How many people in the US have “been on tv”. There Isaacs got in my hometown who’s whole identity is that he was a contestant on a committe cooking show. I’m trying to gauge how common it is for a random person that you might meet at a bar to have been on TV. By this I mean:
- non actors
- not the news -not just in the audience
I think that predominantly leaves game show contestants and reality tv show contestants. What do you think?
I, random internet stranger, was a featured extra on an episode of America’s Most Wanted in 1988 (I can not find the episode online though). There’s 1 for ya.
I got interviewed on the local news once about a visiting animal expert when I was in elementary school, best I got. I don’t really remember much about it other than getting to pet a boa constrictor and the light on the camera being very bright.
I’ve been interviewed by local news multiple times.
I was an extra in a major motion picture, one old enough to occasionally air on TV.
I guess neither of those count, though?
I was on a kids show as “participating audience” in the very early 90s.
Idk about statistics but I feel those were, at least for a period of time, pretty common to have locally broadcast.
I have two friends that have each been on game shows (Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!). Not a game show guy myself but maybe other people find that interesting.
This is ruling out other friends who are actors & had bit parts/cameos in random things. One of my former roommates was actually in a commercial that showed up on TV one time in our living room, that one was funny.
