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Short-Lived Shows: VS.

by Adam Finley, posted Aug 19th 2006 8:02AM

greg proopsComedy Central has had more than a few game shows, but few of them, with the exception of Win Ben Stein's Money, ever really caught on. In the late 90s comedian Greg Proops, best known for his work on both the British and American versions of Who's Line Is It Anyway? hosted a game show called VS. that pitted two groups against one another in a quiz show kind of format. The groups were supposed to be polar opposites, so for example they might have "cops vs. hippies," or, a personal favorite of mine, "cowboys vs. Indians" (in which the "Indians" were literally people from India). The show was played in three rounds, and the basic gist was that if you answered questions tailored to your group, you won some money, and if you answered questions tailored to the other group, you won even more money. If the show seemed familiar to some people, it's because another game show, called Clash!, also aired on Comedy Central years earlier and used essentially the same format. All I can recall about Clash!, however, is the episode where Superman fans went up against Batman fans. Don't ask me who won, though. While VS. wasn't a terrible show, and Proops was actually quite witty as a host, it came along when Win Ben Stein's Money was still going strong, and it seems viewers were happy with just one goofy game show.

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Dan

Hey! I actually remember seeing an episode of this one. (but I can't rememeber anything from it - comes with the age)

November 07 2006 at 12:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Erica

Wow, thanks for reminding me about this show! I thought it was great! Didn't they do one with (football?) players vs. cheerleaders?

August 20 2006 at 1:10 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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