’The Price Is Right’ Machine Breaks On Air, Costs Player Big Win?

With The Price Is Right currently not filming new episodes, social media accounts for the show are sharing memorable clips online to keep viewers engaged, one of which included an instance where one of the machines broke, live on air. So, what happened with this situation?

The Price Is Right Is Currently On A Break

As much as The Price Is Right fans love the game show, and as much as tuning into Drew Carey on a regular basis has become part of people’s routines for some time, the fan-favorite game show is currently on a break. With the kind of rigorous filming schedule that the show has, it makes sense that the host and crew need time off.

Since The Price Is Right is off the air, and since Season 53 won’t kick off until later in the fall, this gives viewers a lot of time to revisit older scenes from the show to get their fix. Even the official social media accounts are picking the best bits from past episodes to share on different platforms, keeping viewers engaged with the show while it’s on a break.

Did Machine Malfunction Cost Player Big Money?

A contestant on The Price Is Right played the game Flip Flop. Players who play this game have three different choices in terms of number pairings in order to correctly guess the price of something. They “flip” or “flop” the number combinations around until they decide to lock in an answer.

However, in the The Price Is Right clip that the official show page shared on Instagram recently, a malfunction with the machine happened during a live taping. When the player pressed the button to lock in her answer, nothing happened, even when she pressed the button again.

The way most viewers see it, The Price Is Right games are already complicated enough without a machine malfunction getting in the way of things. For a time, there were tense moments, as many viewers believed that this unfortunate mishap could cost the player the game.
Drew Carey – Instagram/The Price Is Right

The Price Is Right: Drew Carey Steps In, Saves The Day

As the machine was malfunctioning during the live taping, the air was tense. Luckily, host Drew Carey sprung into action and saved the day. Perhaps the best part about him stepping in was that he didn’t have any technical, repair-related know-how.

The Price Is Right host went old school, slapping, hitting, and ultimately, even kicking the machine to get it to work right. At the end of the day, not only did Drew Carey manage to do this successfully with the whole audience watching, but, the answer that the player locked in even turned out to be the correct one.

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