Brilliancies

As noted in the faux tweets, I haven't seen the screener episode of GSN's new Lingo. So I can't comment on the details of Carrie Grosvenor's review which relate specifically to the show. But one general remark in her review got me blathering...

Carrie: There have been clueless contestants on many, many game shows. I'll bet most of you could name at least three recent ones right off the top of your head.

It ain't just recent shows. Look at the blooper reels on YouTube and you'll see plenty of clueless contestants from the good old days. What month does a pregnant woman start to show? September! (From Richard Dawson's Family Feud, of course.)

The good old days of supposedly brilliant or more varied or somehow better contestants never existed. In fact, the good old days had some supposedly brilliant types rigged with the answers.

To blather on a little more...I was unkind a while back on this blog to a less than great contestant on Repo Games. It's just human nature to poke a little fun at our fellow travelers to the grave when they look not so brilliant. But I wonder how I would do under the pressure of a nationally televised game show.

Probably about as bad. Or quite possibly worse.

THE REST OF THE STORY: The image looks too dumb to be true, and of course it is. Hoax-Slayer assures us that the image is just a gag and the actual contestant did well. I've attached the genuine screenshot, where the lady answered correctly.