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Can You Tell
Fedya:
I was flipping through the channels on Sunday (3pmET) and came across the show \"Can You Tell\" on the Oxygen Channel. I didn't see the whole thing, so I don't even know who the host is, but the DirecTV on screen guide implied it was a new show, the date given as this past June (which would imply it's been on for about three weeks now). If anybody else has seen the show, feel free to provide more info or their own review.
Premise: Almost a rip-off of the \"final\" round on TTTT90, in which one civilian was brought out with two possible premises, one of which was true and the other false. On \"Can You Tell\", there were two civilians and two premises (related from a language sense), with each premise matching one of the civilians. On the episode I saw, there were: a \"mother of five\" and a \"Mother Superior\", and a segment with a \"personal trainer\" and an \"animal trainer\". The panel (apparently celebs since they weren't wearing nametags) asked questions of the civilians and at the end had to guess which civilian fit which premise. Everybody seemed to get a flat $500 regardless of how many celebs guessed wrong.
Review: I'd have to watch a complete episode or two give it a full review, but the format seems to have a few problems the TTTT90 format didn't have. Since as far as I could tell, everybody had to tell the truth, it seems as if there'd have to be more judgment on the part of the host as to disallowing certain questions -- you can't just ask a contestant, \"Are you the Mother Superior?\". On TTTT, you could do this simply because the civilian was expected to lie about the false premise, as well as imposters in the regular game. If they were regularly to get celebs interested in playing the game and not promoting themselves, I don't think it would be any worse than a lot of other latter-day game shows.
Brandon Brooks:
I've seen it. It's boring as hell. Why?
1. The \"celebrities\" aren't funny, but they try their damnedest to be.
2. No one appears to win or lose.
3. The host, who's name I don't know nor have I ever heard of, has the personality of zwieback.
However, the Sunday Night Sex Show's pretty good. Other than that, and maybe a rerun of A Different World, there's nothing there for me.
Brandon Brooks
vtown7:
--- Quote ---However, the Sunday Night Sex Show's pretty good. Other than that, and maybe a rerun of A Different World, there's nothing there for me.
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Is that Sunday night the show with Sue johansen? If so, she came to my university during my frosh week back in '97. She's not scared of any questions, that's for sure!
Cheers,
Ryan V.
Fedya:
Brandon Brooks wrote:
--- Quote ---However, the Sunday Night Sex Show's pretty good. Other than that, and maybe a rerun of A Different World, there's nothing there for me.
--- End quote ---
Well, they've had some of the Hitchcock movies, and I even got to see The Stepford Wives thanks to Oxygen. :-)
As I said, I was flipping through channels on the on-screen guide, and saw the show listed as a game show, so I figured I'd watch.
You may be right about the host, as well as the \"celebrities\" (the latter of course being a major problem with TTTT2k), but on panel shows, is it really a big deal whether the civilians win or lose?
Brandon Brooks:
[quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Jul 6 2003, 09:42 PM\'] You may be right about the host, as well as the "celebrities" (the latter of course being a major problem with TTTT2k), but on panel shows, is it really a big deal whether the civilians win or lose? [/quote]
Good point. But if the show has little else going for it, the fact that it doesn't matter makes the game even dumber.
Brandon Brooks
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