1 vs. 100 Brings in some Boosters
1 vs. 100 Brings in some Boosters by Roxanne McDonald
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Adding perks to the evidently drooping “1 vs. 100,” the producers give us follow-ups of the delightful and the disgusting kinds. |
There’s not much recapping or reporting going on about the still nascent “1 vs. 100.” There are ratings charts, such as the one at Wiki, which reveal viewer numbers decreased sharply—from 12.2 million in October of 2006, spiraling then spiking in the next months, then ending at a low 9 million viewers by February of 2007. And so this writer infers that maybe the producers felt a need for some boosting of appeal?
During interstices, right before and/or after commercial breaks, we can see and hear past contestants who were big winners. One guy, for instance, sits with his Mama for an interview, telling us how she was going to kill him if he didn’t take the mob over the money. I think it was also for this individual that another promotional type (in
Vegas? In Atlantic City?) gives the man a chance to win big in the casinos, so he can get at least a little closer to helping his Mama pay off her house.
Also new to the show’s format is some type of chance to double one’s winnings…before taking off for home. When the contestant says she wants to take the money instead of the mob, Saget offers her the chance to double her money by answering just one more question. In the episode where this new element is first put into play, the contestant declines, but just for kicks answers to see what she would or would not have won. It was a fairly easy question, and she was right, so had she taken the double-up opportunity…sigh.
Another twist—albeit a continuation of previous practices—was to invite very special mob members. So former “Apprentice” players and a winner appeared. We had Kelly Purdue. Cool. We had Sean Yazbeck. Yay, the crowd goes wild, as does the female contestant who had been “in love with him and rooting for him.” And then we
got…bleck, Omarosa. She didn’t last long, of course, but before she made her again shameless exit, she got in a disgusting slam, saying, “I worked for Donald Trump, so of course I know what Rogaine is.” She didn’t “work” for him, really, and she didn’t. as far as I’m concerned work as a draw for “1 vs.100.”
Oh, but one more fun addition is at the end of the show, when they show a mock interview clip with Bob Saget. We see him from the neck up, with some very old-fashioned envelope-shaped hat, saying how he is “pretty busy….I’ve got a lot of gigs….” Then the camera backs off to reveal a Bog Saget the soda jerk.
That was funny, and fun. As the show continues to be despite the lower ratings and despite its deferral to the return of—yay!—“Identity”.
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