Sunday, August 4, 2013

Game show for game show netizens

One of these days I'll stop crawling around the web. Unusual things turn up. Like Game Show Gauntlet, a YouTube game show for Net insiders, hosted by Cory Anotado.

Cory and me ain't best buds, and you can scrounge up the evidence for yourself. His three game show netizen co-conspirators on the linked episode are Alex Davis from Buzzerblog, Bob Hagh from Buzzerblog and others, and Stad St. Fleur from Twitter and elsewhere.

The show is not for boys and girls. Random profanity and varied sexual references crop up, and Alex tells us how hung over he is, though he seems awful frisky. Anyway, the netizens run through a bunch of classic game shows, from Match Game to Weakest Link to Family Feud to Concentration to God knows what. (The last one is an expression, not a game show.)

For whatever reason, Cory doesn't pick up so well on the audio, and Alex and Stad come through too loud and clear. Production values are in the, oh, $2.95 range. And you know what? I loved the thing. It's got the goofy-loosey vibe that Hollywood Game Night tries for and never quite nails.

But then I'm a game show netizen myself. And I guessed "brace yourself" on Wheel of Fortune, while Alex screwed up. One other thing: Gilda Radner died a long time ago, Cory.

UPDATE: By a strange coincidence, Cory Anotado appears as a contestant on one of the debut episodes of The Chase on GSN August 6. I'll post my review of The Chase this week.

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