Going to Price is Right!
 

My wife and I are taking my sister-in-law to Price is Right on Tuesday for her birthday. It would be neat to win something, but I'm mainly just hoping we get in. We're going to try to get there by 3am I think.

Have any of you been on? What time did you get there? Did you win anything? Any hints/suggestions? Did you do special shirts?

Oh yeah, we're doing our shirts like numbers on the wheel. My SIL is going to be the 100 and my wife and I are going to be the 5 and 15. We were hoping for 20 people, then we would be guaranteed in, and we could do the whole wheel.

I have no first-hand experience, but I hear they interview people in line and look for the most enthusiastic, so you have to bounce around and look kind of goofy if you want to hear the old "Come on down." I would also have your S.I.L. wear something that says "It's my Birthday!"

That always was my idea to put the wheel on my shirt if I was ever to go. It would be super cool to have the whole wheel and have it really spin!

On the back of her shirt we were going to put "It's my birthday and I wanna Spin That Wheel!" Or something to that effect.

I do have first-hand experience, and you are quite right. We went to one of Bob's last tapings, and the whole process was very interesting. Our group had four people, but we befriended some other people while in line (we were in line for almost 24 hours), so our combined "group" was over ten people by the time we got in. We all agreed that if any of us got into the showcase and won, we would all go up as "family" for the goodbye wave.

The producer does interview everyone before the taping begins, and there is an assistant taking notes the whole time. The most energetic and "interesting" people are the ones who get the call to come on down. One of the people from our group got picked, and actually made it into the showcase (and was bidding on a car!), but when she was asked to bid, she looked over at us for help. We tried to give hand signals for $32,000, but she misread it as $23,000. The actually price of her showcase was $33,500. So, she lost. But it was still an amazing experience.

One thing to be prepared for is that the set is a LOT smaller than you would expect it to be. I had always assumed it was large, because so many contestants seem to lose track of what they are bidding on in contestants row. But they don't lose track because of the size of the place, they lose track because the cheers from the audience are so loud that most of the time you can't hear what Rich is saying, and there is so much activity on the stage all of the time that you can't always tell where they want you to look.

My wife's co-worker's aunt won a Viper on the Million Dollar Spectacular. It sat in her driveway for a while and she couldn't afford to spend $1000/month on insurance so she sold it for $89,000, paid all the taxes on her prizes, and put a down payment on a house.

Yes, do something like that because every little thing that makes her (or any of you) stand out as being something that is, well.... not boring, will give them a reason to possibly pick you, so I'd say definitely do the shirts!

Just know that the "pre-interviews" are all really quick. They take people like 5 or 6 at a time and you walk in front of the producers for about 30 seconds or a minute and they'll ask each of you a question, you answer it, and then boom. You go into the studio to be seated.

My friend actually decided to ditch class and went to the show by himself on a whim last fall.

Son of a bitch walked away with a PT Cruiser, two jet-skis, a bbq set, and other various items.

Everything ended up being sold as he couldn't afford the taxes on any of it.

Be sure to have her plop a tit out if she runs down to the front. That way she will be immortalized on blooper shows for eternity.

That's true of almost every TV show set.


C-Mart: A crisp $20 awaits you if you promise to slug Drew in the gut if you make it on stage. :)

Tempting as that sounds... I kinda like Drew. He's funny on the show and calls out some of the weird stuff that goes on.

Perhaps they don't allow it, but I often thought it would smart for people to pull out a small dry erase board from the audience to help a family member out.

Be prepared to wait....and wait....and wait.....and wait....and wait some more. I went a few years back when Bob was still on the show. We got to the studio around 5am and we didn't get into the studio until like 3 or 4pm. During that time you just kind of sit in this waiting area that is outside so if it's hot make sure you dress for the heat. On the way into the theater they take a group at a time and you parade in front of the producer who asks you a bunch of questions. I have to say it's kind of hard being energetic after waiting for a good portion of 8 hours. After that they lead you to the set which as someone already pointed out really tiny. The show then goes live. It's alot of fun once you are in the taping but the wait before hand sucks big time.

Or be older than dirt and not realize where you are. They love people like that.

The yelling from the audience ruined it- the first shows from 1972 on the DVD set they actually dim the lights over the audience during the bidding and they stay quiet. By 1973 it looks like they started encouraging the audience to yell out stuff. If I were on the show I'd turn to them and yell "SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!" :)

There are guaranteed tickets to TPIR you can buy on Stub Hub for $25.

Even though you're paying for a ticket, at least you won't have to wait on line *that* early.

:up: Also, take pics and post them here! ;) :drool:

:lol:

I was going to suggest the SIL wear a tight shirt and go bra less. :D

This thread got me to post the clips of my friend on the show. Lucky SOB.

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Over $43k once all is said and done. Son of a bitch. Whenever I audition for game shows, I always get denied. :(

Well, tomorrow's the big day. I'm heading out to LA early to hang out and get in line. My wife and SIL are going to join me around 2am or so. I'm sure we'll get in, now I just hope we can get on as contestants!

Remember, if you get to play Plinko, don't put it right down the middle - that never works!

Since Drew's been on the show, it looks like "One Away" has now become the most popular game. But yeah, if you happen to get Plinko'd, listen to the advice.

We saw that episode... to be honest, we kept wondering if that kid was a bit mentally handicapped.

Yeah, Plinko I would probably bounce it off the side triangle and let it go into the board at an angle.

