The Price is WRONG

Coming On Down With Capybara & Friends

While the 530am-330pm waiting in line event was one of a kind, this television show viewing left us feeling less human & less likely to ever watch again.

Here's a photo at the height of our excitement. It went swiftly downhill from there, with the exception of Showtime (of course).

The one thing I will say is this: though none of us "came on down", we felt emotionally connected to about 99% of the people who did. This was undoubtedly due to the long waiting and taxing process we all endured together.

For example, the couple on their 11 year anniversary warmed my heart in ways no one will ever warm. They were some of the most friendly people and when April's name was called first to come on down we went ape crap with excitement!! That felt good.

(congrats on your electric kayak...you can use in your hometown of urban Dallas, TX)

And Zella...she was there in '89 and now she is 89!!! Along with her 2 daughters and granddaughter, Zella was pumped to play! When she got called up it took her forever to get to the biding area...not because she's 89 but because every single person wanted to shake her hand or wish her well. That was really nice.

Cheer up Gail

There are countless others I felt a deep connection with...the complete office of Tooth & Nail Records handing out candy, the beautiful faced 9 year woman Marine Captain from Camp Pendleton I followed into the bathroom just to look at her face closer, the old school christian band Kutless, and the very loud Keith.

The most dehumanizing moment was at the end where the announcer asked us to cheer if we wanted cash or cheer when we wanted prizes as audience members that didn't get picked. Everyone was just so desperate and downtrodden by this time we were all screaming and clapping and waving our arms in hopes of getting something to show for our endeavor.

"Wellll! You're in luck because someone here is going to win $100 and a TINY prize!!!!!!!!!!". What??!?! So they did a raffle and gave away a bill and a DVD behind the scenes of Price is Right.

In summation, and the words of Andy Deyoung,

"Price is Right stripped us of our humanity and made everyone act like starving baby birds"

So would I do it again? Probably not.

But who's down for Conan?

Now watch these two videos of Capybara. It's delish.

taosybara from mark harrison on Vimeo.

CAPYBARA / The Wimp / Radio Performance from mark harrison on Vimeo.