Midget Licence Plate Lights

Prepare yourselves for a banal and dull question.

One of my license plate lights on my '78 Midget went out-so I went to the 
local Pep Boys and got myself the proper bulb-now I can't get the stupid bulb 
to go in! Is there a trick here I am missing? I am able to get one end into 
one of the terminals, but not the one on top-my fingers lose the bulb as it 
is such a tight area to work in! 

Please help!
Tom
78 Midget