So, the title of this thread is: 'anyone hear from 'Millionaire?' I also said I would update when I heard from them. I now have heard from them, but there is more to the story than you might think.
As most of you know, I got my 'good' postcard about 3 weeks ago, and made it into the Contestant Pool. Like almost anyone else who's made it into the pool, everytime the phone rings now, I jump. LOL.
So, I'm on the phone with my Mom, chit-chatting, and I get a call-waiting beep. I look down on my phone and see that the Caller ID says "unavailable." I say to myself "hmmmmmmm..." as it's my cell phone, and since I don't get telemarketers on it, I think PERHAPS it could be "them" calling, since they're likely in a big building conglomeration-type deal, where the number would be unavailable. I click over and the voice on the other end says:
"Hello, Brent?" (I say "Yes?") "Hey Brent, this is Cort from "Who Wants to be a Millionaire"! At this point I go into 'valley girl' mode and I'm like "OH my God...holy cow, ....um, can you just hold on real quick while I get my Mom off the other end of the line?" He says 'sure', so I click over to Mom and say real quick, "MOM, It's WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE...I'll talk to you later, bye." She says "Oh my God, bye!"
So I click back over to the Millionaire guy. And in what probably is the biggest Homer-Simpson-DOH! moment of my entire life, he says to me: "Hey Brent, I'm just calling to confirm your tickets for the audience on September 14th." (At the time I am writing this, i am literally giggling over what a big moron I was...it's OK...I am holding the big LOSER sign on my forehead while typing this one-handed...LOL)
You see, as many of you will recall, I had said that because many of us hadn't received confirmations over the internet, that i would just go be in the audience and that way I could be assured of taking the test. I HAD SIGNED UP before I left for NYC (and before I passed the test and got in the pool). Obviously I had forgotten about the tickets. So as he says this, it dawns on Brilliant Brent that in fact this is not The Call...it's 'a call.'
So I say to him, "Oh my god, I'm sorry for acting like such a big goober, but I thought you were the contestant coordinator calling because I had come to NYC and taken the test." He says, "ah well, man, they're going to send you a postcard for that." And I interject "Dude, I've already GOT the postcard..I made it..it said congratulations, you're in the pool, yada, yada, yada..."
He was surprised at this, and was like "really?' and I'm like "yeah!" He said "ah man, I'm sorry..I didn't know...don't worry about it; just hang tight, man; they'll probably call you sooner than later."
(YES, people, I realize he is probably just an intern and is blowing smoke up my ass and has no idea when i'll be called, but it still made me feel better...LOL).
So he says sorry for the false alarm, but just hang tight and asks me about the audience; I politely decline, citing I can't make it back to NYC again. He's cool with that, and that's the end of the call.
Let me tell you that I have never experienced a bigger "DOH!" moment in my life. ROFLMAO!!!!!! I actually wasn't disappointed (since I had but 5 seconds to think this was THE CALL before he quashed it.)
I tell you: the bigger idiot moment was calling Mom back to explain what happened...how i signed up for the audience WAY back when...yada, yada, yada.
So, I will continue to wait, and it will likely come when I'm not expecting it.
I did think it was a funny enough story (at my expense, no less) that i would relate it to you all.
Till The Call comes in,
Brent
