
521
00:21:38,906 --> 00:21:40,647
which is the most you can win,
522
00:21:40,690 --> 00:21:42,953
that she needed to
write the check for $2100.
523
00:21:42,997 --> 00:21:46,174
-And Susan, you know how
to play this game, don't you?
-Sort of.
524
00:21:46,217 --> 00:21:49,046
-[Barker] Sort of?
-I was trying to tell her $2100.
525
00:21:49,090 --> 00:21:50,831
You can actually
see me at one point.
526
00:21:50,874 --> 00:21:53,660
Kind of finishing off the $2100,
and then doing it again.
527
00:21:55,270 --> 00:21:58,882
I started yelling, "No! No! No!"
528
00:21:58,926 --> 00:22:00,144
And she just kept going,
529
00:22:00,188 --> 00:22:02,016
and she wrote it
for $3,000, and so...
530
00:22:02,059 --> 00:22:04,235
-[Barker] $6,900.
-[buzzer sounds]
531
00:22:04,279 --> 00:22:07,064
-[Barker] Maybe Theodore
will leave the tip.
-[Slauson] I'm just like, nope.
532
00:22:07,108 --> 00:22:08,805
Nope, not gonna do it.
533
00:22:08,849 --> 00:22:10,154
You know, Bob
walked back down
534
00:22:10,198 --> 00:22:11,634
to the kind of the
front of the stage,
535
00:22:11,678 --> 00:22:14,028
and he goes, "Well, Theodore,
what happened there?"
536
00:22:14,071 --> 00:22:15,595
And I didn't even
have to say a word.
537
00:22:15,638 --> 00:22:18,380
I had 300 people
jump to my defense
at the same time,
538
00:22:18,424 --> 00:22:20,251
and so loud
539
00:22:20,295 --> 00:22:22,906
that he was looking around.
He's like "What? What? What?"
540
00:22:22,950 --> 00:22:26,388
And he actually gave--
he redeemed me
541
00:22:26,432 --> 00:22:29,130
when they went back on
during the Showcase Showdown,
542
00:22:29,173 --> 00:22:31,132
and he had Susan spin the wheel,
543
00:22:31,175 --> 00:22:33,613
and he said, "I was talking
with the audience
during that commercial..."
544
00:22:33,656 --> 00:22:35,397
-Didn't you hear Theodore?
-No, I didn't.
545
00:22:35,441 --> 00:22:37,704
He told you to write
the check for $2100.
546
00:22:37,747 --> 00:22:39,662
You'd have had
exactly $6,000.
547
00:22:39,706 --> 00:22:40,794
So, oh, and by the way,
548
00:22:40,837 --> 00:22:42,186
I'm still waiting
for that dinner.
549
00:22:42,230 --> 00:22:45,364
It's been, uh, what are we on,
25... 27 years?
550
00:22:45,407 --> 00:22:47,366
[Roddy]
A ceiling fan light!
551
00:22:47,409 --> 00:22:49,411
They had several from
that same manufacturer
552
00:22:49,455 --> 00:22:51,065
but they were all...
-$500.
553
00:22:51,108 --> 00:22:53,850
-[bell ringing]
-[Barker] Another $100 bonus.
554
00:22:53,894 --> 00:22:55,591
And then, in the second
part of the show,
555
00:22:55,635 --> 00:22:59,639
Bob kind of stopped, you know,
referring to me on the air.
556
00:22:59,682 --> 00:23:01,597
And I thought, "Okay,
that's fine. Whatever."
557
00:23:01,641 --> 00:23:03,686
[Roddy]
A new car!
558
00:23:03,730 --> 00:23:05,253
The car that they
had on that day
559
00:23:05,296 --> 00:23:07,255
was the exact same car
I had seen
560
00:23:07,298 --> 00:23:09,257
a couple tapings prior.
561
00:23:09,300 --> 00:23:10,824
And it was very memorable,
562
00:23:10,867 --> 00:23:13,043
because the contestant
played Lucky 7,
563
00:23:13,087 --> 00:23:15,132
and he got the first three
numbers on the nose,
564
00:23:15,176 --> 00:23:16,351
which never happens,
565
00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:19,963
and it was a $7,659 car.
566
00:23:20,007 --> 00:23:22,749
Tens and face cards are $1,000.
567
00:23:22,792 --> 00:23:25,273
[Slauson yelling]
Seventy-six, fifty-nine!
568
00:23:25,316 --> 00:23:28,668
The number on the card
in hundred's of dollars.
569
00:23:28,711 --> 00:23:30,060
[audience laughing]
570
00:23:30,104 --> 00:23:31,627
[Barker laughs]
Ace's are wild.
571
00:23:31,671 --> 00:23:34,413
Theodore is still
out there, isn't he, yeah?
572
00:23:34,456 --> 00:23:36,806
He asked me, you know,
"What is the price again?"
573
00:23:36,850 --> 00:23:38,460
And I told him,
and he goes, "All right.
574
00:23:38,504 --> 00:23:40,941
You can take that
for what it's worth"
to the contestant.
575
00:23:40,984 --> 00:23:42,899
She had to be within
$800 of the price.
576
00:23:42,943 --> 00:23:44,292
$400, please.
577
00:23:44,335 --> 00:23:46,033
We're all like,
"Stop, stop, stop."
578
00:23:46,076 --> 00:23:47,904
And she goes, "One more!"
579
00:23:49,340 --> 00:23:51,517
And she pulls another card
and it was an ace.
580
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,432
And I'm like,
"This'll be awesome."
581
00:23:53,475 --> 00:23:54,694
She can get it
right on the nose.
582
00:23:54,737 --> 00:23:56,870
So I'm like, "$459, $459."
583
00:23:56,913 --> 00:23:58,045
I'll make that $500.
584
00:23:58,088 --> 00:23:59,655
-[Barker] $500.
-[Slauson yelling] No!
585
00:23:59,699 --> 00:24:01,527
[Barker]
$7700 is her bid.
586
00:24:01,570 --> 00:24:04,225
And we're all like,
"What are you doing?"
587
00:24:04,268 --> 00:24:06,488
So, we're thinking,
okay, she's gonna be over.
588
00:24:06,532 --> 00:24:08,969
[Barker]
$8,694.
589
00:24:09,012 --> 00:24:13,582
-A difference of $994.
-[buzzer sounds]
590
00:24:13,626 --> 00:24:16,324
And I might add, Theodore,
591
00:24:16,367 --> 00:24:18,152
nobody is perfect.
592
00:24:18,195 --> 00:24:20,459
-[laughter]
-[Barker] Thank you, Lisa.
593
00:24:20,502 --> 00:24:22,722
-[applause]
-["Price is Right"
theme song playing]
594
00:24:22,765 --> 00:24:24,680
[Barker]
We will have the second
Showcase Showdown...
595
00:24:24,724 --> 00:24:26,247
[Slauson]
They went to commercial,
596
00:24:26,290 --> 00:24:28,858
and the producer came over
and spoke to Bob for a second,
597
00:24:28,902 --> 00:24:30,599
and he said,
"Well, Theodore,
598
00:24:30,643 --> 00:24:32,558
"Roger just told me
something interesting.
599
00:24:32,601 --> 00:24:34,516
"He said we do have
a model of that car
600
00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,345
"that's $7,659.
601
00:24:37,388 --> 00:24:38,955
"But we put different
options on them
602
00:24:38,999 --> 00:24:40,696
to fool people like you."
603
00:24:40,740 --> 00:24:43,569
[laughing]
604
00:24:43,612 --> 00:24:45,222
Basically, what I learned
from that was,
605
00:24:45,266 --> 00:24:46,746
I'm gonna have to
start listening carefully
606
00:24:46,789 --> 00:24:48,965
to what options they have
on the different cars,
607
00:24:49,009 --> 00:24:50,619
and kind of price that out.
608
00:24:50,663 --> 00:24:52,273
And as years went by,
609
00:24:52,316 --> 00:24:54,231
with the Internet that
actually became really easy,
610
00:24:54,275 --> 00:24:56,930
because you could go on
a manufacturer's website,
611
00:24:56,973 --> 00:24:59,280
and find the options
and see what they were worth.
612
00:24:59,323 --> 00:25:01,630
So it really made it
much easier.
613
00:25:01,674 --> 00:25:04,590
By the time I was walking out
to where my truck was,
614
00:25:04,633 --> 00:25:07,723
people were already leaving,
and it was hilarious to me,
615
00:25:07,767 --> 00:25:10,204
because everyone was rolling
down their windows and going,
616
00:25:10,247 --> 00:25:12,554
"Bye, Theodore!
Good luck, Theodore!
617
00:25:12,598 --> 00:25:14,251
"I hope you get on
the show, Theodore!
618
00:25:14,295 --> 00:25:15,426
Bye, Theodore!"
619
00:25:15,470 --> 00:25:17,254
It was just like
I was this celebrity.
620
00:25:17,298 --> 00:25:20,170
And it was just the
most awesome feeling.
621
00:25:20,214 --> 00:25:21,824
[bell dings]
622
00:25:25,611 --> 00:25:27,395
[Barker]
I live right here in Hollywood.
623
00:25:27,438 --> 00:25:29,179
They have tour buses
all the time.
624
00:25:29,223 --> 00:25:33,314
I can't go out the door,
when there's not one
going by it seems.
625
00:25:33,357 --> 00:25:35,708
And I think a lot
of the guys just...
626
00:25:35,751 --> 00:25:37,971
"Hi," and you know,
go out quickly.
627
00:25:38,014 --> 00:25:39,407
But I talk with them.
628
00:25:39,450 --> 00:25:41,148
[laughing]
629
00:25:41,191 --> 00:25:43,672
I stand out there
and talk with them.
630
00:25:43,716 --> 00:25:45,152
And someone asked me,
631
00:25:45,195 --> 00:25:46,893
they said, "Why do you do that?
632
00:25:46,936 --> 00:25:48,677
Why?" I said, "Listen.
633
00:25:48,721 --> 00:25:51,506
Without those people,
I would've had to
work for a living."
634
00:25:51,550 --> 00:25:52,855
[laughing]
635
00:25:52,899 --> 00:25:54,422
It's the least I can do.
636
00:25:56,076 --> 00:25:57,773
So, in early '91,
637
00:25:57,817 --> 00:25:59,645
my partner and I went
down to the show.
638
00:25:59,688 --> 00:26:01,472
It was his first time going
to "The Price is Right."
639
00:26:01,516 --> 00:26:04,040
And we got in line
early in the morning,
640
00:26:04,084 --> 00:26:06,608
and a young
African-American
woman sat,
641
00:26:06,652 --> 00:26:08,349
-I think she was
behind us in line.
-[bell dings]
642
00:26:08,392 --> 00:26:10,438
Her family was supposed
to come with her,
643
00:26:10,481 --> 00:26:11,874
and they all kinda
bailed on her,
644
00:26:11,918 --> 00:26:13,223
and so, we kinda
made friends with her
645
00:26:13,267 --> 00:26:14,877
during the course of the day.
646
00:26:14,921 --> 00:26:16,400
And she thought
I was gonna get picked,
647
00:26:16,444 --> 00:26:18,054
and I thought my partner
was gonna get picked,
648
00:26:18,098 --> 00:26:20,013
and he thought she was
gonna get picked.
649
00:26:20,056 --> 00:26:22,537
Lorren Reynolds is
the last name they call,
650
00:26:22,581 --> 00:26:24,844
and she screamed,
probably a good five seconds,
651
00:26:24,887 --> 00:26:27,237
and jumped up.
Oh my God, this is so cool!
652
00:26:27,281 --> 00:26:30,066
Somebody I've been talking to
all day has gotten picked.
653
00:26:30,110 --> 00:26:32,678
-[Roddy] A GE Microwave.
-[Barker] Lauren,
what do you say?
654
00:26:32,721 --> 00:26:34,680
$1,399!
655
00:26:34,723 --> 00:26:37,247
-[bell dinging]
-Oh, a kiss. Thanks.
656
00:26:37,291 --> 00:26:40,250
She played the game Bump
for two prizes.
657
00:26:40,294 --> 00:26:42,557
And they don't even
play that game anymore,
658
00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:45,473
but back then, it was
like there were four cars,
659
00:26:45,516 --> 00:26:47,257
and you either had to
bump the cars this way
660
00:26:47,301 --> 00:26:48,650
or bump the cars that way
661
00:26:48,694 --> 00:26:51,000
to represent the prices
of the two prizes.
662
00:26:51,044 --> 00:26:53,437
-They say that way!
-[Barker] Is Lorren a winner?
663
00:26:53,481 --> 00:26:56,440
-You are!
-So, she wins.
She's very excited.
664
00:26:56,484 --> 00:26:58,051
Uh, next contestant?
665
00:26:58,094 --> 00:27:00,096
-$1,049.
-[bell dings]
666
00:27:00,140 --> 00:27:03,012
-[bell clanging]
-[Barker] Another perfect bid.
667
00:27:04,144 --> 00:27:05,667
I'm telling you.
668
00:27:05,711 --> 00:27:08,278
We're not fooling around today.
669
00:27:08,322 --> 00:27:10,193
I was one of the lucky teachers
670
00:27:10,237 --> 00:27:12,979
who had an off period
at the end of the day.
671
00:27:13,022 --> 00:27:15,155
And one day, I was in
my classroom working,
672
00:27:15,198 --> 00:27:16,809
and this kid
popped their head in,
673
00:27:16,852 --> 00:27:19,072
and they're like,
"We're doing a survey
for the newspaper.
674
00:27:19,115 --> 00:27:20,508
"Who would you want
for your valentine
675
00:27:20,551 --> 00:27:22,118
if you could have
anyone you wanted?"
676
00:27:22,162 --> 00:27:25,165
And I'm just like,
"I don't know."
677
00:27:25,208 --> 00:27:26,862
And I just went
"Holly from
'The Price is Right.'"
678
00:27:26,906 --> 00:27:29,299
[Barker]
Here comes the lovely Holly
679
00:27:29,343 --> 00:27:30,953
with the lovely prize.
680
00:27:30,997 --> 00:27:33,390
And so it actually made it
into the school newspaper,
681
00:27:33,434 --> 00:27:36,132
and I clipped the article
and brought it with me.
682
00:27:36,176 --> 00:27:39,570
The tea set I knew
was $1250.
