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Post by helloimage on Jan 12, 2003 12:31:37 GMT -5
a night out with my family always proves to be...well, something. okay, so my family and my uncle's family all went to a taping of Wheel of Fortune at the Grand Old Opry on friday. we ended up with tickets because my uncle, strangely enough, is friends with Pat Sajak. and not just ordinary tickets--but front row seats and vip passes we learned when we got there!! sweet, i thought, as we wound our way through the masses waiting for their sad balcony seats. we tried to avoid looking at the peasants, though, that had been standing in line for hours. anywho, they taped two shows that night. i was dazzled by the lights, the beauty of vanna and was made slightly deaf by this old grandpa behind me shouting big money all night. inbetween tapings pat came down and talked to us--and then it happened! now this place was packed and the stage was pretty empty at this point...they wanted our families to go up on stage and have our pics taken behind the wheel!! so there were like thousands of people watching my family do these corny poses. we had to pretend like we were spinning the wheel and to make things worse they were putting us up on the big monitor. the only positive aspect was that i was representin' in my FW shirt. hell yeah!! when i sat down i thought whew that's the end of that, but no it wasn't. we had gotten these goody bags with W of F shirts, hats, etc...my aunt made us all put on the stupid W o' F hats and have our pic taken in front of the stage. are you picturing this?? very disturbing indeed. i guess looking back it was one of those classic family experiences, but let me tell ya i have had enough of those.
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Post by Stinkyronnie on Jan 12, 2003 16:19:15 GMT -5
wow.. that sounds like a national lampoon's vacation adventure.... Totally Griswald.
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Post by The Nashville Hush on Jan 12, 2003 17:21:45 GMT -5
And Why wasn't I invited to the WOF taping? I'm practically family...right?
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Post by ziggyster on Jan 12, 2003 19:20:37 GMT -5
But wait. There's more. Kelly didn't mention how her uncle knows Pat. He baptised him. Small world.
BTW, I give you props on the weiner shirt..KNOWING you'd probably end up on front row with cameras close by. Good call kelly. I give you 10 Weiners up. They probably would too.
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Post by Stinkyronnie on Jan 12, 2003 19:54:23 GMT -5
or at least 4...
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Post by helloimage on Jan 12, 2003 20:35:33 GMT -5
but what would i do with 4? caldwell, if i knew you had felt that way...well...i guess it really wouldn't have made any difference. btw the shows air feb. 6 and 7. i hope i got some cameratime.
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Post by The Nashville Hush on Jan 12, 2003 21:15:59 GMT -5
feb 6 and 7th huh...just so happens that i'm going to be watching Millionaire those nights...simply because i own the board version of WOF and wait, no i'll probably be preparing for a heavy metal radio show!
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Post by m36 on Jan 13, 2003 13:10:07 GMT -5
wow.. that sounds like a national lampoon's vacation adventure.... Totally Griswald.
And wow Image....to have the forsight to wear your weiner gear was a stroke of brilliance. I hope they hear about this and give you props at the next show!  |
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Post by helloimage on Jan 13, 2003 17:12:27 GMT -5
you know, i don't even like Wheel of Fortune. As far as game shows go...can anything really beat The Price Is Right? My babysitter always plopped me down in front of that. I always wanted to play Plinko...
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Post by Stinkyronnie on Jan 13, 2003 19:21:16 GMT -5
Plinko rules!!!!
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Post by The Nashville Hush on Jan 13, 2003 20:27:42 GMT -5
Plinko is the best game ever! Did anyone ever see the band My Tiger? They had stickers that looked like Plinko chips
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Post by Sean Jordan on Jan 13, 2003 21:23:45 GMT -5
Vast ist Plinko?
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RissyCakes
full-on weiner
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Post by RissyCakes on Jan 13, 2003 21:48:50 GMT -5
yea, but many-a-heart has been broken by the plinko chips of fate...
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Post by helloimage on Jan 13, 2003 22:47:08 GMT -5
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Post by m36 on Jan 14, 2003 13:12:51 GMT -5
I too used to watch the Price Is Right when I was really little with my grandmother. I'd say really fast over and over Bob Barker...Bob Barker....I guess I thought this was fun as a 3 year old. 
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