Make Your Mark

1994 - Present

Make Your Mark is an intriguing game played for three prizes. On the Make Your Mark board are four prices; three of which correspond to the prizes shown, one is an impostor. The contestant is given $500 in cash and then "marks" the three prices s/he thinks are represented by the prizes (s/he doesn't have to guess which price belongs where, just which three are represented in the game). After the marks are placed, Bob shows two of the prices that the contestant has correctly identified (obviously, with three marks and four prices, the contestant has at least two prices correct no matter which prices s/he marked). Bob then offers the contestant a decision: s/he can keep the $500 and leave the one "uncertain" mark as it is, or give up the $500 and switch the "uncertain" mark to the one price s/he didn't mark in the first place (see below). After this decision has been made, Bob reveals the price of the last prize, and if the contestant made the right decision, s/he wins all three prizes. If s/he did not make the right decision, s/he loses the prizes and the $500 cash.

Audience, scream in time here: IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT ABOUT GIVING UP THE $500 OR NOT, GIVE IT UP! If you have no clue whether the unannounced price is actually the price of the unannounced prize, change the mark! The odds that you got all three marks right in the first place aren't that great. Now, if there is a large disparity between the two price possibilities and you are pretty sure you made the right decision to start with, feel free to keep the mark as it is. But if you're just guessing, by all means switch it! The odds are in your favor.

From 1994 -2007, the game was known as Barker's Markers. When Drew Carey took over the show in 2007, the game was renamed Make Your Mark. Curiously, this game changed its name to remove any reference to Bob, while Barker's Bargain Bar did not change its name. The game was played only once on the short-lived Doug Davidson Price is Right, where it was also called Make Your Mark.

It's an ARRAY of prizes! Garden tools, a cradle, and a motorized...something. Here's the stylish Barker's Markers board. Those three asterisks at the bottom are the marks.

He's marked every price except $1,270. $1,555 is represented by the cradle, while $2,199 is the price of the bike.

Well this is a cake walk! There's no way those garden tools are $3050; he should switch the mark. What are his friends smoking?? They want him to stay?? It's a lawn mower and a leaf blower for Pete's sake!

Well, unfortunately, he kept his mark and of course he was wrong. He loses all three prizes... ...and he must give up the $500 anyway. He's a gracious loser, though.


It's an ARRAY of prizes! Garden tools, a cradle, and a motorized...something.	Here's the stylish Barker's Markers board. Those three asterisks at the bottom are the marks.


He's marked every price except $1,270.	$1,555 is represented by the cradle, while $2,199 is the price of the bike.


Well this is a cake walk! There's no way those garden tools are $3050; he should switch the mark.	What are his friends smoking?? They want him to stay?? It's a lawn mower and a leaf blower for Pete's sake!


Well, unfortunately, he kept his mark and of course he was wrong. He loses all three prizes...	...and he must give up the $500 anyway. He's a gracious loser, though.