Your visit to seee Bob Barker

[The Pyramids]

On Wednesday June 18th 2003 I attended the taping of the second show to 'TPIR's  32nd. season.

I was lucky to have gotten having arrived at the relatively late hour of 5:30AM. We were seated at about 2:10. Randy West, in for Rod Roddy, came out first and did the warm up. Our seats were in the back on the far right. Had this been a show were Bob enters from the back  we would have been among the ones to see him first.

At 2:30 pm the audience was at a fevor-pitch.It was hard the hear Randy over the cheers, but then I saw on the above monitors how the familiar camera pan of the audience was underway - the show had begun!

The list of the first four names is as fun as it appears on TV. I noticed model Shane standing by for the microphone hand-off. Soon all four contestants were in place. When the announcer said "and now here is the star...." I looked directly at door number two. Seconds later Bob Barker was suddenly standing there! I was one of the first people there to stand up and cheer. The best example of how smaller it all is is the fact the Bob's walk to the edge of the stage is really a short distance. The following microphone exchange only takes a few steps as well.

Through the show there is a line from both ends of the stage of camera operators, producers and stage hands always at work. For the entire hour there was so much to see that I was not always following the show like I would be at home. With all of the audience cheering it was sometimes hard to hear as well, but I was not complaining.

And so I went. The big winner of the day was a young man who started further away from me in the line.

Anyone else have particular memories of your visit or visits over the years now that its rapidly coming to an end?

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'154037\' date=\'Jun 1 2007, 06:20 PM\']
Anyone else have particular memories of your visit or visits over the years now that its rapidly coming to an end?
[/quote]
Yes.  And if I do say so myself, I did a brilliant job talking about my first visit a little bit here and a lot more here.

/2800 posts.  Can you dig it?

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'154043\' date=\'Jun 1 2007, 09:03 PM\']
/2800 posts.  Can you dig it?
[/quote]

Rookie.

[davemackey]

First time I saw "Price" live was in January 1986. Rod Roddy had just been named the permanent announcer and was struggling with laryngitis during the show we taped. (No, he wasn't wearing the garish suits back then.)

The first one-bid item was a grandfather clock from Howard Miller and he nearly coughed up a hairball reading the plug. He had a full liter bottle of Evian at his podium and it was just about gone by the end of the show. (We were sitting right in front of Rod's podium.)

But even back then we marvelled at how Barker just kept going and going and going.

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'154046\' date=\'Jun 1 2007, 08:32 PM\']
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'154043\' date=\'Jun 1 2007, 09:03 PM\']
/2800 posts.  Can you dig it?
[/quote]

Rookie.
[/quote]
Well, that's what happens when I don't spend 20 hours a day on the board.

Oh, sorry, that's Lemon.  I get the two of you mixed up.  

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'154057\' date=\'Jun 1 2007, 08:35 PM\']
Well, that's what happens when I don't spend 20 hours a day on the board.

Oh, sorry, that's Lemon.  I get the two of you mixed up.  
[/quote]
I am offended. For one, I know I get more than four hours a night of sleep.

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'154067\' date=\'Jun 2 2007, 04:34 AM\']
I am offended. For one, I know I get more than four hours a night of sleep.
[/quote]
In one sitting? Or is that 15 minutes here, an hour there.... ?

[Jimmy Owen]

I never saw the show in person, but Paul's description of what goes on reminds me of my experience at an MLB game.  Wait to get in, get overwhelmed at the surroundings, not able to pay attention to the game and unaware when it was over. I'd rather see it on the tube from the comfort of my easy chair.

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'154067\' date=\'Jun 2 2007, 03:34 AM\']
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'154057\' date=\'Jun 1 2007, 08:35 PM\']
Well, that's what happens when I don't spend 20 hours a day on the board.

Oh, sorry, that's Lemon.  I get the two of you mixed up.  
[/quote]
I am offended. For one, I know I get more than four hours a night of sleep.
[/quote]
I didn't say you were awake all the hours you were on the board.  Hasn't it been said that you could write some of your wit in your sleep?  

[Card Shark]

I attended  a taping on January 7, 1999. I arrived at the same time you did and was the fifth person in line. I know what you mean about the small set and not being able to fully pay attention until you realize what's going on once the hype slowly lets down at the beginning. What a fun day!

[TheInquisitiveOne]

I just came back from the May 31st taping (yes, I made it in!), and I must say that it was one of the most exciting experiences that I have ever witnessed. The set is just full of color, and the audience was amazing. Plus, making new friends during the previous day's taping was as fun an experience.

Barker's still got it, and he worked the crowd like there's no tomorrow. Great stuff, and well worth the 27 hours I spent outside and inside TV City.

I got to see him before he leaves the show. Now, I can move on.

The Excited, Inquisitive One

[dzinkin]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'154078\' date=\'Jun 2 2007, 09:56 AM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'154067\' date=\'Jun 2 2007, 03:34 AM\']
I am offended. For one, I know I get more than four hours a night of sleep.
[/quote]
I didn't say you were awake all the hours you were on the board.  Hasn't it been said that you could write some of your wit in your sleep?  
[/quote]
And make gazpacho at the same time, as legend would have it. :-)

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'154071\' date=\'Jun 2 2007, 03:46 AM\']
I never saw the show in person, but Paul's description of what goes on reminds me of my experience at an MLB game.  Wait to get in, get overwhelmed at the surroundings,
[/quote]
This is what I LOVE about going to a major league game. Get there early, get in the stadium / arena / whatever, and sit there while it's still relatively peaceful and just take in the surroundings; the scoreboard, the perfectly manicured field / ice surface, all of it. Satisfies me in a way few other things do.

[Neumms]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'154092\' date=\'Jun 2 2007, 12:26 PM\']
This is what I LOVE about going to a major league game. Get there early, get in the stadium / arena / whatever, and sit there while it's still relatively peaceful and just take in the surroundings; the scoreboard, the perfectly manicured field / ice surface, all of it. Satisfies me in a way few other things do.
[/quote]

Amen! Since I live in Minnesota, I have to go out of town to get it, but to look at Major League grass, and to see how bright the white home uniforms are (unless they're wearing dumb softball tops that day), there's nothing like it. Hockey, too, has that strange electricity about it. I much prefer watching basketball, even the Timberwolves, but it can't match the feeling in a rink.

I saw The Price Is Right in person back in '95, before everyone fell all over Bob with how enthusiastic he was, and frankly, it was a letdown. He admitted to not having slept well the night before, and apparently we didn't give him enough energy to feed off. I also noticed that it was the people who were boorish, dislikable and rude to the ushers in line who came on down, which was another disappointment. The one good thing was, back then, you didn't have to show up before sunrise to get in.

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'154092\' date=\'Jun 2 2007, 01:26 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'154071\' date=\'Jun 2 2007, 03:46 AM\']
I never saw the show in person, but Paul's description of what goes on reminds me of my experience at an MLB game.  Wait to get in, get overwhelmed at the surroundings,
[/quote]
This is what I LOVE about going to a major league game. Get there early, get in the stadium / arena / whatever, and sit there while it's still relatively peaceful and just take in the surroundings; the scoreboard, the perfectly manicured field / ice surface, all of it. Satisfies me in a way few other things do.
[/quote]
Which reminds me, I need to make a trip to Dallas and see a Rangers game, despite their record. ;-)

We don't have major league in Norfolk, just semi-pro, but the atmosphere is similar with our minor-league baseball team...honestly, I get the same feeling when I go to college football games at HU. The closer it gets to pre-game, the more your anticipation rises, esp. when you hear the marching band coming up the street. :-)

/enough waxing poetic
//must also go to a VT game