We have a head in our scene.  It's a styrofoam wig stand, and, it has a wig... and a dark green/brown paint job.  This does not 'read' well in semidark UV-lit conditions.

Nevertheless it was a head, and we started trying things...

...the head started out on the merry-go-round.  Not so good.  It spent a while on the seesaw, to equal effect.  We tried hanging it on a tree at eye level but there were no good twigs within reach (by design, safety etc).

Fail...

It was at this point I started thinking about my bag of tricks.  Sure enough I had some glow-in-the-dark makeup left over from the Elevator gig; maybe it would glow?  Turns out while it luminesces blue-white after charging, it also fluoresces bright green under UV(!) so it got good and smeared to bring out the features.  We were on our way now!

...anyway we also have a toilet, and my partner Twiztid (or TW12T1D depending on mood) set the head on the tank.  It catches some good UV (actually it's grosser in regular light) and so did the head.  Not bad.  So the head stayed on the tank for a while, but it was centred and that wouldn't do, and I moved it to one side.  Better... then I realised how NOT thinking we were, and dropped the head in the bowl looking up.

Shazam.

So I'm going through my "You know... you remind me of my ex-wife... I HATED my ex-wife!" gig, and more inspiration struck.  (It was a good night, getting better all the time.)

The next group I changed it up.

"You know... you remind me of... someone."
"Who?" (Half the time they ask; machs nicht, I go right on ahead anyway)
"Actually, I never knew her name-- but we kept her around!" ...and gesture so they see the head.

Let's just say it works.

So about the third bunch I try this on, I'm working a couple, I gesture at the head, and they both look, and they both say, "SHIT!"

(Between heartbeats I kicked myself in the ass five times.  I could not BELIEVE I had not foreseen this response, and there I was, totally caught without a snapback...
...well, the Joker has this verbal habit, if you study the movie; he says things four times, like, "Ahh ta ta ta ta..." or "No.  No no.  No, --" which is a good autopilot vamp for time I've used more than once, and by the time it's out I have something to follow.)

So--

"SHIT!"
"No.  No no.  No, that wasn't her name.  We just call her that-- now."

They couldn't get away fast enough. Hell, I would have run TOO. But you know, with such a beautimus thing now cocked and ready to roll out, nobody since has said, "SHIT!"...

...that's okay.  Eight down, eighteen to go; it'll happen again, you'll see.

And y'know, I never worry about you at crucial junctures.  You always come through when it's crunch time; whether it's faith or talent, it works.

—Ron Copis