History YMMV / ThePriceIsRight

** Bob Barker. While many agree that he ranks among the best game show hosts, some feel that his behavior on and off the set make his episodes uncomfortable to watch. The divisiveness increased when Pluto TV launched a channel streaming his shows starting in Season 11. His sexism, especially at that point in time, was seen as either a product of the era or a reflection of what he really thought about the models and women in general. He did tone it down a few years afterward, but the legal troubles he faced in the 1990s didn't help matters. After he assumed the executive producer role in 1988, he was notably against many of the changes CBS tried to force on the show. This split the fan base into those who respected his wishes to keep the show traditional and those who thought he was in the way of the show getting modernized.

* FandomRivalry: With ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', starting early in TheNewTwenties. Fans of both shows clashed over Mike Richards' involvement with ''Jeopardy!'' after he replaced the retiring Harry Friedman as executive producer. At first, it was over some contentious judgment calls during Mike's first two weeks. Then, it came about that Mike mistreated long-time ''Jeopardy!'' staffers who are closer-knitted compared to the environment he inherited from ''Price''. The tipping point was when Mike was announced as Trebek's permanent successor which the ''Price'' community was fine with. Fans, the production staff and even former contestants of ''Jeopardy!'' didn't take too kindly to it, complaining that the selection process was one-sided. ''Price'' fans pointed out that Mike's behavior on the set was tame compared to what Bob Barker did despite the latter getting away relatively unscathed, even as more exposés circulated on the sketchiness of Mike's character. ''Jeopardy!'' fans felt vindicated after Mike lost his job as host and was later fired from that show altogether.

** The Phone Home Game's name, concept and its set screamed 1980s. The pricing game's name was a ShoutOut to ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. The set would soon look dated as the 1990s rolled in.

** A contestant on a 1985 episode lost the Now... and Then game [[note]]The game was renamed to Now... or Then in 1986.[[/note]] and it was discovered that he was a grocery store clerk who used a price gun. Given that he lost the game, Bob suggested that he may want to shoot himself with said price gun. While it would obviously not be fatal, and only very mildly harmful at worst, such allusions to suicide would be considered incredibly un-PC today.

*** An increase in contestants [[GenreBlind who look like they've never even seen the show before]], a practice that continues to this day. Never mind that the current version of the show has been on the air for ''half a century''.

** The [[ShortRunners short-lived]] 2012 Australian version had popular 1990s-2000s ''Price'' host Larry Emdur, but not much else.
*** His new announcer, Brodie Young, was a LargeHam who wouldn't be too out of place on ''Series/JerseyShore''.

* VindicatedByHistory: The Doug Davidson version. At the time, fans of ''Price'' decried its many changes mentioned at TheyChangedItNowItSucks Nowadays, many see it as a decent companion to the daytime version that dared to try something different from the standard ''Price'' formula -- unfortunately, that proved to be what did it in (along with the OJ Simpson news coverage).

** Professional bowler [=DeeRonn=] Booker, the showcase winner from the 2009 April Fool's Day episode, went on to win the USBC Masters almost 15 years to the day after his ''Price'' appearance''.

** December 27, 2023: The episode features another Rat Race mishap, as the yellow mouse suddenly went haywire and derailed from its track as soon as the mice started moving. Fortunately for the contestant (who was only able to pick one mouse), it was not the mouse she picked [[spoiler:and the mouse she picked (the green one) even ended up being the one who won first place, winning her a new car]].

** The final years of the Barker era have been seen as such due to increasing senior moments and false reveals from the host, as well as its technology being seen as increasingly dated compared to other game shows. The nadir may have been reached on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4N2Wb3cmvc December 12, 2006]], Barker's 83rd birthday, when Barker nearly botched the reveal in Dice Game, briefly appeared to forget Rich Fields's name, and asked to see the next item up for bids after it was presented.

** The final years of the Barker era have been seen as such due to increasing senior moments and false reveals from the host, as well as its technology being seen as increasingly dated compared to other game shows. The nadir may have been reached on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4N2Wb3cmvc December 12, 2006]], when Barker nearly botched the reveal in Dice Game, briefly appeared to forget Rich Fields's name, and asked to see the next item up for bids after it was presented.

** The final years of the Barker era have been seen as such due to increasing senior moments and false reveals from the host, as well as its technology being seen as increasingly dated compared to other game shows.

** The titular professor in the game [[https://youtu.be/Mz2fgzM6LiE?t=1134 Professor Price]] was a [[TheVoiceless silent]], [[CreepyDoll uncanny-looking puppet]]. The game was played a mere two times in November 1977; to its credit, it was won both times.

*** There's absolutely no love for Daniel Rosen, who was ''hated'' for his flat, nasal delivery, which was almost always completely devoid of enthusiasm. One episode circulating on Website/YouTube has him begin the OpeningNarration with a very audible "uh", while another finds him invoking DullSurprise when introducing Punch-A-Bunch. At least two eyewitnesses have said that he had to redo some of the copy in post because no one could hear him! He sometimes came across as if he were trying to imitate Rod, most notably in wearing colorful suits and even going so far as to sign off as "Daaaaaaaaaaaniel Rosen", similarly to how Rod would drag out his first name when signing off. Rosen was further hated after supposedly infected popular fan forum Golden-Road.net with multiple {{sockpuppet}} accounts who proceeded to [[AstroTurf banter about how good his announcing was]] despite both the site's legit members and the show's own staff having no kind words for him. While he later got the announcing gig on ''Price Is Right Live!'' productions at Harrah's, some eyewitnesses say that he's very arrogant there too. It doesn't help that Rosen has since become better known for hawking dubious credit card debt reduction software.