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Title: Oh, our genre isn't dead yet?
Post by: ChrisLambert! on October 30, 2008, 10:17:06 PM

On Planet Green (oho you see what they did thair), and no, it's not the 'Sports on Tap' guy...

Press release for "Go For the Green" can be found on the Futon Critic (http://\"http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20081030planetgreen01\").

Title: Oh, our genre isn't dead yet?
Post by: Jay Temple on October 30, 2008, 10:27:07 PM

Well, it's not as though Ted McGinley was hosting a show.

Title: Oh, our genre isn't dead yet?
Post by: CarbonCpy on October 31, 2008, 12:11:49 AM

Game shows aren't dead, they just smell funny.

FAKE EDIT:  If you think that's bad, Tim & Eric are working on a game show for Adult Swim called "Neil Hamburger's Big Ball."  Which leads me to ask is an intentionally awful game show better or worse than an unintentionally awful game show?

Title: Oh, our genre isn't dead yet?
Post by: MTCesquire on October 31, 2008, 01:35:55 AM

[quote name=\'CarbonCpy\' post=\'200800\' date=\'Oct 31 2008, 12:11 AM\']
FAKE EDIT:  If you think that's bad, Tim & Eric are working on a game show for Adult Swim called "Neil Hamburger's Big Ball."  Which leads me to ask is an intentionally awful game show better or worse than an unintentionally awful game show?
[/quote]

Anything with Tim & Eric's name attached to it spells instant crapola.  Need proof?  I dare you to sit through five minutes of "Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job" or "Tom Goes to the Mayor" without WTF'ing (and not in the funny "Family Guy" way).

Title: Oh, our genre isn't dead yet?
Post by: Matt Ottinger on October 31, 2008, 10:00:26 AM

[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'200789\' date=\'Oct 30 2008, 09:17 PM\']
On Planet Green (oho you see what they did thair), and no, it's not the 'Sports on Tap' guy...

Press release for "Go For the Green" can be found on the Futon Critic (http://\"http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20081030planetgreen01\").[/quote]
They had to pick Tom?  Seth wasn't available?  Or Brian Austin?

Title: Oh, our genre isn't dead yet?
Post by: CarbonCpy on October 31, 2008, 10:38:18 AM

[quote name=\'MTCesquire\' post=\'200803\' date=\'Oct 31 2008, 01:35 AM\']
Anything with Tim & Eric's name attached to it spells instant crapola.  Need proof?  I dare you to sit through five minutes of "Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job" or "Tom Goes to the Mayor" without WTF'ing (and not in the funny "Family Guy" way).
[/quote]

I got a lot more enjoyment out of Awesome Show, Great Job when I found out most of the show is making fun of public access shows.

(...What, am I the only one that remembers Fred Willard's "Access America?")


Also: Cinco Ball Insurance ("Hello, Cinco?  It happened again!")

Title: Oh, our genre isn't dead yet?
Post by: uncamark on October 31, 2008, 04:20:54 PM

Meanwhile, Burt Wheeler and Sharon Sussman are recycling the whittle-a-studio-audience-down formula from "Singled Out" (well, if they're recycling it's appropriate for Planet Green).

ObGameShow:  Tom Bergeron's already hosting "Supper Club" for the channel.