ECONOMY & WORK
MONEY 101
NEWS
PERSONAL FINANCE
NET WORTH
About Us Contact Us Privacy Policy Terms of Use DMCA Opt-out of personalized ads
© Copyright 2023 Market Realist. Market Realist is a registered trademark. All Rights Reserved. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.
MARKETREALIST.COM / ECONOMY & WORK

Woman crashed a truck into 'Price is Right' set during Bob Barker era in one of the wildest TV moments

There have been several wild moments on the show but this was something else.
PUBLISHED FEB 8, 2025
Screenshots showing the contestants, Bob Barker, and the truck on "The Price is Right" (Cover image source: YouTube | The Price is Right: The Barker Era)
Screenshots showing the contestants, Bob Barker, and the truck on "The Price is Right" (Cover image source: YouTube | The Price is Right: The Barker Era)

Some of the older fans of “The Price is Right” believe the Bob Barker era was more civil than the Drew Carey era. But while there have been several eccentric contestants during Carey’s time, none of them ever rammed a truck into a wall since he has been hosting the show. It did happen in one of the earlier editions of the popular game show and left a lot of fans in the studio stunned.

It happened during the Showcase round when two contestants, Mercilla and Cinthia, were competing against each other. They were both competing to win separate prizes but only one could win. For Mercilla, the prize was several dining room items like a table with multiple chairs, a glass cabinet, cups, plates, spoons, knives and forks, a piano, and 35 square yards of carpeting. The contestant guessed that all of this could be worth $5800.

Screenshot showing the dining room prize on
Screenshot showing the dining room prize on "The Price is Right" (Image credit: YouTube | The Price is Right: The Barker Era)

Then it was Cinthia’s turn and to present her award, the showrunners decided to create a theatre-style sketch on the set. The sketch showed a woman trying to get her husband away from the television so that he would spend time with her. However, he just wasn’t ready to move, and the woman got so frustrated that she drove an entire truck onto the set, breaking a wall in the process. That truck, a Toyota, was the prize that she would play for.

Cinthia guessed the price of the truck to be $15,000. While the audience in the studio believed that she had guessed a little too high, it turned out that she was off by only $747. Her family joined her on stage and celebrated her win as the ending credits rolled at the end of one of the most memorable segments in the show’s history.



 

While this was a wild moment, driving the truck through the wall and onto the set was all a planned exercise. But on another episode of the show, one of the models accidentally drove a car right through a wall. The model in question was the legendary Rachel Reynolds and the expression on her face after she brought the car to a halt was absolutely priceless.

It was all part of the presentation as Reynolds drove the car onto the stage for a contestant named Cameron who was playing to win it. Waving to the crowd while driving, the veteran model failed to step on the brakes in time and slammed through the wall. Host Drew Carey had a bemused look on his face at first but he went over to the driver’s side and made sure his co-worker was alright.



 

“Cameron, we’ll get you a brand-new car I swear when you win this one. This is going to be a damaged, used car. We’ll get you a brand-new car,” the host assured the contestant. Thankfully, Reynolds was fine and there was little to no damage to the car.

MORE ON MARKET REALIST
Greiner's investment in EverlyWell turned out be a milestone as the company is now worth billions.
44 minutes ago
The guest's grandmother had a chance meeting with the artist while she was vacationing in Jamaica.
1 hour ago
While Robert Herjavec got to show off his surfing skills, it was Mark Cuban who bagged the deal.
3 hours ago
The seven-time NASCAR champion authenticated an autograph he had done on the car's dashboard.
4 hours ago
The entrepreneur was helping underpaid coffee farmers in her home country make some good money.
5 hours ago
The painting was the artist's take on a scene from the 1966 Batman movie starring Adam West.
6 hours ago
The wrestler was delighted to get his trunks back after years and promised to buy Harrison a meal.
1 day ago
The contestant was silent as the clock was ticking, and the answer accurately described the situation.
1 day ago
Since the entrepreneur shared that she made $260,000 in hours, the sharks were convinced she didn't need them.
1 day ago
The item was a painting from the set of the original "Blade Runner" film, that's popular even today.
1 day ago
They were asking for a massive $20 million valuation, which put a lot of the sharks off at first.
2 days ago
The guest had no idea what the bottle was worth or even what was paid for it when it was bought.
2 days ago
It was a talking Ewok telephone toy that a guest had wanted $175 for
2 days ago
The entrepreneur's wit was one of the things that impressed sharks and got him a deal.
2 days ago
Fans of the show took to X to express their surprise as the contestant did something no one expected.
2 days ago
The host usually speaks highly of the show but not everything about it is perfect.
3 days ago
It was surprising to see Harrison pay that much money for a poster, but it was a special one.
3 days ago
The guest was not expecting such a high valuation and couldn't help but laugh about it.
3 days ago
Clearly, Chumlee was a pro-wrestling fan in his younger days and still had a lot of that energy.
3 days ago
He could have taken his new car to his Costco adventures but that is not going to happen.
4 days ago