We watched Snoop Dogg’s The Joker’s Wild revival that went out on US channel TBS last night.
It was fun enough. Snoop Dogg plays the role of Quizmaster Snoop Dogg of Snoop Dogg fame well enough and was pretty good at asking the questions even if Jeannie Mai is doing most of the technical heavy lifting. Question ideas are fun, even if it errs slightly too hard on pot references. Audience whooping for no discernable reason quite annoying.
The Joker’s Wild was a quiz that most famously ran in the US in the 70s and 80s hosted by Jack Barry. In it contestants picked categories as chosen by a giant slot machine. The winner got to Face the Devil in the bonus round, trying to spin up $1,000 before a devil showed up on one of the reels. It was quite fun. Not to be confused with the Barry Cryer comedy panel game of the 70s. Anyway here’s a random episode on Youtube:
http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/right-royal-quiz-presented-fern-britton-commissioned-itv
ITV have commissioned A Right Royal Quiz, hosted by Fern Britton about the Royal Family. It seems like it’s just a one-off (possibly a pilot), tickets are on Applause Store.