A photo still from Japanese game show,"Hole in the Wall"I have just seen a promo ad on Fox for an upcoming game show titled "Hole in the Wall", which will actually be an American version of a popular Japanese game show of the same name that soared to popularity on YouTube as well as foreign television.
The premise is contestants must "contort" their bodies to fit thru a moving barrier wall( as seen in above photo) or be tossed into a pool.The actual shapes of the hole in each wall will change and get increasingly more difficult.Some have compared it to "human Tetris".Hmm...
What is next ?Live-action "Twister" games ?"Watching Paint Dry"? I enjoy reality/game shows as much as anyone, but some of them are downright ridiculous. Fox's "Moment of Truth" is like Jerry Springers show without the fights and cursing and with more attractive guests and do not even get me started on the music/dance/singing reality shows.I only watch the audition phase of American Idol to goof on the very BAD auditions( don't hate on me, we ALL know we do it!). I LOVE the better Fox reality shows, like the original reality show,"COPS"; and "Hells Kitchen" and as far as primetime goes, Fox has given us GREAT programs like "Americas Most Wanted","Prison Break","24" and "The Simpsons", just to name a few,but I get the feeling they are jumping the shark with "Hole in the Wall". It will attract a large audience but eventually they will run out of steam-I just do not think a show with nothing to offer but people jumping through walls in a horizontal limbo dance is going to keep the fleeting attention of primetime viewers.Only time will tell....A pilot will be filmed later this year to air on Fox.
5 comments:
Ellen would have some of her guests on her show play this game. Very amusing! I think you're right though. It will probably lose steam. Have you watched Wipeout? Now that's a show the entire family loves. We think its just as good as our three year old does! And the hosts of the show don't do the incredibly cheesy commentary. They're actually entertaining.
ill watch nova instead.
wake up wymzie...
It would be entertaining at first but theres only so many shapes lol...
BTW any of you watch Ice Road Truckers on History Channel ?THAT is what I call "real" reality TV.
primetime viewers do not have the attention span of a 2 year old. Thus, all the GARBAGE on tv and in the name of reality. NOT even close!
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