Imagine this: A sweeping aerial view of Boothbay Harbor moves past Hodgdon Marine and over the inner harbor. The camera closes in on Carousel Music Theater. An announcer says, “Live from beautiful Boothbay Harbor, Maine it’s time to play … 'Rhyme and Reason.'"

Inside the Carousel,the announcer continues: “Welcome to 'Rhyme and Reason!' Now let’s introduce our celebrity panel: Celebrated master of horror, author Stephen King (applause, spooky whoops and hollers from the audience); humorist, author and recording artist Tim Sample (more applause, whoops and hollers), the quick-witted maestro and composer … Aaron Robinson! (applause, whoops and hollers – it’s a lively audience!) And now, here’s the star of the show."

You may remember the “Bill Naud, the game show guy” article from a few weeks back. In short, Bill and his wife Karen moved to the region from Los Angeles, California. Karen has roots in Ogunquit, but found a house she liked here in Boothbay. When she announced she wanted to return to Maine, he began entertaining reviving his show “Rhyme and Reason" Bob Eubanks hosted in 1975 and 1976.

Bill, a game show lover, had a knack for creating game shows for the networks, on NBC: “Haggus Baggus,” “Blank Check,” and a weekly series also on NBC, “The Girl In My Life,” which ran for 18 months; and for ABC, “Hide and Go Seek” and “Rhyme and Reason.”

He began making connections in the region by calling the Boothbay Register. And since the first article, Naud has continued to make a Maine-based “Rhyme and Reason, to be shopped to the networks, a reality.

For starters, he’s got King, Sample, and Robinson on board. Robinson will also be composing the theme song.

“He is lightning,” said Naud about Robinson. “Just talking to him on the phone – and arranging our meeting was enough for me to hire him! I told him, 'If we make any money on this you’ll get paid.' He said, 'That's showbiz.'”

“Aaron wrote a jingle on the way home after our meeting Saturday,” Karen said. “He’s also going to work with the opening footage.”

“He was so funny we had to make him a panelist,” Naud added. “His rhymes were wonderful.”

The Nauds have met with the Carousel's general manager, Paulette Carter, a few times. Carter agreed to shoot the pilot there.

Last week, the ad the Nauds ran in the Boothbay Register for someone to build the sets was answered by Tim Fieldler. He's been working on the podiums for the celebrities and contestants. The sets Naud designed will be movable.

“As you can see all the parts of the seat are all around us,” laughed Naud. “Tim will complete assembling the sets by May 13. Until then … pieces are everywhere! Tim is doing excellent work and we are thrilled to have him working on this with us.”

While Fieldler is assembling the set, the Nauds are assembling cast and crew. Producer, Carter – check; business manager, Tara Hughes – check; three of six celebrities – half a check; production, Cody Mitchell/BRCTV - check; entertaining and witty emcee … no check; experienced person to head up the camera crew? No, still looking.

If you’d like to be one of the local celebs, work on your rhyming skills before you contact Bill. And keep in mind, he’ll be writing the pilot's first lines of the couplets that are ripe for innuendo. Try this one from a 1975 "Rhyme and Reason" episode: “The Mona Lisa is smiling and the reason could be ...” Then watch the clip to find out what the celebs had to say.

In the very near future, Bill will be sending out a call in the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper for two contestant couples. That’s right, couples – married, dating, committed without legal documents – a departure from the original where the contestants were of the tried and true one man, one woman variety. Why? Because the grand prize will be a deluxe second honeymoon, or first honeymoon, or just a lovely romantic getaway.

Guess Bill is a romantic as well as a game show enthusiast.

If this sounds like an adventure you’d like to experience, shoot an email to Bill at bnaud2@aol.com or call 626-806-8160.