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Watching the Price is Right when you stayed home from school

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Truly the best way to spend a sick day, especially if your grandma was watching you and let you eat as much Cookie Crisp as you wanted.

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Matt
Matt
@30something

Here, have all of my Likes.

(Yes, it was that or whatever Game Show Network was airing that morning, so probably The $10,000 Pyramid or Press Your Luck...nowhammiesnowhammiesnowhammies.)

lauren o
lauren o
@laureno

Have your pets spayed or neutered, y'all!

Jules
Jules
@jammastervu
I’m very torn on this. As a young kid my grandma did not have cable so options were pretty limited during daytime. PBS daytime kids programming was more toddler oriented so naturally I tried to find something else and then stumbled on TPIR with its glitzy array of flashing lights, exciting sounds, and people going absolutely crazy. Of course I’m gonna watch it even if I didn’t totally understand everything that was happening. I looked forward to it every day and without fail the best moment of every morning was when someone got to play Plinko and the absolute worst part of every morning was when it was over and the Young and the Restless would immediately follow signaling to me that TV time was over.
Jules
Jules
@jammastervu
(Continued) I loved it all but as an adult I realize now that TPIR is basically an hour-long infomercial where companies paid to have their products featured as a sort of advertising/product placement situation. I don’t think they intended for kids to watch and then beg parents for Dawn dish soap, a Hamilton Beach deluxe hand mixer, or a brand new Ford Festiva! The same goes for Supermarket Sweep. I’m probably overthinking that these shows fueled today’s consumerist appetite but in the end I like to think the lasting memory of Bob Barker’s voice over breakfast at my grandma’s house is one that always brings me eternal comfort and made it all worth it.
Maddie Weinstein
Maddie Weinstein
@maddierosew

Core childhood memory!! Also the Charmed + Gilmore Girls double feature...

Robin Reetz
Robin Reetz
@robinreetz

A formative experience! (Also Maury, ofc.)

Jenny Booth Potter
Jenny Booth Potter
@jennybpotter
The freaking best.
Aya C
Aya C
@ayaaaa
With a side of 7-up and zinc lozenges!
Space Camp
Space Camp
@spacecamp

god I was SO good at guessing the price of a can of corn

Capsule 98 by Randi Bergman
Capsule 98 by Randi Bergman
@capsule98
They interrupted one morning because of the Oklahoma City bombings and I actually started complaining about it 🥴
Marygrace
Marygrace
@mgtylr

Omg, 8-year-old me would have done the same thing.

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Varsha

Varsha

“Big re-tweet. Being on this show was my dream as a child. I wanted to win my dream vacation to the Bahamas for a family of 5 by guessing the price of a loaf of bread SO bad.”

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K.J.C.McAvenia

K.J.C.McAvenia

“I ALWAYS have the jingle stuck in my brain.”

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