Shower Game
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Shower Game was a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price Is Right. Lasting from September 4, 1978's show to November 30, 1978, it was played for a car.
[edit] Gameplay
Six shower stalls – arranged in a row as per a locker room - were set up on the stage. Each stall had a possible price of the car attached to it, only one of which was correct.
The contestant entered the stall he/she thought bore the correct price, and pulled a chain on a mock shower head. One of three things then happened:
- A giant key lowered from the stall's ceiling, attached to a card reading "CAR," meaning the contestant won the car.
- A rain of confetti showered the contestant. Three of the showers concealed the confetti.
- A shower of 100 $1 bills showered the contestant. Two of the showers hid the money.
The showers of the incorrect prices each had either the cash or confetti placed in them randomly.
The game continued if the player stepped into any of the confetti showers; thus, it was possible for him/her to be subjected with up to three confetti showers in a given playing. The game ended in one of two ways:
- The contestant found the cash in the stall, meaning he/she took home the $100 consolation prize.
- He/she found the stall with the giant key, to win the car.
[edit] Trivia
- The Shower Game set was one of the largest ever for any Price Is Right pricing game. Despite its short life, the set was revised once, when doors were added to each stall, each one bearing a price in a large-type font.
[edit] Retirement
Shower Game was retired due to negative feedback from many Jewish viewers and in-studio audience members. Many complained that the game's setup and structure reminded them of the Holocaust, which had ended less than 35 years earlier.
