Greg Rikkart and Emily O'Brien on The Price is Right

[Soapsuds]

Anyone see this? They did a skit on the showcase showdown. A very genious way to promote Y&R.

[bandbfan]

....As awkward as it might have been, lol.

[kalbir]

TPiR has done CBS daytime drama tie-ins before. In 1983, there were 4 episodes where each CBS daytime drama was featured in a showcase. Johnny Olson used descriptions of each show's characters and storylines to introduce the prizes. Actors from each show (Michael Damian and Steven Ford from Y&R, Frank Runyeon and Meg Ryan from As the World Turns, Rory Calhoun and Bill Beyers from Capitol, and Michael Tylo from Guiding Light) appeared during an item up for bid or pricing game, as well as in the showcase. On December 1, 1992, there was a showcase that celebrated the 5000th episode of Y&R (which aired that day); Rod Roddy used descriptions of Y&R's characters and storylines to introduce the prizes and Melody Thomas Scott and Peter Bergman introduced the last prize, a walk-on part on Y&R.

[bandbfan]

I thought there was some B&B thing with TPIR too, something involving Adrienne Frantz comes to mind.

[alphanguy74]

CBS has a rich history of cross promotion between the game shows and the soaps. Remember Nikki turning on her TV a couple weeks ago when the ranch was bugged, and TPIR was on? And here is a great clip of Melody Thomas on the 25,000$ pyramid from 1983:

[Dan]

Just saw it on Youtube, It had me rolling. I especially loved Drew's laugh at the end. I've always found his laugh hysterical on its own.

[kalbir]

Melody Thomas Scott and the late Terry Lester appeared on $25,000 Pyramid many times. Ray Combs's Family Feud had several soap opera special weeks as well, where the CBS soaps played against each other for charity.

[kentville]

I saw it, it was pretty funny.