Wednesday, March 21, we had tickets for the CBS show "The Price is Right." Sharon hoped to get on the show. We obtained tickets on-line. But those tickets only gave us the right to stand in line to get other tickets. We had some advice from Robert and Norma who were on the show about two years ago. Robert recommended getting there about 3:00 a.m. to get in line. We didn't get there until 4:15 a.m. and we were about 212th in the line. One man and his daughter had camped out on the street since 8:00 a.m. the day before!At 8:00 a.m. the studio started to issue passes that showed your approximate arrival order. When we got our order number we were #308 and #309. Seems some people were holding spaces for family members and friends who showed up just before the 8:00 oclock time when the passes were distributed. They gave out a total of 325 passes.
We were told to return at 9:45 a.m. to be admitted to the audience holding area. We went across the street for a bagel and coffee and returned to CBS. From 9:45 until about 12:00 noon we stood around while a CBS employee "Chuck" entertained us and had us play games. About 12:30 p.m. they started interviewing everyone for possible contestants. The interviews were done 10 at a time; asking the simple questions about name? were we were from? and just made small talk.
At 2:10 p.m. we entered the studio for the 2:30 p.m. taping. Unfortunately, Sharon's camoflague T-Shirt with the saying "Vietnam Nurses Love Bob Barker" didn't attract enough attention. Sharon did not get on the show, but we were happy that the fellow who camped out since 8:00 a.m. the day before did. By the time we got home at 5:30 p.m. it had been a very long day. "Been there, done that." Don't think we will try that again.
The show we saw will be broadcast on April 20th. We were seated in the back left section if you want to watch for us.
2 comments:
Sorry you didn't get selected for the show, Sharon. I know you were hoping that your t-shirt would do the trick. Happy that you at least got to see the show being taped. It sounds like it was a verrrry looooong day!
Mary Ann...I really didn't get to display my shirt the way that I would have liked. We were in the CBS open air basement holding area from 7am until 2pm, and it was COLD! I had to keep my jacket on the entire time and could have used a winter coat. Folks didn't get to see my shirt which said: "Vietnam Nurses Love Bob Barker".
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