OT - Minute To Win It*
Happened to catch "Minute to Win It" last night for the first time. If you haven't seen it, it is absolutely worth checking out.
The cool thing is, of the 65 "games" the contestants have to do, they have plenty of time to practice. The show's Web site posts all of the challenges online so contestants can preview them before hand.
One episode last night featured a guy they called "Big Steve." Check it out:
Yes, I know, he sweats more than Cool Hand Luke.
One challenge is to take an Oreo Cookie, place it on your forehead, and get it to slide into your mouth. This sounds infantile. It is PROBABLY the most fun you can have for the price of an Oreo cookie. Try it with your friends. Or alone. I won't judge.
Also thought about how awesome a party with a bunch of these games would be.
Another:
Anyone else watch?
* One hundred percent not double posted.
I love that someone on NBC said "Screw it, get them to do stupid human tricks for a million bucks, people will watch." I watch and yes, it is that compelling. I could not believe I was yelling at the TV and telling people "You're doing it wrong", having never actually tried any of these things myself.
Also, this has the makings of tremendous extra credit opportunities if I wanted to make the kid work for it. I won't do it, but yes, it would be fun to watch.
This show is great to watch, and Guy Fieri is EVERYWHERE and did a great job of hosting.
I would agree the 65 games they have listed are awesome, and I would strongly recommend trying them at home.
I have a hard time bringing myself to allow that turbodouche Guy Fieri onto my TV screen. Every time I see him I just want to punch him in the face, and since I don't want to punch my television, it's probably for the better that I don't watch anything with him on it.
I don't mind the guy, heck I want his gig where he drives around the country eating at every greasy spoon he can find. Awesome.
I didn't think there were people who DIDN'T think he was a turbodouche. He has essentially no formal cooking experience, yet has a show on the Food Network (which puts him right in line with most of their roster), where he goes around giving his two cents on how to prepare a steak or brisket or something like that.
And of course there's the fact that his real name is Guy Ferry, and not only does he change it, but he adds in a ridiculous faux-italian accent on it.
If I were Alton I'd be embarrassed to be on the same network.
He owns/runs a couple restaurants in Cali, plus he won the Next Food Star show a couple years ago. Guy is gtg. Plus he's the mayor of Flavortown.
i dvr'd it and watched it when i got home last night. i made it to the "drop quarters into shot glass" game and had enough. if i had not dvr'd it and was watching live i probably would have made it to the ping pong game. not my thing but could see it being a family type show.
I didn't even know that was a show until just now.