If you think you’ve screwed your life up sufficiently, just relax. You’ll have plenty more opportunities to jam the proverbial shovel into the soily base of that sorry pit that you call a life, and dig yourself an even deeper hole. Then, when the judgement comes [clutches bible in one hand and shakes it vigorously in your direction], you’ll have to answer for all the bullshit thou hath wrought, motherfucker.
But suppose you catch a break, and someone upstairs decides to grant you one more chance to atone, to come on down and spin the wheel or answer that riddle or eat that bug or whatever the fuck. Suppose you were put on a game show, against other dipshits like yourself. But in this episode, your fabulous cash and prizes for winning would be one first-class aisle-seat ticket to Heaven, or your religion’s equivalent. If you’re atheist, let’s just say you’d get a nice watch.
And herein lies the basis for our latest summoning of the vox populi. You are selecting a game show that you will be forced to play to determine your future in the afterlife. And, as with any other half-assed stab at democracy, there are a few stipulations to consider:
Your game must be played against other people. Single-player game shows, such as Deal Or No Deal, are out. That game creates a conflict of interest anyway, as host Howie Mandel is, in fact, a minion of Satan.
You may select a game show that would team you with a celebrity or celebrities, or anyone you like. You are asked to specify who will be rounding out your team with your selection.
Reality shows shall be considered game shows for our purposes here, and may be selected, provided that your selections meet the aforementioned criteria.
Your game show does not have to have originated in America. You are expected to provide a link and explanation for games that may seem unfamiliar to the rest of us. Use hyperlinks; the spam filter will block your pick if you copy and paste a URL. Also, only one incarnation of any game show can be selected.
Wait at least ten picks before making subsequent selections.
I’ll pick first, and I’ll take the Nickelodeon classic Double Dare, since my parents were assholes and never let me go on the show when I was a kid. I’m pretty sure I can outsmart a couple of 12-year-olds. Kids are dumb! And since I’ll need a smart, athletic partner upon which to hang my hopes, I’m also picking USA Gold Medalist, Harvard alum, and Celebrity Apprentice veteran Angela Ruggiero.
This might be the first commenter draft where the post was longer than the picks. Either way, it’s your turn.





Fantastic. care to share your sources :) ?
So I’m up late watching the Game Show Network and it turns out there is ANOTHER Double Dare. This one came first and is hosted by Alex Trebek with a porn-stache and a ‘fro. I learn something new every day.
I’ll go on Spike TV’s Bullrun with Ed Begley Jr. and a Tom Tom. Electric Engine means no stopping for gas and you can only go the speed limit anyway. You think when you’re in heaven God actually listens when you pray for fumbles?
I’ll take Top Chef or Celebrity Mole (because you get to stay at cushy resorts and see retarded F-list celebrities make asses of themselves). and yes, i know the original “The Mole” was taken!
Second pick: Elimidate. With me as the one rather than as one of the four. And before someone chimes in with the rules, let me point out that I am competing against people: the two contestants that I’ve no interest in shagging at all. Sure, it’s not exactly a fair competition, given that I can eliminate these women at my whim, but no one said my playing field against the other contestants had to be level.
Best of all, I’m guaranteed to win my way out of Purgatory; the results can only be judged according to my own personal taste.
Jeopardy, but the week they have the middle school kids on. I would not only be able to easily get myself out of purgatory, I’d also get to crush the dreams of my comeptition and probably make some super smart Asian kid cry. Double score.
Physical Challenge!
I auditioned for Double Dare in 4th grade, and was eliminated when my partner couldn’t wrap me up like a mummy with paper towels in under 20 seconds.
Overshare?
I’m not really sure how I would fare on the show, but at least I’d get some time with Rebecca Grant. Talk about obscure…..
THROUT & NECK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCgNnQi0c1o
“Joker! Joker! Joker!”
“Big bucks, no Whammies!”
“Come on down!”
Wow, I got here way too late yet I think its still on the board.
WIN LOSE OR DRAW
My parter is the white board UPS guy in the commercials.
Beg, Borrow and Deal for my runner-up choice. No money, no cell phones, no change of clothes and 40 sports-related tasks to complete. That show ruled.
