Comedy Central: "Distraction"
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thewayneIt's a game show that is rather unique. They take the standard "answer questions, score points" and mix it up by adding distractions while they're trying to answer the questions. They ran a two-hour block Monday night/Tuesday AM and I watched it all. And quite liked it! Russ came in for the second hour and also enjoyed it.
Sample distractions:
Clothespins. While answering questions, they're applying as many clothespins on their face as possible. They score one point per question, with five bonus points for the person with the most clothespins on their face.
Pole Dance. Answer as many questions as possible while getting a lap dance.
Leapfrog/sack race/wheelbarrow. This was a second round feat, so they were down to three contestants. All three parts require a partner, so they brought in three nudists. It was digitally 'fuzzed'. One woman, a middle-aged man, and a rather overweight man. The woman had some really artistic tats, unfortunately you didn't really get a good view of them.
Downing shots of hot sauce. This was a final round between the two remaining. Answer a question correctly, and down a shot glass of hot sauce. And they were sweating! First one to answer five questions correctly and down five shots. Oh, and the round started with downing a shot. Oh, and if you were the winner, you down a double. If you keep it down, you win a new car.
Being shot by a paintball gun. Also a final round, if you fail to answer a question correctly, you get shot by a high-velocity paintball gun. In the nuts, in the breasts. And they were not wearing multiple layers of clothing like you'd normally do when you're playing. Definitely ouch!
The Tinkle Buzzers. None of the buzzers are conventional. One first round had all four contestants in gold lame go-go shorts and the buzzer was on a belt on their butt, so they buzzed in by slapping each other's butts. I find the tinkle buzzer much more amusing. The contestants have to drink two gallons of water before the show without going to the bathroom. They bring out four toilets in stalls. The contestants buzz in by "making a little wee".
Now the nasty part of the show is the end -- after the person has won the car (three of the four shows that I saw the grand prize was a car) they have a final round of questions. If the winner fails to answer a question, either a big black man called 'Tiny' mutilates the car with a sledge hammer, or the previous contestants who had lost on that show get to do the honors. I saw two brand-new Mustangs lose their headlights and windshields, one of them also had paint spilled on the roof. The third car, a Mazda 6, the winner was the first person in the history of the show (I have no idea how long the show has been on) to answer all the questions correctly and escape with an undamaged car!
The last show of last night had a great ending. The winner won: a Vespa Scooter, an Apple laptop, a digital camera combo with a printer and something else, I don't recall. They were all behind bullet-proof sheeting. An additional item in the enclosure was 18-lb turkey. Each item in the enclosure were rigged with explosives. And next to the contestant were five plungers. Each missed question he had to press a plunger and blow something up. He missed two -- the first blew up the digital camera set, the second blew up the turkey! It had multiple cameras on it and was quite something to see.
Anyway, a very good show. Very enjoyable, and the contestants, though surprised, seemed to really enjoy the show. The MC is a Brit and a very clever wit.
Sample distractions:
Clothespins. While answering questions, they're applying as many clothespins on their face as possible. They score one point per question, with five bonus points for the person with the most clothespins on their face.
Pole Dance. Answer as many questions as possible while getting a lap dance.
Leapfrog/sack race/wheelbarrow. This was a second round feat, so they were down to three contestants. All three parts require a partner, so they brought in three nudists. It was digitally 'fuzzed'. One woman, a middle-aged man, and a rather overweight man. The woman had some really artistic tats, unfortunately you didn't really get a good view of them.
Downing shots of hot sauce. This was a final round between the two remaining. Answer a question correctly, and down a shot glass of hot sauce. And they were sweating! First one to answer five questions correctly and down five shots. Oh, and the round started with downing a shot. Oh, and if you were the winner, you down a double. If you keep it down, you win a new car.
Being shot by a paintball gun. Also a final round, if you fail to answer a question correctly, you get shot by a high-velocity paintball gun. In the nuts, in the breasts. And they were not wearing multiple layers of clothing like you'd normally do when you're playing. Definitely ouch!
The Tinkle Buzzers. None of the buzzers are conventional. One first round had all four contestants in gold lame go-go shorts and the buzzer was on a belt on their butt, so they buzzed in by slapping each other's butts. I find the tinkle buzzer much more amusing. The contestants have to drink two gallons of water before the show without going to the bathroom. They bring out four toilets in stalls. The contestants buzz in by "making a little wee".
Now the nasty part of the show is the end -- after the person has won the car (three of the four shows that I saw the grand prize was a car) they have a final round of questions. If the winner fails to answer a question, either a big black man called 'Tiny' mutilates the car with a sledge hammer, or the previous contestants who had lost on that show get to do the honors. I saw two brand-new Mustangs lose their headlights and windshields, one of them also had paint spilled on the roof. The third car, a Mazda 6, the winner was the first person in the history of the show (I have no idea how long the show has been on) to answer all the questions correctly and escape with an undamaged car!
The last show of last night had a great ending. The winner won: a Vespa Scooter, an Apple laptop, a digital camera combo with a printer and something else, I don't recall. They were all behind bullet-proof sheeting. An additional item in the enclosure was 18-lb turkey. Each item in the enclosure were rigged with explosives. And next to the contestant were five plungers. Each missed question he had to press a plunger and blow something up. He missed two -- the first blew up the digital camera set, the second blew up the turkey! It had multiple cameras on it and was quite something to see.
Anyway, a very good show. Very enjoyable, and the contestants, though surprised, seemed to really enjoy the show. The MC is a Brit and a very clever wit.
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Date: 2005-12-14 06:38 pm (UTC)Oh, and if you enjoyed Distraction, you might want to check out MXC on Spike (another show that I don't really care for).
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Date: 2005-12-14 08:18 pm (UTC)Yeah, and monkeys might fly out of my butt!
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Date: 2005-12-15 03:30 am (UTC)