Have you ever auditioned for a game show?

I tried out for Wheel of Fortune about 25 years ago. They came to San Francisco so I auditioned. I still have my pencil that says I Tried Out for Wheel of Fortune.

We went into the ballroom at the Westin on Union Square. They gave us a sheet with about 10 puzzles and you had to solve a certain number (I think 6) in a VERY short period of time. If you did so, you moved on to round two. I moved on.

Now remember, this was 25 years ago so there might have been a round two that I don't recall. I just remember getting to the next round which was a mock game.

In the mock game round, we actually played a game with the wheel! We introduced ourselves then played and jumped up and down just like they do on the show.

From the many hundreds of people who tried out, they selected ONE OR TWO! The guy they selected from our group was a total turd with the personality of dryer lint. He might have been the production assistant's cousin or something.

Anyway, this is where it gets good: Mr. Turd ended up being on the show with one of my best friends! So, if they had picked me instead, we would have been contestants together. How bizarre is that?

ETA: forgot to mention that my friends won it all and Mr. Turd got nothing!

Yup...

I have been on two- Win Ben Stein's Money (I won his money.) And I was also on Russian Roulette (a GSN show) and won $12,600.

I auditioned for Jeopardy and didn't make it. Jeopardy audition is HARD, fyi.

Dh's family was on Family Feud when he was about 16. Ray Combs was the host. They lost on their first game. I caught it once on GSN. The question they lost on was, "What's another way to say coffee?" He thought they said 'coughing' .

I tried out for Teen Jeopardy when I was like 13 or 14, but didn't make it onto the show. I remember it being really hard (and I was "smart", lol). SaveSave

peabay has been on Jeopardy if I remember right.

I loved, loved, loved watching Supermarket Sweep when I was a teenager!SaveSave

I went to a taping of Let's Make a Deal with a bunch of people from work. Didn't make it into the contestant section though. The people that did were hard core, in your face, with the people giving out those seat tickets. It was crazy!

My mom used to watch General Hospital and then I'd watch Super Market Sweep. I think somebody else did a similar show in the 80s because I was really little when my mom still watched General Hospital...


To entertain myself while my mom would grocery shop, I would plan what I would fill my cart with--the hams, any meats, and the imported canned seafoods obviously...


I thought that the people that didn't fill their carts with those $40 canned hams and imported foods were nuts. Why did so many people waste time on the canned food aisle. 

My mom was once in the audience for The Price is Right back in the 60s. She said that a lot of the people that were called down knew people in the crew. 

I haven't but my nephew was on Who Wants to be a Millionaire last year and won $20,000. 
I tape Price is Right every day and DH and I watch while eating dinner and guess the showcase.  Whoever wins the most showcases for the week has to make dinner on Saturday and Sunday.  My dream is to go on Price is Right.

My sister was on Merv Griffin's Crosswords. She's really good a crossword puzzles, but didn't do well on the show. So, no one knew she was on it until much later. She only told me, because she didn't want the watch that they gave contestants as a consolation prize and I love retro tv watches.

Thought of another one. Our next door neighbor when we lived in NOLA in the 60's was on Password with host Allen Ludden. His partner was Carol Channing and they did awful. She was as ditsy as she acts.

I didn't formally try out for jeopardy but too get tickets you had to play a round and the winner got a t shirt and everyone got tickets. It is hard to buzz in at the right time!