The Price Is Right (partially found Dennis James episodes of game show; 1972-1977)

The show's logo from 1973.

Status: Partially Found

The Price Is Right has had three syndicated versions produced and aired between 1972 and 1995. The first version premiered six days after the CBS version and was hosted by Dennis James instead of Bob Barker and would be replaced by Barker in 1977 and Tom Kennedy hosted it from 1985 to 1986 with Doug Davidson hosting the last one that ran from 1994 to 1995. While episodes with Barker, Kennedy and Davidson survive and can be viewed today, James' episodes are pretty hard to come by.

Episodes

Production Number	Pricing Games	Tape Dates	Status	Notes
#001N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Double Prices		Lost	Missing from Fremantle archives.
#002N	Any Number, Bonus Game, One Right Price		Lost
#003N	Any Number, Bonus Game, Double Prices		Lost	Unaired
#004N	Any Number, Bonus Game, Double Prices		Lost
#005N	Bonus Game, Double Bullseye, Double Prices		Lost
#006N	Grocery Game, Any Number, Double Prices		Found
#007N	Any Number, Bonus Game, One Right Price		Lost
#008N	Grocery Game, Double Bullseye, Double Prices		Lost	Only time in the show's history in which a tie happened in the showcase.
#009N	Five Price Tags, Grocery Game, Clock Game		Lost
#010N	Any Number, Bonus Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#011N	Five Price Tags, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#012N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Found
#013N	Five Price Tags, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#014N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#015N	Five Price Tags, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#016N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#017N	Five Price Tags, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#018N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#019N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#020N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#021N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#022N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#023N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#024N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#025N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#026N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#027N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#028N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#029N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#030N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#031N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#032N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#033N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#034N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#035N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Range Game		Lost
#036N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#037N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#038N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#039N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#003N(R)	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#040N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#041N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#042N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Partially Lost
#043N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#044N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#045N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#046N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Partially Lost
#047N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#048N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#049N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#050N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#051N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Partially Lost
#052N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#053N	Lucky Seven, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#054N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#055N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#056N	Lucky Seven, Bonus Game, Range Game		Lost
#057N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#058N	Lucky Seven, Bonus Game, Clock Game		Lost
#059N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#060N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Range Game		Lost
#061N	Lucky Seven, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#062N	Any Number, Bonus Game, Clock Game		Partially Lost
#063N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Range Game		Lost
#064N	Lucky Seven, Bonus Game, Most Expensive		Partially Lost
#065N	Grocery Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Found
#066N	Any Number, Bonus Game, Range Game		Lost
#067N	Lucky Seven, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#068N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#069N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Range Game		Lost
#070N	Lucky Seven, Most Expensive, Bonus Game		Partially Lost
#071N	Grocery Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#072N	Any Number, Bonus Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#073N	Lucky Seven, Grocery Game, Clock Game		Lost
#074N	Any Number, Bonus Game, Range Game		Lost
#075N	Grocery Game, Any Number, Most Expensive		Partially Lost
#076N	Lucky Seven, Bonus Game, Clock Game		Lost
#077N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Range Game		Lost
#078N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Most Expensive		Lost
#079N	Any Number, Shell Game, Range Game		Lost
#080N	Lucky Seven, Most Expensive, Grocery Game		Partially Lost
#081N	Any Number, Bonus Game, Clock Game		Lost
#082N	Money Game, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#083N	Lucky Seven, Shell Game, Range Game		Lost
#084N	Clock Game, Any Number, Bonus Game		Lost
#085N	Grocery Game, Money Game, Most Expensive		Found
#086N	Lucky Seven, Shell Game, Clock Game		Lost
