::Special FX lightning flashes and from the podium, Dale
slowly arises, holding a flashlight pointed upwards::
Dale: It was dark and stormy night…then the werewolves came! And the zombies!
And the claw monsters! It was horrible!
::The audience smiled at Dale’s antics, then the lightning
quit and he turned off his flashlight::
Dale: A scary story, or at least some scary moments can be a good part of a
mystery/thriller story. Just last week, Chip an’ me solved a case with a real
scary moment—someone had allowed a whole gallon of chocolate ice cream to melt!
Agony!
Chip (from the audience): DALE!
Dale: Aw, all right. The nominees for the Best Mystery/Thriller are:
“Lost Rangers”, UrthQuake
“Gadget Until Proven Innocent”, Morgan K.
“Dale the Detective: Case of the Nabbed Necklace”, Indy and Chris Silva
“Gadget's Quest”, Kevin Sharbaugh
::Dale catches the envelope, thrown by Monty from stage
left::
Dale: And now, the winner is…Urthquake, for “Lost Rangers”! Uh, they tell me
that Urthquake’s not here tonight, but never fear! We’ll make sure he gets a
tape of this and all, and we’ll send his award out via secured mail! Uh, the
postage on that’s not too much, is it?
::Dale waves to the crowd, taking the award with him::