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Not Built For This #3: The Price is Wrong

99% Invisible

SiriusXM Podcasts and Roman Mars

Design, Arts

4.827.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

As storms get more extreme and unpredictable, insurance companies are running the numbers on Florida and realizing that the math just isn’t working anymore.

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0:00.0

This is episode 3 of not built for this. The price is wrong.

0:06.0

And now your host is on the price is right.

0:09.0

Here she is Arlene Francis.

0:12.0

Hi. is Arlene Francis. Hi, welcome to The Price is Right.

0:17.0

The earliest seasons of The Price is Right

0:21.0

had a wide range of prizes.

0:23.6

There was, of course, your standard game show fair,

0:26.8

things like cars, jewelry, furniture.

0:30.1

But some items were more outlandish.

0:33.0

So just look over to the left for the first item to go up for bids on the price is right.

0:38.0

A submarine.

0:41.0

This is from an episode that ran back in 1961.

0:45.8

All four contestants are laughing

0:47.8

as this submersible appears stage left.

0:51.0

It looks like a life-sized version of something you'd pull out of the bottom of a cereal box.

0:56.0

Not exactly sea-worthy.

0:58.0

All righty.

1:00.0

Well now, Mrs. Patrick, we're going to start with you and you got an airplane last week.

1:05.6

Let's see if you can go under water this week.

1:07.6

The minimum will be $100.

1:09.8

I think I'll be started at 100.

1:13.0

All right, what do you say, Mr. Talmud?

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