Bonkers (pricing game)
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Bonkers is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on September 24, 2001's episode (aired out of order on October 1), it is played for a four-digit prize, usually valued between $2,000 and $10,000.
[edit] Gameplay
The contestant is shown an incorrect price and given a 30-second time limit to correctly decide whether each digit in the price is higher or lower than the one shown.
To do this, the contestant is given four disks, which he placed appropriately on the gameboard. Once all four disks are placed, the contestant presses a button to see if the disks are correctly placed.
If each disk is placed correctly, the player wins the prize. If even one disk is in the wrong place, they must go back and make changes, without being told which ones or how many are wrong; however, if any of the disks are still incorrectly placed when time expires, the contestant loses. If time expires while the contestant is making a change, Bob usually allows the contestant to finish his change and confirm their final guess.
[edit] Trivia
- On Bonkers's first playing only, the price of the prize was on a large price tag flipped over by the model displaying the prize. Beginning with the game's second playing, the reveal was changed to have the price on a flap affixed to the bottom of the table holding the disks; Bob pushes a button on the prop to reveal it.
- Unlike most of the show's games, Bonkers is unique in that turning to the studio audience for help often dooms a player; time is of the essence in Bonkers perhaps more than any other game, and too many confused looks toward the audience burn the clock.