Why won’t my wife let me go on Moment of Truth? Talk about a cakewalk.
Damn you all for taking all the good ones.
For my pick, I will choose Card Sharks.
What about Debt?
And I will take Ed McMahon as my partner……he needs to get his house back!
Gino, you’ve just inspired me to include said incendiary metal-man to the act!
@Otto Man: Hey, just because we have weak arms doesn’t mean we aren’t good at stuff!
Will you get more gongs than the break dancing robot that caught on fire?
The Gong Show. I’ve got this great act that involves my penis, a prairie dog, cattle prod, and a pat of butter….what?
Liars Club
Old school
Also, old people should be studied to see what nutrients can be extracted from them and used for our benefit. I’m looking at you, McCain.
Me? I’m a white male, aged 18 to 49. Everybody listens to me!
All I’m saying is that women are no good at anything. I really don’t see what’s so controversial about that.
Sigh…look at our un-united democratic party…
damnit. i didnt bother to look for WSOPC. i’ll take grand slam again.
I’ll take Bring It On for $500, Alex.
@Otto Man: You don’t know with whom you are dealing. I could take you at Trivial Pursuit, too, no doubt. Conveniently, Jeopardy has 3 contestants – you, me, flub – and it’s on like Donkey Kong.
Damn you damn you damn you damn you
I take Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire
Shirts vs. blouses.
@ Gino: Anyone up for a game of Basketball? Then he served us pancakes. PANCAKES.
Puh-Puh-Puh Puttin’ On The Hitsssss! Since the best shows are mostly gone, I’ll do Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” on the game show “Puttin’ On The Hits” to save my soul and guarantee entry into Heaven. Go Vikings. Prince Rules. Purify Yourself in the Waters of Lake Minnetonka.
Brilliant pick, Kyle Orton’s out of work mach3. Steal of the draft, IMO.
celebrity fit club.
my team would include people who are NOT Dustin Diamond, that one Baldwin brother, or Kinike from Grease.
@ bfreakin3:
long gone buddy, long gone
@ Dan from Chicago: WORD.
Only because no one has said it, Grand Slam (that one where all the dudes who dominated jeopardy squared off with the guy from World Series of Pop Culture asking questions).
You know what, now that i realize it, I want World Series of Pop Culture (i assume it’d qualify as a game show). And for my teammates, I would take Christopher Walken and Natalie Portman. She’s eye candy and she knows stuff.
The very nature of this draft (and the reason we make these picks), calls into question matters of great religious, exisitential and eschatological consequence. Also, motherfucker, fuck, balls, fuck-shit-stack, three sweaty Armenian testicles, fat tits, goat sack and the Packers are gay.
To Catch a Predator?
What, too soon?
Nah, the steal of the draft.
I’ll go to a Howard Stern game show:
“Stump the Booey” — Where you listen to cheesy 80s songs and try to guess the song and artist against Gary Dell’Abbate. I’d crush that bucktooth jackass like a bug.
Game On!, mostly Canadian sports trivia. Grand Prize, a Budweiser fridge and a small amount of cash. Classic.
The Bachelor.
Open bar. Free vacations… hot rich guy? YES and YES.
Plus, since I’m getting a free trip to heaven, I can get away with stabbing the 95% of other women on the show who are morons and/or annoying. And if I lose… I’ll finally get to find out if my theory that Chris Harrison bones the castoffs is correct… I’ll be in purgatory, but knowledge is still power.
The Apprentice – Just so if I get fired, I can look at Trump and say, fire me, fire you! And bang his daughter over the dumpster in a back alley.
Um…while you’re all racing to see who can get the most humiliating Japanese game, I’ll take Dog Eat Dog.
MXC is hilarious, but I’m thinking it’s a horrible pick for this draft. We’re supposed to be picking games we’d ace, and unless you all are pros at games like the Rotating Surfboard of Death or Irritable Bowl Syndrome, this is an invitation to start your stay in purgatory covered in mystery goo.
And no, I’m not talking about the consequences of an over-excited Guy LeDouche.
