This Week’s KSK Commenter Draft: Game Show Or Reality Show On Which You’d Like To Be A Contestant

My mom was a contestant on two game shows back in the 1960’s. She was on “Jeopardy!”, in pre-Trebek era. She lost, and was given a full set of the Encyclopedia Americana as a parting gift.

I can’t think of a shittier parting gift. “Hey, here’s twenty volumes of a ghetto-ass encyclopedia. We couldn’t even afford Britannica. If you need a hand truck to carry all 40 tons of it home, our rental fee is $50.” I’m firmly of the belief that losing “Jeopardy!” contestants should get to keep whatever money they build up. That’s how “Wheel” does it. It’s the one thing they have over Trebek and company.

My mom was also on a show called “To Tell The Truth,” where a contestant was faced with three people, all claiming to be the same person, and had to figure out which one was telling the truth. My mom was one of the impostors. She did not fool the contestant. She received nothing. We don’t have video footage of either appearance she made. I’m not lying when I tell you I’d pay at least two grand to get my hands on a tape. Your loser ass is out there somewhere, ma.

My wife went to high school with Colleen from “Survivor.” Said she was a loser. She also went to college with Sam, the crazy asshole from the first season of “The Apprentice.” And that’s about the depth of my connections to the game show and reality show world. My aunt and her daughter applied to be on “The Amazing Race,” but they got turned down. Same with two of my old co-workers (they totally would have hooked up on the road if they had done it). I tried calling once to be a contestant on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” when it was new and popular. I never got through. This is a shame, as I grew up a poor Indian child and learned any number of useless but karmically important bits of information along the way.

Anyway, it’s your turn. This week, you’re drafting a game show or reality show on which you’d like to be a contestant. THE RULES: Pick one show at a time. Can be a show from any point in history, old or new. Keep in mind, you’re the contestant here. So that means if you pick “The Bachelor,” that means you’re one of the crazy bitches vying for the guy, not the guy. I have no interest in anything that’s hard or takes a long time. I just want money in relatively short order. So my pick is, GUHHH, Deal Or No Deal.

You have to be a real piece of plywood to win anything less than $50,000 on this show. Which is exactly what happens to most of the people who go on. Big bucks. No Howies.

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237 Responses to “This Week’s KSK Commenter Draft: Game Show Or Reality Show On Which You’d Like To Be A Contestant”

  1. Upstate Underdog Says:

    The Price is Right

    So I could bid $69 and stare at barker’s beauties.

  2. paxcincinnatus Says:

    I’m guessing we can pick game shows no longer in circulation?

    Press Your Luck

    /No Whammies!

  3. Mo Charlo Says:

    Jeopardy!

    Yes, I will wreck your asses in trivia.

  4. Captain Caveman Says:

    The Bachelor. BOOYAH!

  5. The White Boom Boom Says:

    I thought we had something like this before? Anywho, I’d pick the same thing I picked then…The Match Game. But only with a panel of Betty White, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reiley, and a super drunk Richard Dawson.

  6. Lil Lebowski Urban Achievers Says:

    Wheel of Fortune. There has never been a collection of dumber contestants and I will fit right in.

  7. Slothrop Says:

    Big Break Hawaii
    /I’m taking my 30 handicap to paradise bitches

  8. Upstate Underdog Says:

    @CC,

    um, “if you pick “The Bachelor,” that means you’re one of the crazy bitches vying for the guy, not the guy.”

  9. Captain Caveman Says:

    Aw fuck. Maybe if Drew hadn’t shared his entire lame-ass family history, I would have finished reading the post. I retract my pick.

    TEMPTATION ISLAND!!!

  10. Mr. Pilkington Says:

    Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

    I’d wreck all those kids in the Loot-Warrant-Crook round.

  11. Gunner Says:

    The amazing race. My boy Trav and I would’ve raped that shit.

  12. Chris Says:

    Double Dare. They always got the most uncoridinated kids for that show. I could have had a broken arm and a sprained ankle and done better than 90% of the kids on that show. Plus, if you lose, sweet Kay Bee Toy Store gift certificate. They are still in business, right?

  13. Otto Man Says:

    I’m going with MILF Island. Suck it!

  14. Upstate Underdog Says:

    Card Sharks

    basically Acey-Deucey with some easy questions thrown in.

  15. Jordan Says:

    “Are You Smarter Than A FIfth Grader?”, begrudgingly. An adult human with a pulse should be able to waltz on there and steal money, but if you lose, then that’s all the evidence you need that you have nothing left to live for. So, win-win, I guess.

  16. Otto Man Says:

    Oh, wait, does it have to be a real game show?

    Then I’m going with the Match Game, circa 1974. Nothing like hanging out with a clearly drunk set of B-list celebrities like Nipsey Russell, Charles Nelson Reilly and Richard Dawson.

    And the porno theme song. Bwah, bwa-bwa-bwa-bwa-bwabwabwa, BWAH, bwa-bwa-bwa-bwa-bwabwa….

  17. ihopethisgetsmattmoney Says:

    Real World – Las Vegas. There’s a lot right with that pick.

  18. Bton Bears Fan Says:

    I was on the Hoosier Millionaire. Does that count for anything?

    I’ll pick Legends of the Hidden Temple.

    @ The White Boom Boom: When was Richard Dawson not super drunk on the Match Game? For that matter, it seemed to me that all of the stars were usually half lit on that show.

  19. Weed Against Speed Says:

    Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

    Wait. What?

  20. Otto Man Says:

    Also, I hate to blogwhore, but I think I’ve uncovered a disturbing bit of Eli Manning’s past.

