several thousand dollars. However, some boxes held booby prizes, referred to as "klunks" (a word coined by Geoff Edwards, similar in meaning to the "zonks" on Let's Make a Deal or "chascos" on Trato Hecho), that had very little value. Upon making her decision, the contestant was not immediately shown what she had won, as the premise of this program was to display and exploit the female contestants' emotional reactions. Edwards would instead engage the contestant in a comedic sketch, involving props and/or other onstage personnel in various costumes and roles, to intentionally mislead her to what she had finally won, prolonging the tension and the feeling of suspense. Very often, a contestant would be shown a klunk as a lead-in to a different item, which could be another klunk or a prize more valuable than the cash amount attached to the box. However, the box containing the $25,000 prize never had a sketch or prop associated with it; after building up suspense, Edwards would simply pull out the check. Two games were played during each show, each game involving a different half of the studio audience. If a contestant found the $25,000 grand prize during the first game, another was hidden for the second one. At the end of each episode, if the grand prize had not been found in the second game, Edwards ritually asked security guard Emile Autuori if he had indeed hidden the $25,000 check. Autuori would reply in the affirmative, give Edwards a card with the location of the check, and open that box so he could show it to the audience. Every episode from the second season forward began with a four-way split screen that displayed the $25,000 grand prize amount and three shots of Autouri walking down the steps on the darkened stage. The opener for the first season consisted of a single medium shot of Autouri descending the steps and walking offstage, with the grand prize and title graphics superimposed over the full-screen shot. These images were accompanied by the sound of a heartbeat. Announcer Johnny Jacobs would then begin his opening speech, speaking sotto voce at first and then slowly raising his pitch as he continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, this bonded security agent has just placed a certified check for $25,000 in one of these 30 surprise packages. Tonight, someone may win any one of our fabulous prizes, or that grand