You learn something new every day

Post by **Sylvus** » November 3, 2006, 4:50 pm

I just found out that Rod Roddy died. In 2003. And that he used to travel to Bangkok several times a year to get his trademark pastel suits custom-made.

I guess I probably haven't seen The Price is Right since I was young and sick from school. Or maybe in college, but I don't think I usually got up that early.

Sargeras · Post by **Sargeras** » November 3, 2006, 5:09 pm

I was on the show in Summer of 1999, and had the opportunity to meet him. Hilarious guy.

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » November 3, 2006, 7:00 pm

Sargeras wrote:I was on the show in Summer of 1999, and had the opportunity to meet him. Hilarious guy.

How cool! I always wanted to be on the Price is Right. My grandma used to watch me during the summers when I was little and she never missed it. It came on right before Young & the Restless, lol. Some of my earliest memories include Bob Barker and the Victor/Nikki (when she ws a stripper) drama plots.

(and of course I recently read that Barker is retiring soon. I guess that's where this topic of discussion came from?)

Post by **Sylvus** » November 3, 2006, 7:37 pm

Lalanae wrote:(and of course I recently read that Barker is retiring soon. I guess that's where this topic of discussion came from?)

yeah, in the article about that that i read, they referenced the deceased rod roddy, and it was news to me.

Sargeras · Post by **Sargeras** » November 3, 2006, 8:23 pm

Lalanae wrote:How cool! I always wanted to be on the Price is Right. My grandma used to watch me during the summers when I was little and she never missed it. It came on right before Young & the Restless, lol. Some of my earliest memories include Bob Barker and the Victor/Nikki (when she ws a stripper) drama plots.

(and of course I recently read that Barker is retiring soon. I guess that's where this topic of discussion came from?)

It's actually very easy to get on the show. The catch is that you have to get there super early because they only pick the first 300 people on a first-come-first-serve basis.

I got tickets from my supervisor (at the time). He said I could go with him on the condition that I made t-shirts for the whole group because I was the only computer geek that he knew and liked. First showing was at 9am, we got there at 3am, and I was #240ish in line. We had to stay in line the whole time until about 7am when they handed out those name tags that you see everyone wear when they get called up.

After we came back from breakfast, the line progresses inside the studio 20 people at a time. The director and his assistant meet up with these 20 people and says "Hi, I'm the director, and this is the selection process by which we choose who gets to be on Contestants' Row. I'm giving each of you 30 seconds to tell me about yourself and why you are here, and only 30 seconds because I won't waste any more time on you. You can't impress me so don't even try. First person, go."

When he got to me, I gave my little chatter about who I was, work, school, and I ended it with "... and I'm just here to have fun." Apparently, that impressed the him, because I was one of the first 4 selected. Other people were saying stuff like "I'm here to win <insert expensive item" or "I'm here to rock Bob's world!"

I stayed in Contestants' Row the whole show. One of the first 4 called, and the last one to go up. Two things I learned that day:

1. Don't leave yourself wide-open, or Barker will make a complete ass of yourself on national television. I laugh about it now.

2. DON'T EVER LISTEN TO THE AUDIENCE! They screwed me over and I wanted to strangle them, and I lost the damn car.

My supervisor moved to LA and still has the VHS of that show. I gotta track him down and video capture it so I can have it on my computer.