  21. Slothrop Says:

    You Bet Your Life — could there be a better story than your 10 minutes with Groucho?

  22. LaFavre's Next Retirement Says:

    The Running Man.

  23. Johnny D Says:

    No pick for me, but I’d just like to point out that my high school football teammate is the dude on that new Fat Bachelor show, “More to Love.” I couldn’t be more simultaneously thrilled and appalled.

  24. Cusekid Says:

    Remote Control–Lofty Show.

  25. Otto Man Says:

    Fuck me, not only did my pick get taken, but for the same reason.

    Watch the show again, BBF. They’ve got cocktails in reach on the panel there.

  26. alex Says:

    The Bachelor.
    I now have tit-tays to play with. I’ll be in my room for a while.

  27. Otto Man Says:

    Alright, I’m flunking reading comprehension this morning. I’m going to go sit by myself for a while.

  28. paxcincinnatus Says:

    Beat the Geeks.

    I hate to admit it, but I loved the Geek-qualizer.

  29. Slothrop Says:

    @Weed: Clutch pick. That Thom is sooo cute with his little ‘h’ there.

  30. Gunner Says:

    Millionaire during the regis years. Pretty easy way to win at least $25,000…

  31. CobraCommander Says:

    Jenna Jameson’s American Sex Star

    Giggity

  32. Upstate Underdog Says:

    The Family Feud

    Because I’m pretty sure the stupidest people on the planet are on that show

  33. Darva Conger Says:

    Wipeout. Bring the nuttiness of Japanese gameshows to the US, hire Jon Henson to narrate.

  34. Weed Against Speed Says:

    1994-era Family Feud

    Ray Combs went too soon, folks. I could have saved him. He went too soon. Sigh.

  35. Slothrop Says:

    Iron Chef. Japan. Imma gonna cook the shit out of … wait, what the fuck is fugu?

  36. Foxjasond Says:

    Legends of the Hidden Temple.

    One of my favorite game shows as a kid.

  37. broncos fan Says:

    Jeopardy!

    the only one I tried out for

    failing miserably

    /cries
    //would be in the red probably

  38. Gunner Says:

    The Mole. Best reality show ever and there were a couple hotties who totally would’ve been into me.

  39. broncos fan Says:

    fuck beaten to it… um temptation island remember that?

  40. broncos fan Says:

    fuck me…again

    um.. world series of poker

    that is a show about a game right?

  41. Mo Charlo Says:

    Cash Cab.

    It gives me easy money, AND takes me where I need to go.

  42. Foxjasond Says:

    Too late on my pick. I’ll change my pick to my other Nick Game Show. Nick Arcade.

    Any chance to win prizes by playing video games is always awesome.

  43. Zack Says:

    Damnit, Gunner, please type the whole title or you fuck things up for those of us trying to play by the rules. All the picks I want (5th grader, Millionaire, even Temptation Island) are already gone. I guess I’ll take So You Think You Can Dance because during Vegas week I’d be able to score some hot dancer ass.

  44. bFizzle Says:

    Wheel of Fish

    “Led Snappah, vely nice…”

  45. clueheywood Says:

    Age of Love. Beautiful young idiots and hot cougars both vying for my attention.

  46. Optimus Prime Minister Says:

    GUTS

  47. grungedave Says:

    MTV’s “Dismissed”… those girls are so competitve, they’d give you a BJ even if they don’t like you. Anything not to get dismissed.

  48. Weed Against Speed Says:

    To Catch A Predator?

    That’s a game show, right?

  49. Merk Says:

    To Catch a Predator – Everyone wins a meeting with Chris Hanson on that show.

  50. Slothrop Says:

    Let’s Make a Deal. I’m pretty sure everyone on that show was drunk and/or high. Dressed like idiots, unable to make simple decisions, horrible gag prizes? I’ll take Door #3 Monty! A rusty wagon? Whoo!

  51. Reggie Bush's Pimp Says:

    Damn! I wanted Press Your Luck!

    Let’s start with a great one: Supermarket Sweep!

    ALWAYS go for the medicine isle first — small, easy to stock up stuff that costs an arm and a leg.

  52. Merk Says:

    Congratulations WAS, you’re one minute funnier than me.

  53. Danzibar Island Says:

    Cannonball Run… but only if Dom Deluise was still alive and could be my navigator!

  54. The White Boom Boom Says:

    Folks, the “Find” function is your best friend for these Friday drafts.

  55. MenaceIISobriety Says:

    LET’S MAKE A DEAL

    easy pick: cociane-fueled costumed tomfoolery.

    also, a chance to see what’s in the box without getting a restraining order

  56. Mr Smith Says:

    Win Ben Stein’s money so I can take that far right, maniacal chicken hawk to the cleaners.

  57. Miles O'Toole Says:

    $100,000 Pyramid. Charades with money rewards. Concrete cyanide.

  58. Merk Says:

    You Americans may not have got to enjoy this little gem, but it was fucking sweet.
    Bumper Stumpers
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumper_Stumpers

  59. Gunner Says:

    The Weakest Link…goodbye!

  60. Weed Against Speed Says:

    @Merk: isn’t Bumper Stumpers also the name of a popular amputee fetish porn series?

  61. paxcincinnatus Says:

    Ninja Warrior.

    After about a solid four months of upper-body conditioning.

  62. Reggie Bush's Pimp Says:

    Second round pick: Since I can’t take Double Dare, give me its slutty cousin, FUN HOUSE with JD and the cheerleading twins!

  63. Merk Says:

    @WAS – You’re actually thinking of Stumper Humpers. Easy mistake.

