Originally Posted By chickendumpling Oh my gosh I loved this report!!! I am so glad you took the time to share it with us. I have like read it two times now and it still makes me laugh! LOL.
Originally Posted By ploeb909 Ok you want to know something funny?! There are 7 kids in my family,plus my two parents. When I was a little girl my mother and I would watch TPIR all the time together. My parents took everyone of the kids to the TPIR, except my little sister and me, all have been choosen, with the exception of my mother the "fan". Is that a crack up or what? My mom took my little sister, after I had already moved out, what do you think happend??? Uh....she got picked! Too bad none of these Goofballs ever watched the shows and know how to WIN!!!! I would like to go befor my Mom passes away. She still watches that show, I am a stay home mom now and sometimes she call me and says " are you watching this lady, shes won everything!"
Originally Posted By ploeb909 Oh wait, I forgot to mention, my Dad was on the HollyWood Squares and won a SunBird! HEEHee..all of us kids thought that was the coolest car!! Much better then my moms nerdy Volvo! It was red. Funny!
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Wow, I can't believe I missed this report when you first posted it... Just some minor additions to that almost perfect story: You forgot the part about the door opening up after the announcer yells "A NEW CAR!!!" The biggest kerplunk you ever heard tell of shook the audience, and the Barker Babe just about got knocked on her keester. The door opened to reveal......a great big dent on the front of the car. The big sliding showcase door opened into it. It wasn't lined up correctly or something. Boy, what a noise that made. And in true Hollywood style, they just had the Vanna-Gal scooch over in front of the dent to hide it. That was hilarious!! And, You also forgot to advise the nice folks of LP to not bring anyone with them who is impatient and complains constantly. (IE: Your uncle) Oh, and by the way, they did call your name. But you had gone to pee
Originally Posted By DlandJB Ursula, you are wonderful. I'm sorry you didn't get picked, but did they at least tell you when the show would air so we can watch and see if we see you in the audience? And did you know that my hubby was on Jeapardy about 10 years ago...and won?! Do you know that they have a policy that prevents anyone from going on again as long as Alex Trebeck is hosting? Talk about a rip off! He could be on that show as long as Bob Barker has been on TPIR!
Originally Posted By Ursula No, way, JB! At TPIR, once your name is called...THAT'S IT!!! You can't ever get your name called again. So if you are the unlucky person who is the last one called, you get one chance at the bidding war and if you lose, that's all she wrote! I so forgot about the dented car because it really made me mad, thanks for the reminder, sis! See, they did what they could to quickly cover it up, then when the game finished and it was a break, they filmed an insert edit and had the Barker Babe do a quick re-shoot of the door slide and shot a quick look at the car with her near the top away from the dent. But did they explain this to the touristy audience? NO! So so one knew what was going on. The guy to my right knew I was in the industry so he asked and I explained what an insert edit was and he was so impressed. See, they could have done that with the whole audience to make them feel like they learned something to go tell the folks at home. At least it would be something for the 4 am wake-up. And I blew it. The show aired two weeks ago. It was filmed on a Thursday and it aired the following Wednesday. I got my dates wrong and thought it was for the following week and I forgot to tape it.
Originally Posted By JazzCat True story: We were on the parking lot tram in Disneyland this past May, talking to the ladies next to us. Suddenly one pipes up and says, "I won both showcases on The Price is Right yesterday!" Her friend looked kind of embarrassed but the other one continued gushing. She told us all she won (yes, a new car!) and I said, "Well I'm sure she's going to share her winnings with you right?" The friend said "yes, I'm going to China with her". The winner said the show would air on May 15th. Sure enough, I tuned in on May 15th (I don't normally watch but DH does) and there she was; winner of both showcases!
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Mine's in my cubicle at work. I'm looking right at it. It will be transferred to a scrapbook shortly.
Originally Posted By Ursula Yes, Aladdin! I have two. They are here at work in my bookcase (along with various LP things that makes me happy). The one from this last trip, I listened to my clever sister and saved the sticker backing so that I could re-stick it together at the end.
Originally Posted By Labuda What a great report! Glad it was up near the top here so I could read it. Anyhow, I'm still a bit bummed I didn't get a TPIR minimeet together last summer, but wow - I really didn't realizze it takes up your whole day like that - wow! Anyhow, glad you had fun, and here's hoping those danged producers get smart and pick you next time!
