Make Your Mark (The Price Is Right)
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Make Your Mark (known from 1994-2007 as Barker's Marker$) is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Premiering on the first episode of Season 23 on September 12, 1994, it is played for three prizes (usually valued between $1,000 and $3,000) and a possible $500 bonus.
Game Play
The contestant is given $500 and is shown four prices on the game board. Three of the prices correspond with the three prizes; the fourth is an extra price that does not match any of the prizes.
The contestant is asked to place markers beside the three prices that correspond with the prizes. The contestant is not required to specifically match prices to their prizes; they are only required to choose the three prices that are correct.
The correctly marked prices of two of the prizes are revealed, leaving the third prize and two possible prices. The contestant is then given the option to return the $500 in order to move their marker to the unselected price if they believe their initial choice is wrong.
If the marker is correctly placed, the contestant wins all three prizes, plus the $500 if they have not returned it. If they are incorrect, however, they do not win the prizes, but keep the $500 had they chosen to not move the marker.
History
Prior to 2008, if a contestant chose to leave the marker at the originally selected price and that price was wrong, not only did they lose the game and prizes, but also forfeited the $500.
The game's original name, "Barker's Marker$", referred to former Price Is Right host Bob Barker. The game board was repainted after Drew Carey began hosting. The game was also referred to as "Make Your Mark" during its one appearance on the 1994 syndicated The New Price Is Right.
The game's three prizes had a different staging during early playings of the game. Instead of resting on risers, they were placed on the stage floor and the displays that light up their prices were on individual podiums. The original staging caused confusion when price displays were placed between prizes. The current staging debuted on March 24, 1995.
On the UK's Bruce's Price Is Right, the game was renamed "Price Tags".