The Price Is Right first aired in its current form in 1972 on CBS and became one of the longest running game shows on American television. Its theme music, with its distinctive horn melody, became inseparable from the bidding games, spinning wheel and showcase segments hosted for decades by Bob Barker and later Drew Carey. Online, creators reuse the cue as instant shorthand for shopping, bargaining and winning a prize, which is why it still appears in memes, parodies and reaction edits long after broadcast.