Sheryl Thompson and her family have always joked about going on a show like Family Feud Canada.
The thing is, sheās not the kind of person to not follow through on an idea like that.
āIām the type of person that likes to walk my talk,ā she said. āAnd so I say, you know what? Timeās up, letās do this.ā
So she and her family (Julie Bronson, Robyn Ross, Iris Rayburn and Marian Atkinson) put together an audition tape and sent it off.
āWe all wore our cedar bark hats,ā Thompson said. āIt showed Campbell River, it showed our Nation, the canoes. It was really good.ā
Somebody at CBC must have enjoyed it, because after a few interviews and Zoom meetings, they asked Thompson if she and the family could come to Toronto for filming in September.
āTo myself, Iām going āholyā¦ā But to my team, yeah, I said, āyeah, letās do that,āā she said. āFamily Feud paid for all our expenses except for our food, they flew us from Campbell River to Toronto, gave us a beautiful hotel right downtown and and then we went to Family Feud.ā
The episode, which aired Dec. 5, has the Roberts family, who are members of the We Wai Kum First Nation, facing off against the Wilson family from Whitby, Ontario. For those who donāt want a spoiler, the episode is available to watch . While the Robertsā didnāt prevail against the Wilsons, they sure did have a good time.
āWhen Iām nervous I get really animated,ā Thompson said. āI just say something really crazy which makes people laugh and itās kind of like letting them know youāre the same as me. You know, weāre not different ā¦ Thatās just how we roll in our family. We like to laugh a lot and I think thatās the point of the show too.ā
The Roberts family also stood out because they wore their traditional Cedar hats and regalia on the show, which was Thompsonās idea.
āI wanted to do something different,ā she said.
Though they did not win, they did get $200 each from Family Feud Canada. They decided that since they were already in Toronto they would do some things that they always wanted to do like watch a Blue Jays game and visit Niagara Falls.
Thompsonās favourite part of the experience was coming home to people in the community who were excited about the local exposure on TV.
āThat, and joking around with Gerry Dee,ā Thompson said.
āI encourage anybody to give it a try,ā she said. āYeah think of something you need about your family and and go for because itās quite easy.ā
The episode is available .
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