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Ginger1218 | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 07:08 am     I was on the program "Puttin on the Hits" in 1985 It was a lip synching show that was a contest. We auditioned in a mall in front of thousands of people and we won first prize. They filmed it and said Dick Clark Productions would let us know. And, sure enough, a month later, we were told that we would be flown to Hollywood, all expenses paid. It is was sooo much fun. We were a group of 5 girls and we did private shows for about 7 years. (on the show we did the Shoop-Shoop (it's in his kiss) song)) It was a fun experience. |
Carolinakisses | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 07:08 am     I was on the Price is Right last year while on vacation in LA. The only problem is not as a contestant but as an audience member. My friends and I were sitting on about the fifth row and every time SOMEONE else was called down we could be seen in our seats clapping and waving. We went back to Price is Right the following day and STILL did not get selected. While our long wait in line I would chat with people around us. I told them not to be surprised if they were selected and won the showcase I would be on the stage with them. LOL you know, a dozen people run up on stage and share in the happiness of the winner. That would be me, even though I just met the person. We had great laughs with our family and friends when both shows were aired on tv. |
Marysafan | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 10:17 am     Ginger...my girls loved "Puttin on the hits!" We watched it every week. |
Sunshinemiss | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 11:39 am     The Price is Right, also in the audience, although we did get on camera- the lady next to us got called up as a contestant, and we cheered so loud they thought we were her family, and kept showing us for reaction shots. This summer, a local station was out at the State Fair, letting kids help with the news forecast- my 8 yr old son got to read a promo for Disneyland,and he was so thrilled. It was cute. |
Shakes | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 11:51 am     I have never been on TV. My apartment, however, appeared on Saturday Night Live during the 2001 season. That year SNL featured several funny, (really) short films during 2 or 3 episodes. The short film shot in my apartment features Will Ferrell being chased around the house by a doberman. They shot for two days and it was hysterically fun. Will Ferrell was a real "regular guy" who is funny all the time. We watched the football playoffs together inbetween takes and he was gracious enough to sign about 20 autographs. I feel it is important to mention that the ugly furnishings in the film do not belong to me! All of my things were moved out and replaced with tacky bachelor pad accessories. This facet of the production was the only part that had me a bit worried - I thought my house would never look the same again. Luckily, the crew did a great job cleaning and replaced everything as it was. Without a doubt SNL is a classy outfit who paid handsomely for the use of my house. And that folks is my brief and memorable brush with fame. |
Neko | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 02:23 pm     Let's see.. *Tries to remember* I've been on Breakfest Television, which is a local Maratime show, a few times for sycronized swimming and someother times for just being there.. And..I was in the movie "Too Young to be a Dad" as an extra. Yeah for 10 seconds in that.. It wasn't really weird to see myself on TV. That's about it, nothing else I think though, "The Mom" could probably answer the question better LOL |
Twiggyish | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 03:47 pm     My husband's family is from Bay City, Mich. We were last there about 6 years ago. The only time I was ever on tv was during the Phil Donahue Show filming years ago. (I know, I'm mentioning him again..LOL) I was 20 and the guest was Bella Abzug. She was a big advocate of women being included in the draft. I was one of the youngest in the audience. Supposedly, the cameras were on me a few times for reaction shots..LOL I was too embarrassed to say anything, even though Phil walked by us many times with the microphone. |
Sherbabe | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 03:51 pm     Marysafan, you are going to love this. Quite a few years ago, I was in Minneapolis, for a game between the then North Stars and the NY Islanders for a Stanley Cup Final game. I knew one of the sportscasters for Hockey Night in Canada. He told me and my friend to meet in the parking lot of the arena before the game as he was going to do a bit there with some North Star fans who were tailgating. I was in the background during the interview and then we all broke into a football song, but, changed it to hockey. Remember this one..Could have been the whiskey.........might have been the beer.... Anyway, they showed it before Hockey night in Canada and my family taped it for me. :>) |
Jbean | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 04:26 pm     Ginger, I LOVED puttin on the hits! that is too cool! |
Yuhuru | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 04:39 pm     I was on ESPN a couple of times in the early 90's-just in the background. I was on the dance team in college, and was seen runny out for the school song during a time out or two. |
Not1worry | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 07:18 pm     In high school my marching band was in the USFL (remember that league?) half-time show. Not much of it aired though. I was also on the Armed Forces Network in Europe during the summer of 93. I was soldier of the year and they filmed me as the only female bomb disposal tech in Kuwait. It was actually quite embarassing and when I returned to base people used to scream my famous line - "Fire in the hole!" at me across entire parking lots. |
Jmm | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 08:02 pm     Lori, Boy do I remember the Cherry Festival in Traverse City, my 20 year old daughter was a Cherry Festival Princess back when she was 6. It was so much fun for her and a very hectic week for me, they keep those kids running with personal appearances. We ran across her "princess banner" and tiara a while back and believe me the princess dress I made her is very carefully put away. |
Marysafan | Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 06:54 am     WOW! Sherbabe...Hockey Night in Canada! ...AND Stanley Cup finals! I love it! |