#087N	Any Number, Bonus Game, Range Game		Partially Lost
#088N	Lucky Seven, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#089N	Clock Game, Money Game, Bonus Game		Partially Lost
#090N	Shell Game, Any Number, Range Game		Partially Lost
#091N	Grocery Game, Money Game, Most Expensive		Found
#092N	Lucky Seven, Shell Game, Range Game		Partially Lost
#093N	Any Number, Bonus Game, Clock Game		Lost
#094N	Lucky Seven, Most Expensive, Grocery Game		Partially Lost
#095N	Shell Game, Any Number, Range Game		Lost
#096N	Clock Game, Money Game, Bonus Game		Partially Lost
#097N	Lucky Seven, Shell Game, Most Expensive		Partially Lost
#098N	Grocery Game, Money Game, Clock Game		Partially Lost
#099N	Any Number, Bonus Game, Range Game		Partially Lost
#100N	Lucky Seven, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Partially Lost
#101N	Shell Game, Money Game, Range Game		Lost
#102N	Bonus Game, Any Number, Clock Game		Lost
#103N	Lucky Seven, Most Expensive, Grocery Game		Lost
#104N	Shell Game, Range Game, Money Game		Lost
#105N	Any Number, Bonus Game, Clock Game		Lost
#106N	Lucky Seven, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Partially Lost
#107N	Money Game, Shell Game, Clock Game		Lost
#108N	Five Price Tags, Range Game, Any Number		Partially Lost
#109N	Lucky Seven, Bonus Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#110N	Grocery Game, Money Game, Clock Game		Partially Lost
#111N	Any Number, Shell Game, Range Game		Partially Lost
#112N	Lucky Seven, Most Expensive, Bonus Game		Lost
#113N	Five Price Tags, Grocery Game, Money Game		'Partially Lost
#114N	Shell Game, Any Number, Double Prices		Partially Lost
#115N	Lucky Seven, Bonus Game, Range Game		Lost
#116N	Clock Game, Money Game, Grocery Game		Lost
#117N	Shell Game, Any Number, Most Expensive		Partially Lost
#118N	Lucky Seven, Most Expensive, Shell Game		Partially Lost
#119N	One Right Price, Grocery Game, Money Game		Partially Lost
#120N	Any Number, Bonus Game, Clock Game		Lost
#121N	Lucky Seven, Shell Game, Range Game		Lost
#122N	Any Number, Grocery Game, One Right Price		Found
#123N	Five Price Tags, Clock Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#124N	Lucky Seven, Bonus Game, Race Game		Lost
#125N	One Right Price, Any Number, Grocery Game		Found
#126N	Shell Game, Money Game, Clock Game		Lost
#127N	Any Number, Bonus Game, Range Game		Lost
#128N	Lucky Seven, Grocery Game, One Right Price		Partially Lost
#129N	Five Price Tags, Race Game, Clock Game		Lost
#130N	Shell Game, Most Expensive, Money Game		Lost
#131N	Any Number, One Right Price, Grocery Game		Lost
#132N	Five Price Tags, Range Game, Race Game		Lost
#133N	Lucky Seven, Bonus Game, Clock Game		Lost
#134N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#135N	Shell Game, Money Game, One Right Price		Lost
#136N	Five Price Tags, Race Game, Range Game		Found
#137N	Lucky Seven, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#138N	Any Number, Bonus Game, Clock Game		Lost
#139N	Money Game, Shell Game, One Right Price		Lost
#140N	Lucky Seven, Grocery Game, Range Game		Partially Lost
#141N	Any Number, Most Expensive, Bonus Game		Lost
#142N	Five Price Tags, Clock Game, Race Game		Lost
#143N	Lucky Seven, Shell Game, One Right Price		Lost
#144N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Range Game		Lost
#145N	Bonus Game, Money Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#146N	Lucky Seven, Shell Game, Race Game		Lost
#147N	Grocery Game, Any Number, One Right Price		Lost
#148N	Any Number, One Right Price, Shell Game		Lost
#149N	Lucky Seven, Grocery Game, Race Game		Lost
#150N	Five Price Tags, Clock Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#151N	Bonus Game, Money Game, Range Game		Lost
#152N	Lucky Seven, Shell Game, One Right Price		Partially Found
#153N	Grocery Game, Any Number, Most Expensive		Lost
#154N	Five Price Tags, Race Game, Range Game		Found
#155N	Money Game, Shell Game, Clock Game		Lost
#156N	Lucky Seven, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#157N	Any Number, Cliff Hangers, Danger Price		Lost
#158N	Shell Game, 3 Strikes, One Right Price		Lost
#159N	Grocery Game, Dice Game, Range Game		Lost
#160N	Lucky Seven, Hurdles, Most Expensive		Lost
#161N	Five Price Tags, Race Game, One Right Price		Lost
#162N	Money Game, Cliff Hangers, Clock Game		Lost
#163N	Any Number, Cliff Hangers, Range Game		Lost
#164N	Grocery Game, 3 Strikes, Most Expensive		Lost
#165N	Shell Game, Dice Game, One Right Price		Lost
#166N	Lucky Seven, Danger Price, Bonus Game		Lost
#167N	Five Price Tags, Race Game, Range Game		Lost
#168N	Any Number, Hurdles, Most Expensive		Lost
#169N	Grocery Game, Money Game, Clock Game		Lost
#170N	Shell Game, 3 Strikes, One Right Price		Lost
#171N	Most Expensive, Dice Game, Cliff Hangers		Lost
#172N	Any Number, Bonus Game, Range Game		Lost
#173N	Lucky Seven, Grocery Game, Clock Game		Lost
#174N	Five Price Tags, Race Game, One Right Price		Lost
#175N	Shell Game, Money Game, Most Expensive		Lost<
#176N	Danger Price, Any Number, Grocery Game		Lost
#177N	One Right Price, Cliff Hangers, Lucky Seven		Partially Found
#178N	Any Number, Shell Game, Range Game		Lost
#179N	Lucky Seven, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#180N	Five Price Tags, Any Number, One Right Price		Lost
#181N	Bonus Game, Money Game, Clock Game		Lost
#182N	Lucky Seven, Cliff Hangers, One Right Price		Found
#183N	Grocery Game, Any Number, Most Expensive		Found
#184N	Five Price Tags, Race Game, Range Game		Found
#185N	Lucky Seven, Shell Game, One Right Price		Lost
#186N	Any Number, Grocery Game, Most Expensive		Partially Found
#187N	Danger Price, Money Game, Bonus Game		Lost
#188N	Lucky Seven, Cliff Hangers, Clock Game		Lost
#189N	Grocery Game, Any Number, One Right Price		Lost
#190N	Lucky Seven, Bonus Game, Range Game		Lost
#191N	Five Price Tags, Race Game, Most Expensive		Lost
#192N	Any Number, Shell Game, One Right Price		Lost
#193N	Money Game, Grocery Game, Clock Game		Found
#194N	Most Expensive, Lucky Seven, Cliff Hangers		Lost
#195N	Grocery Game, Any Number, One Right Price		Lost

