[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 8 2005, 09:58 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 8 2005, 07:14 PM\'][quote name=\'garfybrewer\' date=\'Jan 8 2005, 05:38 PM\']While I have seen a 10-for-10 accomplished once on GSN's Win Ben Stein's Money run, has it happened any other times?
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I've seen it happen once for Ben and twice for a contestant. I'm pretty sure it's happened more than once for Ben though.
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One of my very favorite Best of 10 rounds had the champion inviting Ben to go first. He proceeded to reel off 9 right answers from what wasn't a very easy stack of questions at all. Money's safe this day, right?
Wrong. Player goes a perfect 10 for 10, and relieves Ben of a cool five large. A great moment on what was a horribly underrated game show.
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Never underrated from this corner--any show that combines a genuine hard Q&A with contemporary comedy and a genuine sense of risk gets nothing but admiration and love here. When Ben was free to reveal his neuroses about showing himself up on national TV and Kimmel was the sidekick, it was cooking on all cylinders. Unfortunately, it will be a hard one to revive, even if Ben wants to do it again (and he might), because Kimmel's otherwise engaged--but if they can find another perfect smartass, go for it. (I admit that I didn't get to see the last season of shows with Kimmel's nephew, so I don't know if he and Ben had the same chemistry--I do know that he and Nancy Pimental didn't.)
Of course, you also need a Ben Stein--and it seemed to me that in other countries, neither Jeremy Beadle nor two Australian DJs trading off the Ben/Kimmel roles fit the bill. (I also heard that the game material on "Win Beadle's Money" was overwhelmingly pop culture and a lot simpler than the original.)
