Time Is Money (pricing game)

Time Is Money was a pricing game on the American television game show "The Price Is Right". Played from the Season 32 premiere on September 22, 2003 until April 30, 2004, it was played for a four-digit prize worth more than $3,000, and used grocery items.

Gameplay

The contestant was shown five grocery items. They were given 20 seconds to place each of the items on one of three shelves based on their prices: Less than $3, $3-$6, and over $6.

If the contestant placed all of the items correctly, they won the prize; otherwise, they were told how many items were placed incorrectly, and were given another 20 seconds to make corrections to win the prize.

History

On its first two playings, Time Is Money used a 15-second clock, and the contestant was given a $500 voucher to start the game. If all prizes were placed correctly in one turn, the player won both the prize and the money. Otherwise, they were not told the number of mistakes, but were offered the choice of keeping the $500, or returning it in exchange for a second chance to place the items.

The regular rules debuted on October 24, 2003.

Retirement

Time Is Money was removed from the pricing game rotation after its final playing, partly because it proved very hard to tape the game without having to make post-production edits. Producer Roger Dobkowitz, who created the game, [http://www.golden-road.net/index.php?topic=6912.0] had announced plans to bring the game back with a smaller set on the stage's turntable, but it never came to pass. The game was officially retired in the summer of 2008.

et Changes

For its first several playings, the grocery placards were "above" the trilons; Beginning on November 25, they were moved "below" the trilons, with the trilons themselves now sporting white asterisks (not Goodson-Todman asterisks) on a red background.