The Worth Is Proper has been on the air in some type or style since 1972 — and that’s a revival of a present that initially aired within the Nineteen Fifties and Nineteen Sixties. So we’re speaking greater than 50 years of episodes. That’s hundreds of reveals, and hundreds of Showcases, the climactic battle between every present’s two profitable contestants to see who can take residence much more fabulous prizes.
However at the moment’s Showcase was particular.
On the June 7, 2024 episode of The Worth Is Proper, contestant Patrice Masse from Grande Prairie, Alberta got here inside one greenback — a single buck! — of guessing his Showcase precisely. When he did so, host Drew Carey really paused, apparently struck speechless on the gravity of the second that had simply occurred. You may watch him double examine his card to verify he learn the data it contained appropriately. Then he defined. Masse had bid $39,500, whereas the precise retail value of his Showcase was … $39,501.
After which just about everybody within the viewers misplaced their rattling minds. Carey dubbed it “the most effective showcase bid within the historical past of the present, for my part.”
You may watch the clip of this mind-boggling second beneath.
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In bidding inside $250 of the particular retail value, Masse really gained each Showcases, together with prizes like a brand new Kia, a motorbike, and journeys to Milan, Hawaii, and Miami. His grand whole of winnings from the present was a whopping $83,068.
Whereas this was an unbelievable achievement, it’s could not technically be the “greatest” or most “excellent” bid within the historical past of The Worth Is Proper. In truth individuals have guessed (or possibly “guessed”) the precise Showcase value earlier than, in moments of some controversy, which is chronicled within the documentary Excellent Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too A lot.
Tonight is perhaps a great night time to look at Excellent Bid in the event you’ve by no means seen it. It’s presently streaming on a number of providers, together with Prime Video, Peacock, and Tubi.
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