WWTBAM Bored

Was the start of the infamous Audition Callback Week, the week when PTBAM made the calls to fill 130 January slots from a pool of just under 800 audition passers. I was almost ready to say there were quite a few BB's who had happy memories of that week, but then I started thinking about it and realized that unless I'm missing someone, there are only 3 of us left around who got the call that week..... me, Confessor and Wellman. That kinda surprised me.....

There are others who have registered over here, but never post (skypilate, macsdaddy, dr amp)....

But most have moved on or become lost along the way (samcat, aussie, AttyLP, ed776, John9826, Gene McKenna, and countless other drivebys from the time)......

There are still quite a few snubees from those first 7 auditions hanging around, but I won't even try to name them all.....

Oh well, just another bitersweet Bored history flashback from me. Carry on....

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote:Was the start of the infamous Audition Callback Week, the week when PTBAM made the calls to fill 130 January slots from a pool of just under 800 audition passers. I was almost ready to say there were quite a few BB's who had happy memories of that week, but then I started thinking about it and realized that unless I'm missing someone, there are only 3 of us left around who got the call that week..... me, Confessor and Wellman. That kinda surprised me.....

To be accurate, Calvinator got a call that week too, but not from the audition series.....

I'm sure he will mention it....

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote: There are still quite a few snubees from those first 7 auditions hanging around, but I won't even try to name them all.....

That was when Sir G brought his hamster to the audition, wasn't it?

MarleysGh0st wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote: There are still quite a few snubees from those first 7 auditions hanging around, but I won't even try to name them all.....

That was when Sir G brought his hamster to the audition, wasn't it?

No, that was San Diego in March 2001....

But that was the series when the hamster squashing question was supposedly asked a number of times....

lb13

Wasn't jmcachran in the bunch that made it on from those auditions?

danielh41 wrote:Wasn't jmcachran in the bunch that made it on from those auditions?

I'm thinking he was from the Spring auditions....

lb13

Thanks for the memory...NOT!

littlebeast13 wrote: There are still quite a few snubees from those first 7 auditions hanging around, but I won't even try to name them all.....


lb13

I can name one! Okay, a bunch, but I can name one without getting my ass kicked................


*sigh*

I guess there's not enough Glade in the world to get the smell of rotting fish out of a studio. Those hot lights do nothing for my scales......

Which session were you in LB? I was in the 7:00 p.m. session, sitting next to Pete Booker, who posted here under a couple different names (instlouis and bigjabronie, I think). We both got on the show and got bad questions, and later returned to the hot seat. The actual auditions were the Saturday before the 2000 election. There were lots of signs in town for the Ashcroft vs. Carnahan race.

The Carp wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote: There are still quite a few snubees from those first 7 auditions hanging around, but I won't even try to name them all.....


lb13

I can name one! Okay, a bunch, but I can name one without getting my ass kicked................


*sigh*

I guess there's not enough Glade in the world to get the smell of rotting fish out of a studio. Those hot lights do nothing for my scales......

I about froze my ass off in there! You would have been in no danger of spoiling....

Brain freeze is a bigger concern......

IHS9

TheConfessor wrote:Which session were you in LB? I was in the 7:00 p.m. session, sitting next to Pete Booker, who posted here under a couple different names (instlouis and bigjabronie, I think). We both got on the show and got bad questions, and later returned to the hot seat. The actual auditions were the Saturday before the 2000 election. There were lots of signs in town for the Ashcroft vs. Carnahan race.

9AM... same as BiT, Cal and a few others. Barely had time to get cleaned up beforehand after getting off work at 7:00.....

And I forgot about Jabronie! Another one who faded away.....

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote:And I forgot about Jabronie! Another one who faded away.....

lb13

Good ole Mr. Matt Damon look-a-like Pete.

I was trying to recall his name a few weeks back when you were naming all the big winners from Prime Time. Pete, IIRC, was at $250,000, got the bad question and fell back to whatever the amount was at that time. He was later brought back on for another $500,000 question and then walked. I think we took away $250,000, or he might have walked on the $250,000 and took home $125,000. But I'm pretty sure he got $250,000.

BackInTex wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:And I forgot about Jabronie! Another one who faded away.....

lb13

Good ole Mr. Matt Damon look-a-like Pete.

I was trying to recall his name a few weeks back when you were naming all the big winners from Prime Time. Pete, IIRC, was at $250,000, got the bad question and fell back to whatever the amount was at that time. He was later brought back on for another $500,000 question and then walked. I think we took away $250,000, or he might have walked on the $250,000 and took home $125,000. But I'm pretty sure he got $250,000.

