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cmjb13:

--- Quote ---I thought about that. You figure Roger  has at most 20 seconds to talk to each prospective contestant (people who have been there, correct me if I'm wrong)
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Who said Roger picked the contestants for this show?

Phil traditionally does the choosing for almost all the shows (including Primetime specials). Roger only interviews for the 2nd Monday show, unless something comes up.

It's roughly 10 seconds and if they speak to you for a bit longer than that or ask you a few questions, usually that's a sign you may get picked.

zachhoran:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 08:17 PM\'] [quote name=\'beatlefreak84\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 05:30 PM\'] The other thing:  I wonder what kind of attitude she showed Roger to get him to pick her! [/quote]
I thought about that. You figure Roger has at most 20 seconds to talk to each prospective contestant (people who have been there, correct me if I'm wrong), and as good as Roger is, some negative personality traits can in fact be hidden for 20 seconds, and Roger isn't perfect. He does fairly well, but every so often a bona-fide dog is gonna get through. [/quote]
 I think Phil Wayne Rossi does some of the contestant pre-screening. On Mondays Roger does the screening for one show, and Phil for the other IIRC.

DrJWJustice:
[quote name=\'starcade\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 01:25 PM\'] It was "a buck and a quarter", IIRC, from yesterday.

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 Someone review the tape and let those of us who are sticklers for detail know what the actual bid was, please!  I recall $1.75, but my hearing aid wasn't on full blast, either.  Point being, she tried to bid in dollars and cents (or is that for 'sense'?) in Contestants' Row.  I do recall the contestant next to her trying to tell her how to bid down there while this whole process was going on.  It's a shame when one's competition has to tell you how to play the game correctly.

JayC:
How about Jeremy from a few weeks ago?  He bid $50 in a trip to San Francisco as the FIRST bidder.  Then he bid $800 a few times in a row, then 2 more really low bids.

Jay Temple:
[quote name=\'starcade\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 12:25 PM\'] It was "a buck and a quarter", IIRC, from yesterday.

God, what a disastrous mishmash that monstrosity was yesterday.  It's these kinds of contestants (and the "Hey Bob!  Pick Me!!" crowd...) that must age Bob more than anything and makes the show darn near unwatchable. [/quote]
 She makes me think of Barney Rubble's appearance on The Prize Is Priced, where he was asked for his bid on a boat, and he said, "Well, I'll just have to put my two cents in--"  The host accepted his bid of 2 cents, and he won.

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