After getting lucky enough to win a trip to Portland we decided why not press it and go on the Price is Right. Getting tickets were easy and free! We headed to Los Angeles and stayed at a hotel just a few blocks from CBS studios. At 7:30am we were in line outside the studio and talking to Ross the "guy" who makes sure everyone keeps the sidewalk clear. We asked him how often you can go on the show and he informed us that once you win something you can't return for 10 years, but until then you can try all you want. He said one guy went to 159 shows in a row until he won.
After getting in we were given the "waiver" to sign and got our name tags and our photos taken. The real background of the photo above is a gray wall. Then we were herded down to some benches to wait for our interview. While there we got to know the people around us and met some really nice and fun people. A crazy group of middle aged women in orange shirts that said "I'm a Swinger", some ladies from Ohio, a quiet couple where the woman was wearing a weird fuzzy coat, a really sweet family from Florida.
Then came the interview.They lined us up and the animated interviewer started asking each person what they did for a living and engaging them in conversation. When he got to Joe and Joe said he was a skydiving instructor, he immediately asked if he had ever had both chutes fail, of which Joe replied "obviously no".
He then jumped into a story of how he knew someone who had both chutes fail and that another person had dived down and grabbed him and they both landed under one parachute. WHAT?! We couldn't tell him that this was just urban legend and pretty much stupid made up scenes from every Hollywood skydiving movie.
Our interview turned into all about him. Oh well.
After that we went through security and into the waiting area for the studio, about an hour and a half later we were let into the studio. It was amazing, but much smaller than what it seems on TV. It was a totally surreal experience
After getting in we were given the "waiver" to sign and got our name tags and our photos taken. The real background of the photo above is a gray wall. Then we were herded down to some benches to wait for our interview. While there we got to know the people around us and met some really nice and fun people. A crazy group of middle aged women in orange shirts that said "I'm a Swinger", some ladies from Ohio, a quiet couple where the woman was wearing a weird fuzzy coat, a really sweet family from Florida.
Then came the interview.They lined us up and the animated interviewer started asking each person what they did for a living and engaging them in conversation. When he got to Joe and Joe said he was a skydiving instructor, he immediately asked if he had ever had both chutes fail, of which Joe replied "obviously no".
He then jumped into a story of how he knew someone who had both chutes fail and that another person had dived down and grabbed him and they both landed under one parachute. WHAT?! We couldn't tell him that this was just urban legend and pretty much stupid made up scenes from every Hollywood skydiving movie.
Our interview turned into all about him. Oh well.
After that we went through security and into the waiting area for the studio, about an hour and a half later we were let into the studio. It was amazing, but much smaller than what it seems on TV. It was a totally surreal experience