Price is Right: Most Entertaining Games on the Hit Game Show

Worst Games

Punch a Bunch

Punch a Bunch is like the evil cousin of Plinko. It seems like a really cute and fun game to play, but it’s devoid of strategy. Just punch a couple of holes and hope to win some money. If you spent the last few weeks memorizing the retail price of various grocery items then you will be greatly disappointed playing this game. If you think taking home $250 in cash is a “Price is Right” victory, then this game is for you.

Range Game

Here is the entire Range Game: Wait till you reach the middle of the price range and hit stop. That’s it. You are done. Thanks for being on the show.

Safe Crackers

This game has all the pomp and circumstance that we associate with a great game, but do you really want your opportunity at winning boiling down to if you know the price of a wine fridge? And when you put the numbers into the safe you are forced to then try to open the door. Just ask former President Bush what it looks like when you try to open a door you think should be open.

Squeeze Play

Congratulations on actually making it up on stage on “The Price is Right.” To get to that spot you had to go through producers and audience wranglers before hitting contestant row. Then after fighting out of that dog pile you make it up next to Drew for a pricing game. Anyone would be charged up—until you find out that all your hard work has ended resulted in Squeeze Play. They will give you a price, and one of the three middle numbers is wrong. You pick the wrong number out and the correct price is squeezed together. Get it, Squeeze Play. Sadly too many of these game populate the show due to the need for some games to end quickly. Not all games can be for cars, but these “this or that” type games are tissue-paper disposable.

Hole in One (or Two)

This game is a classic, but it was merely an excuse for Bob to get more work in on his short game. Of course I don’t ever remember seeing Bob miss one of those putts. I’m sure he missed one or two, but I couldn’t testify to that as a fact. This game also asks the contestant to be shocked when he is given a second chance at hitting the putt. “See this game is actually Hole in One (or Two)!” Then you jump around like you’ve been tased. Even Amish toddlers know there are two chances at this game. Also, how have they never tried adding a windmill to this game?

Blake’s take: I couldn’t disagree more. Can’t hate on Bob working on his putts. Happy Gilmore saw firsthand the kind of golfer Barker is. And there’s something beautiful about a guy named Ralph in carpenter jeans whose only golf experience has come at Putt-Putt sinking a 12-footer for a new Jetta.