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Contestant Interview
Ramone Archie
We were contacted by Ramone Archie whose family appeared on an episode of Louie Anderson's Family Feud in 2000. We would like to thank Ramone for giving us an interview about his experiences on the show.
1. Were you a fan of the previous runs of Family Feud with Richard Dawson or Ray Combs? How much of a fan were you of the Louie Anderson version before and after appearing on the show? |
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I was a big fan of the show when I was younger. My family and I watched Richard Dawson all the time. I used to think about being on the show and taking my four brothers and sisters with me. I was about 7 or 8 when I started watching Dawson on the Feud. Even then I always got the number one answer. I also enjoyed watching Ray Combs. He was a great host and a funny guy. I actually met him also. When I was in High School in Los Angeles for a fundraiser, some seniors went to be in the audiance. I think they paid our school five dollars a head. Well, at the end of the show, my friend and I went up on stage with the winning family. I started dancing to the music and Ray told everyone to stand back and watch me go. The funniest thing about it was the winning family was white and of course I'm black. Now if you could find that episode that would be special. I'm guessing you won't though, but it was filmed in the spring of 1994. I'm wearing a green letterman jacket, dancing my butt off during the closing credits. I've always been a fan of Louie Anderson...he's great. I watched his show at least twice a week. I became a even bigger fan after appearing on the show, and i started watching it everyday. My episode actually aired about 4 or 5 times. |
2. Do you ever watch the current version of the show with Richard Karn? |
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| No, I don't watch the version with Richard Karn. Although, I did love him on Home Improvement. I was just kinda dissapointed when Louie left; he was great. I have watched it a few times, but it's hard to catch with my schedule and all. I do watch some of the Richard Dawson shows on GSN. |  |
| 3. What are/were your favorite game shows? | |
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My favorite game show are of course Family Feud, Jeopardy, The Price is Right, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and Lingo. |
| 4. Whose idea in your family was it to go on Family Feud? How were you chosen to be the head of the family on the game? | |
| It was definately my idea to go on the Family Feud. I was actually in college at the time here in Texas and my family lived in California. I was going out there to take a test so I decided to call the Family Feud to set up an audition for my family. It was basicly known that I was going to be the head. I was the one who got everything together. It's funny, we arrived late to the audition and they weren't going to let us go in. I had to sweet talk our way passed the security guard, passed the intern, and straight to Leslie Aqua (forgot the rest of her name). She told us "You better be good." So, they had nothing to do with who was the head. My family chose me. |  |
| 5. What was the auditioning process for the show like? | |
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The auditioning process was fun. When my family arrived I believe there were like 30-something families there to audition. We of course were the last ones to go because we arrived last. They set up a mock game with two families going at each other. There was a bell in the middle and a camera recording the auditions. They asked us questions from previous Family Fued episodes. I remember one quesion was something like "what would you associate with an elephant?" Surprisingly, "Dumbo ears" was not one of the answers. We impressed Leslie and the other staff and she told us we were on the show on the spot. |
| 6. Did you get to meet Louie any other time other than during the show? What kind of person is he when the camera is off? What about the Feud staff? | |
| Actually, it's pretty funny. I did meet Louie prior to the show. I used to work at a movie theater in Los Angeles when i was in college and he would come in every other Wednesday night to watch a movie. Louie was great when the camera was off. My brother was only 13 at the time and during the commercial breaks he would come over and see how he was handling the situation. He talked to my mom and really made us feel special. The staff was great. Leslie was great and they were really pulling for us. I have an interesting story to go with that. When we arrived for the filming of the show they had already told us that it still wasn't guraranteed that we would get on. Our chances were really cut, because I could only make it for one day that weekend, not the whole weekend as they required. So I flew to California not knowing if I was even going to be able to get on the show. After we sat around and they briefed us on the proccess and everything my family was the first family chosen to be on the show. Leslie told us that we need to "set the tone" and show the rest of the families how it's done. |  |
| 7. Are there any other game shows you'd like to audition for? | |
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I would like to go on Who Wants to be a Millionaire or maybe The Price is Right. I went to The Price is Right once, but was not chosen. |
| 8. Did you do any preparation for the show in advance? | |
| For preparation, I basically watched every episode of the Family Feud that I could and answered all the questions. I've always been good at getting the number one answer. I told my family to do the same. |  |
| 9. If you had a friend, or even someone you didn't know, to ask how you should prepare or perform in the audition process, what would you tell them? | |
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BE ENTHUSIASTIC AND ENERGETIC. That is the key to getting on the show. First they want to see a close family unit that works well together. My family actually surprised me they were very energetic and had lots of personality during the tryouts. Like I told you before we were late to the auditons, so when it finally became out turn Leslie questioned me about it. I told her this hilarious story about tornados and stuff and she just ate it up. I joked around with her the whole time and she just fell in love with my family. They liked us so much that about a month ago her assistant called me and asked if we were available for a new game show on nickalodeon called family something. I couldn't but they remembered us four years later. That's impressive. |
| 10. How did you prepare for fast money behind stage waiting for your turn to play? | |
| This is another interesting story. When i was back stage, of course i went second, Leslie bombarded me with fast money questions from previous episodes. And I did not get one right. She kept telling me "you have to be faster", "you're too slow", and I was like man, I'm about to choke. But, when I got on stage it was on and the questions just flowed. People ask me about the questions that were asked all the time, and I always tell them, I won $10,000 saying "Dick" on national television. |  |
| 11. How did you feel when you won the $10,000? | |
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Winning the money was a great feeling. But winning was an even greater feeling. The money came and went, but you always have thast win. The whole experience was actually the best thing about it. |
| 12. So, what's in your future and what have you accomplished since being on Family Feud? | |
| Well, right now I'm a coach for one of the top high school football teams in the nation. We actually played on ESPN2 last Thursday night as I made my second national televison appearance. I graduated from college and have 3 children 2 boys and a girl. One of the boys and the girl are twins. |  |
