Price Is Right’s Drew Carey in disbelief as unusual mishap occurs during airing

Price Is Right’s host Drew Carey was in disbelief as he watched an unusual mishap occur while an episode was airing.

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It’s not often that The Price is Right has a mishap or even a small blunder as Drew Carey and the CBS game show’s team run a smooth ship. 

However, one majorly rare mistake happened once that left Carey and everyone in shock while an episode aired.

The unusual blunder happened during the January 24th episode in 2017, as the host began a new round with a massive prize up for grabs: an espresso machine, a thermal programmable coffee maker, and a coffee bean grinder by Cuisinart.

It was carted on to the stage via a flatbed that was pulled by a small-scale train engine.

The prize sat on top of a small table on the flatbed as a presenter stood close by, but that wasn’t the best choice.

The table was noticably shaky as announcer George Gray revealed the specks on the items.

Carey then had each contestant guess the price of the package, but as the last player announced his price, there was a big crash.

The noise prompted gasps from the live audience before cameras even showed what happened to viewers at home.

When the cameras paned to the side, they revealed that the entire prize had fallen and smashed to tiny pieces.

As everyone shouted, Carey just gave a nervous laugh as the last contestant comically changed his amount to $1.

“Whoops,” Carey laughed before telling viewers that they won’t be seeing the Price Train for awhile.

In the comments section of a YouTube video of the moment, one fan yubi joked: “The guy changing his bid to one dollar was the crowning touch. But I do have to give them credit for not even trying to edit the mishap out.”

A second commenter agreed: “That guy who said ‘one dollar’ is the best person on that show this year,” as a third laughed: “Buddy killed it with the ‘1 dollar’ line.”

A fourth pointed out: “They handled that situation perfectly. It was awkward, or cringey or uncomfortable. Well done Drew and the $1 dollar guy lmao.”

A fifth commended: “I just think it’s awesome that they have the crew so quickly ready to go to clean it up. Really goes to show you how much work and effort goes on behind the scenes people aren’t even aware of.”

Yet another joked: “Dude transitioned from retail to thrift store pricing in a heartbeat,” as a seventh praised: “The tech crews on these shows are professionals, as are the writers and directors. They deserve our support during the strike.”

Shockingly, this isn’t the first time a prize has been wrecked on air on the game show.

Price Is Right model Rachel Reynolds once drove a car into a wall during airing.

Carey was speaking to a contestant named Cameron and it was revealed that he would be playing for a brand-new Ford Mustang.

A part of the presentation was that one of the models drove the car onto the stage and was supposed to park it.

Rachel failed to step on the brakes at the right time and the car went from one side of the stage to another and into a temporary wall made for the show.

The car seemed to be fine but the wall was completely trashed. “I’m so sorry Cameron,” the model said, as her face turned red with embarrassment.

Carey came around and asked if Rachel was okay but she was too concerned about the car to answer.

“I think the car’s still okay,” she said. The long-time host assured Cameron that if he won, he would receive a brand-new car that hadn’t crashed.

“This is going to be a damaged, used car. We’ll get you a brand new one,” he explained.