I was watching last nights episode & when the guy from The Three Stooges gave the clue "he was president during Watergate" & then the lady said "I don't know" I was thinking WHAT?!?!?! Then during the final round giving the clue "he plays baseball" for Brett Favre I thought to myself, since when? IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!
shareOne thing is that sometimes the contestants aren't old enough to know the answers. Watergate is from the 70's and if I remember correctly, the contestant was in her 20's. If someone doesn't pay attention to sports, they wouldn't know Favre from the man in the moon.
shareIt doesn't matter if they are only in their 20's & Watergate happened in the 70's, they did have to take a History class in High School I would imagine
shareWhenever people say they were too young to remember someone from entertainment/sports from the past, I always think...I know who Shakespeare is...I know who Beethoven is...I know who George Washington is...I know who James Dean is...I know who Marilyn Monroe is...and those people died before I was born. That's just an excuse.
Debbie
No one knows everything about everything, so it's not an excuse. Although I was young, I was around in the 70's yet I know very little about sports celebs, because it's not a topic that interests me. But I'd be really good at sitcom names and celebs from the 70's and 80's. It all depends on what we've been exposed to and our level of interest in the topic.
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It drives me crazy how bad most of the people are at playing this game. I give the celebrities some slack but the contestants are just awful.
I have the feeling these people go to the audition for the show not knowing what type of game they are auditioning for. Their lack of pop culture and general knowledge trivia is definitely not to the level it should be for someone on that show.
I would KILL on that show. I'm great with celebrity names.
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"I have the feeling these people go to the audition for the show not knowing what type of game they are auditioning for. Their lack of pop culture and general knowledge trivia is definitely not to the level it should be for someone on that show."
Then how did they make it past the auditions? If they bomb on the show, they had to have bombed during auditions too.
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I would LOVE to be on this show, too, because I love entertainment & pop culture
shareMy husband used to run a film production facility where a famous game show was shot. Sometimes I would watch the auditions or the show's filming and I learned that morons are fine contestants, generally preferable to smart (read: dignified people) because they jump up and down and squeal and make fools of themselves so willingly. Also, if the questions are too hard they make sad-puppy faces for a second, then brighten, clap, and guess. They just make better television and if they don't the director reshoots the scene.
Additionally, since these shows aren't aimed at regular viewers of, say, Charlie Rose or NOVA, the contestants appeal to the viewing public.
I think it says a lot about what we consider "entertainment" now.
I couldn't care less if someone doesn't know a certain celebrity but when they don't know historical figures and what they were famous for, that is quite sad. The other day they're were two people on the show that didn't know Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address. Craig was the clue giver and was shocked when the both of them didn't know. One would have been bad enough but both of'em was in fact quite shocking. I find it rather amusing that a guy from England knows more about American history than the people on this show.
shareOops, Scotland... Don't let Craig catch you calling him English. LOL!
It is a bit shocking when Craig has to give a clue like Blabraham Inkum before they can guess one of our most famous presidents, but I tend to cut the contestants some slack for being in a stressful situation. (Plus, I think some of them just have actual brain-freeze. They keep it so cold in the studio, you can see the lady contestants' outright shivering and/or their hair and blouses blowing in the breeze.)
The one that gets me is when the name is Benjamin Franklin, and the contestant always says, "He's the president on the $100 bill". Benjamin Franklin was never President. But the most infamous case had to have been when the name was Craig Ferguson. The clue giver pointed to the host and said, "He's that guy there". The person was stumped.
But throughout it all, my motto was "Dignity! Always dignity!".
In the bonus round on today's first episode, the only remaining name was "Bed, Bath & Beyond." AS USUAL with the morons on this show, the contestant gave every ridiculous clue you can think of...but DIDN'T do the OBVIOUS: "the thing you sleep on at night..." "Bed." "Not a shower but a..." "Bath." By this time the celebrities should've gotten it, since things like "it's a store" had already been said: "Bed, Bath & Beyond." Instead, the idiot kept going with "it's an alliteration...blank blank blank...blank blank blank..."
