She left the show, and acting, in 1976 at age 34. She drove a slew of different cars.įord was a model and actress, also born in 1942. In viewing various clips, if a car was driven onto the stage, it was almost always driven by Pennington. She handed Barker his microphone at the beginning of over 5,000 episodes. She was thirty years old when the show premiered and she departed in 2000, making her the longest serving model on the show. Prior to her tenure on The Price Is Right she was the May 1971 Playboy Playmate of the Month. Navy during World War II and, prior to the 1972 version of The Price Is Right, was host of various shows such as Truth or Consequences. The original models were Janice Pennington (left) and Anitra Ford (right).īarker was born in December 1923 in Darrington, Washington, and would later attend Drury College in Springfield, Missouri.
The current version premiered in September 1972 and was hosted by Bob Barker until 2007. I’ve included a still picture of a comparable car so you don’t have to sit at work and run the risk of being caught watching videos – unless you want to.īut first a little introduction is needed for those unfamiliar with the American version of the show. So poking around youtube, here’s a selection of clips with cars some lucky contestants played to win. For purposes of simplicity, we will focus on the earlier days of its current incarnation. This current, and best known, version has aired thousands of episodes with all manner of cars up for grabs. The show has been in it’s current form since 1972 it is a revamped version of a show first aired in 1956. It would likely be impossible to list all the cars offered to contestants on The Price Is Right.
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