Have you ever witnessed a PAR lamp shatter?

[TimMiller]

if the lens separates from the reflector you have yourself and ETC par lens

 

[derekleffew]

if the lens separates from the reflector you have yourself and ETC par lens

Except for the buxom, or XWFL lens, which never made it onto a lamp. Oh, would that it had, at least in PAR64-size!

 

[teksalot]

Par lamp exploded above the stage during a dress rehearsal for The Importance of Being Earnest. A part of the filament landed on the sofa and caught it on fire. The ASM ran out, grabbed one of the decorative pillows and stomped it out.

I kept the gel as a souveneir with parts of the glass melted into. Over the years, the glass slowly broke away from the gel and I eventually threw it away. I still have the gel to this day though. Great college souveneir.