683
00:27:39,614 --> 00:27:41,224
-[bell clanging]
-[Barker] Can you believe it?
684
00:27:41,268 --> 00:27:43,749
Holly actually brought
that out from the wings,
685
00:27:43,792 --> 00:27:46,186
right over kinda
where we were sitting.
686
00:27:46,229 --> 00:27:48,057
Well, this might be
the perfect time.
687
00:27:48,101 --> 00:27:50,843
I can just give it to her
while she's walking back up
with the tea set.
688
00:27:50,886 --> 00:27:54,107
Well, apparently the gold-plated
tea sets are really heavy,
689
00:27:54,150 --> 00:27:56,631
so when she was pulling it
back from Contestant's Row,
690
00:27:56,675 --> 00:27:58,459
and walking up, she had
this look on her face,
691
00:27:58,502 --> 00:27:59,895
like, "I'm gonna
drop this thing."
692
00:27:59,939 --> 00:28:02,028
And I didn't want to be this
weird stalker guy going,
693
00:28:02,071 --> 00:28:04,639
"Here!" and you know,
throw this thing at her.
694
00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:06,336
[Barker]
55 cents total.
695
00:28:06,380 --> 00:28:07,773
And I thought, well,
there's no way
696
00:28:07,816 --> 00:28:09,775
she's going to the
Showcase with 55 cents.
697
00:28:09,818 --> 00:28:12,212
And the second person ended up,
698
00:28:12,255 --> 00:28:14,040
I think only with 40 cents,
699
00:28:14,083 --> 00:28:15,128
and the third person, I think,
700
00:28:15,171 --> 00:28:16,869
ended up with
even less than that.
701
00:28:16,912 --> 00:28:18,653
And we were just
shocked that she was,
702
00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:20,350
you know, going
to the Showcase.
703
00:28:20,394 --> 00:28:22,962
Ended up giving
her bid of $9500.
704
00:28:23,005 --> 00:28:25,007
They went ahead and
showed the second Showcase.
705
00:28:25,051 --> 00:28:26,530
It was another one
where I thought
706
00:28:26,574 --> 00:28:28,445
"Okay, I know most of these.
707
00:28:28,489 --> 00:28:30,447
And generally,
how much it's gonna be."
708
00:28:30,491 --> 00:28:33,320
And when he bid,
I was like, "Uh-oh,
this might be really close."
709
00:28:33,363 --> 00:28:36,018
Difference of $1,814.
710
00:28:36,062 --> 00:28:38,542
Then I thought, "Okay,
well, she's closer than that."
711
00:28:38,586 --> 00:28:40,675
-Lauren...
-Or she's over.
712
00:28:40,719 --> 00:28:41,720
But I don't know which.
713
00:28:41,763 --> 00:28:44,679
$9,846.
714
00:28:44,723 --> 00:28:47,943
You win with a
difference of $346.
715
00:28:47,987 --> 00:28:51,468
[Lauren] I can't believe it.
This is the best show
in the world!
716
00:28:51,512 --> 00:28:53,688
[Barker]
Oh, it gets better...
717
00:28:53,732 --> 00:28:55,646
There's Theodore!
There's Theodore!
718
00:28:55,690 --> 00:28:57,736
"There's Theodore!
There's Theodore!"
719
00:28:57,779 --> 00:29:00,869
Which, you know,
because I helped her.
720
00:29:00,913 --> 00:29:03,959
So, she comes down
off the turntable,
721
00:29:04,003 --> 00:29:05,656
and we give her hugs.
722
00:29:05,700 --> 00:29:08,050
At that point, the models
had started coming out
from backstage
723
00:29:08,094 --> 00:29:09,922
to, you know, walk us
over to the prizes.
724
00:29:09,965 --> 00:29:11,793
And Holly had walked
right up to me,
725
00:29:11,837 --> 00:29:14,013
and just said, "Hey!"
or "Hi" or whatever.
726
00:29:14,056 --> 00:29:16,580
And it was like, "Oh, hey."
727
00:29:16,624 --> 00:29:19,235
I proceeded to
tell her very quickly
728
00:29:19,279 --> 00:29:21,760
the story about the article
in the school newspaper,
729
00:29:21,803 --> 00:29:23,500
and she was like,
"That's so great!"
730
00:29:23,544 --> 00:29:25,676
And she kinda
gave me a kind of a hug.
731
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,330
We started walking
over to the prizes,
732
00:29:27,374 --> 00:29:29,245
walking over to the bedroom.
733
00:29:29,289 --> 00:29:30,725
She had kind of
pushed me forward
734
00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:31,900
'cause I wasn't in the shot.
735
00:29:31,944 --> 00:29:33,902
And we're, like, waving goodbye.
736
00:29:33,946 --> 00:29:35,904
Then the show went off the air.
737
00:29:35,948 --> 00:29:38,298
Holly's just chatting with me
like we're old buddies.
738
00:29:38,341 --> 00:29:40,996
It was just kind of
a really neat moment, and...
739
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,391
[Barker]
Well, I said to a
contestant one day,
740
00:29:44,434 --> 00:29:45,740
who was very complimentary,
741
00:29:45,784 --> 00:29:47,655
and had watched
the show for years.
742
00:29:47,698 --> 00:29:50,223
I said, "You're a
loyal friend and true."
743
00:29:50,266 --> 00:29:51,964
And it kind of got a reaction.
744
00:29:52,007 --> 00:29:54,140
And I started saying it.
745
00:29:54,183 --> 00:29:57,143
If they were a loyal
friend and true, why,
746
00:29:57,186 --> 00:30:00,363
that was, as you said,
like knighting them.
747
00:30:00,407 --> 00:30:03,627
It's nice to meet you.
It's an honor to meet you.
748
00:30:03,671 --> 00:30:06,935
You know everything-- Oh!
749
00:30:06,979 --> 00:30:09,329
[indistinct]
750
00:30:09,372 --> 00:30:12,201
[Dobkowitz]
The most extreme LFATs.
751
00:30:12,245 --> 00:30:13,724
They'd watch every day,
752
00:30:13,768 --> 00:30:15,857
learn what our prices are,
753
00:30:15,901 --> 00:30:17,076
they're wonderful.
754
00:30:17,119 --> 00:30:18,555
I changed the fonts one time.
755
00:30:18,599 --> 00:30:20,340
They were discussing that.
756
00:30:20,383 --> 00:30:22,298
And some people liked it,
and some people didn't.
757
00:30:22,342 --> 00:30:23,909
Whether they liked it or didn't,
758
00:30:23,952 --> 00:30:25,824
they were still
loyal friends and true.
759
00:30:25,867 --> 00:30:27,956
'Cause they were
discussing the font.
760
00:30:36,486 --> 00:30:38,097
[Slauson]
Having been to two tapings
761
00:30:38,140 --> 00:30:39,272
and having been, you know,
762
00:30:39,315 --> 00:30:41,491
there was always a sense
of disappointment
763
00:30:41,535 --> 00:30:42,579
at the end of the show.
764
00:30:42,623 --> 00:30:44,103
Even though it was
fun to be there,
765
00:30:44,146 --> 00:30:45,321
and fun to watch people win,
766
00:30:45,365 --> 00:30:47,149
there was always
that feeling of
767
00:30:47,193 --> 00:30:49,369
"Well, they didn't
pick me again."
768
00:30:49,412 --> 00:30:51,937
And I've been here, you know,
x number of times.
769
00:30:51,980 --> 00:30:55,462
So I'd been to the Monday show,
been to the Tuesday show,
770
00:30:55,505 --> 00:30:57,246
gonna stay for
the Wednesday show.
771
00:30:57,290 --> 00:31:00,293
I brought the Holly shirt
that I wore to the first taping.
772
00:31:00,336 --> 00:31:02,730
Had the shirt on, and a
lot of people were like,
773
00:31:02,773 --> 00:31:05,689
"Ooh, he's got. Ooh."
They were all kinda
intrigued by it.
774
00:31:07,126 --> 00:31:10,781
This is the famous
"I'm here to kiss Holly" shirt.
775
00:31:12,827 --> 00:31:16,352
And here's the back of the
"I'm here to kiss Holly" shirt.
776
00:31:16,396 --> 00:31:19,965
I figured, okay, I'd better
probably say something
about it this time.
777
00:31:20,008 --> 00:31:22,228
'Cause that other time,
you know.
778
00:31:22,271 --> 00:31:24,360
Producer just kinda
looked at it and said,
779
00:31:24,404 --> 00:31:25,927
"You've got lips for Holly."
780
00:31:25,971 --> 00:31:28,799
And I figured, maybe I'll,
you know, think of something.
781
00:31:28,843 --> 00:31:31,541
Some of them...
782
00:31:31,585 --> 00:31:33,195
They weren't picked,
783
00:31:33,239 --> 00:31:35,458
because their time
wasn't ripe yet.
784
00:31:35,502 --> 00:31:37,243
We're standing there
and we're ready,
785
00:31:37,286 --> 00:31:39,462
and he's talking to
the people on my right.
786
00:31:39,506 --> 00:31:41,290
He gets to me and
he goes, "Theodore!
787
00:31:41,334 --> 00:31:43,423
Good to see you again."
And I said thank you.
788
00:31:43,466 --> 00:31:45,468
You know, we try to find
exciting contestants
789
00:31:45,512 --> 00:31:47,688
of people that people
can warm up to.
790
00:31:47,731 --> 00:31:51,518
I said, "I'm still a
middle school math teacher,
791
00:31:51,561 --> 00:31:53,694
and I'm still on my
longest vacation ever."
792
00:31:53,737 --> 00:31:55,304
Which is what I had
said the two days before.
793
00:31:55,348 --> 00:31:57,045
But what happens
is they pick someone
794
00:31:57,089 --> 00:31:58,612
who's more
and more hungry.
795
00:31:58,655 --> 00:32:00,527
Thirty. Forty! [exclaims]
796
00:32:00,570 --> 00:32:01,963
Forget the refrigerator,
797
00:32:02,007 --> 00:32:03,312
forget the new car.
798
00:32:03,356 --> 00:32:05,401
This is why I'm here,
and I pointed to my shirt.
799
00:32:05,445 --> 00:32:07,795
And he looked at it
and started laughing.
800
00:32:07,838 --> 00:32:09,884
And it kinda made me stop
801
00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:11,190
in the middle of what
I was saying,
802
00:32:11,233 --> 00:32:13,148
'cause I thought,
"He's never laughed before.
803
00:32:13,192 --> 00:32:14,628
This is really different."
804
00:32:14,671 --> 00:32:17,848
Well, maybe they've become ripe,
805
00:32:17,892 --> 00:32:19,198
and then we pick them.
806
00:32:19,241 --> 00:32:21,156
[Roddy]
Theodore Slauson!
807
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,246
Come on down!
808
00:32:24,290 --> 00:32:27,119
You usually couldn't hear
names during the first four,
809
00:32:27,162 --> 00:32:28,598
because it's so loud in there,
810
00:32:28,642 --> 00:32:30,949
and they have cue cards
because of that.
811
00:32:30,992 --> 00:32:33,473
But I could hear my
first and last name
812
00:32:33,516 --> 00:32:34,996
pretty clearly.
813
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,563
In fact, so badly that
814
00:32:36,606 --> 00:32:37,912
the lady next to me,
815
00:32:37,956 --> 00:32:39,696
I think I put my hand
on her bare leg
816
00:32:39,740 --> 00:32:42,395
because I was like,
"Oh my God, they're
calling my name."
817
00:32:43,787 --> 00:32:45,441
You know, most people
would want to bid last,
818
00:32:45,485 --> 00:32:46,660
I wanted to bid first.
819
00:32:46,703 --> 00:32:48,705
So I ran kinda
to the other end.
820
00:32:48,749 --> 00:32:50,272
On TV, it looks like
it's you know,
821
00:32:50,316 --> 00:32:52,013
a pretty far distance.
822
00:32:52,057 --> 00:32:54,668
It really isn't.
It's about, you know,
six or seven steps.
823
00:32:54,711 --> 00:32:57,758
And what I remember is
it seemed like an eternity
824
00:32:57,801 --> 00:32:59,542
while they called
the other three people,
825
00:32:59,586 --> 00:33:01,022
and it probably doesn't help
826
00:33:01,066 --> 00:33:03,242
that I would have dreams
about going to the show,
827
00:33:03,285 --> 00:33:05,548
and getting picked,
and there'd be some stop down.
828
00:33:05,592 --> 00:33:07,115
And it would take forever,
829
00:33:07,159 --> 00:33:09,248
and they would never get
around to finishing the show,
830
00:33:09,291 --> 00:33:11,815
and I'd, you know, end up
waking up from the dream,
831
00:33:11,859 --> 00:33:13,861
and never having won anything.
832
00:33:13,904 --> 00:33:16,777
So I'm down there,
and I'm just like...
833
00:33:16,820 --> 00:33:18,387
"What do I do?
What do I do?"
834
00:33:18,431 --> 00:33:19,998
And next thing I know,
the doors are opening,
835
00:33:20,041 --> 00:33:21,086
and Bob's walking out.
836
00:33:21,129 --> 00:33:22,826
And it was interesting
837
00:33:22,870 --> 00:33:24,263
'cause he walked
a couple steps out
838
00:33:24,306 --> 00:33:25,655
and then he looked right at me.
839
00:33:25,699 --> 00:33:28,006
Theodore! You made it!
840
00:33:28,049 --> 00:33:31,052
-[cheering and applause]
-You made it!
841
00:33:31,096 --> 00:33:33,750
I was, you know,
very excited at that point.
842
00:33:33,794 --> 00:33:35,709
Theodore has been
a loyal friend and true.
843
00:33:35,752 --> 00:33:37,667
-How many times
have you been here?
-24.
844
00:33:37,711 --> 00:33:39,191
24 times.
845
00:33:39,234 --> 00:33:41,367
That really kinda surprised,
I think, a lot of people,
846
00:33:41,410 --> 00:33:44,761
because probably 95
to 99% of the audience,
847
00:33:44,805 --> 00:33:46,415
it's their first time.
848
00:33:46,459 --> 00:33:48,156
In fact, that's part
of Rod's warm-up
849
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,289
is "Ooh! Look at that.
An audience full of virgins."
850
00:33:54,423 --> 00:33:56,556
[Barker]
At last you're in
Contestant's Row.