And...on the second episode, one of the names was "Michigan." So what does Einstein do? Why, he says: "it's a state...they have five lakes...a state...it's north...it's a state...they have five lakes..." What DOESN'T he say? "Detroit...?" "Michigan!"
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I can understand that one especially as they did really well on everything else. He panicked. If you cannot find a way to get the store without using the words its a good strategy to do the words one at a time. They would have gotten it after: Sleep On ____ & _____ Tub.
Some players are totally clueless.
The ones that really annoy me are people that say:
"Oh she's a really great actress, I love her, she's been in a lot of amazing movies..." as though that should mean anything to anybody and hasn't just wasted 7 seconds to providing zero information.
The ones that really annoy me are people that say:Yep! Good grief, they're great at "he's an actor! a famous actor!" Um...gee...let me flip through the ZILLIONS of famous actors there have been since the inception of acting...and maybe in a year or two I'll pick the correct ONE.
"Oh she's a really great actress, I love her, she's been in a lot of amazing movies..." as though that should mean anything to anybody and hasn't just wasted 7 seconds to providing zero information.
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And some even do that when the category is 'famous actors'...
shareAnd some even do that when the category is 'famous actors'...I know! Amazing.
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But funny how smitten that one contestant was over Rick Fox in this episode.
shareI have noticed that, so far this season, the contestants seem to actually know pop culture. They might not be good at giving clues, but they have been getting more answers right. I think that's due to the first season, no one really knew about the show, so they were just getting anyone to be on. This season, they've actually had people apply and want to be on the show.
And, I do like the new changes. As well, Craig seems to have become more of himself this season. Yeah, he's been pretty risque (as some others have commented), but that's what I expect from him.
Debbie
They do seem to be better, I only remember Craig breaking his "rhyming" rule once. And when Weird Al was the clue giver the contestants got nine right in the first round, the highest total I've seen in that round, though I have seen nine and ten for the first 45 seconds of the final round.
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Okay kind of spoilers, but didn't you see that bonus round where the guy got all 10 clues in 45 seconds?
shareYea and Craig made it look like the guy had gotten none when his partner came out.
Once with Richard Dawson on Family Feud someone got over 200 in the first round so Richard, on top of his game, asked the second contestant a bunch of crazy questions nobody could possibly answer before letting him know they had already won anyways.
Yea and Craig made it look like the guy had gotten none when his partner came out.That was great.
Once with Richard Dawson on Family Feud someone got over 200 in the first round so Richard, on top of his game, asked the second contestant a bunch of crazy questions nobody could possibly answer before letting him know they had already won anyways.I LOVED the original "Family Feud" with Richard Dawson. Talk about risque! And FUNNY! I remember one particular episode where a contestant answered "hippopotamus" to something that couldn't POSSIBLY have hippopotamus as an answer; the entire audience, all the contestants, and Dawson himself cracked up laughing. I remember everyone I knew back then calling and talking about it. All these years later I have no idea what the question was, but I'll never forget laughing my ass off at the answer!
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Just saw 2 of the worst team ever on today's show WOW did they suck
You knew there was no way in hell they were gonna win at the end
A country in Africa, it starts with a K ? Kangaroo
She's the Queen of soul from Detroit ? Britney Spears
Its a type of doctor guys over 40 dont wanna see if you do, you sure hope he has small knuckles? Coroner
Its a major in College ? Scientology
Its was like that for the whole show lol
Yes, those teams were horrible! And that chick with the long blonde hair was allegedly a lawyer. I'm so sure. Even Craig asked that, and asked if her glasses were actually hers. I nearly threw the remote at the tv.
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What did I just say? Read the last line of my post again! Some people...
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I'm not sure, but I think there's an all-time low from one of yesterday's episodes. The name was "24"--and the woman said all kinds of ridiculous things, including "the number after Michael Jordan's", but DIDN'T say the most obvious of all: the number of hours in a day.
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