# Best Time Ever with NPH **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485 "2015-09-16T17:11:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485/1 "2015-09-16T17:11:03Z")
Anyone watch? I liked the idea of him crashing the opening couple’s events, but overall found it pretty ‘meh’. I think I’ll give it one more try (a bro always gives his a bro a second chance), but I doubt I’ll stay with this one. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485/2 "2015-09-16T20:35:56Z")
Oh boy was this underwhelming. I was hoping for more but it was pretty much nothing. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485/3 "2015-09-16T23:53:35Z")
With a title like “Best Time Ever” it just begs for the moniker “Worst Time Ever” which is how I felt. I thought it was crazy frenetic, with NPH racing from one over-hyped event to another without any connections between them. I was hoping for something like the old Carol Burnett show or perhaps Sonny & Cher, with lots of comedic bits and good music. Instead we had part Price Is Right, part Celebrity Acrobatic Challenge (and really, Reese Witherspoon?), part prank show. I was very disappointed since I had high hopes for NPH from his other recent TV appearances. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485/4 "2015-09-16T23:56:49Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > With a title like “Best Time Ever” it just begs for the moniker “Worst Time Ever” which is how I felt. I thought it was crazy frenetic, with NPH racing from one over-hyped event to another without any connections between them. > > I was hoping for something like the old Carol Burnett show or perhaps Sonny & Cher, with lots of comedic bits and good music. Instead we had part Price Is Right, part Celebrity Acrobatic Challenge (and really, Reese Witherspoon?), part prank show. I was very disappointed since I had high hopes for NPH from his other recent TV appearances. That sums it up nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485/5 "2015-09-17T00:37:08Z")
I like NPH but he’s so overexposed I can’t look at him. It’s like somebody’s trying to give you ice cream after you’ve eaten two gallons. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485/6 "2015-09-17T09:53:24Z")
I thought it was pretty dumb overall. There were some moments, but for the most part it was largely forgettable. I’m willing to give it a few episodes to find its stride. They may be able to figure out what works and what doesn’t. I also think, since its live, not unlike SNL, its probably a show thats going to be generally hit or miss. I told The Wife- really, what I want to watch isn’t this show… but catch the bits that go Viral the next day and not have to watch the other 90% because its the type of show where some segment is probably going to hit every week. I also am not sure what NBC was thinking with the time slot Tuesday night at 10?! I’m sure they’re trying to get AGT rollover audience, but this show begs to be like… Sunday at 8… (A problem for NBC, I know, because of football… but it seems like a kind of fun show you’d watch with the family before sending the kids to bed on a school night) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485/7 "2015-09-17T10:19:21Z")
BTE is a spin-off of _Saturday Night Takeway_, a UK show featuring cheeky Geordies Ant & Dec. One of the important elements of the UK show is that it is geared specifically to a **Saturday evening family audience** (I think it’s on around 8pm?), not a “late Tuesday night” audience. The original is extremely successful but would utterly tank in a Tuesday-at-10 slot, so I suspect NBC deserves a lot of the criticism here. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485/8 "2015-09-17T14:24:21Z")
Mostly underwhelming, and a lot of the ‘clever’ dialogue and jokes fell flat. I did enjoy the clips of NPH stalking the couple from Tuscaloosa, and I literally called my wife in from the next room during the karaoke bit because, stunningly, one of the families was literally in our town (in fact, there’s a family by that name in our neighborhood and I wonder if it was them). Otherwise, pretty underwhelming. Carrot Top, really? My kids really wanted to see it, so I was just screening it before letting them watch it on streaming. It’s fine for them but I don’t plan on watching any more. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485/9 "2015-09-17T15:00:55Z")
Did your kids like it, **Skammer**? ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485/10 "2015-09-17T16:43:03Z")
Gee, I thought it was kinda fun. Uneven, sure. But certainly not something I’ve seen before. And yeah, I loved the stalking bit. I wonder how many of the segments will be present in the next episode. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485/11 "2015-09-17T16:54:22Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Did your kids like it, **Skammer**? They had after-school activities yesterday so I think they’ll be watching it today. I’ll bring back a report. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485/12 "2015-09-17T22:07:38Z")
I quit after the climbing race with Witherspoon. I didn’t go in expecting much but way worse than I’d imagined likely. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485/13 "2015-09-18T05:29:28Z")
The stalking bit seemed like it should have been funny but it just fell flat because it looked so obviously staged. I mean, there was a camera _in their car._ Were we really supposed to believe that the couple were not in on the whole thing? If so, it was very poorly done. And the kareoke singers being surprised by the “hidden cameras” yet then having a big handheld mic to sing into. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485/14 "2015-09-18T15:01:50Z")
No way were they in on it. What would be the point of that? But obviously, family members were. ETA: My kids liked it okay, but not nearly as much as _America’s Got Talent_.