I joined over 10,000 people this weekend at Viejas for Deal or No Deal’s open casting call. Lines were long and people were nice. NBC deserves credit for a feat of crowd-control logistics.

After waiting in line for nine (9) hours, I had 20 seconds to pitch their staff on why I’m lucky. 20 seconds!

Of course, I had to tell them about the time I survived a Category 3 Cyclone while beach camping in Australia… and was rescued by the Australian Coast Guard.

Compared to that harrowing experience, standing in line for nine hours was no problem.

In both scenarios I could have used the Deal Or No Deal Electronic Board Game to kill time.

Check out the Deal or No Deal’s casting application and get your shtick worked out.