  64. Slothrop Says:

    @Mr Smith: I had assumed Leitch picked Win Stein’s Money by proxy.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2BEXxGI43s

  65. Christmas Ape Says:

    Scrabble

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VgQGH6zHoQ

    Eat it, Fatsis

    /knows the game show doesn’t resemble the board game at all

  66. Weed Against Speed Says:

    $ale of the Century

    There was no finer host than Jim Perry.

  67. vitalogist Says:

    Give me the 80’s “Tic Tac Dough.”

    I had a weird fascination with Wink Martingdale as a kid- to the point that when my mom bumped into him in an airport bar, she got his autograph on a cocktail napkin for me. Which I still have, to this day.

  68. Doc Holliday Says:

    Supermarket Sweep. Give me the big fucking inflatable ham and I’m winning this bitch!

  69. jackin'4beats Says:

    Hollywood Squares. And no I’m not gay.

  70. Ryan Leaf's Passport Says:

    Classic Concentration with Alex Trebek. Rebuses fuckin rock.

  71. Reggie Bush's Pimp Says:

    @Doc: beat you to it.

  72. jackin'4beats Says:

    @WAS: Another solid pick, I used to love that tacky 1980s show.

  73. Kid Presentable Says:

    Assuming I’m not competing for a dude: Studs.

    “Well, that’s tough since I did the deed with all three of the girls, but I’d have to go with Shasta. Because she liked making bacon … on the beach.”

  74. John John Phenom Says:

    For The Love Of Money: I would get to hang out with hot girls, they provide you all the booze you can drink, and I might be able to punch 12pack in the face before running and dropping in the fetal position (Hey I am realistic)

  75. futuremrsrickankiel Says:

    Rock of Love, provided I can get the HPV vaccine first. Nothing to do all day but drink Grey Goose by the pool and mock dumb broads with gummi bear tits? Yeah, I think I could handle that. No way I’m touching Bret Michaels’ shriveled nutsack, though.

  76. Otto Man Says:

    KP bringing the high heat.

    I’m going to have to go with Jackie Rogers Jr’s $100,000 Jackpot Wad.

    “HE INTRODUCES THE ACTS!”

  77. Doc Holliday Says:

    @Reggie Bush’s Pimp

    Goddamn it! I hate trying to refresh on Commenter Day…I’ll take “The Long Walk”. Fuck the Major. Anything I want. Forever. Done.

  78. Upstate Underdog Says:

    The Joker’s Wild

    joker, joker, and a triple!

    @KP, classic 90’s. I went to college with a girl who was on that show.

  79. Reggie Bush's Pimp Says:

    gummi bear tits

    Hmmm…cherry flavored….

    Next pick: Night Calls on the Playboy Channel.

    Wait…it’s not a game show? Damn!

    Hmmm…then I’ll pick Win, Lose or Draw. And get ready to punch my idiot partners who can’t draw worth a damn…

  80. Weed Against Speed Says:

    The Japanese game show, High Stakes.

    http://www.hulu.com/watch/18882/saturday-night-live-japanese-game-show

    I know I would have fared better than Larry Templeton.

  81. rusrus Says:

    I’ll take “Next Food Network Star.” Sounds like an easy job – make some food, eat it, get paid.

  82. Grimey Says:

    I’ll take Road Rules for the travel and the constant drinking

  83. Jorge McNair Says:

    GUTS! DO-DO-DO-DO YOU HAVE IT? GUTS! danananananana GUTS! I would’ve dominated the other weakass kids and thrown rocks at them from the top of the Aggrocrag. Hon. Mention goes to Legend of Hidden Temple, I couldn’t do that one as I would lose my shit on a Temple Guard when he leapt out at me.

  84. Kid Presentable Says:

    Greed. Really hope I’d be team captain though.

    Upstate — how’d she fare? Does just walking into that studio give you herpes?

  85. lil' wayne chrebet Says:

    they do have a “trivial pursuit” game show on my9 or the old UPN in nyc
    not a lot of money but considering all the other trivia games were taken, it’s an easy enough game

  86. Matt Says:

    The original American Gladiators. I don’t care that I’m 6′2, 180 lbs. I’ve always wanted to do Assault and Atlasphere.

  87. jackin'4beats Says:

    @UU: Fuck you in the pants! I was going to take that – damn this waiting 10 picks shit. ARRRGHH. Oh and that show was originally on in the 70s in case you were wondering.

    OK, I’ll take High Rollers, just so I can see Alex Trebek looking like this.

  88. John John Phenom Says:

    I pick for my second pick Madden Nation: I could hang out and a bus and play Madden all the time, plus again, I would love to deck all those wiggers.

  89. Gunner Says:

    American Gladiators. Except I’d be against the chicks. And by chicks I mean only the hot one who does the one where you joust on the high platform.

  90. normmac Says:

    I would like to be a contestant in the “Grand-Prize-Game” from the Bozo the clown show.

  91. futuremrsrickankiel Says:

    Kind of at a disadvantage for this, since I’m one of those weirdos who grew up without a TV (I blame all my social awkwardness on it!), but I think I’d love to do American Idol (ugh). After years of dicking around in no-name venues with no contacts in the industry, it’d be nice to get a straight, relatively merit-based shot at a recording contract.

  92. Christmas Ape Says:

    I’m blanking on the name but I’ll take that MTV show where you if you endured a minute or two of some person purposely annoying you in public without losing your shit, you won $500. I don’t care about winning, but engaging on some justified violence on TV sounds like a hoot.

