... this chapter was much less financially arduous.
I only had to buy 15 pizzas from Pizza Hut, next door, to feed the "talent."
I was approached about six or seven weeks ago by the local ABC lead sports anchor, Ryan Chiaverini, if I would be willing to host an event where two slot cars were used unscientifically to predict the winner of the Chicago Bears - Indianapolis Colts game, the third week of the NFL season.
He calls it 'Bear-ly Accurate Predictions,' and in the past has thrown two darts, two axes, had turtle races, etc.
I jumped at the chance and recruited a couple of my grandkids to "race" four laps on orange and blue, with each car representing a team.
My wife recruited additional grandkids, relatives, etc., and I put out a cattle call Thursday night on a couple of the local mom's FB pages where I get recommendations from moms on places to hold kids birthday parties, based on them previously hosting parties by me.
With school not quite starting yet, I fairly quickly recruited 25 kids to act as cheerleaders, with quite a few of them being kids who had birthday party by me.
It went off real well, with Ryan, who had previously co-hosted a popular daytime local talk show, Windy City Live, for 10 years, being super personable and charming.
The segment will be broadcast Sept 20, the Friday before the game in Indy, during or directly after the ABC 5PM News sports segment.
