5 Kids, 1 Wife (and 1 Grandchild)

Earlier this summer I seriously considered making this a once-a-week blog in place of the three-times-a-week cadence I've followed for t...

I logged countless episodes of "Card Sharks" growing up. I am repeatedly reminded of the fact that I grew up in a very different t...

These are the faces Vanna and Pat would likely have made if the producers had let me appear on Wheel of Fortune. Before we get into this, I ...

  One of the first blogs I ever had was an intentionally short-lived one about my successful attempt to attend a taping of The Price Is Righ...

For many decades, I have been a fan of game shows. I grew up during what I would say is the golden age of game shows in the 1970s and 80s, w...

If you've read this blog (or its forerunner "They Still Call Me Daddy") for any length of time, you know the only two interest...

As I said, I've been watching the show everyday and taking notes on prices, bidding strategies, pricing game rules, etc. Generally speak...

For the past few weeks, I've known that I wouldn't be making the trip out to Los Angeles by myself. My brother-in-law, Dave Ross, wi...

So I've begun taping episodes of the show and watching them, pen and notebook in hand to jot down prices, bids, helpful tips, etc. I got...

By all accounts, a taping of "The Price Is Right" is an all-day affair for audience members. And when I say "all-day affair,...

The question of whether or not to wear a goofy t-shirt is something of an eternal debate among Price Is Right fans and would-be contestants....

Since the tender age of about 4, I have been a fan  –  nay, a devotee  –  of that paragon of television excellence, the Game Show to End All...