  93. Jim U. Says:

    Damnit UU – you took my pick. I’ll go with Super Password. And the only person I knew that was on a reality show was a guy I went to high school with was on Love Cruise. The date it was originally supposed to air: September 11, 2001.

  94. Upstate Underdog Says:

    @KP, she didn’t get picked to go on the date, btw, she was a total whore.

    @j4b, I know joker’s Wild was on in the 70’s. I’m old.

  95. The Virgin Connie Swayle Says:

    Wild and Crazy Kids.

    I win.

  96. Kid Presentable Says:

    Ape — it was Boiling Points.

    Last game show I’d ever want to go on: SNL’s Japanese Game Show. Qua kee sur kee … nee ku?

  97. Upstate Underdog Says:

    @Ape, it was called Boiling Point

  98. The Virgin Connie Swayle Says:

    @ Ape, I think it was called Boiling Points.

    I definitely would have been punching someone in 30 seconds flat.

  99. The Drunk Mormon Says:

    Give me big brother, the show sucks but the thought of lying around in a house with a bunch of booze and dumb as rocks bimbos while skipping work for the summer seems nice to me.

  100. jackin'4beats Says:

    @UU: Ahhh, you were talking about Studs…right then, carry on.

  101. Upstate Underdog Says:

    The Dating Game

    I’m the guy getting to pick one of the 3 girls. At worst you get a free dinner out of the deal with a chance of hooking up.

  102. Jebus Says:

    I actually WAS a contestant on Jeopardy. I came in 2nd, got a trip on a houseboat on Lake Mead.

    My pick? Takeshi’s Castle. The basis for MXC. I can own me some uncoordinated Japanese.

  103. John John Phenom Says:

    My last pick for the time being is 12 Corazones. Why? Because John John loves his Latina women, that’s why.

  104. Reggie Bush's Pimp Says:

    Love Connection.

    Cause I meet women on TV with the help of Chuck Woolery.

  105. jackin'4beats Says:

    The Gong Show. Because I could be high as a kite and no one would notice.

    /time to get work done

  106. rusrus Says:

    I’ll take “Biggest Loser.” I’ll be the thinnest one in that house – and drop a few pounds to boot!

  107. Tomlinson's Pain Tolerance Says:

    Can’t believe it’s still out there on an NFL parody website . . .1. Pro’s VS. Joe’s

    2. Newly Wed game (b/c I think it’s friggin hysterical when Chuck Woolery says “making whoopy”

  108. Grimey Says:

    @Tomlinson’s Pain Tolerance: That was Bob Eubanks. Ass.

  109. Kid Presentable Says:

    Shop ‘Til You Drop. Why yes, I could use a new canoe and entertainment system.

  110. TMizzle Says:

    anything with conjugal visits

  111. The White Boom Boom Says:

    @Tomlinson’s Pain Tolerance: I think that’s because none of us like getting our asses handed to them.

  112. Reggie Bush's Pimp Says:

    @TMizzle: You want to play Oz?

  113. V-Dub is out of Gas Says:

    The Canadian classic “Bowling for Dollars”. Game show and bowling combined.

  114. Juice Springsteen Says:

    MTV’s Singled Out, because after I got knocked out from the first category, I’d just grab Jenny McCarthy by her tits and run.

  115. yeah, right Says:

    My 15 minutes..I was on the Family Feud with my 3 brothers and my dad. 5 time undefeated champs. Total winnings of $32,996. Each one of us got a check for 6,599.20 with no taxes withheld. @Weed Against Speed this was during the Ray Combs era. He was a damn nice guy.

    During the 5 day stay I rocked not only the pink shirt and tie but the black Members Only jacket too! Hell yeah!

  116. Hugh Jass Says:

    If you ever get a chance, check out the episode of the Match Game with Brian Billick on it:

    http://www.tv.com/match-game-pm/match-game-pm-3-19/episode/587925/summary.html

    (too lazy to look up how to html)

  117. JAFO Says:

    I smoke waaaaay too much weed to remember all the game shows I used to watch with my mom on sick days home from school.

  118. CobraCommander Says:

    America’s Next Design Star

    I would love to design Man Caves for a living

    “A beer fridge..in your shower?? DONE!”
    “an underground gun range? CHECK!”

  119. fangirls on helium Says:

    VH1’s I Love Money. I’m glad I have my HPV shots already.

  120. Boatdrinks Says:

    Top Chef. I would love to be a quiet, but deadly assassin with all the loud mouths….

  121. little blue generals Says:

    legends of the hidden temple. i would be unstoppable at putting together that shrine of the silver monkey.

  122. Reggie Bush's Pimp Says:

    One reality show I’d love to go on: “No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain.” Go on a pig-eating spree.

  123. John John The Bastard Says:

    @Fangirls: I love money is off the board a ways up.

  124. John John The Bastard Says:

    I have one more pick: Dream Job. I think I would be a better Sportscenter anchor than most of those on there.

  125. Upstate Underdog Says:

    Man versus Food

    because I’m fat and would love to try to eat all of that food.

  126. EberleWerner Says:

    Geek, Dweeb, or Spaz

  127. lil' wayne chrebet Says:

    draft is winding down
    i guess i’ll take Merv Griffin’s Crosswords even though there isn’t much money to be made
    i like doing crosswords and theirs are particularly easy

  128. Boatdrinks Says:

    UU, have you seen the ad for the doctor that will let any bug bite him on Travel Channel? Ugggghh. He calls himself a virologist, as if that makes it okay.
    I would take Legends of the Hidden temple but three or four people already did. And I have never seen it.
    What was that one on Nickelodean where kids were jumping through paint and water falls and stuff. Iwill take that if it isn’t off the board and if this was ten picks past my first…

  129. Reggie Bush's Pimp Says:

    @Boatdrinks: you just want to go on that show for a chance to hit on Padma.

