Our friends invited us to attend the taping of The Price is Right. We had a really great time in the audience and cheering everyone one. The most fun was waiting pre-taping and getting to talk with those around us. The taping was from 1pm - 2pm, but we had to arrive by 8:45am. There were lots of lines, people & waiting. That gave us time to meet people from all over the country. Some flew the red-eye to attend the show, then were flying back home to the east coast for work the next day. We met a woman from Canada that was on a work assignment and thought it would be fun to attend by herself on her day off. We spent the most time waiting to enter the set at the last "station" (after questions, pictures, ID verifications, waiver signing, etc.) A lady from Georgia sat across from us with her new fiance and her brother. It was their first time in California. We both had a lot of questions for each other about where they were from. She was impressed with a fancy dinner at STK, was glad that "Mama" didn't come, and was obsessed about being in Los Angeles. Months later, my friend saw this same lady on TV! She was in LA filming a reality show called
Hollywood Hillbillies, with her family.
The producers didn't pick us, but we were on TV a lot. It pays to wear a bright color...you will stand out! There were a lot of custom made t-shirts, but only 1/2 the contestant that made it to contestant row had "custom" shirts - so it's not a make or break. The perspective from the audience is so different from watching it on TV for the past 25 years. We really enjoyed our time at the taping and meeting people who were there for the fun!
