2 for the Price of 1

2 for the Price of 1
Premiere Date (Barker Era)	December 12, 1989 (#7462D)
Premiere Date (Carey Era)	November 28, 2007 (#4103K, aired out of order on November 9, 2007)
Pricing Game Location	Big Doors
Previous Premiered Pricing Game	Make Your Move
Next Premiered Pricing Game	Gallery Game
Finale Date (Barker Era)	May 9, 2007 (#3983K)

A game where the contestant is offered two prizes, and given 1 free number and must select the remaining 2 numbers of the smaller prize's price to win both prizes.

Gameplay

• The object of this game is to win two prizes by guessing the price of the smaller prize with three digits in its price. To start the game, the contestant is shown two rows of three digits; each position has two possibilities. The contestant must choose each digit from the top or bottom row to form the correct price of the prize to win both prizes. They are given any one of the three digits they wish for free at the beginning of the game.

History

• This was the first game to be created by Bob Barker.
• When this pricing game premiered on December 12, 1989 (#7462D), Bob Barker celebrated his 66th birthday. On top of that, the game received its first win.
• On April 10, 1998 (#0725K, the first show to have Studio 33 coined as "The Bob Barker Studio"), then-announcer Rod Roddy blew the reveal of this game, by accidentally reading a page ahead in the script. The item up for bids was shown as a dinette set, but Rod instead blurted out, "A barbecue and a new car!.” It was unknown if Rod either corrected himself or was given the wrong cue card. It was later revealed, that the next pricing game was 2 for the Price of 1, and the prizes for the game were true, a barbecue grill, and a 1998 Dodge Neon.
• The game was played only once on the primetime series and that playing was won.
• Starting on October 2, 2003 (#2614K), the complete value of the prize package is announced after the prize copies are read, in order to compete with Safe Crackers.

Trivia

• This game always offers a prize that's less than $1,000. The value of the 2nd prize is not necessarily under $1,000, and in many cases it would exceed $1,000.
• The most number of times this game was played in any season was 36 (season 19), while the least number of times this game was played in any season was 6 (seasons 29, 30, 33 and 41).
• It was the last pricing game to premiere in the 1980s.
• This game is similar in concept to Safe Crackers. In 2 for the Price Of 1, there are two digits to choose from for each digit instead of three which do not appear for all digits, one of the digits is given for free, the digits can repeat, and the losing horns always play if there’s a loss. Safe Crackers only played it a few times in the Carey era.
• The odds of winning the game by randomly guessing are 1/4, or 25%.

Gallery

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