Ever Been A Contestant on a Game Show?

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Dr Acula	Ever Been A Contestant on a Game Show?	Lead	[-]
(07/20/08 3:33 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Tags : None I'm just thinking that, with a board of this size, somebody here has probably been a contestant on a game show. Price Is Right, Match Game PM, Joker's Wild, Family Feud.... I'd be curious to know if anybody here was a contestant on any game show, if they won anything cool, and what the production was like. Of particular interest: Anybody who was on Bob Barker's Price Is Right run Anybody kissed by Richard Dawson on Family Feud Last Edited By: Dr Acula 07/20/08 3:57 PM. Edited 1 time.
GhostofChaneysLiver		#1	[-]
(07/20/08 3:44 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Yeah, I'd like to know if Charles Nelson Reilly ever tried to feel anybody here up on Match Game. Come on, spill, spill... Cromwell
Rick		#2	[-]
(07/20/08 4:01 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I haven't been on a gameshow, but I've passed the test for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? six or seven times now. Apparently I've flunked the interview.
catmandu7		#3	[-]
(07/20/08 5:47 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	The trouble with game shows is that you dont get your prizes untl they air the show, and of course they are all listed as taxable income. In Canada there was a fellow who did well on the Price Is Right, but then found out that he would have to pay taxes in bouth Countries. I half raed that about half the prizes won on game shows are declined. Like the porcelain piggy on Wheel Of Fortune .
shemptex		#4	[-]
(07/20/08 7:09 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I was on Match Game in 78. Cant remember for sure but I think I got the check before I left. I remember having to fill out California state tax forms and that tax was taken upfront. I was on 5 days worth of shows. They taped 5 on Sat and 5 on Sun. I got on the last show Sat but didnt start the game till Sun, then lost on the fourth show that day. I won just under 8 thousand. Not bad for the times, I had just bought a new 78 Mustang for $4,900. I still have the card I matched Richard Dawson with for the "big money" with everybodys autograph on the back and the letter I got from CBS about taxes. Ed
Gord Shriver		#5	[-]
(07/20/08 7:28 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Rick, just a couple of weeks ago, I auditioned for Millionaire for their upcoming Movie Week, and made the initial cut. I was asked to come back that afternoon for the interview, which I did. Then, I got a postcard this week, telling me I had not been selected as a potential contestant. Incidentally--and they told us this up front--if you are picked to come be on the show, it's all out of your own pocket. They don't pay any of your expenses.
Rick		#6	[-]
(07/21/08 12:58 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Yeah, Gord, the last time I took and passed the Millionaire test was for the Movie Week, a while back. Stephen King writes that he basically papered the wall of his mom's attic with all the rejection letters from his first writing attempts, had I been thinking I could have saved my Millionaire rejections and got a pretty good start on a new wall covering. I refuse to believe that the interviewers just don't like me, so I look for reasons for my rejections. I figure they already have too many (1) fat guys, or, (2) old guys, or, (3) New Yorkers, or, (4) actors. Or maybe they just don't like me. I'm aware that contestants have to cover their own expenses, but, since I live about 20 blocks from the studio, I figured I could handle it.
PShields79		#7	[-]
(07/21/08 1:11 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	My wife was on "$25,000 Pyramid" in 1985 before we were married, then on "Super Password" with Bert Convy in 1988, and our family was on "Family Feud" with Ray Combs in 1992. I was a klutz and lost big time. My sister and brother-in-law were hoping to win some money for a house. The most interesting thing were the consolation prizes - coupons for foods you apparently couldn't give away. I kid you not - 10 coupons for free bottles of pimentos.
skelton knaggs		#8	[-]
(07/21/08 2:16 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Not me, but a fancy pants Jr. High school English teacher I had, was on the original MATCHGAME. Gene Rayburn the host of course. Seemed like he was at the zenith of his comic charm back then. But anyways, this teacher came up with some of the most off-the-wall, ludicrous, idiotic answers, it was stinkin' hilarious. Mr. Rayburn would comment, " Gee Frank, I don't know how we all missed that one" ! The day after the show aired, the well dressed fancy English teacher named Frank(we'll not mention last names for privacy's sake) was walking down the halls between classes, with kids pointing at him laughing hysterically, mimicking his answers. It was this incredibly surreal kinda Robert Crumb comic moment. Does that make any sense to any of ya's ? Last Edited By: skelton knaggs 07/21/08 2:23 AM. Edited 2 times.
Jimchig		#9	[-]
(07/21/08 6:30 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Well, I did have a little stint on a game show recently. Perhaps you saw me?
yendor1152		#10	[-]
(07/21/08 11:42 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Oh, you're that butthole?
Professor Von X		#11	[-]
(07/21/08 12:59 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Never been ON one but got a free ice cream cone for being part of the studio audience for Anything You Can Do and Beat The Clock, both of which used to tape here in Ottawa at CJOH Studios. Yes, an ice cream cone. Canadian game shows are NOT known for their generosity. People on Definition used to win things like a toaster if they won the show five days in a row! Professor Von X
blackbiped		#12	[-]
(07/21/08 7:05 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	skelton knaggs wrote: It was this incredibly surreal kinda Robert Crumb comic moment. Does that make any sense to any of ya's ? Yeah, I can pretty much picture the way Bob would've drawn it! Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way. My MySpace page BumsCorner.com
skelton knaggs		#13	[-]
(07/21/08 7:18 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	blackbiped wrote: skelton knaggs wrote: It was this incredibly surreal kinda Robert Crumb comic moment. Does that make any sense to any of ya's ? Yeah, I can pretty much picture the way Bob would've drawn it! Thank you blackie ! Now I don't feel like an abnormal kook...

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