    /wants to do that too….

    RECAP
    1. Supermarket Sweep
    2. Fun House
    3. Win, Lose or Draw!
    4. Love Connection
    5. No Reservations

  130. Spum Says:

    Don’t Forget the Lyrics

    Anyone with a decent knowledge of pop music can make 125k without breaking a sweat.

  131. Boatdrinks Says:

    Reggie, you do remember I am a woman, right? Although I wouldn’t mind drinking with Padma. The Top Chef bloggers on Gawker are convinced she spends the shows drunk / high.

  132. Boatdrinks Says:

    good choice Spum. That is the one that some nights I knew all the lyrics, and some nights I didn’t know any.

  133. Reggie Bush's Pimp Says:

    Steal of the draft and final pick for me: Name that Tune!

    /can’t believe it lasted this long.

  134. Reggie Bush's Pimp Says:

    Reggie, you do remember I am a woman, right? Although I wouldn’t mind drinking with Padma. The Top Chef bloggers on Gawker are convinced she spends the shows drunk / high.

    This is WHY I’d want to see you on that show. Drunk, Padma might be into it.

    /been reading that FF/Sex Mailbag too much…need air…drink…

  135. Boatdrinks Says:

    Hahaha…she might be convinceable. Yea, I have too much mailbag reading too….

  136. Lucky Like Little Says:

    Name that Tune… I was actually really good at it.

    I was called up to try out for Teen Jeopardy back in the day. The test questions are 10X more difficult and obscure than what they show on TV. I didn’t make it but the girl from my city who did got trounced because all she knew was obscure arts and literature.

  137. h3bru Says:

    There was this show on back in the day that Nick Arcade probably stole the idea from. They put 4 kids against each other in different nintendo games. The winner got a 3 minute shopping spree in some on-set nintendo store. That’d be a great show to be on.

  138. Bob Loblaw Says:

    I’m with Busey.

    Who wouldn’t want to hang out with Gary Busey for a day?

  139. Lake Beer Says:

    Truth or Date. It is mandatory to stink palm the host before the show begins though.

  140. Juice Springsteen Says:

    Get the Picture, the “other” game show Mike O’Malley hosted on Nickelodeon. I would stomp the colons of all those kids.

  141. devin hester's speech coach Says:

    I’m really late to the party, but I’m glad to see Press Your Luck went first. I went as a Whammy for Halloween when I was 6 and have a video of me performing one of the little Whammy routines at that time.

    /kills self

  142. Gunner Says:

    For all of you (any?) Canadians who grew up in the 90s… Uh-oh! YTV kicked ass.

  143. dick_gozinia Says:

    Rock and Roll Jeopardy.

  144. nate hale Says:

    I’d do Stump the Schwab because it’s one of the few shows that I’d actually have a chance to win.

    Plus the look on Stuart Scott’s face when I left him hanging on a fist bump would be priceless.

  145. dick_gozinia Says:

    Rock and Roll Jeopardy. Probst was a shitty host but any show where Mark McGrath whallops asses is one I can surely succeed on.

    Also…Double Dare was already taken.

  146. NovakAintNoJokovic Says:

    @dick_gozinia: FUCK! 10 minutes too late. You took my pick.

    OK then….CELEBRITY Rock and Roll Jeopardy!

  147. Aerothermal Heat Says:

    America’s Next Top Paddy’s Billboard Model

  148. Young James Says:

    Beer Money…

  149. CooperIsSuper Says:

    pickins are slim:

    Home Run Derby. The real one from the 60’s (50’s?) when you played against another guy for cash. Sure – I’d lose. And lose bad. And it wouldn’t even be a great story – but I could share a smoke on national tv with Joe DiMaggio.

  150. Alex (no, not Trebek) Says:

    I was actually on Jeopardy! a month ago. I finished second. You’ll be happy to know that they no longer give parting gifts to the runners-up. Now 2nd place gets $2,000 and 3rd place gets $1,000. I wasn’t too upset about it since I finished with $2799 anyway… but seriously, fuck Robert Falcon Scott, how am I supposed to know that guy for Finaj Jeopardy!?

  151. Alex (not Trebek) Says:

    I was actually on Jeopardy! a month ago. I finished second. You’ll be happy to know that they no longer give parting gifts to the runners-up. Now 2nd place gets $2,000 and 3rd place gets $1,000. I wasn’t too upset about it since I finished with $2799 anyway… but seriously, fuck Robert Falcon Scott, how am I supposed to know that guy for Final Jeopardy!?

  152. CooperIsSuper Says:

    Also, since I’m just not waiting 10 picks….

    Twenty-one.

    /gets the answers in advance
    //gets booth ventilation fan shut off

  153. I Run Like Dennis Dixon Says:

    Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The Regis Edition

  154. Alex (not Trebek) Says:

    …when I can’t even figure out how to only post once?

  155. I Run Like Dennis Dixon Says:

    My Bad, The Regis edition of Millionaire is off the board. I’ll take Meredith Veira’s version

  156. OJ Incandenza Says:

    Twenty-One is still on the board?

    Make it the short lived ‘00 remake then, so there’s some actual money involved. $100K a pop? Yes please.

  157. OJ Incandenza Says:

    Damn it.

    All right, then give me Pitfall, Trebek’s obscure Canadian game show from the late ’70s with the funky elevator set.

