I have been on the show. I can’t remember how many tapings I had to sit through but it was a lot. Like 6 or 8. You weren’t even guaranteed you would get on the show once you showed up since there had to be alternatives. Plus, I had booked my travel and had to cancel once because they cancelled the taping or maybe it was because I was deemed an alternative to even fly out there.
They do pay you your misc prizes if they re-air the episode but they don’t pay you the money twice. I don’t remember what prizes I got as promotional consideration but it was a lot of coupons for free things. One of them was a bunch of coupons for Stouffers.
And no, I didn’t make it to the final round. It’s a heck of a lot harder on the set than watching at home. I had an enormous pot and blew it. Of course all my family knew the phrase!!!
And the wheel is very heavy. And hard to do if you are short. I can’t remember if I stood on a box or not. I think probably not because it was hard for me to get to the wheel.
I was on a game show also, MTV's "Remote Control". they came to campus looking for contestants and I made the grade.
Flew me up to New York, and gave a hotel room for free, but had to find the studio by myself from the subway. Was waiting for the train and Thought the big animal looked like a a cat and the person next to me "that's no cat, it's a rat""
Well anyway made it to the studio on East 96th street, and made it to the final round, and had to idenitfy all 9 videoes, I got four, mostly minor prizes, and an MTV LeRun bike, which I never received, but it was a fun experience.