Deal or No Deal Casting Call

This morning I went to the NBC "Deal or No Deal" Open Casting Call at Hank Aaron Stadium. When I woke up at 5:00 AM, I swore I was going back to sleep and not going. That thought didn't last long. I got dressed, ate, etc, then hopped in the car (adorned with my "Bobby's World" sticker and happy face stickers on my shirt). I went with my Mom because she wants to be on the show too. We drove over to the stadium and arrived there at about 6:17 AM. The line wrapped all the way from outside the 3rd base line couterclockwise back in front of the main entrance, alllllll the way over around Gaslight Park and the rest of the 1st base side and around right field. We propped open our chairs outside of center field near the scoreboard. I estimate that when we got there, there were about 600-800 people in front of us. The news peeps said that people starting arriving at 11 AM Friday. It wasn't all that hot because we were in the shade and it was morning, but about an hour later when the sun came up directly in our faces, it started to get uncomfortable. Luckily at about 8:15 everyone packed up their chairs so the line would start moving. We walked about halfway closer to the entrance. We now stood in the humid sunny mess that is Mobile weather. This persisted for the next couple of hours as we just stood there, inching up bit by bit. Some girls started selling doughnuts and a guy sold sausage biscuits. Where's the water?! Some radio stations arrived with some free beverages which I took advantage of. They finally started letting people inside the stadium concourse at around 10. The line snaked from the end of the 3rd base side to the end of the 1st base side in an elongated "S" shape. It took a good hour to 90 minutes to advance to the next step. On our way, we saw a "Z-Man Casting Call" booth. The Zeigler meats people were looking for a new mascot because the old one is ... well I don't know what happened to the old one. The cool guy behind me decided to sign up for it. He told me that they would pay up to $3000 per gig and that he needed to fill out an application and try on the suit after his Deal or No Deal interview. Come to think of it, I really didn't stand next to any real "hicks," which I think I got really really lucky. There were a lot there. I saw one of the most disgusting women I think I have ever seen there. Enough of that. I finally got to the table with some NBC staff and they told me to write my full name and my daytime phone number (including area code!) on to the back of one of our application pages that we had to fill out before hand (they had questions such as "What is your most embarrasing moment" etc on it). We were then led in groups of three to a staging area outside the suites. Inside the suites was a camera, a camera lady, and some dude. The dude took the paper from us. While waiting to go into Interview Room D, I saw the casting director and tried to smile so he would notice me. I know what you're thinking but damn I wanna win some $$. I also saw Scott Walker, that morning newscaster guy whose voice I heard just about every day before I went to school. I waved and said "Heyyyyy Scott Walker" and he just looked at me as he walked by and replied,"Hey how's it goin." He thinks he's so slick. We finally got into the interview room and held up our name/phone number sheets like we were being filmed for a mugshot. The camera lady told us to say our name, our location, our occupation, and a little bit about us. I went second after this older guy who used to be in radio. He did really well and I started to get nervous. I can't remember exactly what I said, but I know that I got the first three parts right and that I told them my friends call me Grandpa, and they seemed to like that. My Mom did awesome. I really wouldn't be suprised if she gets a call-back. After all that, we left. There was nothing left to do. It was 12:30 and it was hot. I was all sweaty. I like air conditioning. I hope I get invited for more interviews but it's OK if I don't. Maybe they'll have a college student week and I can rep Auburn. They say it can be 2 weeks or 2 years after the audition when they call so you never know. Overall fun experience. I would definitely do it again. But not tomorrow because I am too tired.