Come on Down!
February 23rd, 2005
I made another attempt today to break into the TV world by attending a taping of the Price is Right. Ricky’s friends from work organized a group of about 20 people, and because we contacted the CBS people beforehand, we didn’t need to wake up and stand in line at 5am like the other suckers who want to watch the taping.
So we all met at the CBS Television City studio at 10am. Now you can’t call yourself a Price is Right fan unless you’re wearing a dorky bright-colored T-shirt with a trashy phrase imprinted on it, so when in Rome…that’s right, we produced our very own matching “Bob Rocks” T-shirts:
With the start of the show approaching, someone came around and passed out our nametags…classic Price is Right! We then interviewed as a group with two producers and clearly failed to impress any of them. Word on the street is that if they write down something while talking with you, you’ll be called up as a contestant. Needless to say, none of us witnessed any writing during our interviews.
Bob Barker walked out, all 81 years of him, and hosted the show as efficiently as always. Unfortunately none of us were called down (I guess it did help to wear a “Mother of 6″ shirt afterall), but it was still lots of fun. It wasn’t too much of a loss, though, since the better of the two showcases included only a home gym set and a jacuzzi.
But even though I wasn’t called down to be a contestant and even though I probably had the worst seat in the studio, I did manage to shove my long arms into a couple of scenes. So be prepared: on March 22 at 10am on CBS, Amir is invading TV sets across America…
