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Friday, November 05, 2010
Kathryn had a big win day here at The Price Is Right! But you won't believe how close she almost came to not being able to "Come on Down!" She was nice enough to share her story with us!
And, you can watch her prize-winning performance right here!
On Monday, September 13th, after two requests to put off jury duty, I headed for the Ft. Worth courthouse thinking I'll be out of there by 10:00 a.m. Then... I saw the 500 people who showed up, from which they picked a jury that eventually included Juror #23 - that’s me.
It was a Capital Murder case, so prosecutors and defense attorneys spent a long day asking potential jurors serious questions, and just before they sent us home, the defense attorney said, "Hey #23, do you have an issue with the length of the trial, because earlier you asked how long it might take?”
I responded, "YES, I have an issue, I have to be on ‘THE PRICE IS RIGHT’ next Monday to win my husband a car; it's on my list of things to do!"
As the courtroom broke out in laughter, the defense attorney said, "You're kidding, right?”
I was not kidding! Thirty minutes later, after hearing #1, #5, #19, #22, #30, #41, #55, #60, #62, #65, and #68 called, I was about to let out a major sigh of relief, when presiding judge Mike Thomas said, “and last but not least... Juror #23, COME ON DOWN!“
The courtroom erupted in laughter but it was no joke - I was on the jury and elected foreman! Luckily for me, the wheels of justice didn’t get stuck in the mud, and by Friday, September 17th, we had reached a verdict and I was on my way to prepare for ‘THE PRICE IS RIGHT’!
On Monday, September 20th, with a murder trial behind me, and sporting my homemade ‘I LOVE DREW’ hat, and ‘DREW ROCKS’ t-shirt, with 21 of my closest friends, I was ready! During the selection process, I appealed to Stan the producer, “You've got to put me on the show because there's a judge in Ft. Worth, Texas that thinks I fibbed to get out of jury duty saying I was going on ‘THE PRICE IS RIGHT’, and if that’s not compelling enough, consider the pity card - I survived cancer!” Yes, it’s true - in January I had half my nose removed due to Melanoma.
Presto, Juror #23 became Contestant #234.
Game on, I won on contestant row bidding $500 on beauty products, actual retail price was $523, moving on to the showcase.
The rest is history… now I’m the fiscally astute winner of a Lexus Hybrid for a very happy husband. Guess I can tick that off my list!
So, there’s my ‘The Price Is Right’ story!
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