Game shows

There is a new game show on ABC called Show Me the Money, a stunningly original name for a show. The premise is that William Shatner, the host, asks you questions... the questions begin like The last..., and then there are three choices. You pick A, B, or C and all have different questions, all beginning with the two words The last... You can pass on the first two you choose if you don't know them, but then you have to answer the third.

This is ok, if somewhat unnecessary. I guess if you have two words and you SWEAR you know something about those words. Still...

so after you answer the question, right or wrong, you choose one of the girls that have a mystery dollar amount, and they show that amount, and you get it if you answered correct, lose it if you answered incorrect. This continues until you either get six wrong, six right, or get the Killer, which ends your game with no winnings. I think the dollar amounts are ridiculous. No question is worth 200,000 dollars, at least not in some trivia game.

The worst part is the dancing. i.e., contestant answers a question right, and Shatner suddenly says "It's time to celebrate! Ladies, salsa!" and all of the girls start to salsa, and everyone starts cheering. This also continues going into and coming out of commercial breaks. Shatner and the contestant dance obnoxiously too. And the camera is zooming in and out and cutting to different dancers like a music video. It's upsetting.

On Jeopardy, someone from the Broadway version of Mamma Mia! came out and started singing one of the sings, just a 20 second clip, but overexuberantly. She looked ridiculous.

Are game shows so idiotic now that they need this non game show shit? The Jeopardy one just shocked me. Those questions they ask On Location are fine. But the woman singing, and all this dancing. Whatever happened to good old 21, the game show on the movie Quiz Show. That was a hardcore gameshow, hard, no dancing, just sweat and concentration.