TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Greetings Infomaniacs,

I am a huge game show fanatic. One of the shows that's been on the air ever since I can remember is The Price is Right.

I always try to guess the right amounts even though I'm usually wrong. Hey, it makes for some good morning entertainment especially if I'm home sick from work!

Today, I have some fun facts for you about the famous game show.

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education."

HINT: (1962-), is an American novelist and freelance journalist, who describes his work as transgressional fiction.


RANDOM TIDBITS
The game show The Price Is Right debuted in 1956, hosted by Bill Cullen. Drew Carey has been the host of The Price Is Right since 2007.

In 1972 the daytime game show became The New Price Is Right, hosted by Bob Barker. During his tenure, Bob Barker only missed one tape day of The Price Is Right's daytime version. It was in the mid-1970's.

When Bob Barker was the host, every person who attended a taping received a postcard with Bob Barker's picture on it. The printed text on the back told your friends to watch you on the show. You wrote in the airdate and dropped it in the mailbox outside in the lobby of Studio 33. The Price Is Right paid the postage!

You are eligible to be a contestant if you are 18 years of age or older and have not been on The Price Is Right in over 10 years (or any other game show within the past year). The show tapes in Los Angeles, California.

Cars get shown more often during the course of a game than other prizes do because the show gets paid a flat fee every time the car appears on viewers' screens.

The original Showcase Showdown wheel was spun "sideways" rather than "forward" and there was no $1000 bonus, nor a bonus spin.


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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Game shows are designed to make us feel better
about the random, useless facts that are all we have left
of our education."

ANSWER: Chuck Palahniuk.

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