Okay zoomers, it’s time to protect this supermarket daddy at all costs.
“In the ’90s, we didn’t have the social media.
I’ve always had a good fan base!”
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The game involves trivia questions that help teams add time to their sweep.
The show is full of smiles, serving viewers with much-needed dopamine to get them through the current pandemic.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You recently moved from your longtime home in Pasadena to Northern California.
A ‘Supermarket Sweep’ contestant who probably knows way more about generics than your Postmates driver.Netflix
DAVID RUPRECHT:Oh yeah!
People are just calling me.
And they’re finding my home number which is a little disconcerting.
I haven’t had any stalkers.
I will say, I’ve noticed in the last three weeks, my Facebook friend requests.
Oh my god, no!
Are you actually talking to them?
On my cell phone, I’m getting all these pop-ups.
They keep wanting to know “How are you doing today?”
“Where do you live?”
“Can I get a picture with you in bare feet?”
Wait, are you being for real right now?
It was one of the most bizarre requests I had ever gotten.
In the ’90s, we didn’t have the social media.
I’ve always had a good fan base!
Well, it’s hard for me to say since I was there.
I do get that a lot from people.
I did a radio interview with a Vegas station recently.
And they, they were saying it just looks and is so much fun.
And it’s feel good.
I wish I could come up with a National Enquirer scandal story to explain why.
But it was really the nicest set.
The contestant coordinators were terrific.
They kept the contestants happy.
Oh, no not at all.
I’ve always been a jogger.
So it was just the opposite.
It got my blood flowing.
Did you at any point during your time hosting attempt to trigger the course yourself?
We did over 1,000 shows.
We were always busy.
Then everybody takes a lunch break.
They rearrange the studio and come back.
We do the second half of the six shows where they’re running through the supermarket.
What is this I hear about you coming back for the newSupermarket Sweepwith Leslie Jones?
God willing, I will be doing the announcing forSupermarket Sweep.I sent in my tape.
Now it’s in their hands.
Do you have any advice to newcomers trying to compete to be Supermarket champs?
Turkeys and hams and briskets of beef are very heavy.
Just giving you a little physics lesson.
They ring up big, but they’re very heavy.
So you’re saying they should find something that’s smaller?
You’re warming the secrets out of me.
The turkey is $25, well now it’s probably more like $35.
Whereas, a box of hair coloring might be $25 or $30.
Or a contact lens solution might be $15.
