my DH was once a few years ago. He's so not the kind of person who wants to get picked for things like that, so I thought overall he handled it pretty well. he was taken by surprise (obviously), and like I said that isn't really his thing, so he didn't ham it up as much as I've seen some other guys do, but overall it was a fun experience and my kids loved it. Now they keep going in hoping he'll be chosen again haha. He was also the churro guy once, and once was supposed to dance.