All photos in this album were taken on Marc & John’s visit to Price in June, 2005. The shows aired the last week of Season 33, and the FIRST SHOW of the 34th Season!
A closeup of the very fancy balloon decorated 34th Year sign on the sides of Door 2Here’s Rich Fields at his podium getting ready for rehearsalAs you all know, the slate and lineup for the 34th Season PremiereTurntable logo for Price is Right’s 34th seasonRoger and John pose for a quick photo in front of the “34th Year” logoMarc gets his photo taken with Roger on the turntable as wellJohn is on the turntable making his choices for Money Game!Rich Fields poses in front of the turntable logo just before rehearsalJohn is explaining to Producer Roger Dobkowitz that the highest number on the Cover Up board could be difficult for some contestants to reachA closeup of the 34th Logo positioned in the back of the audienceA 2005 Cadillac XLR Convertible was in the Showcase for the first show of Season 34. Here it is in the CBS hallway just outside the Bob Barker studioHere’s a photo of the back of the Big Wheel since the reinforcement bars were added to the back of the wheel to protect itA side photo of the Big Wheel just inside Door 2 during rehearsalHere’s John having a friendly argument with Roger about some changes John would like to see. Roger won this battle, as usual.Pick a Pair and Dice Game wait to be tested during rehearsalRoger and longtime Stage Mananger Doug Quick review the prizes and their prices for a playing of ?Switch?Lanisha displays a home gym during the description as Shane waits for her turn to model the DaybedRoger confirms that indeed the prices must be Switched!Although with the lights down in the studio it’s hard to see this photo, but when That’s Too Much is staged, all of the fakes are revealed. Roger checks them all as a CBS Stagehand resets the flaps so that the prices are not revealedRoger makes a final check of Check Out as the grocery bags are lowered into the counterHere you see Roger checking Freeze Frame one last time before the game is revealed. The audience cannot see the game hidden behind the Giant Price TagA really cool shot of Roger checking Pathfinder being setup on stage behind the curtain. Roger checks each and every game during the breaks to make sure that they are correctly setup in accordance with pricing. The audience has no idea that the entire game is revealed just behind the curtain before it is played!Pathfinder is whisked onto stage during a commercial break on the show. One crew removes one game, another brings the next in. In less than 4 minutes, a new Act is all setup.After many trips to the show, Marc actually takes his first spin of the Big WheelJust to give you a prospective of the size of Pathfinder, John took a little break out in the hallwayJust for you FPGers…Here’s Marc pulling the Freeze Frame handle to stop at $4,484A sample of different fonts that were tried out by the Producers and Graphics Department while trying to update the “look” of some of the gamesHere’s Adam placing the product cards on Check Out just before rehearsalThis fancy console is used to control Pathfinder. Each time the game is played, the digits on the board and this control panel are changed to match up. The red dots can be seen on the keys indicating the correct path to take, and the black keys light up the giant numbersAfter the Season Premiere, the set was partially struck before the after party for the cast and crewJohn does his best “Bob entrance” through Door 2The back of 2 For the Price of 1.Which of these 3 characters are worth the most?Marc is worth a cool $1,770…John is even cheaper……and Doug is worth almost $23K! Hope you chose him!At the request of many Golden-Road.net members, each card was checked and the Hit Me deck is in fact a complete 52 card deckJohn, Doug, and Scott play a quick round of poker using the Hit Me cards. John has a nice full house going, and for some reason Doug is playing with too many cards!Lanisha, Rachel, and Shane make John happy and pose for a photoLanisha Cole gets her opportunity to snap a photo with BobThis is John’s way of trying to convince Roger to play Money Game for a boat. We don’t think it’s gonna fly.Here are some of the more rarely seen graphics for Pass the BuckThe all new Card Game range cards and distributionsCBS Stagehand Eddie gets into a playful “fight” with BobHere are the change envelopes and cards for Pocket ChangeYou can see the mechanism that controls the Magic # ring in this shotA closeup of the Magic # displayHere you see the back of Dice Game and the cable that is plugged in to control the gameShane, Lanisha, and Rachel: Your models for the first show of Season 34!Each model shows off a pose for the camera3 lovely Beauties working the week of our trip: Shane, Lanisha, and RachelA representative from the Los Angeles SPCA waits backstage with cute puppy up for adoption to be featured on today’s showThis is a device used to lower the boxes in 1/2 Off.Here you see how much stuff is stored behind Door 1 during a show. Most Expensive and Hit Me props wait in this area until they are needed on the showThis photo is taken behind Door 3. The first Item Up for Bids for the day sits close to the door, while the prizes for the first pricing game (Clock Game) are behind the IUFB.John peeks out from behind the 1/2 Off $10,000 split flatA shot of the back of the 1/2 Off wallHere you see 1/2 Off staged behind the Barker Wall