Cliffhangers Incident

One incident some fans say marked the downfall of his time hosting the show. It occurred during a late 1976 playing of Cliffhangers and James called the mountain climber on the game Fritz. Janice Pennington's (the model who was present at the game) husband was German mountain climber Friedrich "Fritz" Stammberger who disappeared while mountain climbing in Afghanistan in 1975. When James said "There goes Fritz!" and Pennington (who was still grieving from her husband's disappearance) ran backstage and cried for the rest of the taping. James had been unaware of Pennington's heartbreak and for a long time, it was believed to be the reason he was replaced with Barker in 1977 when the real reason was his five-year contract hosting the show ended.

Availability

None of James' 195 episodes have been seen since 1977, largely due to the fact that the prizes were fur coats and Barker (a notable animal rights activist) disapproved of this. Some of James' episodes have surfaced via private collectors, James' own recordings of the episodes and even audio of some episodes have surfaced online. Fremantle (the rights holders of the show) have been known to archive the entire show since its 1972 premiere and various syndicated incarnations (except the 1994 version is owned by Paramount) but it's unknown if they hold James' episodes. His run has been mostly forgotten by fans of the show and it's very unlikely that all the episodes will ever surface.

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External Links

• The Price is Right Wiki page on Dennis James. Retrieved 03 Dec '20
• Dennis James YouTube channel. Retrieved 03 Dec '20
• TPIRStats page on the pricing games played during the run. Retrieved 15 Jan '22

See Also

Pilots

• Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour (lost unaired pilot of NBC game show; 1983)
• Showoffs (partially lost unaired pilots of ABC game show; 1975)
• The Price Is Right (partially found unaired pilot for syndicated game show; 1993)
• The New Price Is Right (lost unaired pilot of Goodson-Todman game show; 1972)
• Family Feud (partially found unaired pilot of Pearson game show; 1998-1999)
• Rock Feud (lost unaired pilot of cancelled spin-off of Pearson game show; 2001)
• To Tell The Truth (lost unreleased pilot of Pearson remake of Goodson-Todman panel show; 1999)
• Card Sharks (partially lost pilots of syndicated revival of Goodson-Todman game show; 1996-2000)

Television

• Match Game (partially found revival of Goodson-Todman game show; 1998-1999)
• Tattletales (partially found syndicated version of CBS game show; 1977-1978)
• To Tell The Truth (partially found first season of syndicated panel show; 1969-1970)
• The Price Is Right (partially found Australian adaptation of Mark Goodson game show; 1973-1974)
• Snap Judgement (partially found NBC game show; 1967-1969)
• Call My Bluff (partially found NBC game show; 1965)
• Match Game (partially lost Mark Goodson Bill Todman game show; 1973-1982)
• Family Feud - Popular Vs Freaks & Geeks (found episodes of Pearson game show; 2000)
• Family Fortunes (partially lost British version of Goodson-Todman game show; 1980-2002)
• The Price Is Right (partially found Doug Davidson version of Goodson-Todman game show; 1994-1995)
• Match Game (found ABC revival of Goodson-Todman game show; 1990-1991)
• Champion Blockbusters (partially found spin-off of British game show, 1987-1990)
• Släktslaget (lost Swedish adaptation of "Family Feud" game show; 2000)
• Password Plus (found unaired George Peppard episode of Goodson-Todman game show; 1979)
• The Price Is Right (partially lost episodes of CBS game show; 1972-2007)
• Distraction (partially found American adaptation of British game show; 2005-2006)
• I've Got A Secret (partially lost syndicated revival of Goodson-Todman panel show; 1972-1973)
• Press Your Luck (lost British adaptation of American game show; 1991-1992)
• Showoffs (partially found Goodson-Todman game show; 1975)
• Password (partially found ABC revival of Goodson-Todman game show; 1971-1975)
• Mindreaders (partially found Goodson-Todman game show; 1979-1980)
• Sale Of The Century (partially found Reg Grundy revival of Al Howard game show; 1983-1989)

Miscellaneous

• Super Password (lost builds of unreleased NES port of word game; 1980s)
• To Tell the Truth (lost unreleased DVD game based on panel show; 2005)