851
00:33:56,599 --> 00:33:58,906
"I'm here to kiss Holly.
852
00:33:59,994 --> 00:34:01,256
Sorry, Bob."
853
00:34:01,300 --> 00:34:02,997
[laughter]
854
00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:04,390
And everyone's laughing,
855
00:34:04,433 --> 00:34:06,348
and he goes, "Theodore..."
856
00:34:06,392 --> 00:34:09,960
Yours is one kiss
I'll pass on,
if you don't mind.
857
00:34:10,004 --> 00:34:11,962
I knew from the moment
we made the shirt,
858
00:34:12,006 --> 00:34:15,096
if he got to see it,
he would make some
kind of funny remark,
859
00:34:15,140 --> 00:34:17,011
and he did.
Didn't disappoint me.
860
00:34:17,055 --> 00:34:18,491
[Roddy]
Lovely outdoor furniture!
861
00:34:20,101 --> 00:34:21,581
Made by Mallin.
862
00:34:21,624 --> 00:34:22,973
And at the time, I knew
863
00:34:23,017 --> 00:34:25,367
I had three of those
in my, kinda, database.
864
00:34:26,716 --> 00:34:29,110
I wasn't sure
which one this was.
865
00:34:29,154 --> 00:34:31,460
[Barker]
Theodore, what do you say?
866
00:34:31,504 --> 00:34:34,637
$1,414.
867
00:34:34,681 --> 00:34:36,639
Josephine, who was
the second contestant,
868
00:34:36,683 --> 00:34:38,598
did $1,417.
869
00:34:38,641 --> 00:34:40,513
So I thought, well,
if I'm not exactly right,
870
00:34:40,556 --> 00:34:42,819
I'm probably not
gonna win this.
871
00:34:42,863 --> 00:34:44,691
[Barker]
$1,578!
872
00:34:47,694 --> 00:34:50,914
He ended up playing
The Check Game
for a trip to Mexico.
873
00:34:50,958 --> 00:34:52,829
Which good thing
I didn't get up there,
874
00:34:52,873 --> 00:34:55,310
'cause trips were, you know,
always kind of a guess.
875
00:34:55,354 --> 00:34:57,399
He wins his game.
They go to commercial,
876
00:34:57,443 --> 00:34:58,966
and it's time
to start up again.
877
00:34:59,009 --> 00:35:01,490
And the next item's up for bid,
and it's a recliner.
878
00:35:01,534 --> 00:35:03,884
So I listen carefully
and I look at the monitor,
879
00:35:03,927 --> 00:35:05,233
and I see its Berkline.
880
00:35:11,109 --> 00:35:14,024
Wardell, who's just come down
to Contestant's Row bids first,
881
00:35:14,068 --> 00:35:16,244
and I'm thinking,
"Please don't bid $599.
882
00:35:16,288 --> 00:35:18,594
Please don't bid $599.
Please don't bid $599."
883
00:35:20,335 --> 00:35:22,163
$650.
884
00:35:22,207 --> 00:35:24,818
[Barker]
$650. Now, let's go up
here to Theodore.
885
00:35:24,861 --> 00:35:27,168
-[Slauson] $599.
-[Barker] $599.
886
00:35:27,212 --> 00:35:29,823
-[bell ringing]
-One of you is exactly right!
887
00:35:29,866 --> 00:35:33,783
$100 bonus for the
contestant who bid $599.
888
00:35:33,827 --> 00:35:35,220
Theodore!
889
00:35:35,263 --> 00:35:36,830
[Slauson]
Very happy, I go up on stage.
890
00:35:36,873 --> 00:35:39,702
I almost trip
going up the stairs.
891
00:35:39,746 --> 00:35:41,313
People say you don't
really understand it
892
00:35:41,356 --> 00:35:43,010
until you're on the stage,
and it's true.
893
00:35:43,053 --> 00:35:44,751
You get up there,
and you're just kinda like...
894
00:35:44,794 --> 00:35:46,448
"Oh my God,
I don't know what I'm doing.
895
00:35:46,492 --> 00:35:47,536
It's very exciting."
896
00:35:48,537 --> 00:35:50,191
So Bob says to me,
897
00:35:50,235 --> 00:35:53,325
"Now, in your 24
visits to the show,
898
00:35:53,368 --> 00:35:55,588
you've seen that recliner
before, haven't you?"
899
00:35:55,631 --> 00:35:57,198
And I said, "I think so."
900
00:35:57,242 --> 00:35:58,634
I was trying to be modest,
and he goes...
901
00:35:58,678 --> 00:36:00,810
-You know so!
You know so!
-I know so.
902
00:36:00,854 --> 00:36:02,812
Everyone starts laughing.
903
00:36:02,856 --> 00:36:06,381
Then he says,
"Now, Mr. Roddy has
good news for you."
904
00:36:06,425 --> 00:36:09,645
[Roddy]
Now, you got a chance
to win up to $10,000.
905
00:36:09,689 --> 00:36:12,213
The stagehand would
always have a cue card
906
00:36:12,257 --> 00:36:14,346
with the next pricing game
that they were gonna play.
907
00:36:14,389 --> 00:36:16,696
So Bob would kinda know
where he needed to go.
908
00:36:16,739 --> 00:36:18,915
I mean, with 50, 60, 70 games,
909
00:36:18,959 --> 00:36:21,048
you gotta kinda know
"Where am I going next?"
910
00:36:22,310 --> 00:36:23,746
And I had seen
that this game
911
00:36:23,790 --> 00:36:25,705
had started with a "P"
and it looked like a "U"
912
00:36:25,748 --> 00:36:28,229
and I thought, "Well,
Punchboard's for money.
913
00:36:28,273 --> 00:36:30,449
Money's always good."
You know, you don't...
914
00:36:30,492 --> 00:36:32,233
So he pulls me back,
915
00:36:32,277 --> 00:36:35,236
and proceeds to start
to explain, you know,
what we're gonna do,
916
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,760
and meanwhile,
the third door opens,
917
00:36:37,804 --> 00:36:40,110
and the prizes that I'm gonna
price are behind there.
918
00:36:40,154 --> 00:36:42,504
And Holly's gonna show
the prices of those.
919
00:36:42,548 --> 00:36:44,114
And she sees my shirt.
920
00:36:44,158 --> 00:36:47,553
As you well know,
you can win four punches
on the Punchboard.
921
00:36:47,596 --> 00:36:50,599
And starts-- she kinda
burst out laughing,
and Bob says...
922
00:36:50,643 --> 00:36:52,775
Come on, Holly,
give him a kiss.
923
00:36:52,819 --> 00:36:54,864
So he can concentrate
on what he's doing.
924
00:36:54,908 --> 00:36:57,040
"Come on, Holly,
give him his kiss."
925
00:36:57,084 --> 00:36:58,738
And so, she comes walking out,
926
00:36:58,781 --> 00:37:00,261
and he pushed me over.
927
00:37:00,305 --> 00:37:02,263
We kinda met
in the middle, and...
928
00:37:02,307 --> 00:37:04,352
[Barker]
There it is.
929
00:37:05,527 --> 00:37:06,876
[Slauson]
I thought we were done,
930
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:08,487
and she kinda
grabbed my face,
931
00:37:08,530 --> 00:37:10,053
and just planted one
right on my lips.
932
00:37:10,097 --> 00:37:12,969
[Barker]
That's enough, Theodore!
That's enough.
933
00:37:13,013 --> 00:37:14,493
I have to say that
if you've ever
934
00:37:14,536 --> 00:37:15,972
seen him kinda
guide contestants
935
00:37:16,016 --> 00:37:17,974
by grabbing them by the elbow,
936
00:37:18,018 --> 00:37:20,847
and he wasn't gentle
about it with me.
937
00:37:20,890 --> 00:37:22,501
That's what I remember.
938
00:37:22,544 --> 00:37:24,633
Was it was kind of like,
"Ooh, he's doing this
with a purpose."
939
00:37:24,677 --> 00:37:26,853
And he goes,
"That's enough, Theodore.
940
00:37:26,896 --> 00:37:29,072
That's enough.
I've got a show to do."
941
00:37:29,116 --> 00:37:31,031
And he's grabbing my arm
and pulling me back,
942
00:37:31,074 --> 00:37:34,600
and Holly's laughing
and going back
where she is, and...
943
00:37:34,643 --> 00:37:36,558
I don't want an engagement.
It's just a kiss!
944
00:37:36,602 --> 00:37:39,169
And Holly's, meanwhile,
motioning me
945
00:37:39,213 --> 00:37:40,301
to, like, wipe my lip,
946
00:37:40,345 --> 00:37:42,129
'cause I guess she got
something on me.
947
00:37:42,172 --> 00:37:44,218
So I'm trying to do
that not on camera,
948
00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:45,567
and it didn't
come out very well.
949
00:37:45,611 --> 00:37:47,265
'Cause you can still
see me do it.
950
00:37:47,308 --> 00:37:49,049
-Right price,
higher or lower?
-Lower.
951
00:37:49,092 --> 00:37:50,442
Lower, Holly.
That's right!
952
00:37:50,485 --> 00:37:51,747
It was $160.
953
00:37:51,791 --> 00:37:53,401
I mean, this thing
is this big.
954
00:37:53,445 --> 00:37:55,969
And you think, how can there be
$160 worth of stuff in that?
955
00:37:56,012 --> 00:37:57,797
But anyway...
956
00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:59,233
I got that one right.
957
00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:01,191
Second one was, I think,
the children's clothing.
958
00:38:01,235 --> 00:38:03,759
-[Barker] Higher!
-And I got that one right.
959
00:38:03,803 --> 00:38:05,544
And then there was
a dumbbell set.
960
00:38:05,587 --> 00:38:07,720
Higher! Yes, yes, yes.
961
00:38:07,763 --> 00:38:09,765
Hamilton Beach
photo laminator.
962
00:38:09,809 --> 00:38:12,072
I say that one's $50.
I know that one for sure.
963
00:38:12,115 --> 00:38:15,031
-[Barker] You got them all.
-So, I won all four punches.
964
00:38:15,075 --> 00:38:18,252
And now I have to figure out
where I'm gonna punch,
965
00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:20,950
and on my home game
that I had programmed,
966
00:38:20,994 --> 00:38:23,518
I had just played
Punch-A-Bunch,
like, that week.
967
00:38:23,562 --> 00:38:25,128
And had just done, like,
968
00:38:25,172 --> 00:38:27,609
the middle four holes
on the board.
969
00:38:27,653 --> 00:38:29,568
And the very first one
was $10,000.
970
00:38:29,611 --> 00:38:32,005
And I thought, well, maybe
something like that would work.
971
00:38:32,048 --> 00:38:33,963
So I just kinda went
on the second row,
972
00:38:34,007 --> 00:38:36,183
and just did every other
hole that I could do.
973
00:38:36,226 --> 00:38:38,794
The first contestant
who ever did that.
974
00:38:38,838 --> 00:38:42,972
Theodore, you have
done quite well.
975
00:38:43,016 --> 00:38:44,931
[Slauson]
And I thought, "Oh, no."
976
00:38:44,974 --> 00:38:47,977
Honestly can say, if he
had shown me $10,000 on that,
977
00:38:48,021 --> 00:38:49,718
I probably would
have passed out
right there.
978
00:38:49,762 --> 00:38:52,155
-$1,000.
-[bell ringing]
979
00:38:52,199 --> 00:38:54,375
He turns it around,
and it's $1,000.
980
00:38:54,419 --> 00:38:56,943
And I think,
"Okay, $1,000 is nice.
981
00:38:56,986 --> 00:38:59,554
There's only five on there
that are bigger than that.
982
00:38:59,598 --> 00:39:01,339
44 are smaller than that.
983
00:39:01,382 --> 00:39:03,341
My luck is usually...
984
00:39:03,384 --> 00:39:05,560
if I give this back,
I'm gonna regret it.
985
00:39:07,519 --> 00:39:08,911
And the audience, of course,
986
00:39:08,955 --> 00:39:10,783
there's 300 people telling me
give it back and go.
987
00:39:10,826 --> 00:39:12,219
Give it back.
And I'm just like...
988
00:39:12,262 --> 00:39:15,178
He's taking the $1,000.
There you are.
989
00:39:15,222 --> 00:39:17,050
He's taking the $1,000.
990
00:39:17,093 --> 00:39:20,401
And he hands it to me,
and the audience is like,
"Boo, boo, boo."
991
00:39:20,445 --> 00:39:22,185
And you can see me
turn to them and say,
992
00:39:22,229 --> 00:39:23,709
"You don't have
$1,000 to lose."
993
00:39:23,752 --> 00:39:26,842
I don't blame him.
He could have had $500.
994
00:39:26,886 --> 00:39:29,018
Then I'm looking at the
audience, like, "See?"
995
00:39:29,062 --> 00:39:32,587
And he goes,
"Or he might have gone on
and ended up with..."
996
00:39:32,631 --> 00:39:34,284
$250.
997
00:39:34,328 --> 00:39:35,982
And I'm thinking,
"Yep, this is about right."
998
00:39:36,025 --> 00:39:37,853
Just down, down, down.
999
00:39:37,897 --> 00:39:40,073
And he goes to the
last hole, and he says,
1000
00:39:40,116 --> 00:39:42,423
"Or in the last hole,
he would have
had to accept..."
1001
00:39:42,467 --> 00:39:44,164
-50 bucks.
-[audience cheers]
1002
00:39:44,207 --> 00:39:47,428
You did the right thing,
Theodore. Congratulations.
1003
00:39:47,472 --> 00:39:50,649
Walked over to where
the producer was 'cause,
you watch the show that long
1004
00:39:50,692 --> 00:39:52,172
you know exactly what
you're supposed to do
1005
00:39:52,215 --> 00:39:53,608
when it's time to go.
1006
00:39:53,652 --> 00:39:55,741
And lights went down,
1007
00:39:55,784 --> 00:39:58,178
and Roger started to kinda
escort me down the stairs
1008
00:39:58,221 --> 00:40:00,006
to show me where
I was supposed to sit.
1009
00:40:00,049 --> 00:40:01,486
And I was about two steps down,
1010
00:40:01,529 --> 00:40:03,488
and I said, "Oh."
And I stopped.
1011
00:40:03,531 --> 00:40:04,967
And I reached in my pocket.
