The Price is Right 1st Episode in HD! - September 4, 1972

The very first daytime episode of The Price is Right with Bob Barker from 1972, now remastered in 1080p and with massive video quality improvements. The daytime TV franchise, now in it's 51st year, began with this show on September the 4th, 1972. Original network commercials (and the PSAs that aired on the network feed that were covered by local ads) are included. The first three games ever played on the show? The Any Number game, Bonus Game, and Double Prices. All three are still in the rotation to this day.

About a decade ago, I posted my copy of the first episode of the daytime Price is Right to Youtube, however I eventually had to take it down. The cop(ies) that have circulated since then are copies of my copies, obtained from downloads and trades. Supplanting that older more washed out copy (and the copy of a copy of a copy that's on Youtube, with VQ issues), here's my full HD 1080p copy.

(Accidentally uploaded my "old but still better than Youtube" copy this morning. This is the one I MEANT to post)

[schplengie]

I love it when these time capsules leave the commercials in.

[chzzyg]

From here on, kids will never know what it's like to take a sick day from school and watch Bob Barker host The Price is Right. 😢 Thanks for the good times Bob.

[maliklowry]

Connie, total legend. First contestant on stage. And the first to win a car.

[chaupin]

RIP Bob Barker! He was the GOAT of "The Price is Right!" Nobody could do the show better than him!

[mattdillon]

And that green refrigerator is still working to this day. Meanwhile, the $2000 one that I bought 5 years ago has quit.

[manuginobilisbaldspot]

What a time capsule. The clothing, the set design, the commercials! Incredible video. RIP to the game show GOAT and the TV babysitter for millions of us, Bob Barker.

[mcswabin]

I guarantee every appliance you see on this show would still work perfectly fine today

[unapologeticsouth]

Skipping YouTube ads to watch 50 year old commercials.

[tq]

It's so much fun to see ordinary, hardworking people win nice things. Seriously. Watching Connie win made me smile.

[namerican]

This show needed someone with the energy like Connie for the first show to set the bar for everyone in the future.

[sweet.chickens]

Lived to 99. Got as close to the dollar without going over. A true legend.

[Bricklinsv]

What a Legacy Bob Barker left behind. I will never forget him. RIP Bob you are a Legend!

[TheTambayansClub]

51 years exactly today since the show premiered. RIP Bob Barker and will truly miss you and your contribution to the game show industry will be remembered :)

[bobbywhite]

I didn't wake up today thinking I was going to watch the first ever episode of the price is right but thats what I did
Hell of a time to be alive

[eldiablo]

Man, one thing I miss from my childhood was when id wake up to the smell of coffee and breakfast and hearing the price is right theme song playing through the hallway. Then id go help my grandma finish making breakfast and we'd sit infront of the tv watching Bob. Its crazy how you take those moments for granted but I would do anything to experience those mornings again.. to be with my Grandma again and watching Bob on The Price is Right.

[justrelax]

RIP Bob! Thanks for making my childhood/teenage years so enjoyable on sick days, holidays, and during the summer

[grahamfoy]

I love how everyone is just sitting in silence while the contestants are being called 😂

[OrdinarilyBob]

I was born in 1972 and grew up watching Bob Barker and the Price is Right. What a treat it was to watch this episode! Shocking to see those prices (~$2k for a new car?!? Wow!) So cool that the commercials were left in, too! Thanks.

[JeffreyJetsKohut]

I love it from day 1, Bob Barker endorsed contestants being themselves, getting excited, and having the time of their life! That is one of the qualities that made this show so special!

[glassmoon]

It never ceases to amaze me how many people across so many generations this show and this man brought joy to. In the early 90's, I watched TPIR every day it aired before I was old enough to start school and after that, it made sick days not so bad. I was a freshman in High School when he retired... Rest easy Bob.