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What Would You Do? Restaurant Says Yes to ABC

'Two Blondes & A Stove' plays host to a segment of ABC show.

What would you do if ABC came knockng at your door and asked to shoot a TV show?

In the case of , the answer was, let them in.

The ABC program, "What Would You Do?" poses a series of questions about behavior through posed, often-uncomfortable scenarios and the public's response to those situations. The program then brings out the host, John Quinones, to discuss what people thought of the scenarios they've just witnessed. Often an ethical debate about intervention in the affairs of others ensues.

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That's what ABC did last week, moving a crew into the Clinton Avenue restaurant for two days.

Owner Dena Chelius said diners reacted to two scenarios presented by actors:

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The response of parents when a handicapped man presents his girlfriend to them for the first time and they express doubts about the life she'll have with him

A mother who puts her child on a strict diet and firmly prohibits the child from eating what she or he wants. In one instance, a boy playing the woman's child goes over to a table and tells a patron get enough to eat. In another version, a child orders pancakes and when the waitress brings them to the table, the mother returns from a restroom and admonishes the child.

Chelius said the diet scenario brought the strongest reactions. One unsuspecting witness "got into a heated argument" and confronted the actress-mom about her demands.

"But one guy got very emotional" about the handicapped patron scenario, she said.

Patrons' were surprised when Quinones walked into the restaurant from the kitchen where he'd been waiting. "They say they cannot believe it, 'I got spoofed.' One woman said, 'I knew it I knew it, it was crazy'," she said.

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The crews used the empty office space over the restaurant as a control room. "They were a pleasure to have all weekend," she said.

The program is expected to air in October.


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