 Price is Right - Contesti Search, The times they are-a-changin'. |
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 Jun 18 2009, 03:29 PM
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Group: In the Biz Posts: 3256 Joined: 27-November 03 From: Connecticut Member No.: 455  |
On the bright side, you no longer have to travel to LA to see Stan Blits pick out lousy contestants.
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Jun 18 2009, 03:51 PM
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Group: Banned Posts: 897 Joined: 21-January 04 From: In college, getting settled Member No.: 576 |
I think Stan does a fine job, for the most part.
This sounds nice to me. Not everyone is able to get to Los Angeles, so this gives them a good opportunity to get on the show. The one thing I'm wondering about is the cities they chose. Are these some of the cities that Price didn't do well in when someone posted one day's worth of ratings? I'm not surprised about Chicago, but I would have thought that New York City would be there. |
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Jun 18 2009, 04:14 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 4-June 07 Member No.: 3820 |
It'd be nice if they'd come to Birmingham...
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Jun 18 2009, 06:58 PM
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Group: Executive Producer Posts: 6729 Joined: 25-May 03 Member No.: 4 |
So they're going to preselect three contestants and incur the costs of flying Stan(?) out there and putting him up and flying him back, plus flying three contestant prospects to L.A., putting them up and flying them back, just for that special breed of contestant you can only find in Philadelphia.
Here's how I think the meeting went: "How about if we take the show to Philadelphia?" "Too expensive." "Then let's bring contestants from Philadelphia here!" Are they going to pick all three of the Philly contestants to come on down, or pick just one or two and the others get lunch at the CBS commissary which they have to pay for themselves? An idea so good, it took them 37 years to think of it. It's a good thing they brought in that fresh-blood co-E.P. |
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Jun 18 2009, 07:06 PM
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The Facebook page you'll be talking about tomorrow! Group: Members Posts: 1464 Joined: 22-July 06 From: Pennsylvania Member No.: 1887 |
QUOTE (chris319 @ Jun 18 2009, 07:58 PM)  that special breed of contestant you can only find in Philadelphia. Maybe they'll throw snowballs at Stan. One can only hope? |
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Jun 18 2009, 08:19 PM
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Group: Banned Posts: 897 Joined: 21-January 04 From: In college, getting settled Member No.: 576 |
Well...from watching the show recently, it seems like a larger percentage of contestants are from Los Angeles or the surrounding area. Now I'm thinking that they're trying to keep interest in the show up in other parts of the country. Economics may play a part, too. If you're worried about making rent/mortgage or a car payment, you aren't going to shell out a couple hundred bucks just to wait in line for a TV show. You may drive half an hour to an hour to go to a contestant call, though. I imagine that this will be a fairly big deal in the five chosen cities. Lots of press coverage. Local news, at least from the CBS affiliates. Maybe some articles in the newspapers. Could be a good thing.
So do we know if they'll be flying to each city? With five cities announced, and more to come, I'd imagine it'd just be a TPIR version of the Wheelmobile/Brain Bus. |
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Jun 18 2009, 08:20 PM
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Group: In the Biz Posts: 5078 Joined: 18-June 03 From: Bay City, MI Member No.: 72 |
Does a jar of olives cost the same in Philly and LA? Some contestants may be at a disadvantage.
/Jes kiddin'. I know it's not pricing ability that gets you on the show |
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