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Dumbed down questions on celebrity game shows
The Wizard
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I know it's all for charity but do we really have to have these zelebs turning up and being spoon fed a load of dumb simple questions? Why do they do this? Is it so the charities stand a better chance of getting some money or are do the agents insist that their clients don't look stupid on television?
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But maybe geared at subjects the Celebrities are more likely to know so they don't look completely dumb. No chemical elements etc
My favourite was the Coronation Street actress (whose name escapes me) who was asked which monarch was sitting on the throne at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. She said Margaret Thatcher - and was genuinely surprised when the host asked if she was sure that was the answer she wanted to give.
Which makes me wonder why certain shows are in favour of using celebs all the time instead of members of the public like Family Fortunes for example. Surely it's got to be cheaper to give the money to a member of the public than to pay a celebrity and still give the money away. Maybe there's some kind of charity tax dodge going on or maybe it's all about viewing figures and celebs draw in bigger audiences.
Yes it's pretty obvious it's a fix when the Chaser deliberately gets an easy question wrong on purpose. It so annoys me. It's bad enough that they make the questions easier for these jokers but then they have to fix them into winning by getting easy questions wrong on purpose.
Yet the BBC squander money on taxis, executive salaries, junkets, etc!
The benefit to the charities is not how much they win on the programme but the publicity that they hope will get them more donations from the public.
The ITV shows work on a different model which is that if they give away bigger prizes that increases their viewing figures and hence advertising income. ITV have pretty much always given away bigger prizes than BBC whether celebrity versions or normal.
I don't understand why the bigger prizes should increase popularity but clearly successive ITV bosses who understand this better than I know it does.
Are they really paid? If so that sucks, I'd assumed they were doing it for nothing - the publicity will be good for them which is fair enough but not direct payment.
Oh don't start with this often-debunked nonsense here
Prove it. Just because YOU knew the answer does not make the question "easy". Such arrogance.
As are some "normal" people. Like me, for example. Of course, celebs are also just normal people who may or may not have done well in school.
I don't need to prove it. When you have a question such as "what colour are The Simpsons?" and the chaser is Mark Labette who is not only a school teacher so very much in touch with stuff like this but is a known cult tv fan I find it impossible to believe he would get such a simple question wrong seeing as most people with half a braincell would get such a question right. It does question whether the chasers are deliberately giving the celebrities a winning chance.
The celebrities vary, just like the rest of the population. Some do well and some don't.
I am sure most of them have never heard of you either.
Aww, defending the lickle 'celebs'?
If you believe the questions on Celebrity Mastermind aren't made easier for the 'celebrities' then clearly you've never seen the programme.
I would say very much the later. You want as near to being A list celebrity's as possible appearing, and that would not happen if they were humiliated publicly on celebrity quiz/ game shows.
You want A-listers, but what you get are people who were in Casualty or Eastenders 20 years ago you'd completely forgotten about
Yeah, I've noticed quite a few times that the Chaser has threw the game by making it look as if they being able to answer questions that they would have no doubt been able to answer had the game show not been the charity version. They try their best to make it look convincing though.
Very true.
They had Barry from East Enders to prove your point. He was very good.
They had Barry Mcguigan on it. He is still a respected name in boxing. At least you would recognise him and Barry if you saw them. Most of the other so called celebs you have to google them just to have a clue who they are, and what are they famous for.