Author Topic: Shows with good cents (Read 6767 times)

ActualRetailMike · « **on:** January 03, 2007, 07:47:51 PM »

How many game shows are there that make mention of cents, rather than just dollar values?

For TPiR there's:

The Any Number Game (in the piggy bank)
The Grocery Game
And of course the Showcase Showdown

ISTR that early on in the run, Bob Barker made a point of saying "We round off our retail prices to the nearest dollar" as a disclaimer/catchphrase, at or near the first IUFB.

The $1.98 Beauty Show

On The New Treasure Hunt, Johnny Jacobs sometimes derisively mentioned the cent component when listing the price of a klunk (or a prop prize leading into a klunk). The price was mentioned just after the "klunk music" stopped. For example, there was this one skit (forgive me if I'm mixing up episodes or details) in which the contestant won a picnic, consisting of a lousy bologna sandwich. To go with the picnic... was ants! Jacobs then described the Ant Farm she just won against klunk music "...to ruin your picnic." Total price: six dollars and eighty-five cents." But things turned out for the best when Edwards told her she could have prepared the sandwich "In your new kitchen!!". And eaten it "In your new dining room!!"

Let's Make a Deal might have mentioned the cent values of certain prizes on the trays Jay Stewart brought out into the aisles. Sometimes they had TPiR-esque pricing games with them, though I think mostly they were used for Monty Hall's classic gimmicks, like a $1000 bill stealthily tucked under the wrapper of a pack of Wrigley's gum (how duz he do that.)

PYLclark86 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 03, 2007, 08:48:32 PM »

Bingo at Home (Perry version) also used dollars and cents as the cash amount given away.

ChuckNet · « **Reply #2 on:** January 03, 2007, 08:52:32 PM »

Also, The Gong Show's grand prize, at least on the daytime version, was $516.32.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

BrandonFG · « **Reply #3 on:** January 03, 2007, 08:57:46 PM »

Jay Stewart also mentioned the full dollar amount of some curtain/box prizes, including cents, on LMaD. During the Big Deal, the show would superimpose the total dollar amount, and even have a decimal point and two digits for cents.

WhammyPower · « **Reply #4 on:** January 03, 2007, 09:01:45 PM »

The rounds of Supermarket Sweep before the Big Sweep.

DoorNumberFour · « **Reply #5 on:** January 03, 2007, 09:16:08 PM »

If you really wanna reach...

Didn't "Grill Me" use meal prices (whatever-95) as question values?

Don Howard · « **Reply #6 on:** January 03, 2007, 09:21:03 PM »

Add Penny To A Million to this list.
Also, cents were sometimes used on the syndicated version of Beat The Clock.

MikeK · « **Reply #7 on:** January 03, 2007, 09:47:22 PM »

[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' post=\'142055\' date=\'Jan 3 2007, 09:01 PM\']The rounds of Supermarket Sweep before the Big Sweep.[/quote]
And the Big Sweep totals in the show's first Lifetime season, as well as the original version.

Deal or No Deal (penny case) and 1 vs. 100 as well.

catkins522 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 03, 2007, 10:38:30 PM »

[quote name=\'ActualRetailMike\' post=\'142046\' date=\'Jan 3 2007, 07:47 PM\']
For TPiR there's:

The Any Number Game (in the piggy bank)
The Grocery Game
And of course the Showcase Showdown

[/quote]

What about...

Penny Ante
Pick a Pair

Charles

Neumms · « **Reply #9 on:** January 03, 2007, 11:12:35 PM »

I believe LMAD and Treasure Hunt gave the values of everything in dollars and cents, not just the Big Deal (Jay would even give retail prices for each prize in a package) and not just klunks.

Another is the rare three-way tie on Tattletales--cents weren't on the readouts, but I seem to remember Bert saying each section divided $583.33.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #10 on:** January 04, 2007, 12:04:52 AM »

[quote name=\'ActualRetailMike\' post=\'142046\' date=\'Jan 3 2007, 07:47 PM\']For TPiR there's:

The Any Number Game (in the piggy bank)
The Grocery Game
And of course the Showcase Showdown

[/quote]
Um, for TPIR there's every game that uses grocery items. And Pocket Change.

Adam Nedeff · « **Reply #11 on:** January 04, 2007, 12:10:56 AM »

[quote name=\'ActualRetailMike\' post=\'142046\' date=\'Jan 3 2007, 07:47 PM\']
ISTR that early on in the run, Bob Barker made a point of saying "We round off our retail prices to the [/quote]

Still does.

clemon79 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 04, 2007, 12:16:18 AM »

[quote name=\'ActualRetailMike\' post=\'142046\' date=\'Jan 3 2007, 07:47 PM\'][/quote]
Wow, you'd think someone who named himself after a TPiR term would know the show a little better.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #13 on:** January 04, 2007, 12:18:00 AM »

[quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' post=\'142101\' date=\'Jan 3 2007, 09:10 PM\']
Still does.
[/quote]
He does?

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #14 on:** January 04, 2007, 12:24:18 AM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'142103\' date=\'Jan 4 2007, 12:18 AM\'][quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' post=\'142101\' date=\'Jan 3 2007, 09:10 PM\']Still does.
[/quote]He does?
[/quote]
Not that I've seen lately. Just "that will go to the one of you four who bids nearest to the actual retail price without going over, Mabel, what do you bid?"

(But, of course, it wasn't just "early in the run"--he only stopped a few years ago, probably due to the onslaught of commercials.)