University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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IS IT TOO MUCH? Tyler plays the game That ' s Too Much to see if he can win a new Ford Taurus. He guesses that $21,840 is too much and walks away with a new car. Nothing could ha ' e prepared Tyler for the prize he would be playing for — a brand new Ford Taurus. To win the car, he had to play the game That ' s Too Much, in which the host pro- gressively reveals a series of prices. When the player thinks a revealed price is more than the actual retail value of the car, he or she must say That ' s too much. He started off at $13,000 and was going up. When he got to $18,000, I tried to listen to the crowd but half of them were telling me to keep going, and the rest of them were telling me to stop. I looked at my mom and she just threw her hands up like, ' I don ' t know! ' I decided to keep going. After he showed me the next price, 1 said ' That ' s too much. Tyler won his pricing game when he told the host that $21,840 was too much for the 2004 Ford Taurus. Regardless of whether they win or lose, contestants who make it to the stage get to spin the hefty, multi-colored wheel for a chance to appear in the Showcase Showdown. It ' s as heavy to spin in real life as it looks like on TV, Catlett said. Contestants try to spin the wheel and get as close to one dollar without going over. Catlett ' s first spin of 90 cents was good enough to send him to the Showcase Showdown. In the showdown, Catlett squared off with a woman from Georgia. Her showcase items were a lot better than mine. She got to play for a piano, a stereo system, and a trip to Australia. Mine had some living room furniture, carpet, flowers for a year and a Jacuzzi, he said. In the Showcase Showdown, contestants try to guess the total retail value of everything in the package. The person closest to the price without over-guessing wins. Catlett got one more surprise before his time on The Price is Right ended. Bob Barker is an avid supporter of animal rights and protection. At the end of each show he looks into the camera and says, This is Bob Barker saying, ' Help control the pet popu- lation. Have your pet spayed or neutered. During a commercial break, 1 asked Bob if he would let me say the thing about pets at the end, and he said ' Sure. ' So I closed out the show by saying, ' This is Charles and Bob saying, Help control the pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered. I ' ve always wanted to say that. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life, and I ' m just glad I had the opportunity. Episode 3004K, which featured Catlett, aired Thursday, Oct. 14, at 10 a.m. CST on CBS. Recordings and transcripts of the show can be obtained by contacting The Price is Right studios in California. JUMP FOR JOY. Tyler spins 90 cents, allowing him to move on to the Showcase Showdown. He didn ' t win his showcase but he did get an experience of a lifetime, closing the show and signing off with a game show legend Bob Barker.

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Tyler Catlett... come on down! LJTSTA. fre e Hna ii vs im mew car EMT -iiui- 111 ' w.is 5 iMrs old, T lcr Ccitlctt iihvays daMtiuvl of being on his favorite game show, The Price h R ' i . Tliot dream came true this past July. Catlett, an 18-year-old freshman from Hazel Green, played for a new car and competed in the Showcase Showdown on lulv . The show aired on Thursday, October 14. I ' ve loved the show since I was a little kid. My mom tells me that when I was little, I would run around the house scream- ing, ' The price is right! The price is right! said Catlett. Catlett loved The Price is Right so much that his mom ga o him a trip to go see the show in Los Angeles as an 18th birthd.n present. Catlett and his mom flew to California in July and reserved tickeets for three lapings of America most popular game show. Even though we had tickets, we had to get to the studio at 3:30 in the morning to wait in line because they give out more tickets than thev actuallv have room for. Catlett said that each of the 350 audience members under- goes a brief inter iew before the show begins. They took us back in groups of ten and asked us just two questions — ' Where are vou from? ' and ' What do you do? ' said Catlett. Tvler was chosen for the show on the second d n that he .iiiil hi-- mom were there. I was kind of bummed out after the first day, but on the I second day 1 got lucky and thev called mv name. 1 go by my middle name, but they called me by my first name, Charles. When Rich Fields, the announcer, said ' Charles Catlett, come on ■ down! ' 1 just went crazy. Once contestants make it to the front, they compete fO ' guess the retail prices of different products. The contestant clos- est to the actual price without going over gets to play in one of more than 70 games featured on The Price is Right. ■ I didn ' t win the first two and I thought that 1 was going to be liiat gu ' that never makes it onto the stage, he said. Catlett ' s luck changed when the third item, a teakwood garden bench, was revealed. Tyler ' s bid of $675 was the closest to the retail value of $1,100. 1 was wav off, but it was still good enough to get me on the show. Once he won, Catlett raced onto the stage wearing a crim- son Roll-Tide T-shirt. And he finally got to meet the show ' s legendary host. Bob Barker, who, Tyler says, is super-nice. Bob was really friendly onstage, and he made me feel at ease. During commercial breaks he would explain what was going on. He was real informative the whole time. TOO MUCH TOO LATE? Catlett (left), bidding on a teak Ixricli, v .lit!. ti see if he gets to go on stage with Price is Right host Bob Barker. WHAT DO YOU BID? A Barker Beauty shows off the bench up forbids.

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Uaucvv lOO ,. INTENSE, (top) Joe (Chrib VVin(;i.) plucks Jt the guitar as he talks to his son Steve (Brian Bamctt) while (above) Brian (Drew Hampton) discusses his life and impending death with his ex-wife Beverly (Amanda Maddox). FREE SPIRIT, (right) Beverly (Amanda Maddox) offers comic relief to a dark, serious play.