I was a tot at the time, and don't remember Dennis James, but as I watch these gems, yeah, a real class act host and I am really diggin' his work. Dennis is so much more sincere than Bob Barker. Bob Barker always comes across as a stage act.
@@wschmrdr I think the story is that in the beginning Dennis James was going to be the host for the entire Price Is Right franchise as Bob Barker was still busy with Truth Or Consequences and originally didn't want to do Price Is Right but then changed his mind.
Well as a contestant that would be the case, but not exactly in the early days. I think 12 was generally the minimum age back then to attend with some exceptions but it all depended on the taping and the version (daytime/syndication).
Tubewings Actually, this was taped before the first daytime episode with the rainbow set was, so the Contestant's Row displays (and the Giant Price Tag's brown border) hadn't been changed yet.
+UNCJerry77 I think they kept using the orange displays on the night show while they used the "rainbow set" on the daytime show. I can't say for sure because I was only four years old when this aired.
19:28 - Dian did not have the trademark Price is Right handflip correct. Her hands are pointed down and not up as seen here. She would mention getting the "S-flip" wrong in her early days, even slapping her hand, while doing the models' interview on Vicki Lawrence's talk show shortly before she left in 1993.
One thing was missing from the credits: "A VIACOM ENTERPRISES PRESENTATION"! Also, there were no show credits, which was kind of unusual for a weekly syndicated game show!
I was only 12 years old when this episode was recorded. I always noticed back then the night time price is right, the prizes cost more than the daytime. Seeing that Trip to Quebec City made me think about when I went there along time ago. This is still a great show.
always liked that music cue from the jet ski prize. Sometimes I wish they would recirculate some of those old music bits on Carey's version. Those new ones sort of sound generic and lame.
Diane in a brown wig means this must be early indeed for her, since the reason she had the wig was to fool people into believing she was Anitra (who was herself on a sabbatical at the time). Before November 1975, in any case, since by the first hour-long daytime shows Dian had ditched the wig (and the real Anitra was back on the air)
I'm honestly surprised she just didn't go with her actual hair color- seeing her roots thought her tenure. Although her hair style after going blonde was still a mild version of this.
Organs were sure popular in the 70's! I loved to play my grannies and before I knew it, my mom was making me take organ lessons. And at 14! I was most disappointed when my instructor wouldn't teach me any Rufas & Chaka Khan "melodies"! 😂
Dennis always hosted this show like his car was outside double-parked. Come on come on come on!!! He was always quick quick quick! I'm surprised he didn't make the show play all quicky games, he seemed extra eager for the showcases all the time...C'mon c'mon c'mon!!! I remember Don Rickles once saying to Johnny Carson "You're acting like Dennis James and I'm a bad contestant." LOL C'mon!
And I remember watching both the daytime and nighttime Price is Right on WKYT Channel 27 in Lexington, where, back in the 70’s, WKYT held a popular promotion dubbed “TPIR Wednesdays on TV-27.”
WLKY also aired the Nighttime Price is Right with Dennis James every Friday night at 7:30, and WLEX and WAVE 3 carried the Tom Kennedy Nighttime Price is Right every weeknight at 7:30 before WAVE 3 replaced it with The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime with the late Jim Lange, who previously hosted The New $100,000 Name That Tune, which also aired on WAVE 3 every weeknight at 7:30.
When did they change from the original orange displays to the multi-color ones that they still use today? I seem to remember that the James version hung on to the orange displays while the Barker version moved to the multi-color ones when they moved to one hour? I was four years old when this aired, so my memory might be a little foggy.
I don't know what the production number for this episode is, but by #125N (which is on TH-cam), the James version switched to the multi-colored Contestants Row. Also, the switch on the Barker version occurred when the show moved from its afternoon timeslot to the morning timeslot (in August of 1975, two and a half months before the show expanded to a full hour).
I'm not crazy about most government things but you can thank the FCC for in 1970 giving the 6:30/7:30 time slot back to the local stations. .....They THOUGHT that they were going to use the time for community programming, THANK GOD THEY WERE WRONG!!
+James Bonnen Not exactly. The networks still can't offer network programming in that time slot. What they were allowed to do as of 1996, but not previously, is syndicate shows. That's what made it possible for CBS to buy King World and become the distributor of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!, but they're still not network programs.
Fox isn't covered by the same regulations as CBS, NBC and ABC. The definition of a network is that it distributes more than 15 hours a week of regularly scheduled national programming. Fox does exactly 15 - if they programmed the 10 PM Eastern Time hour, they would be considered a network and they couldn't put anything on at 7:30 except on Sundays.
