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.

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).

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 KZfaq 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.

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).

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

And Haiti was under the iron-fisted rule of Baby Doc at that time, so really bad idea.

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.

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.

***** 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.

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 don't know what the production number for this episode is, but by #125N (which is on KZfaq), 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.

@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!!!

Dennis James hosted the first 195 nighttime episodes while Barker did the remaining 105.

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.

And Maureen, her Clapping Hands, her Nametag, her Smile & her Nose have some sweet winning her Prizes together company!

+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 KZfaq 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.

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

I want a giantess sized Janice too, Genie Johnny! :)

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.

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 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.

Modified American plan is breakfast and dinner. American plan is all three meals and European plain is only breakfast.

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$

IKR? Once I saw $6.74 pop up on that cash register, my heart sank & my jaw just about dropped to the floor