I can’t believe I actually made it as a contestant on “Jeopardy: Extreme Bowling Edition!”
The stage was setup like Nickelodeon’s GUTS with action sports and obstacle courses all over. There were colorful spotlights that swayed all over the stage and between the contestants and the rowdy audience.
I was geared up: knee pads, elbow pads, helmet, ugly chunky sneakers, and my bowling gloves of course. When it was my turn, I approached the lane and took a good hard look at it. It was almost impossible to get any ball to go through this abstract lane. It was a normal bowling lane at first but half way down it cut short. The other half of the bowling lane was about a quarter of the size of a regular lane, swervey like the Amalfi Coast, rigid, and two feet to the right of the first half of the lane.
I couldn’t think logically about this so I just threw that ball with the all of the little upper body strength I had and hoped for the best. I threw the bowling ball so hard that my body flew backwards onto a cushion on the wall. Suddenly the spot lights get crazier and Alex Trebek is shouting something at me.
“Did I get it?” I thought.
No. But apparently the rules are that when a contestant uses so much strength that their bodies fly backwards, you have a chance of winning a really big prize. However, you have to be able to throw your body back a second time while attempting to bowl the ball down the ridiculous bowling lane. I thought there was no way I could possibly do it again and it was never accomplished ever before on, “Jeopardy: Extreme Bowling Edition!”
I was up again. No logic involved whatsoever. I shut my eyes and threw the ball with all my might. Again, my body flew back and slammed against the cushion on the wall. Everyone went nuts! I couldn’t believe it either. The ball went nowhere but I managed to win an all expenses paid trip to Aruba!
