Hope this isn't a repeat. Just saw a trailer (attached below) for a new gameshow called Boom premiering Thursday, June 25, on FOX. The premise appears to be teams of three facing off in a trivia challenge. They answer the multiple-choice questions by cutting the corresponding wire on a "bomb." Pick the wrong one, and it explodes, sending a random foodstuff--the trailer included mint jelly, hollandaise sauce, beef stroganoff gravy, pizza sauce, cheddar cheese, etc.--all over the contestant and the audience.
The coverage appeared to be mixed, with some seeming to just get it in the chest, but the gravy bomb in the trailer provided some decent hair coverage. The contestants wear eye protection but are otherwise in normal clothes. Unfortunately most of the audience in the blast zone is wearing full body protection.
Still, one of the messiest game shows I've see on American network television in a long time.
SStuff said: Those googles are killers though. Swim googles might've been OK, but the full-blown "working in the lab" variety.... OOF.
"First thing we do is kill all the lawyers." The company attorneys have the networks petrified of lawsuits. "Someone who didn't win the big prize could claim impaired vision because of a speck of mint jelly and sue us for lots more."
So how was it that game shows like Distraction could get away with the spring-board 'pie-face- contraption that would hit the contestants i in the face with some "pie" substance or other? (Yes, some stunts hand goggles, but in general, this gimmick was goggle-free (and surely there were lawyers on staff.
It's not about litigation exposure (perhaps only an inexperienced fear/anxiety about litigation).
In fact, all that is necessary is a well-worded waiver of harm (waiver of liability, or indemnity clause)....I suspect that ha more to do with the variety of "savory" or spicy substances/ingredients that could get into the mouth or eyes, consequently interfering with the contestants ability to continue with the late games / challenges. usually, if the players are expected to continue with the game(s) over an extended period, you don't want their eyes tearing up, etc.
This is in contrast to the pies and slime used on kids show which was always edible and non-toxic. Remember all the random pieing don of Nick of people in line or in the audience? How could this have been done without either a 'no fear' (non toxic, non-eye-irritating) substance, or a waiver of liability (everyone who walked on to the Nick lot probably had to sign something like "you promise to hold Nick blameless and/or indemnify Nick in the event of a random pie in the face or slmime splash."), or both?
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