  158. I Run Like Dennis Dixon Says:

    I’ll take Murder in Small Town X for my second pick

  159. dick_gozinia Says:

    Silent Library. How many times in my life will I ever get the chance to pull out Ernesto Hoost’s nose hair with tweezers or get bitten by a toothless old man.

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4113124618044381727

    Three words – Bad.Smell.Air

  160. Joe Camel Says:

    The Chamber

    Fox’s answer to “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?” That was some kinky shit.

  161. Wooderson Says:

    Value Pick: Finders Keepers, another Nickelodeon oldie. Tear the shit out of a nicely kept house, win money.

  162. Whoopie Goldberg's Eyebrows Says:

    Who’s More Grizzled? Just so I could show up Robert Duval and Garth Brooks during his Chris Gaines stage.

  163. Whoopie Goldberg's Eyebrows Says:

    Also…another Chuck Woolery new-age classic: Lingo.

  164. Boatdrinks Says:

    I will take “To Tell the Truth” as I am old enough to maybe have seen Drew’s mom on the show.

  165. make it snow Says:

    Everything else I wanted was taken, so, um… Lingo? Not the most exciting game show in the world, but I’m confident I could wreck some shit.

  166. limpy99 Says:

    I was on Jeopardy! in 1998 and won once. I still have the TV I got for getting my ass handed to me in the second show.

    I’ll take the Real World/Road Rules Challenge so I can try to kill as many of the other contestants as possible.

  167. mini dagger Says:

    dog eat dog… because there is not enough awkward small talk with brooke burns in my life.

  168. Blindcow Says:

    Remote Control.

    Anything with a category that is Inside Tina Yothers has got to be quality.

  169. Gino Tourettsa Says:

    I’m out of picks, so as a parting gift I’ll draft game show girls. First, the late 80s-era Kari Wuhrer. Then Vanna White. Then a few “Deal or No Deal” girls (easy pick and Howie never touched any of them). Then Meredith Vieira. And for my late round value pick: a big, bouncy, really enthusiastic black female contestant from “Price Is Right”.

  170. Gunner Says:

    Was The Chamber the one with John McEnroe?

  171. TRCuse Says:

    Can’t believe this hasn’t been picked… Match Game! You can have Gene Rayburn and his 20-foot pencil microphone rip on you and trying to pick up the token hot chick in the 4th spot. Good times.

  172. Gunner Says:

    ^^ picked about 5 hours ago…

  173. Otto Man Says:

    Can’t believe you didn’t use the “Find” function!

    It’s only been taken, and retaken, and talked about three other times.

  174. SonOfSpam Says:

    Taking cues from above, I will also brag about being on Jeopardy. 3 day champ.

    Since I’m late to this gangbang, I’ll take “Geek, Dweeb, or Spaz”.

  175. Upstate Underdog Says:

    slowest day ever at KSK? slowest day ever at KSK.

  176. Danzibar Island Says:

    Since most game shows are taken at this point, I’d like to be a guest star on Dirty Jobs. Obviously a lot of those jobs sucks, but I think it’d be a fun week(s) while taping the episode…

  177. spanky datass Says:

    Soooo late…I’ll take Junkyard Wars. Me and Ochocinco would a BADASS CARBOAT and win that mofo!!

  178. spanky datass Says:

    ‘…build a BADASS CARBOAT…’

    /dumbass

  179. Gino Tourettsa Says:

    I was on Minnesota Highschool Quiz Bowl once in 1994. It was my TV debut and it aired on North Minneapolis Public Access but I never saw it, as I lived in the West Minneapolis cable grid. Too bad, because at the beginning, I told the hostess my name and school then said I’d be getting the answers from the man who lives in my pants. And the rest is Minnesota Highschool Quiz Bowl history…

    Oh yeah, Otis Redding had a song called “Match Game”. That’s the only Soul song I know of that’s about a game show.

  180. lil' wayne chrebet Says:

    @ alex (not trebek)

    fuck, that sucks. i remember that show. you owned most of it. How did you miss the basketball net question? i always get pissed when i know an answer and none of the players can get it. that being said, i didnt know the final jeopardy either and you probably had the best guess of the three. do you ever think now, fuck why didn’t i just wager a few hundred and hope for the other dude to fuck up?

  181. spanky datass Says:

    Fuckit. As long as I have the tourch and welder out I might as well take Monster Gargage.

    /douchetastic wrench-turner

  182. spanky datass Says:

    ‘torch’…jebus!

  183. Otto Man Says:

    Let’s see if this works:

  184. Otto Man Says:

    And no, it didn’t.

  185. Willie Mays Haze Says:

    I remember this game show on comedy central in high school called beat the geeks. There was a comic
    book geek, a music geek, a tv show geek etc. I coulda ruled that show. Probably been one of the geeks. Yeah, there were no hot girls on the show but it’s late in the draft, I’ll take what I can get

  186. Stuntin' Like Rays Daddy Says:

    What Would You Do

    The Classic Nickolodeon game show.

    Nuff Said

  187. Gino Tourettsa Says:

    Otto Man deftly scooped up “Jackie Rodgers’ Jr.’s $100,000 Jack Pot Wad” early on, so I’ll take another SCTV game show: “Half Wits” as hosted by Alex Trebel (Eugene Levy). I could probably out-reason John Candy and Martin Short.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB6KFa7-6B4

  188. TRCuse Says:

    Sorry ’bout that folks… well I was at least the first to mention Gene’s mic and the token 70s hottie in the 4th spot.

