I can already hear the criticisms against it. If you're watching for the purpose of watching a game show, there's not a lot there. But as far as I'm concerned, this may very well be the best original GSN has ever created. Thoroughly entertaining program from start ("...and I'm a weasel!") to finish (a surprisingly engaging end game). Frankly staggering production values by typical GSN standards, and a loose glibness and series of running jokes that suggests a show that's already been going a long time. Golly, but somebody worked hard (and spent money) on this.
OK, yes, it helps that I'm a huge fan of Larry Miller and the Muppets already, but there were dozens of ways this could have turned out wrong. Look no further than Burt Ludden to see how hard it is to pull off a heavily scripted comedy show that's still an actual game. For the first time since the IGAS remake (and the classic IGAS reruns), I've got a GSN show on my season pass.
