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USATVFAN · 08-13-2012, 04:28 PM

Before the Internet how did peoples get Tickets to attend/or for a TV Shows Taping?

Nowadays We have the Internet and the big Three (ABC, CBS and NBC) of course each have a websites to get Tickets for a TV show Taping that you want to see(Last Man Standing, Two and Half Mens, How I Met your mother etc) or you can also a websites like tvtix.com. You can also go to the TV Show Website that you want to see a taping of to buy a Ticket.

So back in the 60's, 70's, 80's and early 90's How did peoples get ticket for a TV Show Taping(Lucy, Three's Company, Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke show, Maude, Jeffersons, Happy Days, All In the Family, Cheers, Cosby show, Golden Girls, Good Times, Andy Griffin, Roseanne, Murphy Brown, Seinfeld Home Improvement etc)?

Now you can go on Internet and Find Phone Numbers, addresses and Emails for Networks, TV Shows, Studios, Production Company, etc we didn't have that(All Information right in front of you) until the Late 90's. Before that it not like you could open the Phone book and everything you needed would be right there, Did they have to call a local CBS station or whatever network the show aired on? For example if you wanted to see a Taping of All in the Family and Maude which both Shows aired on CBS did you have to call your local CBS station to get tickets?

I am just wondering how did things(Getting TV Tickets) work before the Internet rose to popularity in the mid 90's. None of the networks had a website until between 95-97. Not Just Primetime but Daytime Talks shows and Late Night shows also.

Zoneboy · 08-13-2012, 05:07 PM

Most likely by sending a S.A.S.E. in care of the station.

Sammy Reed · 08-13-2012, 06:57 PM

Well, if you'(we)re planning to visit the Los Angeles area, and would like to (have) see(n) "The Price is Right" in person, (you could) just send a self-addressed stamped envelope along with your request to:
Tickets,
The Price is Right,
7800 Beverly Blvd.,
Los Angeles, California, 9 double-0 3 6.
And now, back to Bob Barker with... Heck with it.

Pavan · 08-13-2012, 07:20 PM

Postcards or phone numbers.

MRPITT · 08-13-2012, 10:43 PM

There are wranglers paid by the studios to walk around Hollywood and try to get people to come and to watch the tapings, they have been doing this since at least the 60's and they still do it today.

snowpeck · 08-14-2012, 05:23 AM

The studios also had a box office you could stop by and pick up tickets. Unless it was a really popular show... then you either had to know somebody important or get on a waiting list.

mets82 · 08-14-2012, 02:48 PM

You know, I was just thinking about that. I wondered with the age of the internet how people would get tickets to tapings.

08-13-2012, 04:28 PM	#1
USATVFAN Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 31, 2007 Location: Kalispell, USA Posts: 1,742	Before the Internet how did peoples get Tickets to attend a TV Shows Taping? Before the Internet how did peoples get Tickets to attend/or for a TV Shows Taping? Nowadays We have the Internet and the big Three (ABC, CBS and NBC) of course each have a websites to get Tickets for a TV show Taping that you want to see(Last Man Standing, Two and Half Mens, How I Met your mother etc) or you can also a websites like tvtix.com. You can also go to the TV Show Website that you want to see a taping of to buy a Ticket. So back in the 60's, 70's, 80's and early 90's How did peoples get ticket for a TV Show Taping(Lucy, Three's Company, Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke show, Maude, Jeffersons, Happy Days, All In the Family, Cheers, Cosby show, Golden Girls, Good Times, Andy Griffin, Roseanne, Murphy Brown, Seinfeld Home Improvement etc)? Now you can go on Internet and Find Phone Numbers, addresses and Emails for Networks, TV Shows, Studios, Production Company, etc we didn't have that(All Information right in front of you) until the Late 90's. Before that it not like you could open the Phone book and everything you needed would be right there, Did they have to call a local CBS station or whatever network the show aired on? For example if you wanted to see a Taping of All in the Family and Maude which both Shows aired on CBS did you have to call your local CBS station to get tickets? I am just wondering how did things(Getting TV Tickets) work before the Internet rose to popularity in the mid 90's. None of the networks had a website until between 95-97. Not Just Primetime but Daytime Talks shows and Late Night shows also.
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08-13-2012, 05:07 PM	#2
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08-13-2012, 07:20 PM	#4
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08-14-2012, 05:23 AM	#6
snowpeck Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 13, 2001 Location: Atlanta Posts: 759	The studios also had a box office you could stop by and pick up tickets. Unless it was a really popular show... then you either had to know somebody important or get on a waiting list.
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08-14-2012, 02:48 PM	#7
mets82 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 14, 2011 Location: Connecticut Posts: 5,058	You know, I was just thinking about that. I wondered with the age of the internet how people would get tickets to tapings.
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08-13-2012, 06:57 PM	#3
Sammy Reed Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 19, 2003 Posts: 403	Well, if you'(we)re planning to visit the Los Angeles area, and would like to (have) see(n) "The Price is Right" in person, (you could) just send a self-addressed stamped envelope along with your request to: Tickets, The Price is Right, 7800 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, California, 9 double-0 3 6. And now, back to Bob Barker with... Heck with it.

08-13-2012, 10:43 PM	#5
MRPITT Member Senior Member Join Date: May 14, 2011 Posts: 1,678	There are wranglers paid by the studios to walk around Hollywood and try to get people to come and to watch the tapings, they have been doing this since at least the 60's and they still do it today.