Go Green
What does it mean?
In late November 2007 i was abit despondant due to the bills and such. I came home from a dr.s appointment
and turned on the tv and drew carrey came on and was saying come on down to the price is right go get your
tickets now at so and so.com well needless to say i went down and had got there at 3 a.m. and met some
intrestring people. they opened up the gates at 7 a.m. gave out numbered tickets at 6a.m. for the entrance line
when studios opended at 7:30a.m.
during the 1st of 2 shows during the day they had a 30 miniute break as they edited out a part. during that
moment he talk to me about my life as a soldier and i shared my story. well i made a memerable moment for
them with my story.
well io had a great timea nd everyone around me had a chance toget up and win and i did not know why not
me. well i got home got tickets for two weeks later 12/6 07 and i told everyone about going and no one wanted
to go did not think they would get on. well after asking alot of people i just decided to go alone. about a couple
of hours before my friend james called and needed a place to stay i told him that he could stay at my place but
i was not gonna be there. he asked why i told him and he asked if he could come.
well the next thing was we were talking about winning and having a good time. but manily to have a good time.
we get there and same as last time go through the process and as we are in the first line i stand up tell
everyone that not to get mad but this is my show i allready won. no one thought i was real..
well there is so much more to this story but this is a glimps... the rest will be soon. but well i was 3rd called got
to bid and won then won the wheel rolled 90 cents and won got to show case show down and my showcase was
GO GREEN. pretty ironic that i am a medical marijuana grower and my showcase was go green....
Local
Veteran scores big with the right price
(Mike Koozmin/Special to The Examiner)
Michael Resendez, left, and James Pappas, right, won big money and big prizes on “The Price is Right” on Dec.
Mike Rosenberg, The Examiner
SAN MATEO -
For the first time in his discouraging life, the price was finally right for San Mateo resident Michael Resendez in
December.
The army veteran, now 36, suffered a fall in 1993 off a 5-ton truck in Fort Lewis, Wash., while in military
training, sending him into a 10-day coma. Resendez fractured his lower back, broke six bones in his right leg
and hemorrhaged his brain in six different places, causing severe amnesia.
His Veterans Affairs and Social Security checks since then have failed to keep up with his bills and child-
support payments for his two kids. PG&E was also preparing to shut off his power. So with $100 in his pocket,
Resendez borrowed his wife’s car and journeyed in early December with his friend to Los Angeles with one
goal: to appear on the CBS game show, “The Price is Right.”
Resendez and his friend, 25-year-old Daly City resident James Pappas, attended two episode tapings on Dec.
6. During the morning taping, Resendez was one of the show’s winners and advanced to the final “Showcase
Showdown,” where he beat his opponent to earn the show’s grand prize. He took home a total of $35,000,
including a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid.
The winnings could not have come at a better time for Resendez, who managed to keep his electricity on after
winning. He is selling his prizes on eBay.
“I’m just trying to survive on a daily basis,” he said. “It’s tough times.”
Landlords kicked Resendez out from four other Peninsula homes for growing medical marijuana, which he
considers his job because he is disabled. He smokes to ease the pain he still feels from his accident.
“Life’s been tough on him,” said his wife, Vera. “This is a little ray of sunshine and happiness and he definitely
deserves it. It happened at the right moment.”
During the Dec. 6 morning taping, Pappas jumped up and down in celebration with Resendez, game show host
Drew Carey and the models while the show’s signature music played. But Pappas’ day of fun was not yet over.
In the afternoon taping, Pappas was also told to “come on down.” After winning a few rounds of price-guessing
games, he spun a perfect $1 on the “big wheel” and captured the afternoon episode’s grand prize — $35,000,
including a 2008 Dodge Caliber.
“We took ‘The Price is Right’ for 70 grand in one day,” said Pappas, who works full time and said he will sell the
car while keeping his other prizes.
mrosenberg@examiner.com
Examiner
