I was at a coffee shop with a friend and instead of doing anything really productive I looked up information about going on The Price Is Right. And Ben’s always wanted to go and has tried to go multiple times with a bunch of friends and it never worked out so he came to meet us there and so for his Xmas present I told him that um, that I was gonna take him on The Price Is Right.
These are the shirts that we wore and we got them made and we are students at the University of Texas, the Longhorns, so we took these shirts and we made- it says uh ‘Bob Barker #1.’
He comes to me and he’s like, ‘Well Benjamin, tell me a little bit about yourself,’ and I was like, ‘My name’s Benjamin Howell, I watched this show my entire life with my grandfather, I love this show so much, it’s so exciting, I guarantee if I get called down you will not be disappointed because I will be so excited, I will be so enthusiastic, you will not be disappointed at all,’ And he was like, ‘oh, well thank you very much, Benjamin.’
So I’m sittin there and I’m thinkin’ to myself, ‘ok, I’m the very first person called down there’s still five games left.’ I’ve always wanted my whole life to go up and say, $1 Bob. I’ve always had a dream of going up and bidding $1. That’s just kind of The Price Is Right tradition.
My love for The Price Is Right kind of goes way back as far as I can remember- it’s been kind of a family thing with my Mom’s parents especially. They were big time game show watchers and their favorite one was The Price Is Right. And I can remember, you know you know, being three or four and going and spending the night over there and you know, we’d wake up and watch The Price Is Right- and maybe sometimes my mom would come and pick us up in the middle of the show, but we definitely couldn’t leave until it was over, we had to watch and see who was gonna win, what was gonna happen in the end, so it was a big deal for my grandparents and it was a really special time that we were able to have as a family and time I got to spend with them and that was a real special time for us, and that continues even to this day.
