"Come On Down!" donates to The DJ & T Foundation

A big THANK YOU to all of the wonderful supporters who came to our Los Angeles FUNdraiser a few weeks ago. Your generous donations have not only supported our film, but a portion of the money we raised is being donated to the DJ & T Foundation which was founded by Mr. Bob Barker himself. The organization supports local spay & neuter clinics across the county. We cut the check and dropped it in the mail today!

Our Kickstarter campaign has launched!

Help us reach our goal for finishing funds!

Los Angeles FUNdraiser shindig!

On Monday, January 17, 2011 the "Come On Down!" crew and From The Heart Productions will be hosting a PARTY to celebrate the new re-edit of this incredible documentary. This TEASER SCREENING and FUNdraiser will be held at POP Champagne & Dessert Bar in Pasadena. Wine will be provided by the good folks at Bear Flag Wines. We are EXCITED to show you all the 2010 Director's cut of this film. R.S.V.P.'s are required, so please email comeondowndoc@gmail.com for details.

A portion of funds raised will also be donated to the DJ & T Foundation, which was founded by everybody's favorite game show host, Mr. Bob Barker. Come share the love of game shows, glitter, and PLINKO with us on January 17th!

Stars for A Day ~ Carolyn & Lolly

My name’s Carolyn Campbell, I’m from Overland Park, KS and this is my Grandma Lolly Campbell.

And this is my lovely nametag. My Grandmother went this past October for her 80^th birthday~ she’s watched it for her whole life. My Aunt & Uncle took her. And they also got a signed picture of Bob Barker, ‘To Lolly- Happy 80^th Birthday, Bob Barker.’ So that was a good trip.

After I won when I was there I was like, ‘I gotta call my Grandma,’ so I get back to the hotel and get my cell phone and I’m like, ‘Grandma! Are you sitting down- yes- I was on The Price Is Right today,’ she was like, ‘oh Carolyn,’ ‘And they called me to Contestant’s Row,’ ‘Oh Carolyn!,’ ‘And I got up on stage,’ ‘oh Carolyn,’ ‘and I won $7600 worth of stuff,’ ‘oh Carolyn that’s wonderful!

I like to guess the prices, I’m very price-conscious in everything I do, and everything I buy, it has to be on special sale, or clearance rack or something. And now my husband sits and watches it with me, and we try to outdo each other, you know, who’s going to be the winner today?

I know this guy through another friend who I think two years ago he made a Plinko costume- the game Plinko as a costume. He always likes to do really interesting and odd costumes and they have to be really time consuming to make cuz Halloween I think is his favorite holiday. So he made this Plinko costume that’s just this big board and you put the things in and it has these little sticks and pokes down and then the whole night at Halloween people got to play Plinko on my friend Jay.

A Star For A Day ~ Ben & Melissa

I was at a coffee shop with a friend and instead of doing anything really productive I looked up information about going on The Price Is Right. And Ben’s always wanted to go and has tried to go multiple times with a bunch of friends and it never worked out so he came to meet us there and so for his Xmas present I told him that um, that I was gonna take him on The Price Is Right.

These are the shirts that we wore and we got them made and we are students at the University of Texas, the Longhorns, so we took these shirts and we made- it says uh ‘Bob Barker #1.’

He comes to me and he’s like, ‘Well Benjamin, tell me a little bit about yourself,’ and I was like, ‘My name’s Benjamin Howell, I watched this show my entire life with my grandfather, I love this show so much, it’s so exciting, I guarantee if I get called down you will not be disappointed because I will be so excited, I will be so enthusiastic, you will not be disappointed at all,’ And he was like, ‘oh, well thank you very much, Benjamin.’

So I’m sittin there and I’m thinkin’ to myself, ‘ok, I’m the very first person called down there’s still five games left.’ I’ve always wanted my whole life to go up and say, $1 Bob. I’ve always had a dream of going up and bidding $1. That’s just kind of The Price Is Right tradition.

My love for The Price Is Right kind of goes way back as far as I can remember- it’s been kind of a family thing with my Mom’s parents especially. They were big time game show watchers and their favorite one was The Price Is Right. And I can remember, you know you know, being three or four and going and spending the night over there and you know, we’d wake up and watch The Price Is Right- and maybe sometimes my mom would come and pick us up in the middle of the show, but we definitely couldn’t leave until it was over, we had to watch and see who was gonna win, what was gonna happen in the end, so it was a big deal for my grandparents and it was a really special time that we were able to have as a family and time I got to spend with them and that was a real special time for us, and that continues even to this day.

