Boy's Vacuum Expertise Earns Him TV Shot

A 12-year-old boy who has collected more than 150 vacuum cleaners says he is learning to identify them by sound. "I'm getting pretty good at it," said Kyle Krichbaum.

Kyle has been in Hollywood taping a game-show pilot where he had to compete against other contestants blindfolded and correctly identify vacuum models.



He said he got his first working model at age 3 and keeps part of his collection in his room.

Randy and MaryLynn Krichbaum said their son played with a toy vacuum constantly as a toddler.

"At first we thought it was something he would grow out of because babies like noisy things," MaryLynn Krichbaum said. "But his interest just grew stronger and stronger … where he gets it from, I don't know."