Followed Volleyball To Long Beach

The Campbell volleyball took on Duke Tuesday at Cameron Indoor Stadium an the Doughtie's were not there because we left Tuesday a day before  the team in order to take a vacation in a Tinsel Town.
The Lady Camels played in a tournament this weekend in Long Beach California.  By  the way the Lady Camels gave Duke all they wanted losing in four sets but the fourth set was 25-23 which was winnable for the Camels.

Wednesday our first full day we attended a taping of Price Is Right where we spent four hours hoping to get on stage.  Not knowing how heavy the traffic could be and it was heavy we arrived at the CBS studio and hour and fifteen minutes before needed but oh well, where else are we going to go in an hour.  We were given numbers and Pat an I had five and six so of the 300 people in the audience we are near the front of the line.

Spending nearly four hours in line either sitting or standing you get to know those within talking distance of you and the fourth guy in line is Matthews from Baltimore.  Person number seven Charlene is  from Louisville.  Part of the process is bring interviewed by one of the producers and that interview goes a long way in whether you get on stage or not.  We didn't make it but both Mathews and  Charlene did in the first four and both won their bid and got on stage but neither got past the wheel.

Once inside being a veteran of many local shows on WHIG I was not surprised by all the lights on stage maybe 75 more than WIG.  We were seated by how many are in your party so every seat was filled.  We got on the second Row and I sat on the isle seat so everyone heading on stage from the left side got a high five from me except one who was so excited she forgot to high five anybody.

George Gray  the announcer gave everyone their instruction about cheering when people were bidding and at 3:50 pm that Price Is Right Jingle started and mayhem persued.  The crowd noise is so loud that hearing Drew Carey is impossible so it is a good thing he holds a mic so people on  TV have no problem hearing him.  In case George mispronounced your name a producer held up each contestants name in case they didn't recognize it or hear it when he called out names.

It takes a while during commercial breaks to change the sets for the next segment so Drew Carey talks with the audience and basically does standup comedy routine based on  the answers you give him about where you are from and what you do. He was really great at that and that was as good as they show.   The highlite for me since we didn't make it on stage was giving Drew a high five as my seat was ten feet from George the announcer and when Drew came out the first time to talk to the audience he stood on the edge of the stage right in front of me.

My goal was I wanted to pull the wheel so that meant I had to win one bid and since we never got to contestants row didn't 't get to pull the wheel.  We did get the next best thing.  They took everyone's
Picture while standing in line in front of a blue sheet and when we bought our copy after the show the back ground we were standing at the wheel.  So when I get back home all You will hear from me was I got to pull the wheel.  The show airs November 24th so I think I  will take that day off to see how much of my 15 minutes of fame I still  have left.