It was an interesting trip to a couple different corners of the genre. GSN was running Baggage, the Jerry Springer dating epic where would-be lovebirds open suitcases to reveal iffy details of their personal lives. Buzzr was running Double Dare, the cerebral Alex Trebek quizzer where personal lives don't exist as contestants try to figure out various conundrums.
I remember one Baggage ep had a guy who slept with 315 girls and another ep had a girl who slept with 121 guys. (I could be off a little on those numbers. But I'm in the ballpark. And what a ballpark it is.) Meanwhile, Double Dare was reviewing the political career of Nikita Khrushchev. There was no word on how many girls he slept with.
Just to show you where my allegiances lie, Baggage made my top 50 list while Double Dare sadly didn't. The great American unwashed seems to agree with me. Double Dare died a quick death on CBS while Baggage lasted for years on GSN. Sex beats Khrushchev any day. But you can still catch both shows late at night on weekends.
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