Junkyard Wars
and since i get to pick my team, the guy from new yankee workshop, ray kurzweil (inventor & futurist) and a mechanic from one of the teams in the WRC they work awesome under some pressure and a time limit
Make the Grade. A lot like Double Dare except the kids sucked even more. I rule.
MXC is classic, but that Viking game is wicked sweet.
Dr. Quim Snaggletaint-
You want to take a real loophole for MXC?
I’ll also take Takeshi’s Castle.
I’m doubling up on my own pain and misfortune in Japan.
Nah, I’m a white male. They’d never rig the game against me.
Jenny McCarthy not only in her prime, but recently as seen on Two and a Half Men…well, you know.
@ Zack, that is, of course, unless the game is rigged against you
Ha! Fuck you all, I win! 200 comments in, and not a single person thought to take “Twenty One,” the rigged game show in the 1950′s they based the movie “Quiz Show” on. The game is fixed in my favor, I waltz into heaven, and piss off a cloud onto all your grubby earthbound faces!
Um… SINGLED. OUT.
Can’t believe it’s still on the board
Mark Summers’ OCD:
You were born for this draft.
Steal of the draft: Finders Keepers. Best game show ever, and easy as hell too.
porky1, that is.
@ pork1
You’re totally in. What kind of crazy jacket will you wear?
When I saw that photo of Drew, I wondered whose hand it was on his shoulder. Now I know: it belonged to a shirtless Alex Trebek.
@ Gino
I want to be the announcer for your show, please. Not the Bob Barker though, the Rod Roddy guy.
“COME ON DOWN! YOU’RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT ON SUPER GIGANTE FUN TITTY GAUNTLET PARTY CHALLENGE!”
Someone surely took 2 Minute Drill already, but if I were on there, it would infuriate me to have one of the half-literate athletes stumble over the questions. You’re costing me money you rich fuck!!!
Punter,
Did you go to google images and punch in “shirtless Alex Trebek”?
I think we got that as punishment for mocking Drew’s photo.
“Zee goggles! Zey do nuthink!”
If I could make my own show it would combine the random depravity of a Japanese show with the lurid glamor of a Latin American one like “Sabado Gigante”. Throw in a host like Bob Barker, fatties getting humiliated and plenty of chicks, you’ve got yourself a show.
Y Bailamos!
The Singing Bee
Figure It Out
Summer Sanders definitely made me question my heterosexuality as a teen
Oh, actually. I’m dumber than I thought. the Game Show I was actually thinking of was called (Surprise!) Crosswords
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUvtD_FUMcw
@rusrus: i cant believe a) that it was called Scrabble, and b) that I somehow didn’t know or remember that it was called Scrabble.
/is dumb
Punter,
Did you go to google images and punch in “shirtless Alex Trebek”?
So much Japanese game show gold to mine. I’d take this one where you have to eat marshmallows with a rubberband around your face, because I have an especially stretchy nose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKvxCH5BQEk
And in honor of Charles Nelson Reilly, the main theme.
@ Gino Tourettsa – mi hatchi ju hatchi. Oh no the correct answer is mi hatchi ku hatchi.
@Pemulis
I think you mean Scrabble with Chuck Woolery?
Shit, I know way too much about old time gameshows…
Wait, I’d like to change my pick to “Quien Es Mas Macho?”
It’s so easy to win. The answer is always “Ricardo Montalban.”
has anyone picked that crossword puzzle-y game? I cant remember what it’s called and i’m too stupid and lazy to look it up or care really since all the good game shows are taken already. shit.
Dammit, I get here way too late and all the good ones are gone. For the record, Match Game ’74 is the correct answer — if for no other reason than this — but Double Dare, Remote Control and MXC are all excellent lottery picks. Wheel of Fish and Jackie Rogers are incredible calls as well.
No offense, Smurphette and Flub, but if we get into a game of Jeopardy your asses are mine. I still have about $500 in credit at a sports bar in Atlanta from drunken trivia nights when I lived there, and the last time anyone challenged me to Trivial Pursuit, there was a Clenis in the White House.
Since all the good ones are taken, I’ll have to go with “MILF Island.”
Has anybody picked the Japanese game show from the SNL in which Chris Farley gets tortured? If you have, you’re a dumbass.
Thanks rusrus, I could not remember that shit.