:lol:

He's a good kid, just genuinely excited to be chosen.

Good luck. I hope you get chosen. But after insulting my friend, I hope you get That's Too Much you son of a bitch. ;)

I think Lucky 7 is the hardest game on the show.

Requiem for a Dream comes to mind.

So, what did you win? I need closure.

After work on Monday I went straight out to LA on a quest to find a board game to play in line: Link.

I didn't find it though and went to The Grove. I walked around a bit checking everything out and then saw The Mummy 3. After that I checked the line and there was nobody there so I went to my car and watched Juno on my iPod. Now it's 1:30 and I check the line and there are some people there. I'm 7th in line. My wife and SIL showed up at around 3AM and join me. We are surrounded by a weird "redneck" family in front of us and crazy black women behind us (not saying all black women are crazy, but these ones sure were). Both groups smoked of course...

Around 6am they handed out Order of Arrival slips and we took our stuff back to the cars, then headed back. At 7:30 they put us all in order which means we were stuck with the people that surrounded us all night. We got our tickets and were dismissed again until 9am. At this time the black women were missing one of their group and couldn't find her. As we were leaving we saw her... when we said she missed the tickets she started running like crazy. In the end she was seperated from her group, but still got to go. We went and had a bit of breakfast at the Farmer's Market, then head back. They now put us in order on the side of the building, and we waited until they did name tags, contestant cards, etc... They brought the first 12 of us up to the rail to interview with the producer. He didn't give us much of a chance to do anything but answer his questions. He asked if I could make all the signals green as he went up Fairfax (I'm a traffic engineer). My SIL who's birthday this year was 8/8/08 and was contestant number 008 didn't get a chance to say that or the spiel that she had rehearsed.

They ended up with about 40 people from the stand by list able to get in.

Now we were put in another holding area and waited about an hour and 45 minutes before we were led into the studio. As another group was heading to this holding area one if the guys tripped over a fire hydrant that is oddly placed in the middle of the sidewalk. Within 20 minutes they had the thing roped off and the "path" now went out into the street. The guy played it up a lot, but I don't know if he got anything out of the deal.

We were really looking forward to seeing how small the studio is as we had heard many times. It was very small but on TV it seems huge! Those camera guys are masters. It was cold and loud as well. When they call contestants down it is too loud to hear, so they have a guy that looks like Mark Walberg from that Eagles movie with name cards that he shows to the audience. He also runs around getting the crowd to be louder, shout suggestions, etc... By the end of the show it hurt my throat to yell.

The front row is a total of 14 seats, 5 on the left, 5 on the right, and contestant row in the middle. The first group had 6 people so 5 on the left and 1 on the right of contestant row... we were the next 3, and there was 1 seat left on my right. It was filled by an 18yo who's mom had been very annoying all day. A guy came out with a big board which had the episode information (including the air-date - Oct. 13th) and then a few minutes later Rich Fields came out and gave us the low-down... and then the games started. The second name called was the 18yo on my right, and he nailed the first bid as well. Then he proceeded to win his game too. His annoying mom jumped into his vacated seat as soon as he got up to contestant's row.

Between each game Drew chats with people, tells stories, etc... During the second break he noticed our shirts which were the 5, 15, and 100 spots from the wheel. He had us stand up and show the whole audience.

In the end we didn't get chosen, nor did anyone from the redneck family in front of us. One of the crazy black ladies was chosen and ended up with a bookshelf and a guitar.



After the show they ask you to stay in your seats and Rich Fields comes out with one of the models - who happened to be in a bikini because she was modeling the sail boat and plugged the new book "Come on Down" and then randomly gave away the Price is Right home game and $100. None of us won that either.

As we filed out of the studio they asked us to be quiet and Rich Fields recorded a couple of commercials. We had many positive comments on our shirts. I'm certain that we'll see it repeated now... especially once the show airs. I'll post a photo when/if I get it off of my SIL's camera.

In the end it was a lot of fun, but I wouldn't get there that early again unless it was a Million Dollar Spectacular in which case I would get there much earlier... I would like to go in a big group sometime though.

He was just kind of goofy I guess... no more so than a bunch of the people there though.

I rock at That's Too Much... it didn't get played though.

They did:
Make your Move

Flip Flop

Pathfinder

Any Number

Pick a Number

Shopping Spree

Psssst! Tell your friend his hat's crooked!

;)

I don't think I'd ever really want to go on that show...I want a game show that gives me MONEY as the prize, not mostly useless junk (I'd probably win a grand piano or jet skis or something lame) BUT...

If I got to play Plinko, I'd be PISSED OFF. Hardly anybody does well at that game. I have no idea why people react as if Jesus is coming back when they play it. They nearly piss themselves. And most of the time it lands in the 0 or the 100.00 slot. Yeah, good times.

I think That's Too Much is awfully hard to play as well...I hardly see anybody win at that one. And Lucky 7 too...You can't screw up too much in that game.

Why I think most people love Plinko is that you're guaranteed to walk away with something as it requires very little skill or knowledge.

Unless you're fucking retarded, miss all the prices and end up with just one Plinko chip that ends up in the $0.

You said it there...that scenario proves there are no guarantees on the Price is Right.

From the old Price is Right, the best game with the most expensive prizes was "The Golden Road." I remember seeing Porsche's, 100K Campers and such.

That's because it's one of the hardest games to win. I am always amazed, and excited for the winner, when I see somebody win all the prizes.