1 vs 100 and Mob Mentality a Winning Mix for a Change
1 vs 100 and Mob Mentality a Winning Mix for a Change by Roxanne McDonald
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They use the mob, they compete against the mob, and they appeal to the mob of viewers…rare in this day of dying game shows as we know them. |
I hate to harp on it, but “Deal or No Deal” is just dull—save for the ever charismatic but wasted comedy of Howie Mandel. And is “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” even on anymore? Okay. So that leaves a fairly entertaining “Identity” and this other neo-traditional game show, “1 vs. 100”.
“1 vs. 100” is hosted by the once adorable and now seemingly just worn-down Danny Tanner—I mean Bob Saget. It consists, too, of one contestant and a “mob” of 100 individuals—some personalities, occasionally a celebrity. (When I saw my first installment, Danny Bonaduce was the featured mobster, though he didn’t last long.)
A multiple choice question is posed and posted, prompting the contestant to answer by locking his or her answer. At the same time, the 100 “opponents” lock in their answers. Then the main contestant can choose to take a hike (or, wait, he may have to do this before he locks in), taking with him/her the monies won thus far. If he/she stays, the right answer is lighted up, and then Saget announces the number of pwople in the mob who got it wrong.
For every wrong answer, the contestant earns an exponentially increased amount of money per—and the wrong mobsters are eliminated. As you can likely figure out, if you haven’t seen “1 vs. 100” yet, by the time the contestant has out-answered all 100, he/she wins $1 million.
I avoided watching and therefore reviewing “1 vs. 100” until one night when other shows I usually watch were in re-run or something—I forget—and was lucky enough to catch the special “Twelve Days of Christmas” edition
wherein Melanie Pino of Las Vegas, Nevada and Michael Zajaczkowski of Jersey City, New Jersey were on the spot. Darling Melanie—poor thing—was wrong in like the first or second round; but Michael, Michael was awesome…making it up into the six figures then wisely—after using all his assists—taking the money (for his mom’s birthday bash) and fleeing the mob—which contained fewer than 25 people.
So maybe the contestants, along with the dynamic hosts and engaging game show concepts make the show watchable for us, still. Gone are the days of “Let’s Make a Deal” and the “Gong Show,” but here to hopefully linger a few years longer are “Identity” and “1 vs. 100”. Hopefully. At least that’s what I hear the mob screaming for.
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