The Price Is Right/Trivia: Difference between revisions

** The original version averted any shame, and ensured it. In 1958, police arrested a viewer from New York City who tried to bribe the producers into selecting his sweepstakes entry. Later, as the quiz show scandals broke, charges were brought up that producers were instructing certain contestants to not exceed the prices of certain items. The charges were never proven.

* [[The Pete Best]]: Dennis James, to the point where '''Doug Davidson''' is better-known for hosting ''Price'' amongst those under the age of about 40 or so (excluding die-hard game show fans). There's something wrong when said under-40s will know the guy who did ''80'' episodes far more often than the guy who did ''200'', and it certainly doesn't help that about 25+ episodes of Davidson's run circulate versus exactly '''''5''''' episodes of James' tenure. <ref>(Excluding the pitchfilm {not intended to air} and the audio recordings {not "visual", and because about 5-10 or so are missing several combinations of Segments 1-3}. If they ''were'' included, it would bring the total to a more respectable 36 of 201.)</ref>

* [[Promoted Fanboy]]:

** Both Rod Roddy and Rich Fields were longtime fans of the show, and attended tapings where they asked original announcer Johnny Olson for advice on careers in announcing.