This may have been the first game (now with the 'Any Number' wordmark on the top) of this kind played since the aforementioned Martha won the $6,000 car but the show could not dis-play (at least on TV) the incomplete prices of the sailboat or the piggy bank that would have otherwise been known. Google is trying!
Anybody see the future contestant Martha sitting behind the girl that was helping her try to win the car. In a future episode of NTPIR, she wins a $6201 car herself playing ANY NUMBER, but participates in a DBLE OVR showcase.
I Think This Is The Last Time You Would See Contestant's Row With That Color Cause In Late October Is When The Colored ones Debuted During The Trial Hour
Maureen won $9524 in prizes on her showcase, Phyllis looks amazing in a peach bikini at the 19:07, 20:28 marks and Dian Parkinson is a stunning brunette in this 1975 Price is Right classic!
Does anyone have the following featuring Dennis James as host: *) The infamous "There Goes Fritz" episode from 1976 in which Janice Pennington breaks down in tears backstage following the Cliff Hangers game (Fritz was the name of her then-boyfriend whom disappeared while mountain climbing). *)Any episodes of the daytime 1974-75 version of Name That Tune. I doubt there's a copy available but it would be priceless to see.
Chris Baker I know I'm way late to this, but it wasn't a joke. Dennis wasn't aware that Fritz had disappeared shortly before the first nighttime taping with Cliff Hangers, and his naming of the mountain climber was probably a coincidence. ...On the other hand, it's possible that never happened at all. When the official TPIR TH-cam channel uploaded clips of the game's debut a few years ago, Janice could be seen walking behind the game board right as Bob says "Cliff Hangers" for the first time.
I have to wonder in the 300 nighttime episodes that were hosted by Dennis James (1972-77) and Bob Barker (1977-80), how many did each man host in the 8 years it was aired?
I always thought that the night time price is right episodes were great. I was only 12 years old during this episode. Seeing Dianne Parkinson, makes me wonder what year did she start being on the price is right. Seeing that trip to Quebec City, reminded me that went there along time ago. Prices were more on the night time, than the daytime back then. I enjoyed watching both of them anyway. Still a great game show today 👍.
James Bonnen I think 300 total over eight years - I think Stu posted what may be Dennis' last taped show in 1977 and it was 193N meaning Bob taped the remaining 107 over the final three years of nighttime.
Gotta love those nighttime showcases. I just loved everything about Price in the late ‘70s, both daytime and nighttime. I keep forgetting that Dian was a brunette back then. Could’ve been a wig. I wonder what happened to Phyllis at the end? I guess they didn’t have anything for her to cover up with. 😂😂. Anybody know what Phyllis’s last name is? 🤔🤔
Dian wore a brunette wig to look like Anitra while she was away and was filling in for Anitra. When Anitra came back, Dian didn’t use the brunette wig anymore showing her natural blonde hair.
TimBoud2012, That plus Bob Barker's request that no shows with fur coats as prizes to be aired on GSN. That might change now that Bob is no longer on the show anymore and that there is debate on whether or not the Dennis James hosted episodes should be relieved from the ban since it was Barker, not James, that imposed the fur coat ban.
Wow, the only thing more jarring than Dian's brunette wig is the set on this episode. Can you say juxtaposition? Speaking of wow, that's the most heartbreaking way you could ever get screwed over on Grocery Game! As soon as I saw that she was a penny short, I knew there was no way she could possibly win.
Loved Dennis James !!! What an M.C. So wonderful! Such a unique voice he had!!!
And it's who Mark Goodson wanted. The network vetoed, and went for Bob Barker instead.
I was a tot at the time, and don't remember Dennis James, but as I watch these gems, yeah, a real class act host and I am really diggin' his work. Dennis is so much more sincere than Bob Barker. Bob Barker always comes across as a stage act.
Yes, I was a kid and loved him.
@@wschmrdr I think the story is that in the beginning Dennis James was going to be the host for the entire Price Is Right franchise as Bob Barker was still busy with Truth Or Consequences and originally didn't want to do Price Is Right but then changed his mind.
"This is Dennis James saying be sure to watch The Price is Right next week because if you don't then we'll miss you " I love it!
Thanks for uploading. Love the Dennis James episodes of Price.
Taping date: July 21, 1975.
That baby blue Chevrolet convertible was gorgeous. I love that colorful plays luggage too.
A trip to Haiti? I know things were different in 1975, but that place must have been nice 40 years ago.
The youngest person in the audience when this was taped would be 57 years old now.
