Late Night Liars

[clemon79]

Concur in every way. As you said, not much game there...but there really isn't supposed to be. Endgame was *very* funny.

Dunno if I'll record every night, but I suspect me and the GF are all over it on nights when StewBeef is a rerun.

[chad1m]

I watched it and when it comes to the comedy and/or the game, I didn't really enjoy it. The jokes weren't that funny, the "game" was fairly anticlimactic and the panel started grating on my nerves by the end of the show. My favorite part was the endgame. I wonder if 43 seconds is permanent or if its arbitrary like the question values? A bit surprised that $500/per was the consolation, since $3,500 is a pretty big "aww, sorry" on a $10,000 top prize. Overall I can see how some people will be entertained by it, but unfortunately, for the most part, I'm not one of them.

/I am, however, gonna start an "I love that guy" drinking game.

[TLEberle]

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'242269\' date=\'Jun 10 2010, 09:02 PM\']A bit surprised that $500/per was the consolation, since $3,500 is a pretty big "aww, sorry" on a $10,000 top prize.[/quote]If your winner of the main game is going to finish with less than $2,000, then I don't have a big problem with piling on some extra cash in the bonus round. Tonight's winner wound up with a skosh less than the top regular prize on Lingo. That didn't bug me at all.

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'242267\' date=\'Jun 10 2010, 11:56 PM\']Dunno if I'll record every night, but I suspect me and the GF are all over it on nights when StewBeef is a rerun.[/quote]
I made a point of catching the debut, but from here out, I'm happy to let TiVo record one of the 735 reruns and still enjoy myself some Daily Show.  Also, it's not nightly, but weekly.  Word is that a nightly show was cost-prohibitive.  My understanding is that there are only eight shows in the initial order.

As for the "brain-wracking decisions", let's give them some credit.  What little game there is has total play-along value.  If I must critique the game itself, I'm not wild about the fact that the Randomometer can decide the outcome, though I am totally amused that they have something they call a Randomometer.

As for the comedy, I'm impressed with the five characters.  If I'm producing, I'd have a couple more panelists to mix in every once in a while, though I don't think that's part of their plan.  I'd also like to see more interaction between Larry and his sidekick than just Weasel jokes/Larry laughs.  As Chad pointed out, "I love that guy" got a little stale.  But these are small things.

I'd have played for even lower stakes, since that's totally not the selling point.  $5000 top prize, and $100 for each correct answer if you fall short.  I'd also let the loser keep the money he earned.

[TLEberle]

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'242271\' date=\'Jun 10 2010, 09:09 PM\']As for the "brain-wracking decisions", let's give them some credit.  What little game there is has total play-along value.  If I must critique the game itself, I'm not wild about the fact that the Randomometer can decide the outcome, though I am totally amused that they have something they call a Randomometer.[/quote]And if the guy had gotten the Fox Reality shows question right, that final question would have ended up moot.

The questions are actually interesting, if you can get beyond the fact that the game really doesn't probe any new ground. And it doesn't have to, since you have the Pointy Haired Boss voice playing host to Muppets. Muppets who are naughty. Focus on that bit and you have something.

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'242272\' date=\'Jun 11 2010, 12:14 AM\']you have the Pointy Haired Boss voice[/quote]
In trying to explain to someone who Larry Miller is, I admit that credit eluded me.

/"Suck-up salesman in Pretty Woman" seems to be most effective.

[weaklink75]

I concur- there's not much game there, but that's not the point. The puppets work really well (and they get the "types" they're trying to do superbly), and Larry Miller's OK- if a bit stilted at times. I don't know if a lot of the GSN viewers will "get it"- TBS probably would have been a bit of a better fit for this show.

[joker316]

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'242281\' date=\'Jun 11 2010, 07:33 AM\'][quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'242272\' date=\'Jun 11 2010, 12:14 AM\']you have the Pointy Haired Boss voice[/quote]
In trying to explain to someone who Larry Miller is, I admit that credit eluded me.

/"Suck-up salesman in Pretty Woman" seems to be most effective.
[/quote]
Or the dean in Necessary Roughness

[Steve Gavazzi]

[quote name=\'joker316\' post=\'242287\' date=\'Jun 11 2010, 10:13 AM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'242281\' date=\'Jun 11 2010, 07:33 AM\'][quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'242272\' date=\'Jun 11 2010, 12:14 AM\']you have the Pointy Haired Boss voice[/quote]In trying to explain to someone who Larry Miller is, I admit that credit eluded me.

/"Suck-up salesman in Pretty Woman" seems to be most effective.[/quote]Or the dean in Necessary Roughness[/quote]
Or the murderer in the Law & Order rerun I stumbled onto yesterday.

...okay, so that's not effective at all.  I'm really just amused that I ran into him twice in one day and didn't even realize it was the same guy until I looked him up on Wiki.

[Clay Zambo]

D'oh!  Missed the premiere.  Am looking for a rerun now. Glad to hear it's not terrible, and looking forward to its success.

[gamed121683]

[quote name=\'joker316\' post=\'242287\' date=\'Jun 11 2010, 10:13 AM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'242281\' date=\'Jun 11 2010, 07:33 AM\'][quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'242272\' date=\'Jun 11 2010, 12:14 AM\']you have the Pointy Haired Boss voice[/quote]
In trying to explain to someone who Larry Miller is, I admit that credit eluded me.

/"Suck-up salesman in Pretty Woman" seems to be most effective.
[/quote]
Or the dean in Necessary Roughness
[/quote]

Wasn't he also John Ritter's boss at the paper on 8 Simple Rules?

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'242297\' date=\'Jun 11 2010, 11:07 AM\']D'oh!  Missed the premiere.  Am looking for a rerun now. Glad to hear it's not terrible, and looking forward to its success.[/quote]
Oh, don't worry.  GSN will only run this thing seven or eight hundred more times.

/Considering they apparently only taped something like eight episodes.

[tpirfan28]

[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'242297\' date=\'Jun 11 2010, 12:07 PM\']D'oh!  Missed the premiere.  Am looking for a rerun now. Glad to hear it's not terrible, and looking forward to its success.[/quote]
Midnight (as in 8 hrs from now).

[Jeremy Nelson]

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'242265\' date=\'Jun 10 2010, 10:50 PM\']....and a loose glibness and series of running jokes that suggests a show that's already been going a long time.[/quote]
I got that, too. From the get go, this didn't feel like a "first episode"- it was more like Match Game by '76 or so.

[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'240403\' date=\'May 5 2010, 03:12 PM\']If this works?  Next Match Game panel.[/quote]
From left to right, you have Brett, Charles, rotating ditzy bimbo, and Richard. I think in Mummy's character description, CNR is even mentioned.

I can't tell you where just yet, but this show already ranks in my top 5 GSN originals, and if they keep producing good material, it could very well end up in my top 3 (and I think it will).

[joshg]

[quote name=\'weaklink75\' post=\'242286\' date=\'Jun 11 2010, 06:10 AM\']I concur- there's not much game there, but that's not the point. The puppets work really well (and they get the "types" they're trying to do superbly), and Larry Miller's OK- if a bit stilted at times. I don't know if a lot of the GSN viewers will "get it"- TBS probably would have been a bit of a better fit for this show.[/quote]
They'll fix the lack of game by adding another round in the "PM" version.