Members R!ck Posted September 19, 2006 Members Share Posted September 19, 2006 Todays (9/18) Price is Right set a new record for the most cash and prizes ever given away on a daytime game show. The previous record was held by Press Your Luck's Michael Larson. ($110,237 in cash and prizes) and after 22 years it has been broken. Here's a clip of VickiAnn winning both showcases http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf2LzCcAmdc Her prizes: Totaling $147,517 Hot Tub Trip to New York City 1,000 Bucks on the Wheel 4 Digital Cameras Home Theater System Video Arcade Game Dodge Viper SRT10 Convertible Saturn Sky Convertible Dodge Caravan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KBT Posted September 19, 2006 Members Share Posted September 19, 2006 I havent watched TPIR in years, good to see Bob going strong! I have never seen a showcase over 70,000 much less 89,000+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted September 19, 2006 Members Share Posted September 19, 2006 Do syndicated shows not count in that record? Because several game shows have broken that record! (P.S. PYL's Michael Larson is my hero!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteveFrame Posted September 19, 2006 Members Share Posted September 19, 2006 Edited. I read something wrong. Congrats to Price Is Right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WTGH Posted September 19, 2006 Members Share Posted September 19, 2006 My guess is it must've been from the Million Dollar Primetime Special. Bob said she's the biggest winner in TPIR Daytime history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R!ck Posted September 19, 2006 Author Members Share Posted September 19, 2006 Guess it was a CBS daytime record TVgameshows.net VICKYANN BECOMES BIGGEST DAYTIME GAME SHOW WINNER IN CBS HISTORY For a variety of reasons, including weather coverage pre-emption, TVgameshows.net does not have the full name----but a woman married for 26 years, Vickyann, is now the biggest winner in the history of daytime game shows on CBS. She launched the start of the 35th season of The Price Is Right starts the show's 35th season of The Price Is Right as a Double Showcase winner, topping the $110,237 of Michael Larson on CBS's Press Your Luck in 1984. Vickyann won her way onstage with a $2,500 hot tub and went on for a new $20,194 Dodge Caravan SE in the Push Over game. She added another $1,000 in cash on the wheel. In the Showcase, her opponent overbid. Vickyann, on her package of a JBL Home Theatre System, Robotron/Joust video arcade game and Dodge Viper, bid $89,500. Actual retail price: $89,739. The house erupted as she added a trip to New York, four DXG digital cameras and a Saturn Sky. The record earnings in cash and prizes totaled $147,517. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poohbear19 Posted September 19, 2006 Members Share Posted September 19, 2006 Some people have all the luck... I'd be happy to win a couple of hundred. That would be enough to hit up a nice, trendy LA restaurant to eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnCCorinthos4ever Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 I am asuming that is only for TPIR in the USA cuz if he is talking about world wide they still have a long way to go to beat Australia's record. I am not to sure exactly what it is but I do know that it was in excess of $500,000.00 It was during that time that if someone won the showcase which was in excess of $100,000.00 they were also given an appartment worth around $400,000.00. But once again it is off air and Family Fued is back. I just wish that they decide to go with one game show and stick to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ms. Walsh Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 Whoa! Not many people win both showcases. That's really great. Of course, there's always the one good showcase and then the one crappy showcase, but if you win BOTH, that's pretty sweet!! My grandma went on TPIR and won a car, and then my aunt went on and won a bedroom set. If I ever get on, I'd totally want to play Plinko. It's almost impossible to not win something on that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rhiannon Posted September 23, 2006 Members Share Posted September 23, 2006 Congrats to your Grandma and Aunt! When I was little before I started kindergarten my Mom used to watch TPIR everyday, and I would always ask if they were going to play Plinko.......My Mom still teases me about it now when we watch TPIR.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members darraholic Posted September 24, 2006 Members Share Posted September 24, 2006 Grats to her but she's going to have hella lot of taxes on those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ms. Walsh Posted September 25, 2006 Members Share Posted September 25, 2006 Plinko is definitely the easiest game. Unless you keep hitting 0, you can't really lose. The worst ones are the golf game (b/c what if you suck at golf), and the one where you can either switch the prices or not...it's basically like flipping a coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members darraholic Posted September 25, 2006 Members Share Posted September 25, 2006 Golf Game is my favorite. It's pretty easy even if you don't golf. Just hit the ball straight and you'll get it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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