Most Expensive

Most Expensive is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on October 16, 1972, it is played for three prizes, each usually worth more than $1,000. Jay Wolpert, the show's producer from 1972-1978, created Most Expensive.
Gameplay
The contestant is shown three prizes and must decide which one is the most expensive. The prices are then revealed one at a time, ending with the selected prize. A correct choice wins all three prizes.
History
From 1978-1989, many segments featuring Most Expensive (and 1 Right Price) ended with former host Bob Barker bringing the (Janice Pennington, Dian Parkinson, and Holly Hallstrom) onto the stage to talk about what was happening in their personal lives and things that happened to them during the previous days. This practice stopped shortly after Season 18 began due to the scandals involving Barker and Parkinson.
When the game debuted in 1972, it borrowed three podiums from Five Price Tags with shelves to hold the price tags and the numbers "1", "2" and "3" attached to them. In 1975, 1984, and again in 2010 the podiums behind the prizes were redesigned.
On the original syndicated version, Most Expensive was referred to by host Dennis James as All or Nothing at All.
Foreign versions
On the 1980s , the game known as "Most Expensive" actually used the rules of Easy as 1 2 3 (which did not exist yet in the United States). Contestants were asked to number the prizes 3-2-1 from least to most expensive, and winners would only receive the most expensive prize.
In the first two series of Bruce's Price is Right, the American format of Most Expensive was used, although winners would still only receive the most expensive prize. In the third series, the game reverted to the Easy as 1 2 3 format, and winners began to receive all three prizes.

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