Game Shows

Growing up, I loved watching game shows. My favorite by far was The Price is Right. At night while in bed, my sister and I would play higher/lower. One of us (the Bob Barker) would pick an item in the room and think of how much we thought it cost. Then other other one (the contestant) would have to guess the price. "Bob Barker" would give higher/lower clues until "the contestant" said the exact amount.

We had a pinball machine in our basement. I would play a whole Price is Right scenario by myself using the pinball machine. Certain point totals would equate to wonderful prizes...the highest being, of course, a brand new car.

This week I've been getting a huge dose of game shows again. My son has been home with strep throat and has spent a good amount of time on the couch with the Game Show Network. While there are some new ones, I still get a kick out of the old reruns of Match Game and The Family Feud.


The best part of my week by far was the game show that was played in honor of my birthday. My daughter put a lot of time and effort into creating the "Do You Know Your Mary?" game show and board. My husband and son were the contestants and my daughter was the host. It was reminiscent of The Newlywed Game and the contestants were asked questions about me and had to write their answers on an index card. I would write the correct answer on my index card and whoever guessed correctly got a point.

Scores were kept on the score cards taped to the metal pole in the basement. My daughter accidentally misspelled loser as losser. At the end of the game, my husband was the losser. Needless to say, I was the big winner.