The womans baby would be 39 years old
Well as a contestant that would be the case, but not exactly in the early days. I think 12 was generally the minimum age back then to attend with some exceptions but it all depended on the taping and the version (daytime/syndication).
Weird seeing the old orange-brown contestant row readouts with the rainbow set. Thought they redone everything at once. Great find!
UNCJerry77 Maybe the rainbow Contestants Row was malfunctioning on this day, and they brought out the old setpiece for this taping.
Tubewings Actually, this was taped before the first daytime episode with the rainbow set was, so the Contestant's Row displays (and the Giant Price Tag's brown border) hadn't been changed yet.
+UNCJerry77 I think they kept using the orange displays on the night show while they used the "rainbow set" on the daytime show.
I can't say for sure because I was only four years old when this aired.
+Chris Baker There's nighttime episode from 1975 on TH-cam that uses the rainbow displays.
This probably aired before October 1975 because of the contestants row. I think they changed them a couple days later.
Damn, Bob Barker Looked SO Young In This One!!!!!
Um, that's Dennis "DuMont" James 😂
That is a sweet Chevrolet convertible!😁😃🤩😎
This episode originally aired in California...the store that is caught for a second after the Grocery Game, Zodys, was based there.
19:28 - Dian did not have the trademark Price is Right handflip correct. Her hands are pointed down and not up as seen here. She would mention getting the "S-flip" wrong in her early days, even slapping her hand, while doing the models' interview on Vicki Lawrence's talk show shortly before she left in 1993.
A trip to HAITI??? Reminds me of that SNL skit bad idea jeans.
And Haiti was under the iron-fisted rule of Baby Doc at that time, so really bad idea.
Two things that would never be seen together Dennis James and the big wheel and the yellow and brown set with the big wheel!
18:22 For anyone wondering why episodes from the Dennis James era cannot be rerun today, this is obviously the answer to your question.
need more nighttime james and kennedy episodes posted.
Dennis was up against the clock at the end. A very rushed goodbye.
One thing was missing from the credits: "A VIACOM ENTERPRISES PRESENTATION"! Also, there were no show credits, which was kind of unusual for a weekly syndicated game show!
I was only 12 years old when this episode was recorded. I always noticed back then the night time price is right, the prizes cost more than the daytime. Seeing that Trip to Quebec City made me think about when I went there along time ago. This is still a great show.
Nighttime versions of game shows always have a bigger prize budget than the daytime versions ($100K Pyramid, Wheel of Fortune with the 5K space, etc).
always liked that music cue from the jet ski prize. Sometimes I wish they would recirculate some of those old music bits on Carey's version. Those new ones sort of sound generic and lame.
Diane in a brown wig means this must be early indeed for her, since the reason she had the wig was to fool people into believing she was Anitra (who was herself on a sabbatical at the time). Before November 1975, in any case, since by the first hour-long daytime shows Dian had ditched the wig (and the real Anitra was back on the air)
Bryce Lozier On the other videos, there are 2 other models that I have no clue of a name at all.
I'm honestly surprised she just didn't go with her actual hair color- seeing her roots thought her tenure.
Although her hair style after going blonde was still a mild version of this.
Dennis James was second to no other host.
At least one could get an inkling of where the producers got the idea for the first post-Barker era set backgrounds from (from the turntable wall).
Organs were sure popular in the 70's! I loved to play my grannies and before I knew it, my mom was making me take organ lessons. And at 14!
I was most disappointed when my instructor wouldn't teach me any Rufas & Chaka Khan "melodies"! 😂
Dennis always hosted this show like his car was outside double-parked. Come on come on come on!!! He was always quick quick quick! I'm surprised he didn't make the show play all quicky games, he seemed extra eager for the showcases all the time...C'mon c'mon c'mon!!! I remember Don Rickles once saying to Johnny Carson "You're acting like Dennis James and I'm a bad contestant." LOL C'mon!
Will Mack Lol
Well, considering they offered way more in the nighttime showcases, they had to speed things up a bit.
He told one contestant "The daytime show is one hour! We're not!!"
The older MC's tried to keep the games and the show moving. Peter Marshall did it on Hollywood Squares
Channels eight, 11, and 12 aired this version in my home state.
WGHP, WTVD, and WCTI
Philip Cousin I do remember watching the nighttime version of TPIR on WGHP also.
And I remember watching both the daytime and nighttime Price is Right on WKYT Channel 27 in Lexington, where, back in the 70’s, WKYT held a popular promotion dubbed “TPIR Wednesdays on TV-27.”