so that it is concealed when Bob enters through Door 2Doug, John, and Eddie get a lesson from CBS Technician Ron Nugent on how the boxes are lowered in “1/2 Off”Rich Fields poses with Barker’s BeautiesWe surprised Rich Fields backstage just before he gets ready to enter the stage for his warmupRich took a moment to pose for a great photoHere’s Rich making his self introduction backstage just before entering for his warmupDoug takes a moment to check out 1/2 Off’s componentsThe inner workings of “1/2 Off”“The Basket” is lowered and the cameras focus in on the prize during rehearsalHere’s a wide shot of the stage with Doors 1 and 2 during rehearsalA Showcase prize is loaded onto the turntable and ready for rehearsalMarc catches Rich Fields on his way from the dressing room to the stage for the warmup and poses for a quick photoA CBS Staffer demonstrates how the One Bid console is controlledScott Robinson proudly bids $1,129 – Or November 29th – His birthday!Marc bid his birthday: April 3rd, 1978Here’s the balloon setup which replaced the standard rainbow for the Golden Road playing on the 34th Season PremiereMarc does his best job to imitate the models……Doug does his best to imitate Marc……and John doesn’t bother tryingKathy Greco, Associate Producer and Sue MacIntyre, Executive in Charge of Production were kind enough to pose for a quick photo in the green room just before a production meeting. Kathy manually tracks each and every step of the show, from bids to wins and losses, and Sue’s job involves a lot of the behind the scenes administrative work.Adam loads the $ and Front and Back graphics in the correct spaces for Money GameAdam then loads the digits in the front of Money Game as John watches onRoger takes time just before the show to autograph the Season 34 Premiere Script for Golden-Road.netRachel Reynolds and Lanisha Cole take time to autograph the Season 34 Script for the Golden-Road.net fansJohn sits with Rachel as she signs some headshots for her fansStage Manager Doug Quick directs where to move the special balloon arch behind Golden RoadHere’s Adam Sandler loading up Cover UpHere’s the graphics for a show ready to be loaded. Cover Up, 1/2 Off, Most Expensive, and Hit Me props can be seenHere you see how the graphics are placed onto the game “generics;” in this case Most Expensive. A simple piece of duct tape and a Double Prices tag make up this game revealThe Dodge Viper is positioned behind Door 2 for Golden RoadThe new skin is placed in the flatOnce in place, the skin is secured with wooden tabs on the sides of the borderCBS Stagehands begin to spread the Golden Road “dots” across the stageMiami is placed onto the cart to be wheeled out of the wayRich Fields mans his podium during rehearsal and gets ready to read prize copyLanisha and Rachel rehearse ?Switch? for two carsA backstage photo behind Door 2 during the rehearsal of ?Switch?A closeup of the two cars behind Door 2In this photo, you can see that there are in fact two trip flats, each are a different sizeEddie operates the cables to raise the trip flat up into the ceiling so that it is concealed and out of the way?Switch? is setup to be played for 2 cars on the 34th Premiere showThese three lovely ladies are the models for the 34th Season PremiereMiami comes out, Monte Carlo goes in!A side shot so that you can see the skins and the bordersThe first show of Season 34’s airdate!Audience members line up just outside the Bob Barker Studio, moments away from enteringThe moment has arrived! The Head Page, in this case Scott Robinson, will greet the audience members and brief them just before entering the studioA wide shot of The Bob Barker Studio just before the audience entered for the first show of the 34th Year on CBS!Another great photo of the audience being pumped up by Scott Robinson outside the studioThen-Head Page Scott Robinson poses by the logo before the audience is loaded inRow 1 – Seats 1 and 2: Reserved for Golden-Road.net for the 34th Season Premiere!When the head page knows you “by website”, it makes it easier to mark the seatsThe skin is removed carefully and placed onto a small transport cartHere you see the beginning of the process of how the trip skins are loaded and unloaded…in comes a new skin…Eddie Walker, Doug Bradshaw, Marc Green, and John Sly pose in front of the logo next to Door 2These 3 folks are responsible for the awesome looking sets and decorations we see everyday. The CBS Art Department, from left to right: Gillian Cheese, Bente Christensen, and Richard DomabylCBS Stagehand Eddie shows us how the designs on the flat are changed. Eddie took us on a backstage “behind the scenes” tour of how alot of other stuff works, which you’ll be seeing in the next few picturesA closeup of Coming or Going waiting to be loaded just prior to a showThe back of the Small Prize table used in Switcheroo, Bonus Game, and Shell GameEddie Walker and Art Director Bente Christensen take a look at the decorated setThe hardworking CBS crew brings the final Showcase prize into the studio and works to place it just perfectly behind the doorsA Showcase prize sits on the turntable just before rehearsalWe stopped by the office to take photos of this hard working Staff for the Golden-Road.net members to meet. Roger was busy working on game lineups when we dropped in his office.Roger “The Dob” Dobkowitz in his office being presented with a small gift from Marc, John, Garffreak, and the Golden-Road.net