# Stupid TV game show contestants **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [August 29, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702 "2021-08-29T00:06:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/62 "2021-08-31T02:26:18Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > … In a mayonnaise sauce! 🙂 Remember, in the sequences round you get (at most) three clues, and you have to answer with the fourth. How may clues did it take you? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/63 "2021-08-31T02:28:10Z")
Two. What else could it be? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/64 "2021-08-31T03:02:56Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > How may clues did it take you? > [@terentii](#): > > Two. What else could it be? 😃 Ditto. Doesn’t get any easier than that. Maybe “peanut butter, jelly” or “corned beef, Russian dressing”? ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/65 "2021-08-31T04:49:57Z")
What I hate is on Pyramid when a team reaches the winners circle. The clue giver almost always goes into brain freeze: “Um, duh, tard, uh, drool, duh, um”. And the poor sap that’s supposed to guess the answer is left sitting there with a look on their face like “fucking say something you dipshit!!!” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/66 "2021-08-31T06:53:55Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > And the poor sap that’s supposed to guess the answer is left sitting there with a look on their face like “fucking say something you dipshit!!!” Either that or he/she starts spewing out wrong guesses so fast the other guy can’t get a word in edgewise. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/67 "2021-08-31T07:41:57Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > On _Price is Right,_ I get so annoyed whenever they play [Cover Up](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/priceisright/images/b/bc/Coverupalana2.JPG) I am soooooo with you on this! So easy to get a ‘freebie’ by tossing the first number. And I hate it when the contestants lose a game and start with the _“That’s alright!”_ bullshit. You just stood in line for 9 fucking hours, sat through 5 hours of taping nonesense, beat the odds by getting called up on stage, win a fucking bid against four random assholes and you you lose a car because you missed the price of a fucking package of instant mashed potatoes by a dollar? FUCK! That is NOT ALL RIGHT!! ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/68 "2021-08-31T17:06:20Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > > [@pkbites](#): > > > > And the poor sap that’s supposed to guess the answer is left sitting there with a look on their face like “fucking say something you dipshit!!!” > > Either that or he/she starts spewing out wrong guesses so fast the other guy can’t get a word in edgewise. Hard to give an answer to “Duh, um, oof, um, uh, drool, tard, duh!” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/70 "2021-08-31T17:15:53Z")
My favorite was the Family Feud bonus round (Richard Dawson era) where the question was “Name an animal with three letters in its name”. First contestant comes up with “Frog”, and the second answered “Alligator”. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/71 "2021-08-31T17:18:10Z")
Like with Cliff on _ **Jeopardy!** _, it’s pretty hard to dispute those answers. After all, Dawson didn’t say _only_ three letters. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/72 "2021-08-31T17:26:56Z")
All it takes is one clue to set them off. **CATEGORY:** Things you give as gifts. **CELEBRITY:** : Uhmm … Jewelry … uhmm… **CONTESTANT** : Things that shine. Things you polish. Things that are beautiful. Things that cost a lot. Things you wear. Things you… ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/73 "2021-08-31T17:53:55Z")
The best part was Dawson’s banter with the second contestant afterwards: “You don’t use narcotics, do you, Bob?” “No, but I will.” ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/74 "2021-08-31T17:57:11Z")
> [Gene](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419813/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): [the word is “cream”] You put this in your coffee. > > [Joey](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001455/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Uh - a spoon! Your hands! Your face! > > [Gene](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419813/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): It’s white. > > [Joey](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001455/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Paper! Snow! A ghost! > > [Gene](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419813/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): It’s heavier than milk. > > [Joey](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001455/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): A rock! A dog! The earth! > > [Gene](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419813/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Pass. > > [Gene](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419813/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): [the word is “mayonnaise”] You put this on a sandwich. > > [Joey](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001455/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Salami! Anchovies! Jam! > > [Gene](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419813/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): It’s white. > > [Joey](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001455/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Paper! Snow! A ghost! ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/75 "2021-08-31T19:06:20Z")
I noticed under Steve Harvey the writers deliberately seem to include questions now that will automatically have either a stupid or profane response just to give Steve Harvey an excuse to riff. The most blatant one I saw was basically “Name something a female college student is more likely to put in her mouth than her male counterpart” The #1 answer was “Toothbrush” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/76 "2021-08-31T19:27:34Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > “Name something a female college student is more likely to put in her mouth than her male counterpart” > > The #1 answer was “Toothbrush” What was #2? 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/77 "2021-08-31T19:39:12Z")
This just heard on vintage _ **Pyramid** _: **CATEGORY:** Things you see in a war movie. **CELEBRITY:** The place in Hawaii that the Japanese bombed. **CONTESTANT:** Waikiki! Diamondhead! Bikini! (She eventually got Pearl Harbor just before the buzzer sounded.) ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/78 "2021-09-01T06:30:00Z")
In no particular order from what I remember Diet Drink Water Breath Mint Birth Control Celery ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/79 "2021-09-01T06:54:04Z")
Well, that was a letdown! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![alfonzos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alfonzos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfonzos)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/80 "2021-09-13T02:35:14Z")
Call two numbers during your turn. Here’s why: 1. There are three Wild Cards on the board at the beginning of the game. That means four possible matches. That’s a 17% chance that you get lucky and make a match. 2. Calling one number and passing every turn may be a decent strategy but makes for a boring spectacle. Everybody will be rooting against you. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/81 "2021-09-13T03:21:33Z")
I have always thought wheel of fortune contestants were some of the dumbest people on God’s green earth … one thing ive noticed people never realize is on family feud is you dont have to be right you just have to know what the popular answer is I had a relative that hated family feud because the most popular answers were always “wrong” and she felt it just made human stupidity worse ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702/82 "2021-09-13T05:43:20Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > one thing ive noticed people never realize is on family feud is you dont have to be right you just have to know what the popular answer is SNL parodied that, as well. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e0HGEZXTy8Y/maxresdefault.jpg "Common Knowledge - Saturday Night Live") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0HGEZXTy8Y) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702.md?page=5)