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I wanted to post this last night before the show but forgot!

My wife, daughter and I were one of three finalists for this season's last chance to win $10,000 and go on to try and win $100,000.

We were flown out to California last month for the taping, all expenses paid. Our clip was named “Hyper Viper”. I played a little joke on my wife with a fake snake in our backyard during a cookout. We set it up so that my daughter would pick up the snake and my wife would see her. It worked perfectly. When my daughter (she had no idea what she was about to do) picked up the snake and turned around my wife went histarical! We sent the tape in on a whim and were selected.

Well we didn't win first prize, but won more than enough to pay for the new 20D. The three day cross country trip with our 18 month old daughter was very fast paced and there was little time for pics, but I did manage to squeeze off a couple with my trusty ole 717.

The experience was one which I'll never forget, we had a fantastic time and my daughter was a perfect angel throughout the entire trip, she's such a sweetheart!!!

Gary

One flight attendant was nice enough to take a pic of our family's first flight together.



City Walk Hollywood









This was taken from the backseat of the car service leaving the show. Like I said no time for pics.



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I'm already just 'cause i read this... :-)
I wanted to post this last night before the show but forgot!

My wife, daughter and I were one of three finalists for this
season's last chance to win $10,000 and go on to try and win
$100,000.

We were flown out to California last month for the taping, all
expenses paid. Our clip was named “Hyper Viper”. I played a little
joke on my wife with a fake snake in our backyard during a cookout.
We set it up so that my daughter would pick up the snake and my
wife would see her. It worked perfectly. When my daughter (she had
no idea what she was about to do) picked up the snake and turned
around my wife went histarical! We sent the tape in on a whim and
were selected.

Well we didn't win first prize, but won more than enough to pay for
the new 20D. The three day cross country trip with our 18 month old
daughter was very fast paced and there was little time for pics,
but I did manage to squeeze off a couple with my trusty ole 717.

The experience was one which I'll never forget, we had a fantastic
time and my daughter was a perfect angel throughout the entire
trip, she's such a sweetheart!!!

Gary

One flight attendant was nice enough to take a pic of our family's
first flight together.



City Walk Hollywood









This was taken from the backseat of the car service leaving the
show. Like I said no time for pics.



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I wanted to post this last night before the show but forgot!

My wife, daughter and I were one of three finalists for this
season's last chance to win $10,000 and go on to try and win
$100,000.

We were flown out to California last month for the taping, all
expenses paid. Our clip was named “Hyper Viper”. I played a little
joke on my wife with a fake snake in our backyard during a cookout.
We set it up so that my daughter would pick up the snake and my
wife would see her. It worked perfectly. When my daughter (she had
no idea what she was about to do) picked up the snake and turned
around my wife went histarical! We sent the tape in on a whim and
were selected.

Well we didn't win first prize, but won more than enough to pay for
the new 20D. The three day cross country trip with our 18 month old
daughter was very fast paced and there was little time for pics,
but I did manage to squeeze off a couple with my trusty ole 717.

The experience was one which I'll never forget, we had a fantastic
time and my daughter was a perfect angel throughout the entire
trip, she's such a sweetheart!!!

Gary

One flight attendant was nice enough to take a pic of our family's
first flight together.



City Walk Hollywood









This was taken from the backseat of the car service leaving the
show. Like I said no time for pics.



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Congrats. Has the show already been aired?
Thanks Melanie.

Sorry, the show aired last night, I forgot to post a thread beforehand. I didn't want to post way ahead of time becuase we had to sign a waiver and I didn't want to get into trouble. I'm sure we'll be in syndication but who knows when it will air again.

Gary
 
I wanted to post this last night before the show but forgot!

My wife, daughter and I were one of three finalists for this
season's last chance to win $10,000 and go on to try and win
$100,000.

We were flown out to California last month for the taping, all
expenses paid. Our clip was named “Hyper Viper”. I played a little
joke on my wife with a fake snake in our backyard during a cookout.
We set it up so that my daughter would pick up the snake and my
wife would see her. It worked perfectly. When my daughter (she had
no idea what she was about to do) picked up the snake and turned
around my wife went histarical! We sent the tape in on a whim and
were selected.

Well we didn't win first prize, but won more than enough to pay for
the new 20D. The three day cross country trip with our 18 month old
daughter was very fast paced and there was little time for pics,
but I did manage to squeeze off a couple with my trusty ole 717.

The experience was one which I'll never forget, we had a fantastic
time and my daughter was a perfect angel throughout the entire
trip, she's such a sweetheart!!!

Gary

One flight attendant was nice enough to take a pic of our family's
first flight together.



City Walk Hollywood









This was taken from the backseat of the car service leaving the
show. Like I said no time for pics.



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I wanted to post this last night before the show but forgot!

My wife, daughter and I were one of three finalists for this
season's last chance to win $10,000 and go on to try and win
$100,000.
For what it's worth you were up against some tough competition that night unlike other nights. Funny stuff though, I was thinking i needed to try the same trick with my mom and her grandchildren :)

Congrats on going that far!

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Interesting that I'd read what I missed here. Thanks for posting. I missed the part where it was explained that the snake was fake.
I wanted to post this last night before the show but forgot!

My wife, daughter and I were one of three finalists for this
season's last chance to win $10,000 and go on to try and win
$100,000.

We were flown out to California last month for the taping, all
expenses paid. Our clip was named “Hyper Viper”. I played a little
joke on my wife with a fake snake in our backyard during a cookout.
We set it up so that my daughter would pick up the snake and my
wife would see her. It worked perfectly. When my daughter (she had
no idea what she was about to do) picked up the snake and turned
around my wife went histarical! We sent the tape in on a whim and
were selected.

Well we didn't win first prize, but won more than enough to pay for
the new 20D. The three day cross country trip with our 18 month old
daughter was very fast paced and there was little time for pics,
but I did manage to squeeze off a couple with my trusty ole 717.

The experience was one which I'll never forget, we had a fantastic
time and my daughter was a perfect angel throughout the entire
trip, she's such a sweetheart!!!

Gary

One flight attendant was nice enough to take a pic of our family's
first flight together.



City Walk Hollywood









This was taken from the backseat of the car service leaving the
show. Like I said no time for pics.



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Portrait taken on Canon 10D with pinhole in aluminum foil.
 
hotshot wrote:
I wanted to post this last night before the show but forgot!
Gary
Congrats! Saw the show and your wife looked like she was on a pogo stick... very funny! Too bad on the 10K :-(

Any more pics?

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Clicker
 
my wife & I laugh more than the 1st place winner. I had pulled a simular joke on my wife this past summer. We could not believe that people thought the actions of that kid with the temper tantrum are funney. He's going to be a FUN kid to raise!!!

Congrats.
Chuck S
 
Yeah!

I saw that, and thought .. Dang !!! They told her too soon it was
fake!

Good one!

Now the big question. Are you allowed back into the house to sleep
at night ?
...my mom told her almost right away, she said she was scared for her and didn't want her to freak out totally. It would have been nice had it lasted a few more seconds, we could have had a chance then. And yes, since we did get a free trip out of the whole deal and a couple of G's I am allowed back into the house. :)

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For what it's worth you were up against some tough competition that
night unlike other nights.
I know it figures doesn't it. I've watched that show a few times and wondered how some of those clips made it to the finals. We just didn't luck out that show, the other two clips were pretty good too. Oh well it was a fun experience anyway.
 

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