For some reason, probably because I used to contribute to Aaron Barnhart's TV Barn until last week, when the site became a blog on the site of his employer, the Kansas City Star, I get press releases from Comedy Central. Today, I got a release announcing the second season of "Distraction," which some of you knew was coming from the craigslist post posted here. It's a 14-episode order and will air sometime in the first quarter of next year. Jimmy Carr's back as host.
The part I'm going to quote is something you'll be interested in--the new distractions for U.S. Season 2:
New distractions for the second season include: Tattoo -- tattoo artists administer fresh tattoos while contestants try to concentrate on answering questions; Nudist on Turntables -- wearing nothing but index cards with answers written on them, nudists rotate on a turntable as contestants are asked questions that correlate to the answers on the cards and must take the cards/answers off the nudists with their teeth; Electrocution -- contestants receive an electric shock every time they blink as they attempt to answer questions; Geese Peck -- contestants must answer questions while lying down in a pen, covered with feed, as geese eat off their bodies; and Catapult -- a small catapult throws a bevy of items such as eggs, pies and flour into the contestants' faces each time they buzz in to answer a question.
First season "distractions" that will make an encore include: Clothes Pins, contestants must attach as many clothespins on their face as possible during a speed round of questions; Wrestlers, huge wrestlers body slam and throw contestants around while they are asked and answer a variety of questions; and Hot Shots, contestants down a shot of hot sauce before they can answer each question.
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Something to look forward to this winter.
(And the odd number of the order? They only did 12 last season, and 12 + 14 = 26.)
