"Detergents, Canned Goods and Laxatives, 'The Price is Right Pre-Jitters'....."

     So tomorrow is the day. A large group of us including my best friend Jake and his mom, my friend Chris, his wife and his mom and a bunch of people I have yet to meet are mentally preparing for attending the Price is Right. I can remember as a kid, anytime you were home sick from school, the highlight of the day was couch, blankets, Cambell's Chicken Noodle Soup ($1.29 a can) and tuning in for the hour of The Price is Right. It was visual medicine for the soul. So, apparently they interview you in the beginning and all the contestants are pre-selected. So depending on how crazy you are.....you just may get selected to grace Contestant Row and have a chance to win some great prizes. With the crew I'm going with, I would say our odds are pretty stacked that at least one of us....one of us will be selected to partake. Should I be selected, here is what I am envisioning in my head as part of America's favorite game show.

     Da da duh daaaaaaa...da da duh da da daaaaaaaaa.......(Intro music) "Jooooooooosh Greeeeeeeco.....COME ON DOWN....You are the next contestant on THE PRICE IS RIGHT".....Making it to Contestant Row would allow me to put a check on my bucket list. Watching this show as a kid I have always wondered what it would be like, and I have a list of things I want to do on this show regardless of whether I win anything or not. First.....I want to be that jackass that either says, "I would like to bid $1.00" or....."What was the highest bid?" To which Drew would reply, "$750". And to that I would answer, "I would like to bid 751....dollars....please." Then look down contestant row with that snarky little smile like they all do. Should I come closest to the ACTUAL RETAIL PRICE without overbidding I would be beside myself. I may faint, I'll probably pee a little bit and Ill bum rush the stage with high hopes to engage in the following: Plinko! Is that not the best game? Pretty much guaranteed money. Either Plinko or the Mountain Climber guy that you hope doesn't fall over the top of the cliff by overbidding. "Yooooodel yoo oh weh he yoooodel yodel eh heeeee".....I can hear the music now as he stops short and I win a BRAND NEW JET SKI!!!!!

     Let's all agree on a couple of things. First, although it is so much more fun to win, just to be able to spin the giant wheel would be a year's worth of excitement in one turn.....one turn hopefully landing on $1.00. I want to spin it so hard it derails. I think it would be quite a site to see the giant wheel take off into the audience. Secondly, if I should be so lucky to make it to the Final Showcase Showdown aaaaand be the first contestant to bid, my mind is already made up. I don't care what they show me in the first showcase because usually it is some chinaware, a popcorn and pinball machine and then they try and hook you with either a cool piece of electronic equipment or a trip somewhere. Now, pinball would be fun and I know the taste of fresh popped popcorn is amazing, but the second showcase is ALWAYS better. Always! If they happened to offer a pool table in the first showcase....well then I have decisions to make. That would definitely alter my plan and I would need a commercial break to organize my thoughts. But more than likely....if I don't see a pool table.....I will lean down to the microphone in classic Price is Right fashion....look over to Drew Carey and utter what many a first contestant has uttered....."I'm gonna go ahead and PASS...."

     I guess in less than 24 hours we will be on our way to see what happens, But in my head I've already won a brand new convertible, $25,000 (that is including the bonus spin on the wheel after hitting $1.00), the jet ski, a trip to Italy (who knew....they put the trip in the second showcase).....and my pool table (also in the second showcase....It's a DREAM people...IT CAN HAPPEN!) But for now I am off to the grocery store to study. I need to brush up on the going rates for detergents, canned goods and laxatives.....