1012
00:40:05,011 --> 00:40:07,448
And I got the $100 bill
and I handed it to him.
1013
00:40:07,492 --> 00:40:09,668
And he stopped
and looked at me.
1014
00:40:09,711 --> 00:40:11,496
He literally grabbed
my arm, and said,
1015
00:40:11,539 --> 00:40:13,193
"Thank you."
1016
00:40:13,236 --> 00:40:15,456
'Cause I had been
there enough times
with perfect bids
1017
00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:17,458
to see that he would
always ask the contestant
1018
00:40:17,502 --> 00:40:18,764
when they were
going back down
1019
00:40:18,807 --> 00:40:20,200
"I need the $100 bill back."
1020
00:40:20,243 --> 00:40:21,854
They'd give it to him.
He'd give it back to Bob.
1021
00:40:21,897 --> 00:40:23,246
So, you know.
1022
00:40:23,290 --> 00:40:25,248
'Cause you can't leave there
with their money.
1023
00:40:25,292 --> 00:40:28,121
Spin that wheel,
and I don't have to tell you
to get it all the way around.
1024
00:40:28,164 --> 00:40:29,514
And I should also
mention that,
1025
00:40:29,557 --> 00:40:31,385
I thought this was kinda neat,
1026
00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:33,866
they changed out
the little circular carpets
1027
00:40:33,909 --> 00:40:37,043
that the contestants stood on
on that taping.
1028
00:40:37,086 --> 00:40:38,479
So, I was literally
the first person
1029
00:40:38,523 --> 00:40:40,176
to stand on both of them.
1030
00:40:40,220 --> 00:40:42,396
First spin, 40 cents.
1031
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,486
Spun the wheel the first time.
Got 40 cents.
1032
00:40:45,530 --> 00:40:46,879
And spun it again,
1033
00:40:46,922 --> 00:40:48,837
thinking, you know, well,
I can't stand on 40 cents.
1034
00:40:48,881 --> 00:40:50,491
I'm probably gonna get beat.
1035
00:40:50,535 --> 00:40:54,190
40 cents and 15,
hurry, that's fine.
1036
00:40:54,234 --> 00:40:56,105
Second time, it landed on 15.
1037
00:40:56,149 --> 00:40:57,977
So I'm like, "Well, at least
I'm still in the game."
1038
00:40:58,020 --> 00:41:00,196
Lorren went to the
Showcase with 55 cents.
1039
00:41:00,240 --> 00:41:01,981
Maybe I can do it too.
1040
00:41:02,024 --> 00:41:04,157
So I go over and I stand
under the scoreboard.
1041
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:06,333
Thomas spins the first time.
1042
00:41:06,376 --> 00:41:07,595
And you will spin again.
1043
00:41:07,639 --> 00:41:09,510
He didn't beat me,
so he's spinning again.
1044
00:41:09,554 --> 00:41:12,078
Add 40 cents.
1045
00:41:12,121 --> 00:41:14,472
You're the leader
with 70 cents.
1046
00:41:17,736 --> 00:41:22,131
But unfortunately
on his second spin,
he got 70 cents total.
1047
00:41:22,175 --> 00:41:23,350
So, I'm out.
1048
00:41:23,393 --> 00:41:26,309
So I went over where
I'm supposed to go.
1049
00:41:26,353 --> 00:41:28,398
And as I'm waiting for the
Showcase Showdown to finish,
1050
00:41:28,442 --> 00:41:29,487
it dawns on me.
1051
00:41:29,530 --> 00:41:31,880
"Hmm, I'm done."
1052
00:41:31,924 --> 00:41:33,752
I'm going back and
sitting in the audience,
1053
00:41:33,795 --> 00:41:35,318
and I'm not in the Showcase,
1054
00:41:35,362 --> 00:41:37,277
and my time on
"The Price is Right" is over.
1055
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:38,278
So, okay.
1056
00:41:46,329 --> 00:41:48,027
And they kinda line
everybody up.
1057
00:41:48,070 --> 00:41:49,811
The three people
who didn't get on stage,
1058
00:41:49,855 --> 00:41:50,899
the six people who did,
1059
00:41:50,943 --> 00:41:52,466
and you all go up the aisle,
1060
00:41:52,510 --> 00:41:54,555
and there's a little curtain
that they take you through,
1061
00:41:54,599 --> 00:41:56,252
and there's an area
where you sit.
1062
00:41:56,296 --> 00:41:58,951
And they process you
with your paperwork.
1063
00:41:58,994 --> 00:42:00,605
I'm looking down
at my paperwork,
1064
00:42:00,648 --> 00:42:03,129
and all of a sudden,
there's like this tap
on my shoulder,
1065
00:42:03,172 --> 00:42:05,044
and someone saying
hi to me and I look up.
1066
00:42:05,087 --> 00:42:08,134
And it's Holly,
and she's handing me
an autographed picture.
1067
00:42:08,177 --> 00:42:09,744
And I'm like, "Hey!"
1068
00:42:09,788 --> 00:42:11,790
I got up and I gave her a hug,
1069
00:42:11,833 --> 00:42:12,921
and she said,
"I just, you know,
1070
00:42:12,965 --> 00:42:14,227
wanted to bring this to you."
1071
00:42:14,270 --> 00:42:16,403
And I was like,
"Thank you so much."
1072
00:42:16,446 --> 00:42:18,492
And she left, and to me,
that was always like
1073
00:42:18,536 --> 00:42:20,059
the best moment
of the whole experience,
1074
00:42:20,102 --> 00:42:22,148
because she was always
my favorite model.
1075
00:42:22,191 --> 00:42:25,238
To me, it was like,
I didn't ask for an
autographed picture,
1076
00:42:25,281 --> 00:42:27,457
but she felt like, you know,
I was such a great fan
1077
00:42:27,501 --> 00:42:30,069
that you know, it'd be
a nice thing to give me.
1078
00:42:30,112 --> 00:42:31,723
And I just--
I was really kinda--
1079
00:42:31,766 --> 00:42:33,725
kinda blown away
by the whole thing.
1080
00:42:33,768 --> 00:42:35,988
And we finished up
our paperwork,
1081
00:42:36,031 --> 00:42:37,772
and they kinda
sent us on our way,
1082
00:42:37,816 --> 00:42:40,514
and then I sat home and
waited for my prizes to come,
1083
00:42:40,558 --> 00:42:43,212
and the rest,
as they say, is history.
1084
00:42:46,825 --> 00:42:49,044
I have a copy of the prize form.
1085
00:42:49,088 --> 00:42:52,178
This lists everything
that I won on the show.
1086
00:42:52,221 --> 00:42:53,962
You'll notice there's two
different money amounts.
1087
00:42:54,006 --> 00:42:56,486
The $100 from my perfect bid,
1088
00:42:56,530 --> 00:42:59,751
and the $1,000 from
playing Punch-A-Bunch.
1089
00:42:59,794 --> 00:43:02,188
This is what I got
from Berkline.
1090
00:43:02,231 --> 00:43:04,146
so that I could choose
the color of my recliner.
1091
00:43:04,190 --> 00:43:07,846
I think I chose that
top right-hand color.
1092
00:43:07,889 --> 00:43:08,890
[bell dings]
1093
00:43:10,588 --> 00:43:14,592
And here's the directions for
the dumbbell set that I won.
1094
00:43:17,682 --> 00:43:19,684
And I still have
the photo laminator,
1095
00:43:19,727 --> 00:43:22,512
including the pouches
to laminate,
1096
00:43:22,556 --> 00:43:23,775
and the directions.
1097
00:43:25,254 --> 00:43:26,255
[bell dings]
1098
00:43:39,051 --> 00:43:42,097
So in, I think it was 2002,
1099
00:43:42,141 --> 00:43:44,404
the Memorial Day time-frame,
1100
00:43:44,447 --> 00:43:47,886
um, I got together
kind of a ragtag group.
1101
00:43:47,929 --> 00:43:50,497
It was my partner,
a friend of ours,
1102
00:43:50,540 --> 00:43:51,890
her mom,
1103
00:43:51,933 --> 00:43:54,501
my nephew, my sister,
my dad.
1104
00:43:54,544 --> 00:43:56,546
another nephew,
and me, that's eight.
1105
00:43:56,590 --> 00:43:57,722
That's all of us.
1106
00:43:57,765 --> 00:44:00,202
So we all showed up in line.
1107
00:44:00,246 --> 00:44:02,204
A little short time later,
1108
00:44:02,248 --> 00:44:04,816
couple of guys
got in line behind us.
1109
00:44:04,859 --> 00:44:07,775
And we soon started
chatting with them a little bit.
1110
00:44:07,819 --> 00:44:09,429
And their names...
1111
00:44:09,472 --> 00:44:10,604
one of them was
named Brandon.
1112
00:44:10,648 --> 00:44:12,824
I don't remember
his brother's name.
1113
00:44:12,867 --> 00:44:17,655
Brandon was a bundle of energy
at 3:00 in the morning.
1114
00:44:17,698 --> 00:44:20,701
Uh, just incredibly excited
and hyper to be there.
1115
00:44:20,745 --> 00:44:24,096
And we spent the day
kinda chatting with him
1116
00:44:24,139 --> 00:44:25,358
and his brother a little bit.
1117
00:44:25,401 --> 00:44:28,100
And my dad and my sister,
1118
00:44:28,143 --> 00:44:30,450
bless their hearts,
and I don't mean this ugly,
1119
00:44:30,493 --> 00:44:33,714
they had this way
of pimping me out
to the other contestants.
1120
00:44:33,758 --> 00:44:36,064
"Well, you know,
if you get picked,
1121
00:44:36,108 --> 00:44:38,197
my brother or my son,
1122
00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:41,026
knows a lot of the prices,
and you should listen to him."
1123
00:44:41,069 --> 00:44:43,289
And now, it's like, great,
you've put pressure
on me to perform.
1124
00:44:43,332 --> 00:44:45,595
Thank you very much.
1125
00:44:45,639 --> 00:44:47,728
[Dobkowitz]
You know what I like
about "The Price is Right"?
1126
00:44:47,772 --> 00:44:50,426
It's... it's...
1127
00:44:50,470 --> 00:44:52,864
It's a very democratic show.
1128
00:44:52,907 --> 00:44:55,344
Not Democratic, in the sense
of political parties.
1129
00:44:55,388 --> 00:44:57,216
Because we pick
from the audience,
1130
00:44:57,259 --> 00:44:58,957
it gives everybody
a chance to win.
1131
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,395
He said, "I'm gonna get
picked as a contestant,
1132
00:45:02,438 --> 00:45:03,701
"I'm gonna win a car,
1133
00:45:03,744 --> 00:45:05,050
"I'm gonna spin a dollar
on the wheel,
1134
00:45:05,093 --> 00:45:06,268
and I'm gonna
win the Showcase."
1135
00:45:06,312 --> 00:45:07,792
And we were all like, "Okay.
1136
00:45:07,835 --> 00:45:09,402
Well, that's positive thinking.
Good for you."
1137
00:45:09,445 --> 00:45:12,231
"Well, he studies prices,
you should listen to him."
1138
00:45:12,274 --> 00:45:14,363
And Brandon must
have asked me
1139
00:45:14,407 --> 00:45:16,148
at least three times
during the day,
1140
00:45:16,191 --> 00:45:17,976
"How much are the
Flintstones vitamins?"
1141
00:45:18,019 --> 00:45:21,414
And every time I would be,
"$6.72, remember?"
1142
00:45:21,457 --> 00:45:23,372
That's what they were
the last time you asked me,
Brandon.
1143
00:45:23,416 --> 00:45:24,939
And here comes Brandon,
1144
00:45:24,983 --> 00:45:26,419
just like coming down the aisle.
1145
00:45:26,462 --> 00:45:28,029
People are trying
to high-five him,
1146
00:45:28,073 --> 00:45:30,292
and realizes,
"Oh, I'm supposed
to high-five people."
1147
00:45:30,336 --> 00:45:31,816
So he kind of went back,
1148
00:45:31,859 --> 00:45:33,382
and high-fived a few
more people,
1149
00:45:33,426 --> 00:45:34,949
and went on down
to Contestant's Row.
1150
00:45:34,993 --> 00:45:36,734
There's four people.
1151
00:45:36,777 --> 00:45:38,126
And who gets to go
up on the stage?
1152
00:45:38,170 --> 00:45:40,781
It's the one that
does the best job!
1153
00:45:40,825 --> 00:45:43,392
Well, I don't know
what happened to him,
1154
00:45:43,436 --> 00:45:46,091
but I think his mind
kinda blanked for a while,
1155
00:45:46,134 --> 00:45:49,877
because first item up
for bids came and went.
1156
00:45:49,921 --> 00:45:52,750
Second item up for bids,
third item up for bids.
1157
00:45:52,793 --> 00:45:55,100
Fourth item up for bids.
1158
00:45:55,143 --> 00:45:57,537
We're running out of chances.
1159
00:45:57,580 --> 00:45:58,843
During the commercial,
1160
00:45:58,886 --> 00:46:00,018
I think they had just stood up.
1161
00:46:00,061 --> 00:46:01,889
Bob would always
make a joke about
1162
00:46:01,933 --> 00:46:04,805
"You guys can stand up
and make another bad bid
and sit down again."
1163
00:46:04,849 --> 00:46:06,154
They had just stood up,
1164
00:46:06,198 --> 00:46:08,374
and Brandon turned around
to look at his brother,
1165
00:46:08,417 --> 00:46:10,419
and I just looked at him,
1166
00:46:10,463 --> 00:46:12,378
and I kinda waved
and he just went...
1167
00:46:13,422 --> 00:46:14,946
Before they come to him,
1168
00:46:14,989 --> 00:46:17,731
you can see him mouthing though,
like, he's ready to say it.
1169
00:46:17,775 --> 00:46:20,342
And everyone's bidding
like $600 and $800
1170
00:46:20,386 --> 00:46:21,953
and these, you know,
nice round numbers.
1171
00:46:21,996 --> 00:46:23,476
And they get to Brandon
and he goes...
1172
00:46:23,519 --> 00:46:25,217
$1554, Bob.
1173
00:46:25,260 --> 00:46:27,262
[Barker]
$1554.
1174
00:46:27,306 --> 00:46:29,177
People in the audience going...
