Jonathan Goodson Productions

Another past life experience. I worked for a friend of mine on taping days at KCET for both the Big Spin (California Lottery) and the Powerball (multi-​state lottery) as a production assistant. I mostly worked as a wrangler (working with the audience) but I also worked with the contestants too. Once I was the score keeper and my job was to calculate the winnings and write it on a board to show the host so he or she knew how much the contestant had won. Also, as a score keeper my job was to write out the large fake million dollar checks to use for photo ops. I was often asked to fill in for contestants that did not want to travel but I am camera shy and would invite friends to play the televised game. I did spin the Big Wheel once with permission and supervision of lottery officials (legally they are police that make sure that nothing has been compromised).
Good times… but boring at times.