Freeze Frame (pricing game)

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Drew Carey explaining the rules of "Freeze Frame" to a contestant
Drew Carey explaining the rules of "Freeze Frame" to a contestant

Freeze Frame is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on February 22, 1995, it is played for a four-digit price, worth between $3,000 and $10,000.

[edit] Gameplay

The game board features a ring of eight tiles, each with a two-digit number. A frame encloses two of the tiles at the top of the ring, which form a four-digit price.

For the game, the ring incrementally rotates one tile clockwise, each time stopping so that a different price appears in the frame. In keeping with the title of the game, this is usually accompanied with a "camera click" sound effect. To win the prize, the contestant must pull a lever to stop the ring from moving while the correct price of the prize is shown in the frame.

On occasion, and usually before explaining the rules, Drew will point out the stagehand (called the "union guy") working behind the game's ring mechanism and say hello.