It's one thing if you know the EXACT PRICE of a can of baked beans . . . it's another to guess a large showcase worth tens of thousands.
Something crazy happened on "The Price Is Right" on Friday. During the Showcase Showdown, a contestant named Patrice Masse bid $39,500 as the price of his showcase . . . and it was $39,501. He was off by ONE DOLLAR.
Thankfully, he was one dollar UNDER. If he was $1 OVER, he would've walked away with an 'L.'
Since he was within $250, he gets both showcases . . . winning $83,068 overall. The packages include a car . . . a motorcycle . . . getaways to Miami, Hawaii, and Italy . . . and some luxury, designer products.
Drew dramatically celebrated the bid on the air, and said, "Off by a dollar, with absolutely no help from anybody in the audience . . . that was the best showcase bid in the history of the show, in my opinion."
There's a reason he worded it like that. Back in 2008, one year into Drew Carey's run as the host, there was a contestant named Terry Kneiss who correctly guessed the price of his showcase . . . he was EXACTLY right.
But that was controversial, because Terry apparently had help from a "Price Is Right" super-fan named Ted Slauson in the audience who was known for helping contestants by yelling out correct prices. (To be fair, Terry claims he came up with his bid on his own.)
There was a 2017 documentary about Ted called "Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much". Ted always insisted that he knew the prices because he analyzed every show, and they'd re-use prizes . . . he wasn't cheating.
In the past, Drew has said he was UPSET when Terry gave that perfect bid in 2008, because he thought something was awry . . . and he was worried that a cheating scandal could be the end of the show.
He was virtually emotionless back in 2008 . . . but he was much more excited on Friday.
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