A night with Buzzr

Buzzr's foray into less dusty shows began last night. So I dropped in for some of the fun and games.

Celebrity Name Game was as good as I remembered, and that's very good. These were early shows from the series and Craig Ferguson hadn't quite hit his stride yet. But you could see the ability that would carry him to his first two Emmys. (Whatever show biz self-congratulation might be worth.) The lively Pyramid knockoff did not disappoint in the least.

Richard Karn was his usual smiling and ingratiating self on Family Feud. He won't make the game show host Hall of Fame - if one ever gets built - but he was certainly competent enough. The format, of course, was as rock solid as ever.

The surprise was Temptation. What was supposed to be so terrible about this show? From the game show Interwebs, you'd think it was an abomination before the Lord. The Sale of the Century reboot may not have been the greatest thing ever, but it was a passable quizzer/shopping combo.

I think the show suffers from nostalgia neuralgia. Sale of the Century has a passionate Internet fan base, especially on the oldies boards. So people have to pick endless nits - none of them really significant - to prove that Temptation falls way short compared to the Beloved Original. Well, I don't think SotC was all that great to begin with, so I don't need to find fault with the reboot.

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