COME ON DOWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!............

I told you that I was going to present you with something you've never seen before. Before I do, first, let me give you the background story.....


About 6 or 7 years ago, my Mother and I took a trip to L.A. to see a little show called the Price is Right. She always wanted to be on the show. At the very least she wanted to be in the audience to watch Bob Barker work his mesmerizing magic on an audience. My mom was studying like crazy in case she got down to Contestant's Row. She wanted me to do the same. Not only did I think there was no chance I would be chosen but I was pretty confident I didn't need to study any products like metal detectors. Anyway, you aren't guaranteed a seat in the audience. So, we got there early in the morning. We waited all day for the afternoon recording. We sat in our seats next to a few new friends. I was a little disappointed that neither my mom nor I was chosen. Nonetheless, she was having a good time. And that put a satisfied smile on my face. When the time came, we had been sitting in the audience all the way through the first half of the show and 1 contestant into the second half.....then the announcer dropped a bombshell on my serene world...


There is one thing the video cannot convene to you. When I asked my mother, how much, I heard her. She didn't say 535. She said, 715 (or something very, very close to it). What was the actual retail price......715. I know, I know. What was I thinking? I'll tell you.

WTF?!!?!?!?! HOW DOES A METAL DETECTOR COST THAT MUCH?!

....But she was the one who studied the prices....poor mother....

I'm definitely going to hear about this at my wedding. I better have a secret wedding away from my parents country here in Korea. Hopefully, my bride has never heard of the Price is Right.


Notes: 

The size of the audience looks like it's around 1000 people, right? It's actually more like 300-350 people. It's not a very large set at all. Camera magic.

The cute girl next to me----- go back and check out her facial expressions whenever I do something. Her expressions are a perfect description of each moment. Like when I ask Bob to quiet the audience, she is dying.

The personalities of the people in the audience were very colorful to say the least. When it came time to audition (essentially they ask you for your name, where you're from and what you do) along with 5 other people in front of the show's management, I put on my best show.

'What's your name? Where are you from? And what do you do?'

'My name is Justin. I'm a student from Seattle, Washington. And if I got up on stage, I would do cartwheels around Bob Barker.' They smiled and laughed. They ate it up. It was pure gold, apparently. At the very least I did manage to put on some good entertainment for everyone.

As a consolation prize I did receive a set of gold his/her watches, a telephone (no idea what we did with that), and a signed photo of Bob Barker. My mom treasures that photo because her mother adored him just as much as she did. If she knew I did all this on the Price is Right, my Grandmothwould roll over and laugh in her grave.



6 months should be enough time to live this down, right?