1175
00:46:30,700 --> 00:46:32,050
Just making these faces,
1176
00:46:32,093 --> 00:46:33,399
and shaking
their head and going
1177
00:46:33,442 --> 00:46:34,966
[groans]
like this.
1178
00:46:35,009 --> 00:46:36,402
And they light up his bid,
1179
00:46:36,445 --> 00:46:37,707
and the perfect bid
bell goes off.
1180
00:46:37,751 --> 00:46:39,971
[Barker]
$1554.
1181
00:46:40,014 --> 00:46:42,800
And Bob is like,
"Well, we have to know
the story of this bid.
1182
00:46:42,843 --> 00:46:44,671
Have you seen that
barbecue before?"
1183
00:46:44,714 --> 00:46:47,195
And he says,
"No, I just took a bid
from the audience."
1184
00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:50,155
-And Bob said...
-And sir, here's your--
1185
00:46:50,198 --> 00:46:51,983
Brandon's like
grabbing the money,
1186
00:46:52,026 --> 00:46:54,289
and everyone's laughing
'cause it's like, you know.
1187
00:46:54,333 --> 00:46:55,464
I would never do that.
1188
00:46:55,508 --> 00:46:57,379
[Roddy]
A new car!
1189
00:46:57,423 --> 00:46:58,859
And then they get on stage,
1190
00:46:58,903 --> 00:47:00,208
and they play against the house.
1191
00:47:00,252 --> 00:47:01,470
They're not playing against Bob.
1192
00:47:01,514 --> 00:47:02,994
Bob's on their side.
1193
00:47:03,037 --> 00:47:05,518
Which is kinda unusual
in a game show.
1194
00:47:05,561 --> 00:47:07,041
[Barker]
Car and you got it!
1195
00:47:07,085 --> 00:47:09,174
[laughing]
He's out of control.
1196
00:47:09,217 --> 00:47:10,436
So, he's already
gotten on the show,
1197
00:47:10,479 --> 00:47:12,612
and he's already won his car.
1198
00:47:12,655 --> 00:47:14,048
He goes up to spin the wheel,
1199
00:47:14,092 --> 00:47:15,310
and what does he land on?
1200
00:47:15,354 --> 00:47:16,834
[Barker]
You got a dollar!
1201
00:47:16,877 --> 00:47:18,705
He's having quite a day.
1202
00:47:18,748 --> 00:47:20,533
I loved our show because...
1203
00:47:20,576 --> 00:47:22,840
you're always rooting
for the contestant.
1204
00:47:22,883 --> 00:47:25,190
Bob is rooting
for the contestant.
1205
00:47:25,233 --> 00:47:28,323
Brandon's Showcase
had a pool table,
1206
00:47:28,367 --> 00:47:31,761
which I knew was about,
I think it was $2100.
1207
00:47:31,805 --> 00:47:32,893
It had a computer,
1208
00:47:32,937 --> 00:47:35,374
which I knew was
probably around $1500.
1209
00:47:35,417 --> 00:47:37,028
I don't know that
I knew it exactly.
1210
00:47:37,071 --> 00:47:39,378
-[Barker] A brand-new car.
-And it ended with another car.
1211
00:47:40,683 --> 00:47:42,903
And I kind of knew
roughly the price,
1212
00:47:42,947 --> 00:47:44,731
but I'm like, I don't want
to make him go over,
1213
00:47:44,774 --> 00:47:46,733
so I'm gonna under--
you know, lowball this.
1214
00:47:46,776 --> 00:47:49,736
And I decided on
$20,000 for the whole thing.
1215
00:47:49,779 --> 00:47:51,520
$22,018.
1216
00:47:51,564 --> 00:47:53,740
You win! With a
difference of only...
1217
00:47:53,783 --> 00:47:56,003
We thought we were gonna
be able to go up on stage
1218
00:47:56,047 --> 00:47:59,877
and celebrate with him, but
Roger stopped us at the stairs.
1219
00:47:59,920 --> 00:48:01,530
And his brother came down,
1220
00:48:01,574 --> 00:48:03,315
and he let him go up on stage.
1221
00:48:03,358 --> 00:48:05,360
After the show,
he gave me the biggest hug
1222
00:48:05,404 --> 00:48:06,927
I've probably ever
gotten in my life.
1223
00:48:06,971 --> 00:48:08,886
He was still so excited.
1224
00:48:08,929 --> 00:48:11,366
He was like, "I want
to keep in touch with you.
1225
00:48:11,410 --> 00:48:12,977
Can I have, like,
your phone number?"
1226
00:48:13,020 --> 00:48:15,370
And I said, "Well, I can
give you my email address."
1227
00:48:15,414 --> 00:48:17,590
And he said, "I don't
have a computer."
1228
00:48:17,633 --> 00:48:20,593
And I said, "Brandon,
you just won a computer."
1229
00:48:20,636 --> 00:48:23,335
And he goes, "Oh my God,
I just won a computer!"
1230
00:48:23,378 --> 00:48:24,684
And I'm like...
1231
00:48:24,727 --> 00:48:26,338
yeah, but you just won two cars.
1232
00:48:26,381 --> 00:48:28,949
♪
1233
00:48:31,734 --> 00:48:33,432
[Slauson]
Almost every show I've been to
1234
00:48:33,475 --> 00:48:36,000
they had, um, VIPs.
1235
00:48:36,043 --> 00:48:37,523
And on this particular taping,
1236
00:48:37,566 --> 00:48:40,569
my dad, my sister
and my nephew were with me.
1237
00:48:40,613 --> 00:48:43,790
And we must have
gotten in line very early,
1238
00:48:43,833 --> 00:48:46,140
-because we ended up
in the second row as I recall.
-[bell dings]
1239
00:48:46,184 --> 00:48:49,796
I ended up sitting
right next to a woman
whose name was Pam.
1240
00:48:49,839 --> 00:48:51,276
And they actually
came in, of course,
1241
00:48:51,319 --> 00:48:52,886
right before the show.
1242
00:48:52,930 --> 00:48:55,497
Bob, you know, talked
to the audience for a second,
1243
00:48:55,541 --> 00:48:57,543
and he said, "Well, Pam,
it's nice to see you."
1244
00:48:57,586 --> 00:48:58,936
And she said, "Hi, Bob."
1245
00:48:58,979 --> 00:49:00,763
And they were talking
back and forth,
1246
00:49:00,807 --> 00:49:02,461
and I was like, well,
wow, this is interesting.
1247
00:49:02,504 --> 00:49:04,985
And I asked her...
1248
00:49:05,029 --> 00:49:06,682
when they went
back into the taping,
1249
00:49:06,726 --> 00:49:09,903
she said she was
Mark Goodson's secretary.
1250
00:49:09,947 --> 00:49:11,557
[Barker]
Exactly right!
1251
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:12,993
-Cheryl?
-[Cheryl] $520.
1252
00:49:13,037 --> 00:49:14,212
[Barker]
Again!
1253
00:49:14,255 --> 00:49:17,563
We have just tied
the all-time record
1254
00:49:17,606 --> 00:49:19,173
for a perfect bid.
1255
00:49:19,217 --> 00:49:20,479
[cheering and applause]
1256
00:49:20,522 --> 00:49:22,220
We've had three.
1257
00:49:23,656 --> 00:49:25,745
[Dobkowitz]
Bob announced his retirement.
1258
00:49:25,788 --> 00:49:28,835
I remember the exact date.
1259
00:49:28,878 --> 00:49:32,665
It was October 30, 2006.
1260
00:49:32,708 --> 00:49:34,319
He phones me up in the office.
1261
00:49:34,362 --> 00:49:35,929
Everything's going
fine in the office.
1262
00:49:35,973 --> 00:49:37,757
He says, "Roger...
1263
00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:39,106
"I think I'm retiring.
1264
00:49:39,150 --> 00:49:41,021
This is my last year."
1265
00:49:41,065 --> 00:49:45,330
[Barker]
...won more than $140,000.
1266
00:49:45,373 --> 00:49:47,636
Now, folks...
1267
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:50,465
I want to thank you
very, very much
1268
00:49:50,509 --> 00:49:52,990
for inviting me
into your homes
1269
00:49:53,033 --> 00:49:54,904
for the last 50 years.
1270
00:49:54,948 --> 00:49:56,950
I am deeply grateful.
1271
00:49:56,994 --> 00:50:01,041
And please remember,
help control the pet population.
1272
00:50:01,085 --> 00:50:03,391
Have your pet
spayed or neutered.
1273
00:50:03,435 --> 00:50:05,828
Goodbye, everybody.
1274
00:50:08,005 --> 00:50:10,007
In 2007, as you
probably know,
1275
00:50:10,050 --> 00:50:12,183
Bob Barker retired
from "The Price is Right"
1276
00:50:12,226 --> 00:50:14,054
after his 35th year.
1277
00:50:14,098 --> 00:50:15,925
I said, "Bob, you can't retire!"
1278
00:50:15,969 --> 00:50:17,710
He said, "No,
I-I think it's time."
1279
00:50:17,753 --> 00:50:20,191
35 years,
50 years in show business,
1280
00:50:20,234 --> 00:50:21,714
and 35 years on the show.
1281
00:50:21,757 --> 00:50:23,150
It was a good time,
and it really was.
1282
00:50:23,194 --> 00:50:26,066
50 years in show business,
35 years on the show.
1283
00:50:26,110 --> 00:50:29,809
I consider myself
a very lucky man.
1284
00:50:29,852 --> 00:50:31,941
Because all my life,
1285
00:50:31,985 --> 00:50:37,034
I did something
I thoroughly enjoyed.
1286
00:50:37,077 --> 00:50:40,733
I really did.
I never got up in the morning
1287
00:50:40,776 --> 00:50:43,605
and thought, "Oh, I don't
want to go in there today."
1288
00:50:43,649 --> 00:50:44,867
Never.
1289
00:50:44,911 --> 00:50:46,826
I really enjoyed it.
1290
00:50:46,869 --> 00:50:50,177
And upon retiring,
I really miss it.
1291
00:50:50,221 --> 00:50:54,312
But you have to keep
a stiff upper lip and accept it.
1292
00:50:54,355 --> 00:50:57,315
♪ Candles everywhere
1293
00:50:57,358 --> 00:51:00,144
♪ Olden times
and ancient rhymes ♪
1294
00:51:00,187 --> 00:51:03,756
[Barker]
I really have sympathy
1295
00:51:03,799 --> 00:51:07,586
for someone who doesn't
have the same feeling.
1296
00:51:07,629 --> 00:51:09,544
The "I don't want to go
to work" feeling.
1297
00:51:09,588 --> 00:51:12,199
I... That would be terrible.
1298
00:51:12,243 --> 00:51:15,115
♪ Beauty everywhere
1299
00:51:15,159 --> 00:51:17,335
[Dobkowitz]
We're taking a picture,
we're driving up
1300
00:51:17,378 --> 00:51:18,945
to my space that I have.
1301
00:51:18,988 --> 00:51:22,557
[Woman]
Into his very
perfect, front-row...
1302
00:51:22,601 --> 00:51:24,603
[Dobkowitz]
It says
R. Dobkowitz on it.
1303
00:51:26,213 --> 00:51:28,520
[Woman]
Right by the art of centuries.
1304
00:51:28,563 --> 00:51:30,130
[Dobkowitz laughs]
1305
00:51:31,958 --> 00:51:35,657
[Woman]
Roger's going to greet
his fans 'cause-- whoops.
1306
00:51:35,701 --> 00:51:39,096
It's his second to the last
taping of "The Price is Right."
1307
00:51:40,836 --> 00:51:43,535
♪ Could always see
1308
00:51:43,578 --> 00:51:45,450
♪ Such spirit
1309
00:51:45,493 --> 00:51:47,539
♪ Through the years
1310
00:51:47,582 --> 00:51:49,236
[Dobkowitz]
These things happen
in television.
1311
00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:50,498
They change producers
all the time.
1312
00:51:50,542 --> 00:51:52,021
You have a hit show,
and all of a sudden,
1313
00:51:52,065 --> 00:51:53,501
they have new producers
for the new season.
1314
00:51:53,545 --> 00:51:55,373
That's what happened to me.
1315
00:51:55,416 --> 00:51:59,333
I-I was spoiled by working
36 years on a show.
1316
00:51:59,377 --> 00:52:01,770
And, uh...
1317
00:52:01,814 --> 00:52:03,859
I was lucky to have
worked 36 years
1318
00:52:03,903 --> 00:52:06,297
on a great, great show.
1319
00:52:06,340 --> 00:52:08,690
♪
1320
00:52:25,229 --> 00:52:27,361
[Barker]
And it brought
tears to my eyes.
1321
00:52:27,405 --> 00:52:28,797
[laughter]
1322
00:52:28,841 --> 00:52:30,799
It took me several
drinks to get over it.
1323
00:52:30,843 --> 00:52:33,106
[laughter]
1324
00:52:33,150 --> 00:52:37,415
Roger, it's my pleasure,
1325
00:52:37,458 --> 00:52:39,156
my honor...
1326
00:52:39,199 --> 00:52:40,635
[laughter]
1327
00:52:40,679 --> 00:52:42,202
Aw!
1328
00:52:42,246 --> 00:52:44,030
...to try to figure out
how to open this.
1329
00:52:44,073 --> 00:52:45,684
[laughter]
1330
00:52:45,727 --> 00:52:47,512
Here, Roger...
1331
00:52:47,555 --> 00:52:50,689
is what you missed most of all!
1332
00:52:50,732 --> 00:52:53,779
[cheers and applause]
1333
00:52:57,348 --> 00:52:58,653
[Dobkowitz]
This is true!
1334
00:52:58,697 --> 00:53:00,481
I got home
and I said to Valerie,
1335
00:53:00,525 --> 00:53:02,440
"I didn't even
get a caricature."
1336
00:53:02,483 --> 00:53:04,833
[laughter]
1337
00:53:04,877 --> 00:53:07,096
[Barker]
And you said the
same thing to me.
1338
00:53:07,140 --> 00:53:08,576
[laughter]
1339
00:53:08,620 --> 00:53:11,057
[Dobkowitz]
And I said the same
thing to Bente!
