I will never forget the time my cousin appeared on the show (how could I - it's immortalized on YouTube.) She was totally excited about it, of course, told the

I will never forget the time my cousin appeared on the show (how could I - it's immortalized on YouTube.) She was totally excited about it, of course, told the whole family to watch; I couldn't tune in so I watched a tape or replay or something. It was actually pretty emabarrassing for her and I just cringed to watch it. They started out on the wrong foot with the announcer mispronouncing her name (how do they do that?!) but she exhibited great enthusiasm and energy as she zipped up to her assigned podium. Then she bid on a couple pricing games, and was quickly eliminated for being way, way off target, didn't win anything, and went home in shame and defeat. That is how the cookie crumbles, I suppose, for many contestants, and I believe my cousin had more price-savvy than most, hanging out in thrift stores and auction sites and knowing the values of things, everything but the brand-new drum set they put on display for her to win. (Her husband was a multi-instrumentalist and her very young son was a drummer in a local band.)