Top 5 Worst Game Shows of All Time
Being unemployed forces you to spend a little too much time in front of the TV watching everything from Bad Education: The Pamela Smart Story to reruns of Yes, Dear. Through all of this horrid programming I have grown quite fond of GSN or The Game Show Network. Every night they show episodes of Who wants to be a Millionaire? and The Amazing Race. Every day they show episodes of some really awful game shows that should never have aired in the first place but are now being replayed for all of eternity. The following is a list of the top 5 Worst Game Shows of All Time. Counting down from 5 to 1.5.) The Price is Right-I realize that I am going to get a lot of flak regarding this entry, but if you actually stop and think about it you will agree. Why in the world does anybody care what the actual retail price of an automatic leaf bagger is? Why should someone be rewarded for knowing this? People get so excited by this show, but once it is broken down you can see it for what it really is. The #5 Worst Game Show of All Time.
4.) Lingo-I think this one is brand spanking new. However it may be an update on an older version. The show is hosted by Chuck Woolery. I don't have any complaints about this guy as I think he does a fine job and the Love Connection was great, but man o man is this show lame. The contestants are given one letter and from that one letter they have to guess a five letter word. If you thought Wheel of Fortune was bad give this one a try. Plus the contestants are idiots. One of them tried to use the word solts. As far as I know that isn't a word. I'm pretty sure Chuck laughed and called them a doofus.
3.) Shop Til You Drop-A cheap rip-off of Supermarket Sweep and one of Jay's favorite game shows. Go for the VCR!
2.) Hollywood Squares-I don't know what bothers me more, the prescence of Bruce Villanche or the fact that the people in the squares are actually considered celebrities. Previous square holders have included the likes of Kathy Nijimy, Chuck Norris, Jim J. Bullock and Shadoe Stevens. What a joke. Speaking of jokes. I love how they always have to throw a joke in before they answer the question. Good one Whoopi.
1.) The Weakest Link-This show grew out of NBC's need to win back the large portion of their audience who had jumped ship during the Millionaire craze of the late 1990's. This show would be #2 if you were basing it only on the host. However if you factor in the stupidity of the contestants and game format you easily get the Worst Game Show of All Time. It isn't even a contest. The fact that the weakest link is voted on by the other contestants and is not based on statistics is just plain stupid. The Weakest Link is the weakest link. Goodbye.
posted by Craig Geiger @ 4:24 PM
1 Comments:
To Jay and Kevin,
There are many awful game shows. I tried to select 5 shows that in my opinion were the worst. It is hard to include Jokers Wild and Tic Tac Dough when I have never even seen either of those.
Maybe I will revise the list to include #'s 6-10.
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