Monkeyboy | Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 04:02 pm     LOL i know it doesnt qualify as being on tv but oh well, lol. Me and my friends were on TRL! We were in the audience when S Club 7 performed. LOL we all taped it and talked about it in school for MONTHS! LOL my claim to "fame" |
Bastable | Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 06:43 pm     I was on CNN a few weeks ago. I work at a magazine and I had to talk about travel to Memphis. (Yep, I was a talking head.) It was very nervewracking since I was in NYC but I was "talking" to an anchor in Atlanta that I couldn't see. I had an ear piece and they sat me on a stool in an empty, cold room. They didn't give me Word One of instruction. I just started to hear myself being addressed in my right ear and I stared right into the lens and spoke to the camera as if it were another person. (If I had looked anywhere else, I would have seemed shifty and strange.) I have to do these things from time to time for work, so that won't be the end of it. But it's a very strange sensation. It's like talking to the characters in your dreams. |
Zachsmom | Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 09:22 pm     I was on "The Love Connection" a few years later I was home sick,middle of the afternoon, snuggled on the couch with the TV remote and found that I was on a re-run of the show..made me sicker.. |
Heyltslori | Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 09:56 pm     so...was it a love connection?? |
Zachsmom | Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 10:01 pm     lol..absolutely NOT! You know how they have all of those sickening sweet fall in love at first sight or the date from hell? mine was the latter.. actually..the date itself wasn't so bad..but they pretty much tell you what to say on the show or they won't put it on the air.. guess I did my part very well..I was able to bring 4 friends to the taping and they had to surround me while we left the studio (they were all males)..one of the women in the audience sitting behind my friends said she was going to find me after the taping and "Kick my a$$" LOL |
Heyltslori | Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 10:04 pm     dang...wish I'd have seen that!! lol |
Zachsmom | Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 10:12 pm     The only great part of the whole thing was I got to meet Chuck! HE IS TALL!! and oh so handsome..<swoon> for the record..I didn't go on the show to meet a "love connection"..just every night my roomates,a few friends and I would watch the show..we LOVED to rotten dates..we'd critique them..lol..so my friends dared me to call the number..I did and within 2 weeks I had the date and was taping the show..lol.. I was 21 young, brave and quite stupid.. |
Phatcat | Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 11:57 pm     Well, I've been in the music industry for almost 35 years here in Nashville so I've been on a few shows. I was a backup singer for a few years on the Porter Waggonner TV Show, the Marty Robbins TV Show, That Good Old Nashville Music Show, and still sing with the Carol Lee Singers on The Grand Ol' Opry when one of the the girls has to take a night off. One of the most fun things I did was the weather report dressed as Santa Claus. (I have been playing Santa for 12 years at the local Walmart. See letter in 'Shopping Days Left Till Christmas' thread.) Also did a TV show in Memphis, in the 70's, when I was with the Gary Paxton Singers. We had a single out called "Skinny Dipping". I had a very dark tan that year and Gary wanted me to talk and present myself as an African American. We didn't know that one of the hosts of the show was an African American and he asked me to go out with him after the show. We were leaving for Nashville right after the show, so I had to turn him down, but I don't think he would have asked me out had he known I was Caucasian. My bad!!!! |
Faerygdds | Monday, December 16, 2002 - 08:31 am     I have been on TV 3 times... The first one was when I was in Junior High -- I was singing in the Nancy Reagan Dare predecessor called - STARS. (can't remember what it stood for). I was singing a song from "Fame" called "The Body Electric" The second time was a few years later - High School. I won second place in a fast talker's contest for Pear Optical Express and go to meet (and beat) John Moshito he is most noted for his micro machine comercials, but recently he is doing some ad fast talking as a rep for an insurance company in a lawyers ad. The last time was my favorite - I lived in far north TX and there was a KKK rally in Bowie. I went there with a group to speak out against hatred and bigotry. It was a day to "celebrate diversity" It's my favorite because what I was doing there actually MEANT something! Yeah... it's kinda wierd to see yourself on TV. But kinda cool too! and VERY surreal! |
Bastable | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 05:05 pm     I was just on TV again! It was tonight on CNN Headline News (7:10 to 7:14 ET). I sat there and talked about visiting New Zealand. They showed video of "Lord of the Rings" right in front of my face on a little monitor but told me not to take my eyes off the camera anyway. Sharon, the anchor, asked me simple questions about NZ through my earpiece while I sat in front of a plexiglass wall in the middle of a dirty newsroom. There was a Xerox on the wall that said "Do not open mail in critical areas." Left over from the anthrax scare. I smelled like makeup and the powder nearly made me sneeze, but I held it in until the segment was done. I love it and hate it! At least the anchors get a script. I have to speak fluently and thoughtfully without even knowing exactly what they're going to ask! It's hard. |
Twiggyish | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 05:25 pm     How cool. I wish I'd seen it. |
Weinermr | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 09:07 pm     Bastable, Let us know ahead of time if you know you'll be on TV so we can watch you! |
Hummingbird | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 09:32 pm     I was on TV once(just shown from the back) as I exited the court house with the rest of the jury seated in a very sensational murder trial. There was a little bit of a stir caused because we were shown briefly on the nightly news. We were supposed to be kept anonymous. I doubt that anyone reconized anyone in that brief instant. Sorry, nothing more exciting than that. |
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