The Krypton Factor

As some of you know, I am a big fan of Britsh gameshows and I am blessed that YouTube exists (and that the UK networks lawyers are not that eager to prosecute).

This program, The Krypton Factor, is not for the timid. It is a series of mental and physical tests that take the brain to its limit.

It was tried twice in America, once with Dick Clark, and the other for kids with Eight is Enough star Willie Aames.

This version of the show just debuted in the UK.

BTW, Fox tried to get a version of this show on the air here. The pilot was never shown...I guess it would probably fry the brains of the audience of their news channel.

http://www.itv.com/kryptonfactor/

Temptation....the way it should have been..

Many of you know that I love game shows, especially ones that are done right. When the Reg Grundy folks remade thier popular Sale of the Century in Austrailia (where SOTC is that country's American Idol) into a game called Temptation, I was amazed with the effort, and I could not wait until they found a way to bring it here.

Well they did. Unfortunatly, Fox put the show on that bargain basement they call MyNetworkTV. They found some soap star that d not have the skill of Aussie host Ed Phillips or the smootheness of American SOTC host Jim Perry.

The result was a disaster.

So I offer one complete episode to show you how it should have been done!