WSAV-TV ran the one with Dennis James at 6:00 pm Eastern (local), WTOC-TV ran the one with Tom Kennedy at 7:30 pm Eastern (Local)
WLKY also aired the Nighttime Price is Right with Dennis James every Friday night at 7:30, and WLEX and WAVE 3 carried the Tom Kennedy Nighttime Price is Right every weeknight at 7:30 before WAVE 3 replaced it with The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime with the late Jim Lange, who previously hosted The New $100,000 Name That Tune, which also aired on WAVE 3 every weeknight at 7:30.
In Dallas, TX, ABC 8 aired it; in Beaumont/San Antonio, ABC 12; Houston, ABC Channel 13; Austin, ABC 24; El Paso, CBS 4.
1000 francs, I've never seen a game show offer cash from another country.
Wow, that was one busy episode!
That Chevy convertible on the Any Number game was sweet
I’m surprised, if not shocked. I was expecting a closing logo of the distributor somewhere.
I thought the SPORTSYPE readout in ONE BID we introduced by this this time.
Episode #122N Aired October, 1975
When did they change from the original orange displays to the multi-color ones that they still use today? I seem to remember that the James version hung on to the orange displays while the Barker version moved to the multi-color ones when they moved to one hour?
I was four years old when this aired, so my memory might be a little foggy.
I don't know what the production number for this episode is, but by #125N (which is on TH-cam), the James version switched to the multi-colored Contestants Row.
Also, the switch on the Barker version occurred when the show moved from its afternoon timeslot to the morning timeslot (in August of 1975, two and a half months before the show expanded to a full hour).
This was #122N.
I'm not crazy about most government things but you can thank the FCC for in 1970 giving the 6:30/7:30 time slot back to the local stations. .....They THOUGHT that they were going to use the time for community programming, THANK GOD THEY WERE WRONG!!
***** I found out that the Prime Time Access rule was repealled in 1996
+James Bonnen Not exactly. The networks still can't offer network programming in that time slot. What they were allowed to do as of 1996, but not previously, is syndicate shows. That's what made it possible for CBS to buy King World and become the distributor of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!, but they're still not network programs.
The new rules have allowed the network to preempt programming, such as Fox atarting baseball pre game coverage at 6:30 CST.
Fox isn't covered by the same regulations as CBS, NBC and ABC. The definition of a network is that it distributes more than 15 hours a week of regularly scheduled national programming. Fox does exactly 15 - if they programmed the 10 PM Eastern Time hour, they would be considered a network and they couldn't put anything on at 7:30 except on Sundays.
+John Holder Thanks. I've wondered why Fox has been around almost 30 yrs. and STILL doesn't program anything in the 10:00 hour.
This may have been the first game (now with the 'Any Number' wordmark on the top) of this kind played since the aforementioned Martha won the $6,000 car but the show could not dis-play (at least on TV) the incomplete prices of the sailboat or the piggy bank that would have otherwise been known. Google is trying!
The good old days. I was 10 years old.
Anybody see the future contestant Martha sitting behind the girl that was helping her try to win the car. In a future episode of NTPIR, she wins a $6201 car herself playing ANY NUMBER, but participates in a DBLE OVR showcase.
James 1062 That was episode #125-N.
James 1062 Yep, the way I saw her mouthing "8! 8!" I was like your get the piggy bank- this time!
I was so poor in 75...I would have liked any prize
that fridge would of cost $ 3600 today
I remember this I was 9 year old in 1975
Isn't the 3rd model Phyllis Davis?
@robert beatty I am not familiar with her, was she the one modeling the jet ski in the first one bid?
Her in a bikini? Wowwie!!!
I Think This Is The Last Time You Would See Contestant's Row With That Color Cause In Late October Is When The Colored ones Debuted During The Trial Hour
Dennis James pitched King’s cereals
Maureen won $9524 in prizes on her showcase, Phyllis looks amazing in a peach bikini at the 19:07, 20:28 marks and Dian Parkinson is a stunning brunette in this 1975 Price is Right classic!
And Maureen, her Clapping Hands, her Nametag, her Smile & her Nose have some sweet winning her Prizes together company!
Does anyone have the following featuring Dennis James as host:
*) The infamous "There Goes Fritz" episode from 1976 in which Janice Pennington breaks down in tears backstage following the Cliff Hangers game (Fritz was the name of her then-boyfriend whom disappeared while mountain climbing).
*)Any episodes of the daytime 1974-75 version of Name That Tune. I doubt there's a copy available but it would be priceless to see.
+meyerj75 Nowadays, a host would be fired in a heartbeat for saying something like that. I like Dennis, but that's a pretty tasteless joke.
