When her daughter Jessica set up an audition for ‘Family Feud’ 14 months ago, Centralia resident Connie Kline thought the audition in Puyallup would make for a funny family story.
Connie had no idea her family would actually be selected for another audition in Atlanta, but once she got the call last April, reality hit.
“We told ourselves we would have no pride and no shame,” Connie said. “We were going to go for it.”
The Kline family, which includes Connie, a nurse; her daughter Jessica, a third-grade teacher; nephew Ryan, a consultant; daughter Jody, a pediatric dietitian; and son Noah, an aspiring medical student, beat out other families at the Atlanta audition last summer and will appear on Family Feud at 9 a.m. Friday on CW 11.
The Kline family will face off against the Darden family from Louisville, Ky., in front of a live studio audience in Atlanta, with the chance to win up to $100,000 and a brand new car.
Megan Barker, the spokeswoman for ‘Family Feud,’ said the Kline family cannot reveal the outcome of the show until after it airs on Friday.
Connie said during the filming of the show she told host and comedian Steve Harvey that her family would use the prize money for a family vacation, but then the kids said, no, the money should be split five ways.
Connie said when the cameras were off, Harvey was just as hilarious as he is on the show.
“He gave my son a piece of advice,” Connie said. “He said to Noah, ‘You don’t button the bottom button of your vest.’”
Not all of the Kline family could be on the show, Connie said, including her husband Craig Kline, the owner and designated broker at Coldwell Banker Kline & Associates in Centralia.
Connie said Craig was in Hawaii with one of their other children during the auditions, and he didn’t want to be on the show anyway.
“They were just laughing and couldn’t believe we were doing it,” Connie said.
The Kline family will all take vacation days on Friday and meet in Seattle, where Jessica lives, to watch the game show.
“Everyone should be on a game show once in their lives,” Connie said.
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