For those of you who attended a recent taping of TPIR, and can't wait to see yourself on TV! (or just for those of you who really pay attention to our taping and air dates), we wanted to let you know about two air date changes coming soon.
Episode #5151K, taped on 4/5/10 and originally scheduled to air on 5/3/10, will now air on 5/6/10.
And episode #5154K, taped on 4/6/10 and originally scheduled to air on 5/6/10, will now air on 5/3/10.
We'll see you then!
Everyone has a Price is Right story.
Everyone! Even if you have never been to the show yourself, you have a Price Is Right story. Think about it.
I do a lot of traveling for the show. Recently, I attended an event that consisted of Price Is Right lottery scratch-off winners from all over the country. In addition to being a winner on a Price Is Right lottery game, I was astounded to hear all of the personal stories and experiences about The Price Is Right these winners had.
Some had had friends that were picked to "Come on Down." One couple told me of meeting Bob Barker back in the '70s when he did his traveling show, The Bob Barker Fun & Games Show. I even heard a story about a lady who, while running for election to public office, would talk about winning on The Price Is Right during her town speeches.
I’ll bet you have a Price Is Right story, too - something more than just being a fan or watching the show every day. Think about it.
Do you know anyone that has ever been on the show as a contestant? Did you grow up watching TPIR while sitting on the knee of your grandma or grandpa? Do you know anybody that has a pet named "Plinko?" Do you know a psychotic Price Is Right fan that lives in your neighborhood? Does your teacher make sure he/she never misses a show? Do you know some one that bought a TPIR prize from a contestant off of eBay? Has anyone ever told you their story of making the pilgrimage to attend the show?
It’s like playing that game, "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon." We could call this game, "2 degrees of TPIR." I say 2 degrees because I am sure that everyone with a Price Is Right story is only one or two people from others with an actual Price Is Right experience.
So, I’d like to hear YOUR Price Is Right story. Please jot down your thoughts in the area below. I anxiously await your comments.
It's Tuesday! Time for another Mystery Pic! Can we stump you again this week? Remember, colors and/or photo orientation may have been changed in order to keep you experts on your toes!
What on TPIR is this?
Think you know what it is? Go ahead and make your guess in the comments below (try not to look at everyone else's guesses first!). We'll reveal the answer on Friday, April 30. Good luck!
UPDATE April 30: We had a great assortment of guesses this week, but many of you were right on the money with...Grocery Game! Congrats to Kyle2007, NRGPromptAccept, pat566 and everyone else who got it right. See you next week!
Another Tuesday, another Mystery Pic! (Colors and/or photo orientation may have been changed in order to keep you experts on your toes!)
What on TPIR is this?
Think you know what it is? Go ahead and make your guess in the comments below (try not to look at everyone else's guesses first!). We'll reveal the answer on Friday, April 23. Good luck!
UPDATE April 23: Looks like we really stumped you on this one! This week, we stepped through the Stage Doors! We give a standing ovation to the only three fans who guessed correctly: amnewsboy, local1074 and whammypower788! See you next week!
We recently heard from Joshua, one of our past winners, when he shared his experiences on and off the stage at TPIR. You can read his blog here.
Today, we're happy to hear back from another lucky winner, Roberta, who not only won two fabulous vacations, but drove home with a brand new Cadillac SUV!
My experience on the show has truly changed my life.
I thank God every day. It has been a true blessing and a good testimony to everyone I meet.
People are still talking about my experience on the show. Everywhere I go in town, I am approached about the show and how to get on it. I found out that a lot people watch "The Price Is Right." They have also watched the episode on the Price Is Right website. You definitely have a large fan base.
I can't express how much being on the show has meant to me. I love my new Cadillac and I plan to enjoy the two trips that I have won. I will make sure to take pictures when I go my trips.
Thanks again for everything.
Love,
Roberta Gibson
Another Tuesday, another Mystery Pic! (Colors and/or photo orientation may have been changed in order to keep you experts on your toes!)
What on TPIR is this?
Think you know what it is? Go ahead and make your guess in the comments below (try not to look at everyone else's guesses first!). We'll reveal the answer on Friday, April 16. Good luck!
UPDATE April 16: You got it! Most of you guessed correctly. This week was...Punch A Bunch! Congrats to Carto_hfx, jonesr4144, robair and everyone else who got it right. See you next week!
Melissa from San Diego won't have to travel far to enjoy her trip to Legoland, and after that, she's off to enjoy her trips to New York and Denmark! Just another lucky winner on The Price Is Right!
Joshua Woo is a student at USC, and recently won big on The Price Is Right! Today, Joshua is taking us behind the scenes to share what it's like to be a contestant on TPIR. Here's what this lucky New Orleans native had to say:
They say an unforgettable experience of this level can’t be put into words. Well, gosh darn it, I’m going to try.
It’s all my roommate’s fault. He noticed the flyer hanging on a board in one of the buildings and then called me up later that day, saying to go check it out. Turns out it works perfectly with my schedule--I had a miracle schedule where I had no class on Tuesday (wish it were still the case, but...), and the taping WAS Tuesday, so why pass up the opportunity? It’d be a great look into how the show is put together--who cares whether I get called or not.