    Here’s a real one: Treasure Hunt

  189. WaitTillNextYear Says:

    I’ll join in on the handful of commenters who have actually been on gameshows…Like Drew’s mom, I’ve appeared on two: early Meredith Vieria “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” (won $32,000…should have won $64K), and “The Price Is Right” (won four electric guitars and $2500). I guess that’s as close to a claim to fame as I have.

  190. TRCuse Says:

    I was never on a game show but was in the audience for “Wheel of Fortune” when I was 8. My dad won the door prize, a word processor! Very relevant in 1991. Vanna didn’t hand it to us, unfortunately.

  191. Max Says:

    Nice one on Junkyard Wars. I’ll take Battlebots.

    The Chair was the show with John McEnroe. The Chamber was FOX copying The Chair. Smart move.

  192. LittleBallofHate Says:

    Damn late to the party.

    How about, “I’d buy that for a dollar!”

  193. Spencer Says:

    I’ll go 1 vs. 100 since the questions are easy and most of the mob is dumb. I’m sure I could win a substantial amount of money.

  194. Clayton Bigsby Says:

    Someone took Remote Control already, but I’m not sure I’d choose it anyways… I suppose it would be kind of awkward to masturbate to Kari Wuhrer with her standing right there (& that was my favorite aspect of that show).

    Not much left so I guess I’ll take Lingo… but the older ones when the hot British chick with the nice rack was the co-host.

  195. Gino Tourettsa Says:

    I’ll pick late ’70s-era “Battle of The Network Stars”. See, I’d hit on Cheryl Tiegs and Farrah Fawcett and make Joyce DeWitt and Lou Ferrigno do all the work in the relay races.

  196. jackin'4beats Says:

    I’ll take the $20 sack pyramid since all the real game shows have been taken.

    /wanted to go to a swap meet
    //didn’t want to get shot on Crenshaw though

  197. Nicole Says:

    MXC. It is much, much better than wipeout.

  198. ndhwn Says:

    Since all my choices were taken (Carmen Sandiego, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Nick Arcade) I’d definitely go with Guts, that NICK gameshow that pitted kids from around the word against each other. I remember it being like Double Dare on steroids mixed with American Gladiators.

    Nothing like instilling a little nationalistic pride at a very early age.

  199. scottro Says:

    Slim pickins this late but how I’ll take Starcade.

    /still wants Donkey Kong arcade cabinet for bedroom

  200. Clayton Bigsby Says:

    Grudge Match… you get the opportunity to disgrace someone who pissed you off, & you don’t have to worry about embarrassing yourself because the only people watching the show at 2:30 & 3:00 AM are semi-conscious drunkards just getting home from the bar.

  201. Clayton Bigsby Says:

    SHIPMATES… who wouldn’t jump at the opportunity to nail some annoying, semi-attractive, kinda trashy moron while cameras follow you all over a cruise ship?

  202. MarionCobretti Says:

    I realize Daisy De La Hoya is possibly the most insipid twat drawing breath today, but damn if she doesn’t get my loins all riled up. Plus, I’m like four hours late and all the good stuff is taken. So Daisy of Love it is.

  203. Captain Murphy Says:

    Late to the show, but I’m taking Legends of the Hidden Temple. If it’s picked, fuck it, not enough time in the day to read 200+.

    /nobody will see it anyway

  204. ndhwn Says:

    I’d also like to select “Debt” with Wink Martindale, that show where the grand prize is having your debt wiped clean. The funniest part was in the beginning when they actually announced how much debt each constestant had.

    There was that part at the end where you could choose either to keep your accumulated winnings (’til that point) or take a chance and clear your debt by answering a trivia question from a category of your choosing. I would’ve chosen The Simpsons and rocked that shit. God, I could really use that show right about now.

  205. Zack Says:

    As stupid as it was, I’m surprised to see that A Shot at Love (with Tila Tequila) is still on the board, so I’ll take it. Sitting around drinking while surrounded by silicone-enhanced bisexual skanks? Why the hell not? That’s why pharmacists invented Valtrex.

  206. roland_t_flakfizer Says:

    I realize I have problems, but man, I love me some Family Feud.

  207. Bentley Madison Says:

    Whale Wars.

    /assuming “contestant” means I get to be on a Japanese harpoon boat throwing flash grenades at those dirty hippies.

  208. lil' wayne chrebet Says:

    Where the fuck is Sexy Friday? I got an hour left in the office and I want to spend them happily. Also, your site’s been crashing a lot lately. Did you just get an influx of new visitors or something?

  209. Tomlinson's Pain Tolerance Says:

    “@Tomlinson’s Pain Tolerance: That was Bob Eubanks. Ass.”

    @Grimey Thanks for the criticism it means a lot coming from a douche who picked a show that wasn’t even a game show. Road Rules LMFAO! Nice pick go get another twisted tea.

  210. The White Boom Boom Says:

    @Tomlinson’s Pain Tolerance: “This Week’s KSK Commenter Draft: Game Show Or Reality Show On Which You’d Like To Be A Contestant”

    Right there in the title of the post, all star.

  211. Tank Bricklayer Says:

    Curling for Loonies

  212. bandito Says:

    Ow, My Balls!

  213. That'samare Says:

    I’ll take So You Think You Can Dance. I may not be able to dance all that well, but, I have a pretty face, making me probably not the first to get cut. Which means I’d get at least 2 weeks with a bunch of single, hot, flexible, and horny females with plenty of downtown. I’d also have like no competition for these girls as 99% of the male dancers are gay. So they’ll be lining up to ride the Amare express. To quote Mary Murphy: “WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

  214. General Disarray Says:

    Where in the world is Sexy Friday?

