Australian television proved to be very fertile soil for The Price is Right; the Larry Emdur version is actually the fifth version of TPIR to air in Australia. (The first known international version of TPIR was a regional version that aired only in Sydney from 1957-57, only a year after Bill Cullen’s version debuted).
The 1993 Larry Emdur version is based on an earlier 30-minute version that aired from 1981-1985. The show consisted of three pricing games, followed by the day’s top two winners competing in the “Showcase Playoff”, based on the short-lived Double Bullseye game on the American show. The first contestant to nail the exact price advanced to a single-player final round, where they could win the showcase by ordering all the prizes from least expensive to most expensive.
G’day! From 1996, it’s The Price is Right Down UnderContestants are called to come on down in near darkness. A couple of spot lights play over themYour host…Larry Emdur! Welcome to Studio 9!Contestants Row…another colorful set that is kind of close to the American setThis version of Price has the coolest big doors anywhere. The doors open diagonally! This prize package contains a Great Barrier reef holiday, sun care products and clothingMake Your Move. Again, the set is very close to the American one.Even in Australia, contestants take a looong time to Make their Move. He finally decided on $80 for the sun care stuff, $734 for the clothing and $3,609 for the trip. Even if he makes a mistake, he can still win any prizes whose price he got rightNope! Again, notice the male modelYou can win a set of theatre seats? No, it’s movie tickets for a year…where you can see Escape From LA!Each digit in One Away from the actual digits in the price of the movie tickets.She went from $2,271 to $1,380She got it right on the first try! Well played Tami!. Instead of the contestant asking for car horns, they just play a series of bells equal to the number of right digitsThe host is Larry Emdur, the announcer is Shaun CosgroveThe contestant is a chef and he is going to play Safe Crackers for a wonderful prize package…Cookware and a dinette!The combination is the safe as the price of the cookware. He says 7 is the first digit6 is next and 0 is last for a price/combination of $760Nope…a common American trap fooled this guy. It was actually $670A different episode, this is Bob. Larry loves his shirt. We find out that Bob’s wife made 9 of them for himBob could win this new car! It’s a Seat…Say it-si? (Seat is pronounced “say it”)He could win the car by playing Grocery Game. All he has to do is buy between $10 and $10.50 without going over $10.50He wanted the Vibe drink. Each one is $2.99$10.14! Bob wins the car…he and his shiny shirt will be happy for many yearsLet’s play Switch? for a set of knives and a stereoThis contestant wanted to give model Frank a free wax job. Larry called Frank over and got him to take his shirt off. Larry points out that Frank doesn’t have any hair to wax. Larry was going to take his shirt off too but decided to play the game insteadShe left them and won!The models jump for joy! She won over $5,500 in prizesThe next pricing game is played for a bus trip around Australia. Don’t get too excitedWe need dice to play the dice gameIs the 2nd digit 1?It sure is! She rolled a 6 to begin withAnother winner! It’s a perfect show!Are you ready to see the showcase?It starts with a Streaker…a Streaker boat that isFollowed by a South African holidayThere is also a TV and VCRAND a cordless phone and stationeryFinally another Seat sedan!The actual Price, for you at home, is $36,038. Larry informs them that the price is between $36,000 and $36,100. The contestants bid back and forth like the old Double Bullseye gameOoh! Getting close!Bob guessed the price and now has to order the prizes from least expensive to most expensive. The car is locked away at $24,550Bob has made his choices. They are locked in and can NOT be changedThe South African holiday is $5,950 and the phone is $649The office accessories worry Bob. Everything else is in order. To win, the office stuff must be less than $196…go!$105!The board goes crazy and the tote shows Bob’s winning total of $61,807! That includes *2* new cars!Back to Tami and Max. Their showcase is worth $41,666Ooh…so close!Tami guessed right. The showcase included a cruise, television, video camera package, armchair, computer, a kiddie car and a SeatThere’s that multimedia computer. It’s a Packard Bell with 486 processor!Tami has ordered her prizes and everything is looking good so far. Larry urges her to get excited. Studio 9 is a happy place!If the price of the armchair is between $2,599 and $3,295, she wins all of the prizesOh! $2,455!Larry Emdur invites us back tomorrow and bids us goodbye
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