Allow me a brief digression. I’m one of those people who says “I’ve been watching The Price is Right ever since I was a baby!” But it seems like I haven’t just been watching the show--I’m what Bob Barker would call a “loyal friend and true.” There was an area in my grandmother’s house that, in my 3-year-old imagination, looked like Contestants’ Row, and our tradition of “playing” The Price is Right was born--there’s a picture of me in an old photo album where I’m pointing to my late grandfather as the winner of the one-bid, and he’s got his arm held high in triumph. On top of that, my grandfather and I built working models of both the Big Wheel (seen below) and the Plinko game. Maybe all this “practice,” if you can call it that, is beginning to pay off...
Let me get these out of the way now: no, they do not just draw names out of a hat. No, we have no idea if or when we’re going to get called to come on down. No, you actually do not hear Rich Fields yell “Come on down.” It’s so loud in there that you can’t hear anything over the crowd. (So many people have asked me about this.)
The show itself was a blur, which is surprising because I’ve been told before that I have an iron trap memory. I was on Kids Jeopardy! six years ago (and lost), and can still remember even the smallest of details. After Price, my head was spinning--in many ways it goes by much faster than Jeopardy! can ever hope to. The only thing I remember was the shock of seeing my name on the giant cue card. Yes, you! You’re the next contestant on The Price is Right, much to your disbelief.
I remember in Rich’s warmup that, if you should make it down to Contestants’ Row, you shouldn’t turn around to ask for help. So when I was down there bidding on the TV that I wound up winning, I was actually afraid to turn around lest Rich himself jump me and send me back to my seat!
As far as my pricing game goes, I promised myself that if it were a game with a bailout option (like Grand Game, the game I wound up playing), I would play all the way to the end. As soon as I got up to $1,000, I thought, “That’s less than what I won on Jeopardy! I did not come to The Price is Right to win less than I did on Jeopardy! Besides, when am I ever going to be THIS close to ten grand ever again?” And even though Cheez Whiz proved to be the end of me, I have no regrets about my gameplay...well, except perhaps noticing the bandages were even there. At least I still get to spin the Wheel, right?
Believe it or not, there’s actually a science to spinning the Big Wheel. The power lies in the hips--I remember watching a History Channel documentary on samurai a few days before the taping, and it said that the sword’s power (on a downward, vertical swipe) does not come from sheer arm strength; most of it comes from a quick drop of the hips. Spinning the Big Wheel is no different, if you’re one of those people who just want to spin it as hard as they can. And it’s a surefire way to avoid making your way to the blooper reels as one of those poor saps who falls down.
Anyway, I was the second spinner and had nobody to beat in front of me (the first spinner, Cameron, had spun the dollar one spin too late), dropped my hips and threw the handle down. Supposedly it was enough to get it around twice and then some, which was barely enough to land on...95?!?!?!?!
If I could jump any higher, I probably would’ve hit the lights. And then to hear Drew announce, “Joshua, you’re going to the Showcase!”...my God, I nearly died. All that practice I had spinning my homemade model of the Wheel paid off, evidently.
There’s a line in Weird Al’s song “I Lost on Jeopardy! that goes, “Well I sure hope I do better next weekend on The Price is Right.” The way things were going, that could’ve held true for me as well.
So after nearly falling on my face going up the stairs to the Showcase podiums, I was passed a Showcase of a Blackberry Pearl with 1-year plan, a desk, a chair, a Dell laptop, 3-month virtual assistant service, and 5-hour use of a private jet. I think I pegged the value of the trip to around $13,000, and everything else to $5,000, so I was originally thinking to bid $18,000. My friends in the audience were signaling otherwise (it looked like they were trying to say $15,000-something), so I went with them. In hindsight it was a bad idea, considering these were the same guys who told me to choose the cheese in Grand Game...
I knew the other Showcase was going to be better than mine--if mine didn’t have a car, the other one had to, right? And it did. But here’s what I wasn’t expecting: A freakin’ Porsche.
And here’s something else I wasn’t expecting: I was off by a mile. My difference was more than my bid. I had pretty much given up hope, especially when Drew was stalling before he read the price of the other Showcase. The whole way through, I’m thinking, “The desk setup from my Showcase is still on stage. I’m off by a mile. Jeffrey won ‘em both, didn’t he? He won ‘em both, that’s why Drew’s stalling...”
And then I heard him say, “I...I don’t even wanna read this.” For good reason: an overbid is painful. An overbid by a slim margin is more painful. An overbid that costs you a Porsche is even more painful.
An overbid that costs you a Porsche, AND by a margin of $176...I have no words.
I’ve gotten comments saying that I forgot that I won, given the way I reacted...well, with an overbid THAT painful, I kinda did. And really, how can you NOT feel for the guy? It really sounded like he wasn’t going to tack on the $500 that cost him the whole package. I really couldn’t believe I won the way I did. And it really didn’t hit me until everyone from my group mobbed Home Base.
Like I told Mr. Blits at the end of the show, I couldn’t feel anything at all after I won--I was pretty much numb from the whirlwind of excitement, heartbreak, and shock that everyone called The Price is Right.
But if you just won $34,021 in prizes on the show, you would be too.
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