Check this out, while surfing the web, I found this. Very interesting for those who go to these events.

Price is Right Live update

Good to see old Davey Boy's finding work. :)

A Ruprecht/West reunion, eh? And in such an appropriate venue, too.

That would surely be fun, methinks.

The local Ralph's? ;)

And that's about the time I'm heading back there no less...hmmm. I wonder if I can tab both to do a quick sweep at the nearby Pathmark.

One of my odder brushes with fame is having lunch with David Ruprecht in the NBC Commissary. Nicest Libertarian you'd ever want to meet!

Does anyone have a list as to when and who will be hosting PIRLive for the forseeable future?

I'd like to go, but I'd like to see a good host while I'm there too....

What <applause> are you insinuating <applause>, do you think <applause> David Ruprecht isn't <applause> a good host?

I hope they someday expand the franchise to the casinos in Michigan. Then Matt Ottinger and I could alternate as host.

There is no list...but ALL of our hosts are GOOD! ;)

Johnny

Spoken like a true company pitchman, John, lol.

Randy -

Do you announce all of the TPIR Lives now, or do you have competition?

What amazes me about TPIR Live is that the audiences get worked up into a frenzy even though they know they're not going to be on television and they're not going to see Bob Barker. It must be Randy, then! They get all worked up over the TPIR Live announcer. It's Randy-mania! :-)

Bad joke coming...

Whatcha gonna do, brother, when Randy-mania runs wild on you?

They don't get that whipped up over Townsend Coleman.

When I'm not doing the show Daniel Rosen is there. Is that what you mean by "competition"?




The audiences' excitement is a testament to the goodwill Barker and the show have generated over the past 34 years. But there's always one or two thrilled audience members who think I'm Rod Roddy, and several others who are process servers, there to slap me with various subpeonas, summonses and judgements.

The others in a frenzy are excited because of the little twist I've added to the show: Contestants not appearing on stage may receive a full body massage with the contents of those little body lotion bottles I borrow from the maids' carts!

The only other Randy-mania is the cheering at the craps tables by those betting "Don't Pass" while I'm rolling the dice!


Randy
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No, no, please God, no! You stopped wearing those sequined silk jackets, right?


Randy West is the father of our nation. Whenever he drives by a schoolyard, the kids all yell "Daddy, daddy!". (Courtesy of Stu Nahan)


Do you give the massages, or is this how Holly Hallstrom is going to jump start her career?

As for the alleged reunion of Randy and Ruprecht--since you (Randy) had no audience to warm up, wasn't all of your work on "Sweep" in post-production?

Yes, my "heavy lifting" was all in post. But there was a small audience during the seasons when they'd pan their pusses as I did the "Who's got the prickly heat remedy? OK, you're on!" And everyone knows whenever there are three people or more in a room, I start the act!

Because David Ruprecht and I became great friends and the crew was fun, I often visited the set anyway during the seasons I wasn't required to. I was already on the lot constantly, doing a total of 404 episodes of "Weakest Link". My feet still hurt!


Randy
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Am I the only one who misread this? :)

And a question for Randy, which he may not be in a position to answer: I remember for at least a while during the days of SS when Johnny Gilbert was announcing, the catchphrase for the team with the box of Clorox detergent was "Come on, you're on!" I'd always grimace, because the rip-offedness of the line was painful. Was the change to "Okay, your on!" made for legal reasons?

I sure hope so! Puss= Face. Anyone else confused? I've been told that the term "puss" is too outdated to be relevant. Any thoughts?



There was never any legal action, and I'm not sure if the phrase "Come On Down" was ever service-marked. But a change was made to that line at SS out of deference to Mr. Goodson. When you have enough money you can spend as much as you like to defend the fantasy that you own combinations of words!


Randy
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Oh, no, I got it on the second read. Just not the first one. :)

Well, yeah, and it probably wouldn't hold up in court if there was no service mark to back it up. But it did sound horribly cheesy considering how "Come On Down" has made its way into the public lexicon.

With the powers of David Ruprecht and Randy West combined, maybe they can finally help me find the Nutella at my local Giant Eagle. IT'S NOT BY THE PEANUT BUTTER, PEOPLE! IT'S NOT! I LOOKED! IT'S NOT _=THERE!=_

Seriously, though, very nice. I can actually imagine Mr. Ruprecht hosting TPIR. I really can. Stop looking at me like that.

Glad I'm not the only one who had to take a second look...LOL

Chuck Donegan (The Dirty-Minded "Chuckie Baby")

When it comes to AC, just how is the pus...never mind.

Giant Eagle...HA HA HA HA HA...Don't make me laugh :-)

What I wouldn't give to have Safeway in Pittsburgh.

One of these days, I'll figure out a way to get to Atlantic City to see the show when it's there...it's somewhere on my "list of things to do before I die"

Somehow, it seems to me that very early in the run of "Blank Check," Johnny Jacobs actually called on the audience player for the audience game to "come on down!" Somebody noticed, because the next time I saw the show that line was gone.

Thanks for the memory: 1993. An episode of "Trivial Pursuit" is running short. During the last commercial break Producer Peter Berlin decides we'll call an audience member down by name to play some fast Q&A with Wink. I say "Do you have any specific line you want me to use"? Peter responds: "Say ANYTHING except 'Come On Down'"!

Randy
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And the funny thing is that they complained to TPIR about using their name! :)

Are you sure it was early in the run? Jamie has a clip of the BC Audience Game on his site (great site BTW) and Johnny says, "It's your turn to play Blank Check!" Perhaps when you saw it, it was either during the first two episodes (he has/had the 3rd ep on the site) or very late in the run (very unlikely).

Actually, it seems to me that it was during the second week, which is still early in the run--but it was 30 years ago.

Funny, on Bill Cullen's 1st TJW, after Charlie O. called the 2nd audience member onstage, Bill told her to "come on down!"...I wonder how many staffers choked after he said that. :-D

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

While I'm certain David is a very nice man and was great company, he can't hold a candle to Malia, a Libertarian I dated for a few months. Of course, you and David probably didn't have dessert at the same place we did.

On Davidson's TPIR, since they did away with contestant's row, shouldn't it have been "Come On Up!"???

I used to think the same thing. But, the contestant did have to go down first and then go up. And certainly "come on down and then back up" would have sounded odd.