Ever read about one of those shows that makes you question humanity and makes you see if you have any easy way to remove your eyes lying around? I got a press release from representatives this weekend (sorry, I was out of town) about GSN partnering with Meow Mix to do a cat game show called “Think Like a Cat”. My jaw dropped and I just kept thinking, “There’s no way they can be doing another cat game. Was the last one, Catminster, that popular?” I triple checked with representatives from each company and it’s true. This time it’s an actual game show rather than a pageant. This sounds absolutely painful. Could have had Lingo or another season of some original, but nope, we have a cat game show. So you can join in the misery, here are the rules, and these are all 100% confirmed from the official rules of the show:
Round One: “Lightning Round”: Eight cats are standing in front of food. The first three to finish their bowl of food, or the three who finish the most food, move on. A cat food eating contest. Unreal.
Round Two: “Are You Smarter Than a Cat”: Honestly it’s Jeopardy! just to add to the lack of originality and insanity of this. Six categories, five questions in each, point totals are 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50. No Daily Double at least. All questions are general cat knowledge. That should get fives of tens of people to play along. Highest two scores move on.
Round Three: “Think Like a Cat”: The final two contestant’s cats are taped doing seven different situations. The contestants have to answer three questions based on the actions of the cat. The contestants, before each clip is shown, wager a portion of their points. The contestants basically have to predict what their cat’s next action is going to be. Thrilling, isn’t it? You can’t wager more than half your points on the first two questions to stop people from going bankrupt. Highest score plays the end game.
Round Four: “Meow Mix Million Dollar Challenge”: Ten sealed Meow Mix bags of food with a different symbol inside are placed on the set. Only two bags have matching symbols, the other eight are unique. The human chooses one and the cat chooses one. If they match, they win $1,000,000. I’m not kidding. If not, they still win $25,000.
We can’t get Russian Roulette. We can’t get Whammy!. We can’t get Lingo, or That’s The Question. But we get a friggin million dollar cat game show? Seriously? Think Like a Cat debuts November 15, 2008 on GSN. I’m pretty sure our little gag of LitterBlog will reappear around the same time. Also you don’t know how many dirty jokes I have going through my head but I’d be yelled at by people on here for saying them, haha. If you have any dirty jokes about this, please feel free to comment them!
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