Take Two (pricing game)
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Take Two is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on June 23, 1978’s episode (which was aired out of order on June 2), this game is played for four prizes, each worth between $500 and $3,000.
[edit] Gameplay
The contestant is shown four prizes and a target price. He selects two items he believes will add up to the target price; neither price is revealed until the contestant has made both of his selections. He wins if the correct two items are selected.
If the contestant is incorrect, he is given a second opportunity to choose items that will add up to the target price. This can be accomplished in one of two ways:
- Keep one prize and select from one of the remaining items.
- Give back both prizes and take the other two.
A correct answer on the second attempt still wins all four prizes; however, if the target still has not been satisfied, the contestant wins nothing.
[edit] Trivia
- One of the two prizes that needs to be selected usually has a price that ends in 00, 49, 50 or 99.
- When the game board is first seen, the show's logo is displayed over the prizes. This is done so the contestant doesn't know what the prizes are before they are revealed. During the prize descriptions, the logo is removed and the prizes can then be seen.
- Playings of Take Two rarely include a prize with a price that, by itself, exceeds the target price, making it obviously useless in hitting the target price. The October 4, 2006 playing was notably unique in that it included two such prizes. On that episode, the target price was $1,740. The contestant picked two prizes as usual, but when the prices were revealed, they were each well over $2,000, making it obvious that the other two prizes should be selected on the second try. A somewhat amused Bob Barker stated that this had never happened before, as the delighted contestant selected the correct two prizes for an easy win.
- More often than not, when Take Two is won, one or two of the prices are never revealed.