  215. That'samare Says:

    *plenty of down time. Stupid people telling me work shit when I’m on KSK.

  216. colwag Says:

    @ ndhwn

    Someone already beat you to it. Well, a contestant. Won, had a catergory of The Simpsons, and anounced yes faster then he could go to commercial break. The greatest moment in the history of that show was when they cut back, asked the question, and the excited, cocky man slowly realized he had no idea what the hell the answer was.

    @ Tomlinson’s Pain Tolerance

    Allow me to copy/paste this post’s title.

    This Week’s KSK Commenter Draft: Game Show Or Reality Show On Which You’d Like To Be A Contestant

    Note the “Reality Show”

    As for my pick? Eh, how about Bullrun on Speed? My Dad was on it last season, and racing around the country trying not to get arrested rules.

  217. Alex (not Trebek) Says:

    @lil’ wayne chrebet – on that basketball net question, it just seemed too obvious to be the $1000 clue. Besides, the other two contestants missed it (jai alai & lacrosse were their guesses) so I picked up the $1000 on them anyway. But yeah, that’s the one my friends bust my balls about. On Final Jeopardy, I knew it was one of the polar explorers and that my answer was wrong, but I just couldn’t come up with the name I wanted to guess, which was Shackleton, and wrong anyway. I went for the wager that would guarantee me the win if I got it right…and I thought I was better than even in “Explorers.” Oh well.

  218. Gino Tourettsa Says:

    SABADO GIGANTE, CABRONES!

    I know that la programa del Don Francisco is a variety show and not a proper game or reality show, but it has elements of both, so, chinga tu madre, I’m taking my broken Spanish and drafting “Sabado Gigante”!

    Y Bailamos!

    /cue Salsa music (with Spanish gibberish)
    //cue dancing bikini-clad latinas
    ///cue Bee Guy

  219. bbbbrian Says:

    Damn it I can’t believe match game lasted until 1:45. YOU WERE ALLOWED TO DRINK AND SMOKE ON THE SHOW.

  220. bbbbrian Says:

    I guess Match Game PM is still on the board, nothing in the rules says different incarnations of the show are off the board once the original is picked.

  221. Gino Tourettsa Says:

    I’ll take the Spanish-language “Match Game”- more tits and dancing and less fetishized torture than the Japanese Match Game.

  222. Arm Strongcock Says:

    Circle gets the square!

    Hollywood Squares so that I could talk shit about the center square being awesome a long time ago and make him/her feel old.

    “Comic Relief VIII was the shit in ‘89″, Arm muses.

  223. Arm Strongcock Says:

    Studz …………..so that I could hook up with hot ditties.

    They’d be like,”Yeah, but is he a stud”? I’d be all, “Bitch, I am on the show – so what do you fuckin’ think”?

  224. spanky datass Says:

    Next pick, the ‘control f game’ on KSK!! IT RAWKS!!11!!
    Come on let’s all play!!

  225. J.L White Says:

    I’m going to do something revolutionary here, and pick a game show no one else has already chosen. I hope no one is offended, but at the same time I’m writing this now to underline how much smarter I think I am than most of you.

    2 Minute Drill

    If only this show was still around, and Pacman Jones or Hines Ward could be one of the participants. ESPN, why did you cancel this show?

  226. That'samare Says:

    For my second pick, I’ll take Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. You get to go on a vacation, all expenses paid, and then return home to get your house expanded and pimped up. Brilliant.

  227. sportzak Says:

    @ White Boom Boom. Amen. (and if no someone else wrote something similar to what I wrote, sorry, I didn’t feel like using ctrl + F

  228. Zack Says:

    @That’samare – your second pick is actually your first pick – I took SYTYCD about two hundred picks ago for the exact same reasons.

  229. Inanimate Carbon Rod Says:

    well with my game show picked…Battle of the Network Stars(good call Gino and if I can join your team I get to throw at the Dunk Tank…), I will go with my Reality Show pick…Three Sheets(have no idea what the network is..but it usually comes on after Red Sox games on NESN HD). I like my drinky-drink…

  230. Clayton Bigsby Says:

    Joker’s Wild, Tic Tac Doe, Let’s Make a Deal… & Win Ben Stein’s Money.

  231. Kevin in ABQ Says:

    Greed. Woolery, some f’ing dumb contestants I can help bail out, and a nice, arbitrary $2.5 M grand prize.

    Temptation Island. As discussed earlier, with appropriate vaccinations.

  232. Cross The Goal Leinart Says:

    the hills. Why? stupid hot girls and my only competition is a bunch of dicks and tools, I will be rolling in the pink stink

  233. Rock Says:

    “Survivor”. It would be fun to fuck with the D-bag metros and valley girls who tend to populate the contestant pools.

  234. Conrad Dobler Says:

    The Ohio Lottery game show that airs Saturday nights – no skill required whatsoever. I actually think a few of the contestants have been retarded.

  235. Andy Says:

    Anybody remember Distraction? They hurt people while asking them pretty normal questions to distract them. All in pursuit of things such as a car or a Vespa scooter and a TV or something. I always loved it.

  236. spanky datass Says:

    ‘Extreme Hangover: Sunday Edition’ Not draftin’ it, livin’ it.

    /neeeeeds football

  237. crossdotcurve Says:

    That show on the channel where they build shit and where they show up and build you a new god-damn kick ass house.

    I win.

    Oh, and I used to live in Italy as a kid. They had game shows where the hostesses are smoking hot and disrobe every time you get a question right. Those were great when I was 12.

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