Here is the newsest guilty pleasure from the Mother Country, as explained by the UK Daily Star:
Ultimately, a quiz is a quiz is a quiz.
But to keep things fresh, gameshow creators are forever trying to dream up clever new formats. In this one, the entertainment is derived not so much from the questions themselves, but from the terrible fate that awaits the losers.
No, they’re not fed to the lions (although I understand such a concept is being considered by Channel 4 as a replacement for Big Brother) but ejected from the show in all manner of dramatic, humiliating ways – eg. via a human cannon, a catapult, a runaway car etc.
The last one standing wins £10,000, which by modern-day gameshow standards is pretty pathetic, but then, hey, it’s all about the fun of losing your dignity in front of millions of viewers. Steve Jones is our host.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/143324/101-Ways-To-Leave-A-Gameshow/
And thanks to the Beeb, we have a couple of high quality clips:
Now for the good/bad news, it's coming here!
ABC and Endemol are now casting for this (http://gameshows.about.com/b/2010/06/30/101-ways-to-leave-a-game-show-now-casting-california-residents.htm). Problem is that the top prize is only $50,000.
Oh, and you'll have to go to Argentina to be on the show.
No shit.
Well, the way Downfall is meeting it's, well downfall, maybe hosting 101 Ways would be a nicel lovely parting gift for host Chris Jericho, who has surprised a lot of people with his hosting skills. Jericho and DF can be keepers, if ABC can just retool that show.
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