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August 7 - 13, 2022 WHATS UP! T11 der them for display on the show's Winners Wall. Indeed, Joshua Frost, who won a sixth-season episode of "Forged in Fire," took to social media platform Reddit to set the record straight, but he just made it more complicated. He noted that the contracts were renegotiated in later seasons so that some (but not all) of the runners-up could keep what they make. But between all that and the Winners Wall — which we know exists because we can see it on the show — viewers know that some do have to relinquish their blades — and it's not hard to imagine they might not be happy about it. Frost raises another key point, however: Being on a real- ity show involves signing a pretty comprehensive contract that dictates your behavior be- fore, during and after airing. So none of what happens to the contestants or their products will be a surprise to them. The contracts are necessary for all the usual legal reasons, but in this case, they would also be helpful in preparing the proud blade parents for the mo- ment a show producer says "hand it over." Q: There are a lot of great scenes where a character has to walk across broken glass in bare feet (I'm think- ing of 1988's "Die Hard"). Is it fake glass or fake feet? A: Actually, both options have been used to simulate a person walking across shat- tered glass. In the "Die Hard" (1988) scenes — the hero spends a lot of time wandering around on glass in that movie — they opt- ed for fake feet. You can even see in a few shots that his feet look abnormally tall (what you're seeing is rubber feet that have been glued to his real ones), but other productions have used fake glass to simulate the effect, according to Tracy Wilson of the venerable be- hind-the-scenes website How- StuffWorks.com. Effects masters take the same approach as they do when smashing a bottle over some- one's head on screen: they use what's known as breakaway glass, or else sugar or candy glass — so called because it's made of sugar and could, in fact, be eaten if desired. Being made of sugar means it breaks more easily and generally isn't strong enough to pierce skin. All that said, walking on actu- al glass is a popular magic trick, and it can be done (relatively) safely if you know how. Magicians are, of course, fa- mously reluctant to reveal their secrets, but we know that it partly involves using a deep bed of glass, giving the shards room to sink under the per- son's weight, and using types of glass that tend to shatter into round instead of pointy pieces. But please don't try this at home (or on the "Die Hard" set, or anywhere else, for that matter) as it is extremely dan- gerous. Have a question? Email us at questions@tvtabloid.com. Please include your name and town. Personal replies will not be provided. Advance Pest Control 2 x 2 TAKE 5 Solution on page T23 Use the clues above and beside the grid to fill in the squares BY ADAM THOMLISON TV Media Q: Was "Licence to Kill" Benicio Del Toro's first role? A: It may seem as if the pro- ducers took a huge gamble on casting unknown actor Benicio Del Toro as the chief villain in 1989's "Licence to Kill" — the mega-budget James Bond mov- ie was one of the highest-pro- file films of the year — but they weren't going in totally blind. In fact, Del Toro, who was just 21 during filming, already had a couple of credits on his resume. His first big-screen role came a few months before this one — playing Duke the Dog-Faced Boy (believe it or not) in the kid-friendly comedy "Big Top Pee-wee" (1988). But that's not likely the role that sold the Bond producers; not only did it not show off Del Toro's tough-guy chops, but it also wasn't released until after "Licence" started filming. Rath- er, it was likely a couple of 1987 appearances on TV crime se- ries that showed what he was capable of. He did an episode that year of the short-lived dramedy se- ries "Shell Game," but it's not likely many saw that. His ap- pearance as an ex-con working at a local theater in an episode of "Miami Vice," on the other hand, is more akin to what they wanted from him in the Bond flick. Indeed, "Licence to Kill" got respect for its grittier, street- level version of the British su- per-spy, and the fact that it pit- ted him against international cocaine runners instead of the traditional megalomaniac bent on world domination suggests producers might have been watching a lot of "Miami Vice" during the script stage. Q: Have the "Forged in Fire" bladesmiths ever been less than gracious about sur- rendering their blades to the judges? A: There's a surprising amount of controversy online about what exactly happens to the weapons at the end of an episode of "Forged in Fire" and who gets to keep them. Some rumors say none of the contes- tants can keep their blades be- cause of state laws around dan- gerous weapons, while others say the runners-up keep theirs, while the winners must surren- Benicio Del Toro in "Licence to Kill" HOLLYWOOD Q&A www.advancepestcontrolnwa.com Family Owned, Competitively Priced, Quality Service Since 1981 Rogers 479-636-5590 Springdale 479-756-1788 Eureka Springs 479-253-8967 PEST CONTROL TERMITE FERTILIZATION WEED CONTROL PRE-EMERGENTS