![]() ![]() I've been watching a LOT of the classic version (Buzzr has a mini marathon of it every Sunday night), and Johnny Gilbert would often make comments about the rules throughout ("Oh no, don't drop that item! That'll be a penalty!" "Four-five! She has the five allowed hams!"). I really enjoyed it, but I agree that it would be better served with having someone else do the voiceover during the actual sweep. She forgets many viewers never saw it or even have never heard of it. Maybe Leslie, who I assume is running the show, thinks everyone is a big fan of the original. ![]() One team can be favored over another during those stalls. I thought the slow barrista and flower person were stupid. BUT! She could be filling viewers in on what exactly shopprs are suppose to be doing/taking/not taking. Leslie jabbers constantly while contestants are shopping, and that's fine. Leslie could be doing informative VOs instead of just saying "That's right girl, go for the expensive honey." She could have said, "Girl better not take more than five of that honey." I watch ANW and the hosts talk about "Don't let your foot touch the water!" and other comments so viewers know how obstacles are scored. It was a good idea, and it didn't eat up any additional show time either.Įxactly this. It's not really a job one person could do successfully, though, so that's why the older version had the additional announcer. Leslie did try to do this at times, but didn't really explain enough. OK, I just watched a 1994 episode and realized why I never felt lost watching the older version - they had a separate announcer we don't see on screen (maybe a voiceover) explaining why they were taking what they took as they shopped, and how much they were going to earn from it. (Something that applied in last week's course, The Host, Matt mentioned it in passing but I'd never really realized it before) Like the balance obstacle most courses have apparently you are NOT allowed to let your arms/hands touch the obstacle when you run across some of them. ![]() Ninja Warrior, it is clear each obstacle has rules for what can be done and not done on them, like how some areas can or can't be used to beat the obstacle which we are rarely explicitly told about as viewers. (Or at least I've never really noticed chef's grabbing things they don't use but I could be wrong).Īmazing Race fans know there are a whole slew of rules we don't see, including how separated contestants can be, rules on interacting with locals and taxi drivers, when they can and can't ditch their gear, etc. I'm pretty sure most of the games, even the ones without weight/price/aisle limits, have a "Use what you take" rule that is never really explicit. Guy's Grocery Games clearly has some rules for their games that viewers aren't told. It was just the first episode, maybe they'll expand on the viewer briefing rules in future eps, or just leave them as un-viewered rules. The first time you see the show and see them only snag 3 out of all the ham hocks, or see them being somewhat careful to be grabbing everything they put in their cart, you might think they are being stupid in not grabbing it all and/or sweeping the shelf.īut by the second, third, fourth time of all the teams acting that way, viewers would realizes (most of the time) that there must be extra rules keeping those 'obvious' tactics in check. The host needs to give enough rules on air for viewers to understand what is going on, without eating up TOO much time to show the rest of the action (and for Supermarket Sweep, to show all those products on the shelves). The production team made adjustments in the set in order to distance contestants from each other, and from Jones - complying with all COVID protocols, of course, including frequent testing of players and crew - and groceries were sanitized using electrostatic sprayers (and later donated to local charities and food banks). The show, which was supposed to film in the spring, was able to start production in a 35,000-square-foot hangar at the Santa Monica, Calif., airport at the end of July, according to the Los Angeles Times, after pandemic-created restrictions were eased. The team that racks up the biggest grocery bill at the end wins and gets to play for the big money. In EW's exclusive preview of the show, above, Jones sends the players (three teams of two) dashing through the supermarket in search of specific products, and, finally, on one big shopping trip. 18 on ABC, is upping the ante not just on the products that contestants can use to add to their total - Jones excluded.she's the host - but also the grand prize: up to $100,000. ![]()
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