1340
00:53:11,100 --> 00:53:13,364
♪
1341
00:53:21,154 --> 00:53:24,244
[Barker]
When Drew was
coming in as the host,
1342
00:53:24,288 --> 00:53:25,941
I was going to ask him
1343
00:53:25,985 --> 00:53:27,552
"Would you please
continue to say
1344
00:53:27,595 --> 00:53:29,206
'Have your pets
spayed or neutered'?"
1345
00:53:29,249 --> 00:53:31,643
And when he came in, I said,
"How do you do, Drew?"
1346
00:53:31,686 --> 00:53:35,168
And he said, "Bob,
I want you to know
1347
00:53:35,212 --> 00:53:38,171
"I'm gonna keep right on
at the end of every show,
1348
00:53:38,215 --> 00:53:40,260
'Have your pets
spayed or neutered.'"
1349
00:53:40,304 --> 00:53:41,870
I kissed him on the lips.
1350
00:53:41,914 --> 00:53:44,699
No. [laughing]
1351
00:53:44,743 --> 00:53:46,919
♪
1352
00:53:46,962 --> 00:53:51,184
♪ Christmas time is here
1353
00:53:51,228 --> 00:53:53,186
[Slauson]
So I continued
to watch the show.
1354
00:53:53,230 --> 00:53:55,449
Tracked the prices in case,
you know, friends or family
1355
00:53:55,493 --> 00:53:56,972
wanted to go back to the show.
1356
00:53:57,016 --> 00:54:00,106
And at the end of Season 36,
1357
00:54:00,149 --> 00:54:02,630
they made a decision to change
the rules to the show
1358
00:54:02,674 --> 00:54:04,066
where if it had been
10 years or more
1359
00:54:04,110 --> 00:54:05,459
since you'd
been on the show,
1360
00:54:05,503 --> 00:54:07,156
you were, once again, eligible.
1361
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:09,594
And before, the rule had been
once you were on the show,
1362
00:54:09,637 --> 00:54:11,639
you were not eligible again.
1363
00:54:11,683 --> 00:54:13,859
So, to me, this was like,
"Well, this is cool."
1364
00:54:13,902 --> 00:54:15,861
I can go back and maybe
get on a second time.
1365
00:54:15,904 --> 00:54:18,994
So I really put a lot of effort
1366
00:54:19,038 --> 00:54:22,476
into studying the prices
over the summer.
1367
00:54:23,695 --> 00:54:25,218
So this is the
program I wrote
1368
00:54:25,262 --> 00:54:27,612
to help me memorize
the prices on the show.
1369
00:54:27,655 --> 00:54:30,441
I broke everything down
by category.
1370
00:54:30,484 --> 00:54:33,226
So, go ahead
and hit regular prizes.
1371
00:54:33,270 --> 00:54:35,402
And here comes the mattress.
1372
00:54:35,446 --> 00:54:37,622
I have the description
that they read on the show,
1373
00:54:37,665 --> 00:54:40,538
a picture of what it
looks like on the show.
1374
00:54:40,581 --> 00:54:45,020
And there are 1,073 prizes
in this database.
1375
00:54:45,064 --> 00:54:48,807
As I recall, this was maybe
Twenty-five nine.
1376
00:54:48,850 --> 00:54:50,852
-[bell dings]
-I am correct.
1377
00:54:50,896 --> 00:54:54,029
So if you notice the
"Left To Guess"
went down by one.
1378
00:54:54,073 --> 00:54:57,903
And when I was going
on the show in 2008,
1379
00:54:57,946 --> 00:55:01,994
I was able to get through
this entire file in an hour.
1380
00:55:02,037 --> 00:55:03,778
Because I figured
well, now, you know,
1381
00:55:03,822 --> 00:55:05,824
I can win something
for myself again.
1382
00:55:05,867 --> 00:55:07,826
Maybe do better than
last time, you know?
1383
00:55:07,869 --> 00:55:09,218
Who knows what's possible?
1384
00:55:09,262 --> 00:55:11,351
-[applause]
-[Drew] Terry...
1385
00:55:11,395 --> 00:55:14,354
bid $23,743.
1386
00:55:14,398 --> 00:55:17,618
Actual retail price: $23,743.
1387
00:55:17,662 --> 00:55:19,185
You got it right on the nose.
1388
00:55:19,228 --> 00:55:22,319
-[bell clanging]
-You win both Showcases.
1389
00:55:22,362 --> 00:55:25,887
-[Terry] What?
-[Drew] Hasn't happened
since '72 or '73.
1390
00:55:25,931 --> 00:55:27,367
Right on the nose.
1391
00:55:27,411 --> 00:55:29,630
-You won 56,000...
-[Man] Terry, you there?
1392
00:55:29,674 --> 00:55:31,937
-[Terry] Yes, I am.
-[Man] Mr. Terry Kniess.
1393
00:55:31,980 --> 00:55:34,505
Aren't you, should I say, lucky?
1394
00:55:34,548 --> 00:55:36,463
-[Terry laughing]
-Or should I say talented?
1395
00:55:36,507 --> 00:55:38,160
Or should I say--
What should I say?
1396
00:55:38,204 --> 00:55:40,206
[Terry]
Well, I don't know
quite frankly.
1397
00:55:40,249 --> 00:55:43,078
I kinda feel like I'm in
the middle of a storm.
1398
00:55:43,122 --> 00:55:44,297
Yeah, I think I'm very lucky.
1399
00:55:44,341 --> 00:55:45,864
This Terry Kniess fuck has
1400
00:55:45,907 --> 00:55:47,256
changed things up
a little bit too.
1401
00:55:47,300 --> 00:55:49,215
-Oh, that dude.
-That dude, uh, who bid--
1402
00:55:49,258 --> 00:55:50,651
He got it exact.
He got the exact amount.
1403
00:55:50,695 --> 00:55:52,174
-To the penny.
-Right.
1404
00:55:52,218 --> 00:55:53,872
On both Showcases?
1405
00:55:53,915 --> 00:55:55,874
Uh, yeah, he won
both Showcases,
1406
00:55:55,917 --> 00:55:58,746
-'cause he got his Showcase
on the-- right to the dollar.
-Right.
1407
00:55:58,790 --> 00:56:01,793
And somebody on a headset's
gotta be freaking out.
1408
00:56:01,836 --> 00:56:03,925
Well, we all thought
something happened.
1409
00:56:03,969 --> 00:56:05,840
-Right.
-[bell dings]
1410
00:56:05,884 --> 00:56:08,016
[Man] Has anyone talked
to you about that
or brought that up to you?
1411
00:56:08,060 --> 00:56:10,715
[Terry]
When we were outside
in the middle of the night
1412
00:56:10,758 --> 00:56:11,890
at three o'clock in the morning,
1413
00:56:11,933 --> 00:56:14,022
we were the first
three people in line.
1414
00:56:14,066 --> 00:56:17,199
There was a fellow that
had been there like 99 times.
1415
00:56:17,243 --> 00:56:20,464
-[Man] Wow.
-[Terry] Some people kinda
make a career out of this.
1416
00:56:20,507 --> 00:56:23,902
-The guy next to me
had been there 33 times.
-[buzzer sounds]
1417
00:56:23,945 --> 00:56:26,644
[Slauson]
There was an older couple
named Norbert and Francis.
1418
00:56:26,687 --> 00:56:29,081
Terry, who's the man next to me,
1419
00:56:29,124 --> 00:56:30,561
with the silver hair,
1420
00:56:30,604 --> 00:56:32,911
gets on his phone
and he's talking to his wife.
1421
00:56:32,954 --> 00:56:34,956
"You probably should
come over and get in line.
1422
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:36,958
It's starting to
get really busy."
1423
00:56:37,002 --> 00:56:38,656
And he says goodbye,
and he hangs up.
1424
00:56:38,699 --> 00:56:40,701
And I said, "Okay,
I don't want to be rude."
1425
00:56:40,745 --> 00:56:42,660
My sister would kill me
if I didn't tell you this."
1426
00:56:42,703 --> 00:56:44,792
I said, "This is not the
greatest neighborhood
in the world.
1427
00:56:44,836 --> 00:56:46,446
"I'm happy to hold
your place in line.
1428
00:56:46,490 --> 00:56:48,056
You know, no problem."
And he goes...
1429
00:56:48,100 --> 00:56:50,102
"Oh, are you sure?"
I said, "Yeah,
absolutely, just..."
1430
00:56:50,145 --> 00:56:51,843
They were back in
probably five minutes.
1431
00:56:51,886 --> 00:56:53,540
His wife's name was Linda.
1432
00:56:53,584 --> 00:56:55,455
Very nice lady.
1433
00:56:55,499 --> 00:56:57,892
Obviously a big fan
of the show.
1434
00:56:57,936 --> 00:56:59,459
[Terry]
And we played pricing games.
1435
00:56:59,503 --> 00:57:01,113
You know, "What are
the cookies worth?"
1436
00:57:01,156 --> 00:57:02,941
And "What's the salsa
sauce going for?"
1437
00:57:02,984 --> 00:57:05,596
And what about Ester-C?
These are-- [chuckles]
1438
00:57:05,639 --> 00:57:07,380
At this point, it's
a different producer
1439
00:57:07,424 --> 00:57:08,947
who's now making
the selections.
1440
00:57:08,990 --> 00:57:11,732
And he starts asking us
our questions.
1441
00:57:11,776 --> 00:57:13,430
And I had prepared.
1442
00:57:13,473 --> 00:57:15,649
I thought, "Okay, I gotta
really catch his interest,
you know?"
1443
00:57:15,693 --> 00:57:17,695
"Tell me about yourself."
And I said,
1444
00:57:17,738 --> 00:57:19,697
"I'm a mathematics
assessment specialist
1445
00:57:19,740 --> 00:57:21,525
for an educational
testing company."
1446
00:57:21,568 --> 00:57:23,483
And he just like...
1447
00:57:23,527 --> 00:57:26,617
reacted like I had just
shot him with a machine gun.
1448
00:57:26,660 --> 00:57:28,749
And I think he may
have asked me,
1449
00:57:28,793 --> 00:57:31,056
"What does that mean?"
Or you know, whatever.
1450
00:57:31,099 --> 00:57:32,797
You know, I thought,
well, that's good.
1451
00:57:32,840 --> 00:57:36,148
At least he asked me
more than one question,
things are good.
1452
00:57:36,191 --> 00:57:37,845
And the third name
is Terry Kniess.
1453
00:57:37,889 --> 00:57:40,979
And like I am in that studio,
1454
00:57:41,022 --> 00:57:44,504
I'm like, "Terry.
"I remember there was
a Terry in line somewhere.
1455
00:57:44,548 --> 00:57:45,940
Where was that Terry?"
1456
00:57:45,984 --> 00:57:47,986
And Terry jumps up two seats
away from me, I'm like,
1457
00:57:48,029 --> 00:57:51,424
"Oh, Terry!
This guy right here."
1458
00:57:51,468 --> 00:57:54,514
And he runs, of course,
he steps into Contestant's Row
1459
00:57:54,558 --> 00:57:56,037
'cause he's right
behind it pretty much.
1460
00:57:56,081 --> 00:57:58,083
[Announcer]
Wind plus water
equals the perfect day
1461
00:57:58,126 --> 00:57:59,780
on this new sailboat!
1462
00:57:59,824 --> 00:58:01,956
[Slauson]
I think it was $3595,
1463
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:04,611
but it had recently gone up,
and I didn't know that yet.
1464
00:58:04,655 --> 00:58:06,874
[Announcer]
Enjoy hours of fun as you
sail your favorite waterway
1465
00:58:06,918 --> 00:58:08,397
on this ten-foot boat.
1466
00:58:08,441 --> 00:58:10,269
And I think you can see me
1467
00:58:10,312 --> 00:58:14,795
either signaling or saying,
you know, $3595.
1468
00:58:14,839 --> 00:58:17,189
And he reads
the price as $3695,
1469
00:58:17,232 --> 00:58:19,626
and the guy who was
closest goes up on stage,
1470
00:58:19,670 --> 00:58:21,498
and Terry wasn't
listening to me,
1471
00:58:21,541 --> 00:58:25,327
and Linda didn't, I guess,
know yet that I knew
my prices, so.
1472
00:58:25,371 --> 00:58:28,287
There was a guy that
was from this fan group
1473
00:58:28,330 --> 00:58:30,898
that was able-- had showed up
and he was in the front-row,
1474
00:58:30,942 --> 00:58:32,726
or the second-row.
1475
00:58:32,770 --> 00:58:37,122
And he was giving
people advice, like
people do from the audience.
1476
00:58:37,165 --> 00:58:40,342
[Terry]
Well, the first item up for bid
that I successfully bid on
1477
00:58:40,386 --> 00:58:42,344
was the large, green
egg ceramic cooker.
1478
00:58:42,388 --> 00:58:44,216
And the first time
it was $900,
1479
00:58:44,259 --> 00:58:46,392
which it had been
previously to that,
1480
00:58:46,435 --> 00:58:49,308
and then in March,
it was on the show again,
1481
00:58:49,351 --> 00:58:51,136
but it was $1175.
1482
00:58:51,179 --> 00:58:53,747
-[Terry] And it was on
about three weeks before.
-[buzzer sounds]
1483
00:58:53,791 --> 00:58:56,184
So I knew the price
was $1175 on that.
1484
00:58:56,228 --> 00:58:57,621
[Man]
Oh.
1485
00:58:57,664 --> 00:59:00,362
[Slauson]
And Terry looked to
Linda and me for advice,
1486
00:59:00,406 --> 00:59:02,626
and so we signaled him
or told him $1175.
1487
00:59:02,669 --> 00:59:04,758
[Terry]
So that got me
up on the stage,
1488
00:59:04,802 --> 00:59:06,630
and we went on from there.
1489
00:59:06,673 --> 00:59:08,806
[Drew]
We encourage them to yell out
what they think the price is.
1490
00:59:08,849 --> 00:59:11,069
-They're always yelling.
-One guy won a Chevy
one time on the show.
1491
00:59:11,112 --> 00:59:12,810
He was with a friend of his
who's a Chevy salesman.
1492
00:59:12,853 --> 00:59:15,769
-Oh, geez.
-And got every number...
so what?
1493
00:59:15,813 --> 00:59:16,988
-Yeah.
-Yeah, that's how it goes.
1494
00:59:17,031 --> 00:59:19,164
-$44.
-[Drew] $44.
