The Price Is Right!

The other day we decided that we wanted to go to L.A. and see "The Price is Right" TV show with the new host Drew Carey. So I decided to get on line and see about tickets. I got online and requested the tickets and was able to get E-tickets (that is tickets that you can just print out with your computer). I immediately checked my e-mail and there was a confirmation mailing with a link to confirm my tickets and then print them out. After all, they are free.

So we got our tickets and planned to leave early in the a.m. so that we might beat the high volume of traffic and get there early. Ha, ha, ha. We left here at 5 a.m. to try and make the 2 1/2 hour trip. Well, the trip ended up being a little over 4 hours because the traffic was horrid. We got there at around 9 a.m. Parking was hard to find and then we had to walk about 4 blocks to get to the studio area.

Well, we made it. We turned in our tickets and got our name tags and numbers. We then had to wait from 9 to 1 before the show would start. They did attempt to keep everyone amused and informed while we waited. Finally, at about noon, they started the line to go thru and talk with a guy who evidently gets to pick who is called. What criteria he uses is anyone's guess, but I did see that he does give credance to those who come up with the cute little tee shirts about Drew, cause they seemed to make up over half the contestants. We finally got to go in at around 1:30 p.m. It seems that they were running late due to having to make set changes as this was to be the Halloween show. Therefore the show will air on Halloween. We did not get picked as contestants and I don't even know if we will be able to be spotted in the crowd. But it was fun. It was neat also that there was a celebrity in the audience. It was Dawn Wells, Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island.

Now that story sounded so good that we decided to stay for the second taping and went thru the process again for the 4 p.m. taping. We again did not get picked but this time I know that we will definately be seen because, first, there was a marine just back from Iraq sitting in front of Mona who did get picked and we were right behind him. You will see a guy sitting behind him who has a big Black Cowboy Hat and that would be me. For those of you who have not seen me lately, my beard has gotten really long ;-). Then a few contestants later a girl sitting in the same row as us gets called and I had to stand up to let her get by. So I will be seen there too.
Then they did pan thru the crowd a few times and I know I was in there a couple of times.
It was all pretty cool. Well, outside of not having either of us called for either show.

Now, as if that wasn't enough, the neatest thing of the day was on the way back to the car in the parking garage. It is a big multi level garage and it has a big shopping, entertainment area attached to it. I wondered wy they had a red carpet on the walkway which goes around the edge of the garage to the entrance. Well, I found out. As we were walking toward where the elevators to the upper level of the garage is, there was a car stopping to use the valet. Out of the car comes a man and I looked up to see not more than a foot away from me.........Robert DuVall . Mona was stunned and thought that was really cool. It really topped our evening.

We headed for home and on the way accidently found Mel's Diner. The actual diner they used for American Graffiti. So naturally, not having anything to eat all day and both of us hungry we just had to stop there for a bite. It was pretty cool with a lot of pictures from the movie and the old style from the 60's.

Sorry I didn't have any pictures but at CBS the cameras were not allowed. They even made you turn in your cell phones to security. So I was not able to get pics. I guess I could have taken some of Mel's Diner but I didn't think of it when I was there. As for Mr. DuVall, I decided to be respectful of his privacy and not bother him. I did however say, "Mr. DuVall, How are You?" to which he replied "I'm fine, thank you!" Mona later told me that she thought Mr. DuVall looked at me like he was thinking, hmm, do I know him? It was cool.

Well, it was a pretty exciting day but the fighting of the traffic each way definately took its toll on me. I was beat when we got back. Well, that is all for today and again, sorry for no pics but the story should be just as good.

OOPs, I almost forgot, I will post a message or add to another message when the second show we were in will be aired. I don't even know myself.