(S37) PT 2 - Halftime Hero

[caravaggio]

When I think of the Minnesota Grey Ducks, I know we need great halftime entertainment to keep the crowd pumped each and every week. So to synergize with local sports groups, we’ve absolutely got to go with a 5 minute exhibition scrimmage featuring the community-based AAA youth hockey program of the same name.

Isn’t hockey played on ice? Correct. Isn’t football played on grass? Also correct. This logistical challenge can be remedied by rolling an ice rink into mid-field for the scrimmage. Wouldn’t that take longer to set up than the entire duration of halftime? Maybe. We  just need to hustle more, and set up an elaborate stage with sheets of ice, rink structure, and lighting to make it all work out.

On second thought, maybe this IS too much for a halftime show. Instead, lets do a hockey scrimmage with actual Grey Ducks playing each other, all of them with little sticks and skates strapped to their appendages. With a little training that would be spectacular, and small enough to set up quickly.


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[TacocaT]

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[TwoSocks]

Halftime shows are a personal favorite of Nate Winter. When he was told he would be in charge of coming up with an idea he almost passed out from excitement. He immediately began making calls, cashing in favors and working his way up to what he wanted. His teammates looked on with fascination as he put so much effort into such a trivial thing. Winter was up for hours when he finally submitted the final show. When people asked what it was going to be he simply denied answering, and told them to be patient. By game day the whole world was anticipating the greatest thing they’ve ever seen, and oh boy did they get it. As the lights dimmed a single man walked in to the center of the field. Using his soothing voice he began to read. Murmurs around the crowd speculating who it was began to happen. Then the center lit up- revealing David Attenborough! The crowd went wild! David then continued to read off the days of the week so @TheNC206 could learn them. As he finished off he got a standing ovation, and that was all the result of Winters hard work.


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[Urq660]

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[Reedy0rNot]

For my half time show I would not want to make the fans lose interest by having some boring music performance or silly show. I want to keep the audience on there feet and engaged and the best way I know to do that would be to call for any and all challengers from the stands to come and face me in a sumo wrestle. Any one that beats me would win $1000 dollars out of my game check and would get free season tickets to the Chicago Butchers games. This would not only keep the fans entertained during the long half time period but would also help keep me from getting stiff and sore. I think that maybe after a while people would get tired of seeing me win all the time, so I might let some young kids or women win here or there just to keep it interesting.

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[3lewsers]

The halftime show needs to be a circus. No more live music at that has gotten very stale. There will be hundreds of circus skills on display, and plenty of sideshow attractions going on at the same time. There will be acrobatics with the Flying Karaposky Brothers, hoop diving with Jeanine the Impossible, tightrope walking with Tights on Top, and foot juggling with Feeter Pan. The sideshow attractions will include contortion by Mary Wiggly, hook suspension brought to you by Hank von Helvete, sword swallowing by the Invincible Imp, and magic acts with the world famous Johnny Plutonium. In addition, there will be the classic animal acts, with lions, elephants, tigers, dogs, and horses. These are all done in a humane way to insure both animal and worker safety. This is way more than your normal big top, this is the circus ring on steroids. The Ultimus requires a show like no other, and this is bound to impress the masses.

[Talls]

After this request, it is becoming evident to Nick Flint that he isn't paid enough for this job.  Not only is he anchoring the defense, he is also planning all these events and now in-game entertainment.  But, being asked to come up with a plan, he can do that.  

As it is a home game in San Jose, the obvious choice would be a country concert.  Right now, Walker Hayes keeps coming out with great new music, so he would be the top choice.  But, because we cannot be outdone by other teams, San Jose would need to bring in a various amount of artists to really drum up crowd satisfaction.  To pair with Hayes, the team would need to bring in Morgan Wallen and Thomas Rhett.  A large scale collaboration with all of those artists (similar to the last super bowl) would be both entertaining and a quality show.  That should keep the crowd in a great mood for the second half.

[Troen]

Your team is looking to put on a spectacular halftime show for the fans in an upcoming game, but no one seems to know what would really get the fans excited. So, your team turns to you for answers! For this PT, describe what sort of halftime show you'd book to be performed for the fans and why. This can range anywhere from getting a band to put on a concert or hiring the world's best juggling team, go nuts!

Austin is famous for the Austin City Limits music festival. I think a good way to entertain fans while also tapping into our city's local flavor would be getting some of the top or local artists who are performing at City Limits this year to play a halftime show medley, rotating between 3 or 4 of the musical groups. It might be hard if we don't get to have extra time and are stuck only with the normal duration halftime, but maybe we could do something clever with having the first group actually play in the concourse or outside in the tailgating area and then have later groups actually be on the field. With as many people coming to Austin for ACL as it is, I think that this could be a great crossover between sports and music in our local scene and I think fans would love it. And if they do, we could even make it an annual thing so long as we have a home game during the festival! I'm looking forward to this now.

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[CementHands]

Arizona covertly hires a troupe of actors and trains in secret for months to pull off the perfect heist! Onto the field they plan on bringing some train tracks and they will have a train robbery as the half time entertainment, but while everyone is watching the field, they will be busy stealing the Declaration of Independence!
At a specific place and time, the declaration will be touring the country. They like to use decoys and underground transport networks to avoid things like potential thievery, so when it is being transported through Texas (because come on! we aren't pulling this thing off while it is right here, way too suspicious), our planted officers will make the switch while all eyes are directed towards the "greatest outdoor show ever!". Months of advertising and celebrity appearances will ensure everyone who needs to know is in the know for the event of a lifetime. Everyone will be focused on this and it will be worth it.

So the show itself is a western train heist. Where the good guys (Outlaws of course) Catch the train off guard by blowing the train tracks and causing a slight derailment. Once derailed they find their prize, the evil monopolists were smuggling humans for nefarious deeds! The heroes rescue the "cargo" in a brilliant shootout where there is a massacre, just like the football game is a massacre for the Outlaws! I love similes!

Also we ransomed back the "original copy" (as if we don't have access to similar time period carbon paper) for a tidy sum of 6.9 Billion American dollars. It is surely the real copy because it was authenticated by an expert who was totally not on our payroll, and that's an absurd amount of money for a fake.