Friday, May 23rd (1975)

Segment #1

Bob's entrance: Door #2

Item Up For Bids #1
Prize(s)
Bid(s)
Actual Retail Price
Stereo
System
Mary - $285
Cheryl - $210
April - $250 *
Sharon - $243
$250

There was no $100/$500 Bonus for a perfect bid in 1975.

Pricing Game #1
Pricing Game
Prize(s)
Extra Prize(s)
Clock Game
10pc. Luggage ($367)
Trip to Hawaii ($834)
NONE
Results:
Luggage:

$150 - HIGHER   
$175 - HIGHER
$200 - HIGHER
$250 - HIGHER
$300 - HIGHER
$350 - HIGHER
$400 - LOWER
$375 - LOWER
$360 - HIGHER
$365 - HIGHER
$366 - HIGHER
$367 - RIGHT

16 Seconds Left
Hawaii:

$300 - HIGHER
$400 - HIGHER
$500 - HIGHER
$600 - HIGHER
$700 - HIGHER
$800 - HIGHER
$900 - LOWER
$850 - LOWER
$840 - LOWER
$830 - HIGHER
$831...$833 - HIGHER
$834 - RIGHT

5 Seconds Left

WIN


Segment #2

Item Up For Bids #2
Prize(s)
Bid(s)
Actual Retail Price
Trash
Compactor
Alisha - $200
Sharon - $170
Mary - $225
Cheryl - $350 *
$350

Pricing Game #2
Pricing Game
Prize(s)
Extra Prize(s)
Give or Keep
Trailer
($2,298)
Waffle Iron ($29)
2 Paint Cans ($24)
Slow Cooker ($35)
Hair Styler ($30)
Coffee Maker ($40)
Tableware ($42)
Results:
Keep Waffle Iron or Paint? Keeps Waffle Iron
Keep: $29 - Give: $24

Keep Slow Cooker or Hair Styler? Keeps Slow Cooker
Keep: $64 - Give: $54

Keep Coffee Maker or Tableware? Keeps Coffee Maker
Keep: $104 - Give: $96

WIN

Segment #3

Item Up For Bids #3
Prize(s)
Bid(s)
Actual Retail Price
Sofa
Benjamin - $525
Alisha - $500
Sharon - $625
Mary - $435 *
$448

Pricing Game #3
Pricing Game
Prize(s)
Extra Prize(s)
Any Number
AMC Gremlin ($3,916)
7pc. Silver Plated Tea Set ($250)
Piggy Bank ($8.74)
NONE
Results:
First Number: 3 - Car ($ 3 , _ _ _)
Second Number: 5 - Tea Set ($ _ 5 _)
Third Number: 6 - Car ($ 3 , _ _ 6)
Fourth Number: 4 - Piggy Bank ($ _ . _ 4)
Fifth Number: 7 - Piggy Bank ($ _ . 7 4)
Sixth Number: 8 - Piggy Bank ($ 8 . 7 4)

WINS $8.74


Segments #4 & #5

Showcase
Top Winner: Cheryl; Runner-Up: April
Showcase #
Type of Showcase
Prizes
Bidder
Bid
ARP
Difference
1
Nameless
Bubblegum
Child's Bedroom
Air Freshener
6pc. Adult's Bedroom
Bedding
RU
$3,520
$2,075
OVER
2
Designed for Insomniacs
Decaffinated Coffee
James A. Michener Book
Massage Chair
25" Television
Ford Pinto
TW
$3,500
$4,493
$993
*CHERYL WINS*

The televison set was turned off.

Totals - Cash & Prizes

Contestant
Winnings
Cheryl*
$7,245
April
$1,451
Mary
$456.74
Grand total - $9,152.74

*Showcase Winner

Comments

*Very good show. We got to see Janice and Anitra and hear Johnny Olson. Also, 2 of 3 pricing games were won and $9,000 was given away. That's pretty good considering it was only a half hour show episode that first aired 27 years ago.
*They played Give or Keep today... and they didn't show the board prematurely. It baffles me how this game got retired yet Secret X is still around. It can't possibly be just because you could see the board during the IUFB.
*I'm glad they changed the way the prizes are introduced in Any Number. The 3-Digit prize doesn't seem important when Johnny says "A NEW CAR!!!... and a tea service." At least today, the 3-Digit Prize gets some attention before the car is shown.
*Bob RAN on stage as he made his way out of door #2. He sure was energetic back then.
*At the end of Clock Game, as the turnable was turning back around, the second hand on the clock was reset to zero. That was weird.
*Those Item Up For Bids displays looked like they could show six digits on them.
*Looks like things haven't change. Even 20 years ago people passed Showcases offering nothing by furniture.
*So that's why they didn't have Grocery Item plugs during the IUFB back then. They offered them in the Showcase instead!

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