"No way gramps, who am I to tell anyone to risk their lives helping you, the way your tricks have been going this evening you'll kill us both" Tyler responded with a shake of his head.
"Oh come now young sir, just point someone out, and please don't be insulting, I don't have any grandchildren so how could I possible be a grandfather" Mortie sighed, as he frowned at the young man.
"Don't do it dude, he's got something up his sleeve I know!" Tyler friend Jeff shouted from the audience.
"Yeah its probably a string of colored hankies" his other buddy Reg then called out, causing the audience to erupt in laughter again.
Mortie wiped the sweat from his weathered brow with the back of his gloved hand and looked at Tyler's two friends. "Silence please children!" he said firmly, deriding the two young men for their immature behaviour.
"Whatever!" Jeff grumbled, as he and Reg clammed up.
"Now young man, another volunteer we need I think, please...do help me select someone" Mortie asked Tyler politely, as he relieved an itch on the side of his head.
Rolling his eyes, Tyler decided to help the old guy, if only to shut him up.
Looking into the audience, he almost immediately recognized a popular female news anchor seated at the back of the room. "Holy crap!! That Kate Bolduan..." Tyler pointed, putting the young woman on the spot.
"Ahh, step this way young lady" Mortie called out, gesturing with his hand, oblivious to who the young lady actually was.
The attractive CNN correspondent just smiled nervously and looked around, the attention of the entire room was now solely on her. The other people around her starting mumbling among themselves, a couple of them had already recognized her, but most hadn't until now and the room was now abuzz.
Somewhat reluctantly, Kate got to her feet and approached the stage.
Tyler, who had a crush on several news anchorwomen (including Miss Bolduan) watched in awe as she approached the stage. She was elegantly dressed in a dark grey pant suit, a white low-cut top and had pair of black leather stiletto heeled pumps, her long blonde hair actually shined as she walked underneath the lights that adorned the ceiling.
"Thanks prick!" she suddenly growled at Tyler as quietly as she could, not appreciating the predicament he had suddenly put her in. A stunned Tyler suddenly had the smile wiped off his face and he started losing the erection that Kate's appearance had brought on.
"Now, lets begin?" Mortie exclaimed cheerfully, as the rest of the audience applauded.