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Why don't we get straight to it and meet our contestants. Oscar and Emma Leroy, Davis Quinton and Wanda Dollard and finally Hank Yarbo and Lacey Burrows.
In our first round our teams will be shown a picture of a garden gnome and all they have to do is identify the name of the gnome. Sounds easy doesn't it but we have disguised the gnomes face to make it harder for them to be recognised. Without further ado here's our first picture - don't forget this round is against the clock.
So far all our teams are level pegging with no points what so ever. I would have thought two of our teams would have done much better. They have a history as Dog River's top bar trivia teams. I have to say these guys can bicker! It's pretty darn hilarious here in the studio. Wanda if you could keep your answers simple you might get to that buzzer on time, we don't need the whole history of the gnome - just the name of the one in the picture. Lacey you may well have meant to say the answer but you gave the wrong one. Davis using your gut instinct, cop or no, is just another way to say you got lucky - but you still have to press the buzzer in time.
Now teams I heard that in your home town of Dog River, there has been a recent crime wave. Reports of Gnomes being stolen have had a staggering 100% increase compared to last year. Two whole gnomes have been missing from the garden of Oscar and Emma's next door neighbour for sometime now. So long in fact that she has had their pictures put on a milk carton. In tribute to these long lost ornaments we are about to play round two "Where's My Gnome At?" We are going to show you some photo's taken by our guest photographer Brent Leroy of Gary the Gnome on his holidays. All our teams have to do is tell us where Gary is at.
Those grainy pics didn't help things as the score is still zip plays zip to a straight nothing. So lets skip to the final sudden death round "Lookie Likey" First person to buzz in and tell me who this gnome looks like wins the grand prize.
Oscar! You got their first but unfortunately "me" is not the answer I have on the card, the answer I have is "Oscar", I am sorry, so close! I understand this is the last known photo of one of the two missing Dog River gnomes. Rumour has it the Leroy family may have perpetrated the crime. However, surely confusion would reign in the household? The likeness to Oscar is uncanny, I would imagine Emma wouldn't know which is talking to her Gnome Oscar or "fleshy" Oscar. I wonder if the second missing item looks at all like another of the Dog River citizens?
I have been told our production office have just received an e-mail from viewer Sharon Gilbert-Bernard. She thinks someone could write a really funny sitcom episode revolving around our contestants and all their antics. In fact, she says that it would be so funny it would become her favourite episode of that show....should such a show be made.
Maybe having Brent Butt and Mark Farrell write the episode would be a good idea. Mr Farrell could direct it. There input would make for some really great zingers in the episode, particularly from Nancy Robertson who I think would be amazing as Wanda. Nancy would be on top form giving a effortless performance. The whole show though would be stolen by a wonderful Janet Wright who would be on top snippy form as Emma. She has to put up with Oscar and his baiting of a lawn ornament obsessed neighbour. The episode would be classic Brent Butt, who I find is at his best when writing put down quips, usually to his own characters detriment. The material would given plenty of sass by the cast.
However, this sitcom doesn't exist in the same universe as Name That Gnome, this is all speculative crazy talk. It is almost as if the whole conversation has been fashioned to help shoe horn in some journalistic criticism element to a blog post by a writer trying to stretch the conceit of a game show without it being too jarring on the narrative. He may even put in a fourth wall breaking ahem in here. **Ahem**
We don't want all our contestants to go home empty handed so we are giving them each a gnome of their own.
So folks that brings us to the end of another episode of "Name That Gnome"! We have no winners again so it's another role over next week. Someone has to win soon because the Sprudmuckers Cottage Cheese is starting to stink up the place something awful. I told them not to keep it by the radiator.
Until next time folks! Time to go Gnome!
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For more gnomey fun and facts check out this little google game. It's a bit addictive so try not to get the sack for spending all day on it at work
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