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Jeopardy Champ Ignored After Taping
joshg:
--- Quote ---TYPICAL AUDIENCE COORDINATOR BEFORE THE SHOW: "This is going to be a lot of Fun today so applaud wildly and let everyone know you are having the best time in the world. We really need you guys today. Mr. Letterman feeds off the audience and if he feels you having fun then he's going to have fun! Then he'll give you an extra special show. Laugh at every joke. Even if you don't think it's funny....... Just pretend it is! Applaud when the signs come on and have a great time. We couldn't do it without you."
TYPICAL AUDIENCE COORDINATOR AFTER THE SHOW: "Don't step on the stage, Go up the aisle and out that back door. No stepping on the stage, No pictures, No using The Bathroom. Bye."
--- End quote ---
A well-respected TV personality once told me:
With television, all the glitz and glamour is only on the living room side.
Sad to say, but TV is a business after all and we're 'disposable income' in certain situations.
JOSH
Peter Sarrett:
I agree, you guys are being far too harsh. The contestant's comment is valid.
Matt's account of his experience meshes with mine. Days of anticipation, hours of mingling with fellow contestants and sweating in the green room, tons of pre-show attention from producers, stage managers, and other staff. An incredible rush of adrenaline during gameplay. Then... it's over. You sign a few papers, collect your things, and leave the studio. It's tremendously anticlimactic, especially if you win. For the staff, it's just another day on the job. But for you, it's a once-in-a-lifetime moment that comes screeching to an end while your emotions and body chemistry are still firing on all cylinders.
Is it a scandal? Hardly. But it's a bit of a disappointment, and not something most contestants expect.
- Peter
PeterMarshallFan:
[quote name=\'matchgame\' date=\'Oct 15 2003, 07:27 PM\']
A well-respected TV personality once told me:
With television, all the glitz and glamour is only on the living room side.
Sad to say, but TV is a business after all and we're 'disposable income' in certain situations.
[/quote]
Yes sir. I must say though, even after I lost on MG/HS I wasn't disappointed in the least. I had fun, and I understood it was time to step aside and let the others have their shot. I walked out of there with a big smile on my face.
Except my sister was at death's door less than an hour later. :-(
Brig Bother:
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Oct 15 2003, 05:42 PM\']
Which makes me wonder if Anne Robinson kicks back with the people she's just insulted on "TWL" in the Pinewood Studios pub after the show. [/quote]
Sadly not! The production team are very nice to you in the Green Room though, everyone gets to watch the rest of the game when they get voted out and because they pay for all the accomdation and travel, it's a lot cheaper to get one or two taxis to get to Kings Cross or Gatwick Airport or whatever where people are going and for them to all go in a group rather than sending everyone off as soon as they get voted off.
There's not really much time for the host to chat to players because when I filmed mine, they were filming three episodes a day so it was fairly production line. I gather that sometimes she'll make sure a contestant is OK if she particularly liked them or she thought she was unfairly harsh to them (so I read in interviews at any rate).
The daily ones are (as far as I know) still filmed at the Magic Eye studios in South London. The last time I saw an episode being filmed at Pinewood, it was the first of two shows being filmed that day - and Pinewood's actually fairly out of the way. I don't think there's a pub in a five minute walking distance!
inturnaround:
I understand what you are all saying. It's a big letdown. Maybe I was too harsh. But I just think it's all because it's a situation no one ever contemplates when they get on a game show. I can imagine contestant can picture winning cash and fabulous prizes, but no thought is ever given to when you're done and the cameras are turned off.
I'm not sure what can be done for contestants who have lost or are retired champs. I'm not sure anything could ever live up to the high of winning and competition. It must be one heckuva crash afterwards.
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