From 1989-1997, a successful German weekday version called Der Preis ist heiß was mounted based off of the US version.
After the success of Gameshow Marathon in the UK and US, a German version of Gameshow Marathon was mounted in 2007, once again beginning with Der Preis ist heiß as the opening game.
The other games included Geh aufs Ganze! (Let’s Make a Deal), Hopp oder Top (Sale of the Century), Glücksrad (Wheel of Fortune), Ruck Zuck (Bruce Forsyth’s Hot Streak) and, Bube, Dame, Hörig (Card Sharks), with the two finalist’s families coming to a head in a final battle of Familien-Duell (Family Feud).
The series saw poor ratings and did not do as successfully in Germany as its UK or US variants.
In January 2007, Germany got it’s own Gameshow Marathon. The first show is Der Preis Ist HeissThe spiffy GSM logoThe huge crowd anticipates the arrival……of the hosts of GSM!Here’s one of the hosts on the huuuge stage!Hey? Where’s the other guy?He’s stuck backstage!He runs out to join his partnerHe bursts out on stage which his partner doesn’t like, I thinkIt’s a split screen…with a piece of tape!Hmm…my feelings exactly!This is the winners treeThe grand champion of GSM, wins this loving cupPrior to the show, one of the hosts pokes around backstageHe finds something interesting behind the old Glucksrad (Wheel of Fortune) boardEw. The skeleton of a letter-turnerHey! It’s the original big wheel!Not sure what’s going on here. Maybe the wheel is stuck?Here comes the wheel!And hot models holding giant euro symbolsBefore we play our game, time for a look back at the originalOf course the original host was Harry WijnvoordHere’s Harry today and he looks pretty good!Just like the US show, DPiH was filled with funny moments like this woman who did NOT like Harry’s tieThis showcase sketch featured the models, and announcer Walter Freiwald, dressed as rabbitsYou can’t have DPiH without the big wheelAnother look at the huge set with a giant viewing screen overheadAnd now here’s the opening spiel… “FUN!”“EXCITEMENT!”“FABULOUS PRIZES!” Looks exciting, though, doesn’t it?*THIS* I recognizeThe audience is waiting for the celebs to be called on downThis celeb is excited to be the very first called on downWe have 4 celebs now we need……2 hosts coming through the big doors!Who’s that in the wings?Wow! Harry makes an appearance to hand a microphone to on of the hosts. He walked off to a chant of “Harry! Harry! Harry!”Must be a requirement that every TPiR in a GSM features a chocolate fountainThe bids are in!This lovely lady won and will play Absturz (Cliffhangers)The mountain climber whizzes up the mountain! What’s going on…who’s operating the board?Uh oh! Brau and schnitzels are to blame!The prize she’s playing for (for a home player) is a dining room groupThe first small prize is this interesting knife set and holderWhat’s the price? To help her, the price is between €60 and €110She missed it only €4!The actual price was €99These interesting sculptures are the next prizes. In the original broadcast, unlike what I did, there was no blurring.The mountain climber is at €12Judging by the big ‘ol lipstick marks on his cheek, she won!The 2nd pricing game is Plinko with slightly different rules. The numbers at the bottom correspond to prizes……such as this beer/wine making kitmarionettesand desert excursion! Actually, it’s a trip to MoroccoPlay along. In this version, is the 6 or 9 the first digit in the price?Did you guess correctly?The plinko chip bounces downHe won Prize #3Oops! You win nothing for hitting zeroThis gives him prize #2 as well. Can he complete the trifecta?Nope!He doesn’t look thrilled at losing the tripThe remaining celebs await a 4thNo ceramic dalmation, but a ceramic sheep dogRace Game is the last pricing gameThe prizes include a deck chaira ToasterA BBQand a laptop computerHere are the pricesShe has 45 secondsGo!She thinks the BBQ is €9992 right, 2 wrong. 19 seconds leftShe swaps the BBQ and computerShe got them all at the last second!To the tune of the theme from Dragnet, here comes Das Rad!The wheel is spun by grabbing the rails on either sideGotta love the old “arrow” split screen (no tape)Over ya go!The ladies will be in the showcaseTime for the Super Preis!It begins with luggage and a digital cameraand here’s a lovely kitchen packageto put in your very own pyramid! (Nah…it’s a trip to Mexico)The ladies prepare to bidThe lights come down as they write down their bidsBlondie #1 tried bidding €1 but they talked her into bidding €2,500Blondie #2 bids €2,900She wins! (Blondie #2 that is)She advances up the pyramidThe whole crowd wishes you a fond goodbye!Backstage, the host burned his hand on the chocolate fountain. The other quips the preiss ist heiss [hot!]
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