[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 16 2006, 03:08 PM\']I have mixed feelings. Some of it looks like a lot of fun, but some of it (especially with Lake at the helm) looks like it's being played for camp parody.[/quote]
The British version (which mmb5 was so kind to show me) was lots of fun with no parody anywhere in sight. Oh, sure, they poked fun (after all, The Golden Shot featured live-in-studio blindfolded crossbow shooting) but they never made fun. You can actually see the celebrities begin by thinking it's going to be a big goof, then their competitive instincts kick in and it suddenly becomes serious to them. Basically, think of celebrity versions of Jeopardy, Wheel or some other standard. It's played for more laughs than usual, but still done with respect. Also, as Randy said, this is being put together by fans. Have faith!
One problem is, the British version benefits from having professional funny guys as hosts, so as good as Ricki might be, there's a void there. In retrospect, imagine how good Howie could have been at something like this.
Password would seem awkward for several reasons. It's a slow game by modern standards, the players might very well suck at it, and the competitors would be dependent on each other for scoring.
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 16 2006, 03:08 PM\']The way I understood it, the format was that the celebrity who did the poorest was eliminated on every show.[/quote]
I thought so too, but that was never the format, and I think we just had the typical reality-show mentality stuck in our heads. For the first four games, it's the winners who advance. No one's eliminated until week four, when the two losers on Press Your Luck are out.