1495
00:59:19,207 --> 00:59:21,558
She realized that I knew
some of the prices
1496
00:59:21,601 --> 00:59:22,907
that I was yelling out,
1497
00:59:22,950 --> 00:59:24,778
and things were correct.
1498
00:59:24,822 --> 00:59:26,737
She kinda was like,
"I'm gonna listen to you."
1499
00:59:26,780 --> 00:59:27,912
I was like, "Okay."
1500
00:59:27,955 --> 00:59:29,130
So, she gets back up.
1501
00:59:29,174 --> 00:59:31,916
And she bid $2201.
1502
00:59:31,959 --> 00:59:35,310
She bid one dollar higher
than whoever was the highest.
1503
00:59:35,354 --> 00:59:36,790
And Drew reads the price,
1504
00:59:36,834 --> 00:59:38,487
and it's $2598,
1505
00:59:38,531 --> 00:59:40,707
and you can see her
kinda look at me, like...
1506
00:59:40,751 --> 00:59:42,187
Whoa!
1507
00:59:42,230 --> 00:59:44,232
[screaming]
1508
00:59:44,276 --> 00:59:46,321
And they opened the doors,
1509
00:59:46,365 --> 00:59:48,410
and she's gonna play for a car.
1510
00:59:48,454 --> 00:59:49,934
And I'm trying
to listen carefully
1511
00:59:49,977 --> 00:59:51,283
to the car and the options,
1512
00:59:51,326 --> 00:59:53,459
and I remember
it was a Pontiac Vibe.
1513
00:59:53,502 --> 00:59:56,462
So I'm thinking,
"Okay, it's $17,695."
1514
00:59:56,505 --> 00:59:59,900
And then I hear this
endless string of options
1515
00:59:59,944 --> 01:00:02,599
that's going on and on
and on and on.
1516
01:00:02,642 --> 01:00:04,644
And I can't even possibly
keep up with it.
1517
01:00:04,688 --> 01:00:06,298
And then I heard,
1518
01:00:06,341 --> 01:00:09,562
"AM/FM stereo and
paint and fabric protectant."
1519
01:00:09,606 --> 01:00:11,477
Uh, some lady was
playing One Away
1520
01:00:11,520 --> 01:00:13,000
and got every single
number exactly,
1521
01:00:13,044 --> 01:00:14,654
and was like
looking at this guy.
1522
01:00:14,698 --> 01:00:16,134
And changing the number
1523
01:00:16,177 --> 01:00:19,093
'cause this guy was yelling out,
"No! Not five, seven!"
1524
01:00:19,137 --> 01:00:20,791
You know, "Make that
a seven," you know?
1525
01:00:20,834 --> 01:00:22,531
Well, the way they had
the numbers set up,
1526
01:00:22,575 --> 01:00:23,968
I could tell what the price--
1527
01:00:24,011 --> 01:00:26,057
It had to be $18,546.
1528
01:00:26,100 --> 01:00:27,711
Because they usually
don't repeat digits,
1529
01:00:27,754 --> 01:00:29,408
and I knew it had
to end with a six.
1530
01:00:29,451 --> 01:00:31,366
Because only the paint
and fabric protectant
1531
01:00:31,410 --> 01:00:34,021
caused that last
digit to change.
1532
01:00:34,065 --> 01:00:36,067
Well, when that guy that--
1533
01:00:36,110 --> 01:00:37,459
that ended up in the Showcase,
1534
01:00:37,503 --> 01:00:39,070
when he was doing
his pricing game,
1535
01:00:39,113 --> 01:00:41,768
it was in Door Two
and we were really
far away from that guy.
1536
01:00:41,812 --> 01:00:43,509
-Oh, yeah. Good.
-And you couldn't hear him.
1537
01:00:43,552 --> 01:00:45,032
And he lost his pricing game.
1538
01:00:45,076 --> 01:00:47,208
They go to commercial.
They come back to do the wheel.
1539
01:00:47,252 --> 01:00:48,514
Terry spins first,
1540
01:00:48,557 --> 01:00:49,689
'cause I think
he won the least,
1541
01:00:49,733 --> 01:00:51,082
and he hit 90 cents.
1542
01:00:51,125 --> 01:00:52,518
And we were just like,
"This is awesome."
1543
01:00:52,561 --> 01:00:54,172
He's got a good chance.
1544
01:00:54,215 --> 01:00:56,478
And the other two
contestants spun,
they didn't beat him.
1545
01:00:56,522 --> 01:00:58,306
So, we're like,
"This is great.
He's in the Showcase."
1546
01:00:58,350 --> 01:00:59,699
Yay! We're happy.
1547
01:00:59,743 --> 01:01:02,006
You know, we can see Terry.
He's right up here.
1548
01:01:02,049 --> 01:01:04,051
Probably, you know,
a stone's throw away.
1549
01:01:04,095 --> 01:01:05,662
[Man]
And the Showcase?
What was your strategy?
1550
01:01:05,705 --> 01:01:07,707
[Terry]
The karaoke machine
had been used
1551
01:01:07,751 --> 01:01:10,014
as a get up on the stage
prize before.
1552
01:01:10,057 --> 01:01:11,450
And it was $1,000.
1553
01:01:11,493 --> 01:01:12,712
And the way
I remembered it was
1554
01:01:12,756 --> 01:01:14,932
that big giant tower
was the one,
1555
01:01:14,975 --> 01:01:17,804
and then there were
zeros after it in my head.
1556
01:01:17,848 --> 01:01:20,024
That's just the way
I thought of that.
1557
01:01:20,067 --> 01:01:21,547
Then they opened another door.
1558
01:01:21,590 --> 01:01:24,158
You know, it's three things
everybody's seen before.
1559
01:01:24,202 --> 01:01:26,508
Certainly the guy--
1560
01:01:26,552 --> 01:01:29,033
This Rain Man dude
from the fan group.
1561
01:01:29,076 --> 01:01:31,078
Yep, that's the
$2800 pool table.
1562
01:01:31,122 --> 01:01:32,427
[Terry]
I knew they were about $3,000.
1563
01:01:32,471 --> 01:01:33,994
That put me at $4,000.
1564
01:01:34,038 --> 01:01:36,736
And the last prize
is the Hi-Lo Trailer.
1565
01:01:36,780 --> 01:01:39,043
[Terry]
The rule of thumb
for campers
1566
01:01:39,086 --> 01:01:40,827
is $1,000 a foot.
1567
01:01:40,871 --> 01:01:42,394
Well, there's two of 'em.
1568
01:01:42,437 --> 01:01:44,962
There's a 17-foot,
and there's a 22-foot.
1569
01:01:45,005 --> 01:01:47,312
[Terry]
I thought he said 19 feet.
1570
01:01:47,355 --> 01:01:49,314
So I'm thinking $19,000.
1571
01:01:49,357 --> 01:01:50,619
[Man]
You're amazing. Okay.
1572
01:01:50,663 --> 01:01:52,317
It looks kinda short.
1573
01:01:52,360 --> 01:01:54,406
But I listened to make
sure that was what it was.
1574
01:01:54,449 --> 01:01:56,669
I added it up.
1575
01:01:56,713 --> 01:01:58,453
I told Linda what it was.
1576
01:01:58,497 --> 01:02:00,325
And I said,
"Let me do it again."
1577
01:02:00,368 --> 01:02:02,153
And I added it up
again in my head,
1578
01:02:02,196 --> 01:02:04,808
and I said, "$23,743.
1579
01:02:04,851 --> 01:02:07,462
Is that what I said before?"
And she said, "Yes."
1580
01:02:07,506 --> 01:02:09,638
-Meanwhile...
-She's passing it on to Terry.
1581
01:02:09,682 --> 01:02:11,205
She decides to pass.
1582
01:02:11,249 --> 01:02:13,294
Terry looks at us,
and then I thought...
1583
01:02:14,426 --> 01:02:15,775
Maybe we don't
want to call
1584
01:02:15,819 --> 01:02:17,777
this much attention
to ourselves.
1585
01:02:17,821 --> 01:02:20,562
Maybe we should
just get both Showcases
1586
01:02:20,606 --> 01:02:22,826
and not make it
a big spectacle.
1587
01:02:22,869 --> 01:02:26,264
So, I went $23,500.
1588
01:02:26,307 --> 01:02:28,657
But I think at that point,
he was really focusing on Linda,
1589
01:02:28,701 --> 01:02:30,050
and I had already
told her the price.
1590
01:02:30,094 --> 01:02:32,009
And you can see him
kinda mouthing numbers
1591
01:02:32,052 --> 01:02:33,401
and looking at us,
and he says...
1592
01:02:33,445 --> 01:02:36,883
-$23,743.
-[Drew] Wow.
1593
01:02:36,927 --> 01:02:41,235
And Drew, most ironic
statement ever, says,
1594
01:02:41,279 --> 01:02:44,064
"That's a very exact bid."
And, uh...
1595
01:02:44,108 --> 01:02:45,718
[Terry]
So I know
I'm in the ballpark.
1596
01:02:45,762 --> 01:02:47,807
Now, as strange
as this sounds,
1597
01:02:47,851 --> 01:02:50,549
I opened my mouth
and the 743 came out.
1598
01:02:50,592 --> 01:02:53,378
Then he proceeds to
show Sharon her Showcase,
1599
01:02:53,421 --> 01:02:55,597
which is every trip
in the house.
1600
01:02:55,641 --> 01:02:57,512
And I had no idea,
because like I said,
1601
01:02:57,556 --> 01:02:59,210
trips were always
a big guess.
1602
01:02:59,253 --> 01:03:01,952
And it depends if you're
going from one place to another,
1603
01:03:01,995 --> 01:03:03,954
or if you're always
starting from LA,
1604
01:03:03,997 --> 01:03:07,479
and who knows,
so she bid $30,525.
1605
01:03:07,522 --> 01:03:08,959
And we're all like,
"Okay, great."
1606
01:03:09,002 --> 01:03:11,352
But the second
Terry made that bid,
1607
01:03:11,396 --> 01:03:14,486
I saw Kathy Greco, who is
now one of the producers,
1608
01:03:14,529 --> 01:03:17,141
she's got a clipboard
and she's just standing
there, watching.
1609
01:03:17,184 --> 01:03:20,405
And she just turned
and walked over
to this little area
1610
01:03:20,448 --> 01:03:22,363
that was called
"The Puppet Booth."
1611
01:03:22,407 --> 01:03:26,106
It was where the, kind of
the production people sat
behind this screened wall.
1612
01:03:26,150 --> 01:03:28,848
And she just stood there
and stared into that screen.
1613
01:03:28,892 --> 01:03:30,545
We'll be right back,
folks, don't go away.
1614
01:03:32,417 --> 01:03:33,679
[Slauson]
They go to commercial.
1615
01:03:36,638 --> 01:03:38,205
And everything stopped.
1616
01:03:38,249 --> 01:03:39,859
[chuckles]
1617
01:03:39,903 --> 01:03:43,210
Kathy Greco, she came out
with her headphone.
She was like...
1618
01:03:43,254 --> 01:03:44,516
Like that, and I go,
"What happened?"
1619
01:03:44,559 --> 01:03:46,518
She goes--
she had her clipboard.
1620
01:03:46,561 --> 01:03:49,042
"He got the exact amount."
And I go, I went like, "What?"
1621
01:03:49,086 --> 01:03:50,609
[Pollak]
And what was the item?
1622
01:03:50,652 --> 01:03:52,089
There's three or four things,
I don't know.
1623
01:03:52,132 --> 01:03:53,873
I go, "Did that
ever happen before?"
1624
01:03:53,917 --> 01:03:55,092
And she goes, "No."
1625
01:03:55,135 --> 01:03:56,571
[Pollak]
That had never
happened before?
1626
01:03:56,615 --> 01:03:57,877
No, that's what
she said right away.
1627
01:03:57,921 --> 01:04:00,271
People on the show
1628
01:04:00,314 --> 01:04:03,622
were on the stage talking
with other people on the show.
1629
01:04:03,665 --> 01:04:06,755
We shut down for,
like, ten minutes.
1630
01:04:06,799 --> 01:04:09,541
-Right.
-15 minutes,
which is a long time.
1631
01:04:09,584 --> 01:04:11,804
They started playing
the music again
1632
01:04:11,848 --> 01:04:12,892
to keep the audience up.
1633
01:04:12,936 --> 01:04:14,067
And we're clapping along,
1634
01:04:14,111 --> 01:04:15,808
and I think the song
may have been, like,
1635
01:04:15,852 --> 01:04:18,550
"We Built This City"
by Jefferson Starship.
1636
01:04:18,593 --> 01:04:20,987
And everybody was like--
Standards and Practices
was there.
1637
01:04:21,031 --> 01:04:22,815
-What are we gonna do?
-What does this mean?
1638
01:04:22,859 --> 01:04:24,861
-What does this mean?
-Yeah, does this happen?
Is this possible?
1639
01:04:24,904 --> 01:04:26,384
-Right.
-You know, could
this even happen?
1640
01:04:26,427 --> 01:04:28,516
And we're clapping along,
1641
01:04:28,560 --> 01:04:29,604
and I'm looking around.
1642
01:04:29,648 --> 01:04:31,084
And I glance up and I'm like,
1643
01:04:31,128 --> 01:04:33,565
there's a camera
staring right at me.
1644
01:04:33,608 --> 01:04:35,610
Just right in front
of me on the stage.
1645
01:04:35,654 --> 01:04:37,264
[Pollak]
Did someone cheat?
That's gotta come up.
1646
01:04:37,308 --> 01:04:38,744
[Drew]
Yeah, and this
fan group had a lot--
1647
01:04:38,787 --> 01:04:41,051
we knew that this guy
was yelling out prices.
1648
01:04:41,094 --> 01:04:43,575
'Cause we knew the people
that were in the fan group.
1649
01:04:43,618 --> 01:04:45,838
[Man]
That question has
popped up, you know?
1650
01:04:45,882 --> 01:04:47,884
"He cheated."
Did you cheat?
1651
01:04:47,927 --> 01:04:50,234
[Terry laughs]
I don't know how
you could cheat.
1652
01:04:50,277 --> 01:04:52,410
First off, I have a
little bit of a hearing problem.
1653
01:04:52,453 --> 01:04:54,586
-[Man] Okay.
-[Terry] So if people
were yelling prices,
1654
01:04:54,629 --> 01:04:55,761
I couldn't hear it very well.
