Thanks guys; I appreciate your kind words. We've got a cool family of regulars on this board who provoke discussion on a lot of fun topics. And with Matt and Chris at the helm this has consistently been a quality forum. I love it.
As anyone who has ever trudged through my website knows I've been fascinated by the business since childhood, and as anyone who has seen any (ok, "most" - please exclude "Hit Man") of my contestant appearances knows I have a love for interesting mini-facts - a measure of my short attention span, I suppose.
Growing up pre-internet I only knew a few kindred spirits, others like Bob Boden and Brian Conn were undoubtedly in some of the very same game show audiences with me, but we never knew each other. How cool it would have been to have the net as a catalyst for us all to bond back in the Jurassic era. And how cool to be able to share the knowledge we stole by trespassing in empty studios and control rooms, by peering into offices, and by pestering people who were doing the work we fantasized about. It's here now, and I'm making up for lost time!
So thank YOU for the discussion and for another outlet for my passion. And if I get that "Price" gig, everyone is promised a backstage tour on their next LA trip. During the 50 or so episodes I voiced I had so many guests that I'm sure the crew thought I was either charging admission or dealing drugs. ;-)
Randy
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