I got an email saying that “registration” starts at 5pm for an 8pm showtime. I totally want to try to be in the show, so I’ll be there to register, but what is “registration”? I read somewhere that you take a written “quiz” of prices, and if you do well enough, you’re entered as a possible name to be called from the audience.
For some reason, I just can’t find a lot of info on the procedure. I suspect that’s because your changes of being picked for contestant row are slim, and they want to maximize ticket sales.
Also - has anyone heard of people dressing up in costumes for this? Isn’t that Let’s Make a Deal?
Other than the times, I suspect the process is largely the same. A moment with Google brings up How to Be a Contestant on The Price Is Right
and http://www.priceisrightinfo.com/PriceIsRightContestant.htm
From the second site:
Mainly, they’re looking for enthusiasm. They want jolly, emotionally expressive contestants who will get genuinely excited when they win (or lose). As a result, they tend to prefer female contestants over men (who often pretend to act excited while being interviewed, but who later sober up when they realize that their boss may be watching them on TV). If you watch the show, you may notice that they also seem to favor pretty young girls, interesting looking and dressed individuals, college students and men in uniform.
I’m going Saturday at MSU. I thought it was going to be to a taping of the show, but I believe that it is a stage show with much smaller prizes. And yes, the tickets were most decidedly NOT free, we paid $45 each for ours. You have to register online before Friday to be eligible for coming up on stage and you have to show up three hours before the show to have a chance for a prize.
TPIR Live is not the same as the TV taping… it is a live stage version of the show that travels around the country. It is in Indy tonight… and tickets were something like $40.
Aha! This explains why in that other thread I was shocked to hear you PAID to get tickets!
The real Price Is Right is filmed in LA - at CBS studios right next to the Farmer’s Market on 3rd and Fairfax - and if I am not mistaken, it is illegal to sell tickets to a taping of a broadcast TV show - be it Price Is Right,Wheel of Fortune, or Leno, or going to watch Mike and Molly or whatever. Those are always free tickets, but that is why you have to show up early as they pass out more tickets than they actually have seats - in case of no-shows.
I know Wheel of Fortune will often tape their real shows in other towns and cities, but I don’t think Price Is Right has ever done that - if so, only very, very rarely. (I knew a guy who was a set designer for the show.)
They also have a paid version of this show in a casino here in Vegas…I guess it could be fun, but the idea of paying for a ticket and sitting in the audience to watch other people win your money is a bit odd to me. Then again, if you didn’t know real tickets for the real show were free, I guess it wouldn’t make any difference.
Yes - it’s the non-TV version of TPiR. However, we won the tickets in a benefit raffle, so it’s free, plus the (slim) chance to win a NEW CAR (showcase contestants only, must guess showcase price within something like $1.00, etc.)!
As long as you got the tickets for free, that is cool!
Speaking of bidding on prices of a car - on a recent episode of Price Is Right, the final prize was a flat screen TV, a trip somewhere, and a Lexus Hybrid car!!
The idiot bid $25,000.
Geez…how much does he think just the Lexus Hybrid alone costs?!
Needless to say he under-bid by about $22,000 and lost.
At any rate, have fun and hope you all make it to the stage and win some cool things!