"Millionaire" Minus Meredith ...

For weeks I've been looking forward to going down to New York City to audition for the game show, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire." I wanted to see the show, take a stab at that million dollars and of course chill with Meredith Vieira. I'm a fan of Meredith for many reasons, I've met her 6 times in public and private settings and just wanted to see her in action on "Millionaire." However, that was not to be!

We get in the studio. I'm pumped, redy to go and excited. Why shouldn't I be? I was on the set of a popular game show, was about to see the woman I admire. What else could I ask for? Then, the person in charge of warming up the audience came out and gave me the worst news I could ever recieve. Tell me I have 3 weeks to live, tell me my car was stolen or that I should have never recieved my college degree ... but not this:

"As you all know, Meredith was just in Beijing for 2 weeks covering the olympics. She is tired and needs to relax -- so she took this week off."

EXCUSE ME!!!! Is this a joke!!! I have been waiting for this for over a month and within 7 seconds it gets ruined?! Instead they had some woman named Samantha Harris to guest host. Samantha who? She is the host of ABC's Dancing with the Stars and an anchor for a news program on the E network. I mean don't get me wrong, she did a good job and was one of the most beautiful woman I have ever layed eyes on in person, but I wanted my MV!!!

The woman who stole Meredith's seat, Samantha Harris

After watching a weeks worth of shows get taped my friends and I audition for the show. The producers pass out a test with 30 questions with 4 possible answer, just like the show. We had ten minutes and whoever got the highest score would move on to the producer interviews to get put into the contestant pool. The end result ....

I did not get chosen, nor did any of the people with me. Only 12 out of 100 people made the cut. Bastards!!! Oh well ... I had a fun day, tried out for a game show and will go back again and audition in the near future.

And next time I will make sure I don't get tickets 2 days after Meredith returns from a 2 week voyage across the damn globe. I'm not jewish, but oy vey!!!