“The Price Is Right” has been a staple of American daytime television ever since it premiered back in 1972. Many of us have fond memories of watching “The Price Is Right” and it is still watched by millions of people to this day!

We’ve compiled eight things about “The Price Is Right” that you likely did not know about. Scroll through these and learn more about this amazing show!

Vanna White was once a contestant.

Sadly for Vanna, she did not make it onstage. Little did she know that she’d have much better luck in the game show world years later with “Wheel of Fortune!”

The wheel was added to the show in 1975.

I can’t imagine “The Price Is Right” without the wheel!

The Big Wheel can BREAK.

I’ve always worried that this would happen!

Snoop Dawg got to play Plinko once, and it did not disappoint!

How cool is that?!

74 games are currently rotated on the show, and 32 have been retired.

Let us know your favorite game in the comments section!

The producers choose the contestants based on their answers to these three questions alone: your name, where you are from, what you do.

Make sure your answers to these questions are good if you make it into the audience!

Meet the guy who got famous by bidding $420 for every prize.

Definitely a quirky contestant!

The first car ever offered on the shoe was a 1972 Chevy Vega, and it went for $2,746.

Lord only knows how many cars have been given away since then!

“The Price is Right” is the longest-running game show in network or syndication and it’s easy to see why. Please share this story with friends and family if you’ve enjoyed this little trip down memory lane.