Cullen TPIR Question

[CBSJokersWildFan]

On the classic Bill Cullen version of The Price Is Right, were there any special bonuses awarded to contestants who gave perfect bids on IUFBs presented to them?

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'CBSJokersWildFan\' date=\'Nov 25 2003, 08:23 AM\'] On the classic Bill Cullen version of The Price Is Right, were there any special bonuses awarded to contestants who gave perfect bids on IUFBs presented to them? [/quote]
 Not that I know of. THere were, as you may know, bonuses attached to one or two of the IUFBs (at least on many of the shows GSN aired).

[uncamark]

And the bonuses took up many different forms--they could be a gag prize (like a live peacock along with your new RCA Victor color TV, so you could "adjust the set perfectly") or they could be something better than what you bid on (like a trip to Europe where you could wear the fur coat you bid on).  Some were mini-games for other prizes (I remember one where a contestant heard several different singers' versions of the same song and was asked to identify the singers) and some even required coming back the next week for the payoff, whether or not the contestant was the week's big winner.

And I believe that any bonuses won were included in the totals that determined who was the day's big winner, who then returned to the next show.

[chris319]

[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Nov 25 2003, 08:54 AM\'] Some were mini-games for other prizes [/quote]
 That sounds like a gimmick that'll never work :-)

[Mike Tennant]

[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Nov 25 2003, 02:48 PM\'][quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Nov 25 2003, 08:54 AM\'] Some were mini-games for other prizes [/quote]
That sounds like a gimmick that'll never work :-)[/quote]
Yeah.  It didn't do Wink's High Rollers much good in the ratings.