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The gang is playing along at home this week as we run the whole game show gauntlet — from the daytime classics you watched while faking sick to the chaos of late-night Japanese TV.
Matt, Eric, Drake, and Joey get into Price Is Right, Wheel of Fortune, and the Pat Sajak / Vanna White era, then argue about Steve Harvey's reign on Family Feud (and every host before him — Richard Dawson and that very long microphone, Ray Combs, Louie Anderson, and the "Al Borland" guy). We hit the big-money primetime boom with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Deal or No Deal, the celebrity editions nobody asked for, and the panel-show heyday of Hollywood Squares, Match Game, and $10,000 Pyramid.
Then things get physical: American Gladiators, Pros vs. Joes, Fear Factor, Wipeout, MXC, and the Nickelodeon hall of fame — Double Dare, Guts, the Aggro Crag, and Legends of the Hidden Temple. Plus Game Show Network nostalgia, a mystery early-2000s show nobody can name, and a childhood teacher who actually went on Double Dare and won.
Where's the line between a game show and a reality show? Is Survivor a game show? The Bachelor? Naked and Afraid? We don't fully settle it, but we have a great time trying.
By Matt Mitchell5
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The gang is playing along at home this week as we run the whole game show gauntlet — from the daytime classics you watched while faking sick to the chaos of late-night Japanese TV.
Matt, Eric, Drake, and Joey get into Price Is Right, Wheel of Fortune, and the Pat Sajak / Vanna White era, then argue about Steve Harvey's reign on Family Feud (and every host before him — Richard Dawson and that very long microphone, Ray Combs, Louie Anderson, and the "Al Borland" guy). We hit the big-money primetime boom with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Deal or No Deal, the celebrity editions nobody asked for, and the panel-show heyday of Hollywood Squares, Match Game, and $10,000 Pyramid.
Then things get physical: American Gladiators, Pros vs. Joes, Fear Factor, Wipeout, MXC, and the Nickelodeon hall of fame — Double Dare, Guts, the Aggro Crag, and Legends of the Hidden Temple. Plus Game Show Network nostalgia, a mystery early-2000s show nobody can name, and a childhood teacher who actually went on Double Dare and won.
Where's the line between a game show and a reality show? Is Survivor a game show? The Bachelor? Naked and Afraid? We don't fully settle it, but we have a great time trying.

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