Danger Price
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Danger Price is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on January 8, 1976, it is played for four prizes, each worth between $500 and $3,000.
[edit] Gameplay
Host Bob Barker announces a "danger price". (corresponding with one of the four prizes). The contestant, one at a time, selects prizes he believes does not bear the "danger price."
If the contestant selects the three prizes that are not the "danger price," they win all four prizes. However, the game ends if the prize with the "danger price" is chosen, and nothing is won.
[edit] Trivia
- This game was originally played on the turntable (with a skull and crossbones motif on the gameboard). Later it was moved to behind the giant price tag, and still later, to behind Door #2. When Danger Price moved to Door #2, it also received a completely overhauled set.
- The octagonal sign with the "danger price" shown on it is red when it is turned around (as are all the signs with the prize's name), and the other three signs are green when they are flipped over. On the game's original set, all four signs were red, but the price panels for the three "safe" prizes were green.
- Danger Price was orignally planned as a 5-prize game, with the contestant picking four prizes that did not cost the danger price, but this format was never used on the air.
