Shower Game

Shower Game
Premiere Date	September 4, 1978 (#2931D, aired out of order on June 30, 1978)
Pricing Game Location	Center Stage
Previous Premiered Pricing Game	Take Two
Next Premiered Pricing Game	It's Optional
Finale Date	November 30, 1978 (#3054D)

Shower Game was a pricing game with 6 shower stalls arranged in a row as in a locker room. Each stall had a possible price of the car attached to it.

Gameplay

• The contestant had to enter the stall bearing the correct price and pull a chain attached to the showerhead. If they chose correctly, a giant key lowered from the stall's ceiling, and the contestant won the car.
• The five other showers were randomly divided into three which showered the contestant with confetti and two which showered them with 100 $1 bills. If the contestant selected a confetti shower, they could choose another shower. If, however, the contestant selected a money shower, the game ended and the contestant left with only the $100.

History

• When the game premiered, the prices were placed above the 6 shower stalls. On later playings, the setup added doors to each of the 6 shower stalls with the matching prices seen above from previous playings of the game.
• When the game was first played, the game was won immediately. For full proof, see the pictures below or click on the video link of the debut of Shower Game for a look at the full footage.

International versions

• Despite its short life in the US, it has been featured in the French version of Le Juste Prix 1987-01 version titled "La Douche Ecossaise" (The Scottish Shower).

Gallery

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Trivia

• Shower Game was played a total of ten times during its three months in the pricing game rotation and was won on only three of its playings.
• The game was played for 10 times in one season (season 7).
• To this day, Shower Game's prop remains the single largest prop in the show's history.
• There was no buzzer or foghorn played when the contestant pulled the chain and confetti rained down on them.

Retirement

• Shower Game was retired because of its rather anti-climactic nature, as the game had no real strategy to it, although finding confetti improved chances of finding the key. Some negative feedback from many Jewish viewers and in-studio audience members did not help matters; they complained that the game's setup and structure reminded them of the Holocaust, which had ended 30 years earlier.

Video Clips

Shower Game Debut