Most Expensive is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price is Right. Debuting on October 16, 1972, it is played for three prizes, each usually worth more than $1,000. Jay Wolpert, the show's producer from 1972-1978, created Most Expensive.
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Gameplay
The contestant is shown three prizes and must decide which one is the most expensive. The prices are then revealed one at a time, ending with the selected prize. A correct choice wins all three prizes.
History
Most Expensive is occasionally played for three trips, with one trip skin behind each of the doors. It has also been played twice for three cars, on the first episode of the 35th and 37th Seasons.
Most Expensive is also the only multiple-prize game known to have been played for three of the same prize (not cars/trips). On the April 1, 2009 episode, all three prizes were Howard Miller floor clocks.
From 1978-1989, many segments featuring Most Expensive (and 1 Right Price) ended with former host Bob Barker bringing the models (Janice Pennington, Dian Parkinson, and Holly Halstrom) onto the stage to talk about what was happening in their personal lives and things that happened to them during the previous days. This practice stopped shortly after Season 18 began due to the scandals involving Barker and Parkinson.
Nighttime appearances
On the original syndicated version, Most Expensive was referred to by host Dennis James as All or Nothing at All. For Season 2, both Most Expensive and Double Prices were not played. Most Expensive returned many times for Season 3 and beyond, while Double Prices was only played once during Season 3 and did not appear after that.
Most Expensive was also played on the Tom Kennedy version, however without the traditional talk with the models after the game.
Foreign versions
On the 1980s UK Price, the game known as "Most Expensive" actually used the rules of Eazy az 1 2 3 (which did not exist yet in the United States). Contestants were asked to number the prizes 3-2-1 from least to most expensive, and winners would only receive the most expensive prize.
In the first two series of Bruce's Price is Right, the American format of Most Expensive was used, although winners would still only receive the most expensive prize. In the third series, the game reverted to the Eazy az 1 2 3 format, and winners began to receive all three prizes.
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