Chris Baker I know I'm way late to this, but it wasn't a joke. Dennis wasn't aware that Fritz had disappeared shortly before the first nighttime taping with Cliff Hangers, and his naming of the mountain climber was probably a coincidence.
...On the other hand, it's possible that never happened at all. When the official TPIR TH-cam channel uploaded clips of the game's debut a few years ago, Janice could be seen walking behind the game board right as Bob says "Cliff Hangers" for the first time.
I LOVED DENNIS JAMES
I have to wonder in the 300 nighttime episodes that were hosted by Dennis James (1972-77) and Bob Barker (1977-80), how many did each man host in the 8 years it was aired?
Dennis James hosted the first 195 nighttime episodes while Barker did the remaining 105.
I always thought that the night time price is right episodes were great. I was only 12 years old during this episode. Seeing Dianne Parkinson, makes me wonder what year did she start being on the price is right. Seeing that trip to Quebec City, reminded me that went there along time ago. Prices were more on the night time, than the daytime back then. I enjoyed watching both of them anyway. Still a great game show today 👍.
1975
@@eyehatefarcebook11 Thanks for letting me know. I know that it's been a long time ago. I know that she left the show years ago.
At about 13:36, Dennis addresses the other model as "Phyllis." So, this is not Dian Parkinson. He says: "What''s other price over there, Phyllis?"
I sometimes like this format because it's all about luck to make it to the showcase.
At the time this is posted, Dennis James would have turned 100 years old.
A radio in a refrigerator
How many episodes of the nighttime price is right and how many with Dennis James?
James Bonnen I think 300 total over eight years - I think Stu posted what may be Dennis' last taped show in 1977 and it was 193N meaning Bob taped the remaining 107 over the final three years of nighttime.
There were 195 "The Price Is Right" shows with Dennis James.
@@williamdunphy352 How many were made with Tom Kennedy as the host?
@@joshlyons1975 I heard that there were 170
This host had a great voice
Gotta love those nighttime showcases. I just loved everything about Price in the late ‘70s, both daytime and nighttime. I keep forgetting that Dian was a brunette back then. Could’ve been a wig. I wonder what happened to Phyllis at the end? I guess they didn’t have anything for her to cover up with. 😂😂. Anybody know what Phyllis’s last name is? 🤔🤔
Dian wore a brunette wig to look like Anitra while she was away and was filling in for Anitra. When Anitra came back, Dian didn’t use the brunette wig anymore showing her natural blonde hair.
Was the fur coat the reason GSN never showed the 70s nighttime episodes?
TimBoud2012, That plus Bob Barker's request that no shows with fur coats as prizes to be aired on GSN. That might change now that Bob is no longer on the show anymore and that there is debate on whether or not the Dennis James hosted episodes should be relieved from the ban since it was Barker, not James, that imposed the fur coat ban.
Wonder if Buzzr would get these episodes in the near future.
i was born on this day
3:13 Sounded like Cartman's long lost dad!
I’d still like to know what the modified American plan as he keeps talking about LOL
Modified American plan is breakfast and dinner. American plan is all three meals and European plain is only breakfast.
I remember Phyllis Davis on Match Game and I thought could there be a better looking 4th position star!?
Maureen looked scared and nervous.
She bid $1100 on a jet ski and didn't expect to be the one to win it as the other three bid three digit figures.
Dian Parkinson modeling that car while wearing a fur coat. Just like Carol Merrill modeling prizes while wearing a fur coat on Let's Make a Deal.
21:07 That’s our current year!
I want what Genie Johnny wants!
I want a giantess sized Janice too, Genie Johnny! :)
is the 3rd models's name Phyllis? huba huba
KT yep,that's Phyllis Davis.I never knew she did TPIR either
KT Phyllis must have dyed her hair blonde by the time she starred on Vega$.
KT she did VEGA$
look at those dresses
That's bea from Vega$
The Chevy boat!
Wow, the only thing more jarring than Dian's brunette wig is the set on this episode. Can you say juxtaposition?
Speaking of wow, that's the most heartbreaking way you could ever get screwed over on Grocery Game! As soon as I saw that she was a penny short, I knew there was no way she could possibly win.
IKR? Once I saw $6.74 pop up on that cash register, my heart sank & my jaw just about dropped to the floor
JULIE, After playing PRICE IS RIGHT will play other games ? (OCT, 1975 )DENNIS JAMES . ,
Dennis James was a small guy
Holy crap that luggage is ugly, lol
"This is Dennis James saying be sure to watch The Price is Right next week because if you don't then we'll miss you " I love it!