News and Update Fall 2010

"Team T.P.I.R." has been very, very busy preparing the new edit of "Come On Down!" We have some wonderful surprises in store, as we have recently added some fantastic new interviews to the film, adding more depth about the history of the show and the perspectives of some of it's originators. Stay tuned for many announcements this fall as we put on the final layers of sparkle and shine. We can't wait to get the film in the hands of T.P.I.R. lovers and friends across the country! Please join our facebook page, and help us spread the word to the many fans of the show out there by suggesting the facebook page to ALL of your friends. (Just under our picture on the top left of our page, you can click suggest to friends and send a message to all at once). You never know who is secretly obsessed with The Price Is Right! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Come-On-Down/134235046613698?ref=ts
Thanks for your continued support of the film. In the meantime, enjoy this classic showcase starring Roger Dobkowitz.

A Star For A Day ~ Ryan

I had gone out to California because I was having a rough time in my life and I needed some time away. And I knew I that I was going on "'The Price Is Right." You have 10 seconds to make this great impression, so the first thing I spit out of my mouth is... I've waited 30 years to get here.

I was expecting Bob to do a little banter and I wanted to let it be known that I was from Massachusetts and I wanted to say hi to my boys, Aaron and Grant- I never did I was so nervous.

I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. He's holding the blank cue card and he pulls the sucker back, and there's my name. I'm just like, oh my God, I'm really here. I'm really freaking on contestants row for "The Price Is Right."

One thing you don't see is that I tripped over a cord trying to get on stage. So I get up there and I tell him that I have waited thirty years to get here.. he replies back that he has waited thirty years for me to get here.

I get up to spin the wheel and it was like, there's Ryan... one of the best clock game players in the history of "The Price Is Right." The producers are all very excited for you. I am literally still shaking- you know, national tv, The Price Is Right, Bob Barker... It's like, oh my god.. did this really happen?

The curtain opens and he starts walking out saying "welcome to The Price Is Right.. Here is your first item up for bids."

And this is the hammock I bid on to get up on stage at "The Price Is Right." I am fortunate to the producers, I'm fortunate to Bob Barker- he was very gracious to me. He was very genuine- the real deal. It's such a neat part of Americana and I am very, very happy that I was a part of it.

Trailer for "Come On Down!"

The trailer is available for viewing upon request. Please email comeondowndoc@gmail.com

"Come On Down!!" Trailer 2010 from Caryn Capotosto on Vimeo.

“Come On Down!” is a film about game show culture, the American dream, and the once-in-a-lifetime experience of hearing the words, “Come on down!”



Produced & Directed by Caryn Capotosto & Jeruschka White

Director of Photography Tuan Le

Editor Seana Carroll

The Film

"Come On Down!" follows "Real Barker", a Grandfather from Maine, as he pursues his lifelong dream of being on "The Price Is Right." For almost thirty years, Real has staged a family “Price Is Right” tournament on Christmas Eve as a device to keep the family together. Despite several un-successful attempts to go to the show in the 1980’s and 1990’s, the Credit family once again sets out with hopes of being on the show.

In addition, the charismatic cast of characters that we interviewed includes housewives, rock bands, college students, scholars, grandmas, fanatics, and "regular Joe's." The “TPIR-stories” that we have collected offer a hilarious and lighthearted glimpse at a truly unique staple of American popular culture as devotees live their "American dream." As one fan proclaimed, “I compare it to Canterbury Tales… I think it truly is an American pilgrimage.”

Just as the show that inspired it, “Come On Down” provides a welcome reprieve from the many grave and serious issues that we face in the world today. In all seriousness, the film reminds us that family, laughter, and good, clean fun are also endangered in our modern world, and invites us to laugh at ourselves, meet our neighbors, and remember to “help control the pet population…. Have your pet spayed or neutered!” ~ Bob Barker

A Star For A Day ~ "Plinko" Jay

My name is Jay, and I’m from Tampa FL, and this is a Plinko board that I made for Halloween 2004. It kinda stemmed from being a kid, I used to make Plinko games for other kids in the neighborhood.

I wrote a song, about the Samoan experience on The Price Is Right, (Plinko chip drop), it’s called ‘Samoans Is Right,’ and it’s a little avant-garde but it’s something close to my heart.

This was ultimately a box that I took from work- I don’t recall what was in the box originally, but it was this size and it was entirely made out of cardboard including the strap, and then I did some research, and used the actual colors of the Plinko board, it’s comprised of the font and I went so far as to get the actual $$ sign of The Price Is Right.

I tried to make everything as accurate as possible. I looked up the Plinko logo and painted that just as it appears on the board itself, the number fonts I just found the closest resembling font as I could, and of course the Plinko chip has the $$ font on that.

The pegs are made out of glue sticks and they have a little bit of a nice wear and a little bounce, so when you do drop it, … so whenever you do drop them they have a little bit of a bounce to it and then when people stick their hands in there it’s ok it’s flexible.

I think it’s just the math of Plinko that is so exciting to me- the other themes of The Price Is Right were really more about- you had to be a little bit more domestic- you had to know, like, this can of Campbell’s was less then the box of detergent.

In Plinko you’re rewarded for just the sheer dynamics of placing a chip, and it just falls, and I just won probably zero dollars, but someone on the real game might win like $5000 and it’s pretty exciting.