History Awesome / ThePriceIsRight

* May 15, 1985: Cheryl wins $10,000 after getting a second-chance punch from her third and final punch in Punch-A-Bunch, along with the $250 from her third punch.

* A contestant playing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0acCbZO8qA Punch-A-Bunch]] found a Second Chance slip worth $50...and then a ''$10,000'' slip, the first time in the game's history that somebody won more than the stated top prize.

* March 18, 2013: It's been a while since we've had one of these, so here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbIwF4bcMjY another 3 Strikes win.]] Also heartwarming in that it was the contestant's (Elizabeth) birthday. And she won her Showcase as well in impressive fashion (only off by $312), for a total of $78,388. [[note]](She was $62 away from a DSW and a total of $101,162.)[[/note]]

* October 14, 2013: The second Big Money Week [[note]](a week in which one game gets played for an extravagant prize such as a luxury car, or six-figure cash payoffs)[[/note]] kicked off with a bang, as the contestant not only won $101,000 on 1/2 Off ($100,000 cash prize + $1,000 for getting all 3 pairs of small items correct) but went on to win another $1,000 on the Big Wheel and her Showcase, becoming the ninth-biggest winner in daytime ''Price'' history with $140,236. [[note]](She was $124 away from a DSW and the then record.)[[/note]] Also, we had a perfect Stack the Deck win as well.

* April Fools Day 2015: It might have only been for the first game, but Ol' Dirty Barker, 91 years old, proved that he still had it. In addition, we almost had a perfect show (and even if the contestant who played "Any Number" didn't get the car, they still got a laptop).

* September 1, 2016: To celebrate the 11,000th episode of ''The Young and The Restless,'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLwLUS2AAfs the contestant (David) plays the Grand Game for $11,000.]] He wins it and then [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9NW0w699RM wins another $26,000 at the Big Wheel.]] Unfortunately, he came up short in the Showcase, but $37,000 cash + the Segway he won in the One Bid is not a bad day's work on ''Price''. He won MORE than the showcase winner (Jamie) did.

* September 22, 2017: One for the ages. A perfect show to wrap up premiere week would have been impressive by itself, but the show reached legendary status during the second Showcase Showdown. Because it's the 10th anniversary of Drew Carey's debut as host, spinning a dollar on the wheel during the week wins the contestant $10,000 instead of the usual $1,000. No one gets a dollar in the first nine showdowns of the week, but all three contestants (Charlotte, Wilbert, and Zachary) do it in No. 10. Then, for the first time since 10/6/98, two of them spin a dollar on their bonus spins, each winning $25,000 for a total of $35,000, while sadly the third came just short of landing on the nickel, which would have given him an additional $10,000. A total of $80,000 is given away during the segment, surpassing the normal maximum of $78,000 (only gettable if all 3 players spin a dollar and then get a dollar in each of their bonus spins). If it's not the best episode of the Carey era, it's definitely in the top three. When the second $25,000 is won, Drew collapses into unstoppable laughter because he can't believe what he's seeing and even the contestants enjoy a HappyDance.

** If that wasn't enough, the main feature of this entire Big Money Week was that whoever won their pricing game, got the prize, plus the value of it, in cash. While we only had three winners [[note]]Side by Side for a $7,455 trip to Bejing, That's Too Much for a $23,020 Fiat 500 C, and the aforementioned Pay The Rent[[/note]], those wins, plus the One-Bid prizes, $24,000 on the wheel (all the wheel bonuses were doubled, so the initial dollar is worth $2,000, and for the bonus spins, the .05 or .15 is worth $20,000, and the dollar is worth $50,000), and the Showcase added up to ''Price'' breaking its daytime record for the most ever given away in one show, $340,550[[AndNinetyNineCents .23]].

* May 25, 2018: A contestant wins Card Game by a margin of only ''$5.'' (The guess was $19,800, with a $2,000 range ($19,800-$21,800), and the actual retail price of the car was $21,''795,'' a difference of $1,995.) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB9fu9MFRMU Talk about a close call!]]

** Thursday: Christopher won $51,000 on 1/2 Off ($50,000 + $1,000 for getting all 3 pairs of small items correct) and then won his Showcase for a total of $101,604.

* October 10, 2019: Show 9,000 featured a case of perseverance. Contestant Rosendo Alvarez was originally on the show on October 26, 1994, having lost the Spelling Bee game and then overbidding on the Showcase. Despite at the time never being allowed on as a contestant again, he continued to attend tapings and show 9,000 became a record-breaking ''180th'' taping. If that wasn't awesome enough, he made up for his last appearance by winning a Mazda in Push Over (plus a $9,000 cash bonus), for a total of $35,560. A loyal friend and true indeed.