I think it was $125,000....

I could look at the RoF chart to verify, but I'm slacking this morning.....

lb13

danielh41 wrote:Wasn't jmcachran in the bunch that made it on from those auditions?

He was in my set in Birmingham - most notable in that he brought a tiny puppy that he had just purchased earlier that day. We all figured that the pup would make him a shoe-in, but I think he got in from a later audition, not this first set.

I, of course, am a snubbie. It's been a while, but I try to keep in touch with Samcat and I still remain in contact with Amy Turner - both who got called from that first set of auditions.

jaybee wrote:I, of course, am a snubbie. It's been a while, but I try to keep in touch with Samcat and I still remain in contact with Amy Turner - both who got called from that first set of auditions.

Arrrghhh! My ears!!!!!

I can't believe I never re-registed Lulu Lunula over here....

IHS9

Does someone have a record of when the auditions occurred? I auditioned in Philly (and met a bunch of folks briefly in the restaurant next door), DC, and Baltimore (all unsuccessfully, of course), but can't remember exactly when all that happened.

Thanks.

trevor_macfee wrote:Does someone have a record of when the auditions occurred? I auditioned in Philly (and met a bunch of folks briefly in the restaurant next door), DC, and Baltimore (all unsuccessfully, of course), but can't remember exactly when all that happened.

Thanks.

St. Louis was November 4, 2000. There were seven cities in that initial round of auditions in the fall of 2000. I don't know the other dates and locations, but they should be findable without too much trouble. Try the GC yahoo board, if you can access that.

trevor_macfee wrote:Does someone have a record of when the auditions occurred? I auditioned in Philly (and met a bunch of folks briefly in the restaurant next door), DC, and Baltimore (all unsuccessfully, of course), but can't remember exactly when all that happened.

Thanks.

Those auditions you mentioned all occured in 2001. Philly was March 2001, Baltimore later on in the summer (DC isn't ringing a bell). I believe there is a list of the Spring 2001 cities I saved somewhere (Including all the cities they never got to when they promptly switched to stealth mode after a few months)....

The 2000 series I mentioned above were held in 7 cities.... Detroit & Cleveland (10/28), St. Louis (11/4), New York (11/11 or maybe 12), Sacramento & Seattle (11/19) and Birmingham (12/2)....

lb13

I found an audition passer list from 2002 I saved for some reason, for those who want to stroll down memory lane.....




Albany 9/13
Peacock PC 9/21
Sting PC 9/21
Ghostimf
MarleysGh0st
dimmzy's cousin (cage dweller)

Syracuse 9/09
MarleysGh0st
Jemmylegs1 PC 9/19

Harrisburg 9/04
Corn9977

Knoxville 8/29
Marymac4105
A friend of Ace

Seattle 8/28
J'sMom
Macsdaddy PC 9/6 Called 9/27 Tapes 10/10 Airdate week of 2/10/2003
PMom
Rev Dodd's brother-in-law
Cal's best friend (and PaF) PC 9/6

Sunnyvale 8/26
tinrinrin PC 9/6 Called 10/1 Tape 10/15, Airdate ?
Barblee61 PC 9/6 Called 9/12 Tapes 10/1 and 10/2, Airdate Week of 1/20/2003
Mellowmom50 PC 9/6
Winnamill
takinover PC 9/6

Montgomery 8/26
mcraig
mrs. mcraig

Memphis 8/21
Beeman
attyLaurie
shellybird
lilclyde
hittman

Atlanta 8/20
Themanintheseersuckersuit
Im_Ace
PCmaxey
RevDodd
RevDodd's sister (PC 9-6)
PeterGrantGioia
Melleon
jffree
jffree's wife
BridgeBuddy® #1 - 2 time J! Champ
BridgeBuddy® #1's girlfriend
BridgeBuddy® #2
JoyJoY1255 PC 9/6 Call 9/10 Carryover to 10/01
rob_wilson's PAF

Nashville 8/20
cherryvictoria
cherryvictoria's husband
mikehardware
mntetn PC 9/6
TennRFD
hayseedcity