community.Here is Production Staffer Jeff Thisted at his desk. Jeff works on putting all the games and prizes onto a special template on the computer.Here is Production Coordinator Karen Wohlmuth in her office. Karen’s job is to plan the staging sheets and also works as Mr. Barker’s assistant.Script Coordinator Vanessa Voss has the important task of ensuring all of the prize copy is correctly printed for Rich to read. Each script is over 26 pages long.Tiffany Bors is the new Office Manager for Price since they moved from the Fremantle Media Offices right to the CBS lot. Tiffany fields all the phone calls and is one of the kind folks who sends out those photos of Bob Barker!Production Coordinator Gina Nyman is seen here in her office. Gina takes care of all the graphics and orders any necessary from CBS before the shows.Production Assistant Scott Schalk has quite a few tasks. He works on Contestant Coordination with Stan Blits, as well as finalizes all the prizes on the computer.We interrupted Music Director Stan Blits and Stage Manager Adam Sandler while they were working on Showcases. Adam liked his idea, and Stan shows his feelings on it!Here’s Pick a Pair on stage for rehearsal with the new graphic fonts the show is beginning to useRoger appears to be very excited while checking to ensure Coming or Going’s numbers are correctA rare photo of the hardworking crew during the setup of the Showcase Showdown. The Race Game curtain is dropped, the carpet is rolled out, and the Big Wheel soon enters through Door 2. All of this is done in about 3 minutes.A great photo from the back of the audience during Rich’s warm up. You can somewhat get a good judgment of how small things are. This is also exactly what Bob will see whenever he has an aisle entrance.Roger Dobkowitz is caught enjoying some Krispy Kreme donuts that Marc & John brought in for the cast and crewWhat you don’t see on camera: The preparation for a Lucky $even car reveal. Many of the backstage crewmembers prepare to push the car onstageAs Roger gets ready to check Take Two out before a show, you can see the test sequence on the display that is run through on all the games with displaysRoger places the cover over the Take Two board to prevent the contestant from viewing the prizes before they are revealed. This will be later removed by a stagehand during the description of the prizes.Ever wonder how Bob knows the correct choices in Take Two? Here’s the card Roger holds up after a contestant losesHere’s Marc with the logo just before the Season 34 Premiere tapedJohn stands proudly on the turntable in front of the Season 34 logoAs if he doesn’t do enough, Roger has the task of preparing the contestants for the Showcase Showdown. Each contestant is lined up in accordance with their winnings.Here is a shot from behind the Producer’s table. Kathy Greco is busy writing down everything that happens on the show as Roger keeps a close eye on stageThis next series of photos were taken during an actual playing of ?Switch? – The models wait on the daybed during the Item Up for BidsEveryone is in place as Stage Manager Doug Quick watches on a monitor to know when Bob is ready for those doors to openDoug holds his hand up in preparation to signal the Stagehand to pull the cords to open the doorDoug throws down his hand at just the moment Bob cues the contestant to check out the prizes and Eddie quickly has the doors wide openYou can see Bob and the contestant in the monitor as they decide whether or not to Switch the pricesOne of Roger’s many important jobs is to organize the contestants for the Showcase Showdown. Here is is seen swiftly getting out of the cameras view as they return from commercialAfter the show, Golden-Road.net member “umbchockeypa08” caught up with Marc & John to introduce himselfThe 34th Year celebration logo on the way out of the studio after tapingA shot of Door 1 and the Turntable after taping“The Insider’s” Ananda Lewis interviews Mr. Barker about his accomplishments over the last 33 yearsProducer Roger Dobkowitz is interviewed by “The Insider” on the turntable to discuss the milestone taping of The Price is RightRoger Dobkowitz talks about his years with the show to the pressHere Roger discusses contestants row with the crew from “The Insider”Roger shows “The Insider” crew the basket that lowers the Item Up for Bids down from the ceilingShane, Lanisha, and Rachel pose after the show for press photosRichard Domabyl shows us the cake that was designed for the Season 34 PremiereBob, Rich, Shane, Lanisha, and Rachel surround the cake and are flooded with press photographers and flashbulbs!Here’s a great photo of Bob and his Beauties just after the Season 34 PremiereRachel, Rich, Shane, Lanisha pose in front of the Season 34 logo for the pressBob takes a moment alone with the 34th Season Premiere cakeRoger and Bob exchange the $500 cash bonus money after the showA great photo of the hardworking Price Production Team: Stan Blits, Roger Dobkowitz, Karen Wohlmuth, Scott Schalk, Bob Barker, Tiffany Bors, Vanessa Voss, and Adam SandlerLongtime Price Stage Manager Doug Quick poses with Bob for a photoBob takes a moment to pose with Marc Green for a photoJohn Sly gets his opportunity to pose with Mr. Barker with the 34th Season Premiere cakeMr. Barker was in such good spirits the entire tape day, as you can easily tell from his expression after the show
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