1655
01:04:55,804 --> 01:04:57,110
Thought, "Hmm.
1656
01:04:57,154 --> 01:04:59,330
"Well, they obviously
know it came from me.
1657
01:04:59,373 --> 01:05:02,202
You know, we'll see
how this plays out."
1658
01:05:02,246 --> 01:05:04,988
Let's give the guy
his prize right now.
We'll investigate it.
1659
01:05:05,031 --> 01:05:06,119
So, you come
back on the air,
1660
01:05:06,163 --> 01:05:07,425
and you're not
thrilled for the guy.
1661
01:05:07,468 --> 01:05:09,470
which is all over
the fucking press.
1662
01:05:09,514 --> 01:05:11,472
-I think I'm fucked!
-Right! You're out of a job.
1663
01:05:11,516 --> 01:05:13,822
-I think I'm out of a job.
-You think they're
shutting down the show.
1664
01:05:13,866 --> 01:05:15,172
I think they're
shutting down the show.
1665
01:05:15,215 --> 01:05:17,304
[cheers and applause]
1666
01:05:17,348 --> 01:05:18,697
All right,
welcome back, everybody.
1667
01:05:18,740 --> 01:05:20,525
But finally...
1668
01:05:20,568 --> 01:05:22,962
they bring the lights back up,
1669
01:05:23,006 --> 01:05:24,529
and Drew and the
contestants are in place,
1670
01:05:24,572 --> 01:05:26,444
and this is probably
the saddest moment.
1671
01:05:26,487 --> 01:05:29,316
She only missed her
Showcase by $494,
1672
01:05:29,360 --> 01:05:30,970
which with that
much money involved,
1673
01:05:31,014 --> 01:05:32,929
was a pretty
darn good bid.
1674
01:05:32,972 --> 01:05:34,365
He walks over to Terry.
1675
01:05:34,408 --> 01:05:36,062
And I thought they were
never gonna air it anyway.
1676
01:05:36,106 --> 01:05:37,498
-Right.
-So I was like,
"Well, fuck it."
1677
01:05:37,542 --> 01:05:38,891
[laughing]
1678
01:05:38,935 --> 01:05:40,458
They said that before
you went back on the air?
1679
01:05:40,501 --> 01:05:42,112
I didn't think
they could-- yeah.
1680
01:05:42,155 --> 01:05:44,070
I remember somebody wondering
how they could even air it,
1681
01:05:44,114 --> 01:05:45,245
you know, if there
was a scandal.
1682
01:05:45,289 --> 01:05:46,551
-Right.
-You know?
1683
01:05:46,594 --> 01:05:47,944
And I was like,
"Well, this is fucked."
1684
01:05:47,987 --> 01:05:49,554
I mean, I was so
depressed right then.
1685
01:05:50,685 --> 01:05:51,860
Actual retail price...
1686
01:05:51,904 --> 01:05:53,775
$23,743.
1687
01:05:53,819 --> 01:05:54,994
You got it right on the nose.
1688
01:05:55,038 --> 01:05:56,735
The display changed
to just a zero,
1689
01:05:56,778 --> 01:05:58,476
and then they
showed his total,
1690
01:05:58,519 --> 01:06:01,914
and Linda went up on stage,
Terry, I think, was more,
1691
01:06:01,958 --> 01:06:04,830
like, shocked than anybody
that he was on the nose.
1692
01:06:04,873 --> 01:06:06,527
Linda went up
and gave him a hug,
1693
01:06:06,571 --> 01:06:08,312
and they went
and looked at the prizes, and...
1694
01:06:08,355 --> 01:06:10,096
[Terry]
Oh, it was a
standing ovation.
1695
01:06:10,140 --> 01:06:13,012
I was stunned.
You know, it's just like
being dipped in Novocaine.
1696
01:06:13,056 --> 01:06:14,492
It wasn't like $4,700.
1697
01:06:14,535 --> 01:06:16,015
-No.
-It was a ridiculous amount.
1698
01:06:16,059 --> 01:06:17,364
Yeah, it was right
on the penny.
1699
01:06:17,408 --> 01:06:18,713
-Yeah, it was crazy.
-Yeah.
1700
01:06:18,757 --> 01:06:20,802
And so, everybody thought
that something happened.
1701
01:06:20,846 --> 01:06:22,979
You know, we're all in
the audience clapping,
1702
01:06:23,022 --> 01:06:24,154
and we're all on our feet
1703
01:06:24,197 --> 01:06:25,546
'cause it's such
an exciting moment,
1704
01:06:25,590 --> 01:06:27,984
and I'm standing there
smiling and clapping,
1705
01:06:28,027 --> 01:06:30,987
and Kathy Greco's
standing right in front
of me on the stage
1706
01:06:31,030 --> 01:06:33,119
just shooting me
the dirtiest look
1707
01:06:33,163 --> 01:06:35,774
I've ever gotten in my life.
1708
01:06:36,949 --> 01:06:38,255
And...
1709
01:06:38,298 --> 01:06:40,953
There was a producer
on the show my first year,
1710
01:06:40,997 --> 01:06:42,389
that had been there 35 years.
1711
01:06:42,433 --> 01:06:44,565
He'd been there
his whole television career.
1712
01:06:44,609 --> 01:06:46,785
It was his first job
out of college.
1713
01:06:46,828 --> 01:06:48,961
And, uh, and...
1714
01:06:49,005 --> 01:06:51,790
he wasn't there my second year
on the show.
1715
01:06:51,833 --> 01:06:55,054
This fan group--
they didn't blame me
for him not being there,
1716
01:06:55,098 --> 01:06:57,491
but we thought
somebody from the staff had--
1717
01:06:57,535 --> 01:06:58,927
was also mad about this,
1718
01:06:58,971 --> 01:07:00,451
and was cooperating
with the fan group,
1719
01:07:00,494 --> 01:07:01,800
was, like, just to
fuck the show over
1720
01:07:01,843 --> 01:07:03,802
gave the guy
the price of the Showcase.
1721
01:07:03,845 --> 01:07:06,065
[Pollak]
Yeah, you didn't have
to be Oliver Stone
1722
01:07:06,109 --> 01:07:08,067
-to see a conspiracy
theory going down.
-Yeah.
1723
01:07:08,111 --> 01:07:11,331
Show goes off the air.
Linda comes back down.
1724
01:07:11,375 --> 01:07:13,203
And next thing you know,
1725
01:07:13,246 --> 01:07:14,421
Kathy's at the
front of the stage
1726
01:07:14,465 --> 01:07:17,859
and she's like, "Linda! Linda!"
1727
01:07:17,903 --> 01:07:19,035
Then she turns back around
1728
01:07:19,078 --> 01:07:20,558
and she motions
her back up on stage,
1729
01:07:20,601 --> 01:07:22,081
and I thought,
"Oh! Here we go."
1730
01:07:22,125 --> 01:07:23,865
Now they're gonna
call us all up there,
1731
01:07:23,909 --> 01:07:25,606
and find out what happened,
1732
01:07:25,650 --> 01:07:27,217
and ask us questions.
1733
01:07:27,260 --> 01:07:29,262
Like, they were
always getting a lot
1734
01:07:29,306 --> 01:07:30,829
of inside information
about the show,
1735
01:07:30,872 --> 01:07:33,092
and we never knew
how they were getting
their information.
1736
01:07:33,136 --> 01:07:34,267
About the things
we were planning
1737
01:07:34,311 --> 01:07:35,573
or things we were doing.
1738
01:07:35,616 --> 01:07:36,965
-They just had
a lot of contacts.
-Right.
1739
01:07:37,009 --> 01:07:38,315
You know, within the show.
1740
01:07:38,358 --> 01:07:40,099
Well, what happened
was, I guess,
1741
01:07:40,143 --> 01:07:41,970
she had wanted Drew
to autograph her shirt,
1742
01:07:42,014 --> 01:07:43,885
and so they were
gonna have that done,
1743
01:07:43,929 --> 01:07:45,931
and so they took her up,
1744
01:07:45,974 --> 01:07:47,367
and he autographed her shirt.
1745
01:07:47,411 --> 01:07:49,630
And they were mad about
this guy not being here,
1746
01:07:49,674 --> 01:07:52,938
so we all thought,
"Oh, they're just
fucking with us now."
1747
01:07:52,981 --> 01:07:55,680
-'Cause they're mad
and they're trying to hurt--
-Oh, the producer of 35 years...
1748
01:07:55,723 --> 01:07:57,682
-Yeah, now they're mad 'cause
this guy's not here anymore.
1749
01:07:57,725 --> 01:07:59,292
They're just trying
to fuck with us.
1750
01:07:59,336 --> 01:08:02,295
There was discussion because
they had fired Roger Dobkowitz
1751
01:08:02,339 --> 01:08:03,905
who was the producer
from Day One,
1752
01:08:03,949 --> 01:08:06,125
and they thought I was
part of this fan group
1753
01:08:06,169 --> 01:08:07,735
that was trying
to take the show down.
1754
01:08:07,779 --> 01:08:09,259
[Pollak]
Turns out?
1755
01:08:09,302 --> 01:08:11,435
Turns out,
the guy was just...
was able to--
1756
01:08:11,478 --> 01:08:12,784
Because we never--
1757
01:08:12,827 --> 01:08:13,872
[Pollak]
He beat the game.
1758
01:08:13,915 --> 01:08:15,178
Yeah, because
we didn't repeat--
1759
01:08:15,221 --> 01:08:16,788
'Cause we repeated
prizes so much,
1760
01:08:16,831 --> 01:08:18,398
he was able to just,
like, memorize
1761
01:08:18,442 --> 01:08:20,008
all the major ones
we'd give away.
1762
01:08:20,052 --> 01:08:22,446
There were all these theories,
none of which were correct.
1763
01:08:22,489 --> 01:08:25,971
I mean, I think we've proven
that I've known my prices
1764
01:08:26,014 --> 01:08:27,799
from Day One.
1765
01:08:27,842 --> 01:08:31,542
And it's not unusual for me
to help people win.
1766
01:08:31,585 --> 01:08:33,196
Right, now it's like
constant meetings,
1767
01:08:33,239 --> 01:08:34,893
constant prize pitching.
1768
01:08:34,936 --> 01:08:37,330
You know, like, that's never
gonna happen again.
1769
01:08:37,374 --> 01:08:38,679
[Terry]
What are crackers worth?
1770
01:08:38,723 --> 01:08:40,333
And what's the salsa
sauce going for?
1771
01:08:40,377 --> 01:08:42,248
And what about Ester-C?
These are--
-[man laughing]
1772
01:08:42,292 --> 01:08:43,641
[Terry laughing]
1773
01:08:43,684 --> 01:08:45,295
[Terry]
So, in that sense,
1774
01:08:45,338 --> 01:08:47,297
yeah, we were playing
pricing games out on the street.
1775
01:08:47,340 --> 01:08:49,429
[Man]
So, let's just say
you did your homework?
1776
01:08:49,473 --> 01:08:52,519
[Terry] I did my homework.
I'd suggest that to anybody
that's gonna do that show.
1777
01:08:52,563 --> 01:08:54,695
Do your homework,
watch the show,
1778
01:08:54,739 --> 01:08:57,002
watch the show,
watch the show.
1779
01:08:57,045 --> 01:08:58,830
[Man]
Did you hear that?
"Watch the show."
1780
01:08:58,873 --> 01:09:01,224
Honestly, all those guys are--
1781
01:09:01,267 --> 01:09:02,921
If you wanna
come wait in line,
1782
01:09:02,964 --> 01:09:04,966
They never had to
wait in line before,
so they're not gonna.
1783
01:09:05,010 --> 01:09:08,796
But if you wanna wait in line,
and come see the show
and try your best,
1784
01:09:08,840 --> 01:09:10,450
never gonna be able
to do that again.
1785
01:09:10,494 --> 01:09:12,017
You know, I've been
called a lot of
1786
01:09:12,060 --> 01:09:13,497
ugly names on the Internet,
1787
01:09:13,540 --> 01:09:17,370
and in podcasts
and things like that, and...
1788
01:09:17,414 --> 01:09:20,199
it's just sad that people
don't know the whole story.
1789
01:09:20,243 --> 01:09:22,201
So, I appreciate
being able to tell it.
1790
01:09:22,245 --> 01:09:24,943
♪
1791
01:09:39,523 --> 01:09:41,525
[Slauson]
My dad would ask
from time to time,
1792
01:09:41,568 --> 01:09:43,266
"Well, did you ever
hear from Brandon?
1793
01:09:43,309 --> 01:09:44,789
"Well, I just think
he should've given you
1794
01:09:44,832 --> 01:09:45,877
something for all that help."
1795
01:09:45,920 --> 01:09:47,487
And I was like, "Dad...
1796
01:09:47,531 --> 01:09:48,749
That's not why I help people."
1797
01:09:48,793 --> 01:09:50,534
It's just it's fun
to watch people win.
1798
01:09:50,577 --> 01:09:52,797
And you know, I don't
have to pay their taxes.
1799
01:09:52,840 --> 01:09:54,407
So, you know, good for them.
1800
01:09:56,931 --> 01:09:59,673
♪ Life is just a
bowl of cherries ♪
1801
01:09:59,717 --> 01:10:01,327
♪ Don't be so serious
1802
01:10:01,371 --> 01:10:03,111
♪ Life's too mysterious
1803
01:10:03,155 --> 01:10:04,765
♪ You work, you save
1804
01:10:04,809 --> 01:10:06,376
♪ You worry so
1805
01:10:06,419 --> 01:10:09,422
♪ But you can't take your dough
when you go, go, go ♪
1806
01:10:09,466 --> 01:10:12,425
♪ So keep repeating,
"It's the berries" ♪
1807
01:10:12,469 --> 01:10:15,472
♪ The strongest oak must fall
1808
01:10:15,515 --> 01:10:18,605
♪ The sweet things in life,
to you were just loaned ♪
1809
01:10:18,649 --> 01:10:20,085
♪ So how can you lose
1810
01:10:20,128 --> 01:10:21,913
♪ What you've never owned
1811
01:10:21,956 --> 01:10:24,568
♪ Life is just a
bowl of cherries ♪
1812
01:10:24,611 --> 01:10:27,571
♪ So live
and laugh at it all ♪
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