Terre Haute 8/16
iluvnyc
rayxtwo

Evansville 8/16
rob_wilson's wife PC 9/6
mrkelley23

Cedar Rapids IA 8/14
NFC1019 Called 9/10 Tape 9/20

Omaha 8/12
Kusch0 PC 9/6 Tape 10/15 Airdate week of 11/11/2002

Kansas City 8/9
avantcall

Topeka 8/8
HF_Jai
kansasjayhawk81

Tulsa 8/7
Amazonium PC 8/15
Indigogirl
MO_Hillbilly PC 8/15

Oklahoma City 8/6
Okiebroker2001
Friend Of Okiebroker

Vegas 7/30
Galahad
Azac
Azac's Sister

Los Angeles 7/29
thguy65 PC 8/8
la_girafa PC 8/12
doncoop
dodgersteve

San Diego 7/26
RJS102254
Killer_Tomato
barblee61

NYC 7/24
Traininvain
Aussie
Aussie's Brother

NYC 7/17
hbomb1947
kidtejas
MarleysGh0st
Jac070 PC 7/24 Called 9/5 Tapes 9/19
grand4973 PC 7/24

Chicago 7/11
snooks
ProtonSquared
NE1410S - PC 7/27
skypilate
gretagarbo9929 - taped
AlphaDummy
lilyvonschtupp26 - taped
john60612

Cleveland 7/9
jtmattox
dr amp (taped) Air Date 11/20
two_eagle_bdm
TheHerg
PanicinDetroit
cabbyjoe

NYC 7/3
Ghostimf
TMITSSS
goongas

Baltimore 10/26/01
JimmyTheTruck Called 9/05 Tape 9/19

San Antonio 5/12/01
silvercamaro PC

San Jose 4/5/01
sfbazodee PC 4/9/01
Bob46187 PC 04/01

Sad Diego 3/25/01
okiepat2000 PC 4/5/01
Bob46187

New Orleans 3/17/01 - 3/18/01
gsn
Linus
ging

Chicago 3/16/01
ulysses5019 PC
nduspock PC

littlebeast13 wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:Was the start of the infamous Audition Callback Week, the week when PTBAM made the calls to fill 130 January slots from a pool of just under 800 audition passers. I was almost ready to say there were quite a few BB's who had happy memories of that week, but then I started thinking about it and realized that unless I'm missing someone, there are only 3 of us left around who got the call that week..... me, Confessor and Wellman. That kinda surprised me.....

To be accurate, Calvinator got a call that week too, but not from the audition series.....

I'm sure he will mention it....

lb13

The 8th Anniversary of my Round 2 falls on this Sunday.

The 8th Anniversary of my taping will be the following Saturday.

I missed announcing the 8th anniversary of the fateful successful Round 1.

Also, my eighth anniversary on the Bored was on the 6th (IIRC).

littlebeast13 wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:Which session were you in LB? I was in the 7:00 p.m. session, sitting next to Pete Booker, who posted here under a couple different names (instlouis and bigjabronie, I think). We both got on the show and got bad questions, and later returned to the hot seat. The actual auditions were the Saturday before the 2000 election. There were lots of signs in town for the Ashcroft vs. Carnahan race.

9AM... same as BiT, Cal and a few others. Barely had time to get cleaned up beforehand after getting off work at 7:00.....

And I forgot about Jabronie! Another one who faded away.....

lb13

Yep.

I met beast and BiT before I was a Bored denizen.

Spoke quite a bit with BiT that morning.

I made it to the audition with 4 minutes to spare.

TheCalvinator24 wrote:The 8th Anniversary of my Round 2 falls on this Sunday.

The 8th Anniversary of my taping will be the following Saturday.

Ah, the good old days! A quick road to the Hot Seat with no AP intervention.

Now, we just hear the occasional "This contestant was in the audience a couple weeks ago (just like you've been, lots of times) and now s/he's in the Hot Seat (just like you're not)!"

Boston's one and only audition was something like September 19, 2001, give or take a day or two. It was originally scheduled for 9/12. Needless to say, it was postponed.

TheCalvinator24 wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:Which session were you in LB? I was in the 7:00 p.m. session, sitting next to Pete Booker, who posted here under a couple different names (instlouis and bigjabronie, I think). We both got on the show and got bad questions, and later returned to the hot seat. The actual auditions were the Saturday before the 2000 election. There were lots of signs in town for the Ashcroft vs. Carnahan race.

9AM... same as BiT, Cal and a few others. Barely had time to get cleaned up beforehand after getting off work at 7:00.....

And I forgot about Jabronie! Another one who faded away.....

lb13

Yep.

I met beast and BiT before I was a Bored denizen.

Spoke quite a bit with BiT that morning.

I made it to the audition with 4 minutes to spare.

I wouldn't say we really met. I remember you from the audition, and I'm sure you saw me.

BiT didn't even make contact with me until just a couple minutes before they started doing the interviews. He was in the first group taken back. I was in the very last.....

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote: New Orleans 3/17/01 - 3/18/01
gsn
Linus
ging

I was one of the New Orleans auditioners, as was Steve Perry.