* April 5, 2021: In the Showcases, the runner-up (Monique, who won $11,000 on the wheel) was off by $301. The top winner (Jack, who also won $11,000 cash ($10,000 on Hot Seat + $1,000 on the wheel) before this)? OFF BY $133 for a Double Showcase Win, giving him $58,958 in total. And those are the two closest bids with a double showcase winner in the Carey era since the $116-$290 result years ago.

* September 17, 2021: One of 2 new games for the 50th season, To The Penny, is played for the first time. It's essentially an updated Penny Ante, except it's played for cash, up to $25,000.[[note]]You have 5 pennies, and you have to correctly guess the price of 5 grocery items. The first item has 2 prices, and then every new item has one additional price added. So, there are 3 prices for the 2nd item, 4 for the 3rd, 5 for the 4th, and 6 for the 5th and final one. If you want to make it easier, you can use a penny to remove an incorrect price, up to using enough pennies to ensure you get the right price. If you make a mistake, you have to use 2 pennies to try again. If you get something wrong with less than 2 pennies left, you lose everything. So, you're allowed to bail out with the money you have at any time. The money starts at $1,500, doubles for the next three, then increases to $25,000.[[/note]] And since this is on the Awesome page... yep. He got the first 4 grocery item prices right and didn't use any of his 5 pennies, letting him use all 5 on the final one for an automatic win.

* May 29, 2023: Natalie had a painful loss in Cliff Hangers, where, on the last item with $8 to spare, she said $50, and the mountain climber went over the mountain. The actual price of that item was $41. She missed it by $9, a dollar too many. But she makes up for it in a big way in the Showcase round. Her bid was $31,750. Actual retail price... $31,900! She becomes the last Double Showcase Winner of the season, and in Studio 33 with a $150 difference on her showcase, giving her a total of $72,517.

* September 25, 2023 (Season 52 Premiere): What better way to start a new season, in a new studio, than with a Golden Road win, for a $62,875 BMW i4 Gran Coupe?
* September 27, 2023: Keri, one of the first players to come on down today, goes on a big run. First, she wins $10,000 in Grand Game, then becomes the first person this season to spin a double dollar on the big wheel for $26,000, and then she wins her showcase impressively, only missing it by $987, giving her a total of $67,278. Also, Keri's pricing game win was one of five out of six that day, the only loss being in Cover Up.

* December 19, 2023 (Daytime): Highlights include flawless victories in 1/2 Off (for $50,000 + $1,000 for getting all 3 pairs of small items correct) and Bullseye, and the showcase winner was off by $358.
* December 19, 2023 (Primetime, Holiday Heroes): The show starts big with a $50,000 win in Punch a Bunch! Also, for the first time since 2018 in Daytime, someone won Card Game by a margin of $5, AND with the $5,000 range, too (Guess was $28,300, for a range of $28,300-$33,300, and the ARP was $33,295)!

* February 7, 2024 (Primetime, Super Bowl 58): The first half had a big win, where Todd won a $118,000+ Hummer in More or Less, and a $1 spin on the Wheel. The second half had two painful moments as Joanna who played Hot Seat (for $200,000) bailed at $50,000 and could've won it all. And worse, for the first time in primetime since a $1,000,000 Spectacular in May of 2004, she was also part of a double overbid in the Showcase round. Still, over $300,000 in cash and prizes were given away tonight, so it was a good show.
* February 21, 2024 (Primetime): Nathaniel (who previously lost the night's big money game, Cliff Hangers for $250,000) redeems himself by winning a $59,547 showcase that included an Audi A4 with a smart $1 bid (the top winner Alison, who had a perfect 6-for-6 win on Now or Then[[note]]for a new living room and maid service for 5 years as a bonus prize[[/note]] bid $63,500 on her showcase, when the actual retail price was only $49,287, putting her over by just a little more than $14,000), the first time that's happened since May of 2014 in daytime, and a $1,000,000 Spectacular celebrating Bob's 80th birthday back in 2003 in primetime.

* In general, the insane budget this show had for its time. While it started slightly bigger than the daytime version (a Barker winner got around $3,000-$4,000, while a James winner got around $5,000-$6,000), by the end of its first season, the show's budget settled into what we remember it as. It wasn't uncommon to have two cars offered in a game, or even on one occasion, ''an actual airplane'' (that was won in a showcase BTW, a total of $24,285). The main attraction was the Showcases, which went as high as ''nearly $23,000'', an insane total for early 70's game shows. For the record, the biggest total given away was $35,142, during the final season.