Get Mom On Ellen: The Game

So for the folks that are still hanging in with me after my Jon and Kate hiatus…

I came up with a game proposal for Ellen’s contest and submitted it online.  Yay me!

My idea is to have a group of couples competing for Frequent Flyer Miles and a Romantic Getaway (sorry, I had to use initial caps on ya) by racking up Frequent Foreplay Miles.  Each couple would earn points for creativity (midnight picnic or public displays of affection) and the audience would help the couples “keep score”.  The couple with the most points would win the trip, obviously, but each couple would “win” because they would actually be building points with their partner that would be life-long.

What I think would be super nifty would be if a year later Ellen brought them all back to see which couples were still earning points.

Here’s my proposal and tell me what ya think:

Couples compete for romantic get-away (provided by airline to promote frequent flier program). Applicants submit video explaining why their relationship needs more romance & they should win. Producers narrow to 10 couples. By vote, viewers narrow to 3 that compete for 4-5 weeks. (Game based on Frequent Foreplay Miles, trademarked program from relationship coach Shela Dean, which combines our natural tendency to keep score with the idea that emotional foreplay is 24/7. Frequent Foreplay Miles are awarded for things that are good, kind, funny, supportive, etc., and deducted for things that aren’t! The higher the FFM balance, the happier the couple.) Week 1, 3 finalist couples appear on Ellen, win FFM by answering “do you know your partner” questions a la the Newlywed Game to establish beginning FFM balance. Weeks 2 on, finalists appear via Skype to explain how that week they earned FFM. Depending on producer preference, FFM awarded by judge panel (including Shela), audience, or viewer vote based on creativity, etc. Couple with highest FFM balance wins. Rules re spending limits for gifts, etc., keep playing field level. Shela will donate copies of her book Frequent Foreplay Miles, Your Ticket to Total Intimacy (out this fall) for audience and appear on show week winner announced. Shela could do off-camera webinar on FFM program for finalists before competition begins with bytes for on-air. Game will show all viewers how to have happier relationships. See www.ShelaDean.com.