Knocking them dead!
On Monday Night I was performing “Game Show Mania” when suddenly one of the contestants drops face first onto the stage!
I was performing “Game Show Mania” to a crowd of just over 900 people in the St. Cloud MN Civic Center. It was the first night of a three day convention of “Lunch Ladies” from all across Minnesota.
The last game of the night I do a spin off of a cross between “Deal or No Deal” and the old TV game show “Let’s Make A Deal’
I had five contestants who had won the five previous games on stage to make a Deal or No Deal to attempt to win the big grand prize for the night while possibly losing the prize they won in their previous game.
I also had five women from the audience acting as the “Super Models” holding onto the cases to select from.
One case had the grand prize in it, one case had the ZONK in it (Rubber Chicken) one case had a 2008 Escalade in it (A Match Box version of the SUV) and the other cases had prizes with a dollar value better then the value of the prizes given out earlier in the night.
I was playing the winning contestants to see who would trade their fabulous prize winnings at a chance to win the grand prize when suddenly behind me I heard a very loud THUMP! I turned around to see one of the ladies holding a case was face first on the stage.
We attended to her medical condition as the audience watched. It turns out that she had just previously given blood at the blood drive in another room and came back to the show to quickly. The very hot lights, the lack of food and the blood donation caused her to faint and fall down.
The game resumed about fifteen minutes later and all is well. The next day before leaving town to go home I stopped into the convention and found the woman who had fainted to check on how she was.
All the contestants including the “Super Models” won a gift card to a restaurant or national chain store but after she fainted in all the excitement she did not collect her prize. I delivered it to her while she was listening to a speaker giving a speech about nutrition in the school lunch programs.
This month on August 19th I will be speaking to the Midwest Association of Professional Disc Jockeys about improving their “Game Shows” to keep it fresh and exciting for all.
Jeff Richards: Party Time Productions