"SHOW ME THE MONEY"

SO MUCH FOR BEING TIMELY--HEE HEE

SEVERAL WEEKS AGO  WE TOOK DAKOTA TO A TAPING OF A NEW GAME SHOW

"SHOW ME THE MONEY" HOSTED BY WILLIAM SHATNER -- WE WERE FORTUNATE ENUF TO SEE THE TAPING FOR THE VERY FIRST EPISODE WHICH WILL AIR ON    ABC ON TUESDAY  NOVEMBER 14TH AS A SNEEK PREVIEW-- AND I THINK THEY WILL RE-AIR THE SAME EPISODE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER  23RD IN ITS REGULAR TIME SLOT------

OK THIS IS NOT A PLUG FOR THE SHOW BUT A MOTHER WHO WANTS TO BRAG ABOUT HOW GREAT DAKOTA DID AT THE TAPING-- WE WENT TO THE STUDIO AND HAD TO PARK QUITE A DISTANCE AWAY AND THE FIRST FEAT WAS THAT MY GUY SUCKED IT UP AND WALKED A LONG WAY JUST TO GET TO THE STUDIO-- THAT MAY SEEM LIKE NO BIG DEAL BUT HE IS STILL UNDERGOING SURGERY ON HIS FOOT FROM HIS BREAK OVER A YEAR AGO SO IT WAS REALLY EMPOWERING TO SEE HIM DIG IN AND HANDLE THE TREK WE HAD TO MAKE JUST TO GET THERE-- THEN AFTER HAVING TO SIT OUTSIDE WHILE THEY PREPARE YOU TO ENTER FOR ABOUT AN HOUR--FILLED WITH QUESTIONAIRES AND RELEASES PLUS VERBAL DIRECTIONS FOR STUDIO ETTIQUETTE WE FINALLY GET INTO THE STUDIO FOR ANOTHER 4 TO 5 HOURS OF TAPING--- THIS GUY WAS STELLAR  HE LISTENED AND TOOK DIRECTION FROM THE STAGE MANAGER-- CHEERED, GROANED, CLAPPED , STOOD UP ALL ON CUE    I COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR BETTER BEHAVIOR--- WHAT A TRIUMPH I AM SO PROUD OF HIM

SUPPOSEDLY THERE WILL BE A LOT OF AUDIENCE SHOTS SO WE ARE HOPING TO SEE OURSELVES ON THE  SHOW --TAKE A PEEK AND SEE IF YOU SEE US!!!

THE BIG BIG BONUS IS THAT WE DISCOVERED THAT THESE SHOWS ALSO USE "SEAT FILLERS" FOR  EMPTY SEATS OR PEOPLE WHO LEAVE EARLY OR CANT BE THERE FOR THE WHOLE TAPING AND YES  THEY PAY PEOPLE TO DO THIS--- WELL I THINK WE MAY HAVE FOUND A POSSIBLE VOCATION FOR DAKOTA                                 I SPOKE TO ONE OF THE CAST AND THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THE CASTING GROUP AND HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING INFORMATION  AND SIGNING UP . DAKOTA HAS  DEVELOPED QUITE A LOVE FOR GAME SHOWS AND REALITY TV . HE  WATCHES GAME SHOW NETWORK  HOUR UPON HOUR WHEN HE HAS CABLE TV. IT IS HIS NICHE-- HE LEARNS FROM AND UNDERSTANDS  THE GAME SHOWS  BETTER THAN ANYONE I KNOW-- HE HAS HIS CHALLENGES BUT FOR SOME REASON THIS IS A MEDIUM THAT APPEALS TO HIM AND IS  TEACHING  ALOT-- I HAVE READ A COUPLE OF ARTICLES THAT RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED THAT "OUR KIDS" WITH AUTISM ARE DRAWN AND BENEFIT FROM TELEVISION AND COMPUTERS BECAUSE IT IS A "SAFE MEDIUM" IT IS A NON THREATENING  NON CONFRONTATIONAL SITUATION THAT IS CONSISTENTAND GIVES THE SAME ANSWER OR RESULT EVERYTIME. HUMANS DO NOT YIELD THE SAME RESULT--PEOPLE TEND TO BE NOT ONLY INCONSISTENT BUT WILL ALLOW EMOTION, GESTERING OR  VOICE INTONATION TO CHANGE EVEN IF THEY ARE DELIVERING THE SAME ANSWER EVERYTIME

SO  THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT WE WENT TO A TAPING FOR RECREATION BUT MAY HAVE DISCOVERED AN AVENUE TO DEVELOP FOR DAKOTA TO CONSIDER FOR A JOB

NO MATTER WHAT I THINK WE WILL BE TRAVELING INTO  HOLLYWOOD MORE OFTEN

YOU NEVER KNOW   WHATS GONNA HAPPEN

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THE WONDERFUL BEHAVIOR--  SOMETHING I WASNT SURE I WOULD